Dream Travel

Chapter 243 This job was accepted
Bai Mu's head is valuable, but Night Owl Corporation wouldn't stoop to harming Bai Mu for that little bit of money; what they need is Bai Mu's ability.

The company learned about Bai Mu's Dreamwalker talent through the bureau's connections, which is why they extended this invitation.

As a dream walker, Bai Mu prefers exploring and adventuring through dreams to others, unlike some who treat encountering dreams as a job, and he is highly efficient in doing so.

"I'll wait for you outside." After Bai Mu signed the confidentiality agreement, Lily left the meeting room.

She was hired by Bai Mu to act as a 'lawyer,' and her job was completed after confirming that the confidentiality agreement was in order.

After leaving the meeting room, Lily was invited to another lounge.

Bai Mu and An Yongkang continued their discussion, with An Yongkang explaining to Bai Mu the strange dream they needed to deal with, which had already been preliminarily explored.

Next, White Curtain needs to find what Night Owl Company needs from the Dream and bring it out; the rest of Night Owl Company is irrelevant.

"Let me see what this is... research data?"

“Yes, we need these research materials.” An Yongkang nodded. “To be honest, this Dream is currently in a state of ‘competition’ and is not completely controlled by Nightow Corporation.”

Since the white-clad party has signed a confidentiality agreement, there are some things that no longer need to be hidden.

An Yongkang didn't talk much about the company or the importance of the research data; he first talked about the current state of this strange dream.

This strange dream involves strange dream terminals, but these strange dream terminals are not illegal. Night Owl Company has trial authorization, which is a nationally issued authorization certificate.

Therefore, their use of the authorized Yimeng terminal is not illegal.

Borre's initial concerns came true; the unique and convenient nature of the Dream Terminal led the country to gradually recognize and use it.

Perhaps the power of capital is at play here, but once this thing is put into use, it will be somewhat unfriendly to Dreamwalkers.

Without special cerebrospinal fluid, the Dream Terminal would probably be beneficial to Dreamwalkers' work; however, with such a thing, Dreamwalkers would be more easily used as expendable resources.

However, this matter has nothing to do with Bai Mu right now, although something bad is bound to happen sooner or later, but he doesn't need to think about it too much at the moment.

"For certain reasons, the relevant dream sources are now under the control of the state. However, Night Owl Mining has secured the development authorization. This is a 'no man' post-apocalyptic dream."

"An apocalyptic dream without anyone?"

"Specifically, it is a post-war world graveyard where we can freely explore from the inside without having to worry about conflict with the native inhabitants—because there are no native inhabitants left."

"Alright." Bai Mu wasn't very interested in this strange dream anymore, but after hearing so much, he still decided to agree to take a look.

It's a dream right before our eyes, and we can't let it slip away easily.

The reaction from Bai Mu was not unexpected for An Yongkang. It was only an initial contact and cooperation. Although the information from the Bureau of Investigation said that Bai Mu's abilities were excellent, the company also needed to confirm it.

If White Curtain truly lives up to its name, there will inevitably be more collaborations in the future. After all, the two sides have established a certain level of trust after their first collaboration.

Bai Mu's disappointment only became apparent after he learned that this was a post-apocalyptic fantasy, which also proved that this guy was anything but peaceful.

He wanted more exciting experiences rather than something too calm and comfortable.

"This is a city map, it's very complicated, but it shouldn't be a problem for you. The only thing you need to worry about is the guard robots that are still operating there."

An Yongkang took out a projection pen, something that was clearly beyond the capabilities of real-world technology.

The projector pen projected map information, showing several enormous cities. How big were they?

The white curtain suggests that these cities could easily support over a billion people.

The city is divided into multiple layers, somewhat resembling a pyramid structure, except that the projected city is dilapidated, some parts appear to be unfinished, and most parts have been destroyed by war.

“These cities are too vast, and many areas remain unexplored. Although they are deserted, the war machines operating within them still pose a significant threat, especially in the most important locations…”

An Yongkang described in detail the surface information of these cities, which his people had explored and were certain that the higher one went, the better the heritage would be found.

Lower-level cities are basically where ordinary people live.

The further down the technology goes, the more backward it becomes, not because the technology in this post-apocalyptic fantasy is not advanced enough.

On the contrary, the development here was excellent, far ahead of many technologies in reality; however, the long world war that took place here destroyed everything...

However, a dead giant is still a giant, and there are still treasures on its corpse. The question is how to find and take these treasures.

"The company will provide the corresponding decryption device. If you, Mr. Bai Mu, do not know how to use it, we will provide training. It is not a very complicated operation process."

"Seriously, this kind of exploration doesn't seem to require my help, does it?" Bai Mu asked, looking at the information on the projected map. An Yongkang smiled and said, "The company trusts Mr. Bai Mu's abilities, and this is to avoid further personnel losses."

He explained why he was looking for 'outside help'.

"The Dream Source is controlled by the state. The company only has the right to use the Dream Terminal, but there are security restrictions on the use of the Dream Terminal. The biggest security restriction is to try to avoid people dying."

It is common knowledge that when people die in a dream world, holes appear in the dream world. Therefore, when the Bureau of Investigation and Control explores dreams, it is always considering how to reduce casualties.

Other large companies might be heartless and wouldn't care about this. They might just discard the Dream Source once there are too many holes in it. After all, the world is so big, there are always many desolate and uninhabited places.

However, the Dream Terminal currently used by Nightow Corporation is a regulated, trial-promoted product, and exploration is definitely necessary.

However, they must ensure that no one is injured during the exploration process, while also uncovering enough valuable information.

Fully demonstrating the potential of the Dream Terminal would make it legal, which would be beneficial to large companies.

"Because of regulatory reasons, once a new hole appears in the Dream Source, the country can trace the origin of the hole."

To avoid such an accident, we thought of Mr. White Curtain. Your abilities and Dreamwalker talent are both top-notch.

"Let me take a look at this strange dream first. As for the data, I don't know much about the technical stuff, but I should go to all the marked places."

Bai Mu looked at the marked locations on the projected map. It was a combination of several maps, with more than a hundred marked locations!
Each of these tiered cities can easily accommodate over a billion people. Given this scale, the marked areas probably represent less than one-tenth of the total explorable population.

This is likely just the location that Night Owl has found or analyzed so far.

If he were to travel to all these places, the distance alone would take him a year or two to manage.

Such a commission didn't appeal to him much, even though Nightow Company offered generous compensation and even gave him a limited-edition potion from the 'Life Extension Circle' as a gift.

"No need for that. Two or three guaranteed jobs are enough. If there are more, the company will provide additional compensation."

An Yongkang smiled. Since Bai Mu had already asked this question, the matter was already settled. He said to Bai Mu, "Moreover, Mr. Bai Mu should not be careless. These cities have weapons that are close to modern, as well as automated weapons that are more advanced than modern ones. It is very dangerous."

"I'll keep an eye on it." Bai Mu nodded. If it was only two or three locations, he could accept it. He could investigate in a tiered city; it wouldn't take long.

"Please wait."

After a brief departure, An Yongkang returned with a sturdy briefcase containing the Dream Terminal, which he placed on the table.

"The company can provide a work location, and Mr. Bai Mu can also work from home, but in order to ensure the smooth operation of the work, the company will provide corresponding residential protection services."

"You guys are pretty humane," Bai Mu muttered, reaching for the briefcase. "You trust me that much?"

“We believe Mr. Bai Mu would not do anything illegal,” An Yongkang said with a smile.

Others would definitely not do this, but Bai Mu is different. He has a deep cooperative relationship with the Bureau of Processing and generally wouldn't do something like stealing the Dream Terminal.

Of course, it's okay that he did that.

After the trial rollout of the Dream Terminal ends, there will be more ways to use it, but that's a matter for the future.

What they need to do now is to explore the potential of the Dream Terminal as much as possible and demonstrate its enormous value.

As long as the benefits are large enough, the issue of casualties is not a big deal at all.

Night Owl Corporation is already preparing a new plan, a special plan for dealing with the source of the strange dreams—the aerospace industry.

Who says mining can't be involved in the space industry? The Dream Source is very dangerous, and the impact of an explosion is huge, but as long as the Dream Source is thrown outside the planet, then everything will be fine, right?
Planets may be filled with strange dreams, but can strange dreams fill space?
Night Owl Company needs more technology.

"Okay, I'll take the job."

Bai Mu picked up the briefcase from the table and asked An Yongkang, "What's the time difference?"

“2:1.” An Yongkang gave a number, which was also the best ratio after sealing away the strange dream.

The main problem is that if the time difference is too close, it is easy to cause problems. Even if it can be controlled, a proper time difference must be maintained.

Of course, this is not very advantageous for exploration; if the time ratio is high, the actual waiting time will be greatly reduced.

However, they have to consider the situation of the alternate dream source. It's good that the actual waiting time has been reduced, but it's not good for the alternate dream source.

If a ratio of 30:1 is maintained, the Dream Source will probably die of old age in less than three years. Even if some life-extending methods are used, how long can the Dream Source in the Dream Realm live?
This dream world cannot be fully developed in a short period of time.

(End of this chapter)