Angor couldn't help but feel surprised when he saw the door slowly opening.
As soon as he entered the treehouse, he used his spirit feelers to check the surroundings and found nothing supernatural.
There were no traps or runes either.
But now, in front of him, whether it was the self-glowing bird that used itself as a lamp or the hidden door that led to an unknown place, it all showed that this place was not as ordinary as it appeared.
But why didn't he notice anything strange about this place?
"Don't be surprised. The Sage didn't find anything when he came here the first time either," Laplace said. Laplace said softly, "If I didn't control this space, I wouldn't know where the mechanism is either."
Angor hesitated. "If even you didn't find it, does that mean … the mechanism is moving?"
Laplace looked at Angor curiously. "How did you know it's moving?"
"I couldn't find anything before. Either I wasn't strong enough, or the mechanism wasn't here in the first place," Angor explained.
"Since the Sage didn't find anything when he came here the first time, the latter must be the only answer."
This was indeed Angor's reasoning. However, he only thought of this because he saw a moving mechanism when he visited Snooker Base not long ago. If he didn't take over the magic array in the lab, he would have been trapped in there.
No matter how dumb he was, he wouldn't forget about it so quickly.
Laplace nodded. "You're just like the Sage when it comes to quick thinking. The Sage also found out that the mechanism is moving. "
After praising him, Laplace said, "You're right, the mechanism itself is mobile. The mechanism is hidden in the roots of the tree. When the bird lantern is lit up, the tree will move the mechanism from the root to where the bird lantern is located. "
Laplace walked toward the hidden door. "That's true, but I still don't know how the tree did it. According to the conjecture of the Wise Man and I, in the end, we agreed that perhaps the tree has spiritual intelligence in reality. "
"Reflecting space can bring in energy and things that haven't gained sentience. However, sentient beings can't be reflected unless they actively pull them in."
"When I discovered this piece of mirror memory, it had already been floating in the Empty Mirror Sea for some time. There's no way to directly use the mirror's memory to pull living beings into the space. "
At this point, Laplace sighed regretfully. "If the tree really has spiritual intelligence, as long as we can pull it into the projection space, we might be able to learn the secret of this place."
Laplace sighed with regret, but if there really was a situation where living creatures could be pulled into the reflected space, it would be equivalent to pulling living creatures into the Mirror Domain.
It wasn't like the dream wasteland, which only allowed one to dream. Instead, it was about dragging a living being from another world into the mirror.
This required great strength as a foundation.
Also, Laplace had to drag the creatures on his home ground into his Mirror Domain in an "away" battle. In terms of strength, he would be weakened by 30%.
Angor didn't know how strong the creatures in the special places were, but he was sure that Laplace wouldn't be able to drag them back to the Mirror Domain.
Laplace continued, "Even if the tree's sentience isn't pulled into the projection space, it still follows certain rules. As long as the bird lantern lights up, the mechanism will open. "
In other words, it didn't matter if the tree didn't have sentience to control the mechanism. As long as the mechanism worked correctly, it would keep working.
…
Angor followed Laplace into the hidden door.
Behind the door was a spiral staircase that led upward.
Laplace walked in front and said, "You should have seen it just now. There are actually a lot of tree holes outside. The interiors of these tree holes are probably similar to the rooms we saw earlier. "
"Most of the tree holes have mechanisms. They can be connected to a hall. "
"Here it is."
Laplace stopped and looked ahead. Angor followed Laplace's gaze and saw that they had reached the end of the spiral staircase. In front of them was a small path about five or six meters long, at the end of which was a spacious hall.
The hall was still dark, so he could not see clearly. However, he believed that the "mural" was somewhere in the hall.
"There are a total of five halls like this inside the tree trunk. They're about the same size, and the decorations inside are similar as well. The only difference is the murals inside. "
"You mean there are six murals in total, including the one on top of the tree?"
Laplace nodded. "Yes. There are a lot of tree holes outside, but they're all connected to these five halls. There are only six murals inside. "
That was great. At least they didn't need to run around and spend too much time looking at the murals.
But then again, there should be some meaning behind such an arrangement.
Laplace agreed with Angor's idea. "The wise man said something similar. He speculated that there might be a certain race living on the tree who shared the same belief. The halls connected to their tree holes were the places where they worshipped.
Of course, it's also possible that the halls were used for different purposes, such as worship, trade, communication, or even social gatherings. "
All in all, the five halls were public places for the people living on the tree.
However, Angor didn't know what they were used for.
With that in mind, he and Laplace entered the first hall.
After walking in, Laplace gently waved his hand. Along the stairs that they came from before, there were birds flying in the beige wind. As soon as they came in, they immediately jumped into the shell lamp grids on both sides of the wall and turned into bird lamps.
The bird lanterns lit up at the same time and brightened up the hall.
As the light was turned on, Angor saw the so-called "murals".
Unlike what Angor expected, the murals here were only on one wall. There was also a delicate wooden frame attached to the murals, which made them look like ordinary paintings.
However, the murals were huge and took up almost three-quarters of the wall.
As for the content … it was still abstract and unreadable.
But there was one thing worth noting. The murals were still carved, which caused the murals to fluctuate. Similar to the murals on top of the tree, the murals could produce light and shadows.
However, the murals on top of the tree relied on light from the sky. The murals here, on the other hand, came from the bird lanterns on the walls.
Laplace noticed that Angor was looking at the bird lantern on the wall and asked, "Still light and shadow?"
"I don't know. Let's try."
Laplace asked, "How?"
Angor considered for a moment and simulated the murals using illusions. At the same time, twelve lanterns were placed around the murals, which corresponded to the bird lanterns in the hall.
Angor tried to extinguish some of the lanterns to check the murals.
As the lanterns went out one by one, Angor noticed that there were three lanterns in each of the four directions of the murals. These three lanterns only affected a quarter of the murals.
This made it much easier to find the murals.
He began to experiment with different combinations. Finally, he came up with the most regular combination of light and shadow.
When Angor accelerated "time", the light and shadow in the illusion changed rapidly, which allowed the abstract lines to "tell a story".
When Laplace saw this scene, his eyes flashed with surprise. "This is … a throne?"
At first glance, the light and shadow did look like a throne.
Moreover, this throne was even more obvious than the previous "swaddling clothes". It was almost to the point where one could recognize it at a glance.
However, there was an obvious shadow outline on the armrest of the throne. Moreover, the appearance of the shadow was deeper, unlike the shadow of the throne itself.
"So … there's someone sitting on the throne?" Angor wondered.
Laplace looked at it carefully for a moment and nodded in agreement. "That seems to be the case … But what does it mean?"
Angor thought about the murals on top of the tree. If the "swaddling cloth" was indeed depicted in the murals, could it mean that —
"A newborn will eventually become a king?"
Laplace pondered for a moment. "So you're saying the baby grows up and eventually becomes a king?"
Angor nodded.
Laplace said, "This logic does make sense. As far as I know, similar stories of legendary growth often appear in murals. But we need to check the other murals to see if it's true. "
The murals on top of the tree and the one on the bottom of the tree described the beginning and the end of the story.
In that case, the other murals should be about the 'growing process'.
"I can simulate the murals in other places. Or do you want to see it yourself?" Laplace was now sure that the murals were related to the light and shadow. Since Angor already solved the riddle, there was no need for her to look at it. She could just simulate the murals.
"We're going back anyway. It won't take us too much time to see it with our own eyes."
Laplace nodded. "Let's go then."
They didn't go back the way they came. Instead, Laplace created a hidden door and climbed up the stairs. Soon, they came out of a hole in the tree.
After carefully inspecting the tree, Laplace led Angor to another hole in the tree, which was located higher than the others.
Just like before, with the bird lantern leading the way, the hidden door was opened, and everyone arrived at the second hall in the big tree.
The layout of this hall was almost the same as the first one. The only difference was the placement of the bird lantern.
"The position of the bird lantern is different. I noticed it before, but I never thought of it as an illusion." Laplace looked at the bird lantern and said in a depressed tone.
Angor didn't say anything. He believed that the Wise Ruler should be able to see this. Perhaps the Wise Ruler had his own reasons for not telling Laplace about it.
Now that he told Laplace the answer, in a way, it broke the Wise Ruler's plan.
Angor wasn't sure if it was a good or bad thing.
Angor decided to pretend that he didn't know anything and just came here to solve the puzzle.
He carefully arranged the bird lanterns and tried to find the best way to solve the problem.
Since this wasn't his first time doing something like this, he was able to do it easily.
Not long after, an image formed by rapidly changing time, light, and shadow appeared in the illusion.
Angor couldn't understand it if he only looked at it by himself. But when he thought about the throne, the image became much clearer.
A "person" was walking toward the throne.
He couldn't tell if it was a "person" or not. He could only see the outline of a person. However, the "person" looked bloated. He seemed to be wearing a suit of armor and holding a spear in his hand.
"So you're right. A newborn will become a king in the end," Laplace muttered as he looked at the image.
They kept moving forward and soon arrived at the third hall.
Just like before, Angor was going to use the light to solve the problem.
However, Laplace suddenly showed a hesitant look. "I have some preliminary information about the dream you mentioned. Do you want to hear it now?"
"Or should I tell you everything after I'm done with the investigation of my body?"
Angor frowned. He thought it would take Laplace several days or even months to investigate the dream of the mirror creature.
Unexpectedly, in less than half an hour, Laplace already had a preliminary piece of news.
This speed was much faster than he had imagined.
Angor considered and nodded. "Let's do it now."
Since Laplace brought it up now, he must have found something. And it was definitely something unusual. Otherwise, Laplace wouldn't be in such a hurry.
As expected, Laplace considered for a moment and said, "Luigi went to Tooth Fairy Paradise first. It's a special space inside the Mirror Realm. It's not big, but it's very stable. There are many tiny tooth fairies living there. In the past, he would occasionally sing poems in the Tooth Fairy Paradise. Because of this, the little tooth fairies in the Tooth Fairy Paradise had a good impression of Luigi. They were also happy to answer some of Luigi's questions. "
"According to Luigi, all tooth fairies who were born in the past thousand years did sleep, but none of them said that they dreamed.
"Now, Luigi is going to visit Tooth Fairy Castle under the guidance of a tooth fairy. There's an old tooth fairy and the Tooth Fairy Queen living there for thousands of years. Maybe they'll give different answers.
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