Dream Travel

Chapter 309 Why don't you give it a try?
"...You don't need to have such a strong prejudice against this kind of thing." White Curtain's behavior left Eve speechless.

"It's not a matter of prejudice or not, it's just that I don't need this kind of thing." Bai Mu said earnestly, indicating that the virus and such were not important.

He suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh right, I have another tube of virus here, it's been sitting for a while, I'll let you take a look at it later."

"how long?"

"Hmm...it's been almost a year."

"How well is it preserved?" Evefeya frowned slightly and continued to ask.

Viruses, if stored properly, can last for a long time, but enhanced viruses generally cannot be stored for that long.

Especially custom-made products, which are basically used up as soon as they are made.

"It is refrigerated."

"I'll take a look later." Evefeya had little hope for the virus that Bai Mu had mentioned.

She continued processing some materials, waiting for Bai Mu to return so she could take them with her.

These items included some research materials she had prepared, which would be disposed of once they were taken out.

After thinking for a moment, Evefeya said to Bai Mu, "Actually, you do have a chance to pursue me."

"Huh?" Bai Mu was slightly taken aback and looked at Evefeya with surprise.

Wait, what happened to your aloof scientist persona? Why did you suddenly become so humble?

"Your Dreamwalker talent is outstanding, which gives you a strong competitive edge."

"No, I've always felt that scientists like you have a lot of autonomy."

"That's a stereotype." Evefeya said calmly. Others had also thought that Bai Mu was capable scientists who could often be willful and capricious.

Especially in professional fields, they always have more privileges.

But this is truly a stereotype.

Unless it becomes irreplaceable in a certain field.

However, given the existence of extraordinary dreams, many scientists in reality cannot reach a level of irreplaceability, including her.

The Miller family behind her deprived her of sufficient freedom in some matters.

Although she has a lot of freedom in choosing her dreams, it is all freedom primarily for research purposes.

She was able to provide the corresponding research results, which is why she was able to gain such freedom; otherwise, she would have been just like the other members of the Miller family.

When you reach a certain age, you have to fulfill the corresponding role of your gender... regardless of whether you are male or female.

Her age is already considered "old" within the family, although Bai Mu's idea is a stereotype.

But for her, there is indeed enough freedom within the family. She cannot choose freely in some matters, but for now she can 'not choose'.

Of course, Evefeya also wanted to make a choice. Compared to the choice made by her family, she would prefer to choose one herself if possible.

"I have a girlfriend, and you've even met her."

“Alexei’s strange dream? Do you think I would care about that?” Evereya retorted to the white curtain.

"How can you not care about this?"

"Between having no choice and having choices, which do you think is more important? At least you're not part of the family circle, so there are limits to how much fun you can have."

Bai Mu thinks Evefeya is terrifyingly realistic.

"How should we spend it?" Bai Mu was interested in this.

“That’s not a good habit.” Evereya glanced at the white curtain. “You’re not even at the beginner level.”

Bai Mu shook his head: "I definitely can't get started."

"So why don't you give it a try?" Evefeya suggested. "We can also sign a donation agreement. With a dual relationship, I'll have a better chance of preserving your body."

"...I always felt that your reservations were dangerous to me."

“Well, if your body remains intact, I will use the best viral technology to modify it and see if I can revive you.” Evereya nodded, making no attempt to hide her purpose.

Bai Mu always felt that she was very similar to Lily in this respect; they both found certain things terrifyingly realistic.

"Would I still be considered myself if I were resurrected like that?"

Everea shook her head: "At least I have your memories. I value your Dreamwalker talent. We can team up."

Moreover, rather than having my family decide on a man without any certainty, I'd rather find someone I feel is suitable.

Ironically, most of the things she thought were suitable were not suitable for her family.

"That sounds complicated," Bai Mu said with a hint of disdain, not because he disliked Evefeya's rationality, but because of the family she mentioned.

This woman may not be that difficult to get along with, but her family is clearly not so easy to deal with.

"As long as you're good enough, that's fine. If you're not good enough, I'll keep your body after you die. A secondhand body won't have much 'value' to me."

Bai Mu couldn't help but click his tongue: "You're making the most of this."

"What? You want to get emotionally involved?" Evefeya glanced at the white curtain: "That's difficult."

"I didn't say that..."

“Hmm, perhaps we can do it the other way around? Let’s wait a year.” Evereya looked at the white curtain.

In terms of physical condition, Bai Mu is quite good. In terms of resources, although he is a lone wolf and cannot compare with the big families, he is still very capable.

Bai Mu's personal qualities are excellent, but these excellent qualities come at a price.

The 'alien race' places too much emphasis on human geniuses; the more outstanding Bai Mu's performance, the higher the probability of him encountering risks.

Not only people like Bai Mu, but even people like her will inevitably have similar experiences.

If she can develop a virus that allows a small number of people to directly possess high-end combat capabilities, then many malicious alien dreamers will not let her off easily.

She returned to reality. Before coming to this strange dream, she had looked up information about White Curtain. This guy was quite capable of causing trouble, and he might not survive more than a year.

"You seem very insecure?" Bai Mu gradually realized something unusual; Evefeya didn't seem to be a member of the dream experience group.

But she prefers working in the dream world.

"Not now, but I can't be sure about the future." Evefeya picked up a test tube and looked at the blue viral stock solution inside.

"There are many people who have made important achievements in virus research, but none of them have survived."

"Can you create a virus that targets demons?" Bai Mu asked. Viruses are not just used to enhance individuals; they are real biological weapons.

"Yes, but it can only deal with some ordinary demons. For native demons, it's better to use holy water."

"Never mind then." Bai Mu had given up hope. Dealing with demons didn't require too many fancy tricks; she could just crush them with sheer strength.

After chatting with Evefeya for a while longer, Bai Mu left her laboratory. There was nothing more to do here; if it weren't for Beatrice needing to use life alchemy to process the greatsword's body, Bai Mu would have left long ago.

The presence of Everea and Atreus was a huge blow to the Greatsword Warriors; compared to them, the organization seemed like a child.

In the town of Lokudo, the biggest change for the Claymores is the change in their clothing.

The Greatswordsmen used to wear full-coverage clothing, never revealing anything below their collarbones.

After all, once it goes beyond that area, the scar can no longer be covered.

Even with internal stitching techniques and the concealer effect of cosmetics, it's still not very effective.

But now some of the greatswords have started wearing normal clothes. These greatswords are all those who have eliminated the threat of demon flesh and blood.

Bai Mu sparred with these greatswordsmen whenever he had free time, which served as a form of rehabilitation for the greatsword warriors.

After all, having removed the main body of demonic flesh and blood, their ability to return to their original peak state is basically due to the enhancement provided by the biochemical virus.

Intensive training can help speed up recovery.

"Why can't your awakened forms look any better?" Bai Mu complained as he parried a snake's tail that was lashing out at him.

"This is not something we can decide." The greatsword that attacked swung its tail, which opened like a snake's mouth, trying to bypass the white curtain's weapon and bite him.

But Bai Mu reached out and pressed down on its mouth, and its tail was also pressed to the ground. The tail twisted and struggled, but it could not break free from Bai Mu's suppression.

After trying for a while, the greatsword gave up and immediately broke out of its temporary awakening state.

She was covered in sweat. To maintain their awakened state, they had to keep their demonic energy highly active and reach that critical point.

They never imagined that the demonic energy they once tried so hard to control would now need to be reversed to play a greater role.

Instead of trying to suppress the demonic energy, we should try to increase its activity level.

Maintaining temporary awakening also consumes a lot of resources, but it is really powerful. It's just that some greatswords don't really like temporary awakening.

It's not that they reject this form, but rather that it affects their combat capabilities.

Temporary awakening does not cause any deviation in their cognition, so they are not as used to using their non-human bodies.

If it were still in human form, it would take a little getting used to, but most greatswords, after awakening, take on forms different from human form.

Therefore, the awakened form is actually a hindrance for some greatswords, at least for now.

"Your demonic aura is even more enviable," the greatsword said, wiping the sweat from his brow.

Bai Mu did not awaken temporarily, but his demonic aura could continuously increase with each release, a fact that the greatsword fighting him could sense.

Even with silver eyes, the white curtain's demonic energy remained calm, and its enhancement was within a normal range, just like when the greatswords once unleashed their demonic energy.

However, when he transformed into a golden-eyed being, his demonic energy began to surge wildly, and as time went on, the degree of wildness increased.

The greatsword that fought him gave her the most direct experience. Not only was the power of the white curtain growing stronger, but the violent demonic energy emanating from it also put extra mental pressure on her.

"But in terms of perfection, you are still better," Bai Mu said modestly.

As a 'biological weapon,' the improved greatsword is indeed better, but when Everea said this, she also specifically stated that the White Curtain was not a modified biological weapon.

He is a natural person, so making this comparison is not very meaningful unless he also tries to undergo some kind of enhancement or modification.

Setting aside the training weapons, Bai Mu looked in another direction.

Rivera is also training. She hasn't been modified with demon flesh and blood, but the enhancement virus created by Everea has given her a significant boost.

Because of Reeves' young age, the enhanced virus can be better customized.

The Bureau of Processing also attaches great importance to the enhancement of Reeves, therefore the virus enhancement of Reeves is divided into several stages.

White Curtain won't be here for long, but Evefeya will continue working here, for at least several months.

This period of time is enough for Eve to complete the subsequent enhancements for River.

As for the cost of the investment, aside from anything else, the demon flesh and blood harvested here, as well as Evefeya's research results, have already recouped the costs.

Not to mention that besides demons and monsters, there are also beings like the descendants of dragons from another continent in this world.

The matters concerning the Greatswords were mostly settled, and Bai Mu was about to leave. However, before leaving, there was one more thing he needed to do.

“Let’s go to the Holy Capital.” White Curtain found River.

"Now?" Rivera was not happy at all; instead, she felt somewhat uncomfortable.

She realized that Bai Mu was about to leave.

"Now then." Bai Mu nodded and took River to see the Holy Capital, since there was no longer any threat to this island.

Although the greatswordsmen need rest, some of their combat strength has recovered, so taking River to the Holy Capital shouldn't be a problem.

Unless the people from that war-torn continent attack us.

The problem is that they must have nothing better to do than deliberately choose this small, dilapidated island to attack.

"Damn it... why me again?" Luciela, who was serving as the means of transportation, had a gloomy face.

White Curtain already has Awakened Ones who are better at long-distance movement, yet they still choose her at this time!
"There are a lot of people here," Bai Mu said with a smile. This team represents the strongest fighting force in Luoguduo Town.

Denise, Fassna, Galadriel, and others were all there.

With two slashers and a radar, there's nothing on this island that can threaten them.

As for Laphana... Bai Mu noticed that she wasn't in a good mood, so he didn't talk to her.

Rivera was quite curious about Lucyella's existence, but once she learned that Lucyella was summoned by the White Curtain, she wasn't too surprised.

As they approached the Holy City, the White Curtain restored Luciela to normal, and he did not dispel Luciela's summons.

But Lucyella looked down on the Holy City. Perhaps before she saw Rota City, she would have thought the Holy City was quite developed.

However, after seeing Rota, she viewed Santo Lapollé as nothing more than a rural town...

It can only be called a holy city on this remote island. In reality, it would be considered inferior to Cthulhu Town.

But Rivers felt that this place was quite prosperous, with far more people than in the town of Logudo.

Moreover, the buildings were much taller, but after satisfying her curiosity, Rivers didn't have much expectation for this place.

Although Luoguduo Town is not as large as the holy city of Lapoli, its development is much more advanced than that of this place.

She didn't see those muscular industrial machines in the Holy City; instead, she saw many things made in the town of Luoguduo.

The weapons and armor used by the guards were industrial products from the town of Luoguduo.

Overall, apart from the large number of people, the Holy City is vastly different from Luoguduo Town, shattering Rivers's positive perception of the place.

(End of this chapter)