Please ask the dream.

Chapter 351 Investigation, Investigation, Investigation
The chief of the Intelligence Processing Section of Jingbin City, Masao Hayakawa, is now exploring the Dreamland. However, unlike those cannon fodders who sneaked in in large numbers just to be baptized, he, who has the potential to be a dreamer, chose to explore alone.

As an intelligence officer, he does not advocate fighting and killing. When exploring the Shadow City, he prefers to obtain intelligence about the core rules through reasoning.

The Shadow City, numbered B-4, is a special place in the bottom layer of the Dreamland where Jingbin City is located. Because of its proximity to the ocean, there are many very dangerous special areas here, but conversely, the structure of the terrestrial nightmare has also been compressed.

Faced with this Shadow City where the rules are clearly fragmented, although Hayakawa Masaru does not dare to say that he can encapsulate it perfectly, he is confident that he can decipher some of the core rules.

Today, after he sneaked into Shadow City as usual, he came all the way to the southeast of Shadow City. After many explorations, he found that the residents in this area interacted most frequently. And with frequent interactions, in his opinion, this should be the information exchange area of ​​Shadow City.

The only problem is how to tell the denizens of Shadow City from the nightmares.

This statement is not strictly accurate, because nightmares are also residents of Shadow City, but for humans, the degree of interactive danger between residents born from positive or neutral thoughts such as obsession, memories, and impulse, and nightmares born from pure malice and negative emotions is completely different.

However, Hayakawa Masaru has been a shadow chaser for nearly twenty years and has gained some experience in distinguishing nightmares from residents. Mingling among the crowd of "people", he carefully observes the posture of each individual and feels the interaction of their information.

Then, he discovered a special individual——

"Every interaction with other individuals is one-on-one, but this one is one-to-many. Could it be something like an intelligence dealer?"

Hayakawa Masaharu focused his attention and began to observe the composition of this individual. Unlike the thousands of people with different faces on the surface of the Dreamland, the consciousness at the bottom of the Dreamland had already been precipitated and could not be moved by one person alone, so it would appear more chaotic.

Explorers can only infer the overall picture of the Shadow City through the tiny part of information that they can understand. The saying "blind men touching an elephant" is very appropriate here.

Just as Hayakawa Masaharu was concentrating on observing, trying to find information that he could understand and apply, a very standard human voice suddenly came from beside him -

"Wait, I want to place a bet too!"

"Bet? What's going on?" Hayakawa Masao subconsciously turned his gaze towards the source of the voice, and then he saw a slightly familiar figure. Before he could see clearly, a terrifying pressure suddenly erupted from that figure.

This feeling was like throwing a flash bomb after "Everyone look at me". Hayakawa Masaru was caught off guard and was mentally stressed. His sanity, which had already been depleted due to the exploration of Shadow City, was instantly hit hard. The next moment, a chill came from his neck...

……

"【Rainbow Sakura swear word】!" Hayakawa Masaru suddenly jumped up from the bed, subconsciously picked up the glasses on the bedside table, and quickly adjusted himself to the mental shock he had received in the dream world.

"The one before... wasn't a resident of the Dreamland, but another architect? Why did he attack me? Or should I say, how did he recognize me through the character card? Or is he just a madman who indiscriminately attacks all architects in Shadow City?"

Hayakawa Masaru's sensitivity as an intelligence officer made him take out his notebook and start recording his exploration process. He vaguely felt that the guy who killed him out of the Shadow City should not be a madman who killed people indiscriminately.

Just as he was recording all his experiences and planning to ask other architects exploring B-4 tomorrow, his communication terminal suddenly rang.

"It's work!" Hayakawa Masaru's work terminal and personal mobile phone are separate. The moment the ringtone rang, he realized that something big might happen. After all, he is the head of a department, and even Yun Zaoxun would not disturb his sleep in the middle of the night for no reason.

"Hello, I'm Hayakawa Masaaki. What? Okay, I'll be there soon. Let the people in the technical department draw a portrait of the criminal first! Idiot! Can't we draw a portrait at the bottom of the Dream Realm? The more side knowledge we have, the easier it is to find the target. If you don't even understand this, then you'll be cannon fodder for the frontline troops!"

After scolding his subordinates, Hayakawa Masaru finally felt better. He picked up his notebook. Although he had no evidence, he felt that the guy who caused the "death" of a large number of soldiers in the Psychedelic Sea was probably the same person who assassinated him...

... [Operation ended, perfect tactics]

[Node settlement: Fantasy +3, Exposure +10]

[Your clean assassination was recognized by the black market, you unlocked the black market permissions, you can trade in the black market, you obtained [Secret · Multi-dimensional Mapping], and you obtained the White Box (White).]

[Drop extraction in progress...]

[You obtained the Fighting Pendant (Blue)]

"You forgot to use it last time, but it appeared again this time, right? Is multivariate mapping such an easy thing to come up with? Could it be that the great existence wants to watch the show again?" Feng Xue secretly complained in his heart, and then cast his eyes on the newly dropped collection -

Name: Fighting Pendant

Category: Fighting Stuff

Quality: Blue Excellent

Effect: Ranged attacks count as body parts.

Note: Weapons are extensions of the body, bullets are weapons, so bullets are also extensions of the body.

……

"This effect is interesting, right? Bullets are part of the body, so sniping is also fighting, right?" Looking at the newly dropped collection, Feng Xue felt that it was full of flaws. Compared with the simple and rough description of the objects of struggle, this bullet-shaped pendant was the same, but this one was regarded as a part of the body...

"Is it similar to the effect of 'Card name can be regarded as xx' in Yu-Gi-Oh? In other words, the increase in melee attack can be applied to long-range attack? Or is it even more outrageous? For example, increasing the attack speed can increase the flight speed of the bullet, and increasing the strength can increase the destructive power of the bullet?"

The more Feng Xue thought about it, the more interesting he found the pendant, but soon he turned his attention back to the white box.

"Is it something similar to the blue box from before? Well, it should be the reward for the black market token of allegiance. After all, even though it is a token of allegiance, a bounty is still a bounty..."

Feng Xue muttered as he opened the box. The next moment, he would rather not have opened it at all.

[You got the red dancing shoes (white)]

Name: Red dancing shoes
Category: Source of Fear

Quality: White ordinary

Effect: Each time you enter a non-combat node, 1 san value will be deducted. If the attack hits, the enemy's feet will be dealt damage of the same power.

Note: A pair of dancing shoes with blood stains. No one knows whose feet they were worn.

(End of this chapter)