Chapter 286: Nightmare

Of course 100,000 origin crystals weren't easy to earn. Even with Gu Nan's monstrous mission completion speed, this was still equivalent to over half a year's worth of effort. But now he wanted to complete all this in one mission, so it would certainly be difficult.

Three days flew by, and Zi Yi returned to the loft, informing Gu Nan that they could begin.

They were now located in a small plane near Dream World, which could be regarded as the foothold to enter Dream World—Dream World was a plane that not even Void Cutter existences could enter directly.

Zi Yi had started preparations to enter Dream World as soon as she received the news, but after she contacted Gu Nan, it still took three more days to open the passageway.

One could imagine how difficult it was to enter Dream World with one's true body.

After all, one's true body would allow their consciousness to stay awake, which was a great advantage in Dream World. Fortunately, Zuo Zuo's people were also facing the same problem, so everyone was on the same starting line.

"Be careful of Dream World's nightmares," when entering Dream World, Zi Yi specially told Gu Nan.

"I know." Gu Nan nodded. He wasn't an arrogant fellow who looked down on everything. On the contrary, before every mission, he would conduct a detailed analysis of the mission background, so naturally he wouldn't miss information as important as this.

Nightmares were the only native creatures of Dream World, and they were also a sort of strange existence halfway between illusion and reality.

Because of the special nature of Dream World, this plane was often used to assassinate some powerhouses who were otherwise hard to kill. This was also the start of dream masters.

The reason why these dream masters could accomplish such a feat was due to the existence of these "nightmares."

The entire process was also very simple: find a way to make the enemy dream, wait for the enemy's soul to appear in Dream World, and then lure the "nightmare" over to eat it.

People eaten by "nightmares" would also die immediately, and their souls would be completely annihilated.

From this perspective, dreaming was a very dangerous thing. Fortunately, "nightmares" wouldn't take the initiative to attack dreamers, not unless it was guided by a dream master, or… outsiders entered Dream World.

"Nightmares' attacks mainly target people with distracting thoughts." Zi Yi obviously knew more about this topic than Gu Nan. "The two of them who are dreaming don't have to worry too much about this, but we, on the other hand, are in a more dangerous situation."

Dreamers act on instinct, so of course they wouldn't have many distracting thoughts.

"Let's go. We can spread out a little to increase the chances of success," since Gu Nan seemed to be prepared in advance, Zi Yi also didn't say much and bluntly suggested.

Dream World was very special. This entire plane was an empty space, but its interior was split into large and small pieces, some of which even overlapped.

Merely trying to find their way inside Dream World was enough to give many people headaches.

In this situation, the only way to find Ying Ge and Zi Dian was to search through each of these areas piece by piece. There was no better way.

The first piece of space was a relatively small area. With the two's speed, they finished searching it in a short period of time.

"Not here."

"I don't see them in my section either."

"Let's move to the next area." Zi Yi also wasn't too concerned. Dream World had at least a few hundred separate areas. They would be way too lucky to run into Ying Ge and Zi Dian in the first area.

"Wait." Gu Nan didn't leave immediately and instead casually sent an attack at a certain corner.

Soon, a muffled roar came, pouncing at Gu Nan and Zi Dian. This kind of roar that sounded halfway between illusion and reality made Zi Yi's expression instantly change.

Nightmare!

Gu Nan, this guy, actually discovered the nightmare of this area and deliberately woke it up!

Zi Yi didn't understand what Gu Nan was doing at all, but of course that didn't affect her action—running for her life. Nightmares were practically immortal in Dream World and would soon come back to life if killed, so fighting them was meaningless.

Fortunately, there was only one nightmare in every area of Dream World, and nightmares couldn't travel to different areas. After the two quickly left the area, that nightmare could only roar angrily.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Zi Yi asked angrily. She didn't understand why Gu Nan would do such an extra thing. Was it for fun?

"To make trouble for Zuo Zuo's people, of course!" Gu Nan answered simply, not feeling like he was in the wrong at all.

Zi Yi paused slightly, then understood Gu Nan's meaning a little. Nightmares were usually in a deep slumber, so the two intruders had always moved carefully, for fear of startling awake the nightmare.

Once the nightmare woke up, it was hard for it to fall asleep again. Often, it was necessary for the nightmare to "feast" in its own area.

The method dream masters employed to kill the enemy was also finding a way to wake up the nightmare in the area where the enemy's soul was located, then having the nightmare eat the enemy.

"Will Zuo Zuo's people… really just happen to be behind us?"

"Who can say?" Gu Nan shrugged. "But unless they take the exact same path as us and are always in front of us, they'll eventually come across areas we've already been to."

"As long as a portion of the nightmares can hinder their actions, it'll be our win." Gu Nan chuckled. "An effort as slight as lifting one's finger, is every citizen's responsibility."

Zi Yi, of course, didn't understand the second half of Gu Nan's last sentence, but she still understood his meaning.

In any case, the two of them wouldn't lose out by waking up nightmares, so it really was as easy as lifting a finger.

On the other hand, Ying Ge and Zi Dian wouldn't travel to different areas and would always remain in the same area, so the only other people to search the areas one by one were Zuo Zuo's subordinates. This truly was a good deal for them.

Of course, this would inevitably lead to the death of a large number of innocent people, but was Gu Nan someone who cared about this?

Zi Yi understood Gu Nan's meaning, so whenever they searched an area, the two would deliberately wake up the nightmare right before leaving.

With the two's abilities and the preparations they made in advance, there wasn't much danger—right until they entered a new area.

This was also a small area, but unlike before, there were lots of distinct village houses located here.

The space inside Dream World should usually be chaotic, indistinct, and muddled. There was only one reason why tangible objects would appear here—the nightmare here was awake!

"Look out!" Zi Yi warned immediately, and her figure suddenly disappeared.

Gu Nan frowned at the spot where Zi Yi disappeared from. This wasn't any kind of movement technique he recognized. Rather, it seemed that the space itself had been moved elsewhere.

"A nightmare that's already awake?" Gu Nan's power of shadows reverberated, and the heart in his chest thumped slightly.

After such a long recuperation, the cooldown of Deity's Descent was already over, but Gu Nan wasn't in a hurry to use it.

Under Gu Nan's wary gaze, a nightmare arrived.

Gu Nan only felt that the picture before him changed, and he was already in another scene.

The nightmare's attack extracted the scenes buried in the deepest part of people's hearts, making people sink into them for eternity. If they stayed in the illusion for too long, then they would naturally be trapped inside forever.

The illusion could be one's own, or it could be someone else's. The scene Gu Nan currently experienced was obviously someone else's memory.

He appeared on a snow-capped, misty mountain top, and in front of him was a person he didn't expect.

Red.