I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

Premium members enjoy many privileges, such as the ability to post large-scale and emergency missions, while regular members can only post ordinary missions. Previously, the rescue and emergency missions in Baijiang City were actually posted by the safe zone on their behalf.

In the event of a major disaster in a city like this, Shi An would certainly not stand idly by; issuing three or four emergency missions would be sufficient. However, when dealing with personal matters, the authority to issue emergency missions becomes crucial.

Yang Linna quickly processed the formalities for Director Zhou.

Soon, the large-scale emergency mission "Mantis Disaster" was launched.

Once the task is posted, it is quickly pinned to the top of the lobby display screen and task bar.

Moreover, many members also received the notification immediately.

The emergency mission had only been issued for a few seconds when many members who were still resting and chatting in the lobby widened their eyes in surprise. "Another large-scale emergency mission? And the one who issued it is... the Lin Dong City Countermeasures Bureau?"

"How could Lin Dong City suddenly be struck by disaster? This looks like a city-destroying calamity. Is something terrible about to happen to Lin Dong?"

The dreamer from Lindong looked solemn.

Many people present had heard about the near-annihilation disaster that struck Baijiang City not long ago.

Moreover, they had also experienced a major disaster in Lindong City before.

"I remember it was seven or eight months ago. At that time, the gray fog rippled and the tides rose. In just three days, more than 50 invasion nightmares appeared in the entire Lin Dong City, and several strange waves surged into Lin Dong from different directions."

"In that disaster, more than 100,000 people died in the entire Lin Dong City. More than 400 Black Coats from the Countermeasures Bureau sacrificed their lives. Six captains were replaced after the disaster, and an extraordinary figure also died in battle."

After more than half a year of recuperation, the strength of Lin Dong City has almost recovered.

But unexpectedly, another major disaster struck.

"Last time it was a natural disaster, but this time, it's being orchestrated by some mysterious force, making it potentially far more dangerous!"

The person who had fallen into the dream clenched their fists, tense and worried.

Any of the dreamers from Lin Dongcheng present would be worried.

Beside them, a Dreamer from Baijiang City comforted them, "Don't worry too much. Times have changed. We Dreamers from Baijiang and Chongshan Cities won't stand idly by. Director Zhou has already issued a mission, hasn't he? A large number of reinforcements will soon be heading to Lindong City to help in the battle."

Having said that, the person who had fallen into the dream walked forward.

He wanted to both sign up for the fight and learn more detailed information.

In the mission hall, a separate registration channel has been opened for emergency missions, and Shi An has transferred several employees here.

the other side.

Shi An arrived at the large private room on the second floor of the main building.

Director Zhou said, "Store manager, Lao Yan, Lao Wang, this is the general situation we've found out."

Shi An took a look.

The methods of these mysterious forces are indeed difficult to guard against.

Fortunately, Tian Hua came to join us this time and discovered the situation in time, buying Lin Dong City an extra half a day or a day. Otherwise, time would have been even more pressing. Yan Xiangtian said, "If we prepare according to the shortest possible outbreak period, we only have three and a half days left. If we leave a little room for maneuver, we'll have about three days. Within three days, we must completely annihilate the source entities."

Captain Wang said, "Whatever supplies or manpower are needed, Chongshan City will provide them with the full force. Three days should be enough!"

Having experienced the disaster at Baijiang, Yan Xiangtian, Long Xingzhou, and the others were even more confident.

Of course, they remained serious and dared not be careless in the slightest.

and……

They, like everyone else, took on the mission from the safe zone, operating as units of power and teams.

After all... the aid was just a favor, and they would never hesitate to accept the rewards they deserved.

Yan Xiangtian said, "Our reinforcements from the Baijiang City Countermeasures Bureau have already assembled. This time, they will be led by Long Xingzhou, Lu Qing, and Chen Baichuan. It is estimated that many other organizations and teams in Baijiang City will also take on missions and head to Lindong."

Team Leader Wang: "We're the same."

The first batch of reinforcements from Baijiang City and Chongshan City has set off.

Lindong City has not been transformed into a nightmare, and the gates to the safe zone cannot be opened directly within the city. Reinforcements from the other two cities must go through several additional procedures to reach Lindong.

The elite members arranged by Lin Dong City earlier activated their membership cards in "Lin Dong: Shallow Nightmare Zone" and opened a door to the safe zone.

The reinforcements from Baijiang and Chongshan selected this passage and, after obtaining the consent of the person who opened the passage, used their cross-domain permissions to arrive at the shallow sea area of ​​Lindong City.

After that, the elites only need to seal away the Dream Pearls they carry and wait quietly for their return.

They are from Baijiang City/Chongshan City, but as long as they awaken in the vicinity of Lindong, their return destination will be Lindong City. Afterwards, if the elites want to return to Baijiang, they must wait for the cross-domain permission cooldown to end and then exercise the permission again to return to the shallow area of ​​Baijiang.

Each round trip requires the elites to stay in another city for at least a week.

Therefore, the countermeasures bureaus of Baijiang City and Chongshan City only dared to dispatch a few elite action teams as reinforcements, and could not send out most of their elites directly. That being said, the three action teams dispatched by Baijiang City were all led by extraordinary individuals, and each had at least three or four elite action team members at the third level of the Refinement Realm. If it weren't for the ability to cross domains through the safe zone, they would have been powerless to rush to Lindong's aid.

After all,

It took Director Zhou and Captain Wang several days to reach Baijiang City, even at their fastest speed. During that time, Director Zhou's team encountered a crisis; some were injured, and some were killed in battle.

This is still a top-tier team led by an extraordinary individual, small in number but fast in speed.

If a task force of dozens or even hundreds of people were to set out, it would take them at least half a month to reach Lindong. By the time they arrived, Lindong City would likely be doomed. In the mission hall, many members were still signing up.

Even among the Lost Ones who came from the camp's faction, many wanted to go to Lin Dong City.

But the competition is fierce.

For those who wish to enter Lin Dong City, the conditions are even more stringent; they must carry an item similar to the "Worldly Jewel".

The Eastern City has a few of these items, and the Safe Zone also has a few in stock—the Worldly Pearl is much rarer and more valuable than the Fallen Dream Pearl. Some members have inquired and learned that as long as they receive a mission, the Worldly Pearl will be provided by the Safe Zone and can be temporarily borrowed. But as you can imagine, the competition is fierce.

"I'm here to accept the mission; I'm a Third Refinement Realm expert!"

"Give it to me! I used to be from Lindong City, and I haven't been back for two years!"

"Am I the same? My parents live in Lindongcheng!"

"Those who want to return to Lin Dong City to visit relatives don't need to rush. They can always rent the Worldly Pearl from the safe zone later, or simply post a rental quest. This is an urgent mission; we're going to the battlefield and might even face the extraordinary and bizarre, so I'm here!"

However, the competition is just as fierce for "Dreamers in the Present World" who are not from the camp.

Yang Linna directly screened out most of the applicants.

"This is the store manager's requirement. Lin Dong City needs top-tier experts, but there are plenty of ordinary Dream Fallers. Besides, accepting a mission and traveling to and from Lin Dong City once requires using your privileges twice, so you'll be staying there for a while."

"Most of you don't need to take on missions. To put it bluntly, you won't be of much use. In the shopkeeper's words, you'd be better off focusing on improving your strength. If you were already extraordinary experts, Lin Dong City would invite you over."

Miss Lina is right.

That makes perfect sense.

just,

"This is clearly a large-scale emergency mission! Shouldn't an emergency mission be one where there's a severe shortage of manpower, and everyone should be accepted, no matter who they are?" "Yeah, thinking back to the previous large-scale missions, everyone just signed up and went."

But upon closer reflection, times have indeed changed.

At that time, members signed up one after another, but only a few dozen Refinement Stage experts could be gathered.

Now? People in the Refining Stage can no longer be called "strongmen," they have to be called "Little Deng."

This emergency mission had set thresholds, filtering out many people, but still managed to recruit over a hundred reinforcements in just two hours. These reinforcements were at least at the second level of the Refinement Realm, and former captains were numerous among them.

There are several extraordinary figures among them.

Under the unified arrangement of the safe zone, the members who accepted the missions successively headed to the Lin Dong region.

Lin Dongcheng.

Inside the countermeasures bureau, the men in black trench coats hurried about.

The first batch of reinforcements had not yet arrived, but the entire countermeasures bureau had already mobilized. People from several other large organizations in Lindong City also came here to await command.

Le Yili is now a VIP of the Countermeasures Bureau, not only because he provides valuable information, but also because he himself is an extraordinary expert. Zhou Huai'an personally invited him to assist him.

Le Yili naturally agreed; if he hadn't intended to help, he wouldn't have been here.

For a whole day and night, Yue Yili observed the countermeasures bureau.

He also learned that the numerous clues and information in the hands of the Countermeasures Bureau were not based on past experience, but were purely the result of investigation and research conducted by Lin Dongcheng in a short period of time.

"It is said that Lin Dongcheng is still developing special medicines and instruments to search for the source body. Although it is impossible for Lin Dongcheng to develop these medicines and instruments in just a few days, with this experience, the people of Blue Star will probably be able to develop targeted drugs in a short time if they encounter a similar disaster again. 'That's amazing.'"

He was genuinely amazed.

The ancient earthen city he used to live in couldn't do these things. The nightmare town he later lived in was even less likely to possess this level of scientific research and industrial capabilities. He'd heard that the few remaining cities of their ancient earthen civilization were becoming increasingly sophisticated in their technology.

"There was once a view within the ancient civilization that...modern cities are not as good as nightmare towns."

"The vast majority of people in modern cities are ordinary people who know nothing about the truth of the world. They can only hinder the development of the city. Most of the power of modern forces has to be used to protect the city, and they are constrained at every turn."

"On the contrary, Nightmare Town has fewer but more elite people, and they don't have to face the unpredictable threat of falling into dreams. The chances of a peak Third Refinement Realm cultivator in Nightmare Town advancing to the Extraordinary Realm are much greater than those in the real world."

Because of this view, many powerful people once believed that abandoning the majority of ordinary people and gathering elites to build Nightmare Town was the way out for the future.

Some ancient cities were also abandoned and transformed into towns, albeit reluctantly.

"In the early stages, Nightmare Town did develop rapidly, and the number of top-tier experts in some Nightmare Towns even exceeded that of cities in the real world. But…"

"A nightmare town has such a small population that its potential has long been exhausted. On the contrary, a real city, as long as it can persevere and slowly grow, has unlimited potential."

"Perhaps only a powerful force in the modern world with sufficient potential can research a way to leave the nightmare world and travel to other worlds." From Lin Dongcheng, Le Yili indeed saw boundless potential.

But then again, only by surviving can this potential be realized.

No, mere survival is not enough. If a major disaster were to occur, one or two extraordinary beings would die in battle, and many refining stage cultivators would sacrifice themselves. In that case, the city would never be able to develop, let alone have any potential.

Besides,

"Lin Dongcheng may not even survive this calamity; this is no ordinary disaster."

As Yue Yili was thinking, the alarm sounded inside the bureau.

At the same time, a public announcement was broadcast.

"A nightmare invasion has occurred in area xX. Current assessment level: Level 1 Nightmare."

"A nightmare of invasion has occurred at Wanjia Supermarket. The current assessment level is: Level 2 Nightmare."

"An invasion nightmare has struck Italy, currently..."

Before the source entity was even found, one invasion nightmare after another began to appear.

This will inevitably divert the resources of Lin Dong City and slow down the search for the source.

"Why are there so many intrusive nightmares all of a sudden?"

"By the way, the Mantis Disease and the Source Entity are essentially a form of invasion, weakening the barriers of the present world. In this situation, invasion nightmares are more likely to occur... There might even be Mantis people pushing this from behind."

But the officials of Lindong City had anticipated this.

Otherwise, when Director Zhou seeks help, his requirements will be even higher, and he will only look for extraordinary experts.

Despite the urgency of the situation, elite teams from the Countermeasures Bureau swiftly advanced to various intrusion points.

"We're a bit short-handed."

"The first through fourth action teams are all searching for the Source Entity. Should we pull some people from there?"

"No, we can't pull anyone out; finding the source is more important!"

There was some arguing inside the dispatch center.

Director Zhou walked over. "There's no need to divert manpower from the main force, nor to worry about the disasters at the several intrusion points, because our reinforcements have arrived." A fleet of black vans sped into the square in front of the headquarters.

The doors on both sides opened, and one after another, elites from Baijiang and Chongshan filed out.

They all had determined eyes and a fierce aura.

"Any reinforcements?"

"Where did we find so many reinforcements in Lindong City? Did they come from our colleagues in the Strategy Bureau?"

"Of course, they're our comrades from Baijiang City and Lindong City!"

"Aren't Baijiang and Lindong...very far away from us?"

"Are you stupid? Of course we came through the safe zone!"

Many of the black-clad figures in Lin Dongcheng were also bewildered. The number of elites in their bureau who had entered the safe zone and obtained membership was still relatively small. While others had heard rumors of the safe zone, they had never seen or experienced it firsthand, so their first thought wasn't about it. But now…

They finally had a firsthand experience!

"So this is the safe zone?"

"It really does...give me a lot of peace of mind!"

Only Yue Yili was somewhat confused.

Wait, what safe zone? What safe zone?

In a certain place in Lindong City.

A massive nightmare invasion has trapped hundreds of people, including several who have fallen into the dream.

The burly man codenamed Dog Bro is a well-known Dream Faller in this area, having reached the pinnacle of his mastery.

"But this is a huge nightmare. Not to mention me, even a Refinement stage expert wouldn't be able to conquer it. What we can do now is keep an eye on those ordinary people, try to prevent them from falling into the trap and attracting the monster, and then hold out until reinforcements arrive."

Dog Brother's expression was solemn.

"But Brother Dog..." another person said, "I heard that nightmare invasions have appeared in various parts of the city today. It seems that we in Lin Dong are facing an even more troublesome matter."

They had also heard about the mantis disease.

A strict requirement was also issued: anything related to the praying mantis must be reported immediately.

These civilian dreamers, though unaware of the inside story, could sense the severity of the disaster from the tone of the countermeasures bureau's words. In this situation, reinforcements?

Will we really be able to wait for reinforcements?

Several cars crashed straight into the nightmare and stalled on the spot.

But a group of people in black trench coats had already gotten off the bus; they were none other than the elites of the Countermeasures Bureau.

"We are from the Baijiang City Countermeasures Bureau, the 7th and 8th Groups of the 3rd Detachment, ordered to provide support. Now, tell me all the information you have." The leader, a man in a black trench coat, showed his identification.

Dog Bro stepped forward blankly, answering whatever the man in the black trench coat asked.

After quickly learning the basic information, the men in black trench coats swiftly headed into the depths of the nightmare.

Only then did Dog Brother belatedly realize...

"Wait a minute, what did they say they were from? Baijiang???"

One, two, three... one by one, the intrusion points were quickly eliminated.

A group of people who knew each other and suffered from dream-related illnesses gathered together.

"Were you rescued too?"

"So you are one too."

"But how come the powerful figures from Baijiang City are here?"

At this moment, a well-informed dreamer from the common people adjusted his glasses and said with a hint of pride and self-satisfaction, "You guys have definitely never been to a place called the Safe Zone, have you?"

The name of the safe zone had long been "secretly promoted" by the Lin Dong Countermeasures Bureau through various means.

The reason there was no official announcement was because many people who experience dream-related trauma have a rebellious mentality and may not necessarily trust the authorities.

Previously, many people treated the existence of the safe zone as just a story, and forgot about it after hearing it.

Some people were skeptical, while others simply didn't believe such a magical place existed.

now,

They did not manage to enter the safe zone, but most of those who fall into dreams still have common sense.

How far away are Baijiang and Chongshan from Lindong?

"So the safe zone is a faction that can provide fast passage?"

"Have you noticed that these black trench coats that came to our aid are exceptionally powerful?"

"Let me tell you something you don't know, like how to get to the safe zone?"

The nightmare of invasion in various parts of Lindong was quickly brought under control and eliminated.

There was no major incident.

However, at the same time, mantis disease is spreading rapidly in the city, and the number of patients showing obvious symptoms is increasing.

"We need to find the source body quickly!"

"To prevent the source from transferring, we've divided the entire Lin Dong City into thirty-six zones, and are conducting a city-wide, simultaneous search!" "Okay, is the second batch of reinforcements arriving soon?"

"We've arrived."

In the outer suburbs of Lindong City, gray fog swirls and billows.

A group of eight people appeared quietly.

Xuan Jian opened his eyes, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings like lightning. He saw a familiar face in the distance, who also looked like they had just arrived.

"Captain Li Wei."

"Boss Ye."

"Miss Peach."

The authorities in Lindong were already waiting in the distance.

Splash!

Another wisp of gray mist rolled in.

As the gray fog dissipated, several squads appeared simultaneously.

A silver-gray battle suit, the emblem of the safe zone, a cape fluttering in the wind...

The main team has arrived one after another!