I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

"Whew! It's finally over!"

Lindongcheng, the eastern suburbs.

Many powerful figures lay on the ground, face up, without any regard for their image.

In this battle, there were as many as seven or eight hundred Refinement Stage experts participating, which is a rather terrifying number, but it is still far less than the strange number in the waves.

It's incredibly strange and difficult to kill!

In other words, there were extraordinary experts standing at the forefront, and many of the participating experts were at the third level of the Refinement Realm, which enabled them to directly block and annihilate this strange tide.

Otherwise, the only option would be to fight and retreat, using space to buy time and gradually eliminate the monsters. But if the monsters were to spread out, the losses to the entire Lin Dong would be incalculable.

I'm a little tired now, but it's worth it.

"I've already drunk six doses of the curse potion, and now I'm feeling cold all over in this sweltering heat. I'm afraid I won't recover in a couple of days."

"It's not a big problem. It's just a minor side effect of the curse potion. I heard that the authorities in Lin Dong have already gone to purchase purification potions. One dose of purification potion will cure your symptoms."

"Indeed, but I'm in a much worse situation. My whole body is cramping up. You can see me lying here, still twitching." "Hahaha"

Several members lay on the ground, their faces pale, yet they were chatting and laughing.

Some people are already fantasizing about what treasures they will buy to improve themselves.

Some powerful individuals, even at this point, still felt as if they were in a dream.

"We really won? We wiped out all the monsters? This feels unreal!"

The speaker was a second-stage expert from the Baishui Temple, a major organization in Lindong.

He came to the front lines to fight the bizarre wave, already prepared to sacrifice himself. He even felt that even if these dreamers followed one after another, it would be difficult to stop the bizarre wave.

But he had no choice, no way out, and could only grit his teeth and kill with bloodshot eyes.

As they continued killing, the strange creatures around them suddenly became empty, leaving not a single one behind.

"Junior brother, is this really something we can do?"

"Previously, our Lin Dong City also encountered a large-scale strange wave. At least a hundred Dreamers died on the front line during that disaster. The scale of that strange wave was probably less than half of this one."

"This strange tide is indeed terrifying, but this time, we have plenty of reinforcements too!"

Although there were still many extraordinary and elite Dream Fallers fighting against the Source Body, the number of powerful individuals present was already far greater than the number of powerful individuals in their Lin Dong City.

The white water statue, which was being spoken of, seemed to be reflecting on the distant future.

There, some people were wearing the standard black trench coats of Chongshan City, some were dressed as wizards, and some were dressed as clean-cut warriors, but the majority were wearing silver-gray combat uniforms.

"Those people, I've looked at them, there must be several hundred of them, right? Several hundred Refinement stage experts? What kind of force is this?!" Their White Water Temple, as a large organization, only has about twenty Refinement stage experts within its ranks.

Even the Lin Dong Countermeasures Bureau, which has the largest number of Dream Fallers and possesses the most treasure lands and mineral resources, has at most two hundred Refinement Stage experts in its ranks.

"Several hundred Refinement stage cultivators, could they be reinforcements from Tiannan City? Only the provincial capital could muster so many powerful individuals."

"That's not right. Tiannan City is incredibly far from here. Even if the provincial capital could easily send hundreds of Refinement Stage cultivators, they still wouldn't be able to get here. They're definitely not from Tiannan Provincial Capital," said a Refinement Stage cultivator from Baishui Temple.

"Those people wearing silver-gray combat uniforms come from a place called the Safe Zone. To be precise, the Safe Zone is not a faction, but more like a peace or alliance. To be honest, it's not just those people wearing silver-gray uniforms. I heard that the reinforcements that came to our Lin Dong City this time are all related to the Safe Zone."

"This safe zone is actually the 'serendipity' that the Countermeasures Bureau mentioned some time ago—if you encounter a modern, brand-new, complete shop in the nightmare world without any gloom, that would be your serendipitous encounter."

Unfortunately, they never encountered it.

But upon closer reflection, they realized they had indeed heard of the safe zone.

Thinking of this, a cultivator at the Refinement stage of the White Water Temple suddenly said, "Wait, it seems that even our temple has members from the safe zone?"

"Does our temple have them too?"

Some people were surprised.

The expert from Baishui Temple who spoke first said, "Indeed, there are. It seems that Junior Brother Hu is one of them, along with several other junior brothers and sisters. Haven't you noticed that Junior Brother Hu's progress and breakthroughs are extremely fast? Although Junior Brother Hu is indeed a genius, he only began to advance by leaps and bounds after entering the safe zone, and he entered the Refining Stage in just half a month."

This person recounted the various aspects of the safe zone.

Cross-domain travel! Safe haven! Cultivation paradise! Trading and buying! Mission guides!

They described it in such a fantastical way that many of the things they said were beyond their common sense and imagination.

Under normal circumstances, the people from Baishui Temple would not have believed it, but at this moment, when they thought of the many powerful people from the safe zone in the eastern suburbs, and when they thought of Baijiang and Chongshan's rapid support, they gasped.

"Hiss~!"

"Senior Brother Feng, is everything you're saying really true?"

Senior Brother Feng smiled wryly: "It's definitely true. I only believed it halfway before, but now I'm absolutely convinced, it's just..."

He paused, his bitter smile deepening.

"There's a rumor in the safe zone that going anywhere depends entirely on fate. It's not that I haven't thought about going to check out the safe zone, it's just that I can't go!!" In the past, when he was half-believing, he didn't care that he couldn't go.

It's really upsetting to be able to go when you have unwavering faith in something.

"No matter what, after the great disaster in Lin Dong City is over, I will do everything in my power to find a safe zone, I must go to that place!" "Me too!"

Count me in!

The safe zone in Lindong City is not a secret, but its spread is not as widespread as in Baijiang City.

After all, once the dreamers from the eastern part of the safe zone enter, they often stay in the nightmare world for five or six days at a time. They spend less time in the real world, which results in fewer rumors about the safe zone.

Some people even hope that the safe zone will become too widely known. If everyone knows about the safe zone and everyone wants to go to the safe zone, wouldn't their chances of encountering the safe zone be greatly reduced?

But after today's battle, the safe zone's reputation has become very prominent.

At least, that's the case on the front lines.

The dreamers are not fools, and the leaders of the various small grassroots organizations are even less likely to be fools.

"The safe zone, we need to find a way to get there!"

"It is said that there are indeed shortcuts for Dreamers like us who are only active in the shallow layers to reach the safe zone, unlike the Refinement stage masters who can only rely on luck."

"I've also found out. As long as we find a member and form a team, we can reach the safe zone!"

But now that everyone knows about this method, the members in Lindong City have become highly sought after.

There aren't many members active at the lower levels!

After all, most Dreamers who enter the safe zone cannot immediately earn enough contribution points to apply for membership.

Even these non-member "visitor-level" Dreamers in the safe zone are now very popular.

Also popular are...

"Damn! You can't buy three- or four-player team items anymore!"

In the eastern suburbs battlefield, apart from the extraordinary and a very few strong individuals, most people were exhausted and had lost their fighting ability.

Fortunately, their mission was accomplished.

The eastern suburban boundary wall has been restored, and the solidified gray fog resembles a giant wall.

at the same time,

In the eastern urban area, the search for and elimination of the source entities by various teams are also progressing rapidly.

"Slay the Source Entity in Area 36!"

"Slay the Source Entity in Area 27!"

"Area 18...!"

Good news kept coming in.

Each action team slayed the source beings one by one and contained the impact of the battle to a very small area.

Everything is going smooth.

However, Zhou and his team dared not let their guard down in the slightest, and the closer they got to victory, the more seriously they had to treat it.

They were terrified that something unexpected would happen again.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened this time, or rather, the things that the strange forces could do were limited.

After annihilating the source entity once again, some extraordinary powerhouses discovered...

"A certain type of pollution in the air is dissipating at an extremely rapid rate!"

Simultaneously,

The monitoring department also made a discovery.

"The hospital has reported that the hallucination symptoms in patients exhibiting obvious mantis symptoms are rapidly decreasing."

All these signs indicate that the source has been completely annihilated!

Only when the source is completely destroyed will the pollution in Lin Dong City disappear.

Director Zhou and other high-ranking officials remained vigilant, instructing each action team to continue the search while patiently waiting and observing.

Several more hours passed.

"All the pollutants have disappeared!"

"All patients with mantis disease recovered naturally!"

"Comrades, without a doubt, we have won! We have achieved a victory against the catastrophe that destroyed the city!"

Director Lin Dong announced the news.

Immediately, all the dreamers and ordinary staff members who had been working day and night in the Countermeasures Bureau cheered.

Even with dark circles under their eyes and exhausted faces, they were in high spirits and cheered non-stop at this moment.

This was a resounding victory!

It's not just the countermeasures bureau.

Across Lindong, members of various action teams could not hide their joy; had they not been in the city, they would have cheered without restraint. (Eastern suburban battlefield, temporary rest area.)

Here, those who have fallen into dreams don't need to care about their image at all; some shout, some jump and leap.

"It's finally over, this great catastrophe is finally over."

The speaker was a veteran dreamer.

He has witnessed too many disasters and seen far too many soldiers sacrifice their lives in them.

This time, they not only withstood the disaster, but also suffered few casualties, which was undoubtedly a resounding victory!

Those who fell into dreams in Baijiang City and Chongshan City were equally happy.

They were not from Lindong City, so they still had a way out.

But they are also people of Great Xia, people of Blue Star, and human beings.

This resounding victory boosted the confidence of the Dreamers of Lin Dong City, and they were even more confident.

"And this is just the beginning. In the future, I believe that one day, even if we encounter a great disaster, we humans will be able to easily defeat it!" The leader of the giant tree, the village chief of Stone Village, and several others stood in the distance, their eyes filled with ease and joy.

They are no longer people of this world.

At first glance, the camp's power seems to have limited future potential, at best reaching the scale of Nightmare Town.

But that was in the past.

With the safe zone behind them, they might be able to create a miracle.

Further away, Le Yili gazed into the distance.

"This was indeed a resounding victory."

"Why doesn't our ancient civilization have a safe zone?"

The victory at Lindong City has been achieved, and the great battle is over.

"But is the war really over?"

not at all.

Shi An murmured.

This is a war between humanity and the bizarre.

Last time, when the False Man Disaster broke out, Shi An did not have the spare capacity to track down and search for the False Man's lair. At that time, the safe zone mobilized almost all the available forces.

But this time...

Although the Dreamers who participated in the Battle of Lin Dong City were exhausted, and only a few extraordinary individuals still retained their peak combat strength, "the number of powerful individuals that can be summoned this time is far from the limit."

"Moreover, we haven't even mobilized much of our internal and core forces within the safe zone."

Throughout the entire safe zone, none of the four generals made a move.

Among the permanent employees, the Spade group, representing the mission department, and Yang Linna and Club, a total of three extraordinary individuals, entered Lin Dong City as support personnel.

The remaining extraordinary beings are…

Fa Gui, Lin Xiao, Luo Susu.

Chen Jianghuai, Wu Feng, and another newly promoted extraordinary individual from the Lighthouse Camp.

Hearts and Diamonds.

Eight extraordinary individuals and four bizarre beings!

There are twelve extraordinary powers, among which the four strange ones are all top-tier experts among the extraordinary.

This top-tier combat force is even stronger than that of Lin Dong City before.

Oh, right, and Tian Hua and the others on the Ark.

"In that case, how can we let the sinister forces of the Mantis, the masterminds behind this disaster, escape?"

"Besides, this is probably the weakest point for the mantis people right now. Let's strike while they're weak and finish them off!"

The methods of the supernatural forces are more numerous and more powerful than those of humans.

But they also have to follow the rules.

In order to turn Lin Dong City into a nightmare, the fake man had to get involved himself and even restricted his own power.

Although the Mantis Man relied on a wondrous object, it was impossible for him to cause such a great disaster and create pollution without paying a price.

Shi An's guess was correct.

Creating a Source Seed requires a sacrifice and the consumption of one Extraordinary Mantis.

Intelligent and bizarre beings find it far easier to ascend to the extraordinary than humans, and there are quite a few of them who have achieved this.

Even so, the Mantis people paid a heavy price to unleash this catastrophe.

If the plan succeeds, the cost will be several times higher, as they will benefit even more.

However, the plan failed.

"That's impossible!"

"What can an ordinary human city use to withstand pollution and massive waves?"

In a certain part of the Whispering Forest, the leader of the Mantis People is enraged.

This place is like a primitive tribe, inhabited by hundreds or even thousands of bizarre praying mantises.

Most mantises are bizarre and do not resemble humans. They are just like ordinary mantises, only dozens of times larger and much more ferocious and terrifying.

These are all non-intelligent mantis tricks.

A few mantis-men in the tribe also stand upright; the closer they are to human form, the more complete their bizarre intelligence becomes.

These intelligent mantis-men are the core of the entire bizarre force.

at this time,

Outside the tribe, a faint crimson hue drifted, and a pair of crimson eyes appeared and disappeared within the blood mist, watching the strange tribe in the distance. After a while, the small blood disappeared.

Safe zone

"I see, is it somewhere in this area?"

Shi An took out a map of the Ghostly Forest.

This map was drawn and gradually pieced together by countless members active in the area.

Although this map is still incomplete, it is still priceless.

Using this map, Shi An could roughly determine the location of the Mantis Ghost.

"Roughly in this area."

"It's about a three-day walk from Lin Dong City, but for someone of extraordinary ability, that distance can be covered in half a day."

"willing……"

Little Blood yelled from the side, signaling for the fight to start!

There are at most twenty or thirty extraordinary and bizarre beings inside.

"Twenty or thirty?"

"Then we need to be even more cautious."

A head-on confrontation is never advisable.

Overpowering the weak with numbers is the only way to win.

Shi An looked towards Lin Dong City and then checked the location of the Ark of Salvation.

Finally, they found the gate to the safe zone closest to the Mantis tribe.

He touched his chin.

"Hmm, let's issue another mission and call for more extraordinary beings!"

The mission to launch a full-scale attack on the Mantis!

quickly,

The task is posted in the lobby.

Meanwhile, Yang Linna, who was also at the Countermeasures Bureau in Lindong City, found Director Zhou and several others and explained her purpose.

The enormous ark was also heading in a certain direction.