Dream Travel

Chapter 19 The Protagonist in the Dream

"According to the intelligence they provided, one person had already escaped before we arrived."

At the entrance of the sewer, a man was smoking and chatting with the people around him as he watched the things being taken out.

"That person also made preparations in advance and eliminated the source of the out-of-control dream."

"Try to find him. If he doesn't intend to communicate too much, don't be too aggressive." said the person next to the smoking man.

There are many types of out-of-control dreams, and this time the out-of-control situation is relatively stable, but very dangerous.

Some dreams that get out of control can cause powerful explosions and make a lot of noise, but these dreams are basically one-time. Apart from causing widespread erosion to the environment, if handled properly, there will be very little residue.

Not long ago, an explosion occurred on Ster Street due to an out-of-control dream. According to the report, the residue at the scene was unexpectedly small, and the police station could clean up the scene normally without the intervention of the Dream Processing Bureau.

The box containing the strange dream had been inspected by the Dream Processing Bureau and was found to be a storage box of extremely high specifications. If it were not for the existence of that box, the out-of-control strange dream would definitely have caused a greater disaster.

If things go wrong, the entire block may be eroded by strange dreams and turned into a "foreign land". If the strange dreams get out of control, they will erode objects and creatures. In serious cases, even the environment itself will be affected.

The records of the Dream Processing Bureau in Rota City record some alien realms that were created due to out-of-control dreams.

This type of situation is rare, but once it occurs, it means long-term trouble, and it is difficult to eliminate the foreign domain, so the most common way to deal with it is to block it.

According to the accounts of Matt and others, the strange dreams generated by the corpses in the sewers were not particularly special. At least everyone in that "world" was still human, and there were no demons or other non-human beings.

It’s just that biochemical viruses are quite troublesome.

Since it involves a biological virus, all nearby sewers have to be blocked and then cleaned on a large scale with special tools. However, the gunman Eller was lucky enough to bring back the vaccine.

Then the potential crisis brought about by this strange dream will be greatly reduced.

Compared with the world in the dream, their world seems backward, but some technologies here are not backward, they just have not been fully developed.

Those technologies are all related to strange dreams. They are fine for small-scale use, but for large-scale use... the basics are not up to par.

Strange dreams are basically about people, and occasionally animals. Corpses can also become strange dreams, and the probability is not low!
However, this kind of situation often happens to people who are dying. People who are dying may have strange dreams because of their obsessions or certain beliefs.

But the strange dream cannot completely save their lives. If the strange dream appears earlier, the dying person may survive. If it appears later, the dying person will die when the strange dream appears, but the strange dream will not disappear, but will continue to exist.

This is the case with Tone, the corpse in the sewer.

Matt and others met Thorn in a dream, and the Dream Processing Bureau found out Thorn's information when they were cleaning the sewer.

Thorne in the photo does not look strong, but rather a little sick. His family is in discord and he once had a child, but the child died in an accident.

As a result, Thorn developed psychological problems and began to drink. His wife chose to divorce him because she blamed him for his decadence and the child's situation.

The corpse in the sewer, Thorn, appears very strong, which is undoubtedly the effect of the strange dream.

Thorn in the dream was very strong, and his corpse became stronger after being affected.

However, this doesn't mean the dreamer gains immense power. On the contrary, it's a reflection of the dream's erosion of reality. When the dream is stable, everything is fine. However, once the dreamer experiences a problem or is about to wake up, the dream's stability rapidly decreases, its erosion of reality intensifies, and it can easily spiral out of control.

Matt and his friends experienced the harm caused by dream erosion. When they came out of the dream, the things they carried turned into black mist, which was the erosion of the dream.

Dreams that erode reality are unstable, and those who touch them will suffer serious corrosive damage. The more greedy one is, the more serious the erosion of the dream will be.

Some strange dreams will stabilize in the process of invading reality and become complete or incomplete objects.

If you want to avoid being eroded by strange dreams, the best way is to come out the same way you entered. Apart from knowledge, don't carry anything related to strange dreams with you, unless that thing has become a part of yourself.

However, if you make something a part of yourself, there will still be risks when you leave the dream.

Thorne will have a local identity in the dream because he is the source of the dream. People who generate dreams will obtain conditions that are beneficial to themselves in the dream, allowing them to integrate into the dream normally.

However, these effects are limited. For example, an ordinary person will not immediately become a superhero who can fly to heaven and earth after generating a strange dream.

At most, it is like the protagonist who has just created a new account. He can become stronger all the way in the dream, and even become not the original self, but the ideal self.

Thorne died in reality, so he was reborn in the dream, and it was normal that he looked more like a local.

Those who are involved in strange dreams through the source of strange dreams will also be affected by the source of strange dreams, but these free riders will not be treated as well as the source of strange dreams.

Thorn behaved like the protagonist in the Big Bear City in the dream. He did not turn into a zombie after being infected by the virus, but was strengthened instead. If Matt and others followed Thorn's example, the Dream Processing Bureau would have to deal with more zombies.

The Thorne in the dream is obviously his ideal self. There is a huge difference between his performance in the dream and the real Thorne.

However, Thorne did not seem to persist in the dream for long. The corpse of Thorne in reality was not affected. Thorne in the dream got into trouble after leaving Big Bear City.

After the problem occurred, Thorn, the source of the dream, began to collapse and lose control. Everyone who did not belong to the dream was ejected, and the dream generated by Thorn also began to lose control, but the scale was a bit small.

After Thorn's dream went out of control, the biochemical virus in the dream appeared in his body, and his body turned into a monster infected by the dream. If no one found the zombie Thorn, it would be left to roam in the sewer for a few days...

So what will happen next is that there will either be no rats in Rota City, or there will be a biochemical crisis here.

Just because a dream is out of control and small in scale doesn't mean it poses a small threat. Once a virus starts to wreak havoc, it's difficult to deal with in every sense of the word.

And the person who came back early to make preparations... There are similar people in the Dream Processing Bureau.

If others want to enter the strange dream, they have to ride near the source of the dream. Doing so means that they are bound to the source of the dream.

People who hitchhike can move away from the source of the dream in the dream, but after a certain distance, people involved in the dream will be out of the dream after a period of time, which can take between a week and a month.

In addition, there are some special people who can enter the dream without hitchhiking. If they want to escape from the dream, they can do so by concentrating their minds in a place where they will not be disturbed or noticed.

But after escaping, it was difficult for them to enter the same strange dream again.

Some of these people are born with the corresponding characteristics, while others have such characteristics because they have been exposed to many strange dreams. There is not much difference between the two types.

(End of this chapter)