Dream Travel

Chapter 526 Is it really over?
After clearing away everything that could move inside the base, Bai Mu left. There was no self-destruct system here.

The Shadow Organization just sees this place as a trap; they don't intend to abandon this territory.

Furthermore, given the other side's confidence in the organization's preparations, why would they resort to self-destruction?
As soon as Bai Mu left the base, several heads flew over.

He didn't reach out to catch them. After several heads hit the ground, he looked at Esdeath and asked, "Who is this?"

“Well, I want to spare his life, but he has undergone some modifications,” Esdeath explained briefly.

Bai Mu used the weapon crate to smash these frozen heads, sensing that the weapon crate had captured new fragments of consciousness.

"It's okay, it works." As long as there are fragments of consciousness, that's enough.

He asked Esdeath, "When we intercepted them, didn't we find any other unusual items?"

Esdeath shook her head: "No."

Her actions were planned from the very beginning by Bai Mu. While Bai Mu was fighting on the front lines, she was to cut off the enemy's retreat.

After all, she was a veteran of many battles, so she was better at this kind of thing.

"Then how do they control the phantoms I summon?" Bai Mu pondered for a while, then simply stopped thinking about it.

He tapped the weapon case and summoned a new phantom.

"Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?" Ludrick looked around blankly, a puzzled expression on his face.

"This guy's useless, let's kill him."

Seeing the other person's blank expression, Esdeath sneered, crossed her arms, and suggested that she knew what Ludrick had done earlier.

It turns out it was performing 'self-deletion'.

"Let's go check on the others." The white curtain pulled down the part that Esdeath had blocked, capturing all the mental fragments at the scene.

In the hellish scene of the Crimson Lotus, countless phantoms appeared. These people were well-trained, but after witnessing the horrific scene, they still couldn't maintain their composure.

They realized they were dead, but how they died was unknown. The combatants present exchanged bewildered glances.

No one knows how they died; it was too sudden, like someone walking along when the power suddenly went out.

"Alright, now tell me everything you know," Bai Mu ordered, and the combat personnel, under his command, recounted the information they possessed.

They were sent to deal with the White Curtain, but the organization had enough cannon fodder, so they didn't have to be the first to act.

Their role is to clean up the mess.

Wait until the White Curtain and those cannon fodder are both severely weakened before making a move, or you can simply wait until they don't need to lift a finger.

Aside from that, they knew very little. They had no idea how the organization controlled the phantoms in the White Curtain, or the mental interference traps in the base.

“This organization went to great lengths to deal with you,” Esdeath said with a smile.

She saw the problem clearly: the Shadow Organization knew too much about the White Curtain, no, it should be said that they knew too much about the characteristics of the Banshee Queen, and therefore they were on guard in every way.

Avoid revealing too much intelligence when you fail.

However, the organization was also confident in dealing with the White Curtain, so it avoided it but did not completely avoid it.

The White Curtain Summoning personnel did have some intelligence, including information about some members of the organization.

This information is enough.

"Let's go, let's finish this quickly." Bai Mu didn't plan to go back; he went straight to find the target mentioned in the new intelligence.

His actions were extremely efficient, after all, Bai Mu did not want to leave this organization as a threat to himself.

The most important thing is to completely destroy the opponent.

As for Ludrick's phantom, the White Curtain handed it over to the demon on the way.

Even if he used some method to destroy the information preserved in the mental fragments, what if some of it still remains?
Whether or not that information can be uncovered depends on the devil's methods.

Demons have too many ways to extract information from souls; even if some information is shattered, they still manage to dig out a considerable amount of intelligence.

Including a figure carrying a huge 'stone tablet'.

"I've never seen him before. He must have run away. We need to find him."

Looking at the information the demon had unearthed from Ludrick's mental fragments, White Curtain wanted to contact Lily, but she had been away for several days.

He searched for them himself, and the weapon case is now filled with quite a few demons.

With the members of the Shadow Organization also entering the box, these people could play a role in subsequent operations, so White Curtain simply used their power.

The white curtain can issue commands to these people to carry out tasks, but their subjective initiative and flexibility during the execution of these commands are up to them.

Just like an exam paper, there is a difference between a passing score and a perfect score.

To encourage them to take initiative, the white curtain gave them a live demonstration of squeezing toothpaste.

After finding an unlucky person to demonstrate, those people became more proactive.

White Curtain handed these people over to Esdeath in order to take down the Shadow Organization in the shortest possible time.

The Shadow Organization has already invested too much in taking down the White Curtain, even turning its main base into a trap.

Why not take advantage of their weakened state to finish them off, or wait for the Shadow Organization to make a comeback?
In particular, Ludrick had a very deep impression of the target who held the stone tablet; the other party was most likely the one who could influence the phantom.

"Wait for my good news." Esdeath was happy that the White Veil had entrusted the whole matter to her.

She enjoys doing this kind of thing, and after taking full control of the matter, she will have more free time.

"I'll take care of the funding problem."

Money isn't a big deal. Bai Mu is rich now, so why not take advantage of the devil's legacy?

“That makes things even simpler.” With little time to spare, Esdeath led her men to begin the follow-up operations.

Although the phantom range maintained by the white-clad weapon crates is large, it is still limited by distance.

Therefore, when Esdeath takes action, the White Veil must also act accordingly.

However, what he needed to do was find a place to continue acting as a biological battery, while Esdeath, within the range maintained by the weapon crate, took care of the necessary tasks.

The Shadow Organization is short-handed, so they look for new people. Not everyone in the world is on the Shadow Organization's side.

That same day, Esdeath brought new information: some key members of the Shadow Organization had been captured.

Those people were still in a daze when they were caught. They didn't expect Ludrick's operation to fail, let alone that White Curtain's operation would be so fast, kicking down the door to find people.

After these people were captured, Esdeath dealt with them very decisively, and their souls were taken away by the demons who accompanied her.

To avoid a repeat of the previous incident, Ludrick's mental fragments could provide even more information, which would make her work even more efficient. Now that these people have been captured, the rather difficult initial problem has been solved.

……

A week later, at the Dream Processing Bureau in Rota City, after finishing his paperwork, Borre lit a cigarette and picked up the day's newspaper to read.

The atmosphere was peaceful, with little news of note. What caught Borre's attention was the new project in Rota.

"Spaceflight?" He put down the newspaper. The Dream Development project in Rota City did not include this project.

This project was decided upon to take place here after the Maple Crown Republic selected a site.

He smoked and pondered the matter. Although the Bureau of Processing had not yet received any news, it had already been reported in the newspapers. It was only a matter of time before the Bureau of Processing was asked to cooperate. There might even be new sources of strange dreams sent over for development.

As for why this place was chosen, Borre had a clue. Oscar had revealed some important information to him at Oscar's private party.

Regarding the handling of the source of the strange dream.

There's nothing going on in the Dream Graveyard right now, but the fact that they're adding to the problem is getting a lot of attention from above.

The Maple Crown Republic is also looking for better ways to deal with, or rather, to limit, the Dream Graveyard.

They do not reject the existence of the Dream Graveyard. Although the graveyard is the place where Dream Sources are banished, it is also a reserve of Dream Sources.

However, having too many such reserves would be a hindrance.

Therefore, the Republic of Maple Crown is undertaking some special projects, one of which is the development of the aerospace industry.

Even if the industrial system of the era doesn't support it much, the gap between the technological development of reality and the alternate dream is too large.

Even if some technologies in reality are indeed quite good, those technologies come from a different dream.

In many alternate dreams, technological development progresses in a spiral, while in reality, while progressing slowly in a spiral, numerous elevators have been created.

It allows access to more advanced technologies despite a low level of current technological foundation, but it results in a specialization within a particular field.

The spiraling advancement of technology means that once you reach that height, you can move freely up and down, freely move on the spiral staircase, and do whatever you want within that range.

The 'black technology' is a limited elevator with a limited range. It can reach higher heights but cannot build a stable platform on it to dispel the darkness in higher areas, and its range of movement is extremely limited.

These rising and falling platforms include aerospace technology. Real-world conditions do not support the development of aerospace technology, but the conditions in the dream world are sufficient.

It can be developed by meeting the conditions of different dreams, but the cost will increase significantly in the process.

If you don't want to increase costs, then increase time; you have to choose one.

The fact that related projects are now being reported in the newspapers means that the country has made a choice... to solve the problem at a higher cost.

The decision to locate it in Rota City is understandable, as there is a Dream Cemetery nearby. If the project goes smoothly, we can test the waters there first.

And then there's... the white curtain.

Borre didn't suddenly think of White Curtain; he only thought of it after considering the priority of this project.

People from the Ministry of the Interior once came to Rota City, trying to obtain more information about the White Curtain. At that time, the Bureau of Processing retained information about the White Curtain.

After all, Bai Mu wasn't very interested in that side, nor did he have any intention of joining the Bureau of Handling Affairs. He wasn't an official, or even a true member of the Maple Crown Republic.

He only paid taxes in the Maple Crown Republic; the White Curtain hadn't lived there for more than three years.

Strictly speaking, the White Curtain is only a temporary resident of the Maple Crown Republic.

Only after receiving the Maple Crown Medal could he disregard the details and truly become a devoted citizen of the Maple Crown Republic.

This enthusiastic citizen possesses a unique talent for dreamers; if the aerospace industry were to develop here, Bai Mu would very likely be selected as a 'deliveryman'.

With him around, a large amount of resources can be quickly brought out from the dream world. Ordinary resources are fine, but the key is those high-end technological products.

There are too many high-tech products in the alternate dream that cannot be made under real conditions. If you want them, you can only obtain them from the alternate dream.

Even if there are many Dreamwalkers, if two or three out of ten identical items are brought out normally, it's considered a low loss.

While the probability of damage to the brain marrow of dreamwalkers has increased somewhat, the loss of more than half is still quite significant.

Furthermore, the larger the item, the higher the requirements for bringing it out.

After thinking about Bai Mu, Bo Lei began to wonder what Bai Mu had been up to lately.

After that guy went to Rota City to 'report the stabbing', he ran away for several days.

When Bai Mu made his move, nothing major happened in Rota City. At most, some witnesses saw something 'unexpected' and then called the police.

Then the matter was dropped, and the issue then fell outside of Rota City. Other places were not under Rota City's jurisdiction, and Oscar didn't give any definite information.

Most likely, things are going smoothly with the white curtain, or perhaps something big has happened but the news hasn't reached us yet.

Borei had this thought at noon, and in the afternoon he received a piece of intelligence.

It's very likely related to the White Curtain, because the incident occurred in an area under the jurisdiction of Rota City, and it's related to the Source of Other Dreams.

This means that the relevant authorities will also be involved in this matter.

However, they were in charge of handling the part related to the Dream Source. When a member of an organization was secretly transporting the Dream Source, the intelligence was leaked.

The person who was caught quickly revealed the relevant information.

They only started thinking differently after they discovered that their superiors had gone missing, and secretly took out the Dream Source stored by the organization to sell.

It wasn't that they were incredibly bold to take action after their superiors lost contact for a short time; rather, they discovered that the organization was experiencing serious turmoil.

This turmoil quickly spread throughout the entire organization.

Before their superiors went missing, they had been contacted to deliver a batch of special, extremely valuable items.

At first, they didn't think anything was wrong, but then the organization started to turmoil, and when they checked the accounts, they found that the organization was now in serious chaos.

Their reaction speed was relatively slow, but even so, it didn't stop them from taking the opportunity to quickly make a quick buck and run away.

Although they didn't know what was going on, the higher-ups were already taking the opportunity to make a quick buck and run away. What were they, the lower-level people, waiting for?
Are we just waiting to be arrested and die?

"The Shadow Organization... is it really finished?" Borei rubbed his chin, wondering if things were alright.

The White Curtain had previously stirred up this matter, even resulting in a murder case, but since all those involved were problematic, the matter was ultimately dropped.

Now that White Screen has come up with a huge one, Bo Lei is quite curious about how White Screen managed to do it.

But he had no intention of finding out about that; he wanted to deal with the cases related to the Source of Another Dream first.

As for that Shadow Organization? It was an illegal organization; once it's gone, it's gone.

(End of this chapter)