Acai's Sky

Chapter 964: Dream Ruins: Dream Square 3

As soon as Ah Cai's fingertips touched the concave and convex cloud-thunder patterns on the jade slip [Calling Order·Heavenly Group Assembly Order], the cold jade suddenly became scorching hot.

The glutinous rice ball shrank into her arms with a "woof", and its claws covered with glowing syrup rubbed a winding path on the surface of the jade slip. The crystal-clear sugar stains turned into living cloud patterns, dancing a cheerful waltz around the jade slip.

[Attention everyone! This is not a drill!]

00541 instantly transformed into a three-meter-tall holographic projection, with an exaggerated bronze general's helmet inlaid with blinking gems on its head, and a copper gong wrapped around its tail that made a deafening sound.

[The Lord of Wangyou City is calling all Chinese soldiers and dungeon team members to come to Youmengfang immediately! If you miss this opportunity, you'll miss it forever!]

Its shouting startled the fluorescent sparrows napping under the eaves, and the startled flock of birds formed the flashing words "Charge Duck" in the air.

The void churned violently like a boiling pot of soup.

The Chinese military's communication channel was instantly flooded with red exclamation marks, and various messages came flooding in like a tide:

"Chinese Military Suzaku Squad: Received! We are currently engaged in a fierce battle with the Thunder Dragon in Thunder Canyon, teleporting immediately! Our newly developed electromagnetic talismans are perfect for testing their effectiveness in actual combat!" In the accompanying holographic image, the team members were holding talismans engraved with circuits and battling electric snakes.

"Chinese Military - Xuanwu Squad: Medical team on standby! I heard there's a miracle cure here that can regenerate severed limbs? Our medical kits are starving!" A cute meme of a medic holding a syringe popped up at the end of the message.

The responses from the dungeon team were even more varied:

"Zhang Dabing, the tomb raider team: Don't say anything! My Luoyang shovel is already sparking, just waiting to dig up treasures!"

"Qi Men Dun Jia Group·Lin Miaoyin: I calculated with my fingers that this place must contain a stunning secret treasure! Everyone, please be patient while I set up the Bagua formation. I guarantee you'll get twice the result with half the effort!" In the accompanying live broadcast, she was using a peach wood sword to draw glowing hexagrams in the air.

The jade slip burst out with a bright light like the sun, and the space was covered with ripples like the surface of a lake into which a huge rock was thrown.

First, countless arrows wrapped in lightning broke through the air, and when they were about to hit the ground, they turned into golden streams of light and sank into the crowd - this was the electromagnetic arrow rain of the Chinese military.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of soldiers in black robes descended on auspicious clouds. The technological runes and ancient cloud patterns on the robes complemented each other. Some of them carried Zhuge crossbows with automatic aiming, and some had medical drones with blue light floating around their waists.

The appearance of the copy group was a fantasy show: the tomb raiders held up compasses and muttered to themselves, while the compass needles spun wildly, and suddenly a golden dragon-shaped ground map emerged from the ground; the Qimen Dunjia group used glutinous rice as a guide and peach wood nails as the center of the formation, and in the blink of an eye, glowing Bagua flags were erected at the four corners of the market town; the most outrageous was the food group, headed by a fat chef who carried an iron pot with a diameter of two meters, with a talisman of "foodies are invincible" stuck on the lid, and followed by a steamer spirit that could do somersaults.

"Suzaku Squad, Black Tortoise Squad, Azure Dragon Squad, and White Tiger Squad, all present! Please give instructions!" The voice of the Chinese military commander made the street lanterns buzz.

The soldiers lined up in neat rows like a Great Wall of Steel. The runes on their equipment contrasted beautifully with the fluorescent vines in the market town, startling the little monsters in the spirit beast cages so much that they covered their eyes.

Nuomituan was so excited that he danced on Acai's shoulder. The fluorescent light from the candied haws in his claws drew a brilliant trajectory and wrote the big words "buy buy buy" in the air.

Ah Er pulled out a giant jewel-encrusted speaker from somewhere and shouted at the top of his lungs, "See that sign that says 'Misty Tavern'? The drink there, called "Drunken Life and Dream Death," can predict the future! And the weapon shop has a sword that can sever inner demons, and the puppet shop has talking puppets...buy them all!"

Before he finished speaking, the crowd rushed to the stalls like a flood.

The Mo family's "Swallowing Mountains and Rivers" storage mechanism beast was so busy that its four legs were up in the air. Its belly was stuffed round and round, and there were glowing koi lanterns hanging on its ears.

Chinese soldiers turned on their professional mode, some used portable spectrometers to scan treasures, and some operated drones for 3D modeling.

Even the old man selling sugar paintings had a long line in front of his stall, waiting to buy the fluorescent sugar figures that could summon mini spirit beasts.

When the twelve moons simultaneously transformed into giant projections, flowing ancient seal characters began to appear on the stone slabs on the market floor.

The "Youmeng Fangzhu" token in Acai's arms made a clear sound, interweaving with the moonlight to form a beam of light that reached the sky.

The bronze bell in the center of the market rang automatically, its sound carrying a mysterious power: [A command from the Master of Heaven's Fate has been detected! All shops are offering additional discounts! All those under the Master's command will enjoy five discounts on their purchases!]

The fallen ones were rummaging through the drawers and boxes in a panic, and were delighted.

The one-eyed old man selling weapons hummed an off-key tune and dragged a rusty iron box from under the bed: "This is the top-ranked Broken Mountain Axe! The original price was 8,800, but for the sake of the monastery owner..."

He twirled the beads on his abacus. "Eight hundred and eighty-eight crystal coins! Plus a matching axe manual!"

When night falls, Youmengfang turns into a city that never sleeps.

The people who returned with a full load set up a temporary camp in the square, and all kinds of magical scenes appeared one after another: some people used the newly acquired magic mirror to play Truth or Dare, and the monsters that jumped out of the mirror forced the liars to perform the stone-breaking trick with their chests; some people tried to drink the "Thousand Day Drunk", and the bubbles they exhaled in their drunken dreams showed scenes of the future; Glutinous Rice Balls were busy stealing luminous candied haws, their mouths full of fluorescence, and they chased their own luminous tails in circles.

When the last lantern floated into the night sky, the ground suddenly turned into a huge glass mirror.

The dense spots of light in the mirror represent the scattered team members. Glutinous Rice Ball curiously touched the mirror with his claws, and colorful fireworks burst out instantly.

Ah Er, wearing a top scholar's hat, jumped into the mirror projection holding a wooden sign with "Big Sale" written on it. "I just found this 'Awakening Wine' from the Misty Tavern. A sip can dispel your inner demons! Originally priced at 99 yuan, now only 9.9 yuan! Buy two, get one free!"

"Master, look!"

Tang general Cheng Yaojin rushed over, carrying a wine jar taller than a man. The aroma of wine wafting from the jar condensed into a phoenix spreading its wings, ready to take flight. "This is the 'Thousand Day Drunk' I stole from the kitchen of the Lingying Inn... ahem, legally exchanged! Drink it and you'll have sweet dreams for three hundred years!"

His words startled Glutinous Rice Ball and made it cough violently. The sugar residue it spat out turned into a little fox in the air that could dance the "Rainbow Feather Dance".

Ming Dynasty monk Yao Guangxiao twisted his Buddhist beads thoughtfully. "Even if the Tang Dynasty generals didn't sign up for the regional wars, they could still enter this 'Youmengfang'. Isn't that equivalent to participating in the war?"

Tong Jiayuan pushed his gold-rimmed glasses, a gleam of wisdom flashing across the lenses: "We all followed the Lord in, which means that the Tang Dynasty soldiers can also share the opportunity with us."

Mojia Mengsheng spun the mechanical compass, the needle drawing a mysterious trajectory. "The rules only apply to the master. We 'non-staff' can actually skirt the rules."

The eyes of Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty gleamed with excitement. He originally thought that he could only slowly clear the dungeon in "Nita Town", but he didn't expect to be able to take this wonderful train.

He looked up at the starry sky and had already begun to plan in his mind how to lead the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion to make a big splash in this mysterious market.

At this time, Youmengfang is immersed in a wonderful atmosphere of carnival and adventure, waiting for more incredible stories to unfold.