I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

Chapter 130 The Captains Arrive at the Safe Zone (Two Chapters, 6K Text)

Shi An found a chair and sat down to watch the alchemy workshop produce its products.

Of course, he was also involved.

At least when the workshop is refining potions or creating alchemical artifacts, the materials need to be delivered manually.

The Berserk Potion was the first to be released.

Of the first batch of ten potions, two were of excellent quality, but none were of perfect quality.

"This berserker potion can significantly increase the spell power of a Dream Fallen for a short period of time, although after about ten minutes, they will fall into a state of weakness and become listless. But—"

For ordinary people suffering from dream-induced delusions, this can save their lives in critical moments.

Not to mention, his members can easily hide in a safe zone during their weakened state to avoid the side effects of the drug.

"This kind of potion can be promoted, mainly because the raw materials are not expensive. The main material is just a damaged-grade cursed object, and it is not picky about the type of cursed object."

"But the life-saving potion—"

Recovery-type elixirs are among the more expensive of all elixirs.

The quantity is still small.

Moreover, a single precious herb can only be used to refine one potion—of course, the "Exquisite Alchemy Workshop" has a special effect that allows for a chance to return raw materials, which can significantly reduce its refining costs.

Even so, Shi An estimated that with the raw materials he had, he could only refine thirty or forty life potions.

This is already an outrageous number.

But he still felt it wasn't enough.

There are only thirty or forty bottles, not even enough for each of their own members to have one. Is this a sign of looking down on their members' financial resources?

He still needs to keep some for himself.

"We can issue more tasks to acquire Baoyao, just offer a high price."

"But even if it's an acquisition—"

At most, one or two, or three or four plants can be purchased at a time.

Too little, too slow, too cumbersome.

Of course, who knows, one day a member might discover a valley full of precious herbs deep within the nightmare.

However, such cases are extremely rare, and when they do occur, they are merely unpredictable windfalls.

Shi An wanted a stable source of precious medicine.

"To control a medicine valley in a nightmare world and turn it into a camp?"

"Or perhaps, they're targeting the related nightmare areas in hopes of finding structures like the herb garden?"

Shi An felt that the latter was entirely possible.

The safe zone is no longer just a shop; it would be reasonable to have a medicine garden or other more extravagant buildings there, right?

While he was pondering, the potion was refined as easily as flowing water.

"Hint: The workshop has successfully produced a high-quality life-saving potion."

"Hint: The workshop has successfully crafted a perfect life potion."

"hint:----"

Around the same time.

With the construction of Watchtower One, and with more and more members of the safe zone leaving their mark on the shallow areas—

The random gates to the safe zone are opening more and more frequently in the depths of the nightmare.

Finally, the first top-tier Dream Faller, who was "randomly invited," was officially welcomed.

Fourth Team Captain: Lu Qing!

"Finally, we've found the legendary safe zone. Let me see if it's as magical as the rumors say."

"Well, as long as it's even half as miraculous as the rumors say, my efforts in searching won't have been in vain."

She found a safe zone, and luck played a part.

But more importantly, she spent a great deal of effort searching for it.

She knew exactly how the safe zone was located and what the entrance looked like.

She even took a magic telescope and used its aerial advantage to search a wide area.

Even so, Lu Qing still searched for a long time before she finally found the gate to the safe zone.

"However, while the existence of safe zone entrances is random, there are certain patterns. These patterns are roughly consistent with the intelligence department's analysis: there will be relatively safe areas."

The entrance doesn't seem to attract any strange attention.

Even so, the gate wouldn't be located in a place teeming with strange creatures.

This makes perfect sense.

Lu Qing pushed open the door and entered.

She disguised herself and came here like an ordinary newcomer to the dream world.

No one recognized her.

After all, Captain Lu's name may be well-known throughout Baijiang, but there are not many people who have actually seen her and know what her nightmare world looks like.

Most of the elites in the countermeasures bureau only know what she looks like in real life.

The noise was overwhelming.

It was not yet night, but a number of people who had fallen into dreams had already gathered in twos and threes in the hall.

People talk about nightmares and discuss cursed objects.

This place is similar to a tavern, but the Dreamers here do much more than just brag. For them, instead of wasting time bragging, they'd rather use the opportunity to think about how to conquer nightmares and discuss how to improve their spells.

Discussing these things here can truly be rewarding.

"No wonder the bureau said they've been detecting an increasing number of Nightmare walkthroughs lately. These days, the number of Nightmare walkthroughs that the Fallen Dreamers in the safe zone complete in a single day probably exceeds the number that our bureau completes."

"Our entire Baijiang area has to thank that shop manager. The shop manager is indeed amazing; he managed to create such a craze for strategy guides."

The existence of the safe zone is indeed an advantage, as it connects the dreamers.

However, it doesn't mean that possessing spectacular architecture or special advantages will make a dreamer spare no effort to conquer nightmares.

Ultimately, devising strategies involves taking risks.

Even a powerful cultivator in the Refinement stage could suffer serious injury or even death if they made a mistake and were injured by a strange phenomenon.

However, the instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm has always been human nature.

"But the safe zone introduced a three-piece strategy guide, and with numerous benefits as bait, it led those who had fallen into nightmares from being brave enough to tackle them to gradually becoming accustomed to it. Now, the safe zone has fostered an atmosphere of tackling nightmares, and has even cultivated new ideas for moving forward, tackling, and exploring!"

"With this atmosphere and philosophy, new Dream Fallers who arrive here will be influenced and join the frenzy of conquering the game. Amazing! Amazing!"

"However, one can imagine that the safe zone paid a heavy price for this!"

Conquering Nightmare difficulty will earn you contribution points in the safe zone.

The safe zone itself offers numerous benefits to those who have fallen into dreams.

These things bring no benefit to the safe zone itself.

The more Lu Qing thought about it, the more she felt that it was their policy bureau that had been implicated.

The safe zone is more qualified to be Baijiang City's countermeasures bureau!

Since she was already there, she decided to try out the various facilities in the safe zone.

A few minutes later, Lu Qing's face darkened.

The training room is packed! You have to wait in line.

Hotels are also fully booked!

"What did the intelligence department say? There are fewer people in the safe zone during the day, so the training room will be empty. If possible, going to the safe zone during the day is the best way to avoid the crowds of other Dreamers."

"But that's not the case at all!"

"The same thing happened last time. So many Refinement Stage experts have left the Safe Zone, and the intelligence department still hasn't noticed. If it weren't for the sudden disaster in Baijiang City, which prompted many Dreamers from the Safe Zone to take action, our bureau wouldn't have known that the Safe Zone had already affected so many people."

But the people in the intelligence department also felt wronged.

The safe zone changes every day, and the transmission of information between the nightmare world and reality is extremely difficult.

Unless it's urgent, the liaison office won't send back messages every day.

The intelligence agencies maintain they are innocent.

Lu Qing could only sit in the hall to rest her feet. She had been exploring the nightmare world cautiously, and she was indeed very tired.

At that moment, two blood-soaked figures rushed into the safe zone.

One of them was being carried on his back and appeared to be unconscious.

"More wounded have arrived!"

"Looks like the injury is quite serious?"

"Did you fail to conquer the nightmare and get severely injured by the strange entity?"

The dreamers were discussing it.

Wu Yue, who was patrolling the lobby, and two temporary employees had already stepped forward.

Wounded people are not uncommon even in safe zones.

After all, the Dreamers in the safe zone pride themselves on conquering Nightmares, and they do so frequently. Even though most of the time, Dreamers only attempt to conquer Nightmares when they are confident of success.

But there are always unexpected events.

With a large number of strategies available, unexpected events are bound to occur.

Lu Qing suddenly widened her eyes.

"Old Xia and Old Mo?!"

How did Xia Yuxiu, the captain of the Ninth Detachment, and Ran Mo, the vice-captain, get so badly injured?

The former is at the peak of the third refinement realm, and the latter is at the peak of the second refinement realm.

Both of them are seasoned veterans with extensive experience. While they may not be able to roam freely in the depths of the nightmare, as long as they avoid the high-risk areas, survival is not too difficult.

But now he looks like he's about to die?

Lu Qing rushed forward like a gust of wind.

At this moment, Wu Yue was also at a loss.

She has received training and has a standardized procedure for handling such injuries.

First, provide first aid, such as bandaging or giving the other person purified water to drink.

This purified water isn't free, but the safe zone will provide it in emergencies. Even if the person who has fallen into the dream can't afford it, they'll only receive an IOU. And the IOU has no interest.

In most cases, feeding the wounded with purified water will significantly improve their condition.

But this time, after being fed, the dreamer's injuries seemed to have worsened.

"His injuries are too severe, and they weren't just corrosive wounds, but injuries from sharp weapons like knives and swords! He's bleeding heavily and his kidneys are ruptured; he needs surgery immediately!"

Xia Yuxiu's expression was grave.

He himself was also seriously injured; his armor was torn, and the wound on his chest was a full thirty centimeters long.

But he can still hold on.

Old Mo—

At this moment, Lu Qing rushed over, took out the life-saving medicine provided by the bureau, and poured it down the throat of the deputy captain, Ran Mo.

After finishing one bottle, immediately pour in the second one.

She was only equipped with these two bottles of life-saving potions, which was the quota for a captain-level officer.

However, after using two bottles of life-saving potion, the ink staining situation did not improve much.

Xia Yuxiu said, "I have already used the three remaining life potions in the team on Lao Mo, which has stabilized his injuries a little, but it is not enough."

Old Mexican's vitality is still fading.

The more you drink the life-saving medicine, the less effective it becomes.

The good news is that they have reached a safe zone and no longer need to worry about the dangers around them.

Even so, Xia Yuxiu wasn't sure if Lao Mo could hold out until he returned to reality.

The safe zone is ultimately a camp in a nightmare world, and its facilities are far less complete than those in reality.

Lu Qing said, "I heard that the hotels in the safe zone have some healing effects. Moving Lao Mo to a hotel might stabilize his condition."

"The hotel is fully booked right now, but we can always find another one from someone else at a higher price."

Can he be saved?

Lu Qing didn't know.

At this moment, Fa Gui walked over and said, "We have life potions for sale in our safe zone. Would you like some?"

Xia Yuxiu shook his head slightly, "We've already used several bottles of the life-saving potion. If we continue using it, it might not even have a negligible effect."

Even a tiny amount is fine, as it can still have some effect.

However, the life-saving drug itself also has side effects.

With limited effectiveness and negative side effects, it's not worth continuing to use. Otherwise, Xia Yuxiu has plenty of money.

Fa Gui paused, stunned.

He seemed to have received some information, and the next moment he said, "What if it's a perfect-grade potion? Hmm, the kind that's more effective and has no negative side effects."

Team Xia: "!!!"