[Clare calendar XX years
The Lord of Nightmare is now alive, and the global population has dropped by more than 50%, which is known as the period of "God's Punishment" in history.
At this point, the religious era of a hundred flowers blooming has come to an end, and a darker era is coming—the Nightmare Era.
Maurice, the Lord of Nightmare, the only god in the world, revived and weaved a nightmare for the whole world that would never wake up.
Since then, the Nightmare Sect has become the only religion believed by mankind with an irresistible attitude.
In the bustling city of the past, tall and magnificent temples were built to enshrine this ancient god.
The whole planet has fallen into a fanatical belief in the gods. Everyone claims to be a child of the gods, and it is an honor to enter the nightmare created by the gods.
However, none of them realized that they were in a nightmare and never woke up.
In just a dozen years, the sea has turned into mulberry fields, and cities have been covered with yellow sand—this planet, which looks green in the universe, is slowly being swallowed up by this endless barrenness.
Wearing a black cloak, a man with blond hair as bright as gold appeared above the planet.
He looked down at this planet that was gradually losing its vitality, and there was a void in his blue eyes.
The man's appearance is no longer ugly and hideous as before, but a kind of beauty that human beings cannot describe, with a kind of aloof beauty unique to gods.
He slowly stretched out his hand and erased a small town on the mainland that carried all his memories during his lifetime, and only then did he show a smile.
"I wish you sweet dreams."]
—From "Nightmare" III
Morris' blue eyes were full of bloodthirsty killing intent, and his voice contained unprecedented cruelty: "Go to hell!"
Al felt a chill in his palms as he stared viciously at the big boss.
He who was barely maintaining his sanity was attacked by Morris's mental power scattered throughout the dream, and he was under pressure far beyond what his soul could bear.
"Ah!!!"
Before Al could react to the boss's attack, he couldn't help but let out a scream.
The eyes that he and Morris had looked at each other burst open just now, and even the soul felt a strong tearing feeling.
This unbearable pain for ordinary people made him, who had already experienced many battles, unable to help crying out in pain.
"Captain!!!" Milo first supported the teetering captain, but the next moment, she found that the captain's body began to blur, and even the arm held by her seemed to disappear.
"No, the repelling force has suddenly increased. Captain's soul... No, Captain, hold on!" Milo's eyes burst into tears instantly, and even his voice was crying.
Behind him, several other reincarnated team members were also mentally attacked by the boss to varying degrees, and even their bodies showed signs of collapse.
"This, how is this possible? How could it suddenly increase! We didn't do anything special!"
In the team, a veteran reincarnator looked at his gradually disintegrating arm with a face full of disbelief.
"No! Ahh!!!"
The emaciated samsara who was so unrestrained just now, as a newcomer samsara who was lucky enough to survive until now, this time he lost his previous luck.
Unlike other reincarnators, he has undergone multiple strengthenings, and even his soul has a strong ability to resist pressure.
His soul, which is as fragile as an ordinary person, instantly collapsed in this wave of mental pollution, his facial features began to distort and bleed, his body muscles became fluid like dough, and his whole body crumbled like a melted ice cream , purple-black dirty blood splashed all over the ground.
"Hey... Captain! I'll help you!"
Milo, who has a particularly strong mental power due to his major in magic, was also slightly affected after all.
Her body wasn't too strong, so her internal organs were damaged, and she spit out a mouthful of blood, but fortunately, her body showed no signs of collapsing.
Milo, who cared about the captain, endured the pain inside his body, quickly made a gesture, and cast a soul curing technique.
With the flickering light of the soul solidification technique, Al's ghosted and collapsed body finally stabilized, the wounds on his body began to heal, and his eyesight recovered.
Al, whose pain was relieved, looked up and looked at their boss Morris coldly, and shouted: "Quick! Use the guardian of the world!"
The guardian of the world, a protective item from an S-level world, has a strong protective ability. The most rare thing is that it is a soul-binding item, so it can function even in dreams.
A protective shield shining with emerald green holy light enveloped the only five remaining reincarnators, temporarily blocking the oppression from the dream space.
Here, Zhou Yu heard the screams from behind, and was about to turn his head when Morris pinned the back of his head.
"Zhou Yu, don't look, can you go back first? I'll take care of the rest."
Whether it's low self-esteem or domineering, he just doesn't want Zhou Yu to see these bloody scenes.
"Don't worry, they won't die. You can call the police for me first. They should get the punishment they deserve."
Those scum who died in the dream were just crazy in reality, but just being crazy was not enough to relieve his hatred, the law would give them a better ending.
As he said that, the big boss, who was used to showing ferocious expressions, tried his best to pull a gentle smile on the friend he cared about the most.
Zhou Yu looked at Morris's smile and laughed too: "Okay, Morris, this time, I won't break my promise again."
He will bring to justice anyone who caused Maurice harm.
As soon as the words fell, Zhou Yu felt a little dizzy.
He understood that this was a sign that he was about to return to the real world, so he hugged Morris again, not only to relieve the discomfort, but also to express the unspeakable reluctance in his heart: "I am waiting for you, don't make me wait too long .”
"Ok!"
Morris, who was hugged twice in a row, nodded silly.
He looked at Zhou Yu who disappeared in his arms, and a trace of loss and nostalgia flashed in his eyes.
It would be great if they could hug each other forever, then, there would never be such a sense of loss.
The scorched blond man put away the remaining warmth in his eyes, and turned his head to look at the huge green protective shield.
So, guys who caused me to be separated from my friends, are you ready to die
A savage smile appeared on the man's ferocious face: "Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie—do you feel a little bored hiding in the cover? Let me find you some companions!"
Inside the hood, the reincarnated people who thought they could take a short respite ushered in another nightmare.
"Go to hell!!! Damn it! Go to hell!" The old reincarnated man with a crew cut frantically hacked around with a huge machete.
Inside the hood, a black monster suddenly appeared and jumped on the reincarnated people, biting them non-stop.
Unlike before, which was just physical pain, the damage caused by these monsters is more of spiritual pain, which is even more unbearable.
"This boss is a bit too strong! Why! These things can still appear in the guardian of the world! This is a treasure that once protected the entire world!"
Al was tired of dealing with these black monsters that kept coming out, and his soul that had just stabilized just now began to show signs of collapse again.
As the world's repulsion towards him strengthened, his sanity and ability began to plummet, and he felt that he was in a desperate situation, and he couldn't think of a solution at all.
"Ahhh!!!" Another two reincarnations were bitten into flesh and blood by those black monsters without realizing it, screaming in pain.
"Damn it! If we weren't in a dream, we could still take out those powerful props!"
In the dream of the big boss Morris, the props they can take out are pitifully few. Except for the props that come with them and the props bound to the soul, other powerful thermal weapons cannot be brought in at all.
They have a treasure mountain in vain, but they can only look at the mountain and sigh.
boom-
There was a huge impact sound from outside the protective cover, and within a moment, cracks appeared on this prop that should never be broken.
"How is this possible? This is a world-class prop!" A reincarnation on the verge of collapse roared, and the next moment he found that there were cracks under his feet.
"what-"
The reincarnated person fell down before he had time to react, only the screams were still echoing in place.
"Oh no-"
Coincidentally, another reincarnation also fell into the black hole that suddenly appeared below him. Even if he was a vampire and wanted to fly out of the hole in the form of a bat, he couldn't resist the strong attraction, and there was no sound in an instant. .
Al looked at his team with only three people left, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead: "Damn it! It's a deep dream! They have fallen into my subconscious!"
In this dream world, it is true that Morris, the big boss, dominates everything, but the various monsters that appear in it all come from the deep-seated fears of the people trapped in it.
In addition, Morris can also pull people into the deep dream he weaves again, where the real hopelessness is.
No one can completely control their subconscious mind, even if they have experienced countless worlds and strengthened to the limit of human beings, they still cannot escape this curse.
In the subconscious dream, they will lose all the abilities they have strengthened, and they will die like ants, and even their souls will suffer irreversible damage.
"It's over... Even if Morris can't enter the Guardian of the World, he can create all kinds of hallucinations, confuse our sanity, and then pull us into the nightmare he prepared before falling into madness..."
Al, who was embarrassed by fighting against the constantly emerging monsters, looked up at the protective cover that shone with holy emerald green light.
The fissure, which was still obvious, has long since disappeared.
Obviously, everything just now was just an illusion that disturbed people's mind.
Another reincarnation with a crew cut was also very aware of the current situation. He smiled wryly and stopped all his movements: "Forget it, Captain, I'm tired."
Instead of being brutally killed by the boss after entering the subconscious, it is actually a correct choice to be killed now, because the damage to the soul is the lowest.
The muscular body of the reincarnated man with the crew cut was already full of bloody holes bitten by those black monsters.
Obviously, he was at the end of his strength, his arms were shaking uncontrollably, and he could no longer hold the machete in his hand.
"I'm sorry, Captain, I'm going back first... Ahhh!!!"
Even though he was ready to die, the reincarnated person was still covered by those black monsters rushing madly, and the scream that was suppressed in his throat couldn't help overflowing.
[The number of deaths in this mission: 13]
"Old Claus..."
Milo, who was still struggling to support himself, stared blankly at the incomparably strong old Klaus in her eyes who died so tragically, his big blue eyes were filled with tears.
Al also looked away with a look of reluctance, and the mechanical arm that had been releasing energy beams also stagnated for a moment.
"Milo, hide behind me!"
As the captain, Al knew very well that the old Klaus's voluntary giving up was the right thing to do, but he couldn't do it.
Because, behind him is Milo.
It's true that Milo's soul is very powerful, but she can't bear the pain of resurrection. Every resurrection is a bet with death.
Therefore, he couldn't leave her, and could only desperately live to the last moment to win a chance for Milo.
"It's so annoying - aren't you tired of playing? I'm a bit tired, Jie Jie Jie!"
Boss Maurice's voice came from outside, and the banter and cruelty in it made the two who were barely holding on feel desperate.
"Do you really think I can't get in? Well, it feels good to stay in this turtle shell~"
A blond man with burn marks all over his body suddenly appeared inside the protective cover, looking at them in shock with a smile on his face.
"Jie Jie Jie—why didn't you think about it before hurting him?"
The man with a hideous face stretched out his hand to Al and Milo, his eyes were full of the same gaze as they looked at those natives - a gaze called contempt.
"Ah!!!—" Milo, a girl with red hair, screamed out. Her body collapsed and dissolved in just a few seconds, and great pain swept through her entire soul.
"No—Milo!!! Ah—" Al, who watched Milo turn into a puddle of flesh and pus, tried to hug Milo's remaining body, but found that he had also started to dissolve in the same way.
But until the moment of his death, Al also didn't understand why the boss cared so much about Zhou Yu, the doomed cannon fodder.
Maybe... he did something wrong, he shouldn't have underestimated that guy named Zhou Yu from the very beginning.
That guy—is the biggest variable.
[The number of deaths in this mission: 15]
[It is detected that the advanced task has not been completed, and the erasure command is executed.]
[The command has been executed, the remaining number of resurrections: 4]
"It's such a good match—Jie Jie Jie, I wish you sweet dreams~"
Morris hooked the corners of his lips, turned and left the protective cover covered in blood and screams.
The nightmare controller who killed all the sinners stepped out of this collapsed dream world with deep expectations in his eyes.
Zhou Yu was still waiting for him.
Will his friends wait in a hurry