Although this dream was vastly different from the last one, Lin Yu still recognized Twenty.

After all, Twenty's appearance was almost identical to before.

It was just that compared to last time, Twenty was being much more proactive.

After jumping off that train, Twenty looked at the "four people" and walked straight to the table.

"Hey, there are a lot more people than I imagined."

"My plan should have only invited one person."

He tapped the table and spoke.

Both Algae and Fern looked at him coldly, saying nothing.

Instead, it was Lin Yu who spoke.

"You did indeed only invite one person," he said calmly, "but... are you really that surprised that so many of us showed up?"

Listening to Lin Yu's tone, Twenty narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"Ha, indeed not surprised. Even though you have men, women, old, and young... you four are probably all one person, right?"

"It's just that I'm not sure if you are the person I'm looking for."

Lin Yu didn't speak again.

For him, it was enough just to get Twenty to say those words.

Sure enough, "Fern," who was responsible for external negotiations, frowned.

"I don't know who you're looking for. Even if the person you're looking for is me, I don't know what you intend to do with me."

Twenty looked at Fern. "Wasn't it you who found my hiding place and came to fight me to the death?"

"But someone of your level shouldn't appear in this dungeon," Fern said coolly. "And with the method of entering dreams, the series of arrangements you made after entering this dungeon obviously to find someone, and repeatedly hovering around me... my coming to settle things with you could be considered a form of self-defense, right?"

"What if I said I have no ill intentions... can we reconcile?"

Twenty asked with a low chuckle.

Fern didn't answer. Algae sneered. "Of course not."

Even though this dream was currently Twenty's domain, Algae and Fern clearly had no intention of backing down.

After all, both of them understood very well that the cloaked man before them was just joking.

"What a pity," Twenty shrugged. "But even so, I won't deliberately make things difficult for you... after all, I'm just acting on someone's request to probe your depths."

As he spoke, Twenty lightly tapped the table twice with his fingertips.

All the playing cards jumped up and flew into Twenty's hand.

"Most people who make contracts with Nightmares, once they pull an enemy's soul into a dream, will try to create predicaments, terror, and attacks within the dream to torment their opponent, thereby achieving the goal of driving them insane," Twenty said calmly. "After all... the dreams created by Nightmares cannot kill the people who enter them. Moreover, all the foundational scene construction must be 'truly existing.' Subsequent distortions of the scene must also be based on logic and cognition, and there must always be an 'exit from the dream.' Also, the dream manipulator's true body must exist somewhere reachable within the dream."

Hearing Twenty suddenly start explaining all this on his own, Algae was somewhat surprised and spoke up irritably. "You, what are you suddenly saying all this for... aren't these supposed to be the weaknesses and limitations of your ability?"

"Are you insulting me... thinking that even after telling us all this, we still can't escape?"

"No, you misunderstand. I'm just reiterating my sincerity," Twenty began shuffling the cards fluidly with one hand. "The 'dreams' I create using Nightmares are never meant to trap or kill the people I pull in. I believe this place can be used to understand others. The people I bring in are less my enemies and more individuals who interest me—so, I also don't want everyone to make things too ugly just to leave this dream."

"You've already played games on your way here, right? You just need to win against me in the upcoming game to leave."

As he spoke, Twenty placed the shuffled deck neatly face down on the table.

"Those who win can leave here—those who lose, I won't do anything to them. They just need to answer one question for me."

Twenty finished speaking. Fern still seemed to be hesitating.

But unexpectedly...

Moss nodded.

"Okay, but... what are we playing?"

It pointed at the playing cards and asked.

"One of the simplest and most classic card games, Blackjack," Twenty's fingers brushed over the cards, fanning them out. "Also called 21—I assume everyone has heard of the rules?"

No one indicated they didn't know.

This game was indeed too classic, mentioned in almost any casino or movie involving playing cards, so even those who don't like playing poker more or less know its rules.

Lin Yu and the Trio were no exception.

After all, the rules of Blackjack aren't complicated.

The basic gameplay is that everyone starts with two cards, can choose to hit or stand, with the goal being to have the total points of the cards in hand not exceed 21 and be as high as possible—you can take up to five cards, and if the total points in hand exceed 21 mid-way, you immediately lose.

Among them, J, Q, and K are also counted as 10 points. The Ace has two calculations, 1 point or 11 points. If counting the Ace as 11 makes the total exceed 21, then the Ace counts as 1 point.

Seeing that everyone already knew the basic rules, Twenty smiled and spoke.

"Since everyone already understands how to play, I won't explain the basics much."

"However, since we're not playing for money or chips, the rules are different from those in casinos—I've also added some of my personal rules here."

"First, I will always be the dealer. According to the rules, I will have one face-up and one face-down card. But the difference is... your cards will also be one face-up and one face-down."

"Each of us will have one face-down card. In the later card-drawing phase, even if you have busted, you don't have to declare that you've busted;you just must stop drawing cards. Of course, you can also declare that you've busted."

"After all of you stop drawing cards, I, as the dealer, will start drawing cards—I still have the restriction that I must draw cards until I have no less than 17 points."

"And after I start drawing cards, you can vote to have one round of 'hole card' exchange for everyone—the exchange order is decided by you, but once the exchange starts, except for those who have already declared they busted earlier, everyone must participate in the exchange."

"After that, if I stop drawing cards without busting, I will choose to compare card totals with everyone. At this time, if your cards are busted, you must declare it."

"And if I bust, I must immediately declare that I have busted. In that case, those among you who declared they busted during your own drawing phase will not be judged as losers—but I can still choose one person among you who hasn't declared they busted to reveal their cards."

"If the selected person has also busted, then the loser of this round is the person I caught;but if they are normally not busted, then the loser is still me, and all players who haven't busted are considered winners."

"If you win twice, you can leave this dream."

"And if you lose twice... you must answer one of my questions."