I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

Chapter 90 The Shop Manager's Respectful Image! (4K)

Shi An had already guessed that after conquering the Nightmare, the Dreamers would receive a reward, and he would receive an even more valuable reward in the safe zone.

Where does this reward come from?

Of course, it can only be extracted from nightmares.

"When one nightmare is defeated, it's like the nightmare has been shattered. A shattered nightmare needs several hours to fully recover; this period is the nightmare's weakened state."

The countermeasures bureau wants to take advantage of this gap to completely purify Amu.

His safe zone is probably formed when the nightmare is shattered, by extracting the essence of the nightmare and transforming it into concrete loot rewards.

"According to the Countermeasures Bureau, no one can fall into the Nightmare of the Ancient Village naturally; it can only be entered through the Nightmare of the Black Street."

"And now—"

Shi An let Lin Xiao, who was following the main group into the ancient village nightmare, try to activate the membership card's ability.

"A member is currently accessing the secure zone. Do you wish to grant access? (Yes is the default)"

But only half of this notification message appeared before another notification sounded.

"Note: Due to the obstruction of a special force, the safe zone cannot access Amu's current location. More anchor points are needed to strengthen the access."

The power of membership cards is not ineffective; it just needs more reinforcement.

Shi An was originally planning to send a reminder message to the members, but—

Everyone here is a seasoned member, and often they know how to take advantage of all the available resources without needing any prompting.

Xuanjian activates membership card.

Longniu also activated his membership card.

The familiar guiding thread did not appear, but they did receive a subtle hint.

"Only by resonating with the collective power of our members can we build a bridge connecting to safe zones and gain protection."

The dragon and ox showed a look of joy.

"Hurry! Hurry! Issue our membership cards and open the safe zone!"

Within the Countermeasures Bureau, three people have now obtained membership in the Safe Zone.

He, Long Niu himself, Song Jianshen, and Lao Yao.

Longniu also loudly reminded the other members in the safe zone.

At this point, the battle had already begun, and some members were already engaged in combat with the strange entity, unable to spare any more time.

Some members have already used their membership card's access to the safe zone within their current dream cycle and are therefore unable to trigger it again.

Even so, there were more than ten members of the safe zone present at this time, and Long Niu and the others were new members of the safe zone who had never used this privilege before.

One, two, three—

One membership card after another began to glow slightly, an invisible force resonating within them, building bridges and opening doors where the dreamers could not see.

In Shi An's eyes, outside the safe zone, another layer of gray fog was dispelled, revealing a cold, desolate, and dilapidated village scene.

The safe zone has been quietly embedded in the ancient village.

It's as if it always existed here.

In the eyes of members like Longniu and Xuanjian, a faint dotted line appeared, extending towards a certain location in a distant village.

With a safe zone in place, the rear is secured, and the battle is assured.

Of course, no one shouted it out loud; everyone understood the principle that it was inappropriate to plant flags before or during a battle.

But the morale of the elites rose significantly, and they pressed forward even when facing more than ten strange beings.

"cut--

—

Behind the Rakshasa Sword, a blurry yet terrifying figure appeared. Strands of black silk connected to his body, becoming the source of his power.

As his sword flashed, a strange, humanoid arm fell off on the spot.

Even among the many powerful figures present, his combat strength could still be ranked in the top three, second only to Captain Longniu, who was at the second level of the Refinement Realm.

However, he did not fight without holding back; he still kept some attention on his junior brother Xuanjian, who was not far away.

In his opinion, his junior brother's foundation was still too shallow, both in terms of spellcasting skills and combat experience.

In a chaotic battle of this magnitude, the junior brother would be in too much danger.

Rakshasa Sword remained vigilant, holding back some of his strength, ready to strike decisively if his junior brother encountered danger.

Then he saw it.

"A sword strike in the blink of an eye! A sword strike in the blink of an eye! A sword strike in the blink of an eye!"

The young Xuanjian wielded his sword in one hand, his figure flashing across the battlefield.

The Instant Sword is a spell that combines lethality and dash displacement; its burst speed is as fast as a flash of light.

Xuanjian's Instant Sword Strike can be used multiple times in a short period of time! He even incorporates his own innate spell to greatly enhance its lethality and compensate for the spell's shortcomings.

"This is a master-level, lightning-fast sword strike!!"

"Wait, I haven't mastered my Instant Sword Strike yet!"

Rakshasa Sword was stunned; he was almost hit by the strange sneak attack.

But he still didn't quite understand.

I'm the senior brother!

I was clearly much stronger than my junior brother before!

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been the only one on temporary assignment to the Countermeasures Bureau this time.

Rakshasa Sword hadn't practiced much in the training room in the safe zone.

He knew there was something magical about that place, but his family's Ultimate Martial Arts School was no less impressive. Later, due to the shortage of training room slots, the training rooms that the Countermeasures Bureau managed to rent were mostly given to elites who were stuck at the peak of the Control Period.

The Rakshasa Sword was useless then.

Even though his junior brother had invited him over many times.

At that time, "Junior brother, you haven't been in the Refining Stage for very long, and you don't understand the depth of our Ultimate Intent Martial Arts School. Our school also has very magical training grounds."

"My foolish senior brother, you don't understand at all, you have no idea how valuable the safe zone is."

"Junior brother, I am the senior brother, and I have more knowledge than you!"

"But senior brother, I'm a member of the safe zone!"

Luo Shajian suddenly realized the value of being a member of the safe zone.

He suddenly felt like shouting.

"Junior brother, please take me with you next time!"

The battle was in full swing, and Xuan Jian was not the only one to shine.

Bai Chuan from the Countermeasures Bureau, Xi Xue from the Wizard's House, and Wan Xie from the Baijiang Research Institute—these Refinement Stage cultivators all demonstrated overwhelming combat power against the bizarre.

Among them, Wanxie's fighting style is very unique.

He employs manipulative and pay-to-win tactics.

Around him were drones built around cursed artifacts. There were flying octopus-shaped ones, flying cockroach-shaped ones, flying centipede-shaped ones, and so on.

He is a true Dreamer who outnumbers his opponents and overwhelms them with sheer firepower.

He kept tapping the dream crystals and curse potions, creating a very powerful display.

On the contrary, Long Niu, who was the strongest, did not make a move except for initially breaking into the ancient village nightmare.

His target is the mysterious BOSS.

He sees himself as a troubleshooter.

He has eyes in all directions, and if any of the dreamers are in danger, he will send his firefighters to help, or he will take action himself.

However, the firefighters only intervened very rarely.

They have a huge advantage!

"Sure enough, following Lao Song's original plan was the most correct and reliable approach."

Only in this way can we minimize casualties while conquering the nightmare of the ancient village.

However, this advantage is even greater than Longniu had anticipated before the battle!

One reason is the large number of people.

There are more foreign players than I expected.

The other one is————

powerful!

The foreign players are very strong.

It's one thing for the direct descendants of large organizations like Xuanjian and Xixue to be strong.

Long Niu was certainly aware of the strength of these external aids, which was related to the "miracle of the safe zone and training ground." However, the effectiveness of training and practice also depended on the individual.

The Xuanjian group, who came from the direct line of a large organization, had profound backgrounds, had consumed various precious medicines, and had been exposed to the cultivation of incantations at a young age.

But what about those who suffer from dream-induced delusions in the general population?

Long Niu initially thought these reinforcements were not weak, but there was no reason for them to be too strong.

Until he saw it, "Bang!"

Fa Gui carried a coffin on his back, from which emerged his long-nurtured monster, Shi Fa Gui.

The coffin was his reward from the nightmare of the ghost marriage. Together with his natal cursed item, wet hair, it could produce an effect far greater than the sum of its parts.

Lin Xiao's natal cursed item is the "Unyielding Heart," which grants him extremely powerful self-healing and resilience.

He is one of the very few strong individuals among the Dream Fallers who dares to exchange injuries with the bizarre.

He unleashed a bloodthirsty curse, his eyes turning crimson, and his fighting style became extremely frenzied.

It's as if he's the real weirdo!

Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed by, and Lin Xiao, who had just been suppressing a bizarre, relentlessly attacking madman, was sent flying backward. Three gruesome claw marks appeared on his chest.

The dark figure was incredibly fast, and then severely injured two more elites.

"Found you!"

The dragon-ox roared and galloped away at full speed.

He is a second-level expert. His two natal cursed items, the bull horn and the dragon scale, can both enhance his physique, giving him terrifying strength and speed.

Even so, the dragon bull still couldn't catch up with this strange creature.

Fortunately, he was not alone.

The Xuan Sword and the Rakshasa Sword used Phantom Step to block the strange BOSS's movement from the side.

Xi Xue also made a move from a distance.

Lin Xiao, who had just been seriously injured, had now stood up and blocked the strange BOSS's retreat.

Faced with the bizarre situation, the Dreamers had no intention of engaging in a one-on-one fight.

The crowd began a righteous gang fight.

The remaining eerie minions were also being divided and surrounded by elite squads. The Dreamers were relentlessly chipping away at the eerie creatures' life force.

"boom!"

The eerie boss was forced to stop, its black robe shattering in the battle. Its bizarre form finally became clear to everyone.

This is a bizarre humanoid figure, covered in black feathers, with a strange raven head!

The eeriness of ordinary nightmares often follows some logic of reality, but in special nightmares, the eeriness doesn't make any sense.

Seeing its sneak attack fail and surrounded by powerful humans, the eerie BOSS let out a shriek. The shriek vibrated in the eardrums and was accompanied by waves of mental shock, causing even a powerful being like Dragon Bull to be momentarily disoriented.

Seizing the moment of disorientation, the black crow spread its wings like a streak of black light and swiftly fled towards the ancient village.

The remaining monsters, after losing four of their own, fled back to the village along with the monster boss.

"The eerie boss is trying to use the ancient village's terrain advantage to wage a war of attrition against us again!"

"But the past is the past, and the present is reality."

The sorcerer's eye hovered high in the air, tracking the paths of the strange creatures.

At this point, the human side possessed an absolute advantage in combat power.

The dragon bull began its flat push.

"boom!"

The paper figures that launched the sneak attack were mysteriously reduced to ashes by a series of incantations.

"boom!"

The attacking spider was strangely burned by flames, fell with a scream, and was then attacked by weapons.

One after another, they were consumed in a bizarre manner.

Even if the eerie BOSS has the advantage of terrain, it absolutely cannot withstand a single round of eerie resurgence.

"Victory is in sight!"

"We cannot be careless yet. We must eliminate that strange BOSS and completely break through the core of the nightmare before it ends."

"Wait! That eerie boss is trying to escape!"

The black crows moved with incredible speed and stealth, but the magical flying eyes had already sealed off the surrounding area.

It was only when it was about to flee that its path was blocked by the human dreamers.

After the bizarre attack method was exposed, even ordinary cultivators at the Refinement stage were able to hold their own.

If three people work together to hold them off, the other strong individuals will arrive quickly.

Most importantly, the drones were constantly predicting the escape route of the "mysterious BOSS".

The encirclement tightened, and the remaining strange creatures had all been killed.

Black Crow is already trapped.

Even the core of this nightmare, a cloud of black mist, was exposed to everyone's view.

"It's safe!"

"This operation can finally come to an end."

"I can go home and hug my wife and kids now."

"Let's get some late-night snacks when we get back."

However, at this moment, the already wounded Black Crow suddenly lunged towards the cloud of black mist.

As if plunging into lava, the Black Raven's entire body was instantly melted. It was dead, but its lingering consciousness merged with the consciousness of the nightmare at that moment.

It briefly dominated the core.

"boom!!"

The core of the black mist began to boil.

A sense of great terror and foreboding spread outwards in concentric circles.

Everyone was horrified.

"Hey, what's this, Captain Niu?"

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"I don't know, I've never heard of such a thing!"

Someone unleashed a purple fireball, which blasted towards the black mist, but it was instantly swallowed up.

Suddenly, black mist shot into the sky.

A chilling wind swept up.

At this moment, the power of the entire nightmare was mobilized.

The eerie wind transformed into blades, and the black mist, like a ghost, eroded and spread relentlessly, devouring every inch of the land.

"retreat!"

"retreat!"

Long Niu shouted, but the black mist, the erosion, and the ominous spread were too fast; they couldn't outrun it at all.

Some of those who had fallen into the dream were too slow to run and were swept up in it, instantly perishing, leaving only a series of chilling chewing sounds.

At this moment, the black mist seemed to have discovered something. The black mist hung down from the sky, like a giant black spear falling from the sky and striking a certain area.

There, a small shop stood out from its surroundings in the safe zone.

"boom!!"

The giant black mist spear crashed down, cracking the ground around it and sending the wooden house flying in all directions in pieces.

Xuan Jian, Xi Xue, and the others stared wide-eyed, only breathing a sigh of relief when they saw that the safe zone was still intact.

However, the black mist gathered once again, transforming into yet another terrifying giant spear.

Their hearts were in their throats again.

The defenses of the safe zone may be very strong, but if it keeps getting bombed like this, something bad will happen sooner or later!

At this moment, there was no tremor within the safe zone, but the scene of buildings constantly collapsing and crumbling outside still terrified the dreamers inside the store.

They had never seen such a sight before.

Shi An is the same.

The black mist condensed into a giant spear; such a technique far surpasses that of the Dragon Bull.

It's illogical for such power to appear in shallow nightmares.

Shi An was unsure how long the enemy's attack would last.

It's also uncertain whether the safe zone can hold out indefinitely.

He was pondering whether or not to sever the connection between the safe zone and this nightmare.

Suddenly, "Ding!"

"Nightmare power detected; counterattack mode activated ahead of schedule."

"Enter counterattack mode? This mode will continuously consume faith points."

Does he have any other choice?

"yes!"

In an instant, Shi An, sitting in the store manager's office, felt as if his consciousness had ascended to a higher dimension.

His consciousness soared to the heavens, surrounded by streaks of golden light—the materialized power of his belief.

At this moment, the black mist was still striking the safe zone, completely unaware of his consciousness.

The one who falls into a nightmare is also included.

Shi An does not exist here, yet he truly exists here.

"I see, I understand now."

Everything was like instinct, as if it had been practiced hundreds and thousands of times.

Shi An began to manipulate it with unparalleled skill, and strands of his belief value broke apart, transforming into a vast power of belief.

It was inflicted upon him!

Buzz!

In the lingering consciousness of the eerie BOSS, and in the eyes of the dreamers.

A point of golden light flashed across the dark sky, then quickly spread.

The black mist surged like a tide, while the golden light shone like the sea.

The golden light gathered and transformed into a giant, gleaming golden sword.

In the darkness, a faint sound of the word "slash" seemed to echo throughout the heavens and earth.

The next moment, the golden giant sword cleaved through the black mist, scattering the black tornado that was shooting straight into the sky.

Its momentum remained undiminished, and it fell straight down.

"Click~"

"Bang!"

The core of that boiling black mist melted away under the golden light.

The black fog dissipated.

The great terror and ominous signs vanished in an instant.

The golden light dissipated.

From beginning to end, there was only one golden light.

However, Long Niu and the others seemed to see the figure of that person wearing a silver-gray coat and a pendant with the sun and crescent moon on his chest.