Dream Travel

Chapter 174 Time Police
"What's the point of investigating this?!" By the fourth day, Bai Mu was already impatient. Other things had a starting point for investigation, but this dream world made him feel like he had been maliciously abandoned.

We have no information about the Dream Source, we can't find the Dream Source, and there's no trace of the illegal organization that controls the Dream Source.

The most meaningful thing he's done these days is cleaning up gangs and making money by farming gold. However, the gang leaders are nothing like the first one Bai Mu encountered.

This strange dream is special, but he can't find the special aspects. As for making money by fighting the underworld, that's what he came here to do.
He's looking for trouble... ugh, I mean, to punish illegal organizations.

Bai Mu is seriously considering whether to stir up a big incident to see if he can alert the enemy and lure them out, otherwise there's no point in continuing like this.

"What do you mean by the simplest survey? It's clearly the most difficult one."

Bai Mu glanced at the electronic devices he had bought. He already had a car, and it didn't matter that he didn't have the necessary documents. After all, the used car seller had failed in his attempt to cheat him, so he had honestly provided the corresponding goods.

The paperwork is complete; whether it's usable or not doesn't matter. The white curtain is just for temporary use.

There were cell phones and computers on it; putting everything else aside, the technological development of this dream world is quite impressive.

It's just too peaceful.

Bai Mu decided to stay for two more days to see how things went. If nothing major happened, he would leave. He didn't care what happened in this alternate dream world; he was going to find Bo Lei and find a new alternate dream world to conduct his investigation.

A beam of light descended from the sky in the dead of night, attracting the attention of several malevolent dark elves who approached with ill intentions.

Seeing this scene, which resembled an alien invasion of Earth, the Dark Elf of the Night chose to run away.

They just wanted to use their passive ability to become invisible at night to find easy targets, and they didn't want to be captured and studied by any suspicious aliens.

As for the white curtain that they were targeting, it immediately floored the accelerator and moved directly toward the place where the beam of light briefly appeared. This beam of light appeared for a very short time, and it seemed that it could not be seen from a distance.

That's not important; what's important is that he finally discovered the special features of this strange dream world.

"Halt! Surrender now!"

When Shiro arrived at the scene, a fierce battle was taking place. Shiro, who had been wearing the Dream-Eroding Imperial Arms beforehand, obtained firsthand information.

Insight is not mind reading, and the information obtained is not as complete as mind reading. Sometimes it also requires guidance. However, when the goal is too clear, the completeness of the information will not be too low.

This is a battle between time-traveling police and criminals.

Time-space police? Upon receiving this information, Bai Mu immediately made a series of connections. Time-space police, huh? Does that mean this dream world exists in multiple timelines?
If I waited for ten minutes and no one from the processing bureau contacted me, does that mean the processing bureau never even landed with me?
The time police who were chasing them were originally very capable fighters, but they became less so after landing through the beam of light.

The pursuers had the support of locals, putting the time-traveling police at a direct disadvantage, even though they were well-equipped, they were outnumbered.

Bai Mu selected a sniping spot and began fixed-point target practice.

"Ah! They have reinforcements!" A gunman screamed after being hit by the white curtain. The white curtain's attack was not fatal, but the electric current it contained caused the hit man to convulse and make it difficult for him to continue fighting.

After receiving support, the weakened time police immediately launched a counterattack, their marksmanship accurately taking down several enemy gunmen.

Although the weapons they used were pistols, they were very powerful, penetrating the cover when hit, and the bullets were also unusually fast. Bai Mu wanted to get his hands on one to see how it went.

With the deaths of several gunmen, the remaining men could no longer stand still and immediately split off a group to surround the White Curtain.

However, this person lost contact shortly after approaching the white curtain.

The remaining people chose to retreat without hesitation.

The two time police officers, panting, looked around with relief, trying to find the person who had come to their aid.

Bai Mu emerged from the shadows carrying a weapons case. The time police watched the strong young man warily, but their expressions quickly became tense.

The box on Bai Mu's back was really 'painful'.

"You stepped in to help?" One of the time police officers kept glancing at the weapon case behind the white curtain; it was too conspicuous.

"Of course, would you like to talk?"

"..." The time police officer who spoke was somewhat tempted.

They were conducting a routine arrest operation. Well-trained time police officers typically operate in pairs, as they do not belong to this timeline and it is not appropriate to have too many people on duty.

But recently their headquarters has been adjusting these rules because they discovered a troublesome illegal organization.

This illegal organization actually helped some people hunt down parallel individuals from parallel universes.

This is appalling. They once had a serious trans-temporal murder case that resulted in the deaths of 123 parallel individuals.

The murder was eventually brought under control, preventing the worst-case scenario from occurring.

This matter should have ended there, but a whole bunch of other things have popped up!
The members of that illegal organization are generally stronger than ordinary people, putting increasing pressure on the space-time police to enforce the law, resulting in severe staff reductions and forcing them to expand recruitment.

This is not a good thing. The time police have tried their best to minimize the impact of their actions in order to avoid other parallel universes discovering anything amiss.

The expansion of the Time Police was to deal with that illegal organization, and as a result, many of their actions became difficult to conceal.

But if we don't do this, there will be more and more murders that transcend time and space.

In addition, those people are very good at fighting, so the two-person teams are becoming less and less effective when they are on the move.

Just like this time, what was supposed to be a sure-fire pursuit turned into an ambush upon landing.

They didn't say they'd be killed, but dealing with these gunmen would be troublesome. More importantly, the ringleader hadn't been caught yet.

If the main culprit comes to this parallel universe, then there will be a new victim in this current parallel universe.

The other party came here to kill the parallel individuals who are considered the main culprits.

Therefore, having more helpers would be a great advantage for the upcoming operations. The problem is that Bai Mu's identity is unknown, and there are also the rules of the Time Police...

Bai Mu took the initiative to say, "Time and space police, huh? I know you guys."

His words were very persuasive, and combined with the effect of the Dream-Eroding Imperial Arm, the two Time Police officers revealed a great deal of useful information to him while they were thinking.

However, to fully understand the situation in this strange dream world, we should ask these two more questions.

"Let's talk to him first; now is not the time to follow the rules."

Another time-travel policeman, a strong-looking man who looked every bit the tough guy, stepped forward: "Do you have anywhere to talk?"

How's my car?

"it is good."

After getting on the bus, the two time police officers introduced themselves.

The time-traveling police officer, who appeared to be of Chinese descent, said, "My name is Gabriel, and I used to be a Los Angeles detective."

Another tough-guy time policeman who doesn't talk much: "Evan Finch".

"My name is Bai Mu, and I am currently investigating an illegal organization."

"?" Evan was taken aback and carefully examined Bai Mu. There were signs of training on Bai Mu, but he didn't seem to be one of their colleagues.

The time police knew each other. He looked down at his phone, but no local information related to the White Curtain popped up. This guy was an unregistered resident.

"Were you also illegally smuggled in?"

"The way you're talking makes it very easy for the talks to fall apart."

Bai Mu glanced at the phone in Evan's hand and suddenly felt that his current phone wasn't so appealing anymore.

Evan's face was serious: "Illegal immigration is a serious violation, you..."

“Evan, we should find the main culprit first,” Gabriel reminded his partner.

Evan is very law-abiding, so once he discovers that White Curtain might be 'illegally smuggled', he easily seizes on this point and won't let it go.

Gabriel is used to this, but those who are not familiar with it may not be.

"..." Evan nodded with some hesitation, setting aside the issue of Bai Mu's identity for the time being, and instead inquired about Bai Mu's reasons for investigating that illegal organization.

"The reason? Of course, it's because they broke the law."

Evan was speechless. He wanted to say that she was breaking the law too, but his partner stepped on his foot and he held back.

"In short, we have the same goal now. If you're going to take me along for the next mission, I won't hold you back."

Evan shook his head: "It's not about holding us back, it's about you refusing to reveal your identity, and we won't believe you."

"Alright then, let's start by telling each other how much you know about this illegal organization. I have a confidentiality agreement with you, and I will disclose the relevant information based on what you know."

Bai Mu had no intention of being a riddle teller. If the natives had already discovered the existence of dreamwalkers, then he would have much more to say.

If there is little information available on this topic, the White Curtain will not proactively disclose too much related information.

He's now officially on the agency's assignment, and he won't do anything to sabotage his teammates.

"A confidentiality agreement?" Evan felt that the young man in front of him was even more unreliable.

The headquarters of the Time Police is an organization capable of monitoring 125 parallel universes. It's not that they can't monitor more, but rather that they only have 125 parallel universes.

“Evan, is it that…” Gabriel reminded his partner.

Evan immediately drew his gun, but Gabriel reacted quickly, reaching out to take his partner's weapon away to prevent him from doing anything impulsive.

His hand speed is amazing, even faster than that gang leader.

Gabriel, a Chinese man, is someone Whitebeard is watching. In a recent battle, his behavior was not that of a normal person.

His exceptional speed and reaction time allowed him to move freely amidst a hail of bullets. He wasn't the only one attracting the attention of most of the gunmen; Evan had already been riddled with bullets by a group of gunmen.

In addition to the limited information they revealed and the information obtained from the Dream-Eater Imperial Arms, White Curtain already knows the information related to this alternate dream.

As he knew, barring any unforeseen circumstances, this dream world was likely related to the movie "The Universe," or had a corresponding backstory.

A movie is a movie. When you're a viewer, you only watch the plot, but when you truly enter the story, that's when you've truly experienced the world.

Since he's already here, he should just enjoy the experience.

(End of this chapter)