Chapter 58 The Nighttime Beast Tide, Death Sleeping on the City Walls

As night fell, the wind of the Northern Border scraped across the fortress's steel walls like a knife.

The Area A barracks were just as Jiang Chen had hoped—spacious, luxurious, and even featured a real Simmons mattress.

But tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

"Wooo—Wooo—Wooo—!!!"

The shrill air-raid siren blared punctually at two in the morning, piercing the silence of the dark night.

"Enemy attack! A beast tide is besieging the city! All personnel enter Level 1 combat readiness!"

Lei Heng's hoarse roar came through the broadcast.

Rumble!

The ground began to tremble, and countless red dots of light lit up in the dark wilderness; those were the bloodthirsty eyes of tens of thousands of Demonic Beasts.

Like a black tide, they slammed frantically against the fortress's energy shield.

"Kill!"

The battle cries shook the heavens.

Led by Mu Qingxue and Xiao Jian, the students of Imperial Capital Martial Arts University rushed onto the city walls immediately.

But the sight before them made everyone's scalp tingle.

Densely packed Demon Wolves, Giant Bears, and even flying Pterosaurs were desperately throwing themselves at the defensive line.

Blood stained the city walls red, and people fell every second.

"Hold the line! We must not let them break through the gap!"

Mu Qingxue gave a delicate shout, her long sword dancing as a sky full of frost froze over a dozen Demon Wolves climbing up.

But there were simply too many Demonic Beasts.

In this particular wave, there was a large number of "Nightmare Bats" mixed in, which specialized in mental attacks.

They emitted ear-piercing sound waves that caused splitting headaches and greatly reduced combat effectiveness.

"Ah! My head!"

Little Fatty Chen clutched his ears in pain, nearly losing his grip on his shield. A Clawed Demon Wolf took the opportunity to pounce, about to bite through his throat.

At that critical moment.

Buzz—

A strange ripple suddenly enveloped this small section of the city wall.

The Demon Wolf mid-pounce suddenly stiffened. Its originally ferocious red eyes quickly became glazed, and then its eyelids flipped... it fell asleep?

That's right, it had fallen asleep!

While still in mid-air, it entered a deep sleep and then fell to the ground like a stone with a "thud," its brains splattering.

It wasn't just this one.

Within a fifty-meter radius, any Demonic Beast that rushed in—whether it was a violent Giant Bear or an agile Leopard—lost consciousness instantly. They fell one after another like dumplings into a pot, snoring loudly, leaving themselves at the mercy of the human Martial Artists' finishing blows.

"This... what's the situation?"

Little Fatty Chen, having escaped death, stared at the scene in a daze.

Everyone looked toward the source of the ripple. On a beacon tower of the city wall, a familiar Simmons mattress was placed prominently (Jiang Chen had forced Little Fatty Chen to carry it up).

And Jiang Chen, wearing pajamas, was lying spread-eagled on it, sleeping soundly.

A layer of faint gray mist floated around his body.

The mist wasn't thick, yet it seemed to contain some kind of power of laws.

Any creature that entered the range of the mist would be forcibly pulled into a dream.

[Domain Expansion: Nightmare Kingdom (Elementary).]

[Effect: Within a 50-meter radius centered on the host, creatures with Mental Energy lower than the host will be forced into a sleep state. Creatures with Mental Energy higher than the host will have their reaction speed reduced by 50%.]

[Current Status: Killing in Dreams.]

"Roar!"

Just then, a "Dark Gold Dreadbeast" as large as a truck (Peak Rank 6, comparable to a Grandmaster) broke through the defense line. Unaffected by the hypnosis, it roared and charged toward Jiang Chen.

It seemed to instinctively sense that this sleeping human was the greatest threat.

"Jiang Chen! Wake up!" Su Qingyue screamed in warning, her heart racing.

A massive claw, accompanied by the whistle of tearing air, slammed violently toward Jiang Chen's head.

When the claw was only one centimeter away from Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen rolled over.

"So noisy..."

He muttered discontentedly in his dream and casually grabbed upward with his right hand.

At this moment, in his dream, he was dreaming of an annoying fly buzzing in his ear, so he picked up a fly swatter and gave it a hard smack.

In reality.

A massive, translucent black palm suddenly condensed in the Void Realm. It was the "Hand of Nightmare," formed from pure Mental Energy and blood Qi.

Boom!

The giant black hand, like swatting a fly, slammed that Peak Rank 6 Dark Gold Dreadbeast directly against the city wall.

Crack, crack!

The sound of bones breaking was excruciating to hear.

That Dreadbeast, whose defense was strong enough to withstand missiles, was actually flattened into a meat patty by this single slap! Blood flowed down the city wall, staining a corner of Jiang Chen's bed.

The entire field fell silent instantly.

Even Lei Heng, who was fighting fiercely in the distance, was dumbfounded.

Slaying a Peak Rank 6 Demonic Beast with a casual slap while asleep?

Is this the legendary "Killing in Dreams"?

"Don't just stand there! He's helping us control the field!" Mu Qingxue was the first to react, a flash of wild joy in her eyes. "Everyone, defend around Jiang Chen's 'Sleeping Domain'! That is an absolute safe zone!"

Thus, an extremely bizarre scene appeared on the battlefield.

The entire fortress was filled with battle cries and flying flesh. Only the section of the wall where Jiang Chen was located had a completely different vibe.

All the Demonic Beasts that rushed over first lined up to sleep, and were then easily harvested by the students guarding the bed.

Jiang Chen was like a super invincible "Sleep-Aid Wi-Fi." Wherever there were many monsters, Little Fatty Chen would push his bed there.

"Awesome! This is so awesome!"

Xiao Jian cut off three wolf heads with one strike, his face flushed with excitement. "I've never fought such an easy battle in my life!"

Meanwhile, as Jiang Chen lay on the bed, the System notifications in his mind were scrolling like a waterfall.

[Killed a Rank 6 Demonic Beast, gained Dream Points +600.]

[Killed a Rank 5 Demonic Beast, gained Blood Qi Value +100.]

[Dense Evil Qi detected on the battlefield. Nightmare Divine Body tempering progress +5%...+8%...]

This night, Jiang Chen's sleep was quite productive.

Until dawn broke, the beast tide finally receded.

The section of the wall where Jiang Chen was located actually had the lowest casualty rate and the highest kill count.

Lei Heng stood before the mountain of Demonic Beast corpses. Looking at Jiang Chen, who was still snoring loudly, his mouth twitched for a long time before he finally squeezed out a sentence:

"This kid... he really is a damn Genius."