Chapter 309 Dream into the God Machine

Chapter 309: The Dream Machine

trapped Freddy in the last lost realm of dreams?

Fu Qinghai recalled the plot of Inception.

This method... should be feasible in theory.

But using technological means to deal with the supernatural... well, unless it reaches the level of orbital bombardment, planetary fragmentation, black hole swallowing, etc., it is hard to say whether it will work.

As we all know, the dirty stuff on the supernatural side is often not very reasonable.

Fu Qinghai just fell into deep thought.

"Ahhh—"

A shrill scream came from a house not far away.

Everyone present turned to look.

The door of the street-facing villa was pushed open with a bang, and a man covered in blood ran out, with three bleeding holes on his chest. He shouted in panic:

"Here he comes, here he comes, he..."

With a plop, he fell to the ground, without a sound.

The "police" surrounding the place suddenly became panicked.

Oh no...I really messed up.

Fu Qinghai and Zhang Yuning looked at each other.

"Freddy showed his ability to create dreams within dreams in the first Nightmare on Elm Street. Playing deep dreams in front of Freddy is like showing off one's skills in front of an amateur."

Zhang Yuning said with disdain.

"The ideas and creativity are pretty good."

Fu Qinghai smiled and said:

"And… perfect timing, isn't it?"

The previous group of reincarnations who tried to seal Freddy failed, so Fu Qinghai and Zhang Yuning could take the opportunity to intervene in the matter. Otherwise, trying to deal with other players without killing anyone would not only be a waste of words, but also very difficult to implement.

To take a step back, even if this trick really works, Fu Qinghai will ruin their plan. He and Zhang Yuning came here specifically to capture Freddy. If Freddy was sealed in the Lost Realm by this group of reincarnations, wouldn't their trip be in vain?

So he said "the timing was perfect".

The two were talking in low voices, but the scene was already in chaos. People kept rushing out of the houses, shouting "doctor" and "doctor". The policemen around were no longer able to maintain the blockade, so they turned around and ran into the houses inside the street, trying to help their companions out of the predicament.

"Let's go in and take a look."

Fu Qinghai gently pushed away two police cars and walked towards the depths of the street.

"First of all, let me make it clear that Freddy is an earthbound spirit."

Zhang Yuning followed Fu Qinghai and introduced him as they walked:

"The scope of his ability is Elm Street, just like the scope of Chu Renmei's ability is Huangshan Village."

"Secondly, Freddy's existence itself has some kind of memetic property - as long as there are still people who remember Freddy's existence, no matter how many times he dies, he will continue to be resurrected."

Freddy is practically immortal.

Although he is also afraid of Christian-related items such as the Bible, holy water, and the cross like other Western evil spirits (he is still afraid of them in dreams), these things can hurt him but cannot kill him.

In the third movie, Freddy's bones were dug out and soaked in holy water, but he was still able to be resurrected in the fourth movie. Of course, all this can be attributed to the so-called high-dimensional rule of "box office is king."

"Theoretically, the only way to kill Freddy is to kill everyone who remembers Freddy."

Zhang Yuning said calmly:

"But this is obviously impossible. We can't kill all the reincarnations, and we can't kill ourselves either."

Actually, there is another way.

Fu Qinghai thought to himself.

If Doctor Strange casts magic and makes everyone in the universe forget the existence of "Freddy Krueger", just like in "Spider-Man 3: No Homecoming", people forget that "Spider-Man is Peter Parker", then Freddy may disappear completely and never be resurrected.

Forgetting is the antidote to memetic infection.

Although Freddy is immortal, his fighting ability is not very strong.

First of all, unless Freddy obtains the artifact of the Cthulhu universe, the Book of the Dead, he will not be able to appear in reality and can only kill people in his dreams.

Secondly, Freddy's power comes from human fear. If the person entering the dream has no fear at all, Freddy's power will be greatly weakened.

Compared to other monsters, Fu Qinghai is not very afraid of Freddy. Space Marines have ganglia, which allow the left and right hemispheres of the brain to rest alternately, so they can stay awake for a long time, and once they fall asleep, they will have a deep sleep without dreaming. Even if Freddy has abilities like "forcing dreams as soon as you fall asleep", Fu Qinghai can still use Force meditation to replace sleep.

If you can stay awake all the time, Freddy will definitely not be able to do anything to you.

It's easy to defeat Freddy, but it's hard to kill Freddy.

——This is the conclusion of Fu Qinghai and Zhang Yuning.

But for this group of players at the moment, the most urgent task is to quickly wake up their teammates, free them from the dream, return to reality, and get rid of Freddy's pursuit.

The reincarnations who are dream makers know that if they die in a dream, they will wake up in reality, but if they are killed by Freddy in a dream, they will die in reality as well.

There is a setting contradiction here.

However, this universe is Freddy's home turf after all, and he can easily tell whose rules apply.

The player in the dream might be trying to commit suicide before being killed by Freddy. The player in reality is busy using the pre-set device to create a sense of weightlessness and falling, trying to wake up his teammates.

Some people managed to wake up.

However, some people suddenly and mysteriously began to develop all kinds of horrific wounds on their bodies - claw marks, burns, piercings, tearings... and then they never woke up again.

At this moment, the reincarnations in the room were in a mess like a group of anxious and panicked headless flies - some teammates were still in dreams, and their heaving chests, rapid breathing, and bruises and wounds on their bodies all hinted that they were being cruelly tortured by Freddy, an evil ghost who loved to gain power through sadism and intimidation, and certainly would not let the players die easily before he had enough fun.

"Bang--"

There was a loud noise outside the window.

Black and gold armor fell from the sky.

The loud noise outside the house made everyone inside pause. Before they could react, the door was pushed open. A tall and burly armored warrior leaned half of his body in, and a low and slightly distorted voice rang out:

"Where's your pharmacist? Is he still alive?"

The players in the room looked at each other in confusion. One of the players subconsciously glanced at his teammate next to him, a young man wearing a baseball cap with a bunch of bottles and jars, as well as pipettes and syringes in front of him.

"You are a pharmacist, right?"

Fu Qinghai ordered without hesitation:

"Give me a copy of the automatic dream element."

"Ah, this…"

The pharmacist hesitated.

Fu Qinghai strode in, the swords and guns he was wearing clanging with every step, looking extremely ferocious. Facing the extreme oppression brought by the armored giant, the young man in charge of preparing the dream potion didn't dare to say any more nonsense and handed over a potion very sincerely.

Fu Qinghai took the syringe, turned and walked towards the door, passed by a few "policemen", and said lightly:

"After this is over, give me a set of dream machines and automatic dream elements as a reward for helping you win. Now I have only one request... Don't make trouble."

Without waiting for anyone to answer, Fu Qinghai walked straight out of the house.

It was as if he was just giving an order, with no intention of consulting them at all.

Zhang Yuning stood quietly in front of the door of an empty house, waiting for Fu Qinghai.

Fu Qinghai came to Zhang Yuning, pulled up her right hand, lifted up her sleeves, revealing her snow-white arm, inserted the syringe into the vein on the inside of her elbow, slowly pressed to complete the injection, and then whispered:

"Sleep peacefully, I will watch over you."

"Um."

Zhang Yuning hummed softly.

Then he closed his eyes, tilted his head, and fell limply into Fu Qinghai's arms.

In front of Fu Qinghai, Zhang Yuning always appears to be weak and obedient. Compared to the cold and arrogant appearance in front of other people, she is like a completely different person.

It tastes a bit like green tea, but he likes it very much.

Fu Qinghai picked up Zhang Yuning, walked into the house, put the unconscious woman on the sofa, then pulled out his chainsword and grenade launcher, and waited quietly in the living room.

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　The supernatural part ends here. I have been setting up the next volume in detail during this period, so this chapter is very short... Apologies in advance! There will be a free chapter later as a bonus.

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