Dream Travel

Chapter 198 Who opened it?
A windfall can be a trap; Borre's slander failed, and the director of the Rota Bureau wasn't drunk.

They weren't fooled by the people from the Elvik Disposal Bureau; cooperation was possible, but they needed to gather more information first.

As for the personnel assigned to the alternate dream, the director tactfully indicated that they were only temporary workers.

Everyone understands this kind of situation. If things go well, it's because the bureau did a good job; if things go badly, it's the fault of the temporary worker...

However, the temporary workers in the processing bureau are all quite special; they are either individualistic or capable, and the relationship between the two parties is more like a cooperative one.

The Rota Bureau sent the other party over to investigate precisely to put this temporary worker at risk. The corresponding compensation had already been agreed upon, so it was inappropriate to just call the person back like this.

The director emphasized how outstanding the temporary worker was, and that the Rota Processing Bureau would consider long-term cooperation in the future.

So calling people back is fine, but the agreed-upon compensation still needs to be paid. We can't withhold payment just because the client, as the client, voluntarily interrupted the task.

That means there's no point in talking next time.

"That young man has a big appetite, but he is truly outstanding in terms of ability. The Rota Disposal Bureau is reluctant to give up this risk-bearing officer."

"Director Oscar, we are aware of the concerns raised by the Rota Disposal Bureau." The people from the Elwick Disposal Bureau were somewhat exasperated; this director was too good at making things up.

Moreover, they weren't talking about trivial matters; everything they were discussing was related to what they wanted to do.

The other party brought up the temporary worker, but what they were really trying to say was just two words... they wanted money!
Want them to withdraw this excellent temporary worker who's been put to the risk? Sure, just pay their bills.

The problem is that this old fox didn't explain the contents of the bill clearly. No, even if the other party had explained it clearly, it might not be the original bill!
"...The most pressing issue to address right now is the Dream Source associated with the Dream Terminal. That organization is acting with impunity, and the related Dreams have expanded to a very dangerous level."

The people at the Elvik Bureau aren't stupid; they didn't make any promises directly, otherwise they'd be waiting to be extorted.

They didn't want to rush over so quickly, but Moro and his group had discovered quite a bit of information. Bai Mu's strength wouldn't be too bad, and he was also a Dreamwalker.

It's not hard to see that portable testing equipment can confirm that dream walkers have a stronger dream erosion.

"The source of the strange dream isn't in Elvik, is it?" Director Oscar said with some doubt. "If that's the case, this matter must be resolved quickly. The Rota Bureau will arrange a new action team immediately."

Seeing Oscar's sudden change to a decisive and efficient manner, the people from the Elwick Disposal Bureau breathed a sigh of relief.

I'm planning to talk about the temporary worker first. The Rota City Bureau can arrange action units, but not in the way they are now.

He knew that headquarters had acted too hastily, but there were some things that forced them to do so.

Inside the strange dream.

After parting ways with Moro's team, Bai Mu quickly headed towards the nuclear power plant.

He knew his scope wasn't working well; it wasn't a map-clearing issue, but rather that the target had a scout skilled in mental scanning.

His scope becomes very passive when encountering this type of opponent, and the enemy can also spot him when he opens the map.

So White Curtain simply changed to another method, directly using the Dream-Eater Imperial Arm to gain X-ray vision.

While using X-ray vision, use the scope to assist you, and then look for blind spots within the mental scanning area.

If what you see is different from the scan, then someone has definitely interfered with the scan results. If you encounter such a person, just go and take them down.

sky.

An armed drone rapidly approached the white screen, its protruding gun barrels firing at it.

The bullets landed on the weapon crate with a slight clattering sound.

We've encountered more than one of these drones from Bai Mu. These drones are incredibly agile. As soon as we see Bai Mu take out his weapons, we immediately retreat, not giving him a chance to retaliate.

Armed drones posed a significant threat to him; after all, his body was made of flesh and blood, and he still felt some pressure facing metal bullets.

This thing came silently, and he was quite troubled after being shot in the head.

The fluctuations from the mental scan spread outwards.

A psychic snorted and interfered with Bai Mu's mental scan. After several 'encounters,' he had realized that Bai Mu was a pathetic weakling.

This guy isn't a psychic at all; he's just using some kind of tool to perform a range scan driven by his own mental power.

That tool was decent, but it was far from enough compared to a professional psychic.

The effects of props are too rigid, while those with mental abilities can freely adjust their output modes.

After several encounters, he was even able to tamper with the scan results from the other side of the screen.

However, this alteration must start from where he is located.

Where he was before, because he hadn't yet come into contact with the scanned mental energy, he couldn't tamper with it.

Unless one can accurately predict when the white screen will be scanned and pre-prepared modifications are made, it is impossible to mislead the entire system.

Although he cannot completely alter the entire area, partial alteration is sufficient. As long as he is close enough to the white screen, he can create a 'safe zone' for it.

He only discovered a few tech ghosts active, but in reality, he was already surrounded and about to be killed by them.

The psychic who had altered Bai Mu's mental scan opened his eyes wide, suddenly sensing a strong sense of danger. He lunged to the side, and as he fell, Bai Mu revealed a sinister smile, slightly adjusting the muzzle of his gun.

He didn't know why the enemy was so close, but at such close range, it would be a waste of his equipment not to fire a shot.

Without the Dream-Eater Imperial Arm, he wouldn't have been able to spot this person less than a hundred meters away, but the Dream-Eater Imperial Arm's X-ray vision allowed him to easily discover the other party.

It can be compared with the environment 100 meters away; however, apart from this person, the comparison results are not ideal.

It can only be said that imagination and reality cannot be generalized.

In comparison, Bai Mu did not detect anything unusual in the distance, except for the person less than 100 meters away, who was not within his mental scan range.

However, the Dream-Eater Imperial Arms saw it, which means that this guy can affect mental scanning, preventing him from seeing certain things through mental scanning.

He doesn't need to affect the environment when he's influencing things, and the Dream-Eater Imperial Arm can't see those ghosts...

Hmm, are there any ghosts around? Let's take that guy out first.

boom--

The psychic bullet imbued with green lightning was fired, piercing through the wall, leaving a few arcs of electricity on the twisted steel bars that were grazed by it.

The bullet struck the mentally gifted individual who had fallen to the ground with pinpoint accuracy.

The opponent had a layer of mental energy shield, which blocked the mental energy bullets but not the high-density lightning balls wrapped around them.

The barrier shattered completely in less than half a second, and a lightning strike turned the opponent into a charred corpse.

The white curtain quickly conducted a mental scan.

A technological ghost had already approached to within fifty meters of him.

"...That's despicable!"

Bai Mu fired another shot at the corpse, blowing its head off, and then quickly moved away from the location.

He maintained a low level of mental scanning because, within the scanning range, there were not only creatures running on the ground, but also flying technological ghosts.

He even saw something that looked like a griffin. Was that kind of animal that existed in this world?

Why bother with something so dangerous when you could just use ghosts like eagles?

“Hen is dead. Let’s see if we can recover his brain,” an organization member said inside the nuclear power plant, as an operator next to him directed a drone to the spot where Hen died.

Looking at the corpse with its head blown off, the organization member shook his head. If the head were still intact, it might be salvageable, but now even a dog would shake its head at the sight.

Henn, relying on his superior mental abilities, overlooked the real danger.

"Check the enemy's sniping trajectory."

The operator quickly maneuvered the drone to conduct an inspection. Looking at the analysis chart of the sniper's trajectory, the organization member showed a thoughtful expression.

He suspected that Hengen had been entrapped. The guy judged this outsider to be a weak psychic, or even an amateur using gadgets, someone he could easily manipulate.

But now Hengen is dead, and he was beaten to death through several walls.

This shows that the opponent's confident domain was suppressed. The outsider was not misled by Hen at all. On the contrary, he took advantage of Hen's confidence and eliminated him.

"Tell the rest to be careful, so they don't die like Hen, without knowing why."

"He's in this state, how could he possibly escape?" the operator asked, puzzled.

Even though Henen was caught in a trap, Bai Mu paid a heavy price. He was surrounded by ghosts, and this time the encirclement was not as minor as before.

There are creatures that run on the ground and those that fly in the sky.

"Don't underestimate any enemy, especially since he's not the only one watching us!"

This war-torn city is quiet, but that doesn't mean there are fewer people here.

The bureau's people were operating in the shadows, along with other forces.

Many of those people died at first, but as they learned more about the technological ghosts, they began to lurk in the city.

While the organization possesses a large number of technological ghosts, it is constrained by energy resources and cannot endlessly mass produce troops unless the nuclear power plant is made even larger.

Therefore, although they have a high degree of control over the city, they cannot control every single location in detail.

The city cleanup cannot stop either, partly to test the technology ghost and upgrade the technology, and partly to prevent accidents.

If people aren't cleared out of the city, they could be completely surrounded and sealed off at any time.

There have always been many forces that covet the technology of the Ghost Technique, and they cannot afford to make any mistakes before the transfer plan in the real world is completed.

After it's done? Then it doesn't matter. They can just violently squeeze every last drop of value out of this strange dream and then walk away unscathed.

(End of this chapter)