I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

The atmosphere inside the store was somber.

With his enhanced Blood Hand Brand, Xiao Xue firmly suppressed the burly man who was about to go berserk.

This is not easy.

Controlling a powerful but unpredictable individual is several times, even ten times, more difficult than simply defeating or killing them.

But Xiao Xue still managed to suppress it.

We're betting on the honor of being official employees of the safe zone, we can't admit defeat!

"Give him his medicine!"

Shi An spoke again.

Fa Gui snapped out of his shock and rushed forward, shoving the cup of purified water right in front of the burly man's mouth.

He also controlled his own strange creature, the Wet Hair Monster, which pried open the strong man's mouth.

Then pour the purifying solution directly into the cup.

Drink it all!

The burly man continued to struggle.

Xuan Jian stepped forward and handed over the purifying water that was placed to the side.

Fa Gui took it and poured it in again.

The second one!

The third cup!

The fourth cup!

Pour in several cups!

A powerful purifying force erupted within the body, flowing to every limb and bone.

The burly man, who had been like a wild beast, was gradually losing the madness in his eyes, and his struggles were weakening.

"It works!"

Shi An stared intently.

Purifying water can only cleanse negative influences; it's not a panacea that can restore one's entire condition with a single sip.

Even several times the amount wouldn't be enough to make this burly man, who was "terminally ill," immediately recover and become energetic again.

However, if there is a change, it means that it is effective.

It's possible to save someone!

Shi An then had Fa Gui feed the burly man, who looked like a wild man, some nutritional supplements.

After a while,

The burly man finally stopped struggling, and Xiao Xue also dissipated the giant hand formed from the blood mist.

It quietly wiped away non-existent sweat and let out a long sigh.

There were no mishaps.

It's finally possible to save face for the Blood Lord.

At this moment, the burly man knelt on the ground, the purifying water taking effect. A powerful purifying force was impacting his body.

The burly man had his eyes closed, his brows furrowed, and his muscles twitching.

The purifying force is still impacting.

It spreads within the body, bursting outwards, surging out of the body surface, and rushing towards the eroded and altered parts.

On the burly man's skin, the bluish-purple, knotted muscles sizzled as if they had been dropped into a pot of oil, with white steam rising from them.

Gradually, these knotted muscles began to crack, fall off, and dissolve.

The muscular, savage-like man wasn't born that way. His physique was a product of alienation, a spreading erosion.

He is actually...

A dozen minutes later.

After the muscular man's outer shell was completely removed, what appeared before Shi An and his companions was actually a...

He was a rather handsome young man.

Shi An: "???"

Is that correct?

Just now, he was like an iron tower, over two meters tall, resembling a wild man or a beast, incredibly robust.

In the blink of an eye, only sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers remained.

She looks about the same as Little K.

If it weren't for the resemblance between the boy's features and the previous burly man, Shi An wouldn't have believed that they were the same person.

The teenager still has some signs of erosion, which may need to be gradually removed in the future.

But by then, his physical crisis had passed.

He opened his eyes, the madness gone, his mind returning to normal.

However, he remained bewildered.

He asked blankly:

"Where am I?"

"And who am I?"

The first question is reasonable, but the second one...

Oh no, it seems like this boy's brain has been eroded and burned out.

Shi An asked, "What do you remember?"

The boy thought for a long time: "I...I remember I was walking, walking and walking, walking until I was very, very tired, and the whole world was blood-red and black. After that, I don't remember much."

have to.

Ninety percent of my past experiences have been forgotten; all that remains is the wandering in the nightmare world. Even the memory of this wandering is hazy.

"Since you can't remember, you can stay here for now. Room and board are provided, you work five days a week and have two days off, plus a salary."

Although the boy's memory was hazy, he still vaguely remembered that it was not easy to find a place to settle down in this world.

He agreed.

……

Shi An let Fa Gui take the young man to change his clothes.

Fortunately, Xi Xue and Xuan Jian had sent a batch of supplies, including the Dreamer's "outfit," otherwise Shi An would have had to continue making the boy wear savage clothes.

Before the boy left with Fa Gui, Xuan Jian kept his eyes fixed on him.

After a long while, Xuanjian said, "Shopkeeper, I think I know who this young man is."

"Who is it?"

"A genius from humble beginnings. A former genius."

Xuanjian told a story.

The story is simple.

There was once a boy named Lin Xiao who ventured into nightmares and battled the bizarre. In just two and a half months, this boy with no background fought his way from a complete novice to the Great Perfection of the Control Stage.

His talent and his will are recognized by many strong people.

The first seat of the Wizarding Family and the master of the Ultimate Martial Arts Academy, both top experts, wish to take the young man as their disciple.

An unexpected event occurred at this moment.

The boy's family was caught up in a bizarre disaster and all of them perished.

Young Lin Xiao was also seriously injured as a result.

"Later I heard that Lin Xiao spared no expense in developing cursed artifacts, in an attempt to obtain even greater power."

"But after a while, there was no news of him in the Dreamers community. The official classification was missing, and many people believed that he had died in an accident."

Xuanjian sighed.

Power comes at a price.

This is especially true for those who experience dream-induced delusions.

Lin Xiao's world is consumed by hatred; everything he does is focused on gaining power. He has virtually no anchor in reality, so how could he not easily get lost in his nightmares?

But the pain of losing a loved one is something that outsiders cannot understand or console unless they have experienced it themselves.

"Lin Xiao disappeared two months ago."

"That means he survived in the nightmare world for at least two months. A full two months!"

Xuan Jian admired him.

They also sighed with regret.

A former genius.

But in this nightmare-shrouded world, everyone, whether genius or strong, is struggling.

Who can get to the shore?

……

Shi An gave the boy Lin Xiao a basic examination.

Lin Xiao is currently in the Refinement stage, at the First Refinement Realm.

My natal charm is the complete-grade "Unyielding Heart".

He also possesses two mastery-level spells!

One innate spell is "Unyielding Dragon Fist," and the other is a general spell is "Bloodlust."

In fact, Lin Xiao may not only know two spells, but after he lost his memory, he could only instinctively use these two spells that he had mastered.

This young man is very strong.

Previously, Lin Xiao and the Butcher were evenly matched in a strange way, simply because Lin Xiao's fighting style was completely unpredictable.

They lack tactics and don't know how to dodge.

His condition was also very poor.

In reality, Lin Xiao's theoretical combat strength is even greater than Xuan Jian's.

"He's a formidable general."

"The safe zone is too cramped right now; we can only make room for two beds in the tool shed. Once the safe zone is upgraded, we definitely need to improve employee benefits."

Lin Xiao had almost nothing of value.

There were no weapons and no supplies.

Based on his previous condition, he probably wouldn't survive today or tomorrow.

But there was one item he kept on him, something he had carefully preserved.

A tattered map.