Laplace glanced at Angor and spoke in a low voice, "You're a cautious one. But it's fine. That way, intruders won't be able to enter the heart space through the mirror tunnel. "
"Not really. I just don't think it's a good place to open the door."
Half a minute ago, when Angor was about to leave the buffer space, he did two things. The first thing was to leave the wishing book and the gemstone teapot in the buffer space. After all, the buffer space could also be used as a temporary storage. The second thing was to set up an illusion at the entrance of the mirror channel and the buffer space.
If one looked at the buffer space carefully, they would see that there was only one door left. It was the door that led to the buffer space through the teapot mirror.
All other entrances and exits were gone.
Or rather, they were all covered by the nightmare illusions and turned into white walls.
Due to the near-realistic effect of the nightmare illusions, ordinary people couldn't tell that there was a passage on the wall. Even if they did, they wouldn't be able to enter the heart space without breaking the nightmare illusions.
This setup, in Laplace's opinion, was a sign of caution.
However, Angor didn't think too much about it. He just wanted to make sure that the entire buffer space was decorated in the same style. The door to the mirror tunnel was a little too obvious, so he simply covered it up.
It didn't matter to him whether he could see the door or not.
Laplace said, "Let's forget about the buffer space for now. Let's get back to the main topic … I remember that you should've left the underground maze by now. Are you here to see if there's anything in the heart space? "
"If that's what you're here for, then it's a pity that we haven't found anything yet."
Angor shook his head. "No, it's not that important to me. I'm here for your power."
Angor already promised Laplace that he would give her the power of a Dream Crystal. However, he was forced to postpone it due to various reasons.
Now that he had left the underground sewer, he used the excuse of "settling down" to find some free time.
Since he had nothing else to do, Angor decided to fulfill his promise first.
It wouldn't take him too long to acquire the power of a Nightmare Domain. Only the research and development of the power would take a lot of time.
He didn't need to worry about the research and development of the power. He would leave it to Laplace.
He just needed to keep his promise.
And doing so meant that they could trust each other even more.
Laplace didn't refuse Angor's request.
However, Angor's plan was always the opposite of what he expected.
When they entered the Dream Crystal again, Angor sensed the general situation of the place and noticed something bad.
Luigi still didn't come out of the dungeon.
As long as Luigi didn't come out, Laplace wouldn't accept the power to grant. Angor was worried that Luigi's acceptance of the power of the Nightmare domain, which would affect Luigi's help.
But the dream wasteland was too different from the dream wasteland.
The Dream Wasteland's opening was more like building a world similar to the Wizarding World. To put it simply, it was like farming.
As for the opening of the Dream Crystal, it was a player-style opening. This was because the first power of the Dream Crystal was "Wonderland".
The Authority of Dreamwalking in Wonderland was very special. It was a unified entity, but it was also a small puzzle that was scattered all over the place.
The so-called "wonderland" was more like a series of dungeons attached to the Dream Crystal. Each dungeon had its own world with its own rules.
The source of the birth of Dreamwalking Wonderland was memories, the dreams of the Purgers, and the indescribable rules of the underworld.
The power that Laplace had to assume was also related to memory.
It was very likely that the underlying logic of Wonderland would intersect with Laplace's authority. Once there was an intersection, Laplace's worries would not be unfounded.
It was possible that Luigi's acceptance of the power would affect Luigi.
Laplace didn't want to take the risk even if it was just a small possibility. After all, they weren't in a critical situation yet. There was no need to take such a risk.
Therefore, if Laplace wanted to inherit the power, he had to wait until Luigi left Uriel's Choice.
He didn't know what was going on with Luigi. Why couldn't Luigi complete a "Music Specialized" dungeon?
As he recalled, Luigi's main quest was to use his musical instrument to untie Uriel's inner knot.
If he failed, the dungeon would be reset indefinitely.
Only by completing all the main quests could Luigi leave Uriel's Choice.
As far as Angor knew, Luigi wasn't good at poetry, but he was a great musician. Considering how good he was at music, Luigi shouldn't be unable to untie Uriel's inner knot.
Or did Luigi find another main quest after solving Uriel's inner knot?
After all, the Wonderland clearly stated that Luigi had to complete "all" main quests before leaving the dungeon. Everything here might not be as simple as untangling Uriel's inner knot.
"Should we ask Luigi to go offline first?"
"He hasn't gone offline since he entered the Wonderland," Laplace said.
She couldn't contact Luigi.
But it wasn't a problem since Angor could contact Luigi.
However, Laplace shook his head and said, "Forget it. Let's wait until he leaves the Wonderland before we talk about the authority."
Laplace knew Luigi's character well. Luigi was easy-going, but when it came to art, his stubbornness would come online.
Luigi wouldn't object if Angor tried to persuade him to go offline. But who could be sure that Laplace's inheritance wouldn't affect "Uriel's Choice" when Luigi went offline?
If "Uriel's Choice" changed because of the birth of a new power, Luigi would definitely be troubled.
Again, it wasn't a matter of life and death, so there was no need to gamble.
"Uriel's Choice" would come to an end one day, and Luigi could wait until then to take over the new power.
Angor considered and nodded. "Alright then. Let's wait for Luigi to come out."
He paused and looked at Laplace. "Do you want to see how Luigi is doing?"
Laplace did not refuse. After all, he had nothing to do. Perhaps Luigi would be freed from "Uriel's Choice" soon after they arrived.
Time to log back in.
Several seconds later, they arrived at the location of "Uriel's Choice".
The "Uriel's Choice" was located in a run-down two-story attic.
Angor already knew that once a clear breakthrough occurred inside a dungeon, its appearance would change as well.
There were no changes to the two-story attic, and it was still as dilapidated as before. From this, it could be seen that there was no breakthrough in Luigi's main mission.
Angor asked Laplace to step back. He activated the Tree of Authority and focused his mind inside the attic.
As his mind went deeper, his perspective began to change as well. Soon, he found himself in the box view he was familiar with. He felt as if he was standing outside the "birdcage", quietly peeking at the miniature attic hidden inside the "light barrier".
Soon, he found Luigi's location.
Angor didn't know how far Luigi had progressed, but he could tell that Luigi's location was exactly the same as before. Was he still unable to solve Uriel's problem?
Instead of contacting Luigi right away, Angor diverted some of his attention to the outside world and used his "Astronomical Manipulation" power to create an illusion.
The illusion showed Luigi's every move, which meant …
Angor's holographic livestream room began again.
"I've already experienced it, but I have to say, your 'livestream' is very interesting." Laplace slowly walked to Angor's side and looked at the illusions around him in awe.
"Isn't this like watching TV shows?" Angor mumbled.
"Watching TV shows?" Laplace was surprised.
Angor cleared his throat. "I mean, watching the reflections in the Empty Mirror Sea and experiencing a different life."
Laplace muttered, "The words humans use have changed a lot in just a few hundred years. I've never heard of anything like going online, logging off, or running a dungeon. Now you're talking about 'watching TV shows'? "
"… No one in the human world uses it. It's just that I like to make things up."
Laplace glanced at Angor. "I heard that human wizards have all sorts of strange hobbies. Creating unique words is one of your hobbies? "
No, I'm not. You're lying.
Angor said, "Creating words for obscure and rare meanings is a simple process of evolution. I'm not the only one. Many humans have the same idea. "
Angor was talking about "hobbies" and "ideas". And he was talking about the entire human race.
Laplace wasn't a human after all. Seeing Angor's confidence, he nodded. "I see."
Angor quickly changed the topic. "I haven't contacted Luigi yet. But I think he's still in the early stages."
Laplace followed Angor's words and shifted his attention to Luigi.
Through the simulation of the holographic illusion, Laplace could clearly see that Luigi was sitting cross-legged outside the attic at this time, holding an old harp in his hand and gently plucking it.
Through the window of the attic, Angor saw a middle-aged man wearing a checkered felt hat playing the piano with a troubled expression.
The man's music was sometimes high-pitched, sometimes low, sometimes sharp, sometimes dull, sometimes sad, and sometimes longing. It was as if every note he played was venting the frustration and entanglement in his heart.
Luigi's plucking, on the other hand, was much gentler. His plucking was like a gentle breeze, trying to wake the man up.
However, Luigi's plucking wasn't just for show. When the piano in the attic became shrill, Luigi would pluck the strings like rain to announce his presence.
It was like a musical conversation between Luigi and the middle-aged man.
Angor managed to get the meaning, but Laplace didn't know what to say.
Was it nice? Luigi's music was fine, but the man's was too violent. However, Laplace didn't think it was nice at all. After all, the sound of a harp accompanied by violence had a different kind of beauty to it.
Therefore, not to mention listening to the conversation in the music, Laplace couldn't even tell if the music was good or not.
However, seeing Angor listening so carefully, Laplace didn't want to tell him she didn't understand. She had to keep listening.
Several minutes later, the music ended.
The area around the attic turned dark as if someone pressed the "end" button. The middle-aged man also turned into a wax statue and stopped moving.
Time seemed to have stopped in the attic.
The only place that was still alive was Luigi's area.
"So Luigi still hasn't solved Uriel's problem." Angor saw this and realized that Luigi was still in the same spot.
When Luigi took out the harp from the box outside the attic, the main quest would start again, and the frozen time would go back to when Uriel was still frustrated.
Only by solving Uriel's problem could the main quest continue.
Laplace frowned. "Do we have to use music to solve Uriel's problem?"
"You mean using words to convince Uriel?"
"No, I mean using our fists to solve Uriel's problem."
"Well, it won't work either. Uriel won't listen to you. You can think of it as Uriel and Luigi being in two different dimensions. Only music can connect them, and only music can move him. That's the rule of this quest. "
"I see …" Laplace nodded.
Laplace felt lucky that she didn't tell Angor what she was thinking.
"Do you think Luigi has a chance?"
Angor looked at Luigi and thought for a while before he shook his head. "I don't know. I know what they're trying to do, but it's not up to me whether they succeed or not. "
Angor considered. "Since the quest has stopped for now, why don't we ask Luigi? He's the real challenger."
(End of Chapter)
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