Ran's head was about to turn into a pulp, and he finally decided to give up thinking and stop torturing himself to sort out this mess.

"You can tell me about the gap in dreams."

"Yes," Edmund, who was originally a little apprehensive, breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Rann didn't care about what he had reported before, and then 1510 explained the original inspection bureau's explanation of the dream gap.

The Dream Gap, in short, is the gap between dreams and reality, no one knows when this space existed, but since the emergence of human beings, the legend of the Dream Gap has always existed in the history of mankind. Because of the different cultures, in different regions, some people call the gap in dreams the ladder to the sky, and some people call it the Tower of Babel.

It was not until modern times, with the deepening of the study of the Dream Gap, that the term was established within the Inspection Bureau.

After several years of investigation by the Inspection Bureau, there are 9 layers of Dream Gap, that is, nine platforms and nine ladders, and after passing through the first ladder, some gifted people will awaken an ability called 'Origin', leaving the realm of mortals and entering the realm of the transcendent.

Each time you reach a platform and pass the test, you will increase your previously acquired Origin ability, or awaken a new ability related to your Origin.

For example, there is someone within the Inspectorate who has awakened to the Origin called 'Teacher', who has a special Origin Ability and can teach others to better develop their own Origin Ability.

Five years later, he passed the first level of the Dream Gap, and his newly awakened ability was a beacon that could assist in the exploration of the Dream Gap and allow the investigator to persist longer in the fog.

"Most of the origins of awakening are related to occupations?" Rann asked curiously.

"Most of the time yes, but there are special cases." Edmund said, "Some special origins were also introduced in the training class, such as the 'Forgiveness' and the Glutton, the former gaining the ability to automatically erase all traces of a crime, and the latter gaining the ability to devour the weird. ”

"However, the gluttonous was killed by the Inspectorate for unknown reasons ten years ago, and his file has become top secret."

Rann was thoughtful, this was information he didn't know in his previous life, no wonder the growth rate of NPCs was not inferior to that of players.

Players don't have this ability.,Instead, it's the career template that comes with the running group.,After the attribute points become higher.,Especially after a trial mission in the later stage.,After the brawl or shooting skill breaks through the human limit of 90 points.,Even if it's a physical attack, it's not inferior to magic.,Not to mention that there's an opportunity to learn magic in the later stage.。

"The way to reach the Dream Gap is very simple, just at 12 midnight, when the old and the new day meet, through meditation to expel distractions in the mind, it is possible to reach the Dream Gap.

Of course, it is said that it is 9 layers, but no one has yet been able to reach the deepest 9 layers, and the people of the Inspection Bureau know this information in a certain ancient book, and the limit of the number of layers that humans currently know is 7 layers, which is the limit of the number of layers that a legendary investigator in the history of the Inspection Bureau can reach, and according to legend, as long as you can reach the ninth layer, you can enter the world where the gods are. ”

The world where the gods are located? Rann was stunned for a moment: "You are talking about the 'dream world'?" ”

Edmund wasn't surprised at all how Rann knew this information: "Yes, at least that's what the legend says, but no one can confirm whether it's true or not, the only hopeful legendary investigator who is said to have disappeared when he broke through the seventh layer." ”

As we all know, what is recorded in general legends is true. Rann took this information to heart and continued to ask, "Your combat strength rose last night because you broke through?" ”

"Yes, thanks to your favor, I overcame the fear in my heart in a desperate situation and broke through the first level." Edmund said excitedly.

Rann laughed dryly, "You did it yourself." ”

"No, without your guidance, I can't overcome my fears." Edmund shook his head, his gaze still eager.

Rann didn't argue with Edmund anymore, but asked him to continue describing things related to the Dream Gap, and Edmund knew everything, detailing the platform of the Dream Gap and the mist outside.

The more Rann listened, the more familiar it felt, wasn't that what he had dreamed about yesterday.

"It has been recorded in the inspection bureau that the test of the first layer of the platform is fear, and after passing it, you can awaken to the origin, as for the test of the subsequent layers...... This is also confidential within the Inspectorate and can only be known to the full-fledged investigator. I'll try to level up when I go back this time. ”

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Edmund then reported to Rann about the Inspectorate, but he was only a trainee investigator and knew very little, but Edmund patted his chest. He said he would return to the investigator squad to lurk, all for the sake of Ran's recovery.

Ran, who felt like a villain for a moment: ......

"Hmm...... I'm sorry for you. ”

"No trouble! This is what I should do. Edmund's eyes were shining, his big blue eyes, and his slightly shy expression made Rann instantly hallucinate the enthusiastic corgi.

Lan Dog Pie En couldn't help but soften his expression: "Good boy." ”

He gave Edmund a few more words, and then it was almost time to send him off, and Ogle was still out of the way, and he had something he couldn't wait to verify.

Before Edmund left, Rann instructed him, "If you meet Archie when you return to the police station, please say hello to him instead of me." ”

I haven't been to the police station for a while, and I haven't been in touch with Dr. Archie for a long time, which is not good.

Doctor Archie was Ran's gauge of when the big plot of the city-destroying would come.

Seeing Edmund leave, the psychotherapy room finally became quiet, and Rann absentmindedly hung a sign outside that was closed to prevent the players from harassing him.

There was too much unexpected information today, and he had to calm down.

First of all, he suddenly has one more believer, and one more force that can be used?

Ran, who suddenly broke away from his lonely home, couldn't help but reflect on what he had done to become this situation.

After three minutes, the reflection was finished, it was not his fault, it was all the fault of people who like to think blindly!

Now he is still not very sure of the identity of the person behind the scenes last night (Rann refuses to admit that person is Amos, who will have nightmares at night), and he doesn't know the reason why he is targeting himself, but Rann knows at least one thing, that is, he may also be involved in this kind of situation in the future, the enemy is in the dark, he is in the light, and it is safer to have more power now.

That's when Rann remembered the dream rift that Edmund had mentioned earlier.

Now that I think about this dream gap, it should be an exclusive growth template for NPCs, no wonder the player level, attribute points and skills have gone up in the later stage, and even after learning a lot of combat skills and spells, I still can't beat some NPCs.

He seemed to have been to a similar place before when he was sleepy, but he didn't do anything because he was too sleepy.

Now we have to wait until 12 midnight......

Well?

Rann suddenly felt something, and silently recalled in his mind the place he had dreamed about last night.

In an instant, he opened his eyes and found himself in this strange space, with a platform at his feet and a mist that could not dissipate around him.

It's not even 12 o'clock, but he's still here easily......

Could it be that he is very talented?

Rann thought optimistically that this time he was taking a closer look at his surroundings, which looked similar to Edmund's description, but the fog around him was not as visible as he had described, probably because of the daytime.

There is only one point, the platform here is not small, on the contrary, it is very large, and there is no edge in sight.

A white dot of light floated around him, and Rann looked at it curiously, remembering that Edmund had said that everyone would have something to light up when they came here.

So this point of light is here to illuminate him? It felt so weak, and he didn't need much light.

After thinking about it, Rann curiously grabbed it as the point of light approached, and for a moment, a picture flashed through Ran's mind.

It was Edmund rushing back to the police station, and he even saw him shyly greeting the female officer at the front desk.

Rann was shocked, what is this? Why did he get a peek into Edmund's life?

Wait a minute, how does this feel a bit like that time last night......

Rann thought about it carefully, his consciousness sank suddenly, and Edmund, who was walking in the police station, paused, and he limped into the men's restroom, and saw the familiar green eyes in the mirror.

"My lord?"

Feeling the feeling of possession, Rann simply said 'it's okay' to Edmund and exited the frame.

The white light swished and ran a long way, as if silently condemning him for playing tricks. People.

But soon the point of light floated back, but it kept a distance from him, not far away, not close, as if to guide him somewhere.

Rann suppressed his doubts and shock, and already had an answer in his heart, and followed him up the stairs behind the point of light.

Yes, the ladder here is not down, but up.

There was indeed fog on the stairs, but unlike Edmund's description, Rann didn't feel much discomfort, and there was indeed a whispering voice in his ears, but the sound was like a mosquito to him, although uncomfortable, it was also bearable.

There weren't many stairs, and Rann quickly reached the first platform, and as he had expected it to be the same as he had dreamed last night, there was a stone table on top of the platform, and nothing else.

Rann stood there and waited for a moment, not waiting for any 'test', not even the first active individual here.

Oh, except that he didn't have a long memory to float back to the white points of light around him, and the points of light kept moving up and down in front of him, as if urging him to pass.

The more doubts accumulate in my mind, the more I build.

One or two anomalies, and it would also explain that Rann was gifted with great talent and was the material of a natural investigator.

But after a series of specialities, he himself was beating the drum in his heart.

Eventually, Rann moved at the urging of the dot of light, following the dot's guidance to the stone table, examining the only two items on it.

The two ten-sided dice made Rann feel a little kind, a bit like the kind occasionally used by offline running groups.

A clown mask who inexplicably looks like Edmund who appeared at last night's party.

The point of light rested on the clown mask.

"That's what you want me to see?" Rann asked, and when he found the light floating on the mask, he couldn't help but step forward, and just picked up the clown mask, which suddenly turned into liquid and burrowed into his palm.

Rann was slightly startled, thinking of the danger of this world, he instantly became vigilant, took a few steps back, and shook his hand to try to throw out the thing he had just drilled into, of course, it was just useless, Rann could faintly feel that the thing was integrated into his body, and at the same time, there was an extra clown pattern on his wrist, and a steady stream of power emerged in his body.

This is......

Rann was confused for a few seconds, and suddenly remembered that Edmund had told him earlier that his ability was to strengthen the body

Function, nervous response, more comfortable with the use of weapons.

This can't be Edmund's ability, right?

Rann was dumbfounded, he looked at the clown on his wrist, and then at the point of light that suddenly warmed up and stuck to him.

He thought to himself, it's over, he can't really be an evil god.

According to Ran's experience of playing games in his previous life, it is generally the evil god who gives the believer power, and he has never seen an example of the evil god using the power of the believer, and there is no broken place in his memory so far, he was an ordinary person in his previous life, and the only intersection with this world is to play the game of Destiny Twist.

But at that time, there were millions of players who also played this game, so it couldn't be that these millions of people were evil gods!

Rann never felt that he was an evil god, he had neither the power of an evil god nor the spiritual pollution of an evil god, and his body flowed with the blood of a normal ordinary person.

But unfortunately, this series of things that happened is too strong, you can peek at what others are doing at any time, you can possess yourself, and you can gain the power of others, and there is nothing strange here on the platform.

All of this made it impossible for Rann to ignore the anomaly in him anymore.

Wait, since there is no test, then wouldn't he be able to rush directly to the ninth floor??

Rann put the evil god's speculation behind him for the time being, and rushed to look for the stairs everywhere, but no matter how much he searched, he couldn't find the stairs to the first floor, it was simply strange, no matter which direction he looked at, there was a bottomless abyss below and above.

Rann returned to the stone table with a puzzled look on his face, this time hesitantly picking up the rest of the dice.

The message of the dice popped into his mind.

If you use the way of the game, it will probably be the following information.

【Dice that Subvert Destiny】

[Effect: Change a predestined fate (Cooldown: 24 hours)]

[Explanation: Haha, no one really believes that they are favored by fate, right? ] 】

This effect gave Rann an extremely strong sense of déjà vu, and he looked at the thing in his hand in amazement: "...... Is it really a dice for running a group? ”

He watched this effect several times, and finally squatted on the ground, couldn't stop the corners of his mouth from rising, and thought silly:

Good guy, if it's really what he thinks, it's really a big profit!

Don't look at this thing, there seems to be nothing unusual in each player's hand, but to a certain extent, this is equivalent to a causal law weapon, as long as you can cast a big success, even a medical idiot can bring people back to life, even if it is a scum with a combat power of only 5, you can single-handedly take on the evil god family.

Don't ask, asking is a medical miracle, and asking is the god of war.

Although there are also great uncontrollable factors, such as a big failure of the dice, which may create a tragedy, Rann can choose to only play the dice in times of adversity, and he is not a player who relies on the dice with his skills, he has complete autonomy in using this dice.

Originally, he thought that it would be good to be able to get the same ability as Edmund here, but he didn't expect this dice to be the biggest gain.

Rann couldn't help but play with the dice, thinking that this dice couldn't have come with him.

In short, now that the problem of strength has finally been solved, he is not completely helpless now.

Although he didn't see any test at all, it was like pie in the sky that made him happy and a little uneasy.

But who would refuse the power to send it to the door?

Rann opened his eyes contentedly, and then was startled by Ogle who had come up in front of him.

"What's wrong?"

Ogle didn't say a word, raised his hand and touched Ran's face: "Just now, there was no reaction suddenly. ”

Rann knew that Ogle was worried about him, and his face softened a lot: "I'm sorry I was thinking about things just now, but I won't be next time." ”

It seems that it is risky to enter the gap in dreams during the day, and the body is completely unable to receive reactions from the outside world, at least when there are outsiders or not to do so.

"By the way, Ogle ......"

Ogle tilted his head: "I'm here." ”

Rann was cute for a moment: "Remember when I said I wanted to move?" If I want you to move out of the city with me......"

"Well," said Ogle, without a moment's pause, "I will go wherever you go." ”

"I haven't decided when it will be, and I haven't even decided where to move." Rann was a little touched by Ogle's trust, so he had no worries.

The money was almost saved, and he was ready, and if there was really an unpredictable danger, he would definitely drag Ogle out of the city with him.

At this time, a reminder of receiving a text message came to his mobile phone, and Rann glanced down and found that it was Albert, who had not appeared for a long time.

[I'm back from a business trip.] 】

【How are you doing?】 Sorry for not having time to text before working on the case. 】

Are you angry? (Careful JPG)】

Rann thought it was a little funny, they had nothing to do with each other, how could he be angry that Albert didn't send him a message, and if he insisted on saying it, he didn't send any news here.

But from the perspective of maintaining customer relationships, Rann still replied, "It's okay, are you busy with work?" 】

There were a lot of replies at once.

[I'm okay, are you okay?] I've heard people say that Arkham hasn't been very peaceful lately, and you'd better not go out lately. 】

[Black poker people seem to be often in the neighborhood near you, it may be looking for you, if there is anything wrong, feel free to call me, I will be in Arkham City for a while now, don't be afraid to trouble me, okay?] 】

Rann fell into deep thought, typed and deleted a sentence, deleted and typed, and finally hesitantly sent a [Okay. 】

"Woo woo Ogle ......"

Ogle, who was painting on the side, looked at him suspiciously.

Rann leaned on the table and muttered, "I feel like I'm trampling on other people's feelings." ”

Ogel: ?

"No, it's okay, I'm just going crazy." Rann rolled on the table in pain, his hair messy again.

The main thing is that he is really not good at dealing with the emotional relationship of the original body, he is not blind, he has nothing to do, he is either a traitor or a thief, and this Albert's intention is so obvious that he, an emotional idiot, can see it.

And Albert's love is probably the same as the previous 'Ran'.

This makes him seem cruel whether he refuses or accepts. Because what Albert heard was not the person he wanted to convey to anyway.

Suddenly, he muttered in confusion, "Huh? Didn't you say that you were on a business trip, how did Albert know that Black Poker had been coming here a lot lately. ”

……

Seeing Ran's reply of 'yes' on the text message, Albert did not feel relieved, and his brow was still furrowed.

This stems from the news he received, and during his business trip, a lot of big things seemed to have happened in Arkham City. He didn't actually come back from a business trip, but was transferred back because there was a serious shortage of people in the police department.

And the reason is that the people of black poker don't know what to do crazy recently, they have made a big incident, almost all the leaders of the Arkham underground organizations have been wiped out, the original stable underground order was disrupted in an instant, facing a reshuffle, seizure and bloodshed are happening every night, the originally leisurely police men now have to rotate 24 hours a day, the bureau is really understaffed, so they called back those who had traveled before.

But this is not what Albert cares about, it doesn't matter to him what happens to this group of underground rats, it is Ran's side that he cares about more.

In order to prevent the black poker people from doing it to him, Albert has been asking the people in the police station to pay more attention to the vicinity of Ran's store, there is nothing wrong with the people, and they are even doing well.

But a certain high-level of black poker often comes and goes in this psychotherapy room.

Albert looked down at the photos and profiles of Cullens on his phone, his expression indifferent.

Just became a ...... The boss of black poker?

"Boss? What do you see? A police officer who was a fool of himself leaned his head closer, and Albert turned off the screen of his mobile phone and said lightly: "Don't suddenly come close to look at my phone." ”

The police officer was not afraid of his cold eyes, and said with a smile: "Boss, you shouldn't be chatting with your girlfriend, right?" ”

"It's not a girlfriend," Albert said, "but it's someone who's chasing." ”

In an instant, everyone in the office heard the wind and moved, and a pair of eyes full of gossip were aimed at Albert.

"Ouch, our sheriff really has someone he likes?"

"Who is it, and you can still chase it?"

"Boss, I'm an expert in this area, I'll teach you how to chase people!"

Albert's surroundings were instantly surrounded, only one person did not fit in, Archie stood apathetic to the side, did not join in the fun with the others, and looked at Albert, who was surrounded in the middle of the interrogation, his eyes flashed with complexity and unease.

Of course, he knew who Albert liked was, and to be honest, if it was just an ordinary person, whether it was a man or a woman, he would support Albert in pursuing his feelings, but what could he do...... The other party's presence is too dangerous.

Archie didn't dare to tell Albert Ran's identity directly, for fear of unpredictable consequences if he annoyed the evil god, but at the same time, he didn't want to see his friend step into the abyss.

originally thought that Albert would be able to cool down this relationship during his business trip, but now it seems to have no effect, and it is even more enthusiastic.

Distraught, Alqi simply ignored Albert and turned to leave the office.

He didn't see Albert's blank gaze behind him.

After leaving the office, Archie was about to return to his apartment when he was suddenly stopped by someone as he turned a hallway.

"Dr. Archie! Please wait a moment! ”

Archie looked up and was surprised to find that it was someone he didn't know.

The captain quickly took out a business card from his bosom and handed it over: "My name is Geffer, I belong to the mysterious investigation team of the Inspection Bureau, and I just arrived in Arkham on a business trip some time ago. ”

Archie took the hand of the business card and couldn't help but glance up at him.

The Inspectorate's Mystery Investigation Team?

He seems to have heard his superiors mention this organization, which belongs to the official mysterious forces, and is an independent police agency, which is responsible for searching for mysterious events in the country, and even has the power to mobilize the police when necessary.

Will they be able to deal with Rann then?

Archie had thought about seeking help from this group before, but because they were too secretive, they could hardly find a way.

And now, the inspection bureau is actually close at hand? ：，，.