I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

Even after completing the walkthrough of this nightmare of a ghost marriage, the loot is still a choice of one out of three, instead of three out of five.

Just as Shi An had predicted.

"This is still just a minor nightmare, lower in rank than a major nightmare."

he thought to himself.

Moreover, "small nightmare" (ordinary nightmare) and "large nightmare" are just common terms used by ordinary people who suffer from nightmares.

In the world of ordinary dream sufferers, there are at most these two kinds of nightmares.

But Shi An had already heard that there were many more nightmares of higher rank and greater danger in the deeper layers of nightmares.

Those nightmares are also much larger, with some truly resembling miniature worlds.

Because of these terrifying nightmares, even experts at the Refinement Stage, the Third Refinement Realm, or even higher levels still dare not be careless when they fall into a nightmare.

Shi An looked at the reward.

"①Special Item: Paper Doll x3"

"Description: A one-time use item that summons a life-sized paper doll for your use in battle. The paper doll possesses basic water and fire resistance, is stronger than an average adult male, and can exist for up to 6 hours."

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"②Cursed Dream Item: Red Wedding Dress (Rare)"

"Note: A bright red wedding dress, which is difficult for ordinary people to use directly, but once put on, it has the effect of repelling water, fire and sharp weapons. Its ability is yet to be developed."

"Note: Wearing a red wedding dress for too long may cause one to be assimilated by the red wedding dress and become the bride of the wedding dress."

After clicking on the details of these two spoils, Shi An had to admit that he was a little envious.

The former is a one-time use item, a life-saving treasure in the eyes of the vast majority of those who have fallen into dreams.

Shi An is only moderately greedy.

But the latter,

"It's actually a rare-grade cursed artifact."

"Rare grade is one thing, but this red wedding dress clearly has considerable defensive capabilities."

In reality, even with its impressive defensive capabilities, the Red Wedding Dress is somewhat of a liability under normal circumstances.

This defense only works if you wear it.

Was he the store manager, wearing a red wedding dress?

This is women's clothing.

The negative impact of wearing a red wedding dress is that wearing women's clothing for a long time can really lead to feminization!

However, he possesses the power of containment, which allows him to exert the power of the red wedding dress without needing to wear women's clothing.

Shi An was indeed envious.

Unfortunately, he had already made up his mind to choose the strange employee.

"The red wedding dress is indeed the defensive artifact I want, but by contracting a new weird employee, I can have a weird guardian in reality for a longer period of time, which will better guarantee my safety."

The bloody handprint is, after all, the mascot of the safe zone... symbolizing the shop assistants.

Many of the dreamers who have been to the safe zone are already aware of its existence.

In this situation, it would be inconvenient for Shi An to summon the bloody handprint to the real world. In the real world, he was just an ordinary office worker in the Countermeasures Bureau, and could not possibly be equated with the great, righteous, and honorable store manager.

After contracting Employee Number Two, as long as Shi An prevents Employee Number Two from showing up in the safe zone, he can use him freely in reality.

Plans are in place!

He looked at the information of the second employee.

"③ Special: Red clothing"

"Note: A special life form, 'Red-Clad Mystery,' has been created and contracted to become 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 for the Red-Clad Mystery is: 0.5 Faith Points/day."

Skills: Red Sleeves, Candlelight Flash, Crimson Silk of the Underworld (Click to view details)

Note: The current security zone level is LV2, and you can still recruit one employee through a contract.

Three skills!

It has one more mark than the bloody handprint, no wonder it asks for a higher salary than Ah Xue.

"And this skill..."

The first skill, "Red Sleeves," is the same skill used by the mysterious red-clad attacker in the safe zone.

It can cause one's clothing to stretch and expand, and contain powerful magical energy.

The second skill, "Candlelight Flash," is also an ability that the mysterious red-clad figure used previously.

"No wonder I couldn't spot the figure in red; it really was teleportation!"

"And it can teleport multiple times in a short period of time!"

Although the distance of a single teleportation is not long, the speed at which the eerie red-clad figure travels is not slow. Moreover, the greatest advantage of this teleportation lies in its ability to maneuver over short distances.

The third skill, "Crimson Silk of the Forest," has a rather mysterious description, and the eerie red-clad figure doesn't seem to have used it before.

"The Crimson Silk of the Netherworld: The red silk can be large or small, and can contain objects, people, and transform. Items and living beings covered by the red silk can be teleported by the Candlelight Flash."

"This skill..."

Shi An stroked his chin. "Perhaps, we can develop a similar use for it as the red wedding dress artifact we just created?"

After all, the true form of the eerie red dress seems to be a red wedding gown.

After thinking it over, Shi An confirmed the option and summoned Employee Number Two from the Alchemy Workshop.

In an instant,

Enveloped in white mist, a figure resembling the previous eerie figure in red emerged gracefully from the mist.

She... she was wearing a red wedding dress, the embroidery on which was clearly visible. Her face was covered by a veil, and her sleeves were empty, so her hands were not visible.

However, compared to the eerie red dress of the previous figure, there were no more drops of blood on the wedding dress of this figure, nor was there any eerie, terrifying, or ominous aura surrounding it.

It walked up to Shi An and bowed slightly.

"Now that you have returned from the underworld and been reborn, then you shall be called Mingyi."

……

"The eeriness of the red-clad figure has indeed dissipated, and the ominousness of the nightmare world is receding."

The three met at the altar.

As the eeriness disappeared and the nightmare vanished, the things at the altar also changed.

Some things have been transformed into props under the influence of rules.

The most precious things are what remained after the mysterious demise...

"A red veil; judging by its appearance, this is a complete-grade cursed artifact. However, it contains surging cursed power, making it a top-grade artifact even among complete-grade cursed artifacts."

"There are several items on the altar, one of which is a paper doll in a wedding dress. I've seen this kind of prop in other places; it's very practical, and the paper doll can last for about an hour."

"This coffin is also a complete cursed object, and its effects remain to be explored."

"There are also a few more common materials and props, such as yellow paper, funerary wood, incense and candles..."

"It truly lives up to its reputation as a special nightmare; we've already found so much even before we've conducted a thorough search."

Jiang Peng and Researcher Wang were both from the Baijiang Research Institute and were quite wealthy.

Their main income does not come from nightmare walkthroughs, but from research and development.

He immediately stated that they could forgo most of the spoils, but he wanted to examine all of them.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Okay."

The store manager gave him full authority to handle it.

Clearly, the store manager still looked down on these spoils, and he was even more certain that this strategy was merely a test for the store manager.

Judging from the situation, he has probably passed.

"Besides that, I have one more request."

He paused for a moment and then said, "Um, could we conduct some research at your camp?"

Researcher Wang: "Camp? What camp?"

No, what's so interesting about the camp? They've seen camps before, so why would they trade it for spoils?