Laplace didn't know what to do when she heard Angor's words. But as she sent her senses into the black and white nodes, she began to get some feedback.
Laplace's eyes lit up. Following the feedback, she began to control her limbs.
At first, Laplace could only lift her limbs up and down. She couldn't move them at all. This wasn't because it was difficult to control. It was because the Mystery would affect her movements, which increased the difficulty.
However, Laplace was immune to the Mystery's interference since she spent a lot of time in Sweet Dream. About five minutes later, she took her first step.
It was just that because of this first step, the two front limbs moved forward at the same time, and the two back limbs were not controlled well. In the end, it only moved forward a small step before it lost its balance and fell on the reflection.
Still, this was good enough. Someone who didn't know anything about Mystery items would probably need a lot more time to learn how to control them.
She made a huge mistake on the first step, but she still managed to do it. In the following days, Laplace successfully advanced from the stage of "baby learning to walk" to the stage of "toddling" with his extraordinary control and mental quality.
Each step took more than ten seconds. Moving two meters away took her one and a half minutes. It was a slow process. But considering that they were in the Sea of Mirrors, Angor didn't have to worry about it.
It was very difficult to "stay still" in the Empty Mirror Ocean, and it was even more difficult to "move" without being affected by the waves. As far as he knew, only Laplace and her avatar could do something like this.
But now, the heart space had broken this rule.
Laplace was still the one controlling the avatar, but the avatar could be changed, and so could the avatar. In other words, the Sea of Mirrors was no longer the most dangerous place in the world. At least, they had a way to survive.
Laplace was still experimenting with controlling his front and rear limbs to walk. Simple walking could be learned in a short period of time, but it was very difficult for him to run fast.
The Mystery's influence would increase as one's senses went deeper.
Even Laplace needed some time to get used to the Mystery's interference while "running".
Angor didn't need to worry about the Mystery aura's interference. However, since he gave Laplace the right to do the test, he wouldn't interrupt the process.
"Going from standing to walking is already the biggest breakthrough. I'm sure you can walk to run, but you need some time to get used to it, "Angor explained.
As the manipulator, Laplace naturally understood this. "Indeed, if we can walk, we can definitely run. It's only a matter of time. If it's just a test of mobility, it's already qualified! "
"In that case, we'll put the black and white spots aside for now. Now … activate the silver spot!"
Two symmetrical silver light spots were located at the top of his heart. Before they were activated, Laplace did not know what effect they would have. However, judging from the few activated light spots, Laplace already had an answer in his heart.
She did not hesitate to activate two silver light spots at the same time!
As the silver light bloomed, a pair of extremely dazzling wings unfurled from its curled body. It was like a flower bud blooming, full of shocking power.
Furthermore, within this pair of white wings, there seemed to be a silver halo flowing. Just by looking at it directly, one could feel its brilliance and mystery.
"So it's … wings." Laplace already had an idea, but when she saw the wings, she was still stunned for a few seconds.
The movement of four limbs was already shocking enough. If the heart space could also fly above the Sea of Mirrors, it would be even more terrifying!
Going from standing to walking was a process of complete transformation. From walking to flying, it was a qualitative change that was not inferior to being reborn.
But could it really fly?
There was no such thing as wind energy in the Sea of Mirrors. All energy would be slowly consumed in the Sea of Mirrors. The reason why tooth fairies could fly above the Sea of Mirrors was that they already had wings. Even so, they only dared to fly tens of meters above the ground. Only a few of them dared to enter the Shadow Mist. This was because the Sea of Mirrors would disturb the energy in the air. A careless mistake could easily drag a tooth fairy into the Sea of Mirrors and turn it into a hollow tooth fairy.
It was very difficult for the heart space to grow a pair of wings and fly.
Angor noticed Laplace's doubt, so he spoke in a low voice, "It's my first attempt. Let's see if it works."
Laplace nodded and began to try activating the wings.
The heart space had a "shrinking property", which meant that the heart space did not look big from the outside. This also meant that the wings were not that big either. A single arm was only 72 centimeters long. Including the length of the wings and the distance between the heart and the wings, the wings were only about 1.5 meters.
But this was only the data. If the heart was used as the core, the wings would be much bigger. If the heart was not shrinking, the wings would be more than a hundred meters long.
Therefore, when the wings flapped, it was quite a sight to behold. This was especially true when looking from inside the heart space.
However, no matter how fast the wings flapped, the heart did not show any signs of flying.
Several minutes later, Laplace shook his head. "I think it failed."
After a pause, Laplace said, "However, the first two tests have been successful, which is already very surprising. The failure this time is nothing … Oh right, I can understand that the front and back limbs are used for movement. Does the golden morning glory at the beginning have any special function? Is it some kind of emblem? "
He could tell that Laplace wasn't trying to comfort him. He really meant it. As for the sudden change of topic, although it was intentional, it was more because he really wanted to ask about the function of the morning glory.
As far as Laplace was concerned, Angor's test only included "movement", which was already done in the heart space. The wings test was only a side task. Compared to the failed wings, Laplace was more interested in the golden morning glory.
"I'll explain later. I want to try … the wings."
While speaking, Angor had already reached his spirit power into the heart wall.
Laplace knew that Angor wanted to control the silver light himself.
Laplace understood the researchers' unwillingness to give up. Therefore, she did not say anything and directly withdrew her perception.
Meanwhile, Angor sent his spirit feelers into the light spot.
Previously, he had already confirmed that once his mind power entered the mysterious manifestation, it would not be affected by the waves of the outside world. Therefore, he was not worried about his mind power being washed away. Very boldly, he directly controlled the mysterious manifestation.
Soon, the wings in the outside world began to flap even more rapidly and rhythmically than when Laplace was controlling them.
"Why do I feel … wind?" Gleipnir muttered something and looked around. "What's going on?" Gleipnir muttered and looked around.
Did I feel wind inside my heart space? But when he tried again, he could not find it.
Was it an illusion?
While Gleipnir was puzzled, Laplace said softly in his heart, "It seems that he still hasn't given up."
Glepnir followed Laplace's gaze and saw the wings outside the heart wall moving so fast that they almost disappeared. Angor's control over the wings was much better than Laplace's.
However, the wings still could not carry the heart space. They could not even move a bit.
"Still not giving up …" Glepnir shook his head and did not say anything.
Angor could not hear the conversation between Laplace and Glepnir, but he could already guess what they were thinking.
Angor didn't mind because they were wrong about that.
It was not that Angor did not want to give up. He just wanted to conduct a deeper test on the manifestation of Mystery.
Compared to the front and back limbs and the morning glory, the wings were a more complicated design.
For example, moving was not difficult as long as the joints of the limbs were properly designed. Flying, on the other hand, required consideration of the external environment as well as the more complicated internal structure of the wings.
If he could craft a pair of wings using "alchemy", he would be able to complete the task in no time.
However, the manifestation of Mystery was not alchemy. It was a kind of "fantasy".
He was only using his imagination structure and nightmare power to interfere with the material world.
In a way, it was similar to "fantasy alchemy".
Real alchemy could add all kinds of properties to an item to achieve its goal. Fantasy alchemy, on the other hand, could only achieve alchemy effects by imagining the structure of an item.
Imagining a structure was similar to the principle of a machine. All kinds of body parts were combined together through gears and chains to achieve a certain effect.
Angor could not "imagine" a certain effect directly, so he had to try to simulate it in a roundabout way.
In the end, the wings failed to fly, but Angor was not disappointed.
Because, through this test, he had obtained his conjectures and also found his shortcomings.
When designing the wings, he couldn't imagine that they were the manifestation of a Mystery object that could fly. Therefore, his design was more practical. It was more like the body could fly.
The heart and the wings were a complete body. The heart would act as an airbag, while the wings would act as a bearing structure. The two would work together to activate the internal circulation and simulate the flight of a living or mechanical body.
If the design worked, the wings would be able to drag the heart and fly.
At first, he thought he was wrong about his theory of "structure is king in Fantasy Alchemy". But during the experiment, he felt a breeze in his heart space.
There was nothing wrong with the wind itself. After careful inspection, Angor found that it was caused by an error in the internal circulation of the wings.
This made Angor very happy.
This meant that his "fantasy" structure was useful.
The wings did not fly this time. It was not a problem with the nature or the system. It was a mistake in the design.
A mistake in the nature or the system meant that the structure of "Fantasy Alchemy" had to be completely destroyed.
But if there was a mistake in the design, then there was room for correction!
Angor also believed that it was normal. After all, it was his first time using a manifestation of Mystery to create a mechanical structure.
Maybe he could not make the wings into a single body. Maybe he had to use several auxiliary structures. Or maybe there was something wrong with the airbag and the internal circulation. Or maybe he had too few pairs of wings, and he could fly by adding more pairs of wings.
Either way, it was fine as long as it could be fixed!
Given enough time, he was confident that he could do it successfully.
With this in mind, Angor did not feel too sad about the failure of the test.
Next time … or the time after that. He was sure he would succeed.
With confidence, Angor withdrew his spirit feelers. While doing so, he erased the manifestation inside the silver light spot and returned it to the wall of his heart.
He would redesign it next time anyway. It was better to destroy the wings for now.
…
On the other side, Laplace and Glepnir also saw Angor erased the silver light spot.
They weren't too surprised. It was normal for a failed product to be erased.
Compared to the disappearance of the silver light spot, they were more surprised that Angor accepted the failure faster than they expected.
"Unwillingness to give up" was a common problem for many researchers. They had seen too many similar situations, whether it was in the reflection or in Scholar Mirrorsea.
However, it usually took a long time for a researcher to "give up". Sometimes, it could even ruin a researcher's life.
It was rare to see someone like Angor, who erased the test as soon as it was confirmed to fail.
"So you're going to test the morning glory next?"
They didn't ask Angor about the result so as not to irritate him. Laplace saw Angor looking at the flower, so she took the opportunity to ask.
Angor nodded. "Yes. But this time, we'll need more than just cooperation. We'll also need some luck."
"Luck?" Laplace was puzzled.
Angor nodded. "Yes, it's luck. This is because the function of this morning glory … is to collect objects floating in the Empty Mirror Sea. "
To test the effect of the morning glory, Angor needed to find something in the Mirror Sea.
But he didn't see anything around him.
The Ancient Tooth Fairy used the Mirror Sea as a place to "restock", but it didn't mean there were "goods" everywhere. Ancient Tooth Fairy relied on the "item seeking relay" method. First, they had to find an object, then use that object to search for other items. This method greatly increased the probability of finding something.
Finding something floating in the Mirror Sea without using the "item seeking" method required a lot of luck.
(End of Chapter)
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