Dream Travel

Chapter 260 Graveyard
"We'll still be able to use this when we get down here, right?" Yuri said, thanking the temporary bridge as it receded into the distance.

Without this bridge, they would really have to take a detour.

"Let's talk about it when we get back." Qianhu was very calm as he rode his bicycle. If he could use it, he would be able to come back. If he couldn't come back, then many things he encountered on the way would be one-time use.

Thinking of this, she secretly glanced at the white curtain of pedestrians.

Bai Mu didn't get in the car, even though it would have been easier, because Bai Mu said it would have consumed more fuel.

The box was particularly heavy, but Bai Mu, carrying it, kept up with them with ease and even walked ahead.

To reach a higher level.

Here, the residential areas are much smaller, and it looks more like an industrial base.

It's very different from the style of the first floor; everything here is more solemn, and the weapons are more concentrated.

They even saw a severely damaged area.

Bai Mu looked at the area that had been hit and pondered that it must have been bombed by some kind of nuclear weapon.

The quality of this city seems to be too high.

Having moved to a different location, Yuri looked around and asked, "What are these sinks for?"

"A fish farm." Through the glass, Bai Mu saw a fish swimming by; it was the only fish there, and it looked pitiful.

"Is the fish ready to eat?"

"Please don't do that." A card robot stepped forward.

Yuri had seen this at the military base and wasn't curious: "Oh, so it's here too."

"You've seen other autonomous machines elsewhere?" the arriving robot said calmly.

Then the conversation turned to the fish, which was also an intelligent robot. It seemed very worried about Yuri, fearing that she would take action.

But this doesn't stop the autonomous machine from introducing the place, which is a breeding base, but there's nothing left to raise.

Except for this fish.

"Will you lose your job after this fish dies?" Bai Mu asked the self-regulating machine after hearing the introduction.

“Unemployment? It’s just being on standby,” said the self-regulating machine walking in front.

"Someone came two months ago and offered to provide new 'fish fry', but they haven't come back yet."

Bai Mu exclaimed angrily, "How dare they deceive artificial intelligence! That's outrageous!"

The self-regulating machine remained calm and continued its fish-raising work: "In reality, even if there are fish fry, this place won't last long."

"What's going on?" Qianhu asked curiously. Although she had met many people during this period, she felt a little out of place with them.

Including the white curtain of the peers.

Bai Mu was simply a superman. The strength he possessed in carrying I-beams and building temporary bridges with his own body was something Qian Hu could never understand... How could a human have such strength?
This gave her a strong sense of unreality.

The fish in this aquaculture base look much more normal; they are lonely, with no way out, no future, living one day at a time, walking hand in hand with despair.

"This place is being demolished."

"Wait for me a moment." Bai Mu left with the weapon case on his back. Not long after, a loud noise was heard, and he came back dragging a robot head that had lost its arms and legs.

Many of the robots in this city are like 'cards', including these large engineering robots.

"You're amazing, you don't seem human." The autonomous machine looked at the machine head that the white curtain had brought back, remaining calm.

It tried to communicate with the still-running machine, but the machine's operating logic had a serious error. If Bai Mu hadn't cut off its limbs, it would have continued to carry out the demolition work.

Specifically, it's not about demolition, but about reducing consumption. The city shuts down due to a lack of energy, and many facilities no longer need to be maintained.

Keeping those facilities will only over-consume the limited energy available; removing them will allow the remaining facilities to operate for longer.

Even when the robot's operating logic malfunctions, it continues to perform its mission of sustaining the city.

"If we crack its firewall, can we restore it to normal?"

“We can give it a try,” the self-regulating machine replied.

Bai Mu took out his hacking device. This thing couldn't deal with the firewall of the military base, but it had no problem dealing with such a large machine.

After cracking the firewall, Bai Mu looked at the configurable information and then glanced at the self-regulating machine next to him: "It doesn't seem that difficult. I just need to reset it. Hahaha, it's quite simple!"

After completing the setup, Bai Mu patted the large robot on the head, and the autonomous machine resumed communication with it.

After a while, it said, "The operating logic has returned to normal. As long as its body can be restored, it can resume maintenance work."

"But it's been destroyed like this, can it be restored?" Qianhu looked at the cut marks on the robot and clicked his tongue in amazement.

She was very curious about how the white screen was created.

"Is welding okay?"

Bai Mu asked the autonomous machine next to him, "This thing can maintain tracked vehicles, so it should have no problem handling a robot's arms and legs."

"I need other autonomous machines to assist me, but I don't have the authority to wake them up."

"Simple." Bai Mu found other autonomous machines and gradually cracked their permissions using a hacker.

With these autonomous machines, the limbs of the construction machine were quickly welded back together. Although performance was somewhat affected, normal operation was no longer an issue.

They didn't stay here for long and left for other places.

The main reason I didn't have any interest in the breeding techniques was that I didn't stay in this place.

He had a map of this floor. Although the terrain had changed a lot due to years of disrepair, collapse, and war, most of the places still matched up.

With the map as a guide, Bai Mu tried to explore as much of the place as possible.

Most of the places were 'disabled', and they looked like they had been gnawed by dogs, with everything containing energy scraped clean.

Everything that remains is a human construct that is unusable due to a lack of energy.

He found a base, but the computers there couldn't be opened at all.

Even when White Curtain tried to charge the weapon with the discharge box, it didn't work; the base's energy center was broken.

No wonder there are hardly any people on this floor; coming here would be a waste of time.

Bai Mu fiddled with the computer in front of him, but finally gave up. He realized that anyone on this floor who had access to weapons or similar equipment was basically doomed.

Meanwhile, relatively normal civil facilities, such as farms, are able to operate well.

There is also a demand for energy over there, but there has been no unexpected disruption to the energy supply there. These places with independent energy supplies have all basically gone out of business.

If the exploration team comes here to explore, wouldn't that be a waste of their effort?

Even though we can obtain a lot of information on people's livelihood from civil facilities, times have changed and productivity is insufficient, so that information is not applicable to reality.

After several days of fussing, Bai Mu was a bit exhausted: "Phew~ Forget it, let's go check out a higher level."

So far, he has not encountered the mushroom creature that Talic mentioned, and White Curtain is also very curious about such a creature.

The main reason is to get to know it. Since we're already here, it would be a shame not to see the unique features of this dream world.

The more things you come into contact with, the more likely you are to get more good things when you leave this dream world.

As the night fell, Bai Mu looked around at the surrounding buildings and said to the girl beside him, "This is a graveyard."

"A graveyard?" Qianhu looked at the buildings that resembled walls, puzzled.

Bai Mu looked at the information on the map: "Specifically, it's a place similar to a graveyard. If you want to preserve any relics, you can seal them here."

As he spoke, he reached out and tapped on the building next to him. The thing was very sturdy, with drawers densely packed on top.

Bai Mu put down the weapon case and took out the Dream Erosion Greatsword from it.

"Huh?" Yuri, who was still planning to explore the area, immediately took off the rifle she was carrying.

When she traveled with Chito, in addition to doing physical labor, she also had the responsibility of protecting her, so she was quite vigilant.

"What happened?" Chito asked Yuri belatedly.

“I don’t know.” Yuri was also a little confused, but Bai Mu’s behavior made her feel that something was not right.

The thousand households became even more nervous.

"The enemy is coming, you should find a place to hide."

Bai Mu reached out and patted the weapon case, then said to Qianhu and Yuri, "Hide well."

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of sparks erupted from the weapon box, and the deformed and shattered bullets were deflected.

His eyes turned into a silvery white screen, fixed on the direction of the attack, and locked onto the attacker.

He grinned at the other party, and the Dream Eater Greatsword parried the attack from above.

The attacker, wielding a short knife, looked shocked. His attack, launched using the force of his fall, failed to subdue the white curtain.

The attacker reacted quickly, a spike popping out of his shoe and kicking it towards the white curtain.

But his kick landed squarely on the weapon that Bai Mu had pulled over.

A violent surge of electricity erupted, and the attacker couldn't help but scream in agony; even a superhuman's physique couldn't withstand the close-range electric shock.

Fire and lightning attacks are incredibly effective against melee attackers.

Even superhumans couldn't withstand the electric shock; the screaming superhuman was slammed to the ground by a box thrown by the white curtain.

The second bullet came flying, but missed, instead making a small dent in the containment wall.

After glancing at the attacker, Bai Mu kicked the superhuman in the head, and after sending him away, he did not rashly pursue him.

Because this is a siege.

Yesterday, Bai Mu discovered that someone was following them. If it were just normal exploration, Bai Mu would not have intended to communicate with them much. However, these people came with malice.

Like the members of Ryder's expedition team, these people were secretive, but most of their actions were exposed to the White Curtain.

The Dream-Eater Imperial Arms is too overwhelming in terms of reconnaissance.

Since these people had ill intentions, Bai Mu simply went to the 'graveyard' marked on the map, and those people followed him directly.

(End of this chapter)