Dream Travel

Chapter 219 She Can't Leave

Meilin City is rich in coal resources, and its name is simple and easy to understand. In addition to coal, it also has a fast-growing tree that is also very suitable as fuel.

Although it is a border city, Meilin City, as a resource city, has developed very well, but the local people are too fierce.

"There are quite a few corpses on the road..." Bai Mu looked at the wreckage not far away; the number of corpses they had encountered along the way was too many.

It truly lives up to its reputation as a chaotic border region.

"You could become one of them."

"Say something nice to me." Bai Mu patted Luciela's head. She was now awakened, so running quickly in the night wouldn't scare anyone.

"What other blessings do you want?" Luciela glanced into the distance. The darkness didn't hinder her vision. As she approached the area marked on the map, she saw something unusual.

"Zombies?" Bai Mu took off the Imperial Arms he was wearing, silently pressed the Dream Erosion Imperial Arms into his left eye, and was able to see the moving things clearly.

This place is already far from the border area and belongs to the public area.

"I hate this thing." Lucy Ella lashed out at a zombie with her tail. This thing was not slow at all; in fact, due to its modifications, it moved like a wild dog that had been let loose.

The zombie that was flung away crashed into a rock and shattered into pieces.

Some of the zombies were drawn over and cleanly disposed of the zombies that had fallen to their deaths.

Zombie flesh held no appeal for Lucy, who saw it not as rotten, foul-smelling flesh.

"As long as you don't use the mouth on your head, you can eat them all, which will clean up the garbage."

Lucy Ella shook her head violently, almost knocking the white curtain off.

"Leave the rest to me." The white curtain, having landed, soothed the agitated cat, slamming the weapon case to the ground. "Which weapon to use?"

"Of course, it's the greatsword."

Luciela answered without hesitation. Having returned to her human form, she naturally chose weapons that she was previously proficient in.

Bai Mu tossed the Dream Eater Greatsword to Luciela, then gently slammed the weapon case onto the ground, unleashing a burst of lightning that killed the onrushing zombies.

They are agile and powerful, but they are limited by their flesh and blood bodies. Once their bodies are cooked, they can no longer move, no matter how fearless they are.

Lucy Ella, wielding the Dream Eater Greatsword, wiped out the remaining zombies.

These zombies were also modified, belonging to the category of bio-modified beings, and the Dream Eater Greatsword was very effective against them.

When Lucy Aila slashed at a zombie, the sensation wasn't cutting into flesh, but rather like a soldering iron touching foam.

They weren't even bubbles, but shards of glass that would shatter at the slightest tap; a single sword strike would cause the zombie's wound to crumble.

After the battle ended, Luciela glanced at the greatsword in her hand. The White Curtain had used the same weapon when it targeted her; she probably died a more painful death then.

Awakened beings can also be considered bio-modified beings.

Bai Mu would constantly chatter to her about the weapon's effects, saying it was specifically designed to kill Awakened Ones and its offensive capabilities were undeniably strong. She suspected that this guy was just trying to scare the cat.

"Ah... how could this happen?" Looking at the footage on the monitor, a cute-looking girl couldn't sit still.

She quickly jumped out of the bathtub, not even having time to admire her youthful and energetic body. After cleaning herself off the soap, she reviewed more surveillance footage and confirmed that the intruders were up to no good.

"I have to move again." Beatrice muttered unhappily, pouting, and packed her things to leave without hesitation.

As someone with a nine million bounty on her head, Beatrice was already used to this situation.

Although some people have offered higher bounties than hers, her bounty is legal, meaning that bounty hunters can find her, capture her, or kill her to collect the bounty through any means.

However, she has survived to this day thanks to her abilities and...personal charm.

After all, those who want her bounty know about her, and those who know her will inevitably covet her skills.

Most of them were dream walkers, and when she was hiding from pursuers, she always encountered some dream walkers who were in their seventies or eighties.

Those dream walkers looked quite old, but when asked, they were only forty.

If someone has ulterior motives, it will be difficult for them to unleash their full potential. Beatrice herself is quite capable, so dealing with those people wouldn't be difficult for her. In addition, because of her low profile, the bounty didn't increase further.

Of course, if she were to target government officials or demons of exceptional status, the bounty would certainly increase further.

Her research has already reached the next stage, and currently does not require a large amount of life materials, so she naturally did not intend to raise the bounty.

It's unnecessary and could easily attract even harsher reactions.

Faced with someone who clearly had ill intentions, Beatrice had no intention of confronting them head-on, even though the alchemical surveillance she used revealed a vibrant life force within the white curtain.

But the white screen looked too dangerous.

The creatures she modified didn't even have a chance to come into contact with the white curtain; the woman beside him could kill powerful modified creatures.

It made Beatrice wonder if her skills had deteriorated, otherwise how could those lifeless puppets be so fragile?
"Ugh, this is so annoying!" Beatrice said, feeling a bit irritable as she packed her things.

She has lived here for quite some time.

Over time, her collection grew.

Many dreamwalkers want her bounty, want to acquire her technology, want to extend their lifespan, or even want her.

After all, appearance is also a weapon, so the dream walkers not only failed to get what they wanted, but also left her with a lot of strange dream items.

In addition, she had cooperation with some powerful figures in the border region and could obtain asylum, so she stayed here a little longer.

The attack came suddenly, before she had received any relevant intelligence.

This immediately made Beatrice think of those despicable intelligence brokers.

Those scoundrels who always skim off the bounty are everywhere. Even if the thugs they hire die, as long as they hide well, they can keep finding new thugs.

If White Curtain is a bounty hunter, he is most likely not from the Borderlands.

There are many things Atreus wants to take away, but more importantly, there are her notes on researching knowledge about dreams. There are quite a few of them, and it will be very troublesome to take them away.

She had always wanted to get a computer so that she could conveniently store her research notes.

However, the dreamwalkers who were causing her trouble were all useless; none of them carried any electronic devices.

Or rather, even if they have related items when they go out, they won't just bring them along.

The powerful figures she was working with claimed that the item was a specific one and that they had been stalling for time.

As she began packing, Beatrice realized the problem she had overlooked.

If she had such a thing, she could simply escape unarmed if attacked.

And now?

Beatrice's face darkened; she felt like a pig being raised.

boom--

A slight tremor came, and Atreus saw the monster she had created being killed by White Curtain with a single shot.

The lightning emitted by that gun was extremely lethal. It hadn't changed its ammunition since it started advancing, so it must be some kind of Dream Erosion weapon.

Could it be another Dreamwalker? But this guy is so young, there's no need for him to cause me trouble.

Beatrice pondered her next move. She was reluctant to part with her research notes, and she also considered what she should do if she encountered someone with a clear purpose.

A reward of nine million is a lot, but for someone who wants to extend their lifespan, it's not much.

"Hmm...this guy..." Thinking of something, Atrist rummaged through the cluttered area and found something relevant: White Curtain's bounty.

The bounty comes from the Golden City, something illegal elsewhere but common in the border region.

After all, public areas outside the border zone are lawless zones, and when the City of Gold issues bounties, it always focuses on such areas first.

Beatrice also received bounty information, after all, her research also required money.

Although she hadn't paid much attention to the bounties on the White Curtain, the total number of bounty orders she had was 15 million.

Bai Mu's head is worth far more than hers, but this guy lives in Rota City, which is too far from the border region, so she can't possibly go there to cause trouble for Bai Mu.

So, the white curtain was delivered to their doorstep on its own?

"How come they're advancing so fast? Have I really been betrayed??" Beatrice's forehead was beaded with sweat as she watched the White Curtain's advance. The White Curtain's speed exceeded her expectations. Even if those modified creatures were useless, they couldn't be completely useless, could they?

But so far, the cyborgs have died just like stray dogs on the roadside.

Beatrice realized that the sword Luciela was using was also problematic.

With White Curtain's knowledge of the terrain, the restless Beatrice immediately unleashed her hidden secret weapon.

Two werewolves, each over three meters tall, awoke from their slumber. Without giving any orders, the two groggy werewolves accepted them.

They charged toward the white curtain, and with each movement, they quickly became ferocious.

She hadn't finished modifying these two werewolves, so they weren't very controllable. But she encountered a ruthless person, so she had to release them ahead of schedule.

"Here comes the really tough one."

"Ow—"

As soon as Bai Mu finished speaking, two enormous werewolves charged over, their eyes bloodshot, and attacked Bai Mu simultaneously.

Lucy and Ayla, however, were completely ignored.

The white curtain quickly retreated, and the scattering attack fired by Ling Shu in shotgun mode landed on the werewolves. The two werewolves, whose bodies swelled to nearly four meters, withstood the mental energy bullets carrying lightning.

The only damage was that the hair was charred, and the wounds on the body healed quickly.

"Lucie, go!" White Curtain, who had blocked the werewolf's attack with her weapon case and was knocked back more than ten meters, immediately shouted.

Luciela didn't transform. Instead, she rushed towards another werewolf and chopped off its forelimb with her sword. The lacerated wound spread from the werewolf's forelimb to its shoulder.

Clearly, these werewolves are also bio-modified beings, and the Dream Eater Greatsword is equally effective against them.

The werewolf, suddenly severely injured, roared. Wriggling buds of flesh sprouted from its severed arm, repairing the wound. Its beastly fighting instincts allowed it to evade Luciela's subsequent attacks.

The werewolf on the white screen was also very tenacious. Although its head was huge, it was very agile and could dodge bullets.

But Bai Mu was in a hurry and didn't linger too long with the werewolf. During a lull in the werewolf's attack, his weapon struck its leg, unleashing a burst of violent lightning.

Even though the werewolf had high resistance, this sudden attack made it twitch and stiffen. As it did, its chin was struck by the weapon box from the white curtain, and its massive body was thrown to the ground.

Before the werewolf could even stand up, Ling Shu opened fire at close range, unleashing a barrage of shotgun blasts that reduced the werewolf's head to a shattered skull.

Now, no matter how tenacious its vitality is, it can no longer stand up.

On the other side, after Lucyella further unleashed her demonic energy, she increased her speed and severed the werewolf's limbs. Her transformed arms tore a large hole in the werewolf's chest and pulled out its strong heart.

Under the watchful eye of the white curtain, the sharp mouth that grew from the arm swallowed the still-beating heart whole after it left the body.

"Want more to eat?" Bai Mu kicked the corpse at his feet.

Lucy was somewhat disappointed that she didn't see the scene she wanted to see.

Although Bai Mu always told her not to eat people, he never asked anything of this monster, only reminding her not to use the mouth on its head.

"Are we in the same line of work? Okay, goodbye!" After observing Luciela's physical changes through a crow's surveillance, Beatrice made up her mind.

She felt sorry for the two werewolves who died, but she had bought enough time.

She grabbed a suitcase and ran away immediately.

As for the numerous alchemical devices here, regret is regret, but when it comes to her life, those things are gone and that's it. With her abilities, she can get better ones in the future.

On the white screen, after clearing out the werewolves, he scanned again with the scope, and just as the craftsman had said, this thing was both useful and not useful.

In ordinary combat areas, it allows you to freely explore the map, but it can be easily disrupted when encountering skilled opponents.

The mental scan works well when encountering zombies, but it gets interfered with as you go deeper.

The scanned image looks like a blank sheet of paper.

Fortunately, the observer's vision remained stable, allowing the white screen to find hidden traps and routes, enabling rapid and steady progress.

Atreus is worth the bounty; the cyborgs and dangerous traps she encountered along the way could have killed a lot of people.

"Nobody's here." Luciela slashed open a door with her sword, and after taking several poisoned arrows, she said nonchalantly.

The poisoned arrows stuck in her body were bitten off by the sharp teeth and spat out. As for the effects of the poison... she was already dead, why would she care about that?
Of all the battles she had experienced, the one that caused her the most damage was the black flames used by that contracted demon.

The condensed matter ghosts also caused her damage, but the damage was mostly superficial.

The damage from the black flames still made her feel uncomfortable when she was summoned back by the white curtain.

It took two days for me to be completely fine.

"They must have escaped." Bai Mu looked at the empty room without caring, as his mental scanning was interfered with here.

It's different outside.

Now that the target has escaped, it's easier for him to catch him.

Just as Beatrice breathed a sigh of relief after escaping through the secret passage, a raven on her shoulder let out a sharp cry.

"Damn it!" Beatrice's expression changed, and she ran away on her little legs.

There's an abandoned hut here, and hidden beneath it is her alchemy workshop, containing a modified creature that she had awakened beforehand while she was on the run.

Once she gets there, she can escape completely...

An even larger beast charged forward, crushing the abandoned hut under its foot. The heavy impact smashed through the partition of the alchemy workshop, and Beatrice could vaguely hear the screams of agony below.

"Ah..." Looking at Luciela's awakened form, Beatrice took two steps back, a fawning smile on her face: "Can we talk?"

"Okay, but not now."

The voice from behind White Curtain came from behind Beatrice. When? Beatrice was slightly startled. When she looked up at Luciela's head again, the young man was no longer there.

Atresia tried to move, but the intense cold instantly swallowed her consciousness.

Just before her consciousness seemed to freeze, her mind was filled with doubt.

No... this colleague really only came for the nine million bounty?

If you want money, just talk to her. Give her a chance, and she can earn more than ten times the amount!
Pressing Atreus's frozen corpse against the weapon crate, and confirming that the crate had acquired a new psychic fragment, White Curtain drew her condensed longsword.

This weapon is incredibly lethal to living beings; the extremely low temperature it releases upon hitting a target is something he doesn't even know if he can withstand.

Lucyella could withstand the strain while maintaining her awakened state, but that was due to her enormous size.

Phantom Summoning allows spirit fragments to acquire physical form, but while such physical form is convenient, it also has some inconveniences, such as the fact that certain methods targeting physical forms can take effect.

It's not that deadly, but it can be effective.

"Is that enough?" Luciela dug out the monster from the ground. This thing was quite resilient; it hadn't died even after being severely injured. Her tail wrapped around the monster and devoured it completely.

"No problem, we should go collect the bounty now."

Bai Mu glanced at the frozen corpse, wondering whether he should take her head back or take the whole body with him.

"First, find a suitable box."

Beatrice is petite; her weapon case is big enough to fit a person inside, but it's not a coffin; it also contains quite a few other things.

Jumping behind Luciela, White Curtain rushed back to where Beatrice lived. There were still many things belonging to Beatrice there, and she could reuse them by summoning her phantom.

Putting everything else aside, at least take everything you can carry with you, right?

Beatrice is already a new resident of the weapons case, and White Curtain already considers her items as his own.

After all, the original owner is dead, and it would be a waste to leave those things in the wilderness.

When Beatrice 'woke up,' she saw the despicable face of the white curtain, worth twenty million.

"Am I dead?" She shivered, her consciousness still lingering on the moment she froze to death.

The familiar surroundings made Beatrice feel as if she were having a nightmare.

(End of this chapter)