One day later.
The group of people, who had just finished a professional league match, continued their daily routines as usual.
Because their game characters were still trapped in Sin Village, it gave them a good excuse to slack off and avoid shooting those bizarre commercials and attending various social events.
Today, their goal is to thoroughly explore the Weeping Cemetery.
Defeat the BOSS.
I also took the opportunity to finish a few tasks that had been piling up.
The difference is that, in addition to the original five members of the team, there are eight more people joining this operation.
After taking over Dragon Island.
Su Bai naturally wanted to make the most of his power and influence.
He obtained all eight tickets from the west and east, except for the four tickets from the south, which were located in a rather distant area.
All eight teammates were fourth-order fungal leaders who had fused with the life microbiome.
Each one has attributes comparable to a Tier 3 boss monster.
Such a lineup.
Even if the third-tier lord in the Weeping Cemetery awakens, he will be unable to do anything to them.
But the danger in this area does not come from the monsters in the dream.
Rather, it is a terrifying hallucination from a deep nightmare.
Once infected.
Let alone the level of third or fourth order.
Even high-level extraordinary beings have a very high chance of perishing here.
Su Bai took out two sets of medicine from his backpack.
[Awakening Potion: Rare. Drinking this potion keeps the user conscious and immune to all mind control effects for 3 minutes. It also reduces the user's 'Nightmare of Incessant Pain' status by 50 layers.]
【Root of Nightmare: Rare. Drinking it keeps you awake in nightmares, resists nightmare imagery, lasts for 3 minutes, and increases the 'Endless Nightmare' status by 30 layers】
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"Each person uses two bottles of Nightmare Root. Let's go to the third layer of the dream world and see what happens. Remember, after drinking Nightmare Root, although you can stay awake in the deepest nightmare, you will still inevitably see the things you fear."
"If you can't take it, use a sobering agent immediately!"
Su Bai gave a reminder.
"Um!"
The group readily agreed. Ning Hongchen held the black potion in his hand, looking somewhat hesitant, but ultimately swallowed it.
[Warning: You are being consumed by an endless nightmare!]
[Nightmare of the End: This status effect stacks one layer per minute. Each layer increases the damage taken from nightmare monsters by 5%. When this status effect stacks beyond 30/60/90 layers, it will have a special effect!]
[Note: Due to your mental resistance attribute, the rate at which you are affected by nightmares has been reduced!]
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The changing light and shadows in the mist brought forth a variety of terrifying and bizarre images, but they all vanished without a trace as a sharp, stabbing pain shot through the depths of the brain.
Three layers of dreams!
A hazy mist obscured the sun, and among the twisted, towering dead trees, broken tombstones stood either upright or half-buried in the earth, the inscriptions blurred and illegible, just like the distant and unreachable sense of separation in a dream.
Everything around seemed unchanged.
But Su Bai knew that if it weren't for the Nightmare Root's effect of keeping him awake, he would probably be deep in the eighteenth level of hell right now, with all sorts of terrifying illusions coming at him within the scope of his cognition, torturing him to the point of madness.
Suddenly, a blurry black shadow materialized beside him.
It was as if a terrifying ghost was appearing.
Su Bai remained calm and composed.
The blurry black shadow quickly coalesced into the shape of Nine Lives.
"This is a deep nightmare?"
He looked around curiously.
Be careful.
Su Bai reminded him.
Another benefit of staying alert is that you won't be misled by illusions.
Otherwise, what he would be seeing right now is probably a terrifying monster wielding a butcher's knife and walking towards him.
Not Nine Lives himself.
Here, if you can't stay clear-headed, you can't even trust your blood relatives, let alone your teammates.
Not long after.
Everyone successfully fell into the third layer of the dream.
It's worth mentioning that the safest ones were actually the eight fungal leaders he brought in. They no longer had normal human emotions, meaning they didn't even have fear. They were actually quite at home here.
"Eliminate all creatures that try to approach us!"
Su Bai gave them the order.
You will encounter two types of monsters in the dreamlike area of the Weeping Cemetery.
One type is the nightmare creatures that are born in dreams or have been assimilated here for too long. These monsters have physical forms and can be directly harmed, such as the five Tier 3 boss monsters and the Tier 3 lord monster in the cemetery.
Secondly, there are the various hallucinations produced by nightmares.
Illusions are invisible.
Unable to attack.
But it can harm those who are afraid of it.
In a sense, nightmares are more like a rule-based phenomenon. Only by breaking free from the fear in one's heart can one become immune to their effects; otherwise, no other means can cope with them.
The Fungal Overlord can only deal with nightmare creatures that threaten the community.
They will not be afraid.
Therefore, they cannot even see the nightmare images that others encounter.
However, with these eight fourth-tier fungal commanders protecting them, the group can basically avoid any combat and only need to overcome their fear.
"I……"
"Coming...coming!"
Suddenly, Cuttlefish turned deathly pale and his body trembled uncontrollably. He pointed ahead in terror, and a sinister, cold figure slowly materialized in the thick fog.
It wore a long, purplish-black dress, and its long hair cascaded down, obscuring its face. Just standing there silently, it exuded endless coldness and terror.
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