Both Luigi and the rabbit girl looked at Angor in confusion.
Was Angor not going to discuss it?
Angor only showed a bright smile in front of everyone's eyes.
Although he didn't say anything, his smile calmed everyone's hearts.
Maybe Angor had something up his sleeves?
The bunny girl glanced at Laplace and Glepnir, who were standing beside her. They didn't seem to care about Angor's decision at all.
Seeing this, the bunny girl felt even more at ease. If Granny Astrologer and her host were so calm, Angor should be fine.
As for Laplace and Glepnir, they had their doubts as well. But they could tell that Angor wasn't someone who acted on impulse. If he was so decisive, he must have a plan.
Under the guidance of the spotlights, Angor slowly landed on the ground. Or rather, at the foot of the mountain.
The "Black and White Slum" was built inside a small mountain. There were only black and white houses from the foot of the mountain all the way to the top.
It was a city inside a mountain, but the mountain wasn't very tall. The top of the mountain was only a few dozen meters above the ground, while the green light circle was pointing at a hundred meters above the ground. They couldn't reach the green light circle even if they reached the top. Besides, even if the top of the mountain was a hundred meters high, it was still hundreds of meters away from the green light circle. They weren't in the same coordinate system, so there was no way they would meet.
But Angor was at the red light circle. The only way was to enter the slum and reach the top of the mountain.
But the top of the mountain didn't match the green light circle. What should they do?
Everyone was trying to think of a solution. Even Glepnir and Laplace were discussing in private. But they couldn't come up with an answer.
"Maybe there's some kind of mechanism in the room below? Like an updraft that creates a wind field? "Luigi whispered.
Laplace and Glepnir didn't answer, but they were more inclined to agree with Luigi's idea.
It wasn't necessarily an updraft. Maybe there were other kinds of mechanisms.
They couldn't see anything inside the room, and there might be something inside.
Angor couldn't hear their discussion. Even if he did, he wouldn't care. In fact, he already had some guesses about this race track …
He raised his head and looked at the sky. The glaring sunlight shone down.
The bright light shone on his body, and the shadows outlined his facial features, and the shadows became deeper and deeper.
He chuckled and looked straight ahead instead of looking at the sky.
Right in front of him was a black bungalow. There were no windows and the walls were pure black.
Currently, he had two paths.
One way was to enter the black house. Although there were no windows in the house, there was a door. The door was open, but it was dark inside and nothing could be seen.
The second way was to climb up to the roof. There was a black wooden ladder on the wall of this black house. Following this wooden ladder, one could climb to the top of the high wall.
As far as Laplace and the others were concerned, Angor should go inside now.
However, he did not do that. He walked to the side and climbed up the wooden ladder to the roof.
There were no other passageways on the roof, but they could see the distribution of the surrounding areas.
There was a black house right in front of the roof, separated by a three-meter-wide passageway. There was another black house on the left, also separated by a three-meter-wide passageway.
About six meters to the right, there was a white house with three floors. There was no balcony or window on the second floor.
If Angor wanted to go to another place from this roof, he either had to go in front or to the left. There were three meters between them, but he could still jump over if he wanted to.
However, he didn't make a decision right away. Instead, he turned around and pulled the wooden ladder up to the roof.
Seeing this, the others realized something. Was he going to use the ladder to go to another roof? This was not a bad method. At least it was easier than jumping three meters.
However, he did not do that. Instead, he walked around the roof with the ladder and found a backrest. Then he simply let the ladder stand on the roof.
The others had no idea what Angor was going to do. Was he going to climb to the top and look into the distance? Wasn't he afraid that he wouldn't be able to do it on his own?
As they wondered, Angor gave up on the ladder and went to the left.
With a light leap, he jumped onto the black roof on the other side.
Next, he found a ladder on the roof and climbed up to a higher spot.
Just like before, he picked up the ladder and placed it vertically. After that, Angor kept moving forward.
Angor did not enter any room along the way. He only moved on the roof and put up ladders or wooden planks to block certain places.
Luigi and the bunny girl were puzzled the whole time. Laplace and Glepnir, on the other hand, noticed something when Angor put up the fourth ladder and pointed at a tall tower in the distance.
Was he … building a shadow?
Yes, a shadow of a building.
The shadows looked scattered, but there was nothing behind or in front of Angor. As long as the sunlight reached a certain angle, the shadows would overlap.
Moreover, the overlapping shadows were facing the direction where they were sitting.
So Angor was relying on the shadows to reach the end — the green circle?
However, even if the shadow reached the circle of light, what use would it be? Angor couldn't turn himself into a shadow and travel among the shadows, could he?
If Angor could hear Laplace and Glepnir's thoughts, he would be impressed.
Their guess was actually not wrong.
He was building shadows by using ladders, wooden planks, and the shadows of towers and houses to create a path of shadows that reached the green circle.
But Angor did not need to turn himself into a shadow, nor did he need the ability to travel among the shadows.
He could just step on the shadows! And he did not need any external help.
Because that was the mechanism of the track.
When Angor first saw the track, he already thought about the game "Monument Valley".
When the host talked about the track, it sounded like a very creative way to play it. As for the source of the idea, the host also mentioned that it was "Providence".
Speaking of "Providence", Angor naturally thought about the system in Wonderland that gave him a sense of déjà vu.
Quests, hidden quests, quest rewards, and so on … they all existed in the corner of his mind.
If there were only one or two of them, Angor would think it was just a coincidence. But when he saw all of them, Angor had a feeling that Wonderland was influenced by his thoughts, right?
It was hard to believe that his thoughts could affect his authority. But since the Tree of Authority was located in the depth of his mind, it was possible that his thoughts could affect the authority.
Just like Sunders and Sumesh's Nightmare Domains, their thoughts could affect the changes in their Nightmare Domains.
Even Angor's own Nightmare Domain could be affected by his thoughts.
The dream wasteland and the Dream Crystal were both Nightmare Domains, but they were too big for Angor to affect with his thoughts. This was why Angor never thought about using his thoughts to affect the dream wasteland.
But now, the déjà vu he saw in Wonderland was too much of a coincidence.
Angor began to wonder if his thoughts could really affect the Nightmare Domain. Maybe it was because he had the Tree of Authority as his core authority.
With this in mind, Angor looked back at the "ingenious idea" mentioned by the host and came up with a new idea.
Perhaps this so-called ingenious idea was actually Dream Creator's dream modified by Wonderland on the basis of Angor's thoughts to create this … ingenious idea.
If that was the case, it was possible that the Black and White Slum was using Monument Valley as a way of "playing".
In order to prove his theory, Angor entered the track.
Monument Valley had an interesting way of playing, which was to create a path by using optical illusions.
According to the "Magic Track", the core of the track was "Black and White and Light and Shadow".
Considering the current situation, Angor thought of using Shadow Illusions to create a path.
In his previous attempts, a single shadow was unable to form a passageway. However, if two or more shadows overlapped, then the shadows would be able to create a passageway that was invisible to the naked eye but could actually be walked through.
However, although shadows could overlap, it was difficult to form a straight shadow path that reached the green halo in the sky. To reach the green circle in the sky, the shadow would have to make a turn in the middle.
How to create a turn?
This was when the houses came in handy.
A pure black house could be used as a shadow to create a path. The shadow of a white house could also be used as a path.
In this case, the black and white houses combined with light and shadow could create a path that reached the sky.
This was how the track worked.
After unraveling the mechanism, Angor was sure that it was similar to the Monument Valley.
Which meant all his previous guesses were correct. Wonderland was an authority that extracted certain thoughts from his mind and combined them with the energy of the Mirror World, Dream Realm, and Nightmare Realm.
Angor felt a little uncomfortable about this.
After all, part of Wonderland's mechanism came from his mind. No matter how he thought about it, he did not like it.
If he really wanted to borrow it, he could have discussed it first. But he also knew that Wonderland was an authority without sentience. It was influenced by his mind, but it did not mean that it could communicate with him.
Therefore, he had no choice but to accept the "Dream of Wonderland" ability.
However, this also reminded him that he needed to set up a mental barrier to isolate the tree of authority from his mind. Otherwise, he would lose all his secrets in the future.
Of course, Angor knew that this was not possible. His mind could influence the authority tree, but only to a limited extent. If Wonderland's mechanism was 100% autonomous, Angor's influence could only reach 1%.
This was a very small amount. Like Sunders' "Nightmare Domain", Angor could easily reach 100% by using his mind. Unlike Angor, he had absolute control over the situation, unlike Angor, who was forced to interfere.
Still, Angor decided to add a thought barrier around the authority tree.
When he no longer had to passively influence the Nightmare Domain and gained absolute control over it, he would not need such a barrier anymore.
Still, he was a little annoyed that Wonderland was trying to pry into his mind "without his permission", and he was not happy about it. However, he had to admit that Wonderland's appearance had given him a better understanding of the Nightmare Domain's main body.
He used to think that the authority inside the Nightmare Domain's main body was similar to the basic laws in other worlds. However, "Wonderland" changed his mind.
The authority itself was not fixed. Instead, it could be "customized".
Angor's mind was still limited by the world he knew, so he only knew a few kinds of laws. Now that he found out that "Wonderland's" authority existed, it was an eye-opener for him.
What kind of authority would "Wonderland" be if he had to define it in terms of fixed knowledge?
Puzzle-Solving? Illusion-Related? Or dungeon-related?
Angor did not know the answer yet. Perhaps he would be able to figure it out when he gained a deeper understanding of Wonderland.
…
Now that Angor knew that the track was using Monument Valley's mechanism, he could solve the puzzles much faster.
According to the host's estimation, Angor would need to stay on the track for a day or two before he could figure something out.
Even if he had an idea, he still needed to see the big picture. Only when he knew the big picture could he construct the Path of Ascension as quickly as possible.
That would take a long time, no doubt.
The host had already prepared for a long time.
However, Angor's performance exceeded everyone's expectations. It only took him half an hour to build the foundation of the Path of Ascension.
Yes, it was only the foundation, which was the so-called "geographical advantage".
To open the Path of Ascension and reach the green circle, one needed not only the geographical advantage, but also the right time.
Only when the angle of the sun's inclination coincided with the Path of Ascension, could the Path of Ascension be opened.
The host knew the exact time. It was 2: 45 in the afternoon.
Angor entered the track at 9: 30 in the morning, and it was now 10 in the morning.
In other words, Angor had finished the race ahead of schedule. He still needed to wait until 2: 45 in the afternoon, when the track would end.
The host did not know what to say anymore.
If Angor had not found the solution, he could have teased him a little. But now, Angor had already completed all the preludes. All that was left was to wait for the final moment.
The host did not know what to do. It was not funny to tease Angor, and he did not have the right to mock him. There was no need to stir up the atmosphere.
While the host was trying to figure out how to spend the next four hours, Angor, who was on the track, suddenly flew up.
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