Wu You hadn't seen the classic horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street," but he knew that there was a demon named Freddy who could kill the town's children in their dreams.
In terms of plot setting, Freddy is more like a demon than an evil spirit, because he has died many times in various sequels, and each time he goes to hell and comes back after a period of time.
Using the fear of the child in the dream as fuel to restore strength, gradually get rid of the weakness of being resurrected.
Freddy's ability to kill in his dreams is said to come from his pact with three ancient demons.
In short, this is a horror and supernatural film series based on dreams.
To Wu You, the level of manipulating other people's dreams, creating fear to elevate oneself, and then dragging them into the dream one has woven to kill them was child's play, but that didn't stop him from thinking it was indeed a very interesting plot.
"Let's go have some fun and see if we can actually run into the group of people I want to meet."
As Wu You thought about it, a wide gate appeared before him, cast in the color of brass, full of ancient charm.
The text depicts all sorts of people and events, from all things to gods and Buddhas to various mysteries, representing the wonders behind the door.
This is something Wu You made when he was bored. It's a product created by consuming homologous psionic spirits and active metals. It has a flashy and pretentious name.
The gateway to cross-border integration.
For Wu You himself, this thing was actually a double-edged sword, because if he wanted to enter a different dimension derived from a psionic spirit, he only needed to think about it. But for other alchemical creatures, especially those that had not reached the gold level, the existence of this door made things much easier.
Even gold-level beings need to expend a lot of power to cross over into another world, and those below silver level can hardly cross over successfully, unless they have been given power by higher-level beings beforehand, like certain "smuggling points" in the underworld.
But with this door, things are different.
It embodies Wu You's own high degree of control over time and space, always maintaining one end of the magic network, making cross-dimensional travel easy and enjoyable.
The interdimensional portal is alive and can respond to summons just like the magic network. It also has the same stealth capabilities, but compared to the convenience of psionic energy and the magic network, the interdimensional portal requires authorization.
Wu You could have entered directly this time, but considering that this world is no longer simply a world constructed by psionic elves, it would be more appropriate to use the interdimensional portal.
The massive bronze gate slowly opened, revealing a shimmering river behind it. Based on this mental imagery, the gate seemed to be constantly shifting in another dimension, eventually pointing towards a world that looked somewhat surreal.
Without saying a word, Wu You stepped into the room, followed closely by Ma He.
Marian jumped over, wanting to go in too, but Mach suddenly turned back and smiled at her before entering.
"Little Four Seven, you don't need to come along!"
"Why?"
"Goodbye, for no reason."
While Morrigan was still in a daze, the interdimensional gate had already disappeared.
...
On the old Elm Street, an old chair sits in front of a grocery store, with a white-haired but energetic old man on it.
The old man stood straight, had a full figure, and a kind face. He was engrossed in reading an old newspaper.
It's clear that he was a very handsome man when he was young, and even in his old age he still has a lot of presence. The way he sat there made the small space in front of the grocery store quiet down.
However, the elderly man was not the most eye-catching, because there was a beautiful girl next to him wearing a beige dress with long, fiery red hair that reached her waist.
The old man would occasionally take a sip of his coffee, which the girl would refill from time to time. The rest of the time, she would sit on a small stool and watch him.
"Good morning, Mr. Berg, you're as energetic as ever! Good morning, Ms. Mach, you're still as beautiful as ever!"
An older man who was about to enter the general store greeted them and then went inside. Upon seeing this, Mach quickly followed him in.
After the uncle bought cigarettes and came out, Mach, having collected the money, returned to the small stool.
At this moment, a transparent light shield appeared directly in the middle of the street, inside which were a dozen or so figures standing or lying down. The townspeople passing by seemed not to see it and continued on their way.
The old man didn't look up, but folded a page of the old newspaper.
"The main character has arrived."
...
"One, two, three, four, five, six."
"Six newbies, plus our original ten veterans, that's a sixteen-person challenge! Damn, this is a huge problem!"
A bearded man shouted in frustration.
"Andy, calm down, let's look at the mission first."
The ten veterans glanced down at their watches.
Main Quest: Survive safely for twenty days... Side Quests: 1. Kill the demon Freddy Krueger, reward 5000 points per person, one B-rank side quest; 2. Rescue story characters, successfully rescuing one person and ensuring their survival for twenty days rewards 500 points...
A man wearing glasses, who clearly looked like a strategist, stepped forward to speak.
"The good news is that, according to the mission description, if we kill Freddy, it's the same as saving a story character, and we can easily get extra rewards."
"The bad news is that we've never encountered a mission with a difficulty level of 16 people before, and we're likely to lose some lives here."
At that moment, a boy on the ground woke up and was screaming at them in terror.
After a while, the noise inside the shield stopped, and the entire shield disappeared.
"Alright, I don't care whether you newbies accept it or not, whether you think it's a lie or want to run away, if you don't want to follow me, I won't force you."
However, the new recruits this time were clearly of average quality and lacked courage; none of them left on their own.
“Good, at least there aren’t too many idiots this time. Let’s find a local and ask about Freddy. If we can find his grave, I can try out a prop.”
They asked around in town about Freddie, but the townspeople were tight-lipped and gave them the cold shoulder.
After going around in circles, they returned to where they started.
"It's no use, the people in town don't talk about these things with outsiders."
A newcomer approached and pointed in the direction of the grocery store in the distance.
"Why don't you ask them? That girl has been watching us the whole time."
The veteran in the group glanced at him, then looked in the direction he was looking and saw a general store.
Strangely enough, it wasn't a big deal before I saw them, but once I saw the two people at the door, it was impossible to ignore them.
Half a minute later, a group of sixteen people approached the general store.
The old man continued reading his newspaper without any further reaction, while most of the men in the line and the newcomers were all drawn to the stunning red-haired girl beside him.
That fiery red was different from the dark red of the gypsy women I had seen before; it was a bright and vivid color, absolutely unique in the crowd.
The captain and two of the senior members looked at the old man reading the newspaper.
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