The terrifying heavens inside the box

At the supermarket entrance, the owner and employees held the glass door shut, while the hungry crowd outside had pounded on it until the glass cracked.

"We want food!"

"Open the door! Give us the food!"

"Those are all my things! You bunch of lunatics, don't even think about taking them away!" the boss roared, his eyes red.

"Bang!"

Gunshots echoed through the streets.

The glass shattered instantly, blood splattered from the boss's forehead, and he fell straight down in a pool of blood.

The crowd fell silent for a moment, then erupted in screams and shouts.

Without their leader, the shop assistants were so frightened that they ran away in a panic.

The next second, the entire supermarket entrance was overwhelmed by a surging crowd.

"Fuck! That's mine!"

"Get out of here!"

"Bang!"

"Take his gun! Kill him!"

"Go to hell, all of you!"

Curses, cries, gunshots, and the sound of shattering glass all mingled together at that moment.

The last vestiges of order in Springwood Town were utterly trampled into mud amidst the hysteria of hunger and insomnia.

When the police finally received the call, the dispatcher could only reply that "support is still on its way."

They were already short-handed.

Thugs roamed the town, and every household kept their doors and windows locked. Families with guns huddled inside or in their basements, trembling with fear.

More people spontaneously banded together in small groups, building defensive lines with iron bars and wooden planks, turning the entire neighborhood into isolated islands.

Schools and hospitals were closed, and police were stationed at these key locations, but they were unable to prevent the chaos that was taking place in the town.

Nancy escaped through a window before the school was completely locked down.

It's not that she wasn't afraid.

Instead, it makes it clearer that the current chaos outside is not the most terrible thing.

What's truly terrifying is the root of that nightmare... Freddy Krueger!

She gripped the baseball bat she'd taken from school, scurried along the wall into the alley, avoiding all crowds, and ran desperately toward Westin Hills Mental Hospital outside town.

Hello, Nancy!

A mocking voice came from the alleyway in front of them.

A figure wearing a red and green sweater was leaning against the wall, its four sharp claws slowly rubbing together.

"Freddy!"

Nancy paused, almost instinctively pulling out a mirror, aiming it at herself, and raising it.

A beam of white light shot out, freezing the opponent in place.

"What exactly do you want!" She finally caught her breath and pressed him through gritted teeth.

"Don't you know best what I want?" Freddy grinned wickedly. "You, and them..."

"No! Glenn!"

Nancy suddenly screamed.

With a "snap," Freddy's figure vanished, and the passerby he possessed rolled his eyes back, his dark circles as thick as if he hadn't slept for days and nights, before collapsing heavily to the ground.

Glenn stood behind the man, gripping the wooden sword, his chest heaving as he gasped for breath.

"You just...called me?"

Nancy was speechless for a moment.

She intended to use the mirror to freeze Freddy in time before heading straight to the mental hospital.

Now, this guy has ruined everything.

"Why did you come out too?"

"You should have called me! The commercial street was too chaotic. Luckily, I managed to hide in Old Chen's antique shop. He has a back door leading to this street. I just came out from there and saw you stuck here."

Nancy looked puzzled. "You know where I'm going?"

"Westin Hill Hospital, I've heard about it from my parents. They sent those kids there, which is exactly what you've been focusing on lately, isn't it?"

With that, Glenn grabbed her wrist and ran out of the alley, heading towards the other side of the street.

"Hey! The mental hospital isn't over there!"

"I know!" Glenn shook the keys in his hand. "Old Chen let me go home, so he lent me his old Ford."

With that, the two ran out of the alley and got into the black Ford sedan.

A dozen minutes later, the car arrived at Westin Hill Mental Hospital.

The situation here is alright; there hasn't been the large-scale chaos seen in the town.

But soon, the two noticed something was amiss.

I couldn't hear any sound, whether it was footsteps or voices!

"Something's not right." Nancy gripped the mirror tightly.

"There's no one here..." Glenn said, gripping the wooden sword, his voice strained.

The two exchanged a glance, stepped onto the stairs, and pushed open the door of the mental hospital.

Looking inside the mental hospital, what one sees is a scene resembling a factory.

They looked utterly astonished.

"This place...is a dream!"

When did we fall asleep?

Upon hearing Glenn's question, Nancy thought about it carefully, recalling the scene she had witnessed at the farm.

"No, we're not asleep, Glenn! It's Freddy! His power has seeped into reality."

"Those dead livestock, the rotting food, and the contaminated land... it's all his fault!"

Glenn's mouth dropped open upon hearing this. "Freddy's power has grown that great?"

Just then, a voice suddenly came from inside.

"Help!"

The two didn't care whether it was a trap or not, and hurriedly ran towards the source of the sound.

As a result, they saw a little girl being chased by something wriggling.

That was the worm that Nancy had seen on the scarecrow before.

She quickly raised the mirror, casting a beam of white light. Glenn gritted his teeth and swung the wooden sword down, hissing as it produced a puff of white smoke.

The monster, in pain, instantly shrank into the ground.

"Christine, are you alright?" Nancy crouched down and hugged the blonde little girl.

"Who are you? Why do you know my name?"

Christine opened her eyes wide and stared at the two of them curiously.

After Nancy and Glenn introduced themselves, they took the opportunity to ask what was going on here.

"I don't know, we woke up to find this place like this."

"Us?" Glenn keenly sensed the key point.

Nancy asked her directly, "Were there any other children with you?"

"Alice, Kincaid, Joey, Taina, Will... they're all here, but a scary weirdo separated us!"

Upon hearing this, the two exclaimed in unison, "It's Freddy!"

"This is Freddy's dream. If we can't find them soon, we'll be in danger!"

"A dream?" The blonde girl tilted her head in confusion. "If this is a dream, then I can find them!"

Christine closed her eyes as she spoke, and the next moment several figures appeared out of thin air and fell around them.

Alice, Kincaid, Joey... the children were pale and covered in sweat, as if they had not yet recovered from their fear.

"How did you do that?"

Nancy was surprised to see this.

Christine answered obediently, "When I used to have nightmares, I would pull my dad into the dream when I was scared, and then the dream wouldn't be scary anymore."

Nancy was about to ask another question.

Just then, the factory dream they were in suddenly emitted a piercing roar, and several streams of high-temperature steam erupted from the gaps in the pipes...

A round of applause came from above.

"Oh! What a...touching reunion."

Freddy's figure hovered in mid-air, his claws slicing through the metal beams with a piercing shriek, his face contorted in a grin.

"I was thinking of catching them one by one and playing with them slowly, but I didn't expect you guys to have gathered them all by yourselves."

"However, before that, I have something good to show you."

Freddy snapped his fingers.

The scene around them shattered and collapsed in an instant.

The group of people unexpectedly arrived on the main street of Springwood Town.

A figure lying in a pool of blood in a supermarket, a burning street, crowds tearing at each other, and desperate families struggling with their doors and windows tightly locked.

The cries, gunshots, and curses all blended together to create this jarring background noise.

"Did you see that?"

Freddy slowly descended, closing his eyes and raising his claws to wave in the air, as if savoring the atmosphere.

"Your town is already rotten to the core; people's hearts and fear will devour each other... and I am the end of it all!"

Nancy's hand holding the mirror was trembling.

She finally understood.

They didn't intrude into Freddy's dream.

The entire town of Chunmu has already fallen into his belly!

"You monster!"

Glenn's hands were covered in sweat as he swung his sword at his opponent in shock and rage.

Freddy simply turned slightly to the side and swung his claws backhand.

"clang!"

Glenn was slammed against a nearby lamppost by the force of the impact, and coughed up blood on the spot.

"Glen!"

Just as Nancy was about to lift the mirror, the ground beneath her feet suddenly collapsed.

Fortunately, she managed to grab the edge in time and avoid falling.

But below, numerous worms had already wrapped around Nancy's ankles, cold and sticky, about to drag her into the deep pit below.

More worms crawled out of the burrow, scaring the children into screaming.

Glenn was willing but unable to help.

Despair drew ever closer, Freddy's body grew larger and larger, and his shadow stretched out, enveloping everyone.

"Alright! My little sweethearts, the game is over!"

Just as he swung his giant claws, about to bring them down on the group of children...

Nancy's heart was in her throat. Suddenly, she remembered what Christine had just said:

"When I used to have nightmares, I would pull my dad into the dream because I was scared, and then the dream wouldn't be scary anymore."

And he had personally witnessed that the child had indeed gathered all his lost companions, who were being chased by Freddy, together.

A thought flashed through Nancy's mind... Could it be that these children all have special abilities in their dreams?

Thinking of this, she mustered all her strength and roared at the top of her lungs:

"Don't listen to him! It's just a dream! The more afraid you are, the stronger he becomes! Trust yourselves, turn this nightmare into a good one!"

Giant Freddy turned his head sharply, enraged by the roar, and stomped down hard on Nancy at the edge of the pit.

The children huddled together in fear, crying and screaming, their bodies trembling, tears streaming down their faces. But upon hearing those words, they inexplicably grasped at a glimmer of hope.

It's not that I suddenly stopped being afraid; rather, after being terrified to the extreme, I suddenly felt the courage to fight to the death.

Joey was originally introverted and timid, never daring to utter a sound.

He was trembling violently and suddenly tilted his head back.

A sharp, ear-piercing sound wave erupted, sweeping across the surroundings and instantly shattering the worms that surrounded the children. Even the giant Freddy clutched his ears in pain, his movements abruptly halting.

This brief opening became the start of everyone's counterattack.

Encouraged by this, the black boy Kincaid gritted his teeth, his whole body swelled uncontrollably, and his clothes were torn by the bulging muscles.

The fear of being chased by nightmares for so many days turned into anger, which clenched into fists.

Roaring, he pounded Freddy's ankle with punch after punch, knocking the behemoth off balance and forcing him to kneel on the ground.

Will, who could barely stand after losing his wheelchair and could only be helped up by Alice, stared intently at Freddy, with only one thought in his mind.

He didn't want to run away anymore!

Instantly, an invisible force gathered from the boy's hand, condensing into a blinding wave of light in mid-air, which slammed into Freddy's chest, blasting a charred hole in it.

Taina closed her eyes tightly, bit her lip, and tears squeezed from the corners of her eyes. When she opened her eyes again, all that remained was a fighting spirit that disregarded everything.

An inexplicable force twisted along with her emotions, transforming her long black hair into sharp green light. The moment she waved her hand, two sharp beams shot out and pierced Freddy's eyes.

Meanwhile, Christine took the opportunity to help Nancy, but given her size, she clearly couldn't lift her.

"Mirror!"

At the same time, Kincaid, who had completely gone berserk, smashed his fists down recklessly, causing the giant Freddy to kneel on his other leg as well.

The massive figure instantly collapsed to the ground.

"How dare you!!!"

The gigantic Freddy, looking utterly wretched, was still roaring.

At this moment, Nancy, who had just climbed up, used the mirror to drive away the underground worms and immediately shone the mirror on the giant Freddy, freezing him in place.

She glanced quickly at Glenn, and seeing that he was unharmed, she immediately picked up the wooden sword and unleashed all her pent-up fear and anger, piercing straight into Freddy's head.

"Ah! No!!!"

A large amount of white smoke hissed out, and the huge figure rapidly dissolved in the collapsing dream.

"This is...our room!"

"Hahaha, we won!"

"We're back!"