Chapter 620: dreams and reality

Qiao Sang immediately looked at Xiao Xunbao with eyes full of admiration.

A genius!

After learning for such a short time, not only does it recognize words, but it can also string sentences together and understand their meaning!

She wondered if Pets had a path for further education. It felt like Xiao Xunbao could totally learn some more profound content…

“Xiao Xunbao…”

Xiao Xunbao shivered inexplicably.

Qiao Sang’s thoughts returned, and her mind settled.

Xiao Xunbao’s brain was so smart, and it had just practiced Hypnosis. Although she didn’t know if it was successful, the two Chan Chan Stones seemed fine, so hypnotizing other Pets later should be no problem.

Even if the mission failed, at worst, she would pay out of her own pocket to have the mission publisher perform a Dream Projection. She had an unlimited card and Xiao Lu’s Healing Light; she didn’t believe she wouldn’t be tempted.

Thinking of this, Qiao Sang wanted to put the two Chan Chan Stones back into her pocket and immediately head to the RV.

But the moment she moved her hand, Qiao Sang seemed to remember something and looked down at the two Chan Chan Stones.

“Chan Chan?”

The two Chan Chan Stones were confused.

The next second, Qiao Sang, still holding the Chan Chan Stones, walked to the bathroom, went to the sink, and washed both Chan Chan Stones clean before putting them into her pocket.

That was close, she almost forgot the Chan Chan Stones had just been licked…

At this moment, two exquisitely made-up Caucasian women came out of the cubicle inside, chatting.

“I’m planning to apply for a new Swift Butterfly. It’s too stupid. Besides its scales that can amplify our emotions during acting, it’s practically useless.”

“Don’t even think about it. Not every actor here gets a Swift Butterfly. You were assigned one only because you have scenes for a while. Once your scenes are done, the Swift Butterfly will go to someone else.”

“But a few days ago, I heard that the fourth female lead in our crew successfully swapped for a Swift Butterfly.”

“That’s because…”

The two Caucasian women chatting saw Qiao Sang and instantly switched languages.

It was a language Qiao Sang had never encountered before.

What gossip can’t I hear… Qiao Sang, who was about to leave anyway, complained inwardly, her expression unchanged.

She walked out of the bathroom and headed to the mission publisher’s RV.

Because of the previous gossip, Qiao Sang subconsciously paid attention and indeed saw many Swift Butterflies on the way. She specifically noticed that none of these Swift Butterflies wore identity bracelets.

It seems the Swift Butterflies here are wild Pets, probably working like the Chan Chan Stones. Their scales can amplify emotions, which is indeed what actors need… Qiao Sang made a guess internally.

Soon, she returned to the mission publisher’s RV.

Inside the RV, there was already a Swift Butterfly, looking at the mission publisher with a flustered expression.

“That’s it.” Sylvia gestured with her eyes, getting straight to the point.

Although there were two Swift Butterflies in the car, their expressions and demeanor were completely different, making them quite easy to distinguish.

“Now?” Qiao Sang asked.

Sylvia nodded: “Now.”

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang nodded towards the empty air beside her.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao immediately appeared in the direction Qiao Sang nodded, its eyes glowing purple, looking at the flustered Swift Butterfly.

The Swift Butterfly was still looking at the mission publisher, completely unaware of this side.

The next second, its head uncontrollably turned towards Xiao Xunbao.

“Swift Swift…”

Before the Swift Butterfly could react, it saw a pair of purple eyes, then its own eyes slowly closed, and it completely fell into a deep sleep.

“Done.” Qiao Sang looked at the mission publisher and asked, “Do I need to step aside?”

The fact that the mission publisher could offer Dream Projection as a reward indicated that she had a Pet capable of Dream Projection.

Many people, when posting missions, specifically mark their privacy, not only hoping that the person accepting the mission won’t reveal the mission content, but some even won’t tell the person accepting the mission any information about it, only requiring them to do as told.

Although the current mission publisher hadn’t specifically noted it in the mission agreement, her profession was clearly an actress, and she hadn’t told Qiao Sang any mission-related information beforehand. To prevent the Hypnosis of the subconscious from failing later, and to implement plan B to discuss with her how to exchange for a chance to perform Dream Projection in another way, Qiao Sang thoughtfully asked.

Otherwise, if the content of the Dream Projection later involved privacy, communication might not be smooth.

“Ah…” Sylvia came back to her senses: “What did you say?”

As she spoke, she couldn’t help but look at the two Pets she didn’t recognize at all.

She hadn’t expected there to be a Ghost-type Pet in the RV…

And the child in the arms of this underage girl was actually a Superpower System Pet…

She had clearly seen this Pet use Psychokinesis earlier, so it was definitely a Superpower System Pet.

It was well-known that Pet miniature shrinking bracelets could only be pre-ordered by those whose Pets had a body size exceeding 6 meters.

Superpower System Pets and Fairy-type Pets generally had smaller body sizes than Pets of other attributes at the same level.

For Pets of other attributes to exceed 6 meters in body size, they would at least need to reach General-level.

For a Superpower System Pet to exceed 6 meters in body size, its level had a high probability of being above General-level…

Amidst her swirling thoughts, Sylvia heard the girl’s words: “Do I need to get out of the car and step aside?”

“No need, it’s nothing important.” Sylvia showed a friendly smile for the first time.

With that, she formed hand seals.

A white star array lit up.

A Pet with a white upper body, pink-blue tentacle-like hair, and an octopus-like lower body appeared within it.

“Look at its dream.” Sylvia said, pointing at the sleeping Swift Butterfly.

The tentacle-haired Pet nodded, placed one of its tentacles on the Swift Butterfly, and then closed its eyes.

Two seconds later, a transparent bubble with an image slowly emerged from the Swift Butterfly’s head.

As it rose, the bubble grew larger and larger.

When it reached a diameter of about twenty centimeters, the bubble stopped expanding and floated in mid-air.

Qiao Sang’s eyesight was good, and she could clearly see the scene in the bubble.

In the image, there was a group of Swift Butterflies queuing, and at the very front, a black man was distributing something similar to bento boxes.

The dream’s perspective was first-person, so the expression and state of the Pet involved couldn’t be seen, but from the appearance of the other Swift Butterflies, it could be felt that this group of Swift Butterflies was probably happy at the moment.

“Not this dream.” Sylvia suddenly said:

“If I tell you the specific scene, can you have your Pet create a related dream, or if I tell you the time the event occurred, can you have your Pet hypnotize to that time period’s memory?”

Qiao Sang thought for a moment, then nodded: “Dream creation is possible.”

When teaching Ke Guan Meow Teleportation, Xiao Xunbao used Hypnosis to create dreams for it to learn.

It’s just that at that time, Ke Guan Meow was clearly aware it was in a dream.

“Since we’re creating a dream, then I’ll have to explain the whole incident,” Sylvia said in a calm tone:

“This Swift Butterfly used to be my assistant. We always worked well together, but unfortunately, one day it suddenly quit and told me it wouldn’t work anymore. Although its salary was paid by the crew, I never treated it badly. I fed it whatever the Dream-hunting Beasts usually ate.”

At this point, Sylvia suddenly realized she had strayed from the topic.

She paused, then continued:

“That day, in the dressing room, the Swift Butterfly that came in was clearly not it. Later, I specifically asked and found out it had gone to another actor in our crew. I thought it was arranged by the crew to be transferred, but when I found it and had a Dream-hunting Beast translate, I learned that it didn’t want to follow me anymore.”

“I want you to make it dream about the moment I was questioning it, to hear if its subconscious answer matches what it told me last time.”

She’s suspecting the Swift Butterfly didn’t leave her voluntarily… Qiao Sang’s expression suddenly became a bit complicated.

She hadn’t expected the mission publisher’s goal to be just this.

They say the relationship between people and Pets on Super Dormant Star isn’t good, but thinking about it now, she might have been a bit biased. With such a large population on Super Dormant Star, it’s impossible for everyone to think the same way.

Qiao Sang looked at Xiao Xunbao, just about to tell it to create a dream.

“Wait!” At this moment, Sylvia looked at the scene in the bubble, her tone suddenly sinking.

Could it be that she dreamed what she wanted to see? Qiao Sang was curious and turned to look at the bubble.

In the image, it was no longer the scene of queuing for bento boxes. A woman with long wine-red hair was talking non-stop from a first-person perspective:

“I specifically checked, your emotional characteristic is higher level than other Swift Butterflies. Follow me, whatever Sylvia gave you, I can give you something better.”

“Don’t rush to refuse. I know you’ve been with her at this Teo Film Base for two years in total, worked on four crews, and you are indeed a bit fatter than other Swift Butterflies because of her feeding.”

“But fat is fat, no matter how much energy meal you eat, you can’t evolve.”

“Your next stage requires eating enough emotions to evolve, but the Film Base has an agreement with you Swift Butterflies that you cannot eat anyone’s emotions here. Once a wild Swift Butterfly evolves, it can no longer cooperate with the Film Base.”

“You wouldn’t dare to eat the emotions of people outside. Wild Pets like you, who are accustomed to cooperating with us humans, once discovered acting against humans, will be driven out of the Upper Tenth District by law enforcement.”

“There are so many of your companions here, I believe you wouldn’t want to go anywhere else.”

“Follow me, and I can guarantee you’ll eat enough emotions to evolve.”

“You also don’t have to worry about being unemployed after evolving. My brain domain broke through to 10% a while ago, allowing me to contract another Pet.”

“As long as you follow me, help me act, and after evolving, I will contract with you.”

From the first-person perspective, the Swift Butterfly’s expression couldn’t be seen, but as the woman’s words fell, the Swift Butterfly excitedly cried out, “Swift Swift!”

Then the screen went white, and after the white light dissipated, from the first-person perspective, the woman’s visual effect clearly became smaller.

“Swift Swift!”

The Swift Butterfly cried out again.

“Xiao Xunbao~”

Xiao Xunbao heard the conversation, found it amusing, and translated it simultaneously.

“This guy said it can evolve whenever it wants, and it won’t be tempted. It can just quit if it wants.”

Uh, so, the Swift Butterfly just evolved in its dream… What a cowardly choice… Qiao Sang looked at the Swift Butterfly, still in a deep sleep.

But reality is cruel…

If this was the scene the mission publisher wanted to see, combined with what she said earlier.

Then it not only didn’t evolve, but it should have also compromised…