[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-the-cleanup-crew":3,"chapter-i-m-the-cleanup-crew-i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-816":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm the Cleanup Crew!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2286652,4472,"Chapter 816","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-816",816,"\u003Cp>Indeed... these True Gods are not easy to move...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After learning from the Red-haired Bureau Chief why the Kingdom had no name, Li Ang furrowed his brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded as if these True Gods functioned like individual “wedges” stabilizing the world; rashly replacing or completely removing them would cause the already-stable world to shift out of alignment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So even though the Cleanup Bureau was immensely powerful, it could only temporarily kill the troublemaking True Gods, forcing them into dormancy until they revived—never striking at the root directly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop thinking about it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Ang’s tightly furrowed brow, the Red-haired Bureau Chief spoke to reassure him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This time we didn’t just kill the Nightmare King outright—we let the insects devour his Dream River, and we wiped out more than half of his Nightmare servants. He won’t recover for ten, maybe twenty years.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nightmare King, always slippery and evasive, had rarely suffered such a crushing blow. The last time he was this humiliated, it must’ve been when your royal ancestor faced him. You’ve done well enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not recover for ten or twenty years... meaning he’ll recover in two or three decades?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the hidden meaning in the Red-haired Bureau Chief’s reassurance, Li Ang recalled the version of himself—eyes hollow, mechanically touching a photo album—revealed by the Nightmare King through the Mirror Crown. His heart clenched sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not enough! Twenty years isn’t enough!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been brutally breached by the Nightmare King, Li Ang unconsciously clenched his teeth. Though he said nothing more, he etched this grudge deep into his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Nightmare King revives in the future, if I’m still alive, I’ll likely be at the level of a Zodiac Bureau Chief. Then I’ll return to the Dream Realm... No—I’ll return every ten or twenty years, and make him die again immediately!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once I gain the power to enter the Dream Realm alone, every day I live, he’ll spend every day dead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After fiercely marking the Nightmare King on his mental ledger, Li Ang, still scowling, found the unconscious Snow Woman and pinched her philtrum hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahh!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Snow Woman gasped awake, then blinked in confusion:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You... what happened to me...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re alive. The Nightmare King is dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Snow Woman had fainted at the peak of the Nightmare King’s arrogance. Now, one blink later, he was gone—she was utterly stunned!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened? Wasn’t he...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s dead. And since the Dream Realm will be temporarily unbalanced after his death, we’ll send you back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still displeased from an incomplete revenge, Li Ang didn’t answer her questions. He coldly announced her fate, then added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, over the next week, the Dream-Eating Armored Beast will devour most of the Dream Realm. Be careful when you return.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh???”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overwhelmed by three consecutive shocks—first terror, then joy, now utter bewilderment—the Snow Woman let out a single “Ah!” and fell silent, her ice-blue eyes slightly glazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait... weren’t we just being hunted by the Nightmare King? How did everything flip so fast? What’s going on with the Dream Realm? How long was I out? A week?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I... you...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Judging by your expression, you have no more questions... then hurry up and leave!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up at the faintly whitening sky, Li Ang—who hadn’t slept in over thirty hours—yawned, then urged her with tired eyes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In at most one hour, the sun will rise. After that, you won’t be able to leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh! Right!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Li Ang, the Snow Woman shuddered slightly. Then, just as she had done before to shuttle him through dreams, she puffed out her cheeks and blew out a breath... air??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skeptical, she puffed her pure white cheeks again and again—but her face turned red, and still no cold wind emerged to carry her through dreams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching her blow uselessly without moving, Li Ang frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I... I don’t know!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think I know what’s going on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the Snow Woman panic, the Red-haired Bureau Chief mused:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Was your Nightmare Core destroyed?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fearfully glancing at the Red-haired Bureau Chief—whose dark red hair seemed to whisper countless Nightmare screams— the Snow Woman instinctively shrank behind Li Ang, then nodded timidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes... my Nightmare Core was crushed by the Nightmare King...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That explains it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Red-haired Bureau Chief nodded knowingly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Abyss of Fallen Souls hasn’t fully retreated. Reality and the Dream Realm still overlap. With your Nightmare Core gone, under the rules of this world, you’re now nearly identical to a normal human—and humans can’t enter the Dream Realm while awake.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Snow Woman hesitated:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But... but earlier I could still take him through the Nightmare?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the Nightmare King wasn’t dead then.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Red-haired Bureau Chief spread her hands:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Before, you could shuttle through the Nightmare only because of your status as a Nightmare Bearer. The Nightmare King took your Core but granted you limited access to Nightmare Authority. Now, the Nightmare King—who embodied Nightmare—is dead. The Nightmare Authority itself has collapsed. What little remains has retreated deep into the Dream River, desperately trying to revive him. Who has time to answer your call?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the King of Nightmares, who represented the nightmare, has been killed by us; the power of nightmares itself has weakened to its limit, and the rest have mostly retreated deep into the River of Nightmares, busy desperately trying to revive the King of Nightmares—how could they possibly have time to answer your call?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Understanding her situation, the Snow Woman pleaded desperately:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then... can you... send me back...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then… can you… send…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Red-haired Bureau Chief smiled sweetly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be unreasonable. You invaded my jurisdiction alongside the Nightmare King. I didn’t kill you outright already counts as mercy. What right do you have to make demands?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t push your luck. You followed the King of Nightmares in invading my territory; I’ve already been generous not killing you outright. What right do you have to make demands of me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, dawn is coming. But what does that have to do with us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, dawn is coming soon—but what does that have to do with us?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Bureau Chief must be scheming again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the Red-haired Bureau Chief neither kill the Snow Woman nor agree to send her back, but instead pile on the pressure, Li Ang knew instantly—she had some plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, as the sky brightened, the Snow Woman grew frantic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mind, never sharp to begin with, was clouded by the Bureau Chief’s flattery. She signed something, then had an old collar clamped around her pure white neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ang recognized them at a glance—both were abnormal objects used to control people. This poor girl had sold herself clean, down to her undergarments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet after tricking and coaxing the Snow Woman into submission, the Red-haired Bureau Chief still didn’t send her back. Instead, she pointed at Li Ang’s pendant, the [Desire-Dream Invader], and smiled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Li Ang, could I borrow your pendant for a while?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Li Ang, can I borrow your pendant for a while?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1160,"2026-06-20T03:18:35.371Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","88b531643e3e84d49f3e5956767b3983a04956017386094e1d41d92754622ae3","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-817","i-m-the-cleanup-crew-chapter-815",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-the-cleanup-crew-cover.jpg"]