I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

Chapter 36 The Spring of Purification

"Three hundred faith points!"

"A reward of choosing three out of five! Wuhu!"

The last time he chose his spoils, he picked employee number one, Xiao Xue.

It was precisely because of Xiao Xue that Shi An was able to perfectly complete the initial nightmare, and this time he was able to conquer the large nightmare as well.

Shi An was also very envious of the lounge blueprints that were in the last option.

"This time we can choose from more options."

"Shouldn't there be blueprints too?"

If it weren't for the presence of college students and women in pajamas in the store, the store manager would have cheered out loud.

Shi An restrained his excited hands and restless heart.

Soon, fragmented and reassembled information appeared before me.

Option 1: Cursed Dream Item - Ghoul Stomach (Complete)

This is a cursed object that can be worn on one's person and then used to enhance one's physical abilities by consuming corpses.

It has two effects: temporary enhancement and permanent enhancement.

To be fair, the effects of the Corpse Stomach Bag are quite powerful. Putting aside the usage and side effects, if we only consider the effect of permanently improving physical fitness, the value of the Corpse Stomach Bag may be higher than that of rare cursed items.

However, it is impossible to abandon it.

It might be suitable for certain specific groups.

"No matter how powerful the cursed object is, its effectiveness in my hands is limited."

Or perhaps, the other types of loot were far more valuable to him and to the safe zone than he had imagined.

Let alone a complete-grade cursed item, even a rare-grade one, Shi An would most likely not choose.

Option 2: Special Building - Spring of Purification

"Description: A special spring pool. The spring will continuously produce water with negative effects, including erosion, pollution, and mutation. Injuries cannot be healed."

"Note 1: There is only one of this building. It is not a blueprint and cannot be built separately, but it does not consume faith points."

"Note 2: The current safe zone level is LV1, and only one additional area can be opened up."

Shi An's eyes widened.

"Purify!!!"

The backdrop of this massive nightmare world is that a special spring has been polluted, transforming into a polluted spring that continues to erode and defile the entire world, causing trees to wither and humans to become alienated.

He never expected that after the nightmare centered on the Fountain of Pollution was broken, the building that appeared was actually the Fountain of Purification.

"Wonderful! Wonderful!"

"Although the Spring of Purification cannot heal injuries, it can only remove negative effects, but..."

This is the world of the Dreamers!

Those who suffer from dream-induced nightmares are often negatively affected, by cursed objects, by strange occurrences, or even by nightmares.

Physical injuries are relatively rare among those who experience dream-induced delusions.

After all, the human body is very fragile. If a dreamer encounters danger and cannot escape, they are often directly killed, and it is difficult for them to be half-dead.

On the contrary, in many cases, when cursed objects are used to fight to the death, the user will suffer a severe backlash.

Purifying the spring water can cure it.

"I'll wait and see how well it purifies, but I don't expect it to be that bad."

"In the future, if I want to practice using magical artifacts, I won't need to frequently exploit bugs to enter and exit the game; I can just take a sip."

Shi An, keep your composure.

Information about the restructuring continues to emerge.

Option 3: Wizard's Alchemy Workshop (Blueprint)

"Description: A wizard's workshop dedicated to the study of alchemy, equipped with three basic potion/item crafting recipes. The materials can be added to create the potion/item in the alchemy workshop."

Note: This workshop is rather rudimentary, and the manufacturing process has a high probability of failure and a certain degree of mutation.

"Remark:……"

Option 4: Special Unit - Fallen Spring Spirit

"Note: A special life form, 'Fallen Spring Spirit,' has been created and contracted as an employee of the safe zone. The employee is under the jurisdiction of the safe zone's leader, but the leader must also pay the employee's salary daily. The current salary of the Fallen Spring Spirit is: 0.3 Faith Points/day."

"Remark:……"

Option 5: Special Item - Membership Card x3

"Note: This card is held by the Fallen Dreamer. One card is bound to one person and cannot be used by anyone not bound to it. When the holding member falls into the Nightmare World, activating this card will provide guidance to the safe zone. (The entrance to the safe zone will always exist in the current Nightmare World; Nightmare Worlds opened and connected by the member will not count against currently connected Nightmare World slots.)"

"At the same time, holders can also enter other 'connected' nightmare worlds through the safe zone. (Limited to once per week)"

"If a member falls into the nightmare world, the store manager can contact any of the membership card holders."

"The store manager can take back the distributed membership cards at any time."

After a moment's thought, Shi An realized that the membership card was a good thing.

To put it simply, his safe zone can currently only 'connect' to one nightmare world. However, if all three membership card holders are in a dream-fallen state, then the safe zone can connect to a total of four nightmare worlds at the same time.

Not to mention that members have the right to "travel across nightmare worlds".

If he encounters a high-value nightmare world, he can easily gather members to conquer it.

The Dreamers already needed his help, and with the added benefit of the membership card, it wasn't difficult for him to command some of them.

"For dreamers like Xuanjian and Xixue, the membership card is a divine object."

after all,

Those who fall into nightmares must always be on guard against being killed by nightmares. Even if a fallen dreamer has already reached the safe zone, whether they will be lucky enough to be invited to fall into nightmares again is still unknown.

Those who experience dream-induced nightmares cannot be lucky every time.

And this membership card is their ticket to cross this vast sea of suffering.

"We need to make good use of the membership card."

"The members who have fallen into dreams can be considered the outer forces of the safe zone."

The malice that had recently enveloped the store made Shi An very concerned.

The waters of the nightmare world run deep.

He has a safe zone to rely on, so he doesn't need to be on edge most of the time, but he must never let his guard down strategically.

Of course, the most important thing is to find ways to strengthen the security zone itself.

Shi An thought to herself.

The nightmare has been conquered, and Xi Xue and her group should be back soon.

However, it seems I've overlooked something?

Suddenly, a college student's exclamation rang in my ears.

"Manager, something terrible has happened! Master Xuanjian and Master Fagui seem to be... about to die!"

What?!

The bloody handprint dragged the group of people back, swaying precariously.

Seeing that the safe zone had been reached, it quickly abandoned the group.

Among several people,

Xi Xue's face was deathly pale, but she was still able to stand and walk with great effort.

She is also the only one among the three main combatants who can still barely maintain her condition.

The other two

The man in the baseball cap was carrying the middle-aged man with a strange haircut. At this moment, the strange man had lost consciousness, and the messy long hair on his head seemed to be coming alive, growing and wriggling.

And on Fagui's face, strange marks were crawling all over it.

Another person, Lao Cai, also helped to support the swaying Xuanjian.

Xuan Jian was not unconscious, but he didn't look much better. His eyes were filled with a bluish-purple filth, and his body showed visible signs of mutation.

He coughed, coughing up purplish-black blood.

It's pollution.

When he stepped into the spring pool to break through the core of the spring, he inevitably became contaminated.

By this time, the pollution had penetrated deep into the body and soul.

Extremely ill!

Life is like a candle flickering in the wind!

Do I regret it? Maybe a little.

But Xuanjian knew that if he had to do it all over again, he would still make the same choice. His regret stemmed from not being strong enough, from lacking the power to survive a near-death experience.

His path has come to an end.

At least, I have inherited my mentor's beliefs and have not let down my teammates' trust or the store manager's expectations.

In the end, it seems they were only saved because of the store manager.

Although, he still longed to go back and see his sister, master, and fellow disciples.

"Cough cough cough..."

The college students and the men in baseball caps all fell silent.

Even the usually oblivious Xi Xue was speechless and sullen.

What should I say?

They couldn't bring themselves to say a word.

They had already conquered the nightmare;

It should be a time to celebrate the harvest now;

But my chest feels so tight! This awful, nightmarish world!!