Dream Travel

Chapter 196 Other Colleagues
"Eighty-eight, not a bad number." Upon arriving at the scene, Bai Mu maintained a minimal mental scan and counted the number of ghosts.

They found a suitable spot to set up their guns. The people who were dealing with these ghosts were highly professional and well-equipped, so nothing would happen in the short term, but things might change over time.

He had scouted this place before and hadn't found this group of people, but now that he had, it meant that these people were not legitimate.

Most likely they are people from the Bureau of Investigation or people who were accidentally caught up in the alternate dream, but judging from their equipment, it's unlikely they are unlucky.

Moreover, there are experts among these people, so Bai Mu only needs to provide some support.

The bullet, imbued with the power of lightning, arrived in an instant and blasted a ghost that had fallen from the sky.

The ghost landed in a bad spot, stepping directly onto a pile of iron filings, and was immediately subdued.

The white curtain's attack was like shooting at a target; not only that, the current from the exploding lightning ball spread along the iron filings, affecting other ghosts.

Unfortunately, this kind of long-range attack is difficult to control; otherwise, Bai Mu could have tried the previous method, using the electric current generated by the weapon box to make some iron filings float around him.

The iron filings will float up, making the traces of those ghosts more visible.

Using only mental scanning would be too much of a burden on him, and it would also be somewhat out of sync with what his eyes see.

The images captured by the mental scan appear directly in the mind.

"Someone can help." Inside a building, the action team that had just arrived in this dream world quickly exchanged ideas, and one of them decisively threw out a ball.

After the object landed in an open area, it emitted a not-too-bright light, and within the area illuminated by the light, the traces of the ghosts were fully revealed.

"Good heavens." Upon seeing the ghosts that had revealed their tracks, Bai Mu fired continuously. The biggest advantage of the Spirit Pivot weapon is that it doesn't require reloading.

Although the sniper mode has the slowest rate of fire, it can still fire in bursts.

The fallen orbs of light became the target of the ghosts' concentrated attacks. Besides being difficult to kill, the ghosts' greatest advantage was their invisibility.

This invisibility can be revealed by certain optical devices, but it still leaves those without the necessary equipment vulnerable.

The ghosts have a controller behind them, so they immediately changed their targets, which gave the White Curtain an opportunity.

After he eliminated more than a dozen ghosts with a few shots, the people inside the building finally took action.

A person holding a weapon resembling a megaphone aimed at the converging horde of ghosts and pulled the trigger, unleashing a fan-shaped plasma blast.

All the ghosts within the area of ​​impact of the shroud were destroyed.

Bai Mu looked down at his Spiritual Pivot weapon... well, he turned around to ask the craftsman if he could have this.

After scanning his surroundings through the scope, Bai Mu's eyes twitched slightly. He quickly jumped off the building. In his wide-range scan, more than four hundred ghosts were already approaching.

The sheer number of them was terrifying, and the ghosts that appeared were not only humanoid, but also included other types of wild beasts.

"More ghosts are coming. Do you have any good ideas?"

"Come quickly." A masked man on the building waved to the white curtain.

The white curtain quickly entered the building, where iron filings were scattered everywhere.

This is a seven-person team; they are probably not from the Rota City Handling Bureau.

"People from the processing bureau?"

Bai Mu wasn't entirely sure of these people's identities.

“We come from Elvik.” One of them nodded, explaining his origins.

"I'm from Rota City." Bai Mu took out his authorization certificate from the weapon case. If it were just for pioneering, it wouldn't matter whether he brought it or not, but since it was an investigation, it was necessary to bring it.

It's easier to communicate with someone who is somewhat in the same industry.

The person communicating with the white screen took the authorization certificate, looked at it, and then gave it a strange look.

Rota is not a small city. Although it has developed as much as Elvik, Rota has not been developing for as long as Elvik.

The two cities are not in the same country, but the Bureau of Dreams is a place that any country with autonomy would establish, just like a police station.

Their encounter with Bai Mu can be considered as meeting foreign counterparts, but Bai Mu's authorization certificate means that he is not entirely affiliated with the Dream Processing Bureau.

He's just a temporary worker at best.

Although obtaining such an authorization certificate is more difficult than obtaining a formal job, the question is, why would the Rota City processing bureau send such a person here? Have all the people over there died?

“My name is Morro Cross.” Morro returned the authorization certificate from the White Curtain. Since the certificate was genuine, the two parties had a basis for cooperation.

Even if Bai Mu isn't a formal employee, as long as he's someone from the processing bureau, that's fine.

“This is not the place to talk.” A female member of the team frowned. “More ‘ghosts’ are coming, more than five hundred.”

"How many times have you been here?" Bai Mu followed the team and quickly left the building.

The female member possessed a certain sensory ability, allowing her to accurately avoid approaching ghosts.

“This is the fourth time.” Moro didn’t hide this information. He had noticed the details about Bai Mu while communicating with him.

Besides the weapon case, Bai Mu had several bottles hanging on him, filled with iron filings, indicating that he knew something about ghosts.

"This is great, it's my first time here."

"...So what happened to the Rota City Bureau of Investigation and Handling?" Moro couldn't help but ask.

In the previous battle, Bai Mu demonstrated excellent marksmanship, and his subsequent actions showcased his physical prowess. Furthermore, the items Bai Mu carried gave him a new assessment of Bai Mu's professionalism.

But the white curtain is ultimately not a formal job.

Under normal circumstances, the Bureau of Investigation would not select informal workers for this kind of investigation task. However, it doesn't matter if it's for delivering packages, as Dream Walkers can use them.

"It should be fine. They've discovered quite a few Dream Terminals over there, so they probably don't have many people available."

"As expected." Moro's expression turned serious as he inquired about the Dream Terminal: "How long have you known about that thing?"

"About a month ago, maybe even earlier, but it didn't show up until now." Bai Mu thought for a moment, then brought up another matter: "You know about the demon invasion that happened in Rota City, right?"

"Of course I know. Because of that incident, Elvik conducted a full inspection and found quite a few problematic things."

Moro also had some feelings about that demon invasion, which could be described as one of the worst events of the year.

Not to mention the civilian casualties, the more significant loss is that many Dreamwalkers in Rota City were killed.

Moro said with some regret, "You discovered the Dream Terminal a little too late, otherwise you could have prevented this from happening."

"It's only a possibility." Bai Mu wasn't so optimistic; the demon invasion seemed more like a harvest before the Dream Terminals flowed into Rota City.

"Elvik discovered the Dream Terminal six months ago, and we started investigating after that. We never expected to run into people from Rota City here."

Moro's gaze at the white screen held a strange quality. This wasn't fate, but rather proof of the Dream Terminal's performance.

The two cities are far apart, yet the white curtain can appear here. This can only mean that the Dream Terminal can truly ignore distance, or that the connection between that thing and the Dream Source is very distant.

The Dream Source associated with the Dream Terminal is itself an unstable factor. After discovering the hidden dangers of this thing, the Elvik Processing Bureau began to investigate.

The goal is to find the source of the strange dreams, but investigators from Rota City have also arrived, making the location of this source even more unclear...

However, the investigation into this thing cannot stop, because the Source of Another Dream has really exploded, and no one can guarantee that the thing will not appear in their own country.

Betting on who will be more unlucky? Isn't that just like betting on which country a lost nuclear bomb will explode in?

Therefore, even if it's difficult to confirm the location of the alternate dream source, an investigation must be conducted so that the Bureau of Handling Dreams can have an explanation once the associated alternate dream source is indeed destroyed.

Even if the Disposal Bureau seems a bit useless for failing to handle this matter properly, at least they did their job. If they did nothing and just waited for the Dream Source to explode, what would be the point of the Disposal Bureau's existence?

"It's good that we arrived early. What do you think about directly contacting the local forces of this world?"

“Not good.” Moro immediately rejected White Curtain’s suggestion: “The Otherworld Source has reached a cooperation agreement with the organization that controls the Ghost Production Base, and they also have secret cooperation with local forces.”

The abandoned city was under military blockade, but the blockade was more of a protective measure; this was a special experimental zone.

"So we're the stowaways?" Bai Mu glanced at the sky and, with his excellent eyesight, spotted the drone tracking them.

"Of course, we are also connected to the Source of Other Dreams, but this connection is not necessarily a good one. There are also connections that take the form of enemies."

Moro was an experienced Dream operative, and when communicating with White Curtain, he did not hold back any information that could be exchanged.

Having an extra helper at this time is not a bad thing, and the existence of the White Curtain also provides them with a new channel for intelligence exchange.

Now that we know that Rota City is also investigating the same Dream Terminal, we can contact the Dream Processing Bureau in Rota City when we get back.

Although they are not from the same country, it is still possible to cooperate in cases involving such 'major matters'.

Unlike special law enforcement agencies, the Bureau of Dreams has fewer restrictions on cooperation in certain matters.

"However, calling us smugglers is a bit inappropriate; our identity should be 'special agents.'"

Bai Mu couldn't help but whistle: "An agent trying to steal information from 'Ghost'?"

"almost."

Bai Mu smiled, his expression unchanged: "I've never been a secret agent before, but now I have this identity. I just don't know which organization I'm affiliated with."

“No one will have that.” Moro shook his head. How could such an operation have a specific identity in the local area? Besides, they were already undocumented.

Afterwards, Bai Mu and Moro discussed some other information and confirmed one thing.

The Bureau to which Morrow belongs seems to be quite interested in the technology ghost technology.

Bai Mu's own idea was much simpler: if given the chance, he would just blow up that nuclear power plant...

(End of this chapter)