I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

In the darkness, Xi Xue remained remarkably calm. She simply opened her pocket watch, glanced at it, and then quietly closed it again, putting it back in her bosom.

After all, the pocket watch needs to be returned to the shopkeeper later, so it can't be lost by accident.

She already knew that Old Yao had almost had an accident on the sixth floor.

Next, the bloody handprint in the darkness will inevitably head straight for him.

Delaying time?

Indeed, the lights-out time is almost over.

But if it's just about stalling for time, why is she even trying to conquer nightmares?

Xi Xue glanced at the items in her arms, items that had just been searched from a dormitory.

"The rules for victory have been established; all that's left is to get to work!"

She stared intently into the darkness in the distance, rubbed her thumb and forefinger together three times, and suddenly lit a fire.

The flames leaped up with a whoosh, illuminating her serious and earnest face, as well as the bloody handprints that rapidly spread along the stairs and the ground in the darkness.

clap clap clap!

The handprint was accompanied by a slapping sound, as if it were slapping on a person's heart.

Terrifying!

Breathtaking!

"The power that this bloody handprint is strangely displaying has become even stronger!"

As time goes by, as the story unfolds, and as the battles progress, the eerie will reveal an increasingly terrifying power.

This is also why it is so strange and invincible.

"call out!"

Xi Xue's long, silvery-white hair spread out like spider silk, wrapped around the railing of the higher floor, and pulled her upstairs.

But the next moment, contrary to common sense, the blood handprints appeared one by one in mid-air and then climbed up the wall of the fourth floor.

The bloody handprint is still chasing.

Ke Xixue's long silver hair was also growing wildly. The power of the cursed artifact, her physical strength, and even her life force were being squeezed out of her at an alarming rate.

Her hair was as white as snow! As cascading as a waterfall!

A white ball billowed out from mid-air in the Nightmare Dormitory.

However, Xi Xue's escape speed was ultimately not as fast as the spread of the blood-red handprint. The strands of silver-white hair that were blocking her way melted into blood when they touched the blood-red handprint.

There's no escaping it?

We're not running away anymore!

She never intended to escape; she just kept staring at the time on her pocket watch, silently counting down.

"Seven, six, five, four,..."

When she counted to four, she manipulated her silver hair to throw out a tattered notebook from her arms.

This is a diary.

The diary pages flipped in mid-air.

This seemed to have triggered some crucial plot point, as the ever-spreading bloody handprints suddenly stopped. In the darkness, a blood-red silhouette vaguely emerged.

Even though its facial features weren't clearly outlined, Shi An could still see confusion in the blood-red figure.

After confusion comes entanglement and struggle.

Bloodlust gradually overwhelmed the confusion, and the blood-red figure tried to tear the diary to shreds.

But then, the lights came on.

The lights in the entire dormitory building snapped on, casting a warm orange glow on the blood-red figure.

It seemed to be lost in memories.

Diary, dormitory, lights...

Scenes from that year unfolded before my eyes like a scroll, the blood-red figure revealing a relieved smile, its form gradually fading away in the light filled with memories.

"This is what you call a 'mechanically controlled kill'."

"One can imagine that there must be enough grudges and love affairs to write ten thousand words about in this story."

Shi An knew nothing about the plot and was clueless about cause and effect. He only saw the diary and the light, and the invincible blood handprint melted away.

He skipped the plot, but that doesn't matter; defeating the nightmare is the most important thing.

"Have we really defeated Nightmare?"

Little K asked.

"Yes, really."

Old Yao was even more shocked than the newcomers; he saw the ominous atmosphere of the outside world receding. Although the dormitory building was still dilapidated, the lights were brighter, and the eerie, unsettling atmosphere quickly dissipated.

They truly conquered a nightmare!

The place where the bloody handprint melted made a crisp "clink" sound, as the cursed artifact fell out.

This is the biggest gain from conquering Nightmare mode.

Of course, the benefits go far beyond that; for a short period after the nightmare is eliminated, this dream realm is safe.

Not only can the Dreamers take this opportunity to catch their breath, but they can also plunder the entire Dream Realm and find some special materials.

These are things that traditional survival methods that rely on procrastination cannot achieve.

"Manager, let's go out too. This is a rare opportunity to plunder the Dream Realm."

Shi An simply shook his head slightly.

It's definitely not because he's afraid to leave the safe zone.

"But……"

Old Yao really wanted to say that you and Xi Xue are the MVPs.

We're just easy targets who get ahead without contributing.

But Lao Yao also realized that the store manager probably didn't care about those spoils.

Indeed, plundering the Dream Realm was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them, but for a mysterious and powerful person like the shopkeeper, it might be no different from picking up trash.

He shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

Even if the store manager might not like it, he would still keep some of the spoils they brought back as payment for using the space.

With that thought in mind, he excitedly led Little K into the dormitory building.

Looking at the dormitory building outside, Shi An said it was impossible for him not to be curious or envious.

but,

He has gotten what he wanted.

More than I imagined.

"Ding!"

……

The Nightmare Dormitory Building wasn't very big, and it wasn't long before the three Nightmare Fallers had turned it upside down.

"There is one cursed artifact, a bloody mud mark left behind after the strange bloody handprint melted away. In addition, there are two other cursed artifacts of the damaged level."

Incomplete or complete – these are the classifications of items used to ward off dreams.

In most cases, the cursed object that a person who has fallen into a nightmare can obtain to get rid of the "initial nightmare" is naturally an incomplete cursed object.

The cursed candle is a damaged cursed object.

But even an incomplete cursed object is still a cursed object, and it can still develop all sorts of strange abilities.

"Speaking of which, the 'Shadow Giant Scissors' template I have doesn't have any markings indicating it's incomplete, which means... the Shadow Giant Scissors is actually a complete cursed artifact?"

Shi An murmured to himself.

Furthermore, he felt that even complete cursed objects must have varying degrees of quality, and the description that the Shadow Scissors could cut through shadows was enough to demonstrate its extraordinary nature.

The man in the black suit is definitely a Dream Faller in the fusion stage. With his Shadow Scissors, he is likely a more experienced Dream Faller than Lao Yao.

Even so, he died without even making a ripple.

The two broken artifacts of the cursed dream are a black, stubborn stone and a tattered diary.

It seems that after completing its mission, even the prop diary has been elevated.

However, the purpose of these two cursed dream items is currently unknown.

The Dream Fallers don't have any identification system; they discover the abilities of cursed dream artifacts little by little through trial and error. However, using cursed dream artifacts is risky, and since both Xi Xue and Lao Yao, the two veterans, are not in good condition at the moment, they certainly won't try it rashly.

Even without unleashing the power of the cursed dream object...

In Shi An's eyes, all three cursed dream objects were shrouded in black smoke, which was an ominous sign.

The black mist emanating from the blood-red mud seal was the densest, while the black mist emanating from the other two incomplete cursed artifacts was much sparser. Even so, cursed artifacts are still cursed artifacts, exuding an eeriness and ominousness.

If an ordinary person persists in this practice, at best they will become listless, and at worst they will experience all sorts of unexpected events.

Even if it's left there, over time it will have some subtle, negative effects on the surrounding environment.

Before figuring out how to control and use the cursed artifact, Shi An was not prepared to touch it. After all, the power that a Dream Faller could unleash when first using a cursed artifact was quite limited, not much stronger than that of an ordinary person.

In his eyes, cursed objects might be treasures, but they could also be poisons.

"You can distribute them yourselves."

Shi An calmly pushed them back. These cursed dream items, which were priceless in the eyes of ordinary dream sufferers, showed him no attachment whatsoever.

He truly deserves to be called a master!

These treasures certainly wouldn't catch the eye of the big shots.

Old Yao was amazed.

but……

Even though they got the store manager's help, the store manager still didn't want a single penny...

The store manager... I'm so upset, I could cry!

So Xi Xue shoved over the rest of the valuable items she had looted, and before Shi An could refuse again, her body began to fade.

This is it; the nightmare is almost over.

Xi Xue revealed a sly smile.

That's her wisdom, haha.

Her smile suddenly froze, and as if remembering something, she hurriedly shouted at the last moment, "By the way, manager, do we still have a chance to get back to the safe zone?"

But before she could hear a reply, and before she knew if she would ever run into the safe zone shop again, she was already back in the real world.

Reality,

Members of the same wizarding family smiled when they saw Xi Xue return unharmed.

But the next moment she heard...

"How could this nightmare have ended so quickly!"