# Chapter 31: The World in a Dream (Part 1)
**Main Quest: Wake Up from the Dream (Incomplete)**
**Quest Hint: Find the dream's owner and wake them, or create massive chaos to collapse the dream.**
**Number of Traversal Users: 4**
"An'an, you're finally awake." The moment Qi An opened his eyes, he saw a boy's face hovering right in front of his own. There was some urgency on the boy's face, but when his amber-colored eyes met Qi An's, that worry transformed into delight, sweet like a child who had just gotten candy.
This was quite an adorable boy, with a bit of baby fat on his cheeks that made people want to poke them. Add to that his sparkling eyes that seemed like they could speak, and he looked just like a young child.
But Qi An's attention wasn't on this. His gaze lingered briefly on the boy's cat ears and the tail that kept waving as the boy moved, then he gently furrowed his brow before shifting his attention back to the boy.
The boy wasn't wearing the refined fabrics of modern times. Instead, he wore clothes made of animal hide, something like a jacket and skirt combination. The fierce beast pelts didn't cover much area, exposing the boy's smooth arms and slender legs.
This attire carried a wildness and passion that differed from modern people.
Qi An nodded but didn't prepare to say anything.
This quest seemed quite different from the usual tasks at the Traversal Bureau. By convention, they arrived in their physical bodies. Although they had identities arranged by the system, no one in the quest world would recognize them. Whether it was his first world as a selected explorer or the second world as a transfer student, they always took the initiative to make first contact with people of that world.
But this world was different.
This was a dream.
Judging from the fact that the boy could call out his name and the familiarity in his attitude, he already had an identity in this world, and he might have established certain connections with people here.
He had been to similar worlds before, so he wasn't completely lost.
This should be a beast-man world. If it was like the worlds he'd experienced before, this world should have four genders. Male, female, sub-male, and sub-female.
Ranked by combat ability, from highest to lowest: male, sub-male, sub-female, and female.
Males were the only ones who could transform into their beast forms. When they transformed, their combat ability would rise sharply. They were the main combat force of the tribe, responsible for hunting for food and fighting other tribes for territory and resources.
Sub-beasts, sub-females, and females all remained in humanoid form and couldn't transform into beast forms. But there were differences among them. Females had completely human features, while sub-males and sub-females retained some of their original species' characteristics.
Among them, sub-females and females had fertility. If Qi An hadn't guessed wrong, the boy standing before him was a sub-female.
Seeing Qi An awake, the boy, being a sub-female, thought for a moment before quickly waving a fair hand in front of Qi An's eyes. Only after confirming that Qi An's gaze followed his hand did he pat his own chest, stuck out his tongue, and murmur, "Good, good, as long as you're okay."
"You suddenly fainted earlier, you really scared me." The boy wagged his tail. Seeing that Qi An was acting obedient, he couldn't help but imitate an adult's tone to give some advice, "You absolutely must not go out alone in the future. What if you encounter something like this again? Things are so unstable around here now, you really need to be careful."
"Unstable?" Qi An blinked. He stood up and noticed that besides wearing clothes of the same style as the boy, he looked no different from his original self.
In other words, he was now a... female.
"Yeah, lots of people have been disappearing for no reason lately." A hint of worry flashed in the boy's eyes. "Didn't you hear what the clan leader said? We're not allowed to leave the tribe to play anymore, just worried that we might get kidnapped. And... recently some people suddenly fainted, and then..."
At this point, the boy paused, looked Qi An over from head to toe again. After confirming that the latter still looked weak, he finally let out a relieved sigh. "Ai ya, you asking that just scared me again. I thought you were like them too."
Like them? Qi An's eyelids twitched. He pressed further, "What happened?"
"You clearly didn't listen carefully to what the clan leader and others said." The boy撇嘴 (pouted), looking quite disapproving of Qi An's apparent inattentiveness, but he still answered the question. "Those people didn't just faint, right? After they fainted, they became somewhat abnormal, as if their personalities and everything had changed drastically. The clan members said they were possessed by evil spirits, so they said that anyone in this situation should be captured first."
"Good thing you're still normal." The boy touched his perked-up ears, then formed his pink palm into a fist and waved it, as if trying to look fierce and scare Qi An. "Otherwise, I wouldn't show any mercy. I'd definitely capture you."
Qi An glanced at him, completely unfazed by the boy's attempts at ferocity. He only managed a weak smile.
His light-colored eyebrows slightly curved. His dark, gleaming pupils were hidden beneath thick lashes. This expression held a faint, dreamlike beauty born of weakness.
This expression made the boy's expression freeze. He dropped the fierce look, muttering something under his breath. Although his earlier tone was full of coldness, when he spoke again, there was still some worry in his words. "You suddenly fainting must have been caused by something. Shouldn't we go see the healer?"
Qi An thought for a moment, then finally nodded. He wasn't in a rush to inquire about this world's situation.
From the previous scenes, the Qi An in this dream did indeed have a legitimate identity, and he seemed to be on good terms with this sub-female. But precisely for this reason, he shouldn't make any unnecessary moves for now, to avoid revealing anything abnormal that contradicted their impression of him.
The beast-man world revered strength and believed in the Beast God.
In the beast-man world, there existed a mysterious and special existence—the priests blessed by the Beast God. Priests possessed miraculous powers that transcended nature. They could accomplish things that normal people could barely imagine: healing injured beast-men, delivering the words of the Beast God.
Every tribe took great pride in having a priest. They relied on the Beast God's power and ardently followed the Beast God, making the entire world quite superstitious.
If he really displayed a personality that didn't match their impression, Qi An felt he might be burned as an evil spirit.
Moreover, Qi An always felt he might encounter some tricky situations.
The trees in the beast-man world were completely different from modern ones. They were so tall and dense that they nearly blocked all light. The fruits growing on them were also bizarrely shaped—some brightly colored and plump, others dark and gaunt. Qi An squinted, quietly observing his surroundings, following the boy in a certain direction.
Whether it was the earthy-scented air, the azure sky, the grass and trees around him, or the warm touch of sunlight on his skin—everywhere was just like the real world, without a trace of difference.
If not for the system's quest description, Qi An would never have believed this was merely someone's dream.
A dream.
Thinking of this word, Qi An's expression slightly changed.
This word, just hearing it, carried too much uncertainty.
There was a verdant medicinal field in front of the healer's house. This field was quite large, planted with various precious medicinal herbs collected since the Typhoon Tribe was established, as well as all kinds of unusual plants brought back from hunts. To better care for this extremely spacious medicinal field, the healer's residence was in a relatively remote part of the tribe.
Plus, it was still morning, and the beast-men who had gone hunting hadn't returned yet. When Qi An and the others arrived, they hardly encountered any other clan members.
The medicine apprentices stood in the breeze watering the plants on the ground. When they saw Qi An and the others arrive, they all put down their work and waved at them.
This was a very rare sight.
Every single medicinal plant here was extremely precious, and each had its own properties—some were highly toxic, some could cause certain reactions in clan members. Therefore, the medicine apprentices were all carefully selected sub-females who were more attentive, and each had received meticulous training from the healer.
Sub-females held quite a high status in the Typhoon Tribe. Moreover, since those serving as medicine apprentices might inherit the healer's position, in this beast-man world with its relatively poor medical conditions, their status naturally rose as well.
Usually, no matter how high-ranking the clan member who came, no matter how severe their injuries, the medicine apprentices' expressions were always indifferent. They only focused on their own tasks, which could even be called arrogant.
But right now, they were all beaming with warm and friendly smiles.
Qi An, who was visiting this world for the first time, naturally wouldn't know about this obvious differential treatment. He merely returned a pale, delicate smile in response, then followed the cat-eared boy into the small wooden house where the healer was.
The medicine apprentices watched the young man walk in with smiling eyes. When the young man's frail figure completely disappeared behind the wooden door, they even deliberately tiptoed and leaned toward the door, peering inside with their various colored eyes.
When the wooden door closed again and the figure they wanted to see completely vanished from sight, only then did the sub-females reluctantly withdraw their gazes.
"An'an actually smiled at me just now!" A sub-female whose original form was a rabbit happily spoke while pulling out a mature plant, her two fluffy rabbit ears constantly twitching, as if reflecting her主人的某种欣喜的心情.
"You call that smiling at you? How big is your face?" Another sub-female coldly snorted, leisurely placing the plant in her bamboo basket on her back, then glaring at the previously speaking sub-female. "How big is your face?"
The conversation between the two instantly drew others' attention. The sub-females who had just been keeping quiet were now chirping and quietly arguing, growing increasingly heated, as if they absolutely had to determine which of them the young man had really smiled at.
These conversations seriously hindered their work efficiency. Even the little birds that had been fluttering around them quietly flew away.
"What's all the noise?" A cold sub-female with gray overlapping pupils coldly called out, finally suppressing the noisy voices. "Shouldn't we be thinking about why An'an came to see the healer?"
"Right, An'an came to see the healer. Is something wrong with his body?" The rabbit-eared sub-female immediately jumped, her red eyes still gazing toward the wooden door. The closed door blocked her view, and the sub-female's ears immediately drooped. "Too bad I'm still not skilled enough yet, otherwise I could still help regulate An'an's body."
This voice didn't provoke rebuttals, instead gaining a bunch of somewhat self-reproachful responses. The sub-females who had just been full of vitality instantly became listless, and their hand movements slowed even further.
The young man who had just walked in seemed like any small action could affect their nerves.
This was because the young man was someone who had been cherished by everyone in their tribe since he was small.
In the entire world, the only female.
So physically frail that they had to handle him with care—a female.
When Qi An pushed open the door, he saw the young healer研磨 (grinding) medicinal liquid at a table. Things in the beast-man world were quite primitive. The tools the young man used to grind herbs were all made of stone and wood. As the young man forcefully struck and ground, the juices of various colored plants mixed together, miraculously turning into glowing, flowing emerald green.
A fresh, bitter fragrance continuously drifted through the house. The young healer glanced at a piece of sheepskin nearby, repeatedly comparing and measuring with the stone bowl containing the medicinal liquid.
"Healer, An'an suddenly fainted today." The cat-eared boy wasn't worried about disturbing the healer who was carefully measuring dosages. He darted over to the young man's side and patted his arm.
The healer's originally relaxed expression abruptly turned serious. He abandoned the medicinal potion that needed constant attention and immediately walked to Qi An's side, then softened his expression, speaking gently, "Hold out your hand and let me take a look."
His fingers pressed against Qi An's slender wrist. Feeling the pulse that was weak but still within normal range, the healer's expression visibly relaxed several degrees. "Have you felt anywhere uncomfortable recently?"
"No." Qi An's gaze lingered for a moment on the healer's ears of some indiscernible type, then gently shook his head.
The healer examined Qi An carefully again. Finding nothing major wrong with him, he沉吟 (murmured) for a moment, then rummaged through another shelf and finally took out a wooden box from the center.
The material used to make this box was an extremely rare wood, with a seemingly soft touch but actually an incomparably hard texture. The medicinal herbs inside were also painstakingly prepared by the healer with considerable effort. But when the healer handed it to Qi An, there wasn't any heartache on his face. His expression when facing Qi An was still extremely gentle. "Soak a little in water each day. It's good for your body. And it's very tasty—the sweet, syrupy kind."
This was specially selected by him, completely different from the bitter-tasting ones given to others.
Extraordinarily sweet.
"Thank you." Qi An was stunned, then took the wooden box, and showed the healer a smile.
"It's nothing, it's nothing." The healer couldn't help but rub the young man's soft, black hair. He was浑身冒起幸福的泡泡 (radiating happy bubbles all over).
He smiled at me.
He really was so, so cute.
This exhausting profession finally had just a little bit of an advantage.
Thoughts swirled in his mind, but the young healer still maintained a gentle smile. He thought for a moment, then continued, "I still can't determine the cause of your sudden faint for now. An'an, you'd better go see the priest later to check if it's related to those clan members' sudden fainting."
"Has the healer examined those people's bodies too?"
The soft voice floated over from ahead. There seemed to be some admiration in the young man's tone. The young healer, who usually didn't show emotions easily, felt a wave of joy and delight in his heart.
The healer一边耳热 (felt his ears grow warm), 一边勉强维持住自己的高人风范 (maintained his composure as an expert). "Mm, I've examined them. Those clan members' bodies have undergone certain changes. Our beast-man race, although divided into different genders, has both beast and humanoid aspects in everyone. The beast nature represents madness, while the humanoid aspect represents reason."
"Those people who fainted—their beast characteristics have started becoming increasingly prominent. Although I've prepared suppressant potions for them, they haven't been very effective so far." The young healer's expression grew somewhat grave as he spoke.
This matter had occurred quite suddenly, and it wasn't just their tribe—the entire beast-man world had experienced this upheaval. What was even more terrifying was that at the tribal council held not long ago, several clan leaders hadn't attended, and to this day, they still couldn't contact those tribes at all.
One couldn't help but worry whether those tribes had met some misfortune because of these changes.
"It's fine." The young healer suppressed his worries, speaking gently. "The clan began preparing for the ritual ceremony shortly after the incident occurred. The clan leader just came to notify me. It will be held this afternoon. The priest will attempt to communicate with the Beast God to seek a solution."
Because of the young man's presence, their tribe's priest was the most powerful priest in the entire world, and also the most likely to successfully communicate with the Beast God. But if this ritual ceremony failed to find a solution, the entire world might descend into chaos.
"Mm." Qi An didn't press further. He merely kept his doubts suppressed in his heart. Since he still hadn't figured out what kind of personality he should display, Qi An chose, as usual, to try not to show too much initiative.
Dreams were quite mystical things, and this world's difficulty level shouldn't be low. Otherwise, the system wouldn't have actively given them hints.
Qi An was actually somewhat confused about what role the dream's owner would play in their own dream. Because this scope was simply too broad and vague.
They might be someone extremely powerful, or they might just be an insignificant person.
How should he find this dream's owner? And how should he wake them, or should he choose the second method the system provided?
Qi An and the cat-eared boy walked out of the healer's house. The sub-females still tending the medicinal field instantly straightened their spines the moment the wooden door opened, put warm smiles on their faces, and pretended to be diligently and earnestly working.
Qi An smilingly greeted them as usual. After walking for a while, he suddenly felt lost—he didn't seem to have anywhere to go. So he could only silently follow the cat-eared boy along the path, turning this way and that, to an area lined with wooden houses.
Judging simply by the boundary fences, this tribe was actually considered quite large. Besides the numerous wooden houses not far from him, Qi An had also seen many caves along the way. There were no other clan members near the caves, but there were quite a few sub-females and sub-males in front of the wooden houses.
The caves happened to be located on the outskirts of the tribe, while the wooden houses were in the center. The two distinctly different arrangements, and the fact that males were now out hunting—made it easy to infer that the caves were the males' residences, while the wooden houses were the dwellings for the other beast-men.
When Qi An returned, many clan members warmly greeted him. Qi An suddenly discovered that every single beast-man here was extremely friendly to him, and they always seemed to casually steal glances at him.
Taking advantage of the beast-men's enthusiasm, Qi An easily found his residence. He also learned the cat-eared boy's name: Cai Ni.
When Qi An's figure entered his door in the center, countless pairs of eyes peeked over again. Their gazes were full of doting tenderness. The wild beast-man attire made the young man appear even more delicate.
The exposed skin carried a fragile, porcelain-like quality.
"An'an is especially cute today too."
Just at this time, the sub-males and sub-females gathered outside were preparing to return to their respective wooden houses. Their current positions weren't far from Qi An's, but there was still some distance to their destinations, so quiet conversations resumed.
"Not only that," a sub-male said with a flushed, somewhat shy face. "And it felt... as if he was even cuter than before."
"Eh? Do you feel that way too?" Another red-haired sub-female exclaimed in surprise, then suddenly became dejected. "An'an is perfect in every way, except his taste in people isn't very good."
This small voice immediately drew countless people's agreement. Unhappy voices rose and fell one after another. "That's right, that's right. His taste in people isn't very... well... somewhat bad."
Qi An knew none of this. He only returned to his room, roughly surveyed the furnishings, placed the herbs from the healer aside, casually took some ingredients from the storage cabinet in the room to make something to eat, and then waited for the afternoon ritual ceremony to begin.
Because no matter which method he used to complete the quest, he first needed to understand this world's situation—who were the powerful figures, what major events had occurred, or what changes had taken place.
The sun hanging high in the sky was blood-red, dyeing the surrounding sky a dazzling red. The crows resting on the treetops seemed disturbed by something, waving their terrifyingly black wings, constantly circling and flying high in the sky.
Eerie, mournful cries continuously drifted through the sky, as if presaging some ominous omen.
The afternoon ritual ceremony arrived as scheduled. To show solemnity and respect, all the beast-men of the tribe gathered here. The priest presiding over the entire ceremony stood atop the high platform, while the other beast-men surrounded the platform below, gazing up at the高高在上的 (lofty) priest with reverent eyes.
Beast-men in this beast-man world generally had deep faith in the divine.
Therefore, most of them hoped to stand closer to the platform. Hence, the closer to the platform, the more crowded; the further out, the sparser. But there was one exception: besides the cat-eared boy Cai Ni, there were no other beast-men beside Qi An.
It seemed they were afraid of crowding Qi An, or perhaps they had made some agreement. Even though the beast-men around Qi An were squeezed shoulder to shoulder, back to back, with sweat dripping down their skin, no other beast-men came to the young man's side.
The priest standing on the high platform wore clothes of a different style from the beast-men—similar to ancient robes, made from some relatively smooth plant material. His expression was divine, and his ears and tail were eerily still. As he performed a gesture of hands pressed together in prayer, the priest's lips began to quiver slightly.
As some obscure, ancient language rang out loudly, the incense on the altar continuously rose upward. The incense's volume expanded ceaselessly. Although it was merely a thin strand, it ignited into countless wisps of white smoke. These plumes of smoke, carried by the gently浮动 (floating) breeze, eventually drifted toward the sky.
"The Beast God is above. We wish to ask a question."
The priest's voice was both solemn and clear. He maintained his eyes closed, hands pressed together in prayer, but much cold sweat had already broken out on his brow.
The moment this voice rang out, the beast-men below were stunned, and they too assumed the same posture as the priest. Qi An squinted, observing this scene. After thinking, he made the same gesture as them.
**[System, help me record this.]**
**[Okay.]**
"What matter?" The deep, distant voice seemed to come from the far reaches of the sky. The voice answering the priest possessed an uncommon silence and coldness. Because his eyes were closed, Qi An's perception of sound was more acute than usual.
His expression stunned, Qi An inconspicuously raised an eyebrow.
This voice was too flat. It wasn't the cold indifference of someone lofty and disdainful because they were the Beast God. Rather, it was the detached tone of someone handling routine business—like someone mechanically and blandly operating according to some prearranged program.
"Recently, people on the continent have frequently disappeared, and some clan members have also suddenly lost their reason. Does the Beast God have any guidance?" The priest's voice was very firm, but by the end, it couldn't help but mix with some weakness. This ritual seemed to have consumed quite a bit of his strength.
'...' The Beast God's voice delayed in answering. It seemed as if it had been stumped, maintaining silence until the priest's body also began trembling from exhaustion. Only then did its voice ring out again. "Foreign intruders have breached this place."
"There are three foreign intruders. Their bodies carry the power of the evil god—or one could say, the source of the plague. This evil power has spread throughout the continent, and so beast-men have begun losing their reason."
"If this source of evil is not destroyed, all the beast-men in the world will lose control, becoming insane. You will degenerate into mere beasts, completely losing your reason, and then slaughter each other."
"The only solution is to kill them. You must send people to kill them as soon as possible. They are easy to identify—they have no beast-form characteristics at all. They are just like... females." At the very end of this sentence, this voice suddenly paused extremely briefly.
But if one's hearing wasn't sharp, such a subtle pause would be impossible to detect.
The curling, white mist-like smoke was suddenly dispersed by a gust of wind. The priest's expression instantly turned ashen. He lowered his head and looked at the devout clan members, wiped the sweat from his brow. "Clan members, did you hear the Beast God's oracle? Our world has now been invaded by three foreign intruders. It is they who have caused us to end up like this. Therefore, when everyone goes out hunting in the future, you must be vigilant and watch for these people's whereabouts."
"Then bring them back to the tribe." The priest's voice suddenly turned cold. "I will sacrifice their blood to seek the Beast God's protection."
The Beast God's proclamation made the beast-men's responses particularly loud. The fairy-like priest concealed his weak state, as always, praying for the tribe and bestowing blessings on the beast-men who came to the ceremony. After the priest finished, the elderly, dignified clan leader immediately went back onstage to preside over the overall situation, passionately and stirringly expressing his views, and skillfully mobilizing the beast-men's righteous fervor to find the intruders and protect their homeland.
The entire matter concluded with the beast-men's high spirits and determination to kill the intruders. After the ceremony ended, the clan leader who had just stepped down from the platform immediately called for the fastest beast-men in the tribe—those whose beast forms were birds—to send them to other tribes to convey the news from the ceremony.
Qi An raised an eyebrow as he watched this scene, his expression shifting.
**[An'an, why do I feel like the Beast God was referring to Zhang Zhaoqi and the others?]** The system's voice sounded somewhat odd.
**[Mm.]** Qi An responded softly in his mind, but his gaze swept to the other side. Because the ritual required everyone's presence, those beast-men who had fainted and then had their personalities drastically change had also come to the scene.
But they were separately locked in iron cages, making beast-like fierce snarls. Presumably, to avoid the infighting that could easily occur if they were locked in the same cage.
Their current external characteristics were indeed similar to what the healer had described—highly prominent beast features. Even their exposed skin wasn't as smooth as before, covered in red swelling, like a newborn baby's, but filled with extremely fine, dense bumps.
It was as if animal fur was about to grow out from them.
When this fur completely covered their bodies, the only human characteristics they had would also disappear. They would degenerate into ordinary, wild beast-like existences.
**[Then Zhang Zhaoqi and the others will have a hard time, won't they? Soon, news that they are foreign intruders will spread throughout the entire dream world.]** The system's voice seemed somewhat urgent, yet also seemed to be gloating. **[They'll be hunted down by the entire world.]**
Qi An's reaction to the system's tone was flat. He merely softly acknowledged, then swept his gaze over the beast-men who were neatly tidying up the ceremony remnants. He was about to follow Cai Ni and the other beast-men back to his wooden house.
But just as Qi An was about to leave, the priest stopped him.
Noticing the frail young man turn around, the priest's face finally revealed a smile like snow melting. He gently said, "Child, you had best not go out recently."
"Why?"
The young man before him seemed puzzled. His dark, bright eyes had slightly widened pupils. This action of his completely exposed his beautiful eyes, and the priest's faint smile deepened several degrees, rarely showing tenderness. "When I just communicated with the Beast God, I divined your future and the tribe's future, but I discovered..."
"Your future is a void. Your fate has already changed."
"And in the tribe, I saw blood, black fog, and some other things I have never seen before. But even though the tribe might become somewhat unstable, and other beast-men might suffer one after another..." The priest's tone suddenly paused. "But you will be fine."
"Did you divine my fate before?" Qi An's eyelashes trembled imperceptibly, as if simply out of pure curiosity.
"Yes." The priest nodded but then smiled and left, without any intention of continuing the conversation. It seemed he was merely advising Qi An to try to reduce going out recently.
However, the depths of his eyes as he turned around flickered with a trace of darkness.
Obscure, like some kind of sin.
Qi An frowned, a deep thought passing through his heart.
Would his future fate be related to this dream's owner?
"The priest is really handsome." Seeing the priest had left, Cai Ni couldn't help but exclaim, his nimble eyes continuously gazing at the priest's retreating figure. "Not only extremely handsome, but also so kind. Whenever a beast-man is injured and wants to receive the priest's blessing, regardless of whether his divine power is sufficient, the priest will fulfill their request. His personality is really so good. What do you say, An'an?"
"Mm." Qi An heard this and looked at the priest's tall, straight-backed figure a few more times.
"Right, right? You also think the priest is especially nice, don't you?" Cai Ni instantly happily wagged his tail, becoming excited. "Divining fate drains divine power tremendously and might even cost vitality, but the priest doesn't care about these things. Instead, he divines your fate every time, which shows he really treats you well."
"So, have you felt even a little bit of a heart flutter toward him? After all, he..." Cai Ni looked at the young man beside him and couldn't help but grab his arm. But when a red mark appeared on that porcelain-white skin, he embarrassedly released the young man. When he spoke again, his voice held more心虚 (guilty uncertainty). "Likes you so much."
Huh?
The cat-eared boy saw that Qi An hadn't responded for quite a while, then stuck out his pink tongue again. "Right, how could you possibly see that the priest likes you? All your thoughts are now on that sub-male."
"I really don't understand. That sub-male isn't as handsome as the priest, isn't as powerful as the priest, and even his status is low. He absolutely doesn't deserve you. Why do you like him so much?"
Qi An was stunned. So in this dream, he was also deeply in love with someone. Looking at the cat-eared boy who seemed恨铁不成钢 (disappointed at his failure to improve), a very微妙 (delicate, complicated) feeling arose in Qi An's heart.
If he didn't violate the dream character's personality, he would later also have to display falling head over heels for this sub-male at first sight, and to marry only him and no other.
Sure enough... quite a tricky situation.