Dream Travel

Chapter 550 Should we help them save face?
Bai Mu had also imagined when he needed to fight an enemy, he could simply pluck out a large clump of hair, throw it at the enemy, and a bunch of his hair clones would beat the enemy up.

However, after understanding the so-called 'changes', he realized that this approach was not suitable for high-level games.

The changes in the dream-eating monkey hair are ultimately not the "seventy-two transformations," but merely temporary changes in things.

When Chelsea returned, she saw a bustling training room where Akame and several others were fighting, each holding a wooden weapon painted with paint.

The weapons are not lethal, but the combat is like a bloodbath.

"Is this some kind of special training?" Chelsea was a little confused by the situation. She knew it was training, but this kind of training seemed quite unusual.

How did you manage to fight against yourself?

"It's just regular training." While snacking, Kurohime watched Akame train intently. She also thought this training method was efficient, but she wanted to experience what it was like to interact with several of her older sisters at once.

"...This kind of training looks really ordinary."

Chelsea watched the intense battle for a while, then shook her head. She couldn't beat even those fake-looking 'Akame' characters, let alone Akame herself.

She looked at the white curtain, and without a doubt, it must have been the white curtain that caused this.

Walking up to the white curtain, Chelsea asked, "How did you do that?"

"Through hard work and sweat."

"?Really?"

"Of course it's fake. It's just a transformation, a temporary dummy created using her hair as a medium."

The white curtain explained simply, and Chelsea immediately understood, but she asked with surprise, "Change can be done to this extent?"

Since arriving in the real world, she has rarely used her Imperial Arms, but she still uses them when she goes to restock the Alchemy Workshop.

They disguised themselves and bought those scarce alchemical materials. Although those materials were legal, there were purchase limits...

She can break the purchase limit by using the Gaia Foundation Imperial Arm.

"It depends on what kind of change it is. Your Imperial Arms is an ordinary thing and cannot do this level of change."

Bai Mu glanced at the Qiankun bag he was carrying. The Dream Erosion effect was like a kind of 'rule system'. It might not be that absolute, but its effect in the corresponding field was definitely strong.

With the Qiankun Bag, it will be easier to clean up the scene after leaving the Dreamscape.

"Do you want to try it?"

“I don’t need it.” Chelsea immediately refused. Even her training wasn’t about direct combat, but rather exercises like yoga.

The main purpose is to improve physical flexibility and coordination, ensuring that excellent assassination skills can be displayed during assassinations.

"Let's wait until Akame finishes her training. I'm going somewhere else to deal with acquiring Dream Eclipse items."

"Rota City won't work?"

“Of course, but the market here isn’t big enough.” Chelsea shook her head, looking at Bai Mu with some confusion, and immediately explained.

The public market in Rota City is not small, but if you want to acquire a large number of Dream Erosion items in a short period of time, you need to find a specific place.

"I have to go to an auction."

"My impression of auctions is that they are ridiculously expensive."

"You're overthinking it. It's true that items at auctions can have a premium, but people aren't stupid. How can there be so many auctions with premiums?"
However, the market in each location is limited. If we buy large quantities of Dream Erosion items, the accumulated goods in the market will be cleared out in a short period of time, requiring us to frequently change locations. This is also to take advantage of time differences.

"This is where the advantages of not having internet access become apparent."

Bai Mu clicked his tongue. Without the internet, the speed of information flow is slow. When acquiring those useless Dream Erosion items, the time difference can be used to acquire a sufficient quantity.

By the time someone realized what was happening, it was too late; they had already acquired enough Dream Erosion items.

No matter how many other people enter, it won't affect them.

"Then let's speed things up. Money is no problem; we have plenty of funds here."

“Indeed, we don’t lack anything…” Chelsea sighed slightly, the white curtain was like a dragon with a vast amount of treasure.

The legacy of those demons has allowed the White Curtain to amass immense wealth.

"It's not safe for me to do this alone; I need someone to protect me."

"Let's go together then," Bai Mu said, looking at the others.

White Curtain will not be working with Chelsea this time.

"If nothing happens, consider it a vacation." Chelsea looked at Mine, and after seeing the pink-haired girl nod, she said to the others, "I'm leaving tonight."

"Stop, training is over." Akame immediately called a halt upon hearing this, and the hair clone that had stopped transformed back into hair.

These changes are maintained by consuming the power of the white curtain; the intensity of the changes is not high, and the duration of their maintenance is also limited.

"I'm going to take a break." Akame had already entered mission mode.

After taking a shower, I went back to my room to change clothes, check my weapons, and wait to set off.

"Should I come along too?" Leone asked softly from behind the white curtain.

"Let's go together, it'll be safer that way."

Chelsea acquired a large number of Dream Erosion items. Even if they were not very useful, they might still attract attention. No matter how useless Dream Erosion items were, they were still high-value items.

"Do you want to go?" Bai Mu asked the Fate Master, though he had his own selfish motives.

As a 'demon', the Destiny Master also possesses powers related to fate. Even without taking direct action, it can act like an auspicious fox, avoiding potential dangers.

"I don't really like running around, and something really interesting happened here."

"Something interesting? Is something unusual happening here?"

The person in question shook their head.

Bai Mu couldn't help but reach out and pinch her cheek: "I hate riddle people the most!"

"Ugh—you're so disrespectful to elders!" The person whose face was being pinched stammered, "It's related to the recent urban development!"

"Urban development?"

Bai Mu pondered for a moment, then summoned Atreus and asked her to make alchemical potions for Chelsea and the others as a precaution.

Early the next morning, Chelsea took Leone and the others to the airport. If they wanted to take advantage of the time difference, they still had to fly. Even if the experience wasn't great, it was efficient enough.

Bai Mu then went to some newspapers to learn about the major events that had recently occurred in Rota City. There weren't many major events, but one thing caught his attention.

Space base?

"Huh? What's going on?" Bai Mu looked at the news in the newspaper, scratched his cheek, and said, "Building a space base in Rota City? Is that appropriate?"

Even though it wasn't built in the city, it must have been very noisy to build it nearby, right?

Even if a rocket were actually built, during the test flight, it might crash down and land in the city... The possibility is low, but not zero.

"I hope it's not just messing around." Bai Mu scratched his cheek, then went to the Dream Disposal Bureau.

Borre was smoking in his office when he saw Bai Mu arrive. He gave a brief greeting: "I have some things to take care of. Wait for me a moment."

After quickly finishing his work, he asked Bai Mu why he had come here.

"Come sit down when you have nothing to do."

Borre raised an eyebrow slightly: "You must be really free. I always see you carrying a suitcase, but you don't carry it anymore."

"You reminded me."

"Let's get down to business!"

"How long do I have to wait before I can return to the Dream Graveyard?"

"...By the time the house was built, the area had already been sealed off. Now, some Dream Sources are not allowed to be sent there, and they are all piling up at the processing bureau."

Speaking of this, Borre gets a headache.

"Oh? Then I can..."

Borei immediately interrupted, "You can't. You should keep a low profile for now. The higher-ups are watching you closely."

"Then I should change my nationality?"

“…I have no intention of recruiting you.” Borei’s lips twitched slightly. “It’s just that I might need your help with some things in the future, and I won’t let you work for free.”

After the higher-ups learned about Lei Tianba's situation, the Luota City Bureau of Investigation received an urgent telegram.

The truth about Bai Mu could no longer be hidden, but this had little impact on him and even increased the value of his Maple Crown Medal.

Although Bai Mu seemed to have little presence after receiving the Maple Crown Medal, he didn't even demonstrate the medal's prestige.

This is a situation that the higher-ups want to see but also don't want to see.

On the one hand, they don't want those who hold the Maple Crown Medal to misbehave, but on the other hand, they don't want them to be completely invisible. Those who receive this are all talented individuals, and talent should shine. What's the difference between someone who has no presence and a salted fish?
As for the people living in Bai Mu's house, they're no problem at all.

What's wrong with him, a holder of the Maple Crown Medal, having a few more bodyguards around him?
Fortunately, although Bai Mu didn't use many of the privileges of the Maple Crown Medal, he wasn't completely invisible. He just kept a low profile and didn't spread rumors about what he did.

Just like Lei Tianba, this source of another dream, if it weren't for Willie's report from the second guard town, that corpse would probably have rotted in the graveyard of other dreams!
The white-screened report provided a wealth of information for related research, but researchers who had already accessed Lei Tianba's body still felt that there was a lack of detail.

They wanted White Curtain to provide more detailed information, but Borre knew about White Curtain's problems.

"No need for that. I just want to help deal with the backlog of Dream Sources."

"...Do you know that there are many research teams watching you right now, eager to dig out all the information from your brain?"

"So scary?"

"I know you're not afraid of this. They're just saying it; they're working through the night to prepare an answer sheet for you."

"...I couldn't avoid exams before, and I can't avoid them now?" Bai Mu clicked his tongue, quite unhappy about it.

"Alright, those people are the cornerstone of our development, let's be understanding," Borre sighed.

Otherwise, why wouldn't those research teams be allowed to access the white curtain?

Those scoundrels have strong scientific research capabilities and are an important cornerstone of national development. They deserve respect, but some of them have quite a temper.

Not all scientists are mild-mannered.

To avoid conflict, the local authorities simply prevented them from directly contacting the White Curtain, and also suppressed some private actions.

The final compromise was that those who prepared a 'questionnaire' would have it handed over to the White Curtain by the Bureau of Processing, so that the White Curtain could answer the questions and supplement the details they needed to know.

"Alright, I saw in the newspaper that Rota City is building a space station? Why are they starting to do such unreliable things?"

When Bai Mu was thinking about testing the Dream Erosion items, he saw a construction site in the wilderness of Rota City. The space base should be being built there.
“It’s not that it’s unreliable, but rather a necessary project after a backlog of problems.” After a moment of thought, Borre prepared to reveal some information to Bai Mu.

Bai Mu will inevitably have to become a deliveryman in the future; he'll be a participant in this sooner or later.

"Is it related to the Source of Other Dreams?"

"……Correct."

"Your idea is really bold." Bai Mu understood what was going on: vigorously developing the aerospace industry and then sending the excess Dream Sources into space... Brilliant!
Is it really safe that nothing bad will happen? However, Bai Mu couldn't think of a better solution either. It's true that he is strong enough as an individual, but the strength shown by the whole country is not weak either.

"I do think it's risky, but if we can discover the secret to safely resolving the strange dreams from Lei Tianba's corpse, then..."

Bai Mu interrupted Bo Lei: "That won't work either, will it?"

Borei remained silent, lit another cigarette, and said, "Efficiency is a problem. I don't know what the higher-ups are considering or worried about, but the fact that they're preparing to undertake an immature project means there are significant hidden problems."

Do you want to try to figure this out?

"I don't want to." Bai Mu didn't want to cause trouble for himself.

"Never mind then. You should make preparations. Even if you don't come, I'll come to see you in a couple of days."

The reason for not letting Bai Mu immediately come into contact with new dreams, and for going to the dream graveyard, is also related to this matter. The research team has prepared the answer sheets, but Bai Mu can't be found. They will probably be furious.

The study of Lei Tianba's body did not go smoothly. Before the research team arrived, the disposal bureau had already conducted some research, and no matter how they examined it, they could confirm that it was just an ordinary corpse.

No, it can't be called an ordinary corpse either. At least Lei Tianba's corpse has a very high resistance to Dream Erosion.

Noticing Borei's hesitation, Bai Mu pressed, "Just say whatever else you want to say, don't act like a woman."

"...There are demon scientists in the research team, and they have made some not-so-good suggestions."

"Demons? Didn't I give them some dignity?"

"Ahem, that won't be necessary. Those issues have all been suppressed." Bo Lei coughed lightly twice. In any case, the Maple Crown Medal of the White Curtain still has its value.

Even though some wicked scientists were involved in important research projects, the country didn't make any mistakes. Not only were their suggestions rejected, but the people involved were also punished.

This matter should not have been told to Bai Mu, but Bo Lei did not trust those evil scientists, nor did he believe that they would give up completely because of this.

After all, some demon scientists may have good research results, but their process is not very honorable.

If research on Lei Tianba makes no progress, it's inevitable that some people will try extreme measures.

The research team still wields considerable power.

"Okay, I got it. I'll go check out the makeshift hospital area. Hopefully I won't run into the research team you mentioned."

"No, they've only ever seen the Dream Source; they're not interested in the other cabin area."

Bai Mu went to check out the makeshift hospital area and found that the number of cabins had been expanded and there were more patrol personnel.

He approached Alexei's pod, and after a brief examination, felt a slight tingling sensation on his skin.

Clearly, the dream erosion involving Alexei has not yet disappeared, so he cannot go to Alexei's dream for the time being.

Since he couldn't get past his alternate dreams, the situation was the same for other alternate dreams.

Upon seeing this, Bai Mu went directly to the craftsman and asked him to help build a new box.

"Do you know what you're saying?" After learning about Bai Mu's demands, the craftsman looked at him with some confusion.

"I know, I just want you to make a sample, something to fool people. Ideally, it should have the exact same shape and be able to be folded with high compression."

As the client, Bai Mu bluntly stated his requirements, and the craftsman's professionalism was also quite good. The reason for questioning Bai Mu's intelligence was because of their friendship.

When it came to the order, he only asked if there were any other requirements, but didn't ask why Bai Mu did this.

After Bai Mu finished explaining the requirements, the craftsman nodded, indicating that there shouldn't be any major problems.

"Is there anything that needs to be improved?"

"Improve? You're just creating a facade to mislead people, and you want other features? What specific aspects do you want to improve?"

"Just add some functionality, as long as it doesn't affect the compressed volume, and it shouldn't overlap with the original weapon case."

"Then let's add some Dustless Jade." After a moment's thought, the craftsman offered a perfect solution, without needing to add any other functions.

Based on the initial requirements of the white screen, making it into a storage box would be fine.

Adding the dust-free jade simply makes this storage box more usable, allowing it to purify water and refine some liquids, among other things.

It doesn't need to have too many functions; the important thing is that it's easy to use.

Bai Mu went to Lily's shop and cut a piece of Dustless Jade from the warehouse.

Lily has also left Rota City, and now Yuri and Chito are in charge of the shop.

The craftsman, after receiving the dustless jade brought by Bai Mu, immediately began his work.

"Come pick up the goods in two days."

Back home, the house felt empty without anyone there. With nothing else to do, Bai Mu lay on the sofa, looking at the photos recorded in Meng Shi's camera.

Just before dinner, Bai Mu sat up, remembering something he had overlooked.

He said to the person in charge, "Hey, I'm going to buy groceries."

After leaving his residence, Bai Mu immediately went to the sewers, as he was considering building a secret base in the sewers near his home.

He summoned the phantoms from the weapon case: "Your vacation has begun. The rules are the same as before."

The summoned Awakened Ones readily accepted the money prepared by the White Curtain and went about their own business.

Even though Bai Mu killed them one by one, the benefits they received after death made it hard for them to hate him.

They were killed because they weren't strong enough, but it's also true that Bai Mu treated them to a life of luxury after their deaths.

They would never have access to 'modern' living conditions and environment unless they died.

“…I sensed a very unpleasant presence, very close to us!” Luciela frowned, looking up at the sewer outlet.

"Evil spirit?"

"Um...you guys haven't already created something similar, have you?"

"I don't know about that, as long as it doesn't affect us."

Bai Mu didn't care much about this matter. Wasn't the Bureau of Processing developing Otherworldly Dreams precisely to gain stronger power and pursue better technology?

The training method for greatsword warriors is very effective, and their combat capabilities are also quite strong. Furthermore, Evefeya has participated in related research and cultivated special viruses.

Given that the development and research of the Dream of the Unknown has been going on for so long, it's not surprising that a real-life Claymore Warrior has appeared in Rota City.

As long as no monsters run out of control, it's fine.

Moreover, the Greatsword Warrior is considered an outdated unit on White Curtain's side.

(End of this chapter)