Welcome to Rewind World Game-Chapter 871 - 868: "The First Dream Patrol Family.

Su Ming’an sat on the chair, staring at [Estimated Lifespan: 20 years], organizing his thoughts.

First of all, this instance is divided into the present world and the game.

By advancing the main storyline in the game, the black mist of the present world can be dispelled. If one lacks the ability to advance the main storyline, behaviors like conversing with NPCs and completing side quests in the game can also earn Dream Patrol Spirit Points, a large amount of which can also dispel the black mist of the present world.

So, many members of the Dream Patrol Family will continue to enter the game even if they cannot clear the first Chapter. Even completing just one side quest can dispel a little bit of the black mist in the present world, even if it’s insignificant.

But if Su Ming’an doesn’t clear [Chapter One - White Lotus Doomsday], then Chapter Two will never appear, and the side quests in Chapter One will eventually be completed. Once the speed of the black mist’s spread exceeds the speed at which Dream Patrol members complete the side quests, humanity is doomed.

"A tug-of-war..." Su Ming’an grasped a 2B pencil, writing down this term on the practice book.

——In other words, clearing a Chapter in Dream Patrol is equivalent to a perfect pass in the world game. Advancing side quests in Dream Patrol is like ordinary players saving up for the progress bar of human survival points.

"It really is like the world game." Su Ming’an put down the pencil: "I must first find the main quest target—Su Luoluo."

Having clarified his thoughts, he stood up and pulled open the heavy curtains of the room.

As soon as he opened the curtains, he was startled by the scene outside.

He originally thought that he was in a modern-style room, so the scenery outside should also be of a modern city. But looking outside, it was filled with unfinished buildings and ruins. Steel bars and broken cars were piled like trash. A few tall buildings could be faintly seen, but most were bombed-out buildings, with extending steel pipes swaying like iron birds.

Groups of two or three people walked cautiously on the road, carefully avoiding the broken bricks and holding black bread in their arms.

This place looked like a post-war city, with broken wine bottles, bombed-out cars, scattered bullets, and shell craters everywhere.

People’s expressions were somewhat numb, focusing only on the bread in their arms, in a state of hopelessness for life.

"Anjiang, according to online information, this place you are in is indeed a war zone." The wristband Du said: "This city’s name is Dao Ya City. An Exotic Species has taken root in this city, and the military is incapable of eliminating it, so it has become an area abandoned by the government. People often die in this city, and this situation has persisted for several years."

"Why don’t they escape?" Su Ming’an said. If an Exotic Species is rooted in the city, why don’t people flee?

"Anjiang, have you heard of siege warfare?" Du said: "Throughout human history, there have been many brutal siege battles. Because the army cannot eradicate this Exotic Species, and doesn’t want it to harm other cities, they have besieged this city, not letting anyone out. People living in this city can only rely on airdrops and scavenging to survive. The land is also very barren, and without external trade, even farming will leave them hungry."

"...Is that so?" Su Ming’an said.

It seems this city has already become an abandoned city. To put it nicely, it’s "the army has laid siege, waiting for a chance to evacuate the residents," but to put it badly, it’s "the residents of this city are left to fend for themselves, and the army won’t rescue them anymore."

So the Exotic Species really is this terrifying—the humans would rather sacrifice a city to contain it here and not let it out.

Moreover, with the city’s residents as food, why would the Exotic Species roam around? It’s more like the Exotic Species has been kept in this city, like keeping a pet, except the food for the Exotic Species is "Dao Ya City’s humans."

Su Ming’an had a preliminary glimpse of the darkness of this world.

Feeding humans to the Exotic Species, hoping it won’t leave the city, is just like... live human sacrifices in primitive times. Obviously, technological development has reached a modern level, yet it’s taking a backward step in history.

"I must find a way to kill this Exotic Species." Su Ming’an thought.

However, Exotic Species are like ghosts, only encountered at specific times. He can only wait for it to come to him.

He took a step back, his elbow hitting the radio button, and a crackling sound emerged, followed by a news broadcast:

"Old Day 827th year, February 3rd, sunny, here to report today’s news."

"At eight o’clock this morning, the Human Self-Rescue Alliance made a statement, declaring that humans’ destiny does not belong to deities and welcoming the ambitious to join the alliance in resistance. The Union Government strongly condemned this irreverent act against deities. We believe that human destiny has been destined by the great deities, and those who attempt to defy it will never reincarnate."

"At ten thirty this morning, the Anti-Destiny Alliance again expressed negative comments, claiming ’only in death can one glimpse the truth’ and stated their large-scale slaughter in Nita City was to save the people. The Holy Alliance Army has gone to suppress the Anti-Destiny Alliance, and the deities will protect Their people, not letting absurd statements bewilder the public."

"The Believer Ship, during its voyage passing through Uthers Glacier, fortunately did not make any navigation errors and arrived at the port a few hours ago."

"The number of Dream Patrol Family members is increasing, with registrations reaching four hundred and seventy million. The Dream Patrol business is flourishing, which represents a good development."

"..."

"Urgent news! Urgent news!"

At this point, the broadcaster’s voice suddenly became hurried: fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

"According to the latest Dream Patrol progress ranking, [Game: Louyue Nation]’s [Chapter One - White Lotus Doomsday] was cleared by an anonymous Dream Patrol Family member at noon, breaking through a year’s stagnation in human game progress. Currently, twenty-four independent governments have issued statements offering high rewards aiming to recruit this anonymous Dream Patrol Family member. Among them, the Nee Democratic Union and Weina Republic have expressed a willingness to offer any terms to this Dream Patrol Family member..."

Su Ming’an listened to the broadcast, suddenly realizing that he seemed to have done something that shocked the world.

He opened his smartphone, and the top trending topic was #Breaking! Anonymous Dream Patrol Member Clears Chapter One#. The top ten trending topics were all about this: #White Lotus Doomsday Cleared#, #Union Government Yvette Obeys Destiny#, #Lamb of the Deity· Yvette#, #World-wide Search for Number One Dream Patrol Member#.

Wherever he looked, there were reports on this matter.

He randomly opened one, and it was a continuously refreshing forum.

[Clock Tower: The Dream Patrol Family ranking is going to change drastically^^]

[Dream Patrol Elves: This new ’Number One Dream Patrol Family Member’ must be His Highness Bivis of the Lairo Empire! Only he has the qualification!]

[Yaji Yang Hao: Why would the ’Number One Dream Patrol Family Member’ stay anonymous? Is he a very famous Dream Patrol Family member deliberately concealing his name? I don’t think it’s a newcomer.]

[Longevity Soup: Does anyone remember the Eldest Prince’s face? Why can’t I remember it?]

[Yuqing: ’The Number One Dreamwalker Family’ must have possessed the Eldest Prince, he must be an Eligible. If his true identity is discovered, he’ll never have peace in his life. Who wouldn’t want the blood of an Eligible?]

[Kang Yu: But that’s illegal...]

[Virus Killer: Law? In front of big shots, what does that count for? Once this anonymous Dreamwalker Family’s real identity is discovered, there’s only a path of death!]

...

Su Ming’an furrowed his brow slightly.

The more he read, the more these comments seemed familiar. It was just like the old bullet-screen debates on "who exactly is the Number One Player".

He put away his phone and put on the "Wang Han’s Human Skin Mask".

"Ding Dong!"

[You have put on "Wang Han’s Human Skin Mask". In this instance, when you wear this item, you will become the original host "Su Wensheng".]

...

Su Ming’an understood. The original host’s name was Su Wensheng. Only when wearing the mask was he the original host. Without the mask, he was Su Ming’an in his true form.

He still didn’t quite understand what the original host did. He appeared to be just an ordinary student? Compared to Qin Wang, Su Rin, and Acto, utterly unremarkable.

He left the room and was met with a simply furnished living room.

A checkered cloth dining table, four chairs in pale yellow wood, a light bulb hanging from a long wire, and bright white tiles on the floor with a shoe cabinet in the corner holding several pairs of slippers.

Su Ming’an looked around. This home was about ninety square meters. It had a style from the early 2000s, with plain white walls and light bulbs that had to be pulled to "click" on.

"Ring ring ring—" At that moment, the phone rang. Su Ming’an glanced at the screen, it was [Xia Jiawen (Note: homeroom teacher)].

"Hello?" Su Ming’an answered.

"Is this Su?" A gentle voice: "I couldn’t get through to you before. Have you thought about what we discussed earlier?"

"What?" Su Ming’an asked.

"Don’t become a Dreamwalker." Xia Jiawen said: "I know young people are passionate. You told me before you really want to become a Dreamwalker, but I truly believe your family background and personality are not suitable for it. I’ve seen many people, some students are obstinate about becoming Dreamwalkers and their final outcomes were... regrettable."

Su Ming’an turned back and looked at the helmet on the bed. It seemed the original host didn’t listen to the teacher’s advice and still chose to become a Dreamwalker.

"I understand," Su Ming’an didn’t argue. The homeroom teacher didn’t know he had become a Dreamwalker anyway.

"That’s good." Xia Jiawen was pleased: "Su, let me say a few more words. You know—human negative emotions are a power source for Exotic Species. Dreamwalkers are exposed to many people’s views. Even when they feel terrible, they can’t show it. Even if they break down, they have to force a smile, or else they’ll spread negative emotions to many people.

"Su, you are outstanding in your studies, enough to become a stable civil servant, I have high hopes for you, I don’t want you to become a Dreamwalker and have your every move watched, this world is too harsh on Dreamwalkers. Besides, you have your grandma and father at home, you are their only hope, please don’t take risks."

"Okay, teacher," Su Ming’an replied perfunctorily.

"That’s good. Remember to attend the class in the afternoon. You’ve already skipped two days, even though it’s the wartime now, learning shouldn’t fall behind," Xia Jiawen said.

"Oh." Su Ming’an said.

—Only then did he realize the other role of being a Dreamwalker.

Entertainment.

After hanging up, Su Ming’an stared at his phone, wordless.

Du said: "Anjiang, in a sense, Dreamwalkers are also a kind of online streamer, they’re essentially playing a game. They also have live broadcast rooms and bullet screens. Humans have already researched a method to negate people’s negative emotions—by concentrating most of the negative emotions onto a few people."

"Concentrated onto a few people?" Su Ming’an repeated.

"Yes. Because negative emotions make Exotic Species stronger. So if one person can accept the negative emotions of many, using one person’s pain to offset that of many—that’s the best way to reduce negative emotions," Du said: "So even if there’s malice from viewers in the live broadcast, Dreamwalkers can’t help it. If they get angry, it affects more people."

"...I see," Su Ming’an said.

So, Dreamwalkers are also divided into two kinds; one kind is those with great strength wanting only to clear the game like strong players such as Yi Zhongyu from Dragon City.

The other kind is the entertainment Dreamwalkers, who are like ordinary online streamers, bearing the audience’s negative emotions. Through the dream-walking devices, this emotional transmission is possible.

"It’s increasingly becoming like the World Game." Su Ming’an said flatly.

Players at the top seeking a Perfect Pass, while ordinary Adventurer Players just want to earn some Live Streaming Points.

The former can help dispel the Black Mist in the real world, while the latter can share the burden of the audience’s negative emotions.

Su Ming’an pushed the door open and stepped out.

Yellow sand blew against him, Su Ming’an coughed a few times and suddenly saw a pink figure.

A girl stood by his door, with very dark purple pupils, wearing dark-colored long sleeves and jeans, her face half-hidden under a hat, highlighting the shadows between her brows and eyes.

Seeing him push the door, she lifted her head.

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