Dr. Cota was speeding down the road in his old Chevrolet sedan.
There are not many cars on the road.
Some of them have been abandoned on the roadside for several months, and the city managers have no intention of taking care of them.
In addition to abandoned vehicles, there are also abandoned houses.
This makes some homeless homeless people cheaper. Some sophisticated homeless people may tidy up, but most of them are lazy. Some houses are comparable to garbage dumps.
But now, who can care about this?
Everyone knows that the end is coming.
And the days will get worse day by day.
At this time, gunshots were heard in the distance.
Cota was accustomed to the sound of gunshots. He turned on the radio, and an old song was playing on the radio at the moment. This song was born ten years ago. Listening to the song, he recalled the glory and beauty of the past, and then compared it with the present.
Kota couldn't help but sighed and said a curse word that started with "F".
Industry and commerce are all running and may not completely collapse in the future, but it is a fact that their scale is gradually shrinking.
Material shortages have been going on for months.
Nothing is missing.
Even if you have money, sometimes you can't buy what you need.
This has led to skyrocketing prices.
The people in power have been saying on TV all day long that the situation is under control, but people like Cota, who are highly educated and have high incomes, know very well that there is not a single word of truth from those people on TV.
The fact is that the situation is already very bad due to the invasion of nightmares.
As a well-known psychiatrist, Cota serves as a senior executive in a large hospital, and he is very aware of how many people have died due to nightmare attacks in the past few months.
Much more than war.
There would be some announcements at first, but soon, because the number was too large, the announcements were banned. However, they could still be viewed through internal data statistics, but later, the internal data reports were also stopped.
Now, perhaps only those who are truly in power and God know how many people die from nightmares every day in this once most powerful country.
In front is the duck foot area.
One of the typical civilian areas.
The vehicle is driving on the elevated road, but every time he passes by here, Cota will close the windows tightly or adjust the air conditioner to internal circulation, because otherwise, there will be a strong smell of corpses coming in.
If a person accidentally dies in the Duck Foot area, no one will even take care of the body. It will just rot in a corner, stink, and become a paradise for maggots.
Fortunately, not all urban areas are as serious as the Duckfoot District.
In some places, life is no different from before.
Money can indeed solve some problems sometimes.
For example, purchasing real estate in the core area of Xiya, the security level here is second only to the central urban areas of several major holy cities. It was established by some really rich guys in this city and hired a large number of capable people.
Now, Kota and his family live there.
This time, Kota went out to buy food and some daily necessities.
Prices in the core area are too high. Purchasing real estate has exhausted all his savings, and he even borrowed a lot of money from the bank for this purpose.
So it’s worth saving a little bit.
After passing several checkpoints, he successfully entered the core area of Xiya City.
On the road, neighbors were jogging, and some people were leisurely eating desserts at a roadside cafe. Here and outside, they were simply two different worlds.
Kota was thankful that he and his family were inside.
After dinner, the family of three said to each other, "I saw you in my dream."
Then turn off the lights and go to sleep.
Every time he fell into a dream, Kota was very nervous. He was afraid that those terrifying monsters would suddenly appear in his dream and kill his family.
"Kota, relax. This is just a worry caused by anxiety. It is a type of mental illness. You are an expert in psychiatry. This small problem can be easily resolved. You have to have confidence in yourself."
"Always remember, no matter how hard life gets, keep going."
Before falling asleep, Kota muttered to himself.
Then, he closed his eyes.
Contaminated by nightmares, say goodbye to insomnia. As long as you want to sleep, you can do it anytime and anywhere.
With a sense of loss, I successfully fell into a dream.
Kota opened his eyes and saw the dim room and the even darker sky outside.
"This damn world is always so dark. Could it be that these damn clouds will never disperse one day? What's on top of these clouds?"
Kota muttered.
At this time, a voice came from the room: "Above the clouds, there is a blood-colored moon. It is very beautiful, but it can also make people crazy."
Kota was startled.
He immediately turned around and saw a person sitting on a chair in the corner of his bedroom.
Because the light is very dim, only a rough outline can be seen.
"You, you, who are you?"
Kota was so scared that he couldn't keep calm and all kinds of terrible thoughts came to his mind.
call!
A ball of fire burst out, and next Cota saw a flaming brick.
The firelight illuminated the other person's face.
Very young.
Still an Asian.
Kota was filled with fear, and he looked around for his wife and children.
"Your wife and children are safe outside. If you don't believe it, you can come with me and have a look." The man holding the brick stood up, opened the door and walked out.
Kota followed him out tremblingly.
Sure enough, I saw my wife and children watching TV outside.
The problem is, he doesn't have a TV at home.
Where did this TV come from?
"Dr. Cota, please introduce yourself. My name is Lin Mo. I came to see you this time because I want you to give me a diagnosis to prove that I am a lunatic."
The man holding the brick said seriously.
This person is naturally Lin Mo.
He found Xiya City all the way, but it took a lot of effort, and he also encountered several terrible nightmares on the way, at least A-level ones, and not very friendly.
Fortunately, Lin Mo was not easy to mess with. Besides, with Nie Hong and Butcher following them, and several of Jie Xi's sub-personalities, even A-level nightmares were no match for them, so there were only a few close calls along the way.
As for the core area of Xiya City, it actually has some meaning as a safe zone.
There are defense forces on the outside, and there are some people who can use the power of nightmares, so it is much safer than other areas.
But it is also relatively safe.
There are no walls and no deterrent force. It is easy to block some ordinary nightmares. But if an A-level nightmare wants to come in, it will still be unstoppable.
In Lin Mo's view, this is false security.
Anyway, when he came in, it was quite easy. Using the bewitching curse, he could briefly control an ordinary person without even a fight, just like Cota's wife and children now. Lin Mo just said a word in their ears, and they were like