Dream Travel

Chapter 175 'Outer Universe'

Which one are you talking about?

“Outer universe.” Evan said in a low voice, “Our investigation suggests that those members of illegal organizations come from ‘outer universe’.”

"Okay, I am the enforcer of the outer universe, specifically here to deal with their invasion."

"..." Evan stared silently at Bai Mu, suspecting that Bai Mu's identity was made up on the spot: "Do you have proof?"

“Yes, my fist.” Bai Mu looked at Gabriel: “What’s your dominant hand?”

“Either is fine.” Gabriel extended his right hand; he was good at gossiping and could use either hand as his dominant hand.

However, considering that most people's dominant hand is their right hand, he extended his right hand towards the white curtain, clasped his hands together, and under Evan's gaze, the two exerted force simultaneously.

A slightly somber voice rang out, and Evan's lips twitched slightly. Gabriel had just introduced him; he used to be a Los Angeles detective in a parallel universe.

One of his parallel counterparts was also a time police officer, but while chasing criminals, Gabriel's parallel counterpart accidentally killed him from another world.

After that, things spiraled out of control. The time policeman began hunting down parallel individuals from other parallel universes, growing stronger along the way, making it increasingly difficult for the time policeman to capture him.

He was not sanctioned until he met Gabriel.

The time police did not kill the other party, but instead banished them to avoid unforeseen circumstances.

After that, Gabriel returned to a normal life, which is how it should have been.

After an illegal organization from 'outer universe' invaded, Evan found him again and invited him to join the Time Police. The two had worked together before, and after he joined, they became new partners.

Because Gabriel absorbed the energy of other parallel individuals, his physical abilities far surpassed those of ordinary people. He was incredibly fast, extremely strong, and almost invulnerable to weapons.

This made their mission completion rate very high. They were the first to discover that the illegal organization came from 'outer universe'. The time police were not surprised by the outer universe; they often traveled to parallel universes.

As for the outer universe, from the perspective of the time police's duties, as long as those places don't cause trouble, they won't pay attention to places they can't regulate.

However, people from other universes came to cause trouble, specifically helping some people hunt other parallel individuals, which is a serious violation of the rules. There was already enough trouble with just one Yulan, let alone a whole group?
It's one thing to gather a group, but after further investigation by the Time Police, it was discovered that those who hunted parallel individuals through illegal organizations also came from outer universes.

This means that the illegal organization is somehow stealing energy from their world.

The conflict intensified, but unfortunately, the outsiders who hunted parallel individuals were well hidden, and the difficulty in monitoring their movements made the capture operation even more challenging.

They are currently hunting down a criminal whose identity has been confirmed. However, this criminal was not one they were hunting before. They took over the case after the time-traveling police officer in charge of the hunt sacrificed himself.

Evan knew Gabriel's strength very well; he could easily lift a police motorcycle with one hand and run as fast as a car.

When Bai Mu was fighting Gabriel in a contest of strength, he was actually holding his own. What did this guy eat to grow up like this? Evan became even more wary of Bai Mu.

"Now that you've confirmed their identities, why don't you just focus on the individuals involved in other parallel universes?"

“...Because we were fooled.” Evan said after a moment of silence, “The mastermind changed his appearance, misled us into protecting the wrong parallel individuals, and wasted a lot of time.”

"Okay, when do we start making arrests?" Bai Mu eagerly started the car. "Who's going to drive?"

“I’ll do it.” Evan frowned. Bai Mu’s enthusiasm made him uncomfortable. He couldn’t help but glance at Gabriel. When he had met him before, this guy was quite difficult to talk to.

It wasn't that Gabriel had a bad temper, but rather that the other party simply didn't believe some things, wasting a lot of time, and even losing a wife in the process...

However, there are plenty of parallel universes. When Evan finally repatriated Gabriel, he sent him to another parallel universe where his wife was still alive.

As for the conflict, there are only two individuals left who are modeled after Red, so it wouldn't make much difference which parallel universe they were placed in.

It would be better to grant Gabriel's request, given his hard work and contributions. Headquarters turned a blind eye to this matter.

Based on this relationship, Evan easily persuaded Gabriel to come out of retirement.

Without Gabriel, the Time Police would have suffered even greater losses.

Whitebeard's decisive attitude was the complete opposite of Gabriel's initial stance.

“We have a dedicated tracking system.” Evan operated his phone, and a map popped up with a red dot moving rapidly.

His expression twitched involuntarily. He had wasted too much time with the white curtain, and he didn't know if he could make it in time...

"Okay, we missed it." Upon arriving at the spot where the red dot disappeared and looking at the bombed-out scene, Bai Mu patted his weapon case.

Although the chances of obtaining a spirit fragment are slim, he doesn't want to collect unimportant spirit fragments.

"Sigh." Looking at the chaotic scene, Evan had a headache; this was what made solving the case so difficult for them.

As long as the time-space police intervene, illegal organizations will destroy evidence when killing those parallel individuals, leaving the time-space police with nowhere to investigate.

"What should we do then?" Bai Mu asked Gabriel beside him. To be honest, he wanted to learn something.

"Chase!" Evan glanced at Bai Mu. He didn't really want to take this guy with him, but Bai Mu didn't seem to be planning to leave, and he was worried about leaving him alone.

Leaving the pursued criminal unattended would be more troublesome. However, with the White Curtain following them, their subsequent operations would not be able to pass through headquarters, lest this guy have even bigger problems and take the opportunity to cause trouble.

“We can locate it using the traces left by the wormhole, okay…” Evan fiddled with a wristwatch for a while, then glanced at the white screen: “Get ready!”

A beam of light descended from the sky, enveloping them. In that instant, the white curtain felt as if it had cracked open.

The perspective also becomes subtle, changing from first-person to third-person. From this perspective, he sees everything about himself being 'decomposed' and then 'reassembled' in another place.

After the third-person perspective returned to normal, he shuddered and immediately reached for the weapon case; nothing was wrong with the contents.

The process of 'decomposition and recombination' reminded Bai Mu of a very underworld-like method of teleportation.

It's called teleportation, but in reality, it's a complete cloning of a new individual on the other side, with the cloned entity's consciousness being completely synchronized with the original.

After this step is completed, the teleported entity is destroyed on the spot. If it hadn't switched to a third-person perspective, the process would have been far too intense.

"Are you alright?" Evan looked at Bai Mu in surprise, seeing that he was still standing steadily.

"Not bad." Bai Mu stretched his body, opened his weapon case to check, and after confirming that everything inside was in good condition, he simply slung the weapon case over his shoulder.

Evan also saw what was in the weapons case. The gun looked a bit strange, but the greatsword inside was even stranger.

What era are we living in? Why are we still using those kinds of cold weapons? Even if we were to use them, firearms would be the primary weapons, with daggers and similar weapons as secondary options.

Evan took out his phone and looked at the signal. He carefully surveyed his surroundings: "There's no ambush anymore, let's give chase!"

This time he was smarter and didn't waste any more time; he took a taxi directly to where the signal was.

As for the vehicle in the white curtain that didn't come with the wormhole, the reason seems to be that it can't pass through things that are too massive.
Although it's a bit of a pity about what's left behind, the important matter is more important.

On the way, Bai Mu fiddled with the scope in his hand. After mentally scanning it, he decisively gave up on continuing to use it.

This thing works well in combat, but it's not so useful in cities.

The resolution is too poor, and it's difficult to accurately distinguish targets when there are many people. It's better to use the Observer Imperial Arm for tracking.

There's an ambush ahead.

"Stop the car," Evan said decisively, stopping the driver.

Gabriel took out a thick wallet and pulled out a bill to pay the bill.

After getting out of the car, he shook the thick wallet in his hand: "Movement funds, specifically for taking taxis, and can even stop bullets in a critical moment."

"Then why not bring a box? It can even stop bullets in a pinch."

Looking at the white-clad box, Gabriel couldn't refute Bai Mu's words. He asked, "Why did you make your box like this?"

"Of course, it's to avoid misunderstandings. You see, it's hard for someone to watch and inspect these kinds of boxes, right?"

“That’s because they’re not professional enough.” Evan checked his weapons, stared at the white screen, and asked, “Where is the ambush you mentioned?”

The white curtain pointed to a building in the distance, and Gabriel reacted extremely quickly.

To the average person, it was as if he teleported, reaching out to grab Evan and easily pulling the burly man, who weighed no less than 160 pounds, aside.

A bullet blasted a crater in the concrete.

The other bullet was blocked by the weapon box that the white curtain used. The dream-erosion attribute of this box is very special, which can make the strength of the box affected by the user's mental will.

Although this effect will not permanently increase the strength of the box, it can exceed the material's strength limit when needed.

In addition, the weapon case itself is made of very strong material, so it can easily stop a sniper bullet...

Bai Mu shook his arm and hid behind cover with Gabriel.

He quickly retrieved the Ling Shu from the weapon case, installed the sniper module, and began his counterattack.

"Wait, don't make too much noise... never mind." Evan looked at the surrounding enemies, raised his weapon, and began to fight back.

Once the ambushers realized they had been exposed, they acted immediately and professionally, giving them no chance to waste words.

The most dangerous are the snipers. Evan doesn't know how White Curtain managed to spot the ambush in advance at night, but having teammates who can give advance warning is really convenient!

He glanced at the weapon in Bai Mu's hand: "You can spot them, can you take them out?"

"can!"

Under the watchful eyes of Evan and Gabriel, the Ling Shu sniper rifle in Bai Mu's hand suddenly lost power.

(End of this chapter)