Chapter 126 Ferocious Beast? No, this is for sleep quality!

Deep within the Red Rock Canyon, the alarm sounded like the wailing of a vengeful ghost, piercing the silence that had belonged to the night.

As the one-meter-thick alloy door collapsed with a boom, a nauseating, fishy stench mixed with the pungent smell of formalin surged out from the depths of the dark corridor.

"Intruder detected... Final defense protocol initiated... Releasing test subject 002..."

"Codename: Nightmare Hunter."

The cold, synthesized electronic voice was still echoing when the ground began to tremble violently.

"ROAR—!!!"

A roar that was neither human nor beast exploded, the sound waves acting like a physical hammer, shattering the remaining bulletproof glass nearby.

As the dust settled, a terrifying creature, standing as tall as a three-story building, revealed its true form.

It possessed a powerful body similar to a Tyrannosaurus Rex, but its skin was not covered in scales; instead, it was covered in countless writhing, metallic-lustered neural conduits.

What made one's scalp tingle the most was its head—it was a massive, featureless maw, surrounded by dozens of constantly rotating electronic compound eyes.

"Is this... a biochemical chimera?" Su Qingyue's pretty face turned slightly pale, and she instinctively tightened her grip on the flaming whip in her hand. "This feeling of oppression—it's at least at the Half-step Grandmaster level! And its mental fluctuations are chaotic; it's very dangerous!"

Cold energy surged around Mu Qingxue. The moment the monster appeared, she felt a malicious Mental Energy lock onto everyone.

"Be careful, it's a killing machine targeting the mental realm!" Mu Qingxue's cold, clear voice carried a hint of gravity. "Jiang Chen, you..."

She had just wanted to warn Jiang Chen to prepare for battle, but when she turned her head, she found the man frowning, looking completely annoyed.

That annoyance wasn't the gravity of facing a powerful enemy, but rather... the kind of murderous rage one feels when a wonderful weekend sleep-in is interrupted by the sound of a power drill during renovations.

"Too noisy."

Jiang Chen rubbed his temples, still clutching that huge starry-blue pillow in his arms. His loose cotton pajamas flapped in the fierce wind, but the slippers on his feet remained perfectly still.

"This decibel level has seriously violated Article 1 of the 'Human High-Quality Sleep Convention'." Jiang Chen yawned, his eyelids half-drooped. "Turn it off, or I'll make it shut up forever."

The test subject 002 opposite seemed to have been provoked.

All the electronic compound eyes on its head instantly focused on Jiang Chen. Its maw opened, and a visible, transparent ripple erupted violently!

"HUM—!!!"

This wasn't a sound wave, but a high-frequency mental screech!

If it were an ordinary martial arts Grandmaster, or even a Great Grandmaster, they would instantly become an idiot due to brain resonance in that split second, or even have their brains burst.

Su Qingyue and Mu Qingxue's expressions changed drastically. Just as they were about to circulate their spiritual power to resist, they discovered that the screech, capable of tearing apart a Soul, suddenly... disappeared when it reached three meters in front of Jiang Chen?

No, it didn't disappear.

It was devoured!

The Void Realm behind Jiang Chen suddenly twisted.

A dark aura, deeper, more ancient, and more indescribable than that of test subject 002, slowly emerged, like an eye opening from the abyss.

【Supreme Nightmare System Notification: Low-level mental pollution source detected.】

【System Evaluation: Is this the capital you have for disturbing the host's sleep? Crude, primitive, and unpleasant to listen to.】

【Waking Up Anger Buff triggered: Mental Energy increased by 300%!】

"Since you like to scream so much, then go to that place and scream to your heart's content."

Jiang Chen slowly raised his eyelids. In that instant, two black vortices seemed to be slowly rotating deep within his pupils.

"Nightmare · Descent."

Without any flashy movements, Jiang Chen simply took one step forward.

BOOM!

From the perspective of test subject 002, the world changed.

The originally tiny human suddenly towered infinitely, transforming into a dark demon god that stood between heaven and earth.

And its own mental screech, which it was so proud of, was like a mosquito trying to intimidate a Dragon in front of this demon god.

The demon god extended a hand—it was a massive... slipper?

SLAP!

In the real world, everyone only heard an absurdly crisp sound of a slap.

That massive, terrifyingly fierce test subject 002 was actually slapped by an invisible, immense force, its huge body spinning 360 degrees in the air before crashing heavily onto the ground, smashing a large crater into the hard alloy floor.

"Whimper..."

The monster, which had been arrogant just a moment ago, was now emitting a whimper similar to a puppy begging for mercy.

The electronic compound eyes all over its head flickered frantically, revealing extremely human-like fear.

In its mental world, it had just experienced the fear of being dominated by the "Super Slipper" ten thousand times.

"Is this... the final weapon of the Tianli Research Institute?" Iliya's fox ears twitched, and her tail swayed behind her as she looked at it with an expression of watching an idiot. "That's it?"

Jiang Chen slowly walked to the side of the monster's huge head and kicked its chin with the slipper on his foot.

"Can you bark?" Jiang Chen asked expressionlessly.

The monster trembled, immediately retracting the metallic conduits all over its body, lying on the ground with its front paws together. Extremely humiliated yet driven by a strong desire to survive, it opened its huge mouth and simulated an electronic synthesized voice:

"Woof!"

The entire scene was dead silent.

Su Qingyue's mouth twitched: "What is this? Beast Taming Great Master?"

"No," Mu Qingxue watched Jiang Chen's matter-of-fact demeanor, a complex light flashing in her eyes—it was shock at the absolute control of a strong person, and a hint of infatuation she hadn't even realized herself. "This is called... Rule Suppression."

In the rules of the dream, Jiang Chen is God.

Since God says you are a dog, then even if you are a Dragon, you have to lie down and wag your tail for me.

"Hmm, the attitude is acceptable." Jiang Chen nodded in satisfaction, turned around, and waved at Su Qingyue. "Qingyue, take off that energy collar on its neck; I think that thing is quite valuable. Oh, and have it guard the door—if anyone dares to approach, have it bite them."

"...Okay." Su Qingyue helplessly covered her forehead; this future richest man of the Great Xia (self-proclaimed) really had taken "plucking a goose as it flies by" to the extreme.

After dealing with the guard dog, Jiang Chen's gaze turned towards the deep interior of the research institute.

"Let's go, let's see just how many good things these guys who disturbed my sleep have hidden." Jiang Chen patted the pillow in his arms, his eyes gleaming with something called "emotional distress compensation." "Tonight, not even a single floor tile will be left here."