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As Li Yuan continued pacing back and forth nearby, he said, "My friend said that the most serious situation is the castle, but the others are under control for the time being, and there haven't been any tragedies inside the buildings yet."

Zhang Chenghao frowned slightly, wanting to have someone thoroughly search all the goods in the department store, convinced he wouldn't be able to find anything.

But department stores have countless goods inside. If you really had to search for every single item, who knows how much manpower and resources would be wasted?

He had no choice but to send another message to his superiors, stating Li Yuan's request.

A reply was given very quickly.

Zhang Chenghao glanced at the reply and saw that it contained information about an item. He then turned his phone screen towards Li Yuan and said, "What do you think of this item? If your friend is satisfied, I can personally deliver it to them, but there's simply not enough time right now. Please cooperate. Thank you very much."

Upon closer inspection, Li Yuan realized that the item on the other person's phone screen was a jade pendant.

The information below states that the main function of the jade pendant is to suppress evil spirits.

The cost of using it is the depletion of one's energy and spirit, and the depletion is significant.

However, this consumption is normal and not permanent damage.

"Suppressing demons and evil spirits? I don't know what that term means?"

Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, then handed over the remaining letter while turning on his phone's video recording function: "I need to record this for my friend, is that alright?"

"Of course, no problem." Zhang Chenghao breathed a sigh of relief, quickly took the remaining letters, and checked them with his partner.

"Oh, right..."

He then added, "Please tell me your friend's name and contact information, and also write down my phone number."

Li Yuan then directly stated his name and contact information, and then entered Zhang Chenghao's phone number into his phone's address book.

The other person probably already knows that he is their "friend," but is just playing dumb with him.

But none of that matters, as long as the payment arrives in my account.

"Well then... thank you for your cooperation, see you next time."

Zhang Chenghao memorized Li Yuan's information, and then he and his companions quickly headed towards the department store with the intelligence.

Li Yuan moved away from here and continued to walk back and forth in the distance, observing the situation inside the department store.

Before long, a large number of police cars appeared and began to work with the man in black trench coats to disperse the onlookers.

Then fire trucks also appeared one after another.

In the end, even the riot police arrived, making quite a scene.

Clearly, the situation here has attracted the attention of those above.

About an hour later, things started to be moved out and taken away, but the inflatable castle was still nowhere to be seen.

However, seeing that the disaster seemed to have been completely contained and that there should be no casualties, Li Yuan left the area and continued his search for special items on foot.

However, such things are not so easy to find; the situation inside department stores is special.

The day passed just like that.

At midnight, after returning from dinner at the night market, Li Yuan was completely exhausted. He took a shower and went straight to sleep.

……

"Ah...don't kill me..."

"Don't eat me! Help!"

"Someone please save me, waah!!"

After an unknown amount of time, suddenly a series of screams came, accompanied by terrified shouts and cries.

As if he were back in a department store, Li Yuan found himself covered in blood, just like Meng Jinyu, and everyone was running down the stairs without a care in the world.

Meanwhile, on the top floor of the department store, a gigantic monster is relentlessly pursuing them.

As they were running downhill, supporting Meng Jinyu's magnificent breasts, a hole suddenly appeared beneath their feet, and the two of them screamed as they fell.

"grass……"

Li Yuan jolted awake from his nightmare, only to find that it was already bright outside.

He turned his head to look at the sunlight outside, his expression somewhat dazed.

It took him a long while to come to his senses, and then he couldn't help but frown slightly.

Was it a normal nightmare, or was I being influenced by something?

So far, the only thing I've encountered related to nightmares is that inflatable castle.

But based on the information I've seen, only those who have entered the inflatable castle should be trapped in the nightmare.

"Does being in contact with an inflatable castle really affect one?"

Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, then suddenly sat up, picked up his phone, and prepared to call Zhang Chenghao to ask about the situation.

"hiss……"

He suddenly gasped, feeling his leg muscles being pulled and cramped, accompanied by an indescribable soreness.

"How come I never noticed before? One hundred kilometers is actually quite a long distance..."

He thought to himself, "What am I complaining about?"

I just hope I can complete my first 100-kilometer hike today.

Suddenly, he saw Meng Jinyu's WeChat message. The girl said she had also had a nightmare.

Moreover, the other person's nightmare involved returning to the inside of the department store and repeating the escape scene from the previous day.

Immediately, Li Yuan frowned even more deeply, and then dialed Zhang Chenghao's number directly.

The call was quickly answered, and Zhang Chenghao's voice came from the other end: "Li Yuan?"

"It's me, Mr. Zhang. I'd like to ask how things are at the department store?"

Li Yuan asked in a calm voice, "Also, have you resolved the issue with the inflatable castle?"

"The panic inside the department store has subsided, but the inflatable castle..."

Zhang Chenghao suddenly countered, "You're suddenly asking this because you've been influenced?"

When it came to the strange items, Li Yuan didn't hide anything: "My friend and I both had nightmares. The nightmares involved returning to the inside of the department store and reliving yesterday's escape scene. We didn't have any conscious memories in the dreams, only panic. However, we were only a little frightened and didn't suffer any real harm."

"Hiss... This is troublesome! Thank you very much for providing information again; this information is crucial."

Zhang Chenghao quickly explained, "A catastrophic artifact can affect an entire town. If you're afraid of continuing to have nightmares, just leave Nancy City, and the problem will be solved."

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now. By the way, about your... friend's strange item, I'll personally deliver it to him by tomorrow at the latest."

After saying that, he hung up the call immediately.

"Will leaving Nancy City allow us to avoid it?"

Li Yuan breathed a sigh of relief; as long as he could avoid it, that was fine.

However, if it's just a nightmare like the one last night, it's not a big deal.

Despite the cramps in his legs, he got up, washed up, went out to find food, and continued his hike.

On the other side, after hanging up with Li Yuan, Zhang Chenghao immediately had someone contact some of the people who had entered and exited the department store yesterday.

Soon, what Li Yuan said was confirmed: everyone who had experienced the escape the day before had nightmares the night before.

Furthermore, almost everyone's nightmares are the same: repeatedly experiencing yesterday's escape scene.

"As expected of a catastrophic, bizarre item..."

The thought of the number of people who had fled the department store yesterday sent chills down Zhang Chenghao's spine.

Because that inflatable castle might be actively absorbing fear and causing trouble.

……

It was afternoon.

Queen's Forest Park, Li Yuan is here again.

Even if running doesn't count as part of the hiking trip, the first 100 kilometers of hiking should be coming soon.

Despite the slight twitching in his legs, Li Yuan continued to take steps.

Last night's nightmare heightened his sense of crisis, so after spending most of the day exploring Nancy, he came here to focus on hiking.

Not long after entering the forest park, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in my field of vision.

It was none other than Meng Jinyu; that girl was walking her dog again.

Li Yuan turned around and walked past the other person; now was not the time to pick up girls.

Ahead, Meng Jinyu was in a daze, with nightmare scenes from last night flashing through her mind.

Even though she tried her best to restrain herself from thinking about that nightmare, she just couldn't control herself.

"Woof..."

Suddenly, the Doberman started barking in one direction.

Meng Jinyu snapped out of her daze, looked up, and saw a familiar figure walking away.

"Is that Brother Li?"

She was overjoyed and quickly chased after him.

However, there were many people at Queen's Forest Park today, and before long, she lost sight of her target.

Her Doberman Pinscher was just a pet and didn't have any real tracking ability.

……

Why do all these people have panda eyes?

Li Yuan keenly noticed that everyone who came to Queen's Forest Park today was yawning.

Thinking of Meng Jinyu walking her dog here, he mused, 'Could it be that everyone comes here to relax? What a coincidence!'

He ignored it and continued to focus on hiking, trying to increase his pace as much as possible.

Finally, another half hour passed, and suddenly—

A warm current emerged from the deepest part of my body.

Li Yuan was immediately pleasantly surprised to find that the muscles in his legs, which had been twitching slightly all the time, were rapidly recovering.

In that instant, all the sounds around seemed to freeze, and the world seemed to slow down.

That's because his neural reaction speed is rapidly increasing.

Moreover, he suddenly felt that his spirit and energy were being elevated.