Not only did she come back to life, but the withered Mary Roses in the garden also had something to do with her.
For she had been reborn in the midst of innumerable large Mary roses, bright and juicy.
He didn't know what was going on, but he could tell that the woman had absorbed all the life energy from the roses, which was why the strange change happened.
The girl was covered in Mary Rose tattoos all over her body. Her dress, headwear, ear studs, and even her exposed shoulders and back were all covered in rose tattoos.
When she laughed at the sky to celebrate her rebirth, her eyes and tongue stud all turned into the shape of a rose.
After Rose's rebirth, the girl laughed unscrupulously, her gaze slowly shifted to the direction of the house. Her laughter slowed down and was replaced by an evil and sickly grin.
With each step she took, the girl slowly walked into the house.
As the girl entered the house, the courtyard changed again.
The ordinary-looking house was suddenly surrounded by countless Rose Thorns. The green vines were like ropes, binding the white walls and red tiles. The thorns on the vines pierced into the interior of the house as if they were sucking out blood.
Not long after, rose buds appeared on the thorny vines, followed by roses that bloomed one after another.
There were no more changes in the courtyard.
Or rather, there were changes, but they were all inside the house. Angor's vision was fixed, so he could not see what was going on inside.
After waiting for a while, he gave up and retreated from the bird's view.
He slowly opened his eyes after leaving the birdcage. However, he was stunned the moment he opened his eyes.
He remembered that before he entered the birdcage, the crystal object in front of him was a long whip with barbs.
But now, the whip remained the same, but at some point in time, it was covered with red crystal roses of various sizes.
The whip looked prettier from the outside, but it also gave him a dangerous feeling. The big Mary crystal rose with thorns was like a beautiful trap. While it attracted your gaze, it also seemed to be tempting you to fall into depravity.
"What's … going on?" Angor wondered.
Laplace gave Angor a strange look. "I was going to ask you the same thing. Did you do something to the whip when you closed your eyes?"
Angor quickly shook his head.
"Let's not talk about the roses for now. Didn't you say you're going inside to solve the riddle? Why didn't you go in? Or are you saying that you can solve riddles outside with that special authority you speak of? "
Angor paused for a second and looked away awkwardly. "Just a little accident."
"A little … accident?" Laplace narrowed his eyes and looked at Angor carefully.
Angor felt uneasy when he saw Laplace's disdainful look, but he still tried his best to explain, "When a special dream changes, no one can enter it. Not even me. I have to wait until the change is over... "
Angor looked into Laplace's eyes as he spoke. He didn't need to lie to her about this. Laplace believed Angor's words.
"You didn't enter Helen's Dream, but you saw it, right?" Laplace asked. Otherwise, Angor wouldn't have closed his eyes for such a long time.
Angor didn't deny it. He nodded and told Laplace everything he saw.
"When there's an unknown change, I can't even directly probe into it … This is a little beyond my expectations." Laplace considered for a moment. "The girl came back to life, absorbed the life energy of the roses, entered the house, and tied the house with the roses. It sounds ridiculous, but I believe it. "
The more ridiculous it sounded, the more Laplace believed it. Also, the crystal whip outside also grew a big Mary Rose, which seemed to prove that the girl came back to life with the help of the roses.
"So the unknown changes started with the girl?" Laplace murmured in a low voice, "Could it be that the 1% of progress that I didn't discover before is also on her?"
Angor also mentioned that the balloons on the gate of the Rose Garden also changed, but they didn't affect the appearance of the crystal creation at all.
Considering the changes in the crystal creation's appearance, the girl and the roses were still the key.
Laplace fell into deep thought for a long time. As someone who had experienced Helen's Dream, she was very concerned about the incomplete 1% exploration.
In Angor's opinion, this was the first time a game designer came into contact with a dungeon, or rather, a secret room. She wouldn't give up until she solved all her questions.
Laplace's main body stayed in the Empty Mirror Sea all year round, and he could be considered a recluse. Even though Laplace would open the blind box in the Empty Mirror Sea to view the memories of various worlds that flowed into the Empty Mirror Sea, it was his first time experiencing it in person.
Going from a God's perspective to a player's perspective was definitely different.
God's perspective allowed one to look down on everything from above. Solving puzzles was child's play in the eyes of those with God's perspective. However, from a player's perspective, they had to take every step carefully and search for clues in the "memory" bit by bit. Finally, they had to think of a way to conquer this "memory dungeon."
This was Laplace's first time as a player, but she still wanted to use a God's perspective. She couldn't let it go.
She wasn't really a perfectionist yet. It was just an inevitable result of changing her perspective.
While Laplace was deep in thought, the whip-shaped crystal creation … Oh, no, it should be called the Rose Whip now. It was slowly becoming illusory.
Obviously, it followed the rules of Wonderland's Authority. As long as it wasn't triggered, it would automatically disappear.
But how was Angor supposed to find and trigger them?
One had to know that the Rose Whip wasn't the only crystal creation that had gone into hiding. The sky was filled with crystal creations. Where were they hiding now?
Since Laplace didn't say anything, Angor decided to change his perspective to a God's perspective.
He planned to look at the Dream Crystallizer from a macroscopic perspective and find the hidden crystal creations.
Of course, the first thing he checked was the area around his current location.
He didn't see any crystal creations on the surface of the Dream Crystallizer or in the underground world. Or perhaps, the crystal creations had merged with the Dream Crystallizer itself.
That was hard to find.
It was like a drop of water falling into the sea. It was very difficult to find a crystal that was similar to the Dream Crystallizer in a world full of Dream Crystallizers.
Since he couldn't find anything nearby, Angor expanded his search.
Previously, he only checked a certain area. But now, he was looking at the most macroscopic view. After searching for a while, he really did discover something unusual.
This place wasn't far from the safe zone and the Forest of Memory. It was the mountain of corpses where the monsters were hiding.
Now, all the corpses on the mountain were gone.
However, what replaced it was a gigantic crystal mountain that was so large that it could reach the sky.
If it was just a crystal mountain, Angor wouldn't think too much about it. Maybe the "War of Creation" caused too much of a commotion and turned the world upside down. That was possible.
However, Angor didn't pay attention to it just because of the crystal mountain. He also noticed that there was a path on the steep mountain.
It wasn't as detailed as a man-made path, but there was a winding path that led from the foot of the mountain all the way to the top.
That was strange.
Imagine a ten-thousand-meter-tall mountain with an unbroken path leading from the plain to the top. Wasn't that strange?
When Angor looked at the crystal mountain, he received a message from the Tree of Authority.
According to the message, Angor could now enter Wonderland mode to observe the crystal mountain.
However, he still had to fulfill two conditions. First, he had to touch the crystal mountain. Second, he had to activate Wonderland's authority.
Angor was currently in God's View, so he couldn't touch the crystal mountain. But there was a way. With the Tree of Authority, Angor was basically half the owner of the Dream Crystal.
Some of his previous authorities could now be used, with the [Astronomical Shift] authority having a greater range of control.
What Angor did was to use the authority of Astronomical Shift to draw the nightmare aura from the underground world out of the crack. By combining the nightmare aura and Astronomical Shift, Angor cast a spell called Phantom Hand.
To put it bluntly, the condition to touch the crystal mountain was to sense the nightmare aura.
Phantom Hand was an illusion cantrip, and it could also be used as an extension of Angor's body.
When he touched the crystal mountain with the Phantom Hand, he successfully fulfilled the first condition. Next, he activated the "Dream of Wonderland" ability.
With both conditions fulfilled, Angor could clearly feel his consciousness drifting across a great distance and arriving outside the crystal mountain.
Then, his consciousness slowly sank into the crystal mountain.
A new courtyard appeared in front of him.
To Angor's surprise, he couldn't see anything different about the crystal mountain even though he was inside the box and could see as much as he wanted.
The mountain was the same, the path was the same, and there were no monsters or anything else.
What's going on?
If this wasn't a special dream, why would he be able to enter the courtyard by activating Wonderland's authority? And if it was a special dream, why didn't anything change inside?
Angor couldn't figure it out. Maybe … he had to check it out himself.
While Angor was thinking about the crystal mountain, Laplace finally woke up from his meditation.
"It's gone."
Angor opened his eyes when he heard Laplace's voice. Laplace looked at the empty air and muttered softly.
"You mean that whip? As long as you don't activate it, it'll fade away and disappear. I don't know where it's going, "Angor said.
"I know where it is." Laplace spoke in a flat tone.
"Huh?!"
Laplace said, "When it disappeared, I got some more information."
"You got more information after leaving Helen's Dream?" Angor was surprised. This Wonderland's authority was so "humane" that it even provided after-sales service?
Laplace nodded and told Angor the information he just received.
[Special dream "Helen's Dream" changed and combined with "Bila's Sweet Dream". ]
[Special dream "Helen's Dream" changed into "Glutton's Carnival". ]
[Exploration progress reset. ]
[All those who cleared "Helen's Dream" will be added to the "Glutton's" hunting list. ]
[All rewards obtained in "Helen's Dream" will be doubled in the special dream "Glutton's Carnival". ]
[The "Glutton's" hunt will begin after the three-hour countdown ends. The countdown will continue after going offline. ]
[Current countdown: 02: 59: 59]
[Current countdown: 02: 59: 58]
[…]
[Current countdown: 02: 55: 50]
By the time Laplace finished, the countdown had reached two hours and fifty-five minutes.
Since Laplace could sense the countdown, she told Angor that she knew where it was.
When the countdown ended, the special dream "Glutton's Carnival" would actively hunt Laplace down. Once the "Glutton" came, the corresponding special dream would appear, and so would the rose whip that carried the special dream.
According to the message, the countdown would continue after going offline.
In other words, if Laplace went offline for more than three hours, she would be attacked by the rose whip no matter where she was when she came back online.
It sounded like a death trap.
However, when Laplace said those words, he was not afraid at all. Instead, he seemed to be looking forward to it.
Angor had only one thought after hearing Laplace's message.
This Glutton must be tired of living.
If other mortals tried to challenge Helen's Dream and failed, they would definitely be scared when the "Glutton's Carnival" appeared.
Because they weren't strong enough.
Laplace, on the other hand, was different. As long as she could replenish her scales, she would be able to kill wizards as easily as cutting grass.
A Glutton trying to hunt a monster like that? Dream on.
Of course, he wasn't worried about Laplace's safety. Speaking of which, Laplace did mention something interesting in the information he just mentioned.
Linked Change.
Previously, Helen's Dream was about to undergo an unknown change.
Now, it was confirmed that the "unknown change" was "linked change".
The word "linkage" in "linkage transformation" was used very subtly, and it was also very picturesque.
Helen's Dream was created by Helen herself.
And Bila's Sweet Dream was created by someone named Bila when she was asleep.
The two dreams were linked, and that was how the new dream came to be, "The Glutton's Carnival."
"So these special dreams can be linked?" Angor muttered, "But who's Bila?"
"Bila is that fat girl," Laplace said. "She's the daughter of the owner of the house in Helen's dream."
"The girl who was used as fertilizer for the roses?"
Laplace nodded. "I saw her portrait in the hallway. Her name was written beside it. "
Laplace didn't understand many of the characters in Helen's Dream, but the names in the portrait in the hallway were written in standard universal language. Perhaps Helen, the creator of the dream, had the deepest memory of these characters, which allowed her to reproduce them in her dream.
He thought Bila was an intruder in the dream, but now it seemed that she was the main antagonist in Helen's Dream.
"If that's the case, the two dream realms that are intrinsically connected are working together … Is this the established rule of working together, or can they work together unconditionally?
The former was like a play called "Hyperdimensional Warlock", in which Angor was the main character. But it didn't seem strange that Sunders would appear in this play.
As for the latter, the so-called "unconditional cooperation" was also an example of the play "Super Dimensional Warlock". The main character was Angor, but Harry Potter appeared in this play, which was very strange.
Still, this didn't change the nature of the word "linked".
In The Sound of Tide, the author arranged for Torras to kill the legendary pirate Red Beard, and no one questioned it after the book was published. Torras, one of the main characters, even bragged about it. But in fact, Red Beard wasn't even born when Torras ruled the Eastern Sea. How could Torras have anything to do with it?
The author covered up this flaw in the story in "The Sound of Tides in the Magical Night". Similarly, if the "planning of special dreams" could also cover up this flaw, it would be possible to connect Helen's dream with Sun Wukong's dream.
In Jon's words, this was called "inter-realm linking".
Angor was also concerned about the link between the two dreams. Or could it be linked across realms?
If it was possible, then the dream of a mortal might be linked to the dream of a god. Wouldn't the difficulty of the quest be insane?
Laplace said, "That's not a problem. Go through a few more dreams, and you'll know the answer. "
Angor agreed. He didn't need to ask for too much now. As Laplace said, many things wouldn't be a problem once he experienced enough.
Besides, he still had the Tree of Authority, which meant he could slowly decipher Wonderland's dream.
With that in mind, Angor looked at Laplace. "What's your next plan?"
"You're asking about Gluttony's bounty? If it's a pursuit, I'll wait for her to come. I'd like to see if I can find out where the 1% difference is from her pursuit. "
"No, that's not what I'm talking about. Like I said, have you thought about what kind of authority you want to take on? "
Laplace said, "I've thought about it and have some intentions. However, I plan to wait for Gleipnir to divine the stars before making a decision."
Every time Laplace mentioned his real identity, Angor wanted to ask, "You're the same person, but you can't contact each other in the Dream Crystal. Is that the same person?"
Angor's lips twitched, but he didn't say anything in the end. Laplace's answers were always the same, and each time, Laplace always gave him a disdainful look. Angor could guess what Laplace's reaction was going to be.
"I see. Do you want to go to the Forest of Memories now? I mean, the Forest of Memories in the Dream Crystal. "
"You brought the Forest of Memories here? What about the Spider Monster from before? "
"It was devoured by the Forest of Memories. Without the Scavengers, the Dream Crystal is safe. "
Laplace knew that Angor was hiding something from him, but that was not important to him right now. Since she chose to support Angor's decision, there was no need for her to ask about the things Angor deliberately hid.
"Alright, let's go." Laplace nodded and decided to check the Forest of Memories. The Forest of Memories was related to the laws of nature, and she wanted to see what was different between the Forest of Memories in the Dream Crystal and the Forest of Memories in the real world.
"So, we're going to log off now?" Laplace already knew how Angor used his authority.
Angor nodded.
Without hesitation, Laplace exited the Dream Crystal.
Angor followed suit.
Laplace didn't accept Angor's invitation to enter the Dream Crystal right away. Instead, he asked, "Is the Dream Wasteland the same as the Dream Wasteland you mentioned? Do you let other people in?"
"Yes, it is."
Laplace: "Then I want my body to go in with me. Is that okay?"
Since it's your real body, does it count as "other people"? It's you, isn't it? Angor complained in his mind. However, he didn't show it on his face. "Sure. You can go with your real body. I have a log-in device here. Even if it's inconvenient for your body to leave the Sea of Mirrors, it can still enter through the log-in device … However, I don't know if the log-in device will be washed away by the Sea of Mirrors. If it is, it's best not to let the log-in device enter the Sea of Mirrors. "
"I'm my real body," Laplace said.
Not again … Angor held back his urge to complain. "I'm talking about the real body of the Sea of Mirrors."
"I'm the real body of the Sea of Mirrors," Laplace said.
I can tell that's not your real body just by looking at the shape of your scales!
Laplace seemed to have read Angor's mind and explained, "My real body is created by my real body's consciousness. The proof is that when I enter the Dream Crystal, my real body is also sleeping.
And because of that, I can fully utilize the effects of my scales. "
If it wasn't Luigi or Glepnir who entered the Dream Crystal, it would be impossible for the real body to enter the Dream Crystal.
Luigi or Luigi wouldn't be sleeping in the Sea of Mirrors.
Besides, even if Luigi and Glepnir could use their scales in the Dream Crystal, they wouldn't be able to utilize the full power of the skill.
"I see …" Angor nodded. Angor only had a vague idea of the difference between "real body" and "real body". However, if Laplace referred to his real body as "real body" again, Angor would probably get confused again.
"Since you agreed, I'll summon my real body now." Laplace closed his eyes and contacted his real body through the mirror in his mind space.
While Laplace was talking to his real body, Angor stepped aside.
He looked at the pink wind not far away.
(End of Chapter)
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