Chapter 78: The Dream Plan

The final result of the special training competition came as no surprise—Lü Yue dominated with overwhelming strength, clinching the ultimate victory.

After watching the competition, Feng Qi bid farewell to Lin Ran and returned to his dormitory. Sitting at his desk, he opened a shopping website and placed an order for a Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal.

As the order was processed, Feng Qi glanced at his bank account balance. The remaining funds were too limited to afford another Twilight Wolf Rune Crystal. However, he wasn't overly concerned.

In a few days, the Tiger Soul Concept Competition would bring him a windfall of eight million, more than enough to fund eight future dream entries.

Closing the shopping website, Feng Qi opened his notebook and began planning meticulously for the future. A detailed plan would prevent him from wandering aimlessly during his next trip into the future dream, ensuring that he made the most of every precious second.

Having been invited by Wei Wei from the Crimson Research Institute to join their ranks, Feng Qi now had another choice of future trajectory laid before him. He identified three possible directions worth considering.

The First Future Path: Joining the Crimson Research Institute.

This would involve infiltrating the institute as an undercover agent to uncover its secrets and determine whether it was a force for good or ill.

However, this choice came with potential risks—not to his personal safety, but to the benefits he could gain. Once he entered the future dream, the version of himself in that timeline would lose the ability to continue entering dreams. Without groundbreaking research or discoveries, he might struggle to rise through the institute's ranks, severely limiting his chances of accessing their core secrets.

In the worst-case scenario, he could end up with nothing to show for his efforts.

The Second Future Path: Observing Historical Changes.

This option focused on surviving long enough to witness pivotal events, such as Mu Qing forming the Dawn Rebel Army or Lin Ran making strides in cultivation technique research. By doing so, he could uncover truths not recorded in the database.

Yet this path also posed significant risks. Feng Qi's future iterations often faced untimely deaths for various reasons. There was no guarantee he'd live long enough to gather meaningful information. He could end up dying prematurely again, missing out on key insights while squandering a chance to explore the dream.

The Third Future Path: Rooting Out the Wolf Among Students.

This path seemed the most stable. By carefully observing and analyzing, Feng Qi could identify the potential wolf lurking among the students. Once found, this individual could lead him to the mysterious organization they were connected to.

This option offered tangible benefits for both the future and present timelines. Rooting out the spy would allow him to expose the organization's operations and potentially disrupt their plans.

Faced with these choices, Feng Qi was at a crossroads. Ultimately, the lack of financial resources played a significant role in limiting his options. If he had more money, he could pursue all these paths simultaneously without having to agonize over his decision.

After pondering for a while, he settled on the third option—the most secure and beneficial course of action. Rooting out the spy among the students would not only resolve the immediate threat but also pave the way for uncovering the shadowy organization operating behind the scenes.

With the decision made, Feng Qi began crafting a detailed to-do list for his next entry into the future dream.

The first priority was obvious: using the database to look up three key individuals' records to learn about their trajectories. After some thought, he decided on the three targets: himself, Mu Qing, and Lü Yue.

Next was the visitor privilege allowing one chance to study a cultivation technique. This rare opportunity couldn't go to waste.

As ideas flowed, the pages of his notebook filled rapidly with plans and strategies.

1. Search for information related to Path of Ascension and understand its detailed circumstances.

2. Locate Mu Qing's body, stored and hidden in the Star City Shelter (note that this information might be affected by the butterfly effect, causing the location to shift; further database searches will be needed before implementation).

3. Hunt domain creatures to obtain prefix title abilities, enhancing personal strength (power is always the foundation of safety).

4. Find Suction Cup to equip a weapon and gain self-defense capabilities (the butterfly effect might alter Suction Cup's location, so flexibility is required).

5. If time permits, continue traveling eastward to investigate what lies in the eastern part of the future dream—a destination repeatedly urged by the narrator.

6. Use the database to look up information about Little Black and uncover the truth behind being hunted (perhaps the butterfly effect will lead to detailed descriptions of Little Black this time, though expectations remain tempered).

7. Determine when Suction Cup was first discovered to assess her possible connection to Mu Qing.

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Staring at the more than 20 items listed in his notebook, Feng Qi felt a wave of frustration.

In truth, he could continue adding more tasks, such as researching materials related to domain fields, studying theoretical knowledge of cultivation techniques, or delving into the information within the domain creature catalog. However, time within the future dream was limited.

If he strictly followed the plan, there was a high likelihood that halfway through his tasks, he would end up being killed by Little Black.

Thus, he began striking out several items from the list to streamline his plans and reduce the time required. With each revision, he added notes and adjustments, refining the structure of his strategy.

After several rounds of edits, Feng Qi turned his attention to a critical question: if his untimely demise was unavoidable, who should he entrust with his private email account? This person would need to continue leaving messages and gathering useful information on his behalf.

The first person who came to mind was Mu Qing.

If Mu Qing could record content in the email, he could immediately uncover her reasons for forming the Dawn Rebel Army and why she chose to massacre entire cities. However, after further consideration, he shook his head.

During the period when Mu Qing recruited a large number of scavengers to establish the Dawn Rebel Army, her personality underwent a drastic shift. There was a possibility she had fallen under secret control.

Revealing the private email to Mu Qing carried the risk of exposure. If the evil forces lurking within human civilization discovered the email's existence, they would undoubtedly use it to send misleading information, causing Feng Qi to make critical misjudgments.

Until it was clear whether Mu Qing had been influenced or controlled by these forces, entrusting the email to her was too great a risk.

After deliberating, Feng Qi settled on the perfect candidate: his former deskmate, roommate, and best friend, Mo Fei.

Having spent six years together, Feng Qi knew Mo Fei was entirely trustworthy. His faith was further bolstered by Mo Fei's information in the future database, which detailed his longevity and status as a senior researcher at the Viper Division of the Institute of Technological Research.

Mo Fei's role as a high-ranking researcher granted him access to tools and resources essential for investigating and verifying information. In one timeline, it was Mo Fei who had provided Feng Qi with the stealth surveillance robots used during his investigation of the Crimson Research Institute.

Satisfied with his plan, Feng Qi closed his notebook.

Now, all he had to do was wait for tomorrow's delivery to arrive before embarking on another journey into the future dream.