Dream Travel

Chapter 246 This matter is not that simple

"Is there nothing to eat in this world?" Luciela ran for a while but found no living creatures.

Although this world has a rich human heritage, it consists of nothing but weapons.

"They should all be dead by now." Bai Mu looked at the city gradually approaching in the distance, and Luciela slowed down and jumped off her back.

"It's cold, you should go back first."

"You stinky man!!"

Just as Lucy was about to curse the White Curtain for being used and then discarded, she disappeared.

Bai Mu, carrying a weapons case, approaches the city, which has been partially destroyed by the war...

On the outskirts of the city, there were many signs of destruction. Judging from the traces of the explosions, Bai Mu thought that the weapons in this world must be quite environmentally friendly.

It looks like it was hit by a nuclear bomb, but there was no nuclear radiation at the scene... Oh, he didn't bring a Geiger!

White Curtain tapped her head, and released Beatrice, allowing her to inspect the surroundings.

"Nuclear radiation? What's that?"

The alchemist Beatrice revealed a clear gaze that belied her 107 years.

"These are factors that can harm health. Look at this environment and see if it's normal or not. Will it harm normal living organisms?"

"Oh, you mean there might be some remnants of something like magic erosion here?"

Beatrice understood the meaning of the white curtain.

"What other uses does magic have?"

"Yes, ordinary people don't have magic, and there are many types of magic. Demonic magic has a strong corrosive effect on ordinary people."

You don't really think special powers are easy to master, do you?

"I don't think so, anyway, I didn't."

For a moment, Atreus was speechless. She took out a small box from the weapon box in the white curtain. This was the portable alchemy box she had prepared.

It can't handle very large items, but it's fine for routine tasks.

"There's hardly any residue, it's very clean, as if it was specially cleaned... but why isn't there a single corpse?"

Atresia was puzzled. Normally, there would be many corpses in war zones, and even long after a person dies, there would still be some traces left.

However, she found no trace of the bodies here; it seemed as if some unknown force had silently cleaned them up.

It's also possible that due to the passage of time, the traces of the body have been erased... Beatrice thought this possibility was unlikely.

However, she does not rule out the existence of some kind of special power in this world.

"This world must be rich in resources, right?" Atris looked at a corner of the city. "To maintain such a large city, it must need a lot of energy. What kind of energy is it?"

"Could it be nuclear fusion?" Bai Mu wasn't sure either; he wasn't a professional. He just needed to confirm that there was no residual radiation.

"Can I stay?" Beatrice tried to persuade the white curtain to let her stay by acting cute.

“Not now.” Bai Mu canceled Atreus’s summons immediately; he could move quickly and easily on his own.

Bringing women along would only waste his time.

As for maps, they become less useful once you enter this bombed city; a portable projector is better for location tracking.

However, this positioning function requires scanning the environment and comparing it with the stored information before it can locate the position, rather than using GPS positioning.

The map's outline is comprehensive, but the detailed structure within the hierarchical cities is insufficient.

Bai Mu stretched his body, displaying incredible physical abilities, and began to move deeper into the city, deciding that there was no need to explore the lowest level.

If you're going to explore, go upwards; the higher you go, the greater the value of the exploration.

The lower city was too vast, and Bai Mu didn't encounter anyone along the way.

Animals are extinct, plants are dying, and in this apocalyptic world, outsiders have brought a glimmer of life to the world.

At least they brought seeds for new crops and started farming.

"It looks like it's been used." Looking at the stairs ahead, in the deserted city, it should have been desolate, silent, and covered in dust.

But there are footprints here, and people who pass by don't even bother to clean them up.

The footprints were large, probably from other people. Bai Mu followed those footprints up the stairs, making it easy to transition between the lowest and second floors of the city.

But this floor is still extremely large, a steel jungle devoid of human habitation.

I took a few photos with my phone, and the white curtain quickly moved upwards. There was nothing left to explore in this desolate world.

Human beings' social nature made Bai Mu somewhat uncomfortable with this apocalyptic scene. Even if he were on a battlefield, he would find the battlefield lively and the experience much more comfortable than here.

"Have we been discovered? He suddenly accelerated so much."

The team that arrived in the lower city was puzzled. The White Curtain had left many traces, and they could continue to track it, but the White Curtain's movements were too fast.

"It's not that we've been discovered, it's that we didn't intend to stay. There's no point in staying in a place like this." A man with heterochromia glanced around at his surroundings.

A blurry, indistinct shadow passed by the stairs ahead and quickly disappeared.

"What kind of war could have turned the world into this?"

"That's bound to be a war that never stops, but that's not something we need to worry about. Just don't lose track of them."

"We have the same goal, he can't escape."

……

"This floor... it's getting worse and worse?" After climbing several floors, Bai Mu surveyed the environment of this floor. From here, one could see the lowest level of the city.

Although the hierarchical city structure resembles a pyramid, it is not a perfect pyramid.

It's a pyramid structure split in half, meaning if he jumps down from where he is now, he can directly reach the bottom level.

And as it rises, the environment gets colder and colder.

Perhaps when the city was intact, there were appropriate heating facilities in the high-altitude areas, but the war destroyed everything, causing many of the city's facilities to cease operation.

His floor had a view of many arsenals, and it was also the floor that was most heavily targeted.

Some of the attacks blasted through the upper levels and landed here; they looked like bunker busters.

"Damn it, war is fucking horrible!" Bai Mu muttered, turning his gaze away from the city below.

He used to be afraid of heights, but now that normal falls don't kill him, he no longer feels afraid of heights.

Moreover, there are remnants of railings here; as long as you don't do anything reckless, you won't die.

After finding a house, Bai Mu cleaned away the dust, then took out a piece of jerky with strength comparable to steel and made a simple electromagnetic heating coil. He then used a pot he found in the house to boil water.

The energy source is electricity converted from the weapon box. With stable discharge and an electromagnetic heating coil, the water boils quickly.

Bai Mu cut off a small piece of dried meat and threw it into the pot to cook.

While waiting, he took out his computer and uploaded the photos he had taken on the way.

I played some single-player games, and soon the room was filled with the smell of meat soup.

Bai Mu poured in a small packet of pre-prepared seasoning, and soon the aroma of the broth filled the air.

This time, it was Atelier's way of eating the jerky, which she processed using alchemy. As for gnawing on it by hand, even though his teeth were very strong now, doing that would just be asking for trouble.

"Not bad, huh?" Bai Mu took a sip of the broth, savoring the taste alone in his solitude.

In this environment, he actually felt less inclined to summon anyone's phantom.

Even if you do something bad in the current environment, no one will know.

"...Let's talk about it tomorrow." After finishing the rest of the soup, Bai Mu summoned the mental fragments of the light and shadow demon Luxenbra.

Other people's mental fragments are complete, but this demon's mental fragments are truly just fragments.

Once summoned, it appears dull and stupid. Although it can execute some commands, it has very little autonomy, much like a low-level intelligent program.

After all, this demon of light and shadow is truly just a fragment, a fragment that doesn't even have much of a self.

It executes some commands without any problem; the Night Demon of Light and Shadow possesses the power of shadow, making it suitable for sentry duty.

"Prepare this area carefully."

Having received the command, the light and shadow demon let out a low, cackling laugh. The surrounding light seemed to dim considerably, and the demon's body merged into the darkness, disappearing without a trace.

The next day, Bai Mu was awakened by a burst of light. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the attributes of the spiritual fragments of the Light and Shadow Demon had switched.

This demon has different attributes during the day and at night. It is suitable to act as a charlatan during the day, but its true nature is revealed at night.

Early in the morning, the luminous demon that appeared due to the change in attributes looked at first glance like a glowing saint.

The white curtain dispelled the summoning of the demon of light and shadow.

This demon's power of light and shadow is actually quite good. During the day, the light it emits is more adept at bewitching the mind and is very seductive.

At night, the power of shadow has the effect of devouring souls.

Unfortunately, the fragment was not very strong, limiting the extent to which the two forces could be utilized.

However, it's more than enough for keeping watch.

Nothing happened that night. Bai Mu cooked another pot of meat soup, cut a small piece of steel jerky, and left the hut.

The city of death has not changed its image of being shrouded in white today; without human presence, everything within the city is heading towards destruction.

The equipment, lacking maintenance, stopped operating and began to collapse over time.

The materials used to make weapons have excellent properties and will not rust for a long time, but the building materials here are not like steel, and problems will still occur over time.

However, as the white curtain continued to advance upwards, more and more traces were discovered.

The gradually dying city seems to have gained a bit more life, but this life comes from outsiders from outside the world.

“Canned food, they eat better than me.” Bai Mu picked up the empty can from the ground and chewed on the steel jerky in his mouth.

This thing is too resilient to chew; at the current rate, he can keep gnawing on it until nightfall...

After dropping the can of food, Bai Mu used a map projector to scan the surrounding environment. Once the terrain information was matched, the projected map marked his location.

However, such matching is not accurate. If the scanned environments are too similar, incorrect positioning may occur.

In such cases, a larger-scale scan is required.

He wasn't that unlucky; there was a marked location, an explorable point, about seven or eight kilometers away from the location... but Bai Mu felt things wouldn't go so smoothly.

Nightow Company pays him a lot of money to work, not to do charity for him.

Are these places marked on the map really reliable?
It might have been reliable before it was explored, but since it's been marked, it must have already been explored by someone.

Once you get there, you'll most likely just be picking up trash. To complete the quest, you'll need to find areas outside the marked areas.

However, before searching, let's find a marker point and see what happens, just in case the actual situation is different from what he thinks.

If they are the same, then look for something else.

(End of this chapter)