Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 21 Forbidden Dream
Faced with so many exchange options, not to mention the firearms, there are even summons like 'Advanced Sea-Follower' and vehicles like 'Steam Cannon Airship'?
Li Nanke had no doubt about the authenticity of the synchronized prompt that "rewards can be brought back to the real world".

After all, he had just returned to the real world to verify it himself. Since the extraordinary powers in dreams can be brought back to reality, why can't the objects in dreams be brought back?

When he saw the second half of the sentence, 'the next forbidden dream', his eyes became complicated. He felt a kind of excitement that he had anticipated, but also a kind of fear about the unknown future. His heart was extremely conflicted.

Li Nanke stopped looking at the exchange options and said to the vast and boundless 'other shore': "Do I need to continue the next dream?"

A cold mechanical voice replied.

[Yes, you have completed the dream guidance and officially promoted from a dreamer to a nightmare, but this is just the beginning. You must continue to experience one forbidden dream after another. ]

[You have no right to refuse. The only thing you can do is to try your best to survive and become stronger. ]

So this is the price... Li Nanke raised his eyebrows: "What is the purpose of doing this? How strong do I need to be?"

【You are not currently authorized to know. 】

He suppressed his emotions, took a few deep breaths and said, "Since you need me to survive and become stronger, shouldn't you explain in detail those characteristics, main qualities, and what "self" and "animal nature" and "human nature" are?"

[This is a special gift from the Great Other Shore, a great system that can accommodate all extraordinary powers.]

[The individual of intelligent creatures is formed by the essential 'self', and the essential 'self' is composed of four major matrices, namely 'animal nature', 'human nature', 'spirituality' and 'divinity'. ]

[To make it easier for you to understand, you can roughly understand the four major matrices as "classifications", the main qualities as "schools", "occupations", etc., and the characteristics as "skills", "expertise", etc.]

[For example, the trait 'Lake Breath' that you have already mastered has the 'skill' of breathing underwater, and the main trait 'Deep Sea' that you have not yet redeemed is the 'profession' of creatures such as Sea-lovers. Both belong to the 'category' of 'beastiality'. ]

[Strengthening traits can specialize in a certain 'skill', while strengthening the main quality can obtain comprehensive strengthening of the 'school' and 'profession'. Some strange main qualities can even comprehend related traits on their own after being strengthened to a certain degree. ]

【Mastering the essence and the power system of the four major matrices can theoretically accommodate all extraordinary powers. 】

Li Nanke's eyes flickered: "I think I understand, but why do you say it's theoretically?"

After getting the explanation, he had a preliminary understanding of this unheard-of magical power system, but new questions soon arose.

"Besides, learning too much and too diverse is not necessarily a good thing. Being a jack of all trades means being good at nothing. Why not become the best at one path?"

【You are not currently authorized to know. 】

Being the damn Riddler again, huh?

He turned to ask the most crucial question: "So when will I next enter the forbidden dream?"

[You need to find a forbidden object with pheromones remaining on it within 90 natural days, and use it to enter the next forbidden dream.]

As the mechanical voice finished speaking, an invisible will poured into my mind.

Li Nanke felt that there was a new knowledge in his mind, which was a special method called "visualization". Using this method, he could visualize the forbidden object after finding it, and establish a certain connection with the Great Beyond, and enter a dream related to the forbidden object.

The previous 'Sea of ​​Abes' black dream data disk was a taboo object. Li Nanke accidentally came into contact with the taboo, which then triggered an even more taboo existence - the great other shore.

"Good guy, I have to actively look for forbidden objects before I can continue the next dream." He did not ask about the consequences of not finding the forbidden objects within the specified time limit, because the answer to this question was obvious.

"Are there any other big rules that I don't know about? If so, let's talk about them together."

[Not yet.] "Then if I reveal information about the Great Beyond in reality..."

[Yes, you can do it in both the real world and the dream world, but you will have to bear all the risks and crises alone.]

Li Nanke paused, this 'Great Other Shore' was greater than he had imagined... no, it should be said that it was more terrifying.

The Great Beyond doesn't care about any confidentiality leaks, nor does it care whether the real world will undergo unpredictable changes due to the knowledge of its existence, which means that reality does not pose any threat to it.

Neither the advanced technology of the real world nor the Crisis Control Bureau that houses and controls many forbidden objects can have any impact on it.

Or maybe the real world has already known about the existence of the Great Beyond...

Thinking of this, he asked some more detailed questions, and after getting the answers, he turned his attention to the redemption list.

In the mechanism of the Great Beyond, any extraordinary power obtained in dreams can be brought directly back to reality, but there are certain conditions for bringing back items, which is that the true ownership of the items must be obtained.

The only item in the normal list that has ownership is Liliana's Chainsword, which was obtained by triggering some hidden conditions and can therefore be redeemed for free.

The same is true for the main substance 'Deep Sea' in the special list. As a hidden node reward, he has the ownership of the main substance, but he returned to reality before he could claim it, so it will appear in the list and can be redeemed for free.

In the general list, except for necessary consumables such as ammunition, which has no limit on quantity, and grenades, which has a total of 10, other items cannot be redeemed repeatedly.

The 250 points converted from an S+ rating are enough to redeem anything on the normal list.

After careful consideration, he exchanged the free chainsword first. Instead of exchanging it for the thermite rifle, he chose the blaster rifle.

The remaining 50 points were used to exchange for an armor set worth 5 points, the 'Apprentice Uniform Set', and the rest were exchanged for two types of ammunition for the blast rifle.

Compared to the powerful thermite rifle, the blaster gun looks ordinary, but in fact, this gun is very powerful.

【Shock Rifle】

【Type: Weapons/Firearms】

[Quality: Ordinary+]

[Rating: 55/100]

[Details: A strange combination firearm weapon, equipped with two types of barrels, the automatic rifle barrel has a capacity of 20 rounds, and the blast barrel has a capacity of 2 rounds. There are cluster mode and scatter mode that can be adjusted. The former can stun and control a single powerful enemy with cluster blast, and the latter can repel a large number of weaker enemies with scatter shock. ]

[Note: Shock wave, shock, shock ~ bounce, bounce, bounce ~]

In reality, there are many firearms that are more powerful than the stun rifle, but Li Nanke is not interested in its ability to bring back reality, but in preparing for the next forbidden dream.

There aren't many powerful exchange items in the general list, and the blast rifle is the weapon with the most powerful overall performance that he can exchange for.

The reason for exchanging the apprentice uniform set was not for the near-zero protection, but actually just for the several armed belt buckles in the set. This portable tactical belt that can hold both guns and ammunition and weapons is a must-have item for home and travel.

Although the redeemed items have a storage function similar to a separate space and can be taken out and stored in reality and dreams, if you get a large number of weapons and firearms in the next dream, if you lack a tactical belt, it may cause the inconvenience of not being able to carry them with you.

After solving the normal exchange list, the next thing is the special list.

(End of this chapter)