Dream Travel

Chapter 244 Working from Home
For a dream that cannot be fully developed in a short time, the time difference after sealing cannot be too high.

To put it simply, while an excessively large time difference can result in extremely high exploration efficiency in reality.

You receive new exploration progress every day, but what happens after that?
Thirty years of exploration within the alternate dream world, only one year in reality. Even with the acquisition of a large amount of research data and technical intelligence, can this one year in reality digest the results of thirty years of exploration?
Not only can it not be digested, but the cost of exploration will also increase significantly with the proportion of time difference.

The convenience brought by 30x speed requires an equal, or even higher, cost investment. If these investments do not yield effective returns, then it is a loss.

Maintaining a low time difference ratio is much better. Staff won't complain too much, it's like normal out-of-town work, the cost input is smooth, and there's enough time to digest the results.

Once technology advances further and the ability to absorb technology within the alternate dream world improves, adjusting the time difference can be considered.

At this stage, maintaining a 2:1 ratio is good enough. Perhaps after more than ten years of real-world development, when we reach the level of a major power in the 21st century in some alternate dreams, it would be fine to extend the time difference to 10 or even 15:1.

Bai Mu found Lily eating snacks in the lounge and took her back.

On the way, Lily didn't ask any questions about the white curtain, or even about the extra boxes in his car.

Aren't you curious?

“I’m curious, but it’s your job,” Lily said with a smile. “White Curtain, how long will you be gone this time?”

"I don't know, but someone at my house will probably be watching over things recently, so it shouldn't affect your trip, right?"

"If it weren't for the lockdown, it wouldn't have happened."

"Alright, I'll leave my house to you. If anyone sneaks in, remember to tell me afterwards. As for when you'll be back..."

"If you haven't come back for a year, I'll assume you're dead."

“…It shouldn’t take that long.” Bai Mu clicked his tongue, took Lily back to the Dream Experience Store, left the car keys with Lily, and then carried the suitcase home himself.

"Is it him? The sacrifice chosen by Lord Lexenberg?"

On their way back, the two men noted down information about Bai Mu: the demon they had been worshipping had recently manifested.

While granting them new powers, without naming them, the demon gave them information about Bai Mu's appearance, implying that the great demon wanted this guy to die a horrible death!

They didn't know the reason, but Bai Mu and his group did. The Bounty King, who was currently in the limelight, had seen his bounty skyrocket to over 30 million in less than half a year.

His name is known to everyone in the bounty hunter community.

Some time ago, it seems that White Curtain deliberately left Rota City to prove its worth and launched a counterattack outside of Rota City.

They wait for bounty hunters to come to them, then kill them one by one.

This method is simple, crude, but effective. Things should have calmed down for a while, but then the bounty on the White Curtain went up again!
Unfortunately, this means that even more bounty hunters are now eyeing him.

If it weren't for the city defense agreement in Rota City, coupled with its excellent public security, and the fact that White Curtain had always lived in the upper city, those bounty hunters would have already made their move.

Another group of people believed a different rumor: that Bai Mu was afraid of being hunted down, so he used his identity as a Dream Walker to hide in different dreams, intending to live another life in different dreams.

This is not uncommon; some dreamers value reality and are troubled by the problem of 'premature aging'.

Some dreamers are experiential learners; they don't see anything wrong with premature aging in reality.

For these dream walkers, they have already experienced everything they can in their dreams. Although they are only thirty years old in reality, they look like they are eighty years old.

But they believed they were eighty years old because they had experienced enough time in the dream world to be no different from living a lifetime.

Unlike ordinary people, they believe their lives are more exciting.

There are actually quite a few dreamers like this.

As for the White Curtain, since it was 'ruined' in reality due to the high bounty, wouldn't it be nice to be an experiential learner in different alternate dreams?
Most bounty hunters who hold this view consider Whitebeard a fraud.

These two demon followers not only want to fulfill the Great Demon's demands, but also want the White Curtain's head. Over thirty million! If they had ever had that much money, what kind of demon followers would they be?

"Do you want to do it?"

"No rush, let's figure out the situation first. He just came from Nightow Company." The other demon cultist was relatively calm. They could afford to mess with White Curtain and the others, but they might not be so sure about Nightow Company.

"First, find out what his relationship is with Nightow Corporation." Real-world demons are powerful, but there are also many demons who have been killed by large corporations.

The reason? Naturally, it's because there are other big devils in those big companies.

What other reason could there be? Relying on strong humans themselves? Come on, there have been very few strong normal humans in reality so far.

In reality, strong individuals can become stronger through tools, technology, or even by borrowing the power of other beings, but they shouldn't expect to become stronger through their own abilities...

The two demon followers knew some inside information; the light and shadow demon Luxenbra behind them had his eye on the White Curtain, which was very likely a highly promising entity.

Stifling geniuses... it's perfectly normal for demons, who are practically an invasive species. This world, where the locals lack power, is fertile land for those demons.

Back home, Bai Mu tidied up his belongings and had a big meal.

There was just too much food stored up, and he couldn't finish it all by himself, so he simply let the other phantoms eat it together, and Beatrice processed the rest.

"You want me to use alchemy to process dried meat?" Beatrice stared at the white screen in disbelief. She had painstakingly studied alchemy just to cook for people.
"Is everything alright? I'm going to the post-apocalyptic fantasy world. You don't want to see me starve to death because of food shortages, do you?"

"..." Beatrice was silent for two seconds, then took a deep breath and did what White Curtain asked.

Despite her anger, she really didn't want to watch Bai Mu starve to death.

It's just processing meat. The flesh of a demon is still meat, and so is the flesh of an animal. It's not difficult to process.

Processed with alchemy, no preservatives are needed, and normal jerky can be preserved for more than three months.

Moreover, she had 'compressed' these dried meats using alchemy.

Bai Mu picked up a piece of jerky, his expression somewhat subtle. He tapped this piece of jerky against another piece of jerky, and it actually produced a sound similar to metal striking metal.

"Is it edible?" Bai Mu asked Beatrice, turning the dried meat in his hand.

If you grind all this jerky into blades, you could use it as a throwing knife.

“Of course you can eat it!” Beatrice answered with absolute certainty. Although she had never eaten it before and would never eat it, it was undoubtedly jerky!

"Okay." Bai Mu collected the strips of meat that resembled metal rods. Highly compressed meat also has its advantages, namely, it is easy to store.

These seemingly small portions of jerky were made from one and a half wild boar meat stalks by Beatrice.

After making these preparations, Bai Mu glanced at the chainsaw, guns, and other equipment in the cabinet; these weapons were all old acquaintances.

Aside from the chainsaw, which he had never used, he had no intention of discarding the other firearms since he no longer needed them.

After closing the cabinet, Bai Mu placed the suitcase containing the Dream Terminal on the floor beside the bed.

Since he can take this thing home to use, he definitely won't use it in the work area provided by Nightow Company, mainly because his abnormality after returning from the dream world was too obvious.

If it weren't for that layer of fog, it would be fine, but with the fog there, others could tell at a glance that something was wrong with him.

He's already attractive enough; if you add some new buffs, wouldn't everyone hate him?
The Dream Terminal's influence range was very small. Bai Mu raised her foot and placed it on the Dream Terminal, tearing through the subtle haze and disappearing into the bedroom.

At the same time, a man who appeared near Bai Mu's house sent out a message.

The Dream Terminal is still in Bai Mu's house, but Bai Mu's life information has disappeared.

The fact that it disappeared suddenly means that the white curtain has entered the interior of the alternate dream. As for the questions of contact after entering the alternate dream, that's another story.

Since White Curtain wanted to work from home, Night Owl Company naturally prepared the necessary documentation.

Bai Mu can simply take those items and make contact with the company members within the alternate dream.

"How desolate." Bai Mu opened his eyes and gazed at the huge 'shadow' in the distance. Due to the distance and the presence of fog, the tiered city appeared as a blurry behemoth.

Their location is some distance from the city, and traces of the battle can be seen on the ground.

According to the intelligence provided by An Yongkang, the war in this world has lasted for a very, very long time.

I don't know how the hatred has continued, but the entire world has been wiped out.

This actually gives real people an opportunity. In a world where humans are almost extinct, wouldn't it be like cuckoos taking over the nest for outsiders?
Develop casually, okay? Resources are everywhere, except for food.

Materials like steel, as well as tanks and firearms, can all be recycled. As for the potential environmental damage?
The premise of destruction is that there are still normal living beings in this world; here, you can destroy things at will and no one will care about such a problem.

Food can be brought from reality; there are seeds and other crops, and there are even seeds for fast-growing crops in reality.

It takes less than half a month to plant a crop. Although it puts a lot of strain on the land, who cares about that?
Environmental pollution is no longer a problem, let alone the exploitation of land.

Furthermore, this crop is highly resistant to environmental pollution.

Bai Mu had never been underground in this world, but out of curiosity about the portraits on the coins, he had specifically researched related information.

Here, beyond the barren side, he saw several fields planted with fast-growing crops.

There were still people harvesting crops in the fields. Bai Mu stared at them for several minutes. In the apocalypse, if you want to develop, you have to farm!
The people here are very professional.

(End of this chapter)