I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

Chapter 95 Gray Fog Tide (3K)

Shi An stood on the quiet, empty national highway.

Ten steps away, there was a thick gray fog, like a wall, like a rising gray wave, stretching across the area.

In the dim light, Shi An could catch glimpses of the scenery flashing by in the gray fog.

Like a mirage.

Those were all nightmare scenarios.

It's dreamlike, breathtaking, and awe-inspiring.

Gazing into the darkness, Shi An seemed to glimpse a terrifying giant shadow, which appeared and disappeared for a fleeting moment within the gray mist.

"Is that also eerie?"

"The strange creatures I've encountered so far are all just the most ordinary ones. Even the Black Raven Strange creature, the BOSS of the core-level nightmare, is at most an elite among first-tier strange creatures."

He is no longer afraid of such elitist and unpredictable elites.

However, even a fleeting glimpse of the giant shadow in the fog made his heart skip a beat.

"However, that giant shadow only looks close; in reality, it should be very, very far away from Baijiang City. It resides in the depths of the nightmare."

Otherwise, Shi An would not be so calm.

The fundamental reason for his calmness was that he was just an energy avatar at the moment, and he didn't even have a few cents on him, so he would suffer no loss if the avatar was destroyed.

Shi An walked along this giant wall of gray fog.

He climbed over hills, crossed rivers, and leaped and darted about under the moonlight.

The trees, just a few steps away from the gray fog, remained lush and green, showing no signs of being tainted by the nightmare. In fact, they seemed more normal than the real area that had been invaded by the nightmare.

The river beneath our feet is still meandering and has not been cut off.

Shi An couldn't understand why, even though the upstream and downstream sections of the river were engulfed in the gray fog, the entire river remained unaffected. He could even see fish swimming on the surface of the water.

"The reason behind this is a bit too profound for me."

He was, after all, just a novice dreamer, having only been exposed to nightmares for two and a half weeks.

As Shi An walked along the wall of gray fog, he also saw elite black trench coats patrolling, either in pairs or groups of three.

It seems that the Countermeasures Bureau's forces are scattered throughout Baijiang City, which explains why they could only muster thirty or forty elites when conquering the ancient village of Nightmare.

Even with patrols in various locations, compared to the vast and long border of Baijiang City, the number of patrolling Dreamers was still far too small.

This is something even ordinary dreamers can't do.

"The Dreamers patrolling this border are all aware of Baijiang City's situation. They are all elites."

Shi An found a border area far away from the patrol team.

This is a deep mountain with steep terrain. The moonlight is blocked by the dense branches and leaves, and it is so dark in the mountains that you can't see your hand in front of your face.

Shi An stepped on withered branches and fallen leaves, and walked to the end of the deep mountain, in front of the gently swirling gray mist wall.

He snapped his fingers lightly.

The next moment, from the surrounding darkness, three shadowy soldiers emerged from the ground and stood ramrod straight behind Shi An.

These three soldiers also differ from the original version.

They were still completely black, formed by shadows, but one could vaguely see that these soldiers wore black armor, held black rhomboid shields, and carried sharp, black spears.

They've upgraded from slingshots to cannons.

If he practices for another two or three hours in the training room, he'll probably be able to figure out the spell to summon shadow soldiers.

"Go."

He gave the order and pointed forward.

The three soldiers strode forward and entered the gray fog one after another.

There was no hindrance.

It was as if I had simply walked into a thick fog.

Shi An opened his eyes wide and stared intently at the gray fog not far away, not daring to miss a single detail.

Suddenly, one of the shadowy soldiers vanished.

Its blurry silhouette disappeared from Shi An's sight, along with the mental threads connecting Shi An to the shadow soldier in his mind.

Two seconds later, the second shadow soldier, which had gone further away, also disappeared.

Six seconds later, the third shadow soldier also couldn't withstand it and disappeared without warning, breaking the connection.

He tried a different position.

As expected, the shadow soldiers disappeared abruptly within two to ten seconds after entering the gray fog, even if they remained still after stepping into the fog area, they would still vanish without a trace.

Shi An stroked his chin: "The Shadow Soldiers may not be dead; they're more likely to have been moved to a very far place."

"This shadow soldier is only summoned by a simple incantation, and I can't control it if I'm a little far away from it."

Now that the Shadow Soldiers have been relocated to unknown locations, it's quite normal that contact has been severed.

"This situation seems very much like—a dream!"

The shadow soldier fell into a nightmare, and the connection between him and the shadow soldier was naturally severed.

Baijiang City is an isolated island in the sea of ​​nightmares; stepping out of Baijiang is like falling into a nightmare, which is normal.

only----

Nightmares are chaotic and disordered.

Those who experience dreaming normally progress from shallow to deep dreams, but—

Thinking of the terrifying giant shadow he had glimpsed in the fog, Shi An thought to himself, "The Dream of Falling into the fog zone may not necessarily be in the shallow layer."

The gray fog was like a city wall; it seemed that as long as one did not step into it, there would be no risk of being caught up in a nightmare.

But Shi An walked on.

suddenly,--

"Splash—"

'

Like the ebb and flow of waves, the gray fog suddenly surged up, covering an area of ​​dozens of meters around Baijiang City. After a long while, the fog slowly receded.

Despite this, the trees remained evergreen, as if nothing had happened.

But Shi An still noticed that there were several gray insects, about the size of pebbles, lying among the withered branches and fallen leaves, and they were pupating.

That is a monster commonly found in nightmare worlds, the Gray Stone Worm.

Shi An's gaze sharpened.

"So that's the real reason why the Countermeasures Bureau is patrolling the Baekgang border?"

"Those strange creatures that have wandered into the city may not all come from nightmares invading reality; they may also have broken in from the foggy border region, along with the tide of gray fog."

"However, the Countermeasures Bureau's attack on the Nightmare Core, in addition to delaying the Nightmare's invasion of reality, should also help with the spread of the tide outside the city."

If not, the countermeasures bureau wouldn't bother to fight it.

Thinking this, Shi An blended into the shadows and swiftly traversed the rugged mountains, returning to the main road in just a moment.

soon.

It gives you a feeling of exhilaration, like becoming a superhero.

He didn't yet possess the raw power to leap high into the air, but thanks to his control over the shadows, he could move and jump even faster.

"This is the power of an exceptional-grade cursed artifact."

Shi An was skateboarding back in the shadows when suddenly, he raised an eyebrow and looked sharply to the west.

There, the night was deep and still.

There were no lights in the fields, and the country lanes were extremely dark.

He couldn't see or hear anything unusual.

However, through the perception of the shadow tentacles, Shi An sensed a chilling coldness.

A familiar, eerie chill!

"Not bad at all."

Shi An smiled.

He suddenly understood why, a few days ago, many of his members had rushed forward shouting, "We need to weigh the strange power!"

Holding power in one's hands, it's difficult to control oneself.

"Let the eerie creature test its knife on me."

Baijiang City, Shangxi County, Xikou Village.

This is a village that is relatively close to the border.

As early as a year ago, the countermeasures bureau used methods to relocate all the residents of the village to the county seat.

The entire Xikou Village is now deserted, and only when patrol team members pass by will they take a short rest here.

The reason for relocating the entire village is that it is too close to the fog area, and the countermeasures bureau is afraid that ordinary people might accidentally come into contact with the fog area and nightmares.

Sometimes, when the gray fog tide erupts, monsters and strange creatures invade Baijiang. Villages closest to the border are also very vulnerable to being affected.

Just like today.

Half an hour ago, a Class C gray fog tidal disaster broke out, with multiple strange entities invading the land of Baijiang City.

Originally, the outer perimeter of Baijiang City had been sealed off. With a certain strategic depth, even if there were multiple strange entities, the Countermeasures Bureau could keep an eye on them, delay them, and then eliminate them.

"But can anyone tell me there are still people in this godforsaken place? A bunch of kids, courting death by exploring and livestreaming here! What are the patrol and control teams doing?! Are they just sitting around doing nothing?!"

A bald, burly man in a black combat uniform was cursing.

He looked fierce, with several shocking scars on his face, the top of his head, and his collarbone.

He exuded a menacing aura, standing there like a ferocious tiger.

The bald, burly man glanced at the group of teenagers who had already collapsed in fear from the strange sight, snorted coldly, and still stood in front of them.

He snorted, "Old Liu, Xiao Wu, take these idiots away and lock them up for ten or fifteen days when you get back! As for here, I'll hold them off for now."

The two team members were about to carry the teenagers away when, a moment later, Lao Liu smiled bitterly: "Boss, it seems a bit too late."

The bald, burly man, codenamed "Black Tiger," a vice-captain-level expert, looked around.

Several strange shadows had appeared on the rooftops of several houses.

It was a monster with bluish-gray skin like withered wood, and its eyes were green, emitting a faint glow in the night.

They are fast and have excellent stealth capabilities.

Even someone as powerful as Black Tiger didn't initially notice these strange figures circling around to the back.

"A first-tier anomaly, the Deadwood Anomaly! If you are injured by this anomaly, the injured area will slowly turn into deadwood! This is troublesome."

The most troublesome thing is that these are all bizarre-level combat forces!

In a one-on-one fight, Black Tiger was confident that he could completely obliterate a strange being within ten minutes.

In a situation like this, where there are many opponents, if he were alone, he wouldn't necessarily be unable to handle the situation.

The problem is that there are too many burdens on the scene.

A dozen or so breaths later, Black Tiger, the deputy captain of the Eighth Detachment, was found with his combat uniform tattered and torn.

He took a deep breath.

A strange phantom of a tiger's head appeared behind him, and a terrifying roar exploded out.

Nearby, the two withered wooden figures immediately froze.

Just as Black Tiger was about to rip out the strange heart with a claw, he caught sight of a bluish-gray figure pouncing on several teenagers.

He cursed under his breath, then stomped his foot and twisted his waist, shooting out like a cannonball and repelling the withered tree demon.

However, even two fists can't fight against multiple tricks, and Black Tiger was still scratched by the claws of the Drywood Demon. The injured parts of his body gradually became stiff.

"When will the reinforcements arrive?"

"Boss, it won't be that fast. We need to hold out for at least a few minutes. If it really comes down to it, you should retreat first!"

Xiao Wu was also injured, and his face gradually turned ashen.

The bald, burly man cursed angrily.

He glared fiercely at the group of teenagers who had come out to court death.

Suddenly, his gaze sharpened.

Under the moonlight, a slender figure slowly walked along the country road.

The hustle and bustle of the countryside, the eerie howls and roars, all seemed to be suppressed.

Only when the moonlight shines down can the shadows of those coming from afar be stretched infinitely long.