Dream Travel

Chapter 205 Awakening
"Are you an undercover agent?" Bai Mu stepped on the organization member who had been shoved over by Lucy Ella, and the other party quickly nodded.

"Tell your companions to stop! You've killed too many!"

"Is there someone important here?" Bai Mu suddenly asked, the undercover agent looking slightly startled.

Without needing a reply, Bai Mu knew that this was indeed the case.

Marius, as expected of the source of the dream, was special even at the starting point. He casually pointed to a place and found a big fish.

But after glancing at Lucyella, who was practically going crazy with killing, it didn't seem so important whether there were any important characters or not.

"Stop," Bai Mu ordered, watching the organization members jumping into the pool.

Lucy Ella paused in the midst of the killing; she truly couldn't resist such a forceful command.

Having stopped the killing, she casually hooked the box away and gave a mocking smile to the organization members glaring at her.

She glanced at the large pool with some doubt. The water was dark, and the people who jumped in didn't float to the surface; they seemed to have vanished without a trace of life.

"What happened to those people who disappeared?" Luciela asked, returning to White Curtain's side with a hint of curiosity.

"They probably ran away," Bai Mu said casually. It's quite easy for a Dreamwalker to escape, as long as they're not being observed.

Hiding in the water is also a way to avoid being observed. These people are not dreamwalkers, but they must have used 'brain marrow' related to dreamwalkers.

"Just let them go?"

"Otherwise, how could we possibly kill them all?" Bai Mu shook his head. "Let's go."

After saying that, he kicked the undercover agent away, sending him in another direction, and then left with Lucy and Ella.

The undercover agent from the Elvik Disposal Bureau was momentarily stunned, then fled the scene as quickly as possible. His identity had been exposed, and if he stayed any longer, he would be killed by the angry members of the organization.

Although there are other colleagues inside, exposing one would be too much, and we can't expose a second one, can we?
He quickly ran to another place, ripped off part of his disguise mask, and revealed a completely new face.

He breathed a sigh of relief after that, only regretting that he hadn't been able to take anything important with him...

No, this is not the plan. Elvik does have a corresponding action plan, but it is definitely not now, and it will not be carried out in the current form.

"Don't move!" The undercover agent, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was startled when the operatives who had circled around pointed their guns at him.

With a long face, he leaped to the corner at lightning speed, and only then did the gunshots ring out. He couldn't beat Bai Mu, but he couldn't beat these ordinary soldiers?

Okay, there's no need to fight these people right now. He needs to get the intelligence out as quickly as possible.

"?? This is a researcher?" The operation team was stunned as they watched the undercover agent flee at a rapid pace. The explosive power he displayed was something even the most physically fit people in the army couldn't achieve!

"No need to chase them anymore, go find the important documents." The commander issued the order via communication: "Be careful of those ghosts, don't get too entangled with them."

The nuclear power plant site is in chaos, filled with wandering ghosts, and there are very few people, as if an emergency evacuation is needed.

The commander's first thought was that the experiment had gone out of control.

He has already called for backup, and once the army arrives, they will be able to take complete control of the area very soon.

"There's nothing left. You were too slow."

After removing one of the doors, Luciela glanced at the white curtain with displeasure at the empty safe house.

"It's because you didn't dismantle the door fast enough."

“I didn’t tear down the door!” Lucy Ella glanced at the smashed wall.

This safe house also has a door that's sturdier than the walls. While this design isn't terrible, there's at least a reason for it.

Although intruders can break down the wall, the door is there, and until they discover that the wall is stronger than the door, it's like Captain America's shield.

That crosshair makes you want to keep shooting.

People with shields are much more vulnerable than shields themselves, and so is this door. With this thing around, people can focus fire on it first, which buys them some time.

"Let's go to another experimental area first. You'll have a lot more colleagues now." Bai Mu looked down at the tablet computer.

This was given to him by Marius; it contains a detailed map of the nuclear power plant, as well as areas that Marius marked for him before he lost contact.

However, after searching several areas without success, Bai Mu gave up the search. The members of the Yi Meng organization had obviously withdrawn. Apart from the first unlucky one who was blocked, the rest had all escaped.

"What exactly are these ghosts?" Lucyella was still very concerned about the ghosts inside the nuclear power plant base.

This creature gave her a very strange feeling; it wasn't as strong as her, but it was very restraining towards her.

"The power of technology... well, you could call it cutting-edge technology." Bai Mu didn't explain much; if he didn't understand it himself, why would he explain it?

"There may also be magic; these two forces do not conflict."

At least that was the case with the demonic ghosts he encountered, although those demonic ghosts had been stripped of their self-awareness and used rather basic magic.

For example, you could throw a fireball or a lightning bolt, which would have the same power as a cannonball, but you wouldn't be able to hit him.

"This is the place. Clear the way for me later."

"Are you sure these things will work?" Luciela glanced at the steel plates on her body. These things were taken from elsewhere, including the isolation door of the safe house.

“Ceramic alloy, of course it’s useful.” Bai Mu looked at the information on the tablet. The scanning equipment in the base was still operating, so it could detect the active ghosts.

The number of ghosts in the experimental area he found was relatively small.

These ghosts are hard to kill, but their true forms are not.

"Don't lie to me."

"Why would I lie to a medieval village girl like you? Buy me twenty seconds, and I'll handle everything. Now, charge with me!"

The black eyes of the white curtain turned gold, and it took the lead.

"Hehehe, I really want to see what you look like when you awaken." Luciela followed, and the isolation door with its two tails swung out, smashing into the ghosts.

Condensed ghosts can be confined by iron filings, but the confinement is not due to the weight of the iron filings, but rather to the disturbance of the magnetic field.

In reality, these ghosts are incredibly powerful; they can even overturn a tank.

Of course, if those tanks didn't have ceramic alloy shells, the Ghost could easily penetrate them and kill the driver inside.

Lucyella also possesses the power to overturn tanks, and her awakened form displays even greater strength.

She could have played an even greater role if some passageways within the nuclear power plant site hadn't been so narrow.

While Luciela was attacking, White Curtain didn't forget to give her a layer of lightning enchantment.

The ghosts blocking his way were scattered by the impact, triggering an explosion. The weapon crate became a shield against the white curtain, and he charged into the experimental area against the impact.

Even so, he still had many burn marks on his body, but these wounds healed rapidly with his regenerative abilities.

He was hungry again, and the few coffee beans he ate weren't enough.

“My mental fragments—” Bai Mu glanced at the ‘crystal coffins,’ which contained the nerves and brains of the organisms that had been ripped out.

They maintain an entangled relationship with the condensed matter ghosts. The self can be retained, but most of the self does not need to be retained; only a small part can be retained.

Along the way, most of the ghosts that White Curtain encountered were devoid of self.

Those with a strong sense of self are either rebellious and unruly, shirking their duties and engaging in internal strife, or they are simply open and domineering.

Some wanted to negotiate with him, but those ghosts lacked the ability to communicate normally, and Bai Mu thought it was a waste of time so he ignored them.

"Hurry up!!" Luciela roared. The electric currents swirling around her body helped her avoid being immediately approached by the ghosts, but she was still at a disadvantage against the onslaught of numerous ghosts.

"Immediately!" Bai Mu swung the weapon box and smashed it down on the 'crystal coffins'. With a shattering sound, the ghosts disappeared one by one.

Lucyella's stress was greatly relieved, but even so, she was still covered in frost.

If her body weren't not actually made of flesh and blood, she would have been seriously injured by now.

After destroying all the 'crystal coffins' here, Bai Mu found two more mental fragments in his weapon box. The number was much less than he had expected, but it was still better than nothing.

It seems that a body stripped of its self is unlikely to generate mental fragments.

The part that maintained its sense of self was extracted when the weapon crate slammed down; the fragments of its spirit were already gone.

Those who provided him with these fragments of consciousness were not human.

"Phew~" As the ghosts around her dissipated, Luciela breathed a slight sigh of relief, shook off the frost on her body, and returned to her human form, coming to the side of the white curtain.

"Can't you hurry up?"

"I'm already very fast."

Lucy Ella snorted coldly: "I saw that you didn't make a move immediately after you came in."

"That was the first time I did something like that, I wasn't very skilled."

As Bai Mu spoke, two phantoms appeared beside him. These were two demons, but they shouldn't be too high-level.

"Human...you..."

"How much do you know about this place?" Bai Mu glanced at the demon who had spoken first.

"..." The demon paused for a moment, then passively spoke, "Not many."

He originally intended to lie, but Bai Mu's questions were forceful.

"You're useless. Just tell me the useful information you know."

“We were supposed to be put into a black box, but your arrival disrupted everything,” another demon said, revealing the information the White Curtain wanted to know.

"A black box?" The first thing that came to Bai Mu's mind was the thick briefcases that the organization's members carried.

It's not something he's currently holding.

After glancing around, Bai Mu did indeed spot some square black boxes. Without any hesitation, he smashed them with the weapon box.

But most of these boxes were empty and useless.

"Hehehe, they took everything they could with them when they ran away."

The demon chuckled low at the disappointing white curtain.

"You'll be cannon fodder later. I've never experienced what it would be like if you died in this state."

Lucyella: "..."

She felt she should thank Bai Mu for not making her do that?

"Let's go, to the next place." With two more underlings, Bai Mu felt even more confident. Although the demon cannon fodder was unwilling, under Bai Mu's forced orders, they had no choice but to become cannon fodder.

They helped Lucyella share some of the burden, but only a little.

By the time he finished the next experimental area and smashed the raw material containers and black boxes, the two demons had already been blown up by the ghost.

They possess magic, and their magic is even more effective when they exist in a form other than condensed ghosts. However, there are too many ghosts, and without Luciela's constitution, their ability to withstand it is limited.

Furthermore, demons cannot share the demonic energy of the White Curtain; at most, they can only be imbued with a layer of lightning by the White Curtain.

The lightning is a power inherent in the weapon case itself.

"Are they dead?" Luciela asked as she approached the white curtain, her attitude much better than before.

"It seems fine. The mental fragments are still there, but I'm not sure if they're damaged." Bai Mu checked the condition of the weapon case.

With the destruction of the second experimental zone, the number of mental fragments in the weapon crate increased to seven.

The black box in this experimental area has been filled, and the drop rate of mental fragments is quite high. We managed to get four mental fragments for him.

There could actually be more, but some of the fragments of consciousness that appeared were destroyed by the dream.

However, this also confirms White Curtain's speculation: without the protection of a physical body, as long as the creature is still alive, the weapon box can more effectively obtain mental fragments.

After all, normal organisms simply cannot survive with only a brain and a bunch of nerves remaining. The organisms here can survive only by relying on life support devices.

Their bodies no longer provide them with any real protection.

As for the newly acquired spiritual fragments, Bai Mu did not continue to investigate; that was something to be done later.

Unusable spirit fragments can be released back into the wild, or even if not, they can be kept as part of your encyclopedia.

Whether you use it or not is one thing, but you can't live without it.

After cleaning several experimental areas in succession, his efficiency increased as the number of ghosts in the nuclear power plant base decreased significantly.

Next, it won't be the ghosts that are hindering us, but the local army.

These troops also realized that someone was causing sabotage, so they requested more support.

They tried to completely occupy the place before the white curtain could completely destroy it.

Bai Mu didn't have much intention of getting entangled with these people.

After destroying the last experimental area, White Curtain's task came to an end.

He patted the tablet in his hand: "Hey? Are you awake?"

"..." Marius remained silent.

"You're not going to die, are you?"

“I’m not dead,” Marius’s voice came abruptly. “I just wasted a little time adjusting my voice.”

"Oh, I've finished my business." Bai Mu leaned against the wall, listening to the approaching sounds, took off his helmet, and put it on the head of a phantom.

He removed the jamming device from the helmet, sending the phantom away.

Few of those sent here to create condensed ghosts are ordinary beings, especially those sent from reality.

Having received the order, the phantom quickly ran to another location.

So far, the number of spirit fragments in his weapon case has increased to 27.

"Then let's leave here quickly, the army has arrived."

Inside the laboratory, Marius watched as the surveillance cameras gradually dwindled, the nuclear power plant base coming under military control. Outside the laboratory, someone was preparing to breach the defenses.

Looking at his 'semi-transparent' hands, Marius no longer cared about Bai Mu's identity.

Without the white curtain, he would definitely be dead.

“I’ll set up a safe passage for you… No need? Okay, then good luck.” Marius repeated the blessing from the white curtain that he had received before losing consciousness.

(End of this chapter)