Less than a picosecond after Freddy and his nightmare disappeared, an identical dream appeared in the same spot.
A Freddy stands beside dilapidated steel pipes in an abandoned factory in a dream, casually picking his teeth with a sharp finger knife.
At this moment, Wu You and Ma He kept a close eye on the group of reincarnators.
The headlines and pictures in the old man's newspaper kept changing dynamically.
After a long time, the title was changed for the last time in a short period of time.
Breaking News! The Dream Eater has devoured Freddy, and the "God" has neither noticed nor notified the Reincarnators that their mission is complete!
The old man in front of the grocery store shook his newspaper and revealed that typical happy smile of a contented old man.
"I knew you weren't really that omniscient and omnipotent."
Previously, Wu You's biggest worry was what would happen if the Baku suddenly devoured Freddy and the "God" discovered that the real Freddy was dead.
It is estimated that the reincarnator Freddy will be immediately notified of his death and forced to return. If you try to stop him, there is only one most likely outcome.
That is, the reincarnator becomes burnt popcorn again. Even though he learned his lesson last time, Wu You still hasn't figured out an effective way to deal with it. He only has a few speculative solutions.
However, Wu You clearly made the right bet this time; the main god cannot completely control the reincarnation storyline.
This can actually be seen in the original novel of Infinite Terror, otherwise there wouldn't have been products like Zhang Jie, who was half a reincarnator and half a guide, before Zheng Zha.
Whether this "main god" will actually appear is unclear. Zhang Jie, Zheng Zha, Chu Xuan, and Wu You are not sure. Whether they exist or not doesn't really matter much, but the main god's line of events shouldn't be too far off from the novel.
"Now, we just have to wait for the reincarnators to win a pyrrhic victory after going through all the hardships."
Adhering to the principle of making the performance convincing, Wu You had no intention of letting the reincarnators return easily, which would be illogical in this storyline where Freddy has been enhanced and become abnormal.
That night, after the remaining nineteen reincarnators cleaned up Andy's body, none of them slept, whether they were on night duty or resting.
They were terrified of falling asleep and dying in their sleep before their teammates could react, just like Andy with the beard.
Captain Evan devised a new plan: in addition to avoiding dreaming while asleep, if anyone is trapped in a nightmare, they must cling to Freddy in the dream and try to alert their teammates; with luck, they might be able to drag Freddy back into reality.
The next morning, the headline of the newspaper in the old man's hand at the entrance of the grocery store read:
Four high school students were brutally murdered overnight; Freddy Krueger, the "scissorhands maniac," adds another bloody crime to his list!
When Evan and the other reincarnators received the news, they had a contradictory expression of surprise, fear, and a lack of surprise.
Nancy's protagonist aura couldn't reverse her misfortune.
Evan had expected these high school students to buy them at least a week, just like in the movies, but all he got in return was one night.
On the third day, the grocer's newspaper headline read...
"The Mind Guardians' mental defenses are so fragile; what exactly have the Reincarnators strengthened?"
On the fourth day, the newspaper headlines were quite long.
The werewolf hangs himself under the moon; the vampire's immortality can't turn the tide; two of the reincarnated rookies survive; what will become of the South American team?
No one died on the fifth day, but everyone was exhausted from being on edge the whole time.
Day 6.
No one has died yet, but the veterans are all wounded. Are you in pain?
Day 7...
Day 8...
On the twelfth day, the newspaper headline was short, but it only intensified the despair of the remaining members of the South American Reincarnator team.
Three genetic locks couldn't change his fate; Evan's demise!
Although Freddy Krueger, the Baku in disguise, was a fake, his methods were even more dazzling, desperate, and cruel than the real Freddy's.
From memories and mental endurance to people or things we dislike, from dangerous battles to bizarre traps.
The most outrageous instance was in order to kill a reincarnator. The dream-eaten creature created a dream where the reincarnator lived a miserable, wretched, and helpless life. When the creature starved to death and breathed its last breath in the dream, the corpse outside simultaneously became emaciated and died.
This extremely bizarre way of dying has gone beyond the scope of the original Nightmare on Elm Street plot, making it almost impossible for any of the reincarnators to muster the will to resist.
Now, the entire Reincarnator team has only five members left: three wounded veterans and two lucky newcomers.
The hotel owner asked them more than once why they hadn't seen any other guests in a long time, and they could only make up flimsy excuses like they had gone home.
They no longer have the energy to fabricate elaborate lies as they used to.
It was another morning. Last night, the five of them couldn't stay awake any longer and had another dream. But this time, they were probably lucky, as they met in their dream.
They had encountered this situation before, but this was the first time they had all encountered it at the same time, which greatly boosted their morale in their dreams. However, it wasn't a boost in morale for fighting desperately, but rather a boost in morale for escaping for their lives.
In their panic, they fled to a place they had never been to in their dreams before, and the surrounding buildings did not resemble the current Elm Street town.
They came across a strange building, ugly yet sturdy, with a large cross standing atop it.
The room was filled with strange screams, and a woman's scream could be heard. During that time, Freddy did not appear, which allowed them to escape.
Despite feeling that there was definitely something wrong with the scene in the dream, the five of them were already on edge, eating their breakfast listlessly, not knowing what to do.
Maria chewed the bacon in her mouth as if she were using all her strength with every bite.
She was so tired that she longed for a good night's sleep, but at the same time she was terrified. She was certain that if she closed her eyes again, she would never wake up again.
She and Clay were just newcomers; it was pure luck that they've survived this long.
Even the veterans seem to have given up, what can I do...?
Just then, the innkeeper's voice reached her ears.
"Matt, go to Mr. Berg's grocery store and buy me some coffee beans. His coffee is absolutely amazing, better than any expensive coffee out there. Oh, and remember to bring me a pack of cigarettes too."
"Okay! We'll still buy 5 pounds, right?"
"Buy ten pounds this time! Hurry back!"
The errand boy happily accepted the order and went off, more than willing to make the trip because he could see the dazzling Miss Mach.
Maria suddenly stood up.
At that moment, she suddenly recalled the sense of tranquility that the grocery store owner had given her, and just thinking about it seemed to calm her fear.
"We need to get to that grocery store!"
"Maria... have you found any important clues?"
Another surviving newcomer, Matt, asked weakly, his dark circles resembling three times the usual dose of smoky eye makeup.
"No, but I just have this intuition! It's better than waiting here to die!"
After saying that, Maria ignored everyone else, put down her fork, and left her seat.
The three veterans hesitated for a moment, then decided to stand up and follow.
Matt suddenly realized everyone was gone, and he had the illusion of being in a dream again. He stood up in a panic.
"Wait for me! Wait for me!"
The hotel owner shook his head after they left.
"A bunch of lunatics, coming here to play games that keep them awake... This is the world of the rich!"
P.S.: I recommend a friend's book, "The Gate to Transcending All Realms," a novel about infinite flow illuminated by a flashlight beam. Interested readers can check it out!
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