My daughter has been possessed.

Chapter 53 Order Correction

Sitting in the car, Li Jiuhe listened carefully to Chen Zhenghai's introduction of the Nightmare Case.

Because the tracker Luo Shuo only had a general area location for this guy, it was impossible for him to be directly pointed to a specific person.

Therefore, the current capture plan of the second team is to investigate this guy in his dream, which may reveal his true identity and uncover more clues.

If the identity is successfully verified, it would be best to arrest him directly.

To facilitate future cooperation, Li Jiuhe also learned about the team leader's sequence abilities.

Chen Zhenghai is known as the "Insightful One" because he can see a lot of information from seemingly simple things, and can even see a secret directly.

For example, after his first conversation with Li Jiuhe, he learned that the other party's task definition ability was not entirely truthful, but rather concealed part of it.

It now seems that the part that was concealed was that Li Jiuhe still possessed a certain predictive ability.

Therefore, Chen Zhenghai guessed that Li Jiuhe might randomly obtain some information about the task events during the task definition process to complete the entire prediction.

This was demonstrated when Li Jiuhe assisted a team in capturing the pursuers.

However, Chen Zhenghai wouldn't press him for details, since every Sequencer has the right to keep their secrets.

As long as this secret does not pose a risk to others, cause unnecessary trouble, or affect the work of the investigation bureau, no one has the right to inquire about or interfere.

"Once we arrive at the southwest area of ​​the coal mine complex, we'll both sleep in the car," Chen Zhenghai said. "As long as we're asleep and within the area controlled by the nightmare maker, we have a high probability of entering the nightmare he created. Remember not to alert him and let the nightmare maker know we're investigators. Xu Wei will be responsible for observing us while we're asleep. If any abnormal reactions occur, she'll wake us up immediately."

At this point, Chen Zhenghai let out a soft sigh of relief, "Finally, we can get up close and personal with this guy! Remember, it's okay if we can't catch him, as long as we can find clues or traces of him enough to pinpoint his exact location in the real world."

The people in their second group seemed to have racked their brains over this nightmare.

As Xu Wei drove, she nodded and said, "I will prepare the bone flute. Once you wake up and obtain clues, I will immediately play the bone flute to track or directly attack the target."

Chen Zhenghai rubbed his temples and asked Li Jiuhe, "Do you want a couple of sleeping pills to help you sleep later? I know we might have to chase after the Nightmare Ones today, so I deliberately stayed up late last night."

Li Jiuhe shook his head: "No need, I barely slept last night."

Chen Zhenghai was somewhat taken aback. He guessed that Li Jiuhe was still struggling with whether or not he had a daughter, which was why he couldn't sleep.

"Once things are settled here, Xu Wei will accompany you to question Luo Shuo and see if we can find out the truth about what happened to you."

"Okay." Li Jiuhe frowned slightly. "However, I have a question. Since my awakening, I've discovered that our world actually has Mystic Sequence Users, and these people are clearly influencing this world. But why didn't I notice it before?"

Chen Zhenghai explained, "Our seemingly hierarchical classification of sequencers is actually inaccurate and rather one-sided. The criteria for ranking are based on factors such as the degree of harm, scope, and far-reaching impact. In reality, some sequencers have very special abilities. Although they may not be very harmful, their special abilities are among the best."

At this point, he turned to look at Li Jiuhe: "For example, there is a type of sequence user in this world called 'Order Rectifiers'."

"An order restorer?" Li Jiuhe asked in surprise.

"They are a very great special sequencers," Xu Wei continued. "They periodically correct the world order. To put it more intuitively, order correctors are a plus version of 'sequencers who change cognition and rules'."

Although Li Jiuhe understood, he was still clearly somewhat confused.

Chen Zhenghai smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "I was just as confused as you were at first, but you'll understand completely after you've met an Order Rectifier once. There will be opportunities in the future."

As they were nearing their destination, Chen Zhenghai took out a box of sleeping pills he had prepared beforehand, popped two pills into his mouth, and then swallowed them with a sip of mineral water.

"Are you sure you don't want to take two pills?" He waved the sleeping pills in his hand at Li Jiuhe.

Li Jiuhe shook his head: "It's okay, I fall asleep quickly."

Just kidding, he didn't close his eyes all night, and now he can fall asleep almost instantly whenever he wants.

The coal mine residential area in front of us is very simple, an old and dilapidated building from the 1960s or 70s. The buildings here are not tall, with the tallest only six stories.

The police arrived first and secretly sealed off a corner of the southwest side of the community, allowing entry but not exit.

After the investigation team arrived, Chen Zhenghai got out of the car and greeted a police officer in charge of the scene. The two had cooperated many times before and had a good understanding of each other.

After a brief conversation, Chen Zhenghai habitually patted the police officer on the shoulder.

Li Jiuhe knew this was his signature move, a gesture meant to show goodwill and facilitate further communication.

Back in the car, Chen Zhenghai said, "There are 4 houses in the sealed-off area, but half of them are empty, and four households in the remaining half haven't left their homes. That means they might still be asleep, and some might even be dead. But we haven't started searching yet so as not to alert that guy."

Li Jiuhe had just heard him say that if the Nightmare User wanted to control the dreams of people in a certain area, he would also be within that area and be fast asleep.

His and Chen Zhenghai's most basic task at present is to figure out the nightmare mechanism of the nightmare victim, whether the person will appear in the nightmare, or just be manipulating it from behind the scenes.

If a nightmare appears in a dream, what form will it take, and how can it be identified?

The investigation team was clearly well-prepared for some specific knowledge and had created an electronic manual.

Chen Zhenghai has just sent the manual to Li Jiuhe's phone, telling him to take a look and understand it as soon as possible.

Chen Zhenghai directly told him some of the more important information.

At the same time, Xu Wei took out an electronic connection device from the trunk of the car. Inside were two wristbands with electrode patches that could be worn on the wrists of the two people to monitor their emotional fluctuations and subtle physiological changes.

In addition, there are two bright headlamps that can be turned on at any time, close to the eyes of the two people.

The wristband also has vibration and electric shock functions. If Xu Wei finds that she cannot wake them up, she will use electric shocks to stimulate them to wake them up, provided it is safe to do so.

With everything ready, Chen Zhenghai pointed to Li Jiuhe's phone: "Would you like to take another look at the manual?"

"That's enough, I've basically memorized everything." Li Jiuhe put away his phone and began to define tasks in his mind.

"Okay, let's get started then. I'm going to sleep now."

Chen Zhenghai yawned; the sleeping pills he had just taken were now taking effect.

He then lay down in the back seat of the car and closed his eyes.

Soon after, heavy breathing, almost snoring, could be heard coming from inside the car.