Hao Ren hid in a bunker and observed what was going on outside. Although he did not see any enemies yet, the sound of gunfire coming from the distance could tell that this was not a peaceful place. It was important to remain hidden until the situation was clear.
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He saw that the streets around him were dilapidated, with buildings collapsing in places. Bullet holes could be seen everywhere on the walls and roads. Twisted metal fragments were piled up on the street corners. There were traces of war damage everywhere. The sky was gray and it seemed like it was about to rain.
But the dry and slightly cold air reminded him that this was not a cloud, but some kind of high-altitude dust cloud that persisted. A breeze blew, bringing with it the smell of gunpowder smoke from afar, and a pungent smell that seemed like chemical pollution.
Taste.
"What's going on? The Third World War has really started?" Hao Ren muttered as he concentrated, checked his brain state, and found that he was not dreaming.
"It can't be a dream..." He muttered to himself, "The details are too complete... Could it be that he was transported to a place in the dream plane again?"
It is difficult for ordinary people to recognize their own situation after falling into a dream, because the brain will naturally process all the details in the dream and construct the required senses in a self-deceptive way. However, Hao Ren has undergone body modification and targeted training.
Through his own mental power, he could stay awake in dreams, discern reality in extreme sleep, and even resist various powerful illusions to a certain extent. But after confirming that he was in reality, Hao Ren was still a little confused: he felt
He may have entered the dream plane again, but after entering this time, there was always a sense of dissonance that lingered, and he couldn't explain what was going on.
"Terminal, can you hear me?" Hao Ren activated the mental connection. He called the data terminal in his mind. He knew that the guy was connected to his mind 24 hours a day, including when he was asleep. "My current situation is a bit...
subtle……"
The voice from the data terminal was delayed for a few seconds: "Received. The signal is clear, but the situation of this machine is also a bit subtle..."
"Are you coming in too?" Hao Ren said in his mind, while cautiously moving towards the nearest building. He hoped to go to a higher place to see the situation of this place, "Is this the Dream Plane?"
The voice of the data terminal suddenly became louder and softer: "It should be, but the transmission process this time was very sudden. This machine was 'pulled' in by your mental power, and there was no time to record the 'dive' process. In addition, there are some abnormalities in the surrounding environment.
, but cannot be described.”
"Ha. I actually fell asleep and entered the dream plane again," Hao Ren tugged at the corner of his mouth. He saw a tall tower. Although the outer wall was damaged a lot, the structure was still intact and solid. He decided to go up and have a look.
"I thought I would never need this method of entry again... I haven't experienced it in more than a year."
"Theoretically, this should not happen. Your mental power has become increasingly stable and highly controllable. Uncontrolled dream infiltration will no longer occur. Moreover, this machine is connected to you and functions as a firewall... at least
There is an early warning function.”
"There are always accidents. You mentioned that the environment in this place is abnormal? It's probably because we entered the dream plane with our spiritual bodies this time," Hao Ren reasoned casually. "Ever since we found the Tanagus Rift,
It’s always been the physical body entering, and I’ve almost forgotten what it feels like to enter the spiritual body.”
The voice from the data terminal was delayed for a few seconds: "Insufficient information, no comment."
Hao Ren climbed up to the third floor of the dilapidated tower and looked down at the street below: "Why did you suddenly become serious? This place is really... not optimistic."
Standing on the balcony of the tower overlooking the city, everything you see is devastated. Almost every street is in a dilapidated look. The entire city must have suffered large-scale bombing or been destroyed in a protracted urban war.
So far.
The voice from the data terminal continued: "This machine needs to allocate part of its computing power to analyze the situation here."
"Okay. You can continue the analysis," Hao Ren said casually, "But before that, can you determine the location of this planet? How far is it from Horleta? Can you contact the Crystal Core Research Station or Ala
Manda base?”
"...Insufficient information. We can only confirm that it is in the Dream Plane, but we cannot determine our current location. The signal transmission with the Crystal Core Research Station and the Allamanda Base is normal, but the physical address cannot be resolved. There may be something unexpected."
interference or data link error."
"It may be that it is too far away," Hao Ren looked up at the gray sky, as if he wanted to see the starry sky behind it through the layer of dust, "or this place is in a special star region."
In this universe where the true god exploded, it is not unimaginable that one or two distortion areas with chaotic space-time rules would appear. Now Hao Ren was just glad that he entered this place with his spiritual body, so that if danger happened, he could still escape intact.
However, a doubt has begun to linger in his mind: Why did he suddenly fall into this place?
He first entered the dream plane by "diving" through dreams like he is now, so he is not unfamiliar with this diving process. However, he has also tested that if he dives through dreams in the surface world, he will 100% be transported to Hall.
It seems that Horleta on the planet Leta has some kind of mapping relationship with the surface world, or that a big crack in the wall of reality is projected onto the planet Horleta.
But this time, he came to a strange planet, and it seemed that he was far away from Horleta.
He told the data terminal this question: "Terminal, what do you think this is going on?"
The data terminal thought for a while: "...Pessimistically, this phenomenon may mean that the cracks in the wall of reality are further widening. Originally, you could only enter Horleta when dreaming in the surface world, but now...there are more possibilities in the dream plane.
Multiple places and table worlds are connected.”
Hao Ren felt a pain in his liver: "What about the optimistic estimate?"
"Optimistically, I guess there's something wrong with your brain that's why you're running around."
"Your uncle!"
"This machine comes from the production line. The main body of this machine is a substrate detector. Please pay attention to your orientation. The main body of this machine is harder than any part of your body."
Hearing the data terminal arguing with him so energetically, Hao Ren felt relieved: It seemed that this funny guy had also recovered from the sequelae caused by the sudden transmission.
"Not completely out of trouble yet," the data terminal sensed Hao Ren's thoughts and sent a message in frustration, "There was a data conversion error when entering the dream plane, and the machine lost its ability to move.
, come and pick up this unit."
Hao Ren was stunned: "Why did you make so many mistakes this time?"
"This unit asks who is going! You are the leader during the dive!"
"Okay, okay, where should I pick you up?"
The data terminal transmitted the navigation information to Hao Ren's mind. The latter followed his mental induction and looked in a certain direction, and found that puffs of green smoke were coming out of the streets there, and intermittent sounds of firefights were coming from there.
That guy really chose a good place to "land".
Hao Ren shook his head and sighed, then jumped down three floors and ran quickly towards the streets where the smoke was rising.
As he approached the firefighting area, he discovered some corpses: both men and women wearing inconsistent combat attire and equipped with small-caliber individual weapons. Judging from the wounds, they should have been killed in a recent firefight.
By the time he arrived at the street where the data terminal sent out the signal, the battle here was already over.
The air is filled with the pungent smell of gun smoke, and the smell of blood is mixed with the breeze. The soldiers who have fought here should have evacuated or died in the battle. Only the broken equipment left on the ground and a few people behind the bunker on the street corner can be seen.
They didn't even have time to take away the corpse, so this was obviously the losing party.
Hao Ren looked around and found no living people, but two dead soldiers were lying behind the cement slabs closest to him. As he walked over, he bent down and checked the conditions of these two men.
"Firearms use gunpowder kinetic energy, but they are more advanced than those on Earth," Hao Ren muttered while inspecting the equipment of the fallen soldiers, "Well, the guns are embedded with advanced electronic auxiliary devices, which may be used for aiming and guidance...
Connected to the battle suit..."
He reached out and picked up a rifle, and a line of text was immediately projected on the gun: User error, mechanism locked.
"...It even has permission recognition function."
At this moment, a clear sound of scolding from behind suddenly interrupted Hao Ren's movements: "Don't move! People in front of you, put your hands behind your head, stand up slowly facing this way!" (To be continued...