Dream Travel

Chapter 195 Still Elite Monsters

The scanning range of the Ling Shu sights expanded, and one of the organization members frowned slightly: "Someone has used mental scanning. They're not far from us, about a kilometer away."

At this point, the organization member sneered: "A rather clumsy mental scan!"

After sensing the mental scan, he shielded it, preventing the scan from detecting his presence. As for his presence elsewhere, let Bai Mu find it if he wants.

This war-torn city is now completely under their control; any outsider appearing here is either an enemy or their boss.

As for the local forces in this world, they patched things up quite a bit while managing this city.

More importantly, the people in Yimengyuan are all on their side, and not everyone in Yimengyuan is a good person.

The source of this alternate dream was someone who was obsessed with the research of 'immortality'. This person became so obsessed that they turned into a demon and became the source of the alternate dream.

His organization encountered this source of strange dreams, and the two sides hit it off immediately.

Tech Ghost can indeed put people in a special state of 'immortality', but Dream Source still feels it's not perfect enough.

The printed technological ghosts can carry consciousness, but as weapons, the consciousness needs to be glassed and adjusted in order to better control these 'weapons'.

However, Yimengyuan itself wanted something better.

Furthermore, since this war-torn city is the origin of the Dream Source, Dream Source researchers receive a significant 'bonus' when conducting research here.

As for the power of the alternate dream world... it can only be said that the bonuses obtained by the alternate dream source are also useful to other beings. Through the active contact of the alternate dream source, they also attracted a lot of investment from the local world.

This kind of investment is itself a form of protection, so local organizations are not afraid of what local official forces do, and if they want to do something, they have to get all countries to unite.

They're not stupid; they wouldn't do something so foolish as to unite nations.

In this fantastical world, they are special manufacturers who serve the 'World Lighthouse'.

When looking for a partner, you should naturally choose the most capable one. As for other countries? Being half-hearted will lead to trouble.

So even if the authorities or other enemies intend to use underhanded tactics, don't try to do anything to them.

As for the sponsors... well, there's not much to say. Sponsors always bring them some special material.

"Kill them or capture them?" A dark blue figure appeared beside the organization member and spoke using an auxiliary device.

This is a technological ghost that maintains its own consciousness.

"Wait a minute." The organization member took out a communicator, and after briefly understanding the situation, said to the tech ghost next to him, "Capture him alive, or kill him if you can't catch him."

They didn't care that this strange dream had more holes, as the relevant technical organizations had already mastered it.

It's just that it's difficult to replicate in reality, but it's not impossible to replicate, as long as there's enough time.

They have been transferring related equipment out of this dream world. Although the success rate of each transfer is not high, they can gradually accumulate enough.

Once the most important core part is solved, the rest becomes irrelevant.

At that point, it won't matter what this alternate dream world is like.

Using such technology in the alternate dream world inevitably involves dealing with local official forces and will also be subject to unavoidable constraints and other problems.

More importantly, that beacon superpower coveted these technologies and had always wanted the most core technologies.

The organization's members aren't stupid either. If they get the most core technology, they'll go from being secret collaborators to terrorists.

So, they want to customize a Ghost? Fine, but want the core technology? Dream on!
Of course, they wouldn't go to extremes, but rather gradually build up their relationship with this powerful backer to buy time.

In order to quickly transfer this technology to reality, they didn't care about the so-called Dream Hole at all.

Once the plan is complete, we can simply dump the Dream Source in the wilderness and blow it up.

It's normal for the investigation to come during the planning process; several groups of people from the investigation department have come.

Not only the processing bureau in Rota City, but also personnel from processing bureaus in other cities.

But when faced with the technological ghosts, these people really can't beat them.

Those technological ghosts are difficult to observe; they can see through the vision of normal ghosts, so the effect on these types of technological ghosts is not very ideal.

Exorcism methods are meaningless. Even if most technological ghosts are simple in their attack methods, the people in the exorcism department are facing hundreds or thousands of technological ghosts.

Given so many technological ghosts, it would be quite an achievement if they could uncover even a little information.

If an even more powerful outsider does appear, they have other options... they can just find a powerful backer.

This world has no special powers, but its technological capabilities are not weak. Those who are targeted will encounter even greater trouble.

Let alone human powerhouses, even a great demon coming to such a world would have a considerable chance of being sent to a laboratory when faced with a large amount of technological weaponry.

“That means they’re going to die.” The tech ghost next to the organization member nodded; it didn’t matter if they died or not, they just didn’t want them to live.

He leaped away and quickly approached the location of the white curtain.

Compared to other technological ghosts, he is more powerful and possesses special abilities.

His existence can be considered to be 'immortal' to a certain extent; even if he is scattered, he can wait to recover.

It just requires enough energy to maintain itself, which is why the self-aware technological ghosts within the organization are all exceptionally powerful.

Without any probing, the technological ghost approaching the white curtain attacked immediately upon meeting it, but its body became much 'heavier' as soon as it got close to the white curtain.

Hmm? The Tech Ghost looked at the iron filings clinging to its body. These filings were levitated by a rough electromagnetic field, which uniquely intercepted it.

This guy... discovered the ghost's 'weakness' so quickly?
The technological ghost directly shattered the surrounding iron filings and punched the white curtain.

"Is this okay?"

Bai Mu was startled and swung his weapon case to block, but Ghost's fist slammed into the weapon case, the powerful impact forcing Bai Mu to retreat a distance.

With a flick of his wrist, the tech ghost conjured ghostly blades in both hands.

Attaching this weapon is not difficult; it simply involves scanning the weapon onto the device while creating the technological ghost.

A simple choice is to have a corresponding shape.

The information scanned only affects the strength of the generated weapon, so the weapon generated for him by the organization is not an ordinary one.

Although tech ghosts don't really need these kinds of weapons, their bodies are their best weapons.

When encountering an enemy, you don't need to do much. Just pass through the enemy, and they will die from the instantaneous high temperature burning and freezing.

This is a double whammy; what can withstand high temperatures may not be able to withstand the damage of low temperatures.

The organization prepared weapons for the Tech Ghosts specifically to deal with those who are not ordinary people. Unfortunately, due to technological limitations, the Tech Ghosts can only be equipped with cold weapons.

That's enough. As long as there's enough energy and the main body is well preserved, the Tech Ghost is practically immortal. Melee combat is just a matter of being a little slower at killing.

“Your weapons look pretty good.” White Curtain examined the two sharp blades in the Tech Ghost’s hands and took out the Dream Erosion Greatsword from the weapon case.

Metal wire was wrapped around the hilt of the greatsword.

This was created by White Curtain taking into account the characteristics of tech ghosts, since these tech ghosts can penetrate objects.

Encountering iron filings will restrict movement, but it's not impossible to get rid of them. In addition, to resist the penetration of the Tech Ghost, you need something like ceramics.

Neither the weapon case in the white curtain nor the Dream Erosion Greatsword possesses the properties of ceramic. The reason they were able to withstand the penetration of the Tech Ghost is that another force was at work.

The weapon case features Dream Erosion Enhancement, which can withstand the penetration of Tech Ghosts, a feature not found in the Dream Erosion Greatsword.

The technological ghosts in front of us shouldn't be considered bio-modified beings; they don't even have normal flesh and blood bodies.

Green, raging lightning flashed across the Dream Eater Greatsword.

The White Curtain launched a hasty counterattack after a haphazard enchantment, but the fearless Tech Ghost showed no sign of backing down, wielding two ghostly blades as it slashed at the White Curtain.

Due to the original weapon's structure, the manufactured Ghost Blade is stronger than the original Tech Ghost.

Ghosts themselves have extremely high resistance to physical attacks, so they are not afraid of any melee combat.

The two sharp blades clashed with the electrified Dream Erosion Greatsword.

Despite the Tech Ghost's power to overturn tanks, it failed to overpower the White Curtain in their battle.

The self-aware technological ghost saw the white curtain turn its eyes gold.

In that brief moment of confusion and distraction, the tech ghost saw the white curtain pull out another weapon.

Bai Mu held the Spirit Pivot weapon close to the body of the Tech Ghost, firing shotguns at close range.

A mental energy bullet infused with lightning power exploded, blasting away a small portion of the tech ghost's body. Even so, the tech ghost remained mobile.

However, his body was already damaged, his movements were restricted, and he didn't have time to make any more moves before he was pinned to the ground by the Dream Eater Greatsword.

The Ling Shu gun was aimed at the head of the technological ghost.

"I'll come back to you." Facing the gun barrel, the Tech Ghost showed no fear and spoke in a calm, synthesized voice.

"Let's see who goes after whom first." White Curtain fired, shattering the Tech Ghost's head.

Without pausing, he put away his Ling Shu gun, took out a scope from the weapon case on his back, and performed a quick mental scan of his surroundings.

More than two hundred technological ghosts quickly converged on him.

White Curtain felt a chill run down his spine and chose to run away. It wasn't that he couldn't fight so many tech ghosts, but fighting them would be too passive and the chance of failure would be too high.

More importantly, killing them doesn't necessarily mean they are effectively killed.

Run away!

Having already gathered enough information using the scope, Bai Mu is now more efficient at escaping.

His plan was to escape the war-torn city first.

Next, I'll see if I can contact some local big shots.

Upon reaching the edge of the city, Bai Mu saw the army and decisively withdrew.

Those troops didn't seem to be planning to attack the city; they seemed more like they were enclosing territory. Through the Dream-Eroding Imperial Arm, White Veil gleaned information from the faces of a few patrolling soldiers.

Their mission is to seal off this place.

Completely locking down a city is not easy, but what about with high technology?
Bai Mu looked up at the sky, wondering if there was one or more satellites watching the city, or even him.

"...Oh no!" Bai Mu tapped his head. Could he really be being watched?
Therefore, in the modern dream world, sometimes it can be quite difficult to move around.

Back in the city, Bai Mu glanced around, activated his mental scan, took out a paper bag, and scattered it around.

The stealthy ghost, covered in iron filings, instantly revealed itself.

Before they could even make a move, they were scattered by the electric balls fired from the white curtain.

The shotgun mode can inflict lightning damage on each bullet, making it an output mode primarily based on mental energy bullets.

Conversely, if you primarily use lightning for damage output, you can create electric orbs.

Between rapid-fire mode and shotgun mode, the shotgun mode produces a more powerful lightning ball.

However, these technological ghosts are quite powerful. To disable them, their forms must be completely destroyed. But once injured, they will regain their mobility in no time.

The ghosts that appeared this time were clearly not just regular enemies.

The actions of those grunts were too simple: they either patrolled normally or hid in ambush.

When encountering enemies, they attack mindlessly without displaying any combat skills, but this group of ghosts has shown stealth skills.

It's something that's already hard to see with the naked eye, and with stealth techniques, it leaves no way for ordinary people to survive.

Bai Mu planned to visit the nuclear power plant first.

At worst, he could find a place to lie in wait, recharge his weapon case, and see if he could use the Dream Erosion Imperial Arm to snipe through walls.

The more sophisticated the equipment, the easier it is to destroy. If we can destroy a key node in the nuclear power plant, we might not have to face so many technological ghosts.

Bai Mu looked up at the sky, thinking it would be even better if there was a thunderstorm during this time.

He had a bold idea: since the weapon case could generate lightning, perhaps he could use lightning to generate a stronger attack by using the energy stored in the weapon case and in conjunction with the Ling Shu sniper rifle.

The white curtain, which had just completed another mental scan, stopped in its tracks. This scan revealed not only the nearby ghosts but also living people.

And there are quite a few of them, which is different from before, where technological ghosts were found near living people.

Those people were all within the attack range of the technological ghost, but the ghost ignored them, so they were probably enemies.

The group discovered this time was different; there were also tech ghosts active nearby, but those tech ghosts were confined to a certain area.

However, this restriction is not ideal; if those technological ghosts are not controlled by anyone, normal ground restrictions are still useful.

However, with someone manipulating them, they became less rigid. During the duration of the mental scan, the white screen 'saw' some of the technological ghosts breaking through from other places.

Without any hesitation, Bai Mu immediately headed in that direction. Whether it was a trap or not, he would know once he got there.

(End of this chapter)