I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

Shi An opened the panel.

"Safe Zone"

Rank: LV2

「升级条件：信念值680/1000、梦境结晶20/20、坠梦者来客73/100。」

Number of Nightmare dungeons completed: 20

In the last two or three days, the efficiency of Nightmare Conquerors relying on the safe zone has increased significantly.

Shi An doesn't need to specifically organize those who have fallen into nightmares to conquer them.

Even if they were lucky enough to encounter a major nightmare, he believed that the several powerful individuals whose strength had increased significantly would spontaneously organize a team to conquer it.

With just a little guidance, the store manager could instantly dispel the nightmare.

The 20 completions didn't trigger any special rewards, and most of the loot from Shi Anxuan's selections were membership cards.

Occasionally, I will choose a complete cursed object or a cursed object template with a good ability description.

On the task platform, the "Nightmare Walkthrough" task officially released by the safe zone has been running for a long time.

Contribution points can be earned by completing Nightmare challenges.

Not to mention the free shelter and numerous benefits.

To those who have fallen into a dream, it's like throwing money away.

While they were grateful, they were also worried that if they continued to distribute the supplies, the safe zone might go bankrupt and one day be unable to continue operating.

Several people who have fallen into this state have approached Shi An, advising, "Why don't you raise your fees, manager?"

They were genuinely afraid that the safe zone would become unsustainable.

They can no longer adapt to the nightmare of having no safe zone.

However, for Shi An, the Dreamers certainly profited, but he profited even more.

As long as these waves of Dreamers clustered around the safe zone continue to conquer the nightmare, he, the shopkeeper, will be able to earn far more money than he spends.

It's not just about money.

The contributions he made were both bait and a justification for distributing membership cards in a reasonable way.

The more membership cards issued, the more iron bars there are in the safe zone, the greater the influence, and the more nightmares can be connected, expanding the channels for attracting customers.

Even so, Shi An's membership cards kept increasing.

There are now more than ten membership cards remaining.

"I can't finish sending them all, I simply can't finish sending them all."

Shi An looked at the upgrade requirements.

At first glance, the belief value is the most lacking, but in reality, the biggest gap is in the third item, "The Dreamer Visitor".

As the Dreamers progress through the game, their Faith value increases rapidly.

However, for the visitors who fall into dreams, the statistics are based on the number of people rather than the number of visits.

And this number sometimes drops.

A drop in numbers means...

"Some people who have fallen into a dream have died."

Besides the man in the black suit, Shi An experienced this three times.

Once, the Dreamer encountered an accident while navigating a nightmare, and was instantly and mysteriously killed, beyond saving.

This is also the daily life of those who have fallen into dreams.

No matter how well prepared you are, you may still encounter an accident, and accidents are often accompanied by death.

However, on the other two occasions, the two people who fell into the dream world did not die in the dream world, but in reality.

Died in reality, amidst a bizarre invasion and disaster!

"The real world is still too dangerous. I need to strengthen the power of those around me... the power of the supernatural."

Shi An opened the panel of the Underworld Robe.

"Underworld Robe"

Skills: Red Sleeves, Candlelight Flash, Crimson Silk of the Underworld

"With the current power of the Underworld Robe and the Blood Handprint, I wonder which stage of the Dream Fallen can they be compared to?"

"Speaking of which, the path for those who fall into dreams is clear and straightforward: from using cursed objects to refining them, and then to undergoing a transcendent transformation. So what's so strange about it?"

"The supernatural also has a hierarchy, and the power of the supernatural and the Dreamers both originate from nightmares."

In theory, those who fall into dreams can break through, and so can the supernatural.

However, An really couldn't come up with the bizarre method of breakthrough at this point.

The countermeasures bureau couldn't possibly have one.

He could only...

"Belief level, let me see your limits!"

"Hint: The Underworld Robe - Candlelight Flash has been upgraded."

"Hint: The Underworld Robe - Crimson Silk has been upgraded."

A wedding dress fluttered in the training room.

A powerful, invisible force poured in, causing her entire wedding dress to billow.

The next instant, the red-clad figure began to flash in the training room, the frequency increasing rapidly, creating six or seven afterimages in the blink of an eye.

The afterimage lingered in mid-air for several seconds before slowly dissipating.

"Eek~"

"You mean, this training room is too small to test the limits of Candlelight Flash?"

"Eek (Of course~)" Miyazaki put his hands on his hips.

The changes in the Senluo Red Silk are also significant.

It seems to have enhanced the wedding dress's defensive capabilities, and at the same time...

"It can not only change size, but also change color?"

"This improvement... is wonderful!"

Once Shi An unlocks the Hades Armor Mech, he won't need the large red number anymore.

This is definitely not because of any shame about cross-dressing; it's mainly because I want to be low-key, and changing to black or something makes it easier to blend into the night.

Shi An was not enhanced by all of the skills of the Hades Robe; the enhancements were all to his life-saving abilities.

After all, the role of the Surplice was to be someone's personal bodyguard.

Then he summoned the bloody handprint.

"Prompt: Consume 150 Faith Points to further enhance the 'Little Blood - Blood Hand Brand' skill?"

"yes!"

This enhancement seems to be even more intense, and Xiao Xue's entire body is steaming.

It instantly turned into a blood mist, and then solidified into a robust body within the blood mist.

A tiny head, a body as tall as an iron tower.

The bloody handprint reached out.

In an instant,

"Boom!"

A massive cloud of blood mist surged forth, instantly coalescing into a gigantic hand three or four meters long.

Its speed of condensation and its power are far greater than when Xiao Xue suppressed the 'savage'.

But this strengthening does not seem to be over yet.

"Prompt: Spend 89 units of Faith Points to complete the defect in the employee's bloody handprint?"

Another stream of faith power poured in.

Blood Handprint's entire body turned red, like a red-hot branding iron, scorching and steaming.

It let out a roar that was three parts pain, three parts excitement, and four parts high-spiritedness.

After a while,

Its body gradually shrank, returning to its adorable mascot form.

but,

"Hint: The employee's bloody handprint has awakened its third skill, 'Blood Demon Incarnation'."

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"Blood Demon Avatar: Consumes more than half of its own blood mist to enter the Blood Demon Burst form. In this state, the Blood Handprint can manipulate even more blood mist, with the quantity and range of the blood mist exceeding the limit. This state has a short duration, but absorbing external blood can extend the duration of the Blood Demon Avatar."

The Blood Handprint has been completed and now possesses three major skills.

There are also three shrine garments.

Shi An stroked his chin: "The Strange One has three innate skills, and the Dream Fallen One has refined three innate cursed artifacts. Is there a connection between these?"

"Does this mean that by strengthening all three of the bizarre skills to their peak, one can touch the threshold between the bizarre and the extraordinary?"

But setting aside the distant extraordinary beings, the sheer power unleashed by the blood handprint just now was enough to terrify him.

It hasn't actually used its new skill, "Blood Demon Avatar," yet.

How powerful would it be to unleash the ultimate skill and then use the Blood Hand Mark to attack?

Shi An is unaware.

He didn't get a chance to try.

On the one hand, he wanted a chance for Xiao Xue to try his skills, but on the other hand, he felt that the lack of such a chance meant that the world was at peace.

...

At the same time.

Next door, in the nightmare of the blood-red bus, at the countermeasures bureau's logistics camp.

The elites from the Countermeasures Bureau are all ready to go.