Dream Travel

Chapter 494 You're too late to the party.

"They're trying to create a large number of cannon fodder in the hellish realm... Will it work?" White Curtain unifies the demons' intentions.

The demons in the alien realm are of high quality. According to Lexenberg, those inferior demons are only slightly more powerful than the local demons.

That's right, no matter how bad a lesser demon is, it's still better than a local demon produced through an illegal demon factory.

Imperishable demons are also pure-blooded demons, just of lower quality, while most native demons are transformed beings.

Like a half-demon.

If we're talking about how to upgrade a demon, the upgrade difficulty for a lesser demon is much lower than that for an artificial demon in the demon factory.

In the hellish environment, lesser demons have an advantage.

"How is it useless? The only problem is that it's difficult for inferior demons to advance to the next rank initially. As long as they can successfully advance and escape the realm of inferior demons, then they are essentially entitled to demonic power."

Lexenberg spoke of demons, how inferior demons could be promoted to normal demons, and how even if they were killed in Hell, they would not be inferior demons again upon resurrection.

Only after many deaths will they start anew from lesser demons or even hell worms.

Demon worms created through such demonic rituals have the opposite probability of being produced compared to hell worms.

The chances of hell worms producing inferior demons are very low, because hell worms with insufficient resources will be completely devoured in the initial battles between them.

Naturally, fewer inferior demons appeared.

The demon worm's knowledge stemmed from the nameless demon, and Luxembra knew how to avoid situations where inferior demons were highly likely to appear.

That is to raise a demonic worm that tears and transforms a person's soul, without mixing in other demonic worms, as mixing in other worms would affect the probability.

Even with this approach, the chance of encountering an ordinary demon is less than 50%.

Adding other demon worms would lower the probability; the only change would be the probability of producing a better demon.

The problem is that this probability is like the grand prize in many games; just look at it and don't expect to win it normally.

Moreover, demons have abandoned the higher value of the soul and instead use such a transformation ritual. It was originally meant to gather cannon fodder, so how could they use a high-probability method?
By converting a human soul and then investing enough power, one can obtain at least dozens of inferior demons.

Although dozens of inferior demons are not strong in combat, if they all go up against them, they can kill several ordinary demons who are not very strong.

Following Luxembla's method, not only would they fail to obtain dozens of inferior demons, but they would also easily lose money.

"These humans are enough for the demons to create an army of over two thousand inferior demons."

Lexenberg made his judgment based on the information he saw.

In a real-world environment, fewer demons would be created through conversion, but this is a hellish environment where demon conversion has an environmental advantage, making the conversion efficiency much higher.

Regardless of quality, a human soul can generate at least fifty demonic worms.

"This efficiency is so high?" Bai Mu was somewhat surprised.

“Just the quantity of piles without considering quality.” Luxembla was also pondering what these demons were trying to do.

Just like Bai Mu said, what's the point of creating inferior demons with low combat power?
Although the basic abilities of inferior demons are indeed higher than those of artificial demons, artificial demons are not without their advantages; at least their learning ability is much stronger than that of inferior demons.

As for cannon fodder, there are at most three thousand inferior demons... and so on.

"It's possible there aren't just two thousand or so lesser demons; there might be others elsewhere." Lexenberg chuckled at this thought. "There are quite a few traitors among the humans. How did these people get sent in?"

How do I know if these people can still be saved?

"How can you save them? They've already been assimilated by the alien world. With the influence of that assimilation, they could generate several more demon worms."

"Wouldn't it be better to wait until they become demons and then transform them?"

“Demons won’t work.” Lexenberg shook his head and continued, “Don’t even think about saving them. The power of the demons has already deeply affected them. All you can do is kill them.”

Or you could be like a person blessed by God, performing a miracle on them to remove the abnormality from their bodies and escort them out.

And you can also pretend you didn't see what happened here~

Luxembla's tone became particularly cheerful. Although he was analyzing the current situation for White Curtain, his demonic instincts made him especially happy to see someone facing such a 'difficult' choice.

In any case, he wasn't the one who made the choice. Regardless of what Bai Mu chose, he was most likely just an executor.

The choice that the White Curtain made was exactly what the devil wanted to see.

What would you choose?

Under Luxembla's watchful gaze, White Curtain pulled a Soul Stone from the weapon case.

"...A meaningless act that yields no benefit other than wasting resources!" Luxembla reminded White Curtain.

Even if the white curtain takes these people's souls out, there are no conditions in reality that would allow them to recover.

"Let them die in reality."

"Are you a demon? They die here and are corrupted by the alien realm, becoming demons and gaining power they could never have access to in their entire lives. You want them to die in reality?"

Lexenberg felt that White Curtain was even more ruthless; those who died in the alien realm had gotten a huge advantage.

For an ordinary person to become a demon, they need to please the demon and make the demon willing to help them transform, and the demon's transformation is usually done with malice.

Unconditional reincarnation as a demon—what a wonderful opportunity!

What did Bai Mu say? "Let them die outside."

"Isn't it better than them being transformed into demonic worms?"

"You certainly know how to make choices." Lexenberg was disappointed at not seeing Bai Mu struggle with his decision.

"Let's go, kill all those demons, and remember to set up a censorship for me."

The white figure vanished from the spot, accompanied by lightning. Wherever the swift lightning passed, the demons exploded into a bloody mist.

Bai Mu currently only has two layers of Thousand Mountain Qi, but that's enough to use as a lighter.

It's just that the incorrect usage caused the Thousand Mountain Qi to mutate somewhat, but its destructive power is not weak. Attacks with the Thousand Mountain Qi come with a critical hit effect.

This kind of critical strike made Bai Mu's attacks seem very brutal. He didn't even need to use weapons; he could blow up some weaker demons with just his fists.

The demons in this stronghold were quickly wiped out.

“These people’s souls have been severely affected; it’s impossible to get their thoughts from them now,” Lexenberg grinned as he reminded White Curtain.

"Then take their souls and make your move."

“Alright.” Lexenberg used Shadow Vortex to extract the souls of these people and stuff them into the Soul Stone.

Bai Mu's straightforward approach left him feeling somewhat bored; it was quite different from what he had expected.

After that, White Curtain stopped wandering around and found her residence through Serafis's demon horn.

There are also active demons at Serafis's base. They behave much like the ones White Veil encountered in Hell, and they can communicate perfectly normally.

At this moment, Bai Mu was still wearing a layer of disguise created by Lexenbula, which prevented the demon he was communicating with from showing any malice.

White Curtain met Serafis here.

"The person himself?" Looking at this demon, he prepared to make his move.

“Of course it’s me. You’re a bit late.” Serafis frowned slightly, staring at the white screen. “You didn’t do anything unnecessary, did you?”

"Tell me what's going on with these people?" Bai Mu took out the Soul Stone. The soul aura emanating from this thing was enough for Serafis to sense the souls stored inside.

"Isn't it normal for demons to do this kind of thing?"

"But they don't need to use human souls to convert cannon fodder, do they?"

“Those aren’t cannon fodder; they’re there to deepen our influence in this alien land,” Serafis said, shaking his head as he described what the demons were doing.

"The dream erosion in this alien realm is decreasing, and because of the nature of hell, the alien realm can be expanded by investing more souls."

The Dream Erosion may not completely disappear, but as long as the Otherworld continues to expand and the Dream Erosion doesn't intensify further, it will eventually decrease to a level where it poses no threat.

There are toxic components in the air, yet people who breathe it every day don't die from poisoning. The same applies to those who come from other dreams.

Only a certain concentration of Dream Erosion can cause them harm; if the concentration of Dream Erosion is not high enough, then it will not pose a sufficient threat to those who come from other dreams.

After explaining the reason, Serafis added, "I was not involved in this."

"Because of me?"

"Hehehe, what else?" Serafis chuckled. Since she had already cooperated with White Curtain, she wouldn't think of doing anything reckless to sabotage the cooperation.

Finding a way to stuff human souls into this place would certainly expand the alien realm, and it would also benefit the demons who do so.

When the alien realms expanded, the first places to expand were the territories of demons who had been infused with souls.

By maintaining this practice, the demons can gradually increase their territorial advantage in the competition.

However, this approach has become increasingly difficult to implement recently. Since the human army has discovered that demons are smuggling large numbers of humans, they will stop it no matter what problems exist within the army.

"The living have the best influence on this alien land. Other demons want to turn humans into demon worms just to amplify the influence of the alien living on this alien land."

If you throw in ten people directly, the effect will be equivalent to ten people. If you can transform them into demon worms to hatch, the effect will be equivalent to twelve people or even more.

At the same time, the power that hatches the demon worms is still provided by those demons, and the influence of the living on the alien world will be more concentrated in the territory of that demon.

So that's how it is? Bai Mu raised an eyebrow slightly and asked Serafis, "Just how special is this alien realm?"

Now that the white screen had come right up to his projection, Serafis explained some things directly.

"The devil paid a heavy price to bring a hell into reality. Although the final plan was ruined, it was not completely ruined."

As long as this hell is replenished with enough living beings, the demon's plan will be a success.

At this point, Serafis took a deep look at the white curtain. If it weren't for the white curtain, there wouldn't have been so many unexpected events in the appearance of Hell.

Unfortunately, Bai Mu got involved in this matter too late.

If he had gotten involved earlier and resolved the issue before the numerous holes appeared in the Otherworldly Dream Source, this alien realm wouldn't be so 'convenient'.

At most, it will become the same as other normal alien realms.

The normal alien realm is filled with a dense Dream Erosion. In terms of Dream Erosion intensity, it is more than ten times stronger than the initially appearing Hellish Alien realm, not to mention that it has been diluted.

Normal alien realms are all high-pressure environments, but the hellish alien realms that the demons plotted were originally low-pressure environments.

"So it's not just the condensed ghosts deployed by the Coalition that's making you anxious?"

“No, it’s due to the new forces deployed by the Allied Forces.” Serafis shook his head; those condensed ghosts had too much impact on the battle.

Ghosts can roam a wide area, and most artificial demons will not fare well when they encounter condensed ghosts.

Many artificial demons couldn't even detect the ghosts' tracks and were directly killed by them.

Even if they discover it, they are unable to completely eliminate the condensed ghost due to its unique existence.

The ghosts deployed by the coalition forces were not only created by ordinary people, but some human demons were even turned into condensed ghosts.

As for what method was used, Serafis has not yet figured it out.

Other demons are also trying to understand, but the Dream Demons are already very clear about it.

Once the Allied Forces produce a large number of condensed ghost demons, their control over Hellish Dreams will be further reduced.

"The act of sending living beings into the hellish realm was a premature exposure by some of the otherworldly demons in their haste."

Serafis's tone carried a hint of disappointment. Those dream demons had gotten a little impatient and exposed information about the alien realm, prompting the Allied Forces to begin taking precautions in this regard.

If they weren't in a hurry, they could have quietly sent more survivors into the alien realm.

It can even draw the coalition forces to continuously deploy human combat power here.

By setting the battlefield in the Hellish Realm, even if the Allied Forces discover the anomaly later, the Hellish Realm will have already expanded.

"And our target is the demons beyond these demons."

"Huh?" Bai Mu was sure he hadn't misheard. He immediately understood what was going on.

The demon of the Otherworld, confident of victory, would not be in a hurry. Those demons who were eager for quick success, as Serafis mentioned, clearly did not have much of an advantage, so they were thinking of gaining an advantage in advance.

These demons are less competitive. We'll deal with the more competitive demons first, and then the less competitive ones will be devoured by Seraphis.

"Here you go." After understanding the general situation, Bai Mu tossed Serafis's demon horns over.

After catching the horn, Serafis pressed it directly onto the demon horn on her head, the two horns overlapping.

"Very well, you have no idea how difficult it is to get any power to come in..."

"What's so special about this horn?" Bai Mu didn't think it was difficult for the demon to simply send its power in; there must be another reason.

“There is a part of my demonic nature in this.” Serafis did not say how much.

But demons do not easily separate their essence, and this thing cannot be transmitted remotely at will.

As for finding someone to send it in, it would be good if it could be sent in, but if something unexpected happens during the process, it would have a great impact on the demon.

Serafis has invested a great deal of demonic essence. If something goes wrong with the delivery of the White Curtain, she won't necessarily be forced out of the upcoming territorial battles, but she shouldn't expect to win either.

Even if she eliminates all other competitors by relying on the White Curtain, she will still be at a disadvantage when facing human power.

The White Curtain will not help her in the competition with human power.

(End of this chapter)