Da-da-da——
Footsteps approached, followed by the sound of a door opening.
Blocked by thick curtains, Zhang Xing Yu couldn't see what was happening outside, but judging by the sound, it seemed like a woman had arrived at the room he was in.
"Mr. Ghost, I've paid my respects to you today, I hope you rest in peace—don't come out to scare me in the middle of the night."
Zhang Xing Yu heard a girl's voice, very close, just on the other side of the curtain.
"Ugh—another boring day… Ugh, why am I so unlucky to be assigned to this kind of room, and I'm the only one who can see it—Whatever, let's just finish the manga I didn't finish yesterday… Mmm-hmm~~~~" Sounds came from the other side again, she seemed to be lying on the bed reading manga, judging by the humming from the back, the manga seemed to be very appealing to her.
"In your human terms, the one on the other side is a female, probably thirteen or fourteen years old." The Lord of Nightmares said.
"From a human perspective, it should be a young girl… No, it's a woman." Zhang Xing Yu countered, he seemed to have thought of something and asked, "By the way, she seemed to say only she can see this… "
The two were communicating in their minds, the little girl opposite naturally couldn't hear them.
"Ordinary humans cannot see our kind of spirit, this 'Food Supply Number One' is somewhat special, she has a vast amount of dormant spiritual energy within her, which is our guarantee to restore our strength." The Lord of Nightmares said.
"Uh… I see, how many humans like her are there with spiritual energy inside?"
"So far, I've only found her."
"Are there many people around here?"
"Many… All are humans around her age, all are delicious food, of course, none compare to this Food Supply Number One." The Lord of Nightmares said.
"… Many around her age, could this be a school…"
"Alright, no more nonsense, since Food Supply Number One has returned, let's create a Nightmare Realm and enjoy a feast tonight, such vast spiritual energy, it should restore a lot of strength—"
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Half a month later.
"Whew—Finally finished…" Looking at the completed Nightmare Realm, Zhang Xing Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But immediately, the Lord of Nightmares' roar echoed in his mind.
"You better hope your plan works! Otherwise, watch out for my [Torment of Pain]!"
"Don't forget you'll suffer [Torment of Pain] too!" Zhang Xing Yu said calmly.
In the past half month, Zhang Xing Yu naturally didn't carry out the Lord of Nightmares' plan of enjoying Food Supply Number One and quickly restoring his strength, instead, he was executing another "great plan".
They were both creating a Nightmare Realm.
The name of this Nightmare Realm is—"Monster Hunter: World"!
Yes, a very famous monster hunting game in the original world!
Since hearing the Lord of Nightmares state that he uses emotional changes as nourishment, then naturally, emotions like excitement, happiness, curiosity, etc., can also serve as sustenance.
This made Zhang Xing Yu think of something—virtual games.
Although Zhang Xing Yu wouldn't doubt the Lord of Nightmares' claim of "the power formed by endless pain is the fastest and most effective," after all, this is the Lord of Nightmares' own experience, but as a human, killing countless humans for power without any reason is something Zhang Xing Yu could not accept.
The Lord of Nightmares was desperate to restore his strength, he even went so far as to inflict a [Torment of Pain] on himself…
Zhang Xing Yu naturally didn't want to suffer that, even though it wouldn't kill him, but the pain…
So, Zhang Xing Yu brought up the idea of using the power of dreams to create a virtual game, and stated that with this plan, although the strength gained in the early stages would be much less than the Lord of Nightmares' plan, once it entered the track, the amount of power that could be gained would be incredibly amazing, and it would be a sustainable harvest!
You know, in his world, virtual games could sweep the globe, attracting billions of humans to participate in this game, every day countless humans would stay up late, and even some crazy people would spend a whole month in an internet cafe, almost dying to play the game!
Well, virtual games were a bluff, virtual technology hasn't been developed yet, but even computer games attract countless people, once virtual technology is developed, Zhang Xing Yu believes the situation might be even more exaggerated than what he just said.
Compared to the terrifying dream world of the Lord of Nightmares, where people would die in a few days, creating a safe virtual dream game is undoubtedly much safer, and there would be people eager to enter even without the Lord of Nightmares actively pulling them in.
Not to mention, they currently know very little about this world, if too many people die, it would attract investigations from relevant departments, if there are some extraordinary individuals among them, then with the Lord of Nightmares' fragile current state, it's not impossible for him to face a tragedy.
So, Zhang Xing Yu started to use his persuasion techniques, and the Lord of Nightmares was half-convinced.
Since Zhang Xing Yu had the dominant power, the Lord of Nightmares could only agree to his plan.
However, this process was not entirely smooth, because… the setting of this virtual world was very different from the dreams the Lord of Nightmares had created before, if it was the Lord of Nightmares in his prime, it would have been a breeze, but now…
No matter what, after more than a month of hard work, he almost exhausted the Lord of Nightmares, and finally, the dream world of "Monster Hunter: World" was considered complete.
Of course, it only completed the Ancient Forest map setting for now.
Now that the dream world was done, it was time to let people play it, as for the players…
"It's you, the one who burns incense and prays to me every day, Food Supply Number One… No, it's the little girl!"
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