Dream Travel

Chapter 555 The Family Under Mass Investigation

The army reinforced its defenses, and Serafis also sensed the anomaly within the Hellish Realm.

She didn't want anything to go wrong at a crucial moment. After all, the scope of the Hellish Realm was limited, and if humans were really determined to pay a heavy price to deal with her, she would also be in a difficult situation.

Negotiation is necessary. Even demons have councilors, so what's wrong with her occupying a piece of hellish alien territory? Besides, the alien territory is located in the desert, a place that won't affect the normal lives of humans.

As for the opinions of the desert kingdom, that's not important.

"Go and investigate the cause of the earthquake with the human army." Serafis dispatched her delegation.

While the military resisted the arrival of the demon messengers, they did not refuse to investigate the matter together.

They quickly located the epicenter, which was a meteorite.

The meteorite that hit the ground created a large crater, and the high temperature melted the sand, which then solidified again.

"I thought something terrible had happened, but it turned out to be a meteorite." The investigators looked at the scene of the meteorite impact and felt much more relieved.

It's just a meteorite, so there's no need to worry about it too much.

After inspecting the area around the crater and confirming that there were no other strange remnants, the investigation teams returned to their respective posts, and the human army and the Netherworld began a standoff again.

Neither side will let their guard down until the outcome of the negotiations is confirmed.

However, what makes things much easier for the army is that there have been no more 'smugglers' lately, and Serafis is the only original demon left in the Hellish Realm.

The remaining primal demons seem to be dead, so no other demons are thinking of stuffing the souls of the living into this place, and the army doesn't need to commit more troops there.

Those who die in the hellish realm become nourishment for that realm.

"A meteorite... Is it really that coincidental?" Serafis pondered as she listened to her subordinate's report. After confirming the size of the meteorite, she breathed a sigh of relief and immediately arranged for someone to go to White Curtain to confirm the information.

After completing the test, Bai Mu left immediately. It's a desert, so one more meteorite won't be a problem. The most urgent thing is to upgrade all the equipment that can be upgraded a second time.

The Dream Erosion Camera, the storage disk, and the Observer Imperial Arms—a three-piece set made of hell metal.

These items require at least five hundred Dream Erosion Crystals.

However, these items are no longer the main combat items; only the Hellmetal barrel is more important and has a higher priority for upgrading.

The others can be worked out gradually.

"Ah, very good."

After leaving the desert, they used the magic monkey hair to create a vehicle.

"Is this car no different from the original?" Beatrice asked in surprise as she sat in the car.

They came by plane...

"At least there's no difference in how it runs; I don't know if there's any difference internally," Bai Mu said, starting the car.

The ability to change a monkey's hair has no upper limit to altering the appearance of things; it can achieve a level of complete uniformity with the appearance of things.

After turning a piece of wood into a beautiful girl, he doesn't know if that girl can have children, but as long as he understands her appearance in enough detail, she will be no different from the original.

However, if the other party possesses a special ability or power, it will be impossible to achieve 100% similarity due to the limitations of the variation limit.

This car doesn't have many special features. Even if it's started with a hellish engine, changing the monkey hair might not produce the exact same core, but as long as it can run, that's enough.

Serafis's airship, even with the white curtain transformed by the monkey hair, ended up flying like an old lady crossing the street; he knew far too little about airships.

Upon returning to Rota City, Beatrice immediately went to the alchemy workshop to continue her research on strengthening nerves, and then prepared to build an alchemy workbench.

The alchemy toolbox that used to be kept in the weapon case was too small and couldn't compare to the alchemy workbench in terms of functionality.

The difference between the two is like that between an old Nokia and a modern high-end computer.

The alchemy workbench can't fit into the weapon case, but it fits more than enough into the Qiankun bag.

After that, nothing much happened to Bai Mu. He was waiting for news, waiting to be able to re-enter River and the others' dream world and farm another batch of Dream Erosion Crystals.

Based on existing experience, a Dream Erosion item, combined with its Dreamwalker trait, can exchange for at least thirty high-quality Dream Erosion Crystals from the Dream World.

Bai Mu didn't feel he was losing out too much from this exchange ratio; in fact, he even considered it a profit.

Ten high-quality Dream Erosion Crystals are enough when sublimating items.

One ordinary Dream Erosion Crystal can be exchanged for about thirty Dream Erosion Crystals, which is a huge profit.

"How about trying the sublimated Dream Erosion Crystal?"

White Curtain summoned Beatrice, who brought out some unused Dream Erosion Crystals and a regular Dream Erosion item.

This thing is a plate. The Dream Erosion effect is to keep it moist, and the plate can maintain the moist effect indefinitely.

It can even work in a desert environment, but the problem is that this stuff can only keep things moist, not make them leak water, otherwise it would be much more useful.

"Uh... these aren't from the same origin, are they?" Beatrice looked at the Dream Erosion Crystals prepared by the White Curtain, somewhat hesitant.

"So this is an experiment."

Bai Mu looked at the Dream Erosion Crystals that had been taken out. Nine of those Dream Erosion Crystals were obtained from the alternate dream world of the 'Cosmic Pursuit Order,' and one was from the Hellish alternate dream.

Although the former's alternate dreams can be accessed, they don't contain what Bai Mu wants.

There was no chance to go to Hellish Dreams.

“Okay.” Beatrice was about to start working when the white curtain stopped her: “Let’s go to the wilderness.”

"..." You do know it's dangerous? Beatrice sighed sadly and went to the wilderness with White Curtain.

Beatrice had already given many Dream Erosion items a second upgrade, but this time she was even more nervous than before.

If the crystals used are not from the same source as the Dream Erosion Crystal, can the sublimation process really be completed smoothly?
As one piece of Dream Erosion Crystal after another was poured in, Beatrice breathed a slight sigh of relief; it seemed to be going quite smoothly.

When the last piece of Hellish Dream Erosion Crystal was being strengthened, the plate became slightly unstable, but it returned to normal after the sublimation was completed.

"It doesn't seem too difficult?"

"Believe in yourself, you are excellent." Bai Mu picked up the plate and checked it. The plate was still damp, but not dripping wet.

You can feel the dampness if you touch it. After sublimation, what function can this stuff perform?
Bai Mu observed the surrounding environment, amplified his perception to test it, and quickly noticed the difference.

The environment became humid, and a wisp of hellfire was released from the white curtain. The flames burned all around, but did not immediately dry the environment.

"This thing... can it be fireproof, right?"

"It's also easy for things to get moldy, but it's very suitable for storing specific items," Beatrice commented on the Dream Erosion Plate.

Maintaining a humid environment is indeed a better way to preserve items that are sensitive to dryness. It's also suitable for keeping certain organisms, and the humid range seems quite large. Compared to simply pressing buttons to moisten the plate itself, the sublimated Dream Etching Plate is much more useful.

"Let's send it to River." White Curtain decided where it was going, and Beatrice immediately fell silent.

After returning home, Bai Mu waited for the time to pass. He bought the newspaper every day, and since there was no internet, this was the only way for him to stay informed about recent events.

Two days later, Bai Mu saw an important news article in the newspaper: the Miller family was under major government investigation.

The reason is that the Miller family conducted some kind of illegal research and carried out seriously illegal human experiments.

The Miller family was sanctioned, but White Curtain felt it wasn't as simple as the newspapers reported.

However, even if there are sanctions, they won't kill everyone in that family just because of the sanctions.

Since he had nothing better to do, Bai Mu went to find Bo Lei and delivered the 'questionnaire' sent by the processing bureau.

As it turned out, Borei wasn't at the processing center. He went to check on the makeshift hospital. The interval between entering the dream hadn't disappeared yet, but the hazy feeling of harm had weakened.

Bai Mu even felt that he could ignore the harm and force an interview.

However, Shan Qifeng had already shown Bai Mu the problem of 'abandoned by heaven', so he felt that he shouldn't force an interview if he had nothing else to do.

We can wait two more days.

He went to Evefeya's place and found that her house hadn't been sealed off, but there were many more guards around.

"Ignore those people, come in."

Evefeya opened the door and invited White Curtain into the house.

“Your family is under investigation. I did it.”

Evelyn wasn't surprised: "The investigation won't have much of an impact. At most, it'll just force the Miller family to relocate, but that won't affect anything."

The Miller family has businesses in Rota City. Leaving Rota City will indeed affect those businesses, but not too severely.

An investigation won't affect the Miller family; at most, it will make it difficult for them to establish themselves in Rota City.

As for illegal experiments, this is not something that only their family does; many companies and enterprises do it as well.

Everyone's pretty much the same; it's just a matter of who makes the most of it by not covering it up properly.

As for a way out, how could the Miller family not have a way out?
"how about you?"

"I am prohibited from leaving Rota City and am required to cooperate with the local government in subsequent investigations." Evefeya seemed to be in a somewhat good mood.

She is now under close scrutiny by the authorities, and the Miller family can no longer touch her, no matter what they want to do.

She is safe as long as she doesn't leave Rota.

As for her laboratory here, Evefeya has cut off all 'communication' from home.

Her lab has computers, although there's no internet, but the computing power of the computers is of great help to some research.

Previously, the computer was connected to the external network, but the network belonged to the Miller family's internal network.

After the technology leak, Evefeya no longer trusted the family's internal network.

Fortunately, she trained Lúthien alone, wanting to keep Lúthien's existence a secret, so she was very careful during the training.

Even if the family could obtain some information through the internet, at most they would discover that she was conducting special enhancement research.

"Now I am a criminal suspect."

"Then I'll go to the court where you're being tried another day?"

“Without this procedure, I need to cooperate with the authorities to conduct some experimental research to ensure that the adaptive virus will not cause serious consequences, and... improve such a virus.”

"...Alright, good luck then." Bai Mu clicked his tongue and didn't say anything more. Some things are indeed very risky, but if they can bring enough obvious progress, the risk doesn't seem so important.

Firearms are dangerous, but we can't avoid researching them just because of their danger. Other firearms are equally dangerous, but they also require significant investment in research.

"You...you wouldn't be thinking of taking direct action against the government someday if something happens to you, would you?" Evefeya asked, noticing the subtle expression on Bai Mu's face.

"Ah, as long as they don't try to shift the blame onto me, it won't come to that." Bai Mu waved his hand casually, and after thinking for a moment, he decided to give the Maple Crown Republic a little more trust first.

As for the Miller family, let's just forget about them.

"I'm thinking about whether the Miller family will cause me trouble because of this, and then I can..."

"If they didn't contact you at the beginning, why would they contact you later?" Evefeya shook her head. The Miller family isn't stupid. Why would they cause trouble for Bai Mu if they didn't have me in mind?
Making trouble for White Curtain now would be like slapping Mayor Oscar in the face; if they did that, things about the adaptive virus would be more easily exposed.

All the Miller family did was try to minimize her contact with the outside world.

Without Teresa, a bodyguard with extremely high physical strength but little special ability, she would have been secretly sent elsewhere.

When Bai Mu came looking for her later, he only found that her place had been taken over by a stranger, and he couldn't find her at all.

Teresa's strength lies in her high physical strength and combat power; neither humans nor demons within the city's defense agreement area can defeat her.

If someone were to attack her, and were to take action within Rota City, it would violate the city's defense agreement, which would be a violation of the agreement.

Therefore, Evefeya is safe here.

"It's better not to look for you. Since you're alright, I'll be going." Bai Mu didn't linger at Evefeya's place. He hadn't seen the news in the newspaper and wouldn't come here.

Evefeya thought for a moment and asked Bai Mu, "Is Beatrice here? I want to talk to her about Lúthien."

"? Your areas of expertise aren't that related, are they?"

Evereya shook her head: "She is skilled in life alchemy. Lúthien is almost finished, and I want her to come and take a look."

Hopefully this isn't just people showing off to each other...

Bai Mu went home and told Beatrice about it. Beatrice wanted to refuse immediately, but when she saw the enhanced nerves soaking in the culture medium, she had a new idea.

With the support of research data from the Shadow Organization, she has mastered nerve enhancement and is preparing to use it on her own body.

She still needs a suitable test subject before that.

Initially, she decided to use Raphael's body, which was something she could discuss with White Curtain and Raphael.

Lahua Na is easy to fool; the most important thing is Bai Mu's attitude.

Now that another suitable test subject has been delivered to our door, we might as well give it a try. At least, as Bai Mu said, as long as we can convince Evefeya, that will be fine.

"I have no objection. Let me see what kind of work she produces..."

(End of this chapter)