Chapter 1140 - Dream Worlds "Illegal Immigrants" (1/2)

Chapter 1140: Dream World’s “Illegal Immigrants”

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After nightfall, Roland told Anna about what had happened in the meeting.

“… We still need to adjust the stability and strength of the God’s Stone bullet so that we could suit its power to practical applications. I think you would be the only person who could do this. Make this project your top priority for now. I’ll ask Andrea and Agatha to assist you.”

“I feel like my work never ends,” Anna said as she rested her beautiful head on Roland’s shoulder. “I have to make the machine tool that is used to process plane parts, improve the internal combustion engine, and work on the railway at the front, as well as many projects on the book… I envy Pasha and Celine. Although Blackfire helps me a lot, it isn’t as flexible as tentacles. I can’t work on so many things simultaneously.”

“Oh, I don’t think it’s a good idea. I don’t want to cuddle a giant blob. You’re not only the Minister of Engineering but also the queen of Graycastle. You’re a public figure,” Roland said smilingly. He knew Anna was simply sharing her happiness rather than complaining. Ever since she had assumed the office of the Minister of Engineering, she no longer looked sulky and expressionless. The more she worked, the more cheerful she became. Roland said, “Of course, I’m also looking for someone to help you. If everything goes well, there will soon be more people in the Ministry of Engineering.”

Roland gathered that Rex from the Society of Wondrous Crafts should now be at the Fjords, though he was not sure if the latter had noticed the significance of his reward, A Comprehensive Study of the Law of Buoyancy. The marine craft he had drawn at the end of the book was based on the description in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. For a quasi-inventer like Rex, who had never read any science fiction, such a magnificent envisage of a future submarine would definitely fascinate him.

“Really?” Anna said as she stretched herself and wrapped her arms around Roland’s waist. “I’ll wait for that day to come then, but now… I want something else as a reward.”

Roland smiled. It appeared more than one person needed a reward today. He then unconsciously raised his hand to Anna’s back.

…

Roland closed his eyes after Anna fell asleep.

When he woke up the next morning, the ceiling his apartment in the Dreamworld slid into his sight. A beam of sunlight slanted across the floor through the curtain.

Roland brushed his teeth, had breakfast, and then saw Zero off as usual. He leaned over the banister and peered down at the sea of heads down in the alley below. Students were hurrying to school with their backpacks; young professionals were scurrying to work; some old men were working out in the chill of the morning. Everything seemed to be chaotic but energetic.

Nothing had changed in this city, but Roland knew this world was gradually transforming in a subtle and imperceptible way, as though this Dreamland had its own consciousness.

The evidence of such a transformation was the memories that had never previously existed, the battered and frayed red book, and the note in it.

After he read the book Raison d’être, Roland started to look for the Rose Café. However, nothing came up on the internet, and the witches could not find such a place either. There were 46 coffee shops in the city, but none of them was called Rose Café.

There was a possibility that this was just one of the author’s bad jokes. However, as Roland learned more about this world, he was more convinced that the note was suggesting something to him.

The foreign race that had completely disappeared without leaving a trace.

The constant wars.

The inexorable awakenings and erosions.

All of these signs seemed to be mirroring the real world. This especially holds true with the discovery of the radiation people and tablet men on the battlefield, which made the narratives in the book even more compelling.

The question that puzzled him the most was why the book in the Dream World would, in a way, reflect the real world and also use the word “Battle of Divine Will”. Garcia told him that, unfortunately, the author of the book had not left any hints. The only clue available was the note.

Roland had to put these questions aside as he searched for the Rose Café.