Back in his personal space, Lin Feng opened the door leading to the real world and stepped through it.

A blinding light flashed by, and Lin Feng squinted. When the light disappeared, he was back in ward 304, standing in front of the bed by the window.

The bed was completely empty; the sheets and duvet covers had been neatly arranged, and the flower basket and water glass on the bedside table had been removed.

"Uncle, where is the patient in this bed?"

Lin Feng, wearing the sportswear and shoes he had spent three days trading in the workshop area, turned to ask the man in the next hospital bed a question.

"I heard it was a misdiagnosis. The hospital paid some medical expenses, and he went home." The disheveled uncle didn't look up, glanced at the screen quickly, and continued playing with his phone.

After a moment of silence, the middle-aged man muttered under his breath, "How stupid. The hospital misdiagnosed them and didn't ask for compensation, they just asked for medical expenses. If it were me, I'd ask for hundreds of thousands, and fleece that heartless hospital..."

Lin Feng didn't reply. He walked out of the ward, down the stairs, out of the hospital, and onto the asphalt road that was slightly warm from the sunlight.

The weather is great today. The sun is a little glaring, but the temperature is just right. It's rare to have such a comfortable day in July.

Along the road, Lin Feng felt a unique sense of relaxation in the real world, and returned to the outside of his residential community.

Their neighborhood is an old one, seven stories high, with no security guards or gates, just a few walls separating the road. Inside is a small flower bed where his mother and neighbors usually sit to pass the time after meals.

today...

Lin Feng saw the familiar figure, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Nearly fifty-year-old Wei Xiaorong sat alone under the shade of a tree in the flower bed, secretly smiling as she held her phone.

"You should thank me."

Suddenly, Lin Feng heard a voice beside him. When he turned around, his smile disappeared. The priest Jeda, who had cut his long hair short, was carrying a bag of vegetables and wearing his old clothes from his university days. He came up behind him.

"Why?"

Lin Feng's emotions remained relatively stable; the middle-aged-looking priest now appeared remarkably young.

Jeda revealed a harmless smile, raised his hand to hold the bag, and said as he walked past Lin Feng's bag, "People who die in the Nightmare Space don't suddenly disappear; they mostly die in accidents or even commit suicide."

Lin Feng was slightly taken aback.

"Mom, everything's bought, let's go upstairs!"

"Xiao Feng... your dad messaged me saying he bought a watermelon. Put the things up there and then go pick him up."

"good."

Hearing Jeda's affectionate response, Lin Feng clenched his fists inwardly, but recalling his mother's tearful appearance by the hospital bedside, he felt countless times better now.

"Xiao Feng, is this your friend?"

"Haha, we met on the way, chatted for a bit, let's go up."

"Um."

Wei Xiaorong nodded, glanced at Lin Feng a few times, and followed Jieda upstairs.

His expressionless gaze was as if he were looking at an insignificant person, not even lingering on him for a second.

Lin Feng stood in front of the residential area for a long time, a sense of weariness appearing in his heart, along with many doubts, and for a moment he was unsure whether he had done the right thing.

As darkness fell, Lin Feng wandered around the place where he grew up a few times until Jeda came down to take the watermelon from his father's arms, and they went upstairs together, chatting and laughing. Then, seeing the lights come on upstairs, he found a convenience store, pushed open the door, and returned to the Nightmare Space.

...

According to Louis's introduction, Lin Feng already had a basic understanding of the Nightmare Space, and some exclusive items provided by the Nightmare Space could also be exchanged from the participants.

For example, the number of times you can trade without being forced to do so is 500 points, and the historical lowest transaction price is 100 years ago.

Participants like Louis can survive well in the Nightmare Space by providing services to different participants, earning Nightmare Points to exchange for exemptions from mandatory attempts, and trading time.

"Is it possible to obtain information about the next mission in advance?"

Lin Feng sat down by the hospital bed, looking out the window at the trees that were repeating the same motion over and over again, waiting for the answer from the Nightmare Space.

"no"

How can I participate in additional tasks?

"Matching data..."

"Match complete. Currently available missions: Evil Engraving, Cyberpunk 2077, King of Fighters '97, Minotaur Village, Silent Hill"

"Task selection time: 04:59"

Of these, Lin Feng was only familiar with two: Cyberpunk and Silent Hill. He had heard of King of Fighters '97 and knew that it was full of super monsters. As for Evil Inscription and Minotaur Village, he knew absolutely nothing about them.

Five minutes passed quickly, and Nightmare Space displayed a new notification.

"Task refresh countdown: 04:55:59"

Tasks refresh every five hours, and mandatory tasks can be entered during the refresh period.

"Mandatory task countdown: 5 days, 18 hours, 43 minutes, and 12 seconds"

Lin Feng glanced at the time, then reassessed his current situation. The goblin weapon he had brought back had no immediate use, so he placed it on another hospital bed.

The magic potions and magic flowers were very effective, so he kept them nearby.

His most valuable assets, besides his body and soul, were his 31 years of lifespan.

As for emotions, fate, and so on, he was not considering them for the time being, and Louis did not recommend that he exchange them.

Reopening the door to the trading area, Lin Feng donned a black robe, stepped across, and entered a vast, empty, dark plaza.

This is where participants primarily engage in activities, including trading times and the tools used for trading.

The participants, dressed in black robes, were automatically divided into different types of trading areas. Each person occupied a stall of about two square meters, displaying miniature models of various props.

Lin Feng's first thought was to see information about demonic power. After entering the trading area, Nightmare Space automatically filtered out items related to demonic power for him.

"Skill - Demon Awakening (500 Nightmare Points): Gain an additional 10 points of Demon Power and quickly recover 5 points of Demon Power."

"Skill - Earthshatter (200 Nightmare Points): Gain an additional 5 points of Demonic Power, channel the Demonic Power into your fist, and strike the ground to create a giant stone pillar that attacks enemies. Minimum cost is 5 Demonic Power."

"Skill - Vengeful Strike (800 Nightmare Points): Gain an additional 10 points of Demonic Power, unleash the Demonic Power within your body to form needles that attack enemies, consuming a minimum of 10 Demonic Power."

He only has 268 Nightmare Points left in his pocket, enough to buy a Ground Splitter that won't be of much help to him.

However, the demonic power that comes with purchasing skills is hundreds of times more cost-effective than simply purchasing demonic power... Considering his own situation, Lin Feng vaguely sensed something.

"Select items that provide around 200 points of physical enhancement."

"Basic Gene Enhancement Fluid (200 Nightmare Points), Subcutaneous Armor (100 Nightmare Points), Basic Exoskeleton (100 Nightmare Points), Bionic Muscles (300 Nightmare Points), Ghoul Blood (150 Nightmare Points), Vampire Blood (200 Nightmare Points), Blood Gu (150 Nightmare Points), Human Skin Jacket (100 Nightmare Points), Parasite (300 Nightmare Points), Plaka Parasite (50 Nightmare Points)..."

"Cultivation-related..."

As soon as Lin Feng spoke, the Nightmare Space provided a large number of cultivation items. Martial arts items were generally around 50, Xianxia items were no more than 10, and Western fantasy items were around 80.

The secret manuals for martial arts are incredibly rare; the truly expensive items are elixirs.

Thinking about it this way, those who can quickly gain combat power are basically technology-based. If you can get something like a smart assistant, it can be considered a god-tier item in the early game.

Or perhaps they are unique artifacts from this world, but if you want to quickly boost your combat power, you have to take an unconventional approach...

Lin Feng had an idea and immediately proposed new screening criteria.

"Battle Prosthetic Eye (100 Nightmare Points), Parasite Cell (20 Nightmare Points), Sadako's Hair (50 Nightmare Points), Kayako's Underwear (70 Nightmare Points), Chu Renmei's Beautiful Hair (50 Nightmare Points), Red-Clad Ghost's Invitation (50 Nightmare Points), Hanging Ghost's Rope (50 Nightmare Points)..."

If these are incorporated into the previous tasks and successfully activated, the effect will likely be more than just 1+1=2.

Especially in a cyber world, as long as he doesn't show himself, he's basically invincible.