When people are in despair, they will regard any glimmer of hope as a life-saving straw.

For Xiyan City, Lin Mo is now the life-saving straw.

The leadership team of Xiyan City had started preparations according to the requirements of the Nightmare Disaster Command Headquarters several months ago. Of course, this disaster command headquarters is an organization led by the General Administration, coordinating various departments to respond to the nightmare crisis.

As a small third- or fourth-tier city, Xiyan City did not receive any preferential resources from above. Even the local security bureau was concurrently run by some people from the Municipal Bureau. It is conceivable how poor its ability to deal with nightmares is.

They started the nightmare separation work several months ago, but the progress was so slow that the proportion of nightmare separation completed in the city is less than 30%.

I thought I could delay it for a while, but who would have thought that the nightmare would come so suddenly, and the warning time issued by the command headquarters was only one hour.

What can you do in an hour?

Now all these officials, big and small, feel like they are being roasted on the fire.

There will definitely be casualties and losses, the difference is between large and very large.

Previously, precise deployment could be made based on the pollution zone divisions updated daily by the General Administration, that is, people were evacuated from places where pollution might occur and concentrated in safe areas.

This tactic is not only used in Xiyan City, but also in other places.

But in the final analysis, this is only a temporary solution and not a permanent one.

When the nightmare really comes, where is the safe zone? It is like a reef completely submerged by the tide, with no place to stand.

Once everyone is contaminated instantly, they will have a lot of nightmares as soon as they fall asleep. Then, God knows what will happen.

The worst case scenario is that Xiyan City may cease to exist.

Just when they were in a state of panic, they happened to hear that a team leader-level expert from the General Administration was currently in Xiyan City. If this wasn't a life-saving straw, what else could it be? They informed each other and rushed over as soon as possible.

Of course, Xiao Du and the others can’t be blamed for this.

Mainly because they met the director on the road.

The director asked them where they had been. As a higher-ranking official can crush people, Xiao Du and the others had no choice but to report the truth. If the director knew about it, then the mayor and the secretary would also know about it, which is why we have the current situation.

Lin Mo was surrounded by this group of people at the moment, how could he not know what they were going to do.

"Alright, be quiet. Let me be frank. I'm just passing through Xiyan City. After my friend wakes up, I have to rush back to Qianlong City immediately. Just tell me what you want to do. During this time, I will definitely help you if I can."

Lin Mo has always been outspoken and doesn't like to hide anything.

He could guess with his toes what this group of leaders, big and small, from Xiyan City were going to do when they came here.

To be honest, Lin Mo also understood their difficulties, but the same thing still applies.

Individual strength cannot change the overall situation.

Even if Lin Mo was powerful enough to save a hundred, a thousand, or even tens of thousands of people, could he save millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of people? Impossible.

Even Superman can't do it.

So he wanted to see what the leaders of Xiyan City were planning to do.

If the other party makes some excessive and unrealistic demands, Lin Mo can only tell the other party that he can't help.

"Expert Lin, I'm sorry to bother you. We actually have no other choice. In this situation, casualties are inevitable. All we can do is to rescue as many citizens as possible."

It was the mayor who spoke.

It can be seen that the other person is less than 50 years old, but half of his hair is already gray.

"What are your plans?" Lin Mo asked.

"Use isolation belts to separate relatively safe areas and recruit capable people from the citizens to guard their homes." What the mayor said is also one of the many response strategies delegated to local governments by the General Administration. The specific choices are all determined by local people.

"So what do you need me to do?"

"Take charge of the overall situation!"

"Don't talk to me, tell me I can understand."

"I'm not kidding. I'm asking you to take charge of the situation. To put it bluntly, you're here to help us cover the bottom line. We have limited abilities and experience, and we really can't handle any emergencies."

"Okay!"

Lin Mo agreed.

This kind of thing is still within his ability, and the fat man also needs some time to recuperate, at least the infusion must be completed. During this time, there is nothing wrong with assisting Xiyan City in responding to this crisis.

Lin Mo originally planned to keep Tooth Ghost in the hospital as well.

In this way, with the tooth ghost guarding the door and the hair, plus the fat man himself is very smart and has rich experience in surviving in the nightmare world, so nothing will go wrong.

Lin Mo told Fatty about this matter in his dream. Originally, he was asked to wait in the hospital, but Fatty said he wanted to go too.

"My body needs rest. In the nightmare world, I am as strong as a lion or tiger. Take me there, I will definitely be able to help." The fat man volunteered.

Lin Mo thought about it and it made sense.

Compared with others, the fat man can be considered a semi-expert.

At times like this, every extra person means more strength.

Lin Mo agreed.

But the fat man has to walk through the nightmare world, roll his hair into a rope, tie it around the tooth ghost's neck, and then let the fat man lead it. In this way, no nightmare dares to stop him.

The quarantine area of ​​Xiyan City was not far away. Lin Mo told Fatty the approximate direction and let him walk there by himself. Lin Mo followed the mayor and the director and took a car there.

There were police cars leading the way on the road, and it was a huge scene.

Xiyan City is not big. If there is no traffic jam, it only takes more than 20 minutes to drive from east to west.

The population is about one or two million.

At first there was no one on the street, but I could see that almost all the houses had their lights on. If you didn't know, you would have thought it was eight or nine o'clock in the evening.

In fact, it was already 2:30 in the morning.

Going further ahead, you can see a long queue.

It must be about five or six kilometers.

The sound of loudspeakers can be heard to maintain order.

"These are the people who are preparing to enter the quarantine zone. Even if we don't have enough manpower, we must complete the nightmare separation. Otherwise, the mortality rate of ordinary people when they first enter the nightmare world will exceed 90%."

In the car, the city bureau chief said.

He also serves as the director of the local security bureau. It can be said that during this special period, his power and influence are greater than those of the mayor and secretary.

Lin Mo asked how they separated the nightmares.

"We have an action team of twelve people, now divided into two groups, carrying out nightmare separation at the same time. In fact, it has been going on for some time, but the progress is very slow. In addition, an accident occurred two days ago and a team member was sacrificed."

The city bureau chief looked distressed.

Obviously, every member of the action team was his treasure, and losing one of them was as painful as cutting off a piece of his flesh.

Lin Mo nodded. It was important to establish an isolation area at this stage, but it was also important to separate the nightmares.

How many days can most people go without sleep?

If you are extremely sleepy and have to sleep, you will immediately have a nightmare.

If the nightmare is not separated, controlled, exiled or eliminated, it will attack everyone around it.

This is just a nightmare.

If more than a dozen people enter the dream at once, or hundreds or thousands of people, the situation will not be something that a mere action team can handle.

It would be a horrific massacre then.

There was a long queue of people outside, including elderly people and children in strollers.

Men, women, countless faces, with fears of nightmares and the unknown.

Lin Mo knew that on this night, everyone in the world was the same. A terrible fate was imposed on everyone. No matter how rich or poor you were, at this moment, there was no difference.

What needs to be faced must be faced.

Of course, this is the idea of ​​the ignorant. As Lin Mo knows, the elite class has already separated nightmares safely through various channels, and such nights are almost not dangerous for them.

Even people from different regions face different fates tonight.

In some core cities, the speed and proportion of nightmare separation are faster because there are more resources and more expert team members to ensure the safety of the core cities.

Isn't that unfair?

nonsense.

At any time, so-called fairness is relative. It is easy to keep one bowl of water level, but it is impossible to keep a hundred or a thousand bowls level at the same time.

Fairness is like peace and beauty.

Since ancient times, it has been something that humans have longed for and pursued.

It is because they are so precious that they are hard to come by. Even if you come across them, they will inevitably wither after blooming like flowers.

This is the truth about human society.

Only when we lack beautiful things will we yearn for them and pursue them, but beauty is not always available.

But this matter has to be said relatively.

Compared with places outside China, I can only say that the scenery here is unique.

Hell on earth, dire straits, and hell cannot describe other places. For example, the White Eagle Country that Lin Mo had been to had already entered the "doomsday era", or they entered it on their own initiative. Isn't that strange? At least, in a place like Xiyan City, there are still such a group of people who try their best to help the citizens.

With the police car leading the way, Lin Mo and his team quickly entered the isolation area.

Here, an area of ​​about five or six square kilometers is enclosed by special barbed wire.

I don't think it's very useful, but it's better than nothing.

It is impossible for Xiyan City to build a safe zone like first- and second-tier cities, but people cannot wait to die, so they will use whatever method they can think of.

The quarantine area is a place for people to rest, sleep and dream, so all the buildings and houses here have been requisitioned. Even the roads are covered with tents. There is also a stadium in front, which is also filled with beds.

Basically, all the police forces in the city are deployed here to maintain order.

There is a building at the entrance, and people enter in batches to undergo nightmare separation.

Lin Mo watched outside for a while and found that the speed was very slow.

At this pace, working 24 hours a day and night, it would be impossible to separate everyone even if we worked for a month.

Can anyone go a month without sleep? Obviously, it is impossible.

Since he has agreed to help, Lin Mo cannot slack off and cannot back down when it is time to offer advice.

"Go in and take a look first."

Lin Mo took the lead and walked in.

There are several temporary treatment rooms inside. The people whose lines are up need to enter the treatment room alone, and then take special medicine to fall asleep. After falling asleep, the nightmare will be dealt with by the action team members in the nightmare world.

This set of procedures was first piloted in Qianlong and Tunjing City, and only after a certain amount of experience was accumulated was it promoted to other places.

The effect is good.

The security is also high.

But the efficiency is too low.

The speed of nightmare separation is directly linked to the ability of the disposal personnel.

If the handling personnel are more capable, the process will be faster; if they are less capable, the process will naturally be slower.

You can’t see anything in the real world, you have to go into a dream to see it.

The mayor of Xiyan City shook his head and said that he had not yet completed the nightmare separation, so he would not go in for the time being.

It can be seen that the mayor has been working for several days in a row and is not in a good state. What surprised Lin Mo was that the other party did not perform nightmare separation in the first place.

"It's okay. I'll help you."

After saying that, Lin Mo closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Performing nightmare separation on a single person was a waste of Lin Mo's talent, so he didn't take it seriously at all. He didn't even need to go into the treatment room and got the job done outside.

After falling asleep, Lin Mo opened his eyes.

Others can't fall asleep as quickly as he does, and may need the help of drugs.

Lin Mo had to wait for a while.

At this moment, someone shouted from behind: "Who are you? Who let you in?"

The voice was stern and questioning.

Lin Mo turned around and saw a young man in uniform with a red armband.

He seems to be a member of the Xiyan City Security Bureau's action team.

There was a dark shadow standing behind the other person, a nightmare in the form of an evil spirit.

Black threads connect the young people, giving a feeling of being connected by a thread.

Apparently, this young team member could control the evil spirit behind him, which was a kind of ability of the other party. Lin Mo was knowledgeable and had seen similar situations before. This was an occasional phenomenon. At first, the evil spirit should have wanted to kill the young man, but failed for some reason in the middle.

As a result, the young man and the evil spirit became symbiotic.

In a situation like this, the person needs to have enough willpower to overcome and control the negative impact of the evil spirit, or forcibly suppress the evil spirit and use it as a tool, or reach some kind of agreement with the evil spirit and let the other party help deal with the problem.

However, this situation is entirely a matter of luck, just like winning the lottery. After all, in most cases, being attacked by evil spirits will result in death.

Just at this moment the director of the Xiyan Municipal Bureau also came into the dream. When the young man saw the director coming, he hurried over to salute.

"Hello, Chief!"

"Xiao Wang, come here, let me introduce you. This is the forest expert from the General Administration. This is the captain of the action team of our Xiyan City Branch, Wang Dalong!"

When the young man opposite heard that Lin Mo was an expert from the General Administration, he was immediately in awe, saluted quickly, and walked over.

Not far away are several treatment rooms. Through the iron bars, you can see the team members working on nightmare separation inside. Because these are temporary treatment rooms, they are just ordinary rooms with iron bars installed on the windows for protection.

To put it bluntly, this type of treatment room can block ordinary nightmares, such as nightmares of weak murderers. However, if you encounter ghosts and other types of nightmares, it may not be able to prevent them.

At this moment, in a treatment room, a woman just appeared. She should be a citizen who just fell asleep.

The woman was dressed quite fashionably, but at the moment her face was filled with fear.

There are three team members in the disposal room.

One had a gun, one had a riot shield, and one had a knife.

"No. 1786, please stand still and wait for the staff to conduct a safety check." said the armed team member inside.

The number 1786 should be the number for citizens. According to the requirements of the General Administration, nightmare separation needs to be recorded and the specific circumstances of the nightmare should be recorded. This is to facilitate tracing the source in case of high-level nightmares.

The woman in the treatment room did not dare to move, but she was very frightened and was shaking all over.

She felt a little cold behind her.

Want to look back.

"Don't look back, squat down." A team member saw a ghost standing behind the woman and immediately shouted.

The woman was so scared that she squatted down quickly.

The ghost behind her was about to take action.

At this time, gunshots were heard.

Bang! The bullet pierced through the ghost's body.

Streams of black air gushed out from the ghost's wound.

"Keep shooting." The team member holding the explosion-proof shield next to him shouted.

Bang, bang, bang! Three shots in a row.

There were a few more bullet holes on the ghost's body, and more black gas was coming out of it.

The team member with the knife went up and started chopping.

The ghost's head was chopped off and fell to the ground, turning into a pool of foul-smelling blood, and its body began to rot.

“Solved!”

The three team members in the treatment room all breathed a sigh of relief.

The captain Wang Dalong outside and the director of the Municipal Bureau were obviously very satisfied with the result. The three team members cooperated and successfully helped a citizen complete the nightmare separation.

Although Lin Mo felt that this method was a bit risky, he didn't say anything at this time.

These team members are safe because they have equipment distributed by the General Administration, including guns and knives that can harm Nightmares. Apart from that, they are also lucky because they have encountered Nightmares below level D, which are relatively weak. If they had encountered Nightmares at level C, the situation might have been different.

Just at this moment, the mayor came in.

This is the first time that the other party has entered the nightmare world, so he or she will also have corresponding nightmares.

"Mayor Liu?" Wang Dalong was a little surprised, but what surprised him even more was that the mayor did not follow the rules and enter the disposal room. If something happened outside, no one could control it.

At this time, everyone present saw a strange face popping out from behind the mayor, staring at them viciously.

It was the first time for the mayor to enter a nightmare world. Before he could react to what was happening, he saw Lin Mo walking towards him.

He suddenly reached out and pulled someone over from behind him.

Everything happened so fast that no one could react.

When he came to his senses, Lin Mo was already pinching the neck of a horrible corpse, asking it whether it wanted to live or die.

Everyone was stunned by this scene.

"You look really ugly. I'll give you three seconds to think about it. Do you want to live or die? If you want to live, just nod your head. If you don't understand, just pretend I didn't say anything." After Lin Mo finished speaking, he actually counted down from three, two, one.

When the count reached two, the corpse nodded vigorously.

"Want to live? That's good, it's a wise choice. Come on, show us your talents."

Lin Mo let go of the other person's neck at this time.

It was not until this time that everyone could see the appearance of the corpse clearly. It was pale and bloodless, with a naked upper body. The skin was a deathly white color, and the blood vessels could be seen, but they were black.

It was as if black blood was flowing in the veins.

It can be seen that the corpse seemed a little nervous, and Lin Mo was demonstrating to him what talent was.

Finally, the corpse seemed to understand, and then opened its arms, and a huge gash appeared from its throat to its lower abdomen, like a horrible, upright mouth.

It was filled with sharp teeth of varying lengths, pulling at each other, and several tongues wriggling inside.

This scene frightened everyone present.

Even Wang Dalong, the operations team leader of the local branch, took a breath.

I thought, what kind of monster is this?

He couldn't help but hold the gun tightly, his fingers were so stiff from nervousness.

"Very good, you have good talent. It's you, go to that room, and do the nightmare separation work in that room. Dalong, let your people come out and have a rest, and let it do the rest."

“Ah, this…”

Not to mention Wang Dalong, the mayor and the director were also dumbfounded.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you that from now on, all the work here will be under my command!"

(End of this chapter)