I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

Chapter 245 The Nightmare of Baijiang City (4K)

There seem to be many extraordinary realms in the safe zone, but in reality, there are very few.

Compared to the early days when Baijiang City had only a dozen or so Transcendent Realm experts, the number of Transcendent Realm experts in the Safe Zone is indeed much greater.

If over three hundred extraordinary beings were to gather together, what nightmare could they not overcome?

But is this number really that large?

No.

"I've heard that the civilizations behind powerful figures like Mo Chui and Granny Qing have thousands of Transcendent Realm experts."

In essence, the extraordinary are merely the first formal stage of transformation for those who have fallen into dreams.

As for the previous borrowing period, fusion period, control period, and refining period? Those were at most apprenticeship stages.

Within a truly civilized power, those who transcendental are not necessarily strong; at best, they are the core elite.

"Moreover, the powerful beings of the alien civilization in the Land of Revelation are also the losers behind the same forces. They are still struggling in the Nightmare World and have not yet escaped the line of civilization's annihilation."

"The civilization that has truly achieved initial stability and entered a normal development track is probably the Traveler Civilization."

Within the main faction of the Traveler's Civilization, it seems that extraordinary beings are as numerous as clouds and rain.

The travelers from the merchant caravan had previously mentioned that within more advanced civilizations, everyone is extraordinary. Extraordinary individuals are merely ordinary people; they don't even qualify as warriors.

Compared to such a powerful civilization, their safe zone is still far too weak.

Even Shi An himself didn't know how long it would take them to catch up.

He has a safe zone, but those powerful civilizations may also possess some unimaginable depths of knowledge and experience.

A powerful civilization is too far away.

Look closer.

"A few months ago, the Mantis People alone had dozens of Transcendent Realm experts, and the Mantis People tribe was a strange and intelligent tribe that didn't even have any Transformation Realm experts."

"If it's a truly powerful and mysterious force—"

The extraordinary and bizarre must be numerous.

The three hundred extraordinary beings in the safe zone are not enough to contend with.

Moreover, the safe zone covers a vast area, and all the major worlds and camps need extraordinary experts to guard them. In the event of a major battle, it would be the best if more than two hundred extraordinary experts could be gathered.

"We still need to cultivate more strong individuals."

"Currently, the total number of superhumans in all the major camps and Nightmare Town is indeed similar to that in the three cities of Baijiang. However, the potential of these Lost One camps has been exhausted."

Just like the Stone Village camp, although there are nine Transcendent Realm experts, there are not many Third Refinement Realm experts left in their village.

The entire Stone Village camp has only a few thousand survivors, with no more than a hundred actual warriors. Even though the camp has many elite troops, the population limit restricts its potential.

If we want to cultivate more extraordinary and powerful individuals, we must start from the various aspects of the present world.

"First, we need to proactively screen and guide potential dreamers to emerge. Tiannan City has done a good job in this regard, and Baijiang City can learn from it."

Shi An planned to start with Baijiang City.

Firstly, the vast majority of Dream Fallers in Baijiang City are already members of the safe zone, making their combat strength more abundant than in the other two cities. Secondly, the eerie lord "Ten Thousand-Eyed Octopus" near Baijiang City has been killed, and the surrounding area is relatively peaceful.

So, after Shi An talked with Yan Xiangtian, Director Du, and Zhu Chenying, a preliminary plan was drafted.

This time, they will deliberately leak some nightmare information in order to screen out new talents worth cultivating.

At the same time, the early warning mechanism will be expanded, so that those who are experiencing their initial dreams will have a greater chance of survival.

Yang Ji is a senior at Baijiang University and is now facing the dilemma of unemployment upon graduation.

But Yankee's attention wasn't on that.

Unemployment is indeed terrible.

However, what's even more terrifying is—

"Leonardo DiCaprio seems to be going crazy!"

Li Ting was a member of their dormitory, but a few days ago, his roommate Lao Li started acting strangely. Sometimes he would wake up in the middle of the night and yell that he had a nightmare about a monster.

The nightmare was very realistic.

They had heard Li Ting describe it—but they didn't really believe it, thinking Li Ting had just read too many online novels.

However, Li Ting's mental state became increasingly alarming, and he even attempted suicide.

He was a very cheerful young man just a few days ago.

Something's not right!

"Old Li always says that a monster is chasing him, and he's bound to fall into nightmares. Do you think these nightmares really exist?"

Another roommate suddenly started trembling.

He had indeed vaguely heard some supernatural rumors.

Yang Ji was even more so.

Yankee is the person who believes most in the existence of nightmares, because he always feels that he has experienced nightmares himself.

He had dreamt that the entire city of Baijiang was shrouded in dark clouds, and monsters kept appearing. At that time, all communication in Baijiang was cut off, and chaos reigned.

It was just a dream, yet it felt as if it had actually happened.

Yang Ji sat down at the table, turned on the computer, and started typing away.

He searched for keywords like nightmares and monsters.

However, very few.

Even on the novel websites he frequently visits, there are almost no suspense or mystery books.

Actually, something's not right here, he thought.

Suddenly, Yang Ji's gaze sharpened and fell on one of the inconspicuous search results.

Nightmare Forum.

"If you want to know the secret of nightmares—"

"If you have the courage to face your nightmares —"

"Let's go."

At first glance, this appears to be just a forum for telling ghost stories, where many users are sharing the novels they've just written.

Some people exclaimed in surprise, "This website hasn't been shut down yet; the website owner must have some powerful connections."

Yang Ji browsed through the posts, which were mostly story posts.

He was somewhat disappointed.

But then, I saw another post—"The First Dream: The Seven-Day Nightmare of Hunting and Escape."

He clicked on it and took a look.

The original poster is someone who has just experienced a seven-day nightmare and calls themselves a "dream sufferer".

He shared this experience.

This experience, along with other fabricated stories on the forum, sounds no different.

But, "It seems pretty much the same as what Lao Li described? Was the nightmare really real?!"

In the comments section of this post, many survivors who had had similar experiences also chimed in.

Some people are sharing tips on how to escape a seven-day nightmare.

Some suggested reporting it to the Public Security Bureau so that higher authorities could investigate.

Jiahao also said that he broke free from his initial nightmare in just three days, which was very simple.

Yang Ji told his two other roommates about the situation, as well as Li Ting, who was already half-mad.

"Should we report this to the authorities?"

"Report it, Li Ting is almost at his limit."

The other two roommates were still somewhat skeptical at this point, but when faced with a dilemma, they also tended to report it to the authorities.

Before they could report to the police, the counselor and two mysterious department clerks dressed in black arrived at the scene.

"I see."

"It is indeed the first dream, and it seems we've reached the sixth day."

The clerk at the new employee office frowned.

Based on experience, this college student named Li Ting only has one night left to play.

They can indeed teach some strategies and tips, but given Li Ting's current state, even with those tips, it would be difficult for him to escape his initial nightmare.

time is too short.

Their condition is terrible.

"Report the situation here to the team leader."

The newcomer orientation area has been expanded several times and now has a total of twenty groups.

A group consists of six to ten people and has the authority to get the police department to cooperate.

Within the Countermeasures Bureau, the Newcomer Division is now a powerful department with considerable influence and a promising future. The group leaders are all Dreamers, some even at the Refinement stage.

The leader of their group, the thirteenth group, arrived soon after.

"Team leader—ah, director!"

"Director Shi!"

Shi An, who usually only held a nominal position as deputy director of the Newcomer Department and didn't have to handle much work, was feeling restless today. He wanted to see Baijiang City from the perspective of an ordinary person.

Although he was once a working-class person, he is no longer an ordinary person.

Shi An was originally a veteran employee in the new recruits department. Later, during the Baijiang false man calamity, he displayed the strength of a high-level refining stage cultivator. Now, it's only natural that he pretends to have entered the extraordinary realm.

Lu Fan has already advanced to the extraordinary level, and he's still ranked number one on the Human Ranking.

It's perfectly reasonable for him to make a breakthrough.

It is precisely because of his extraordinary strength, clean background, and impressive resume and achievements that Shi An has been appointed as the second-in-command of an important department, because the second-in-command has more time to slack off.

When he joined the Countermeasures Bureau, one of his goals was to find a cushy job where he could slack off.

The leader of Group Thirteen said, "Given Xiao Li's situation, it would be difficult for him to get through the seven-day nightmare on his own. But Xiao Li doesn't need to worry, our Bureau of Countermeasures naturally has solutions for this kind of situation."

The team leader took out a candle.

This is a magical artifact crafted from complete magical materials.

By lighting this candle, one can, to some extent, interfere with the initial nightmare that has not yet truly taken shape, creating more opportunities for the person afflicted.

Just as the group leader was about to light the candles, Li Ting, a senior student, suddenly collapsed to the ground.

I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow!

A faint, chilling aura emanated from him.

The leader of Group Thirteen was a bit flustered, especially since his superior was still on site.

It's too late.

"I'll do it."

Shi An had been observing the people around him.

Four college students and one counselor.

Li Ting, plagued by nightmares, is clearly an ordinary person with limited natural talents. These talents refer to resilience, thinking ability, courage, willpower, and the ability to calmly cope with situations, among other things.

The other two college students and their counselor were all somewhat bewildered and frightened at this moment.

This is also a common behavior among ordinary people.

The other college student, however, was quite calm; he's a real talent.

This is the kind of talent he plans to select.

He didn't need to significantly expand the number of dreamers in Baijiang City; that was unrealistic. Firstly, it would affect the stability of the real world, and secondly, most people would find it difficult to adapt to life in the nightmare world.

Now that there is a comprehensive evacuation service in the safe zone, the survival rate of those who have fallen into dreams is very high, but at the same time, the average quality of those who have fallen into dreams will decrease significantly.

Thinking it over, Shi An reached out and pressed his hand on Xiao Li's head.

Above his head, images faintly appeared.

It was an incredibly gloomy mass grave, from which terrifying monsters crawled out of the burial mounds, and there was more than one.

Shi An's lips twitched slightly.

To be honest, this was definitely the most difficult one in the initial nightmares.

"break."

The power of shadow seeped in and emerged from the mass grave.

The next moment, *pfft pfft pfft pfft*—

All the monsters in the grave mounds were pierced by the shadowy blades, and the eerie entity at the core of the nightmare, which had not yet appeared, was also found by Shi An and killed instantly.

The next moment,

—"

The initial nightmare shattered.

The aftermath work does not require Shian's intervention. The Countermeasures Bureau's procedures have become increasingly sophisticated, and there is no longer a shortage of manpower.

As Shi An walked down the street, he extended his senses, and information from hundreds of meters around him flooded in.

The countermeasures bureau has not yet completely blocked some vague and seemingly true rumors.

This naturally leads to frequent nightmare intrusion incidents.

However, Jiang Peng's research team recently overcame several challenges and upgraded the Nightmare Early Warning and Monitoring System of the Countermeasures Bureau.

Now, Baijiang City can even detect and issue warnings before the nightmare invasion even occurs.

The elite of the action team will rush there immediately, and nip these invading nightmares in the bud once they appear.

"Previously, we were passively selecting people, choosing elites from among the dreamers who were entangled and had survived. But now—"

Not long ago, Yang Ji was specially recruited into the Countermeasures Bureau.

This is still someone involved in the nightmare incident.

Meanwhile, the Countermeasures Bureau also began to actively seek out and screen talent through various means. For example, the Bureau built many experiential haunted houses in Baijiang City.

A number of talented individuals were selected one after another.

Soon, an employee from the new recruits department came to inquire.

"Do you want to be a hero, a powerful figure wielding extraordinary abilities, or just an ordinary, mediocre person?"

"If you choose the former, you will face a thorny path."

"If you choose the latter, the relevant memories will be erased, and you will still be able to continue living a peaceful life."

But the clerk also said that the reason they were able to live a peaceful and stable life was because someone was carrying the burden.

The new recruits' area, a training classroom.

"I don't want to be an ignorant mortal, so I did it!"

"That's right, what's there to be afraid of!"

"Me too!"

The Newcomer Guidance Department now also serves as a training center. In cooperation with Baijiang University and Jiyi Martial Arts School, the department offers a variety of courses to provide comprehensive and detailed instruction to these newcomers who have just entered the dream world or have not yet entered it.

"Times have really changed. Today's newcomers have more than ten times the advantages we had back then."

"Yes, back then we only had a hurried understanding of some precautions for nightmares. We didn't have that much time, nor did we have that many strong people to teach us."

The two instructors sighed.

They are well aware of who changed the times, making it possible for them to no longer walk on thin ice.

loyalty!

But at the same time, —

In Grey Harbor City, several regions away, another group of Dreamers are about to fall below the kill threshold.

Gray Harbor City's approach differs from that of Sky South City; they adhere to an elite strategy.

The authorities in Grey Harbor City don't care much about ordinary dreamers or ordinary people, as long as ordinary people don't die in large numbers.

"Even ordinary Dreamers in Grey Harbor City have a hard time surviving, let alone us Great Xia people? I never thought that when I came to Grey Harbor City on a business trip, I would never be able to go back."

A square-faced, dream-fallen man from the Great Xia sighed.

Within Grey Harbor City, there are naturally many Great Xia people, and the vast majority of residents in one particular neighborhood are Great Xia people.

Unfortunately, "Nightmares are dangerous enough, but the corporations in Gray Harbor City are utterly inhuman. How many of us have been forced to become test subjects? It's outrageous!"

Some people are indignant.

But I feel powerless.

Someone suggested, "Why don't we try to get to Tiannan City? If we can get to Tiannan City, no, as long as we can get to the Land of Revelation, that would be fine."

The land of revelation is closer.

However, it is still very far away.

Within their community, a select few elites and powerful individuals do indeed reach the Land of Revelation. But what about the others?

At this moment, a Dream Faller at the Third Refinement Realm lowered his voice and said, "I have heard of a way to contact other people in our country and make us stronger."