章 1445: The Last Hope

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After finding out that we couldn't easily get past this obstacle, we moved according to the Dream Dungeon's Rules. I could feel the presence of the Dungeon Core drawing closer as well, and whatever had taken over it.

We moved to the stairs to the left, which I froze using some basic Frost Magic, allowing us to step over the burning and toxic red crystals with ease.

Once we reached the large open area, we found many shattered glasses, leading down to the abandoned, futuristic city. The atmosphere of desolation and the eerie tranquility that came from it was both soothing and unnerving at the same time.

"This place feels so desolate and lifeless…" Benladann sighed. "It reminds me of the laboratory I came from."

"Geez, we don't have to remember those times, don't we?" Miranda wondered.

"But it reminds me of that…" My wife sighed, looking across the glass. "I wonder… If this world is the same as the one our souls came from?"