[LOTM x ORV] dreaming, together

ch1: The Train

hey hey! if you didn't see the description, then i'm warning you again, don't read unless you've completed both novels. you're gonna be really confused haha. if you really do want to read this, then at least have the whole orv novel finished. not the manhwa/webtoon. novel. i don't think the manhwa is even completed. whatever. just a warning.

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Zhou Mingrui's thoughts felt muddy, his head heavy. His hands firmly grabbed at something soft as he tried to grapple with his senses. 

Suddenly, he regained focus of his surroundings, and Zhou Mingrui looked around, heaving and gripping his shirt. His back was covered in sweat. He looked up, staring at the lights that were seemingly spinning.

Ah.. I couldn't.. have been sleeping for that long.. could I? No, this, this is a dream. Zhou Mingrui took in his surroundings, seeming a little confused.

He was laying on a couch, wearing a collared shirt with a loosened tie and suit pants. Regaining awareness is a strange sensation.. Zhou Mingrui held his hands out and tested the feeling of their weight.

Ah, right now, I'm.. He suddenly sat up and rushed to grab a mirror stationed on the coffee table next to the couch. Looking back at him was not Klein Moretti, Sherlock Moriarty, Gherman Sparrow, Dwayne Dantés, nor Merlin Hermes. It was him before his transmigration. I can feel that I'm still dreaming. The lights are fluorescent, and there is a flat screen TV, indications of a pre-epoch society. I also am unfamiliar with my surroundings. Therefore, this is just a dream. So, why haven't I woken up despite gaining awareness?

Are my anchors still unstable, or can Tianzun still influence me? Surprisingly, although I still feel a little muddy, I have a large amount of humanity. It's a nice feeling, I suppose.

Zhou Mingrui took out an 100 won coin, before wondering, Would divination even work here? It's my own dream.. Well, if it's things I've locked up in the back of my mind, courting death hasn't come up on my to-do list in a while.. He flipped the coin while repeating in his mind his question about the nature of this dream. 

In his mind, he saw a child sprawled on the floor of a train station. His school bag sat next to the child as he read and read. The adults surrounding the train station appeared to be ignoring this child, going about their business. 

Zhou Mingrui felt a sharp pain return to his head and blood dripping down his nose. Hey, there's not a lot of things that can do that to me now that I'm a god. Judging by how unfamiliar this child is, it's unlikely that Celestial Worthy is influencing this dream. Is that child actually also a god, or perhaps a mythical creature? Hmm.. As he theorized on and on, he sudden came to a thought. No, wait.. Am I in someone else's dream?

Zhou Mingrui thought about that possibility. Perhaps I'm in that child's dream. Yes, it would explain my current predicament. Not only is it hard to understand my surroundings, as if I'm fooling myself, but also that I seem to lack control over myself. Now, the problem is how do I leave this dream.. 

Zhou Mingrui flipped his coin again, this time divining how to wake up. He saw in his mind a train station nearby his current home. The clock on the wall said that the current time was 6:40pm. In ten or so minutes, I need to head to the train station and find the way to leave this dream. By the way, what's up with the 100 won coin? It's not like I'm in Korea, so a one yuan coin or even a gold coin would suffice.. unless.. Zhou Mingrui stood up and ran to the window in his apartment and saw all the signs written in Hangul.

Ah, I knew the train station felt a little unfamiliar.. At the very least, it's nearby. Though I still have my divination, I'm not sure if I could use the door uniqueness to travel from China just to go to some random train stop in Korea. Taking a plane just for that, a waste of money.. Wait, wait, it's to let me leave this dream.