I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

Chapter 133 Invincible at the Third Refinement Realm, The Lighthouse (6K)

In a secluded corner on the east side of the mining area, Luo Susu and Shi Han, two Dreamers from the same camp, stared in disbelief.

When it comes to conquering Brother Dream, these campers actually have some advantages compared to people in the real world.

In the present world, a small team of Fallen Dreams consists of only a handful of people. To assemble a larger team, a huge additional cost would be required.

Unlike the people in their camp, they could easily assemble a powerful team of over a dozen experts at the Refinement stage by simply calling upon the strongest members of the village.

However, their "luxurious team" seemed far too shabby compared to the scene before them.

"No wonder Xi Xue from the safe zone was so confident the day before yesterday!"

"Is this how all the forces in the modern world are conquering nightmares now? Has the modern world developed this fast?"

"Our Lost Camp has very little communication with the outside world. Have we been unknowingly left behind by the times?"

Luo Susu looked at Li Yunfeng.

She wanted to get answers to many of her inner questions from Captain Li.

However, Captain Li was also quite shocked at this moment.

He absolutely could not say he had no knowledge of the safe zone.

Based on the summaries from Long Niu, Chen Baichuan, and the intelligence department of the bureau, Li Yunfeng believed that he had a fairly comprehensive understanding of the safe zone.

Protect the weak and those who have fallen into dreams!

Cultivate powerful dream-fallers!

A craze for conquering nightmares has swept through the world!

"It is said that members of the safe zone are never afraid of nightmares; they take pride in conquering them and are proud of the number and efficiency with which they conquer them."

Li Yunfeng murmured.

But no one told him that the Nightmare difficulty of conquering the safe zone was really that exaggerated!

Gathering dozens of Refinement Stage experts at once—what price would that cost? To conquer a nightmare, even one with mineral resources—is it worth it?

Moreover, mining areas cannot be stably mined just because they have been conquered.

The nightmare will return, and a lot of resources will need to be invested in the construction to turn this place into a mine that can stably produce firestone.

But Li Yunfeng thought about it and realized that no matter whether the gains of the safe zone could cover the expenses, at least a summons from the safe zone could bring in dozens of powerful individuals.

Instead, other factions.

Even their countermeasures bureau, frankly speaking, couldn't gather dozens of Refinement stage experts in a short period of time!

Each strategy team is in position.

Shi An used his magical telepathy to survey the entire mining area.

He took in all the giant beetles that swam around and gnawed at the firestone, and the powerful members whose eyes were filled with excitement and eagerness.

"We can begin."

The instructions are communicated through the membership card, a binding tool, and issued at the same time.

Suddenly, the Dreamers who had been perched on the rooftops of the prefab houses on the outskirts of the mining area rushed into the mining area like tigers descending a mountain.

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These dreamers wore all sorts of clothes, and compared to the uniform black trench coats worn by the Countermeasures Bureau, they looked like a motley crew.

However, their actions were incredibly coordinated, even more so than those of the elite troops.

Luo Susu and the other woman could not understand it.

She simply said, "Let's go, let's follow them and see. I have a feeling this mining area will be raided today!"

The battle has begun.

There was no probing or maneuvering.

Upon noticing the strange occurrence, the members immediately unleashed their most lethal moves.

"A sword strike in an instant!"

"Take this!"

"Nine Bulls' Fist!"

The powerful members' well-prepared killing moves easily tore through the strange and hard shell.

After all, all the members present possessed at least one proficient level spell.

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Here, this is the minimum requirement for participation in the war.

In fact, there were very few members present who had mastered only one proficient-level spell.

Most members have mastered two to three spells at the proficiency level. A few with more seniority or higher talent have even mastered one or two of their main spells to the expert level.

Mastery-level spells can be manipulated freely and can unleash even greater destructive power, easily crushing ordinary and bizarre creatures like the Crimson Beetle.

There are also a very few members with deep experience and high talent, such as Xuanjian and Xixue, who have cultivated one or more spells to the pinnacle.

This level of magical skill is only possessed by a captain-level figure!

"A sword strike in an instant!"

Xuanjian's figure disappeared. He was incredibly fast, like a beam of light. The colors around him faded, and everything slowed down.

Just then, a crimson beetle in front of them spat out a huge fireball.

The fireballs are terrifying; if a Dreamer is hit head-on, they could die instantly.

The path of the Xuan Sword's instantaneous strike would just happen to collide with the fireball!

However, the fireball appeared incredibly slow to him.

With a mere slash of his sword, the oncoming flames were parted, and he passed through the flames in an instant, the Evil Eye Sword, imbued with intense cursed power, tearing the beetle's body apart.

But even after the first sword strike was completed, the "Instant Sword" spell was still not finished.

The Xuan Sword instantly reversed, and his figure traced a "Z" shape, slicing through the three strange beings simultaneously.

Captain Li, who had just followed, gasped in shock.

"A spell cast three times in one go—that's the mark of reaching the pinnacle! Is this the unparalleled genius of the Ultimate Martial Arts Academy?"

"No, no. Xuan Jian, the former disciple of the various sect leaders, wasn't this talented. Did he only become so powerful after training in the safe zone?"

The safe zone is regarded by many dream sufferers as a "dream-free paradise" or a "sacred place for spiritual practice".

But Captain Li originally thought that was for most ordinary dream sufferers.

Right now, Xuanjian's performance in incantations is almost catching up with those of the captains.

In other words, if these team leaders went to the safe zone, perhaps they could also gain something?

At this moment, the red beetles were attacked, and based on their group characteristics, they quickly roared and called for their companions.

This is one of the difficulties in the strategy.

However, after the crimson beetles called out for ten, twenty, and thirty seconds, their bodies were continuously slashed and torn apart, yet not a single one of them came to their aid.

They just keep calling out.

They lack intelligence, otherwise their roars would surely contain a deep sense of grievance.

But their companions also felt wronged.

All the crimson beetles in the entire mining area have been entangled by the human Dreamers.

No, it has been completely suppressed.

Even the crimson beetles that rushed out of the mine after hearing the call were intercepted by the raiding team that had been waiting nearby.

They're in a hurry!

At this moment, the mining area was surprisingly sparsely populated with red beetles, but had a large number of hunter members!

In particular, the top teams such as Xuanjian, Xixue, Longniu, and Fagui had already taken over a large number of strange beetles.

If they don't look for opportunities and find ways to hunt down a few more strange beings, their kill contribution value after the war will probably be zero, and they will only get some participation points.

As fellow members, they acknowledged that they couldn't compare to those geniuses, but they couldn't just be slackers!

Moreover, every kill earns a contribution, as clearly stated in the mission description.

In the distance, Li Yunfeng and his companion, who were originally prepared to help, were both surprised and helpless upon seeing this.

Unexpectedly, not only did they not need help, but the safe zone members around them even looked at them with a hint of wariness.

Beware of having your prey stolen.

An extremely difficult area to conquer, with so many bizarre things that there aren't enough to go around.

Is this reasonable?

Is that correct?

Luo Susu murmured, "Logically speaking, conquering this area should involve concentrating our superior forces to first try to kill a group of crimson beetles. Only when we can no longer stop the beetles' call should a full-scale war truly break out."

"At that time, relying on the advantage established by eliminating a group of monsters in the early stage, the attack team fought with all their might, with many people injured or even some dying, before they were able to conquer this area."

This is how the strategy guide should be.

You guys in the safe zone are being unreasonable.

Wow, that's amazing! How did that shop manager manage to command so many powerful individuals to come?

At that moment, "Roar!"

A deafening roar came from the depths of the mine, startling Luo Susu from her reverie.

"It's—it's the Crimson Beetle King! It's here!"

A bizarre creature, larger than an ordinary beetle and resembling a bread truck, emerged from the mine.

Its entire carapace is crimson red, as if flames were flowing across it.

It simply opened its mouth, and a terrifying pillar of fire roared forth.

Even from dozens of meters away, members could feel the heat wave hitting them.

However, the members were already aware of the existence of the Crimson Beetle King, and they were on guard from the start. Upon seeing this, they quickly retreated.

At that moment, another crimson beetle of similarly enormous size emerged from the mine.

At this point, there were no other ordinary beetles left, but there were actually two of these incredibly terrifying leader-level beetle kings.

One region, two leaders?

hiss!

Li Yunfeng said, "It's my turn to make a move. I can hold off one Beetle King."

He looked at Luo Susu and Shi Han.

His teammates were only at the advanced refining stage, and they couldn't last more than a few rounds against the Beetle King.

Luo Susu and Shi Han exchanged a glance: "Yes, we will also lend a hand."

Hold off the beetle king.

Once the other battlefields are over, the combined firepower of the numerous Dreamers will be enough to blast the two Beetle Kings to pieces.

This is a very sound tactic.

Of course, this is only possible because of current superior combat strength. Without a superior combat strength, there can be no sound tactics.

But faster than Li Yunfeng, Luo Susu, and Shi Han were two figures.

A person wearing a black dress is holding a small parasol.

A man dressed in armor was wielding a large sword as big as a door panel.

Both of them wore black cloaks. The cloaks appeared and disappeared intermittently, like clouds and mist.

This is the rare cursed artifact, the Ghostly Cloak!

For Zhuo Ling and Li Feng, this ghostly cloak doesn't provide much of a boost—they can use cursed items, but they can't refine them like humans.

Refining is a cultivation system for humankind.

"But the ghostly cloak can effectively conceal the special aura of the two ghosts and help them disguise themselves as a Dream Faller."

Shi An pondered to himself.

As for the "aura" on the two ghosts that might trigger a special and eerie alarm, Shi An had a general idea of ​​what it was.

It is the power of belief!

The daily belief points he gave to the strange employees didn't actually translate into currency. Little Blood and Turbid Zero couldn't use those belief points either.

But this belief is that wages must be paid, and they must be paid daily.

As the strength of the strange employees increases, their daily Faith Points will also increase.

There is certainly a connection between them.

While they were pondering, the two demons, who had been preparing to make their move, appeared before the two crimson beetle kings.

"It's Miss Tsurumi."

"Could the person next to her also be a master from the safe zone?"

The members were surprised, but quickly calmed down and went about their own business.

King against king, general against general.

They don't need to worry about the two large ones anymore. Well, of course, they also won't have the chance to hunt them.

Luo Susu and the other two were about to step forward to help.

Then, "Splash—!"

The black tide spread out in the blink of an eye, covering an area of ​​dozens of meters around it.

The tide and the flames clashed, and wisps of gray smoke rose and dispersed.

However, Turbido did not intend to rely on the tide to wear down the Beetle King's power; if it did, it probably wouldn't be able to defeat the leader even in twenty minutes.

The boss's task for them was to act quickly and decisively to avoid any unforeseen circumstances.

Therefore, compared to the time when she dealt with the Black Armor Leader, Zhuo Ling was now at her peak of strangeness.

At the same time, its core capability, "Corruption and Domination," has been sufficiently developed.

"Splash!"

At its command, jets of water erupted.

As the water jets fell, what appeared before people were eerie figures of various shapes, their bodies blackened and entangled in the murky water.

Wet-haired ghost! Drowned ghost! Water ghost!

Fish-like monster! Ferocious crocodile-like monster! Giant shrimp-like monster!

One after another, strange figures stood on the waves.

These are strange items carefully selected by Zhuo Ling; they are all water-based! This allows them to work in tandem with its tide-summoning ability to the fullest extent!

There are even several eerie, elite-level statues inside.

There is another one that is—

Leader-level Mystery: The Old Mystery of the Black River!

Zhuo Miao had to put in a lot of effort to capture and corrupt this strange creature for his own use, and even had Xiao Xue and Li Feng help him to finally take it down.

At this moment, twenty or thirty strange figures appeared.

The leader-level Black River unleashed a massive black wave, engulfing the Crimson Beetle King.

The mighty Beetle King, a clan leader even more powerful than ordinary chieftains, was instantly suppressed without any chance of fighting back.

The members glanced over.

"That's basic stuff."

"Miss Zhuo Ling isn't just at the peak of the Third Refinement Realm; she's at the ultimate perfection of the Third Refinement Realm, invincible in the Third Refinement Realm!"

"Miss Tsuruo still has one more peak-level strange artifact that she hasn't brought out yet."

Little Blood: Do not disturb!

Luo Susu and the other two stopped in their tracks.

"It seems like they don't need our help here?"

I think so too.

"This one is too strong, let's go help the other one."

This is an invincible level of combat power at the peak of the Third Refinement Realm.

She likely possesses a very high-level cursed artifact and a complete and perfect system, and may have even mastered more than one cursed art to an unparalleled level.

Such beings are perhaps even rarer than those in the Transcendent Realm among the Dream Fallers.

One person is already quite an exaggeration; there can't possibly be a second one, right?

"boom!"

The blade of the sword surged with terrifying magical power, and it had already pierced through the beetle king with a single strike, pinning it to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, he raised his other hand, and jet-black magical power surged out and solidified into a greatsword.

He wielded his greatsword and plunged it into the beetle king's body. Breaking through its hard shell was like piercing a thin wooden board.

The third, the fourth, the fifth!

He stood on the Beetle King, suppressing it with his power, his strength, and his invincible presence.

Until the beetle king's struggles gradually weakened.

Until the other party is completely unable to live.

Li Yunfeng and his two companions: "————"

They watched from a distance, silent.

Look up at the sky.

The campaign went very smoothly, unexpectedly smoothly.

This is a good thing, but for some reason they feel a sense of vicissitude.

No further accidents occurred.

Li Yunfeng and his two companions even felt that no matter what unexpected events occurred, this safe zone strategy team would be utterly crushed in the face of them.

"The strategy guide is so straightforward, it's the first time I've ever seen anything like it."

"However, such a powerful strategy is rare even in the safe zone. We've come to the right place today."

He overheard the discussions among the powerful figures around him.

This appears to be the first recruitment mission.

now it's right.

Such a gathering requires enormous manpower and resources and is only used in very rare circumstances.

But what Captain Li didn't know was that this was the first time such a summons had been issued, and it was only the first time it had been made in a very superficial way.

The more members a safe zone has, the stronger the summons becomes.

The development of the safe zone is only just beginning.

"We won!"

As one after another fell mysteriously, the sounds of battle gradually diminished.

Some members looked at the crimson beetle lying in front of them, and then looked around, but they could no longer find a single living monster in the mining area.

He was a little disappointed.

Some people felt they wanted more!

"How is it over already? I've only just killed one monster!"

"It was supposed to be a large-scale mission, but the entire battle lasted less than fifteen minutes."

"I understand the logic, and it's good to play fast, but it just feels like it's over before it even starts."

Among the members, the "ordinary dreamers" didn't feel it as deeply.

They were all just ordinary dreamers before, and it was only after entering the safe zone that they gradually rose to prominence.

They only started tackling Nightmare after arriving at the safe zone.

Their strategy has always been a new era strategy.

However, among the members present were a few veteran powerhouses who had not been in the safe zone for very long.

Such as Boss Ye, Chaojiangke, and a few other strong individuals from large organizations.

They quickly gained membership by leveraging the strengths and advantages of the powerful.

This is also my first time participating in a member activity.

Then we discovered—

"Is that all?"

The difference between this and the arduous, near-death experiences they went through to conquer nightmares is just too great!

"So this is the strategy and expansion the store manager was talking about. We're going to sweep through the dangers of the nightmare world with overwhelming force. Store manager, I get it! I get it!"

Before the mission was released, the distribution of contribution points and loot was already detailed.

Wu Qing, Wu Yue, and the others were also controlling the sorcery flying eye to monitor the battlefield in real time.

The members began cleaning up the battlefield and also became wary of their surroundings.

Several of the more powerful members of the Dragon Bull Clan began to venture deeper into the mine. Of course, they also used their magical teleportation abilities to enter first, checking for any other strange or dangerous phenomena.

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The strategy for navigating the deeper parts of Gomeng is not as complex as that for the shallower parts of Gomeng, where there are no significant environmental changes.

After all, they only conquered a small area.

"It is said that the real nightmare of conquering an area is to conquer an entire region, such as the entire Pale Wasteland world. That is the true conquest, which can eliminate the disaster."

Shi An murmured.

That's just a rumor; even the countermeasures bureau can't prove how true it is.

Even if the rumors are true, it doesn't matter.

In the pale wasteland, there are minor regional nightmares, such as the U-shaped apartment building that several teams of Xuanjian conquered a few days ago.

There are small-scale, regional nightmares.

"Like the Firestone Mine area we just explored."

There are also medium-sized areas, medium-large-sized areas, and large-sized areas.

Countless regions merged together to form the entire pale wasteland.

That was like a world unto itself.

Compared to the real world, the Pale Wasteland is certainly not as impressive. But the area of ​​this wasteland is still far larger than a city.

Shi An is not yet able to determine just how big it is.

But at least—

"Our safe zone has driven a nail into the pale wasteland, completing a pioneering effort."

The strategy guide is just a step in the process.

Shi An's real plan was to build a watchtower in this area.

Firstly, it can extend the radiation range of the safe zone into the depths of the pale wasteland.

Secondly, the establishment of the watchtower would suppress the area and prevent the resurgence of strange occurrences. This would provide a foundation for the stable mining of firestone.

Of course, strange occurrences may still occur in the surrounding area.

Whether the watchtower built deep within the nightmare can stand is something Shi An will have to try to find out.

Now —

The notification tone had already exploded in my ears.

The fragmented words presented Shi An with a series of options.

"Hint: You have conquered the Crimson Beetle area," gaining 1000 units of Faith.

Hint: You can choose three items from the following five loot items as your reward.

Option ①: 1000 Superior Firestones

Option ②: Premium Membership Card x5

"Option 3: Special Building Blueprint - Watchtower (3/3)".

Option 4: Cursed Artifact - Fearless Insect Armor (Excellent)

Option 5: Special Building Blueprint - Lighthouse (Rare)

Although it's still only a choice of three out of five, the loot in the options is extremely valuable.

Honestly, I want all five of them!

He still only has two premium membership cards.

Option one, the premium Firestone, is a rare find that only occasionally appears in Firestone mines. It's far more effective than regular Firestone when used to craft ornaments and items.

Unfortunately, options three, four, and five are still too authoritative.

Shi An couldn't refuse.

Watchtowers appear to be one of the foundations of the safe zone, similar to membership cards. However, membership cards are common, while watchtower blueprints are not.

This was the second time he had seen such an extraordinary cursed artifact, and Shi An couldn't resist the temptation.

His eyes shone brightly as he examined the last lighthouse blueprint.

"It's this type of blueprint!"

"Architectural Blueprints - Lighthouse (Rare)"

"Note: Rare building, can only be constructed on a Watchtower (Common) building. The Lighthouse has a greater radius of influence than the Watchtower, continuously attracting lost souls from the Nightmare World. Furthermore, the areas illuminated by the Lighthouse's light concealed..."

The disguised eeriness will have nowhere to hide. The beam of light emanating from the condensed lighthouse also possesses extraordinary lethality against eeriness.

Exorcise evil! Attract! Break stealth! Destroy!

This is the power of a lighthouse!

With the lighthouse as the core, he could build an all-purpose camp.