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Lucid Dreaming at the End of the World by armyoftoads
Fandoms: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
18 May 2025
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Despite the number of times he had experienced it, he was pretty sure dreams weren’t supposed to have an odor. Or a flavor.
Regardless of this belief, he felt his nostrils and mouth fill with the distinct smell of sulfur and the tang of iron. Casting a look around the bleak landscape, Shen Yuan brought one hand up to shield his vision from the sun beating down on him, eyes catching on the exposed skin of his wrist. He watched with detached interest as his skin blistered, peeled, and healed over, which only added to the bouquet of fragrances and tastes assaulting his senses.
Perhaps he would have been more concerned if this had been his first time falling asleep and then promptly opening his eyes to the blasted out, bleak landscape but, well…
Well, the thing was, he had been having some iteration of this dream for the past five years.
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Luo Binghe was lost to the Abyss five years ago on a System assigned night hunt gone wrong. Shen Yuan knows this to be true as he was the one who caused this to happen. His waking hours are still filled with night hunts and headaches, but at least he can see Luo Binghe in his dreams.
At least that's what Shen Yuan thought he knew.