(Hint: Lin Nan appears in Chapter 193, Special Expert, and meets Lin Mo when he is dealing with the Evolution Forum incident)

In Lin Mo's memory, Lin Nan was a very introverted eleven-year-old boy. Although he had a world-weary face and looked sickly, he was very kind and could chat and play with Lin Mo.

Although they had only been in contact for a short time, they had already become very good friends.

So Lin Mo knows Lin Nan very well.

But when Lin Nan approached, Lin Mo was stunned.

The aura isn't right.

Lin Nan had a look of indifference on his face at the moment, because he could not move and needed to rely on a wheelchair, but he could move around with the help of the power of the nightmare in his body.

The nightmare in his body would extend some multi-segmented limbs, like spider legs, to lift Lin Nan up.

The same is true now.

This made him look more like a nightmare.

Lin Mo also noticed that Lin Nan also had a 'Night Watch Badge' on his chest.

The man who was walking on tiptoes before saw Lin Nan and immediately stood at attention and saluted: "Director!"

Director? Lin Mo thought he was promoted very quickly, but he didn't expect Lin Nan to be even more powerful.

It’s been such a short time since we last met, and you’ve become the director now?

And looking at the Night Watch badge on his chest, he is most likely the head of this newly established department.

But there are a lot of questions here. How could the General Administration let an 11-year-old child be the director? Even if Lin Nan is a special expert, he can't do this.

Hungry and indiscriminate?

No one available?

The problem is that there are too many people in the General Administration's expert group who are suitable to be the director. For example, Captain Chen Bing, Lin Mo's previous boss, is very capable, calm, and old enough. No matter how you look at it, it won't be Lin Nan's turn.

Lin Mo wanted to get closer to Lin Nan, but the next moment, he swallowed back what he was about to say.

Lin Nan asked the previous night watchman about the situation with a serious expression, and then also checked Lin Mo's ID.

"Level 5 researcher, Lin Mo, can you tell me what happened here? Why is there a nightmare atmosphere in the alley behind you?"

Lin Nan's tone was as if he was talking to a stranger.

Lin Mo looked at Lin Nan's cold eyes, thinking about something.

“I’m practicing!”

"Practice what?"

"To spar with the nightmares I control. You know, I used to be a member of the General Administration's expert group. After I was transferred to the Academy of Sciences, I had to do an experiment for more than ten days. I was tired, so I came out to exercise."

Lin Nan had a cold face and said nothing. At this time, he looked behind Lin Mo.

Xiaoyu, wearing a black dress, slowly walked out of the alley.

She walked slowly and her black dress seemed to blend in with the surrounding colors, as if she was the night.

In addition, in her hand, there was a stuffed rabbit that had been beaten to death.

Humming! Every now and then one of the rabbit's legs would twitch.

Xiaoyu looked at Lin Nan.

Apparently she still remembered this person.

But Lin Mo didn't say anything, and she wouldn't meddle in other people's business.

After handing the rabbit to Lin Mo, Xiaoyu disappeared without a trace.

She returned to her pencil.

"Researcher Lin, the safety zone regulations do not allow any unauthorized nightmares to be active in public areas. This time I will only report it to the Academy of Sciences. Next time, I will arrest you directly. Please don't do it again."

After Lin Nan finished speaking, he asked his men over there to record it, then he supported himself on the ground with the ghost claws behind him and left quickly.

After recording the situation, the other night watchman also turned and left.

Lin Mo stood there in a daze for a long time.

"Xiaoyu!"

Behind him, Xiaoyu flashed out.

"Do you know what happened to Lin Nan?"

As he spoke, Lin Mo took out a pencil and a diary, while Xiaoyu reached out and held Lin Mo's hand and wrote a few words in the diary.

"That person is not Lin Nan."

The pen fairy's detection ability will not be wrong, and Lin Mo actually thought of this result.

Indeed, the person just now felt like a completely different person except for his appearance.

Lin Mo felt that something must have happened to Lin Nan.

For now, he could only continue asking Xiaoyu.

"Who is he?"

"A nightmare!"

Xiaoyu's answer was also very concise.

But when he saw this answer, Lin Mo's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

He still remembered the agreement with Lin Nan.

Take the other person back to Lvyuan Community as a guest and play games together.

"Then where is the real Lin Nan?" Lin Mo was very concerned about this matter, and he had to find out. If Xiaoyu could not give him the answer he wanted, he would find the answer himself.

Xiaoyu grabbed Lin Mo's hand and wrote "dead" in the diary.

Then he hesitated again and added the word "maybe" in front.

Maybe dead?

This answer is obviously not definite.

Xiaoyu probably doesn't know that the prediction and detection abilities of the Pen Fairy are not omnipotent.

Lin Mo calmed down now and looked at the rabbit in his hand which had returned to its doll form.

This creature seemed to have received a great blow, and was in a state of shock and confusion. Xiaoyu was quite measured in her attack, and would not kill it, but it was inevitable that it would suffer some pain.

This rabbit should be severely punished, otherwise it will always have fantasies.

The preliminary test of the 'Demon Revealing Soup' has come to an end. At present, the effect produced on the nightmare is acceptable. Originally, Lin Mo planned to do further tests, for example, testing it on living people to see what kind of nightmare it would turn into, but Lin Nan's matter disrupted his plan.

After returning to the Academy of Sciences, Lin Mo stuffed the rabbit into a cardboard box first.

Then go find Vice President Zheng.

After working together for a period of time, the relationship between Vice President Zheng and Lin Mo has risen to a certain level and they are very familiar with each other, so Lin Mo did not beat around the bush.

"Vice President Zheng, how much do you know about the special experts of the General Administration?"

Vice President Zheng was stunned for a moment, then he said, "I have participated in the Special Expert Program. Although it is confidential, you are now a Level 5 researcher. I can tell you everything within your authority. What do you want to know?"

"Lin Nan, do you know?"

"Of course I know. He is the first special expert. What happened to him?"

Lin Mo simply threw out his doubtful questions.

"I used to work with Lin Nan and I know him. I just ran into him outside and he... seemed like a different person... He didn't recognize me at all."

"I know about this." Vice President Zheng did not hide it: "Some time ago, Lin Nan had an accident while performing a mission. His main consciousness has collapsed. To put it simply, the original Lin Nan has died. Professor Xie spent a lot of effort to activate one of his secondary personalities and take over his body. You know, special experts are very important to the General Administration, so there are some emergency backup plans. Otherwise, not only will a special expert be lost, but the nightmare in his body will also be released. You should understand this."

Lin Mo frowned.

He really could understand.

Because of the invasion of the nightmare world, sacrifice and dedication of some people are often required.

For example, when establishing a Qianlong safe zone, the entire safe zone needs to be cleared and all nightmares in this area must be killed.

But not all nightmares can be killed.

Those that cannot be killed can only be locked up.

The prison that imprisons these nightmares may not be a physically enclosed area in the normal sense, but a prison in name only.

The human body can be used as a cage.

The Academy of Sciences had long discovered the effects of the "cage" curse and had already put it into practice. However, the means of application were relatively simple, and it was initially discovered that this curse could only work on the human body.

So at the beginning, there was a group of dedicated volunteers who took the initiative to step forward and use their own bodies to seal these nightmares.

As you can imagine, this is also risky.

What should we do if this person encounters an accident or even dies? Only by setting up insurance, that is, after this person dies, another "person" can take over their body, which can ensure safety.

Lin Mo had read similar experimental reports, so he knew what Vice President Zheng was talking about. Strictly speaking, these people's bodies no longer belonged to them.

Obviously Lin Nan also belongs to this category.

Before coming to ask Vice President Zheng, Lin Mo was already mentally prepared, so he was not shocked when he heard the news, but just a little silent.

Vice Dean Zheng also sighed at this time: "Hey, Professor Xie should be the most sad about this matter. Lin Nan is his adopted child. For more details, you can ask Professor Xie."

Lin Mo nodded.

He did intend to do so.

Professor Xie is the first person in charge and dean of the General Administration’s Academy of Sciences, and is also one of the highest-level leaders within the General Administration.

It has a great influence in China.

In the past, it was quite difficult for Lin Mo to meet Professor Xie, but now, Vice President Zheng said he could arrange it. Later, I learned that the report on nightmare suppressant drugs had been submitted, and Professor Xie also attached great importance to this matter. After all, if the effectiveness and safety of the nightmare suppressant drugs can be proven, they can be used by the leadership.

This is of great significance.

As the 'developer' of this drug, Professor Xie himself wanted to meet him.

Vice President Zheng made a phone call and informed Lin Mo as soon as he hung up that Professor Xie happened to be available, so if he wanted to meet him, he should follow him now.

Lin Mo couldn't ask for more.

Lin Mo didn't care about honor and praise right now. He just wanted to ask Lin Nan what happened.

Following Vice President Zheng, Lin Mo arrived at the lowest level of the Academy of Sciences.

Under normal circumstances, entry here is not allowed, even if Lin Mo is a level 5 researcher.

Vice President Zheng led Lin Mo to the door of an office, knocked on the door, and when he heard the word "come in", he pushed the door open and walked in.

Inside, Professor Xie was reading a report.

Lin Mo had seen him on TV, so he recognized him immediately.

"Old Zheng, I've read the report on the nightmare suppressant drug. There's no problem. You did a very rigorous job. All we have to do is pass the third drug test and we can submit it to the higher authorities."

Professor Xie said with a smile.

Vice President Zheng smiled and nodded, then introduced Lin Mo.

"Researcher Lin, I've wanted to meet you for a long time." Professor Xie shook hands with Lin Mo, but before Lin Mo could speak, Professor Xie took the initiative to say, "Lin Nan mentioned you to me."

Lin Mo's heart moved.

"I watched Lin Nan grow up. He grew up in a laboratory and didn't have many friends. But that time he came back and told me that he had made a friend."

Lin Mo didn't expect that Professor Xie would take the initiative to bring up Lin Nan's matter before he even asked.

At this time, Vice President Zheng tactfully said goodbye and left, leaving only Lin Mo and Professor Xie in the office.

Professor Xie then called out to Lin Mo to follow him, opened the door, walked along the corridor to the end, and then stopped at the door of a room marked '001'.

Then, push the door open and go in.

"This is Lin Nan's room. He has never come back since the accident. After all, his body has changed its owner." Professor Xie was obviously trying hard to suppress his emotions when he said this.

Lin Mo could see that Professor Xie cared a lot about Lin Nan.

It can be seen from some small actions.

For example, he would stare at a painting on the wall of the room and smile. That smile came from the heart and could not be faked.

The content of the painting is Professor Xie himself.

It should have been drawn by Lin Nan.

What surprised Lin Mo was that he actually saw himself.

That's another painting.

Because the painting is so vivid, with the person carrying a backpack, tied with balloons, and holding a brick in his hand, you can recognize it at a glance.

There are words written next to the painting.

"My best friend, Lin Mo!"

It was a very simple room, a little messy, with a small TV and a game console projected onto the real world.

It seems that Lin Nan was not bragging when he said he often played games.

Professor Xie was very familiar with this room. He looked around, then sat on the floor and asked Lin Mo to sit down. Then he told Lin Nan what happened.

"Lin Nan is a special expert and the strongest person in the General Administration. However, under normal circumstances, he will not be used to carry out missions. After all, there are seven very special nightmares imprisoned in Lin Nan's body. If something goes wrong, the consequences will be very serious." Professor Xie sighed: "But that time, the situation was a bit special..."

"You are also a member of the General Administration's expert group. You must know that many things in the nightmare world are projections of the real world, including nightmares, which are also the fear of living people after being polluted. More than a month ago, a pollution source appeared in the Tuanmen District on the outskirts of Qianlong City. Coincidentally, a university in the city was carrying out off-campus activities there at the time. At the same time as the pollution source appeared, more than two classes and more than 80 teachers and students lost contact with the outside world. The General Administration sent people over and found that the teachers and students fell into a deep sleep. As expected, they were trapped in the nightmare world. Afterwards, according to the procedure, several experts from the General Administration entered the dream, but a problem arose. They had no news and did not wake up again. That place was like a restricted area that could only be entered but not exited..."

Lin Mo's attention was immediately drawn.

He had encountered a similar situation before, the same thing happened on Route 66 in Black Crow City.

"Is it a cage curse?" Lin Mo asked.

Professor Xie nodded. "That should be the case. The situation was quite urgent at the time, so the General Administration requested a special expert to come in, and Lin Nan went...Originally, the next day was his birthday."

"Lin Nan didn't come out?" Lin Mo asked subconsciously, but soon Lin Mo realized that he asked the wrong question. If Lin Nan didn't come out, he would not have met him outside the Academy of Sciences just now.

What Lin Mo didn't expect was that Professor Xie said, "Yes, Lin Nan didn't come out, or rather, the real him didn't come out."

Lin Mo frowned.

"That was the third day after Lin Nan went in. There were people outside to guide him, but the General Administration assessed that the Pig Gate area was the most dangerous and strictly prohibited anyone from entering, so the people outside had to wait. Later, Lin Nan came out, but he was out of control at the time. The seven nightmares in his body were fighting for control of his body. At that time, I knew something was wrong, so I had to use the backup plan and activate the secondary personality. Only then did I regain control of Lin Nan's body."

Professor Xie was silent for a while, and then said, "I know very well that Lin Nan's main consciousness has disappeared, otherwise the nightmare sealed in his body would not be out of control. And his body was able to come out because the seven nightmares sealed in his body were also very terrifying. After this incident, the Tumen District was listed as a restricted area, and the news about the Tumen District was completely sealed."

Lin Mo nodded.

Nightmare areas like this are collectively called "black boxes", which means that the outside world has no idea about this area and has no way of understanding it.

It is said that there are many "black box" areas abroad, but relatively few in China, but they do exist.

The Tuanmen area is one of them.

However, it is obvious that the higher-ups must be very wary of this Tuanmen area and want to explore it very much. After all, the Tuanmen area is located in the suburbs of Qianlong City and is very close to the Qianlong safe zone.

Leaving such a black box area aside is like placing a time bomb.

Lin Mo asked what the secondary personality was. "A controllable nightmare that grows with the main consciousness and has some of the main consciousness's memories. You can think of it as Lin Nan growing up in another way."

Lin Mo understood.

At this time, Lin Mo noticed that there seemed to be words written on his portrait on the wall.

"My best friend, Lin Mo." There was a smaller line of words at the end: "I'm looking forward to visiting your home..."

Lin Mo remained silent.

Professor Xie stood up and said, "You can stay here for a while."

After saying that, he was about to leave.

Lin Mo suddenly asked, "Professor Xie, what happened to those college students and the other experts who entered the Pig Gate area earlier? Are they dead?"

Professor Xie probably guessed what Lin Mo meant: "They died one after another within three days."

Lin Mo asked again: "Professor Xie, do you think it is possible that Lin Nan is not dead, and he is just trapped inside and can't get out, just like the others?"

Professor Xie smiled bitterly: "I hope so too, but I am a scientist and can only speculate based on the actual situation. The actual situation is that there is a dead zone there. Anyone who enters it will die after three days."

Lin Mo nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

After Professor Xie left, Lin Mo took out the diary and looked at the four words Xiaoyu wrote about Lin Nan.

"Maybe dead!"

This is a big chapter! 　　 　 (End of chapter)