Dream Travel

Chapter 551 Things I Don't Want to Get Involved In
"Then I won't care." Lucyella gave Bai Mu a flirtatious look: "I'll come find you tonight."

"Sister—" Lahua Na, standing to the side, hesitated before speaking.

"Would you like to come along?"

Lahua Na fell silent. She didn't seem embarrassed, but she found it hard to comment on her sister's behavior.

"Okay, we're leaving first."

On her rare holiday, Lucy Ella didn't want to waste too much time in the sewers.

The other awakened ones were similar; after taking the money and the children, they all ran away.

After Bai Mu left the sewers, a somewhat familiar voice came: "I suddenly sensed a lot of familiar demonic energy. So it really is you?"

"Huh? Not some other greatsword warrior?" Bai Mu looked towards the source of the voice and saw that it was Denise.

The smiling woman, dressed in 'modern' clothing, is carrying a long box.

They probably discovered something was wrong and came to check it out. If things weren't right, they would just start killing.

“There are some, those soldiers are very stable,” Denise said, sharing some information she knew.

"Come to my house for dinner?"

“Okay,” Denise replied.

Bai Mu went to the market to buy ingredients and then went home.

Upon arriving at his residence, Denise first glanced at the person in charge of her destiny who was there.

After arriving in reality, Teresa learned a lot about this place and even came into contact with beings like demons.

However, all her interactions are primarily acts of killing. Evefeya needs to research materials, and those materials include demons.

However, in her view, demons were like special awakened beings; apart from lacking demonic energy, they were no different from awakened beings.

However, she realized she couldn't understand the white screen anymore after not seeing it for a while.

That inexplicably 'forged' body, and the high-quality demonic energy that she could hardly perceive, all indicated that Bai Mu was growing at an abnormal speed.

How are things going with your diet?

“A normal person definitely couldn’t eat this much,” Denise said, looking at the ingredients prepared by Bai Mu.

Bai Mu was already quite skilled at handling the ingredients, and soon a hot pot meal began.

He chatted with Denise about daily life in Rota.

"You're very familiar with this place, aren't you?"

“Very good, I’m going to let Claire live here.” Denise nodded with a smile.

This place is so much better than where she used to live. Her observations over this period of time have given her a good understanding of the world.

Claire can come here now.

But to get Claire here, we still need White Curtain's help.

"Please bring Claire here for me. I'll do some things for you."

"We don't need that for now. Aren't you Evefeya's bodyguard? How has she been lately?"

"Recently... it hasn't been that long since you last saw each other, has it?" Denise asked rhetorically, then, as if remembering something, she continued, "Is it because of the strange dreams?"

"Almost there, let's go see her after we finish eating." Bai Mu sped up his cooking.

As for the person who ate here with us, it was still a clear broth hot pot.

After finishing his meal, Bai Mu went straight to Evefeya, who was not surprised by his arrival.

Have you made any progress lately?

"No, what about your research?" Since Bai Mu was here, he specifically inquired about the 'black water' left behind last time.

Evereya shook her head: "It's not going well. That stuff is too mutable."

The 'black water' brought back by the White Curtain is indeed very special. It can rapidly enhance the strength and environmental adaptability of affected creatures, and extend their lifespan. However, it can also turn them into monsters...

That kind of thing is far less easy to tame than a virus. Once a virus is properly modulated, it can maintain a special symbiotic relationship with the host.

After maintaining a symbiotic relationship, under extreme conditions, the virus becomes the most diligent life maintainer and enhancer.

In order to ensure its own survival, a virus will do everything it can to ensure that its symbiotic host can also survive.

The black water, on the other hand, involves a violent transformation of its host...

However, through this thing, Evefeya discovered quite a few interesting things.

Although blackwater is difficult to use directly, it can be used to cultivate special enhanced viruses, but the success rate is too low.

Many enhanced viruses are no match for Blackwater.

"This isn't a short-term study. So, what made you suddenly decide to come here?"

"I just came over to take a look since I had nothing else to do."

"Are you staying tonight?"

"...Are you being pressured to get married again?" That was the first thing Bai Mu thought of.

"Hmm, it is a bit troublesome." Everea took out a light black reagent: "This thing has caused me a lot of trouble." Bai Mu took the reagent and looked at it. There was no label or anything like that. Normally, you wouldn't find anything unusual about it.

"The special virus I cultivated using 'Blackwater' may not have all the characteristics of Blackwater, but it can enhance the user's adaptability."

"Then?"

"Then some people want to mass-produce Dreamwalkers through the virus and conduct animal experiments. I don't object to that, but they want to use humans for experiments."

"Oh? I thought you didn't care about this." Bai Mu was a little surprised. This was a stereotype. People who do virus research are generally considered to be ruthless, right?

“I don’t really care, but when it involves my research findings, I do care a lot.”

Evefeya's gaze held a hint of displeasure; she was engrossed in her research and didn't pay much attention to certain matters.

However, some things came knocking on her door because of her research.

Her family also has another family secretly plotting something, wanting her to continue perfecting the virus.

"Do you know what's been happening lately?"

"What do you mean?" Bai Mu put down the vial of reagent. He was always very cautious about things like viruses.

"About dreams."

"Why don't you go to the relevant department to find out?"

Evefeya hesitated for a moment, then shook her head: "My family has asked me to avoid contact with the Bureau of Processing and to focus my research on adaptive viruses."

Bai Mu could tell that Evefeya wasn't that concerned about other things, but when it came to research, Evefeya was dissatisfied.

“I’m not too sure about that, but it’s understandable that your family would ask you to research this, right?” Bai Mu tapped his head: “Dreamwalkers’ brains are very valuable these days.”

"I don't want to create a bunch of monsters," Evereya said, explaining her displeasure.

She enjoys studying viruses and observing the many possibilities they bring, but she doesn't want to create a bunch of out-of-control monsters as a result.

The adaptive virus was cultivated in 'black water', and although it has been removed from the black water, it still remains unstable.

The instability cannot be resolved in a short time, but her family is already eager for her to put it into practical use.

A large number of ordinary people were modified using an adaptive virus, and then Dream Erosion Crystals were introduced to 'evolve' them into Dreamwalkers.

Then they would operate to extract brains, creating a completely new industry chain. In this regard, Evefeya suggested starting with animals.

Dreamwalkers are not limited to humans, but animal experiments have not been successful.

Moreover, Evelya also discovered some private experiments, and those who underwent these experiments did not have good endings.

After being affected by the Dream Erosion Crystal, there is indeed a greater chance of becoming a Dream Walker, but more often than not, they turn into monsters, as if they have run out of another world.

"Moreover, my formula was taken by my family. According to my investigation, my family is very close to a family in Meilin City, which involves a marriage alliance."

"Meilin City? Do you know where the black water comes from?" Bai Mu raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Coal Forest City, I suppose," Evereya said, not at all surprised. If the adaptive virus is developed well, it's a money tree.

The virus can produce large amounts of Dreamwalker brain matter. As for the test subjects... there are too many death row inmates in the world, and death row inmates in many countries are deprived of their human rights.

Moreover, there are many war-torn areas where experimental subjects are not lacking.

Given this formula, why would her family care so much about another family in Meilin City, and even intentionally arrange a special 'marriage'?
If she truly wanted a legitimate alliance between two powerful individuals, her family already had other women. The fact that she was involved meant that the people in Meilin City held something even more important.

"So you don't want to be involved in this?"

"I have absolutely no idea that there's something wrong with the Dreamwalkers cultivated through the virus."

If the brains of these dreamwalkers were to circulate widely, I might wake up one day to find the world teeming with monsters.

Evefeya discussed the issues involved in this matter, something she could only discuss with Bai Mu.

Bai Mu's identity is special; others cannot easily touch him. As for others? They don't even have the chance to see him.

Leaving her house will cause trouble.

Therefore, Evefeya did not take the initiative to contact Bai Mu during this period, but Bai Mu came to her on his own.

"I knew I shouldn't have given you special things, scientists like you." Bai Mu clicked his tongue. If he hadn't brought back that 'black water,' Evefeya wouldn't have been able to create the adaptive enhancement virus.

“…Families are such a nuisance,” Everea said after a moment of silence.

"Are you planning to rebel this time?"

Bai Mu was thinking about how to handle this matter. To say that this matter had nothing to do with him would be an overstatement. In fact, if you traced the root of the problem, he seemed to be the source of all evil.

If the black water hadn't been brought to Evefeya, none of this would have happened.

But research on that kind of thing won't stop, will it?

There are many virus scientists besides Evefeya, and Evefeya herself has said that she is not the top virus scientist.

Of course, just because she can make something like this doesn't mean others can. Everyone has different inspirations and ideas.

“I just wanted to gain more say in the matter before, but the leak of the formula has changed my mind.”

Evefeya stated frankly that her family required her to focus on this research, which she agreed to, but the issue of technology leakage was what made her most unhappy.

She could refine the research findings and give them out herself, but her family clearly didn't want to wait.

(End of this chapter)