At around 5 AM, a faint light had already appeared outside.
Beside him, an old man was listening to opera on the radio, slapping his thigh hard.
The slapping sound echoed through the hall.
The old man had no choice; if he didn't slap himself, he might fall asleep on the spot. Others also had bloodshot eyes, yawning repeatedly, using various methods to stay awake.
After much consideration, Lin Mo still decided to tell the police about what he encountered in his dream. For the first time, Lin Mo himself couldn't be sure if the dream was real, but after experiencing it a second time, he could confirm some of his guesses.
Moreover, the authorities must know something, and perhaps he could use this opportunity to gather some information.
Thinking this, Lin Mo got up with the newspaper and walked towards a police officer in front.
"Comrade officer, I have important information to report."
He had a mysterious look on his face.
The police officer was also quite drowsy, but obviously had stronger endurance. At this moment, he glanced at Lin Mo, looking somewhat impatient.
"What do you want to report?"
After saying this, he yawned.
Lin Mo thought for a moment and said softly, "I... I just had a nightmare."
The young police officer was stunned for a moment, then reacted after a while, immediately frowning, "You fell asleep just now?"
Lin Mo nodded, "Yes, yes, I was too tired and couldn't help it."
"Alright, come with me." The young police officer led the way, with Lin Mo following behind.
Judging from the reaction, Lin Mo could be sure that this young police officer's superior had given instructions, but even Lin Mo didn't expect such a strong reaction.
Soon, they arrived outside a temporary tent, and Lin Mo was brought inside.
Lin Mo was stunned when he entered.
There were already more than a dozen people inside, both men and women. When they saw Lin Mo enter, they all looked terrified.
Lin Mo could tell that these people weren't afraid of him, but rather extremely nervous. Any slight movement around them would cause them to react very strongly.
Moreover, some of them were pale-faced and constantly shaking.
It was as if they had experienced intense fear.
"Rest here for a while," the young police officer said to Lin Mo, pointing to an empty spot over there.
Lin Mo obediently sat down.
However, he looked out of place compared to the terrified people around him.
There were already two police officers guarding the tent.
From the moment Lin Mo entered, they had been observing him. Both had furrowed brows, and eventually couldn't help but pull the young officer who brought Lin Mo aside.
"Little Lu, what's the deal with this person?" an older police officer asked.
The young police officer was surprised, "Didn't Leader Liu say to bring anyone who accidentally fell asleep and woke up here?"
"He fell asleep? Did you see it with your own eyes?"
"Well, no, he said it himself."
"Little Lu, I'm not criticizing you, but you're still too young." The older police officer shook his head, then gestured with his mouth, indicating for the young officer to look at the other people in the room.
"See that? This is how they should react. And don't you remember what Leader Liu said? Experiencing nightmares, nine out of ten die, those who survive are extremely lucky, and even the survivors are terrified, most of them mentally unstable. How could anyone be so calm? Look at his complexion, it's better than yours."
Hearing this, the young police officer suddenly realized.
Compared to the others, that person indeed seemed 'too normal'.
Thinking about Leader Liu's bad temper, if he got scolded for this, it would be too much of a loss.
"I'll go ask him," the young police officer walked over.
Calling Lin Mo aside, the young police officer said with a stern face, "What's your name?"
"Lin Mo, Lin with two trees, Mo as in silence." Lin Mo had a smile on his face.
The young police officer looked and thought, indeed there's a problem. The others were all nervous, shaking all over, but this person could actually smile at a time like this.
"Do you know the consequences of lying to the police?" the young police officer asked sternly.
Lin Mo looked confused and innocent.
"Tell me, did you really fall asleep or not?"
"I really did fall asleep, I just wanted to tell you about that dream..." Lin Mo could hear that the other party didn't seem to believe what he was saying.
Before the young police officer could speak, a middle-aged police officer came over with a cold face and said, "Think carefully, making things up in this situation will have consequences."
His experienced eyes seemed to see through everything.
Was Lin Mo the type to be intimidated?
No way.
He realized that these officers didn't seem to believe him at all, so after some thought, he decided to get straight to the point.
"In my dream, I saw a murderer who was executed two months ago. It was in the newspapers and on the news. His name was Zhou Li..."
As he spoke, Lin Mo unfolded the newspaper he had brought and pointed to a photo on it.
Unexpectedly, this stirred up a hornet's nest.
The person closest to them, upon seeing the photo in the newspaper, immediately let out a scream.
"It's, it's him..."
Fear seemed to be contagious. After seeing the photo of the gaunt man in the newspaper, many of the survivors became even more frightened and terrified.
Some people started breathing rapidly, and one woman was so scared she collapsed on the ground, crying loudly.
Lin Mo and the three police officers were stunned, unable to control the situation for a moment.
"What's going on? Why is it so noisy?"
At this moment, several people walked in from outside. The three police officers immediately went forward when they saw them.
"Leader Liu!"
"Leader Liu, the situation is like this..."
After listening to his subordinates' explanation, Leader Liu's eyes immediately focused on Lin Mo.
Then, Leader Liu turned around and reprimanded the three police officers on the spot.
"How many times have I told you, our work nature is different from before. We can't just rely on experience. Go and comfort the residents immediately. If anything happens, you three will be responsible."
After saying this, Leader Liu walked up to Lin Mo.
"May I borrow your newspaper?"
His attitude was very polite.
Lin Mo thought to himself, this is more like it. No wonder he's a leader, he has good manners.
Handing over the newspaper, Leader Liu looked at the photo of the gaunt man on it with a solemn expression. After a while, he said to Lin Mo, "Let's have a chat."
The survivors here were all very nervous, so they obviously couldn't talk here.
They went outside and found a quiet room. Leader Liu called someone to take notes, then began to inquire.
Lin Mo calmly narrated.
He didn't have anything to hide.
However, there were also some fabricated contents in his story, such as saying he accidentally dozed off. In reality, it wasn't like that at all. He deliberately went to sleep, and now he was wide awake.
But Lin Mo described the situation in the dream in great detail.
Leader Liu was fine, but the young female police officer responsible for taking notes gradually became pale-faced from Lin Mo's story.
Especially when Lin Mo described it vividly, with both words and gestures.
If others heard what he said, they would definitely think Lin Mo was talking nonsense, but Leader Liu's team members knew some inside information.
Especially when she heard Lin Mo describe the pale ghost shadows, she felt a chill down her spine and nervously turned her head to look around.
"Focus," Leader Liu frowned, and the young girl stuck out her tongue in fright.
Lin Mo pretended not to see and continued.
"...And that serial killer was the worst, he killed the most people... Later, he cornered me in the bathroom. The situation was urgent, and if I hadn't reacted quickly and rolled away to dodge his knife, taking the chance to escape, I'm afraid I would have been killed by him too." Lin Mo's narration was very vivid, and even Leader Liu broke out in a cold sweat imagining the scene.
At this point, he couldn't help but ask, "But you don't seem to be afraid?"
Lin Mo thought to himself, be more confident, remove the 'seem'.
I'm not afraid at all, okay?
Of course, he couldn't say it like that, it would sound too arrogant, so Lin Mo chose a more tactful way to express it.
"I've always been a very brave person."
Silence.
Leader Liu, with his extensive experience, didn't believe this.
Brave?
What a boast!
He had seen truly brave people who, after experiencing the baptism of the nightmare world, became terrified at the slightest movement, their spirits fragile to the extreme.
He even knew that the Special Security Bureau had conducted research and experiments on that nightmare world, and each time, there would be test personnel deaths.
The chosen test personnel were all truly elite soldiers, but even so, even those who luckily survived would have severe psychological trauma.
Many went insane.
The most terrifying thing was that once you entered the nightmare world, you could never return to normal.
It was as if you were marked.
Perhaps only death could truly escape this nightmare.
If you didn't die, and didn't go insane, only then would you have a chance to become an 'expert'.
Looking at the words 'serial killer', 'ghost', 'human-faced spider', and 'burnt corpse' in the notebook, Leader Liu felt a bit surreal.
Although he had applied several times to participate in the Security Bureau's 'experiments', he had never been approved. So he had never experienced the nightmare world and couldn't judge whether Lin Mo was telling the truth or not.
But these things would ultimately be verified by 'experts'.
"Alright, Mr. Lin, thank you for your cooperation. You can go back and rest now." Having asked everything he needed to, Leader Liu stood up. Although Lin Mo hadn't found out much, he had at least made his small contribution, so he was in a good mood.
Watching Lin Mo's retreating figure, Leader Liu thought to himself, if what this person said was true, then he was indeed talented.
To have experienced a nightmare that could scare people out of their wits, even drive them insane, and still be so normal, with such a good attitude, speaking coherently and logically, this alone was remarkable.
Changing his train of thought, Leader Liu said to the female police officer beside him, "Compile the accounts from the others as well, then send them to Expert Chen immediately."
The female police officer nodded.
"Also, it has been confirmed from above that this crisis is over. Everyone should finish up the follow-up work, and then you can go home to sleep."
After Leader Liu finished speaking, the female police officer looked excited.
"Leader Liu, is that true?"
"Have I ever lied to you?"
"That's great, Expert Chen is really amazing. With him around, these things are a piece of cake."
Watching the excited female police officer walk out, Liu Jiang sighed.
He knew very well that things weren't that simple.
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