Dream Travel

Chapter 140 Dream Terminal
"Looks like there's trouble."

"We are here to solve the trouble!" Bo Lei shot down the man holding the remote control. The man was wearing a white coat stained with blood. He was not a security guard, but a researcher here.

Small illegal laboratories generally do not have security personnel, or the security personnel are themselves.

As the cage was freed, the monster in the laboratory roared and rushed out.

Bai Mu took the weapon box on his back and smashed it forward. Green lightning burst out in a fan shape. The monsters that rushed out roared and were drowned by the lightning, emitting the smell of meat.

"...You are arrested!" Bo Lei took back the small bomb in his hand and held down the last panicked researcher with a fierce look on his face.

The other person looked conflicted and finally sighed.

He could still argue in other places, but there was nothing he could do since he was caught in the act here.

"There are actually cows." Bai Mu looked at the monsters that were electrocuted with great interest. These monsters could be described as skinned minotaurs.

"It should be a creature from a strange dream. There must be a source of strange dreams here!" Bo Lei made a judgment after just one look.

This laboratory is not very large, but there are a lot of things here. Without Bai Mu's previous performance, he would have called for support.

It’s just that Bai Mu’s combat power was too strong, so support didn’t matter.

Bo Lei glanced at Bai Mu's weapon box. It was hard to imagine what kind of mentality he had in making such a weapon.

"Where is the source of the strange dream?" Bo Lei handcuffed the people in the illegal laboratory.

The remaining two researchers were alive, but they could only groan after being shot, and it would be difficult for them to survive without quick treatment.

In response to this, Bo Lei simply treated their injuries. Saving lives is what a doctor does. He is an agent of the Dream Processing Bureau, and his main job is to solve cases related to dreams.

The pinned down researcher pointed in a direction tremblingly. Bai Mu killed the creature they were studying with one move, shattering all his resistance.

Bo Lei walked over and saw a heavy box with a combination lock. The box was bigger than the coffin.

"What's the password?"

"Nine zeros."

Bo Lei used the password to open the box, and when he saw the source of strange dreams inside, his brows furrowed.

Bai Mu, who was blocking the door, asked, "What do you mean?"

That box is something that the observer cannot see through.

"It's very unusual. Come and see for yourself."

This box, which is larger than the coffin, is also a sealing device. It is an old model, otherwise it would not be so thick and heavy.

The real problem is what's inside.

"Brain in a vat? Isn't it said that the source of the dream and the state within the dream are synchronized?"

Bo Lei glanced at Bai Mu in surprise and said, "You know a lot."

He was referring to the brain in the vat that Bai Mu mentioned.

"What's going on here?" Bai Mu didn't say much about the brain in the jar. He learned about this thing from the Internet before he traveled through time, and only saw it in person after he traveled through time.

But the background of this world is similar to the Second Industrial Revolution.

"I'm not sure. It might be some new technology. This isn't the first time the Bureau has discovered it." Bo Lei frowned and hesitated a little before continuing to explain.

"You can think of it as a branch of the Dream Source."

"Branch?"

Bai Mu pondered for a moment, then quickly understood the explanation: "You mean this thing belongs to the phone or computer connected to the Yimeng Source, and the real Yimeng Source is being used as a server?"

Bo Lei nodded: "There is nothing wrong with your understanding."

"It sounds like a good thing. It seems so convenient. It will also make smuggling strange dreams easier."

Bo Lei glanced at Bai Mu speechlessly: "This idea is very dangerous. Technology is indeed constantly improving. Now they can make things like this. Will they be able to deal with the source of strange dreams in the future?
The Dream Source is most stable when it is intact. If we modify the Dream Source for convenience, can the Dream Source really remain stable in the long run? "

"Anyway, I'm not involved in this, so how is this thing made?" Bai Mu looked at the brain in the jar and sensed it a little. There was indeed a hazy feeling.

However, this hazy feeling is very weak and can only be perceived when you are very close.

Bo Lei searched the laboratory for a while and found a bottle of "brain marrow" similar to tofu pudding. The bottle size of this thing was much smaller than the ones Bai Mu had encountered before.

At least three or four bottles can be divided out of the bottles carried by those demons, and this bottle has been almost half used up.

Looking at those minotaur monsters on the ground, this thing seems to be quite effective.

"I don't do this either. This is a scientist's job." After turning off the electromagnetic shielding of the laboratory, Borley took out the communicator and called the cleanup personnel.

He was in charge of kicking down the door, and someone else would clear the area afterwards. As for the lab, it would be disposed of, and someone would fill it with cement. If they didn't do this, there would be more and more holes in Rota's sewers.

"Speaking of which, this branch of the source of strange dreams doesn't seem to have much dream erosion?" Bai Mu waved his hand. Even if the brain in the jar was taken out of the big box, the range of that hazy feeling was not large.

"What if the Dream Erosion is concentrated on the main Dream Source?" Bo Lei said solemnly, "This technology means that the Dream Source will be abused."

The unlucky people who entered the strange dream were prone to drilling holes in the dream. Coupled with abuse, hundreds of holes appeared, and the source of the strange dream would only become more and more dangerous.

As long as the source of the strange dream is fine, the hole will not cause the strange dream to collapse, but will only make the influence of the strange dream continue to expand. Only when the source of the strange dream is in trouble, the harm of the hole will be truly revealed.

This is what Borei was worried about. If the Dream Source, which was used as a server, was also transformed into this, and if the Dream Source had a large number of holes, that thing would be a 'nuclear weapon'.

If a dream source with a large number of holes is sent to the center of the city and then explodes out of control, the city will suffer a fatal blow.

There are too many dangers caused by uncontrolled dreams. Many creatures from dreams come to this world because of uncontrolled dreams.

"I'm more concerned about these cows than the brain in the vat. They've brought these minotaurs out. Do you have any ideas on how to deal with them?"

"...Your idea is even more dangerous." Bo Lei was even more speechless, but he was not too worried about this matter. Bai Mu could have made it clear in advance, so at least he would not take risks.

"How did you bring these minotaurs out?" Bai Mu walked to the conscious researcher.

"We bought it." The researcher replied with despair. He was just a scientist, not a trained agent. He was arrested with overwhelming evidence, so there was no need for interrogation.

Just get caught, and you won’t have to repay the expensive debt.

The brain in the vat was bought from a smuggler. It was said to be a new type of dream source technology. They were a little skeptical at first, but after actual experience, they found that it was true.

So they took out another loan to buy matching items for the new type of strange dream source, which was the "tofu pudding" in Bo Lei's hand.

Through that kind of thing, they can also temporarily enter the dream through the dream source like the dream walker, and then trade with the other force inside.

Of course, they can also take the initiative to explore and find more valuable things. These minotaur monsters are what they bought from the dream.

The price is much cheaper than that bottle of 'tofu pudding'.

"The loss rate was quite high. We bought twenty in total, but only managed to bring back five..."

"A one in four chance." Bai Mu elbowed Bo Lei.

Bo Lei glanced at the white curtain. The content of the interrogation was similar to what the Processing Bureau had obtained.

There are people who specifically look for these scientists to sell so-called "hot-selling products", and these people have high-end knowledge and are much more curious about strange dreams than ordinary people.

In addition, many of them have a certain status in society and are able to buy these things.

Soon, people from the processing bureau arrived here, cordoned off the scene very professionally, took away the brain in the tank, and dismantled the research equipment here.

At the same time, Bo Lei also found out the identities of the three researchers.

The one that was intact was a professor at a university in Rota City, and the identities of the remaining two were not much different.

Not only that, several students of that university professor also participated in this research, but they were not present at the scene because they were still in a dream.

They had been waiting for several days, and faced with this disappearance, the university professor did not dare to make too much of a fuss.

"It's very likely that his student died in a dream." Bo Lei put the small bottle in his hand into a transparent bag and sealed it.

If the subsequent impact of this thing is not handled properly, conflicts between dream walkers and ordinary people will be inevitable.

The Bureau doesn't want to see this.

In the past, dream walkers were "couriers" and "explorers" who were difficult to replace, but now with new technologies, the identity of dream walkers is no longer so important.

So the Dream Walker, which was originally regarded as a consumable by some companies, is no longer just an ordinary consumable.

When a dream walker can no longer work, he or she may be turned into something in a bottle, and a large number of ordinary people will be asked to replace the dream walker's work.

Not only that, even young dream walkers may become targets of others due to huge benefits.

As long as there is profit motivation, there will always be people who take risks, and dream walkers will all be in danger, and the subsequent impact will be too serious.

What’s worse is that this incident happened not only in Rota City!
The local Dream Processing Bureau can handle this matter as best as possible, but what about other cities?
If the source of this incident cannot be destroyed quickly, the subsequent negative impact will continue to expand.

"What are you going to do with that brain in the vat?"

After leaving the sewer, Bai Mu and Bo Lei squatted on the side of the road and chatted.

"Keep it for now. The local processing bureau will analyze it and try to track down the true source of the dream."

Bo Lei answered, and after thinking for a moment, he continued, "This matter may still require your help..."

(End of this chapter)