Dream Travel

Chapter 370: Can't Leave
A team without any slackers can quickly and effectively respond to unexpected situations.

Quickly gathering all available resources is key to their departure and dealing with the upcoming crisis.

Their initial assembly speed was slow, but once vehicles arrived, the assembly speed immediately increased.

The fuel used in these vehicles was originally sourced from Hell, but during the countdown, someone rushed to replace it with imported fuel.

Therefore, these vehicles can still be used after they leave the Dream.

However, not many vehicles were preserved, and many of them were made using locally sourced materials.

This part of the vehicles is prepared for emergency situations.

In addition, some vehicles were lost in the Dream Erosion Zone, leaving even fewer vehicles remaining.

But no matter what, things on wheels are faster than two legs, and these vehicles are designed for use in Hell, so they can perform well in the desert environment.

The availability of fuel-rich vehicles accelerated the troop assembly.

Bai Mu didn't contact these people, partly because he wasn't familiar with them, and partly because... he wanted to keep a low profile; he was waiting for the possible demons to appear.

Take this opportunity to familiarize yourself with the power you've gained.

The boost he received from this fog was still the maximum boost. If he could absorb all the fog and still feel unsatisfied, then the boost would probably be less than satisfactory.

White Curtain doesn't want that to happen.

After all, the extra mist can condense into items, and the condensed items are mostly Dream Erosion items, so it would be a shame to miss out.

However, even after the troops had fully assembled, the demon that the White Curtain was waiting for still did not appear.

It was as if those demons weren't interested in what was happening here.

After confirming the condition of the wounded, the assembled troops set off.

The troops had confirmed their approximate location and needed to leave immediately to contact the United Nations and report what had happened in Hellish Dream.

The demise of the Dream Source, coupled with their collective appearance near it, rendered many of the original arrangements obsolete.

This situation was completely unexpected by everyone; no one anticipated that such an accident would occur after entering the alternate dream through the alternate dream terminal.

The appearance of the Dream Terminal was too brief, and there were still many issues that were not fully understood. This time, everyone suffered a great loss.

Although some people left the Dream Source after its death was confirmed, they could not be sure whether those people also appeared here.

If they returned directly to the entry point of the Dream Terminal, that would be a relief, at least the normal information was taken out.

Their casualties were too heavy; less than one in ten of the assembled members survived, with most of them dying in the Dream Erosion Zone.

However, Bai Mu saw the departing troops turn back. Judging from their appearance, they seemed to be advancing normally. It was only after seeing the familiar scenery that they realized something was wrong.

The reorganized troops tried to leave in a different way, but after several attempts, as darkness fell, they temporarily gave up and chose to set up a simple defensive line on the spot.

White Curtain rubbed the eyes that had merged into the Dream-Eroded Imperial Arms.

He figured it out: although the real demons hadn't appeared, they had clearly set up some kind of "ghost wall" here.

And the scope is very large.

As for why those demons didn't attack the reorganized troops, it's probably because they still need some living people.
After all, demons often resort to sacrifices, so it's better for these people to live than to die.

"Sigh~ It was my choice." Withdrawing her gaze, Bai Mu temporarily abandoned the idea of ​​summoning the phantom.

The battle in Hell left his phantoms in poor condition; demons like Luxembra simply stopped responding.

It's estimated that it will be difficult to summon it before it recovers.

Even if Lexenberg had ulterior motives, he was truly willing to charge in and unleash his full power when facing the Demon Lord.

Based on such actions, Bai Mu should at least let him get some rest.

He looked toward the Dream Erosion area, where the Dream Erosion Storm had stabilized.

But the edges of the Dream Erosion Zone were still distorted, and the white curtain saw scenes of hell within it, and it wasn't empty inside.

Some bewildered figures wandered through the hellish environment.

Most of those figures were humanoid, but as time went on, the number of humanoid figures gradually decreased, and they were replaced by demonic figures.

Inside the Otherworldly Hell, the bloody battle continues, but an unexpected event has occurred in the Demon Territory: many places where the bloody battle took place have started to 'crack'.

Huge cracks that appeared on the ground or in the normal environment have forcefully gnawed away parts of the demon territory, creating huge cavities.

Cave-dwelling demons from the lower reaches of hell emerged from these hollows.

A demon stared in disbelief at the violently writhing demonic earth dragon before him.

This demonic earth dragon was wreaking havoc not long ago, but suddenly a huge rift swallowed part of its body with a 'crash'.

Furthermore, an extremely dangerous power was overflowing from that crack.

The demons that were touched screamed in agony, their bodies as if they had been splashed with a highly corrosive liquid.

Some demons died with screams, their souls not even swept away by hell; others vanished completely amidst their screams. Those demons who escaped were filled with intense fear and turned to flee, even as the cracks that appeared revealed a light that defied the polar night.

The effects of the Hellfire War in the Demon Realm are diminishing as these cracks create the fissures.

Some demons were terrified, while others sensed an unusual aura emanating from the other side of the rift—an environment different from hell.

Perhaps it's the human world!

This part of the demons rushed into the still-present crack with considerable fanaticism.

Most of the demons were completely corrupted by the Dream Erosion, while a few lucky demons managed to pass through the vanishing rift filled with Dream Erosion.

The changes that occurred in the Demon Territory alerted even stronger beings in Hell.

A few demon lords in Hell turned their gazes here.

This demon territory is just an ordinary little place in Hell.

Even if the demon lords here continue to expand their territory, they won't affect the interests of other demon lords for the time being.

Only after expanding their territory to a certain extent will fierce friction occur between the territorial boundaries of demon lords.

There is still a large blank area on the boundary of this territory.

However, those empty areas don't have any good resources, and no demons are interested in occupying them unless they can connect to resource-rich areas after occupying them.

But this demon territory isn't wealthy either...

In Hell, not all demons can become demon lords.

Any demon that randomly chooses an empty area to occupy and claims to be king is just self-proclaimed. A real demon lord would only laugh his head off if he encountered such a situation.

The demons and other beings in Hell wouldn't pay attention to such an insignificant little place; in the polar night, they would be like VIPs in the audience.

No foolish demons would dare to challenge them, and they wouldn't waste their time slaughtering demons.

On the contrary, during the polar night, they would try to find some good demons. The polar night is dangerous, and the probability of finding high-quality demons is higher. If they find a good one, they will take it.

The Demon Grand Duke also needs his subordinates; if they don't take them, other demons will.

But now something interesting has happened in this inconspicuous demon territory: the cracks that have appeared are not related to reality.

Instead, it connects to another region, except that the rift was forcibly torn apart, and a fierce conflict arose between hell and another unknown place.

This makes the crack extremely dangerous. If it were a normal spatial crack, they could safely break through it once the crack stabilized to a certain extent.

However, although the rift in the Demon Territory is stable, the power released by the conflict is very dangerous.

An interested demon lord tossed over a projection, which ignored the fierce bloodbath taking place over there and arrived at a disappearing rift.

His palm was immediately corroded after he touched the black mist.

The projection of the Demon Grand Duke showed a look of apprehension and did not proceed further.

With just this initial contact, he was certain that if the projection forced its way through, it would be reduced to ashes. Not to mention the projection, even the original body might not survive here!
The abnormal phenomena in the Demon Territory did not last long, and the cracks that had appeared everywhere gradually disappeared.

The projection of the Demon Duke picked up a gun that had been left on the ground and looked at the weapon with great interest.

Musket?

As a great demon who has experienced reality and can still maintain a certain connection with it, he is a well-informed person.

This weapon was different from the firearms he knew, but it was more sophisticated and had a different style than those made by the dwarves.

Looking further into the distance, there were scattered fragments in some places, which looked like larger muskets... or cannons?

What interesting thing happened here? Unfortunately, the unusual collapse seems to have taken away an important clue.

However, there are still many demons here.

"I want this one."

The projection of the Demon Grand Duke said that the main body had dispatched a high-ranking demon to take over this place.

However, some people disagree with his claims.

The Demon Grand Duke's projection swept away an attack, his eyes flashing with a hint of anger. Other Demon Grand Dukes who noticed this also wanted this previously insignificant Demon Territory.

Since that's the case, let's have a fight. That's always been the rule in hell.

A fierce battle took place in the Demon Territory. The demons, who were immersed in the bloody battle, were awakened by the pressure of the fighting and kept their distance from the battle area.

Some unfortunate demons were swept into the gradually disappearing cracks by the aftershocks of the battle.

This was already the result of the demon dukes' best efforts to restrain themselves; they did not want to cause any more damage to this demon territory.

In reality, after observing the Dream Erosion area for a long time, White Curtain made a bold decision.

As the Dream Erosion region became more stable, he wanted to go inside and take a look...

(End of this chapter)