"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the nightmare man. Are you ready for a horror?"
Since Gu Jun could only stare ahead, he could not see who the host was. However, based on the audience before him, he understood that the reason these black merchants bought him from the Zoogs was because they wanted to make more money out of him.
Inside this foreign theatre, there were about four hundred people in different attire. Many of them had suspicion written all over their faces.
"This is a freak show, isn't it?" A male audience member with a round hat grumbled, "Where did the nightmare come from?"
"This man sure is ugly." A female audience member in a purple robe grumbled to her friend, "How did his face end up like this? I've seen a child who fell into a pool of boiling water when he was young, but even that was not as bad as this. "
"Beautiful lady, this is the corruption caused by the nightmare!" The host said loudly, "Next, we will prick him. Everyone, please look into his eyes, that way you will be able to see the nightmare."
Out of the corner of his eyes, Gu Jun saw a man in a black robe walking over with a shiny silver needle.
"Stop!" His heart was filled with anxiety and fear, "Don't do anything stupid."
However, he could not make a sound. The man in the black robe walked to his side and used the needle to poke at his right eye. It was quick but skillful, it hit the orbicularis oculi. It did not destroy the eyeball but it caused a great pain.
First the right eye and then the left eye.
"Ah …" Gu Jun screamed in pain. The pain triggered a frenzy in his mind. The corrosive energy exploded in his mind!
He knew if he could not hold on, once his consciousness was destroyed, he would really become a nightmare machine. Other than reacting to pain, there was no other way for him to recover. The black merchants should know that so they did not talk to him. In that case, he would never be a living person anymore …
At the same time, the theatre was flooded with illusions. The audience gasped. Those who were suspicious earlier were instantly filled with fear.
They saw worms, broken fingers, the plague, the guillotine, blood, withered faces, and corpses all over the place …
Joy is a need, and fear is a need.
"Ah!!" Affected by this nightmare, some of the audience members screamed, and some of the audience members cried out loud. The round-hat man screamed, "Demon!" and hid under the chair with his hands on his head. They were just ordinary residents of the city and rarely went to the outskirts. He had never seen such a nightmare wonder before.
The purple robed female audience was so scared that her face paled. She stared at the nightmare man on the stage. She was completely stunned, unable to move.
The nightmare man's face that was covered in purplish red scabs, the pair of bloodshot eyes were tearing at her soul.
How could there be such a terrifying face in this world …
She wanted to avert her gaze, but she was firmly held by those eyes. She saw even more madness, and her heart became twisted and feverish.
Just as the audience was about to lose their minds, the black robed man dropped the black cloth back down to cover the nightmare man. The air in the theatre instantly cleared up. Even though the nightmare illusions still haunted the audience, they were slowly fading away.
"Dear audience, please wake up, the nightmare is over!" The host shouted, "Are you satisfied?"
Instantly, gasps, curses and cheers echoed inside the theatre. The audience that was still recovering from the shock exploded.
"This is the scariest nightmare wonder I've ever seen. Oh earth gods, what has this man been through?"
"I'd rather go to the legendary House of Worm than look into his eyes again!"
"The creation of the demon, the abandoned child of the gods!"
The curses were shrill, "We should use fire to destroy this deformed child! This is a monster that should not exist in this world! "
Just moments ago, Gu Jun tried his best to resist the darkness. He was reminded of the fountain at Carlott College and the people he had met in the other world. But the rampaging corrosive power suppressed every inch of his space to struggle, it crashed at him like a tsunami.
He was already quite lost, but suddenly his attention was drawn to the 5 sweet dream bubbles.
Before he could finish his thought, he clicked on the leftmost bubble that had thinned and his consciousness surged into it.
Before his eyes, there was still a theatre, but it was an old and empty theatre.
The tsunami had disappeared. His consciousness seemed to have entered a sanctuary outside the sweet dream bubble. He instantly understood that this kind of 'sweet dream' had its own independence. It belonged to the dreamer's mind, not him.
Gu Jun gave a long sigh of relief. He could still feel that his mind was in a state of chaos outside the sweet dream, it was also attacking this sweet dream.
He did not open the door to summon the audience, he did nothing but meditate until he felt the outside world had calmed down.
"It's over?" Gu Jun carefully exited the sweet dream and returned to his mind. Before him was the black cloth again, and the chaotic chatter of the audience rushed into his ears.
The leftmost bubble had thinned but strangely enough, he felt more comfortable and his mental power seemed to have grown stronger …
At that moment, a notification popped up on the system interface.
"Your mind has been digested. Corruption rate -0.1%. Current corruption rate 47.87%."
"Ah!" Gu Jun saw this notification with surprise and joy. He was not prepared for it, but it had only decreased by 0.1%!
That was equivalent to consuming 100 old pictures and 20 difficult missions.
'Digest? ' He noticed this word was not cleanse but digest. Why?
It felt like the audience had taken away the nightmare energy that he had released … but they had given him their peace and hope …
After all, this was not the nightmare house, it was just a much weaker wave of unconscious energy. Their fear was for entertainment, and the degree was low. In the end, they were not harmed, so they did not help the darkness.
With the life energy that he had siphoned, he had digested 0.1% of the corruption.
"I've been thinking about 'cleansing', but the goal of the abyssal mission is to 'fade', so digestion is fine. Is this the chance to complete the mission? "
When Gu Jun heard the announcer announce that the next Nightmare Wonder would be held at the same time tomorrow, he calculated in his mind, "The more the audience, the better the digestion. This time, only about fifty percent of the audience is seated, so if it's a full house, then it should be 0.2% to 0.3%.
"If there are 10 shows a day, doesn't that mean there will be 2% to 3%? Then it won't be a problem to reduce the corruption by 10% in 7 days. "
Amidst the excited cheers from the audience, Gu Jun saw the wooden wheelchair that he was in being pushed backstage.
"These people are aiming for the death of my consciousness." He thought to himself and came to a decision, "I cannot expose the fact that 'I' am still alive! I have to pretend that I am already dead, that I will not be a threat to them. After I exhaust this nightmare energy, I will become an empty shell. That way, they will be able to use the Nightmare Man to make money … "Gu Jun's eyes widened.
At that moment, he saw the black cloth before him move, and his consciousness immediately hid inside the sweet dream bubble.
Perhaps because the black-robed men looked at him for a while, they saw that his eyes were already completely lifeless.
The black cloth fell again. Sensing this, after a while, Gu Jun finally slipped out from the sweet dream.
"This is my chance! The more people there are, the faster the corruption will be digested. Perhaps in less than a month, I will be able to move again. "
Gu Jun was instantly excited. The evil of the Zoogs and the cruelty of the black merchants had given him the possibility of a new life.
However, there was still a problem. Would these five sweet dream bubbles be able to hold on?
They did not remove the device from his eyes, so he could not close his eyes or sleep. He could only stare at the black cloth and meditate to recover his energy.
The time was hard to bear but the Nightmare Wonder arrived the next day. He was once again pushed out into the darkness.
Gu Jun could hear more voices this time. The host's voice was still the same, "Is it really that scary? Could it be that we're making a false advertisement? Is this really something new at Dylath-Leen? I suggest you take a look for yourselves. Welcome, the nightmare man! "
Only when the nightmare was scary enough would there be a bigger audience. Only when it became the hottest topic at Dylath-Leen would it be digested faster.
He was reminded of the images of death and it caused his emotions to sink. Just as the black cloth was lifted, his consciousness slipped into the sweet dream bubble.
He could vaguely sense that seventy to eighty percent of the audience was filled with curiosity. The number of people had nearly doubled from the day before.
'Let's begin. 'Gu Jun opened the system interface blurrily and clicked to accept the abyssal mission.
"Abyssal Mission: Reduce corruption rate by 10% within 1 week. Mission reward: Unknown.
Accept the mission
"Mission accepted!"
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