"Time waits for no one. Let's go now." Luigi looked at Angor.
Angor didn't refuse. But Barregon was still curious. "You said you're in a hurry because you're going to the party in Crystal City? Why don't you go to the party first and come to the Haunted House later? "
That way, he wouldn't be in a hurry.
Luigi: "There must be a reason … However, it's still a long story. When I come out, I'll tell you when I have time. Or, you can come with us to the party. We'll talk on the way. "
Barbagon cast aside the two vice leaders and snorted coldly, "I'm not going."
Luigi shrugged. "It's up to you. I'll tell you if you come with us. If you don't, I'll tell you the next time I come. Now, activate the Haunted House first. "
Barregon sighed. "You're the one who's begging me, and you're giving me orders. Hmph. Besides, it's not like you don't know how to activate the Haunted House. Why do I have to do it? You're wasting my energy … "
Despite the dripping, the movements didn't stop. Barregon's right vice head suddenly awoke from its slumber, raising the triangular thief, its eyes shooting out a beam of light filled with the aura of converging energy.
After the light fell into the crystal, the crystal slowly floated up in the flickering light and rapidly expanded. It didn't take long for it to expand to three meters long and three meters wide.
"Almost there," Barregon muttered and withdrew the light beam.
As the light receded, the crystal no longer flickered and was completely frozen in mid-air. At the same time, a crack appeared on the surface of the crystal. The crack slowly extended until it formed a door.
Clack —
The door on the crystal was pushed open by Lu Yiji. It was pitch-black inside, and he couldn't see what was going on.
Luigi stepped inside without hesitation and was quickly swallowed by the darkness.
Angor nodded to Barregon and followed Luigi into the door.
When he disappeared into the darkness, the door slowly closed behind him.
Barregon stared at the crystal until it started to emit black mist. Only then did he turn around and walk towards the lab on the side.
Angor didn't find himself in the "Haunted House". Instead, he found himself standing on a dark land.
Luigi was also nearby, but he didn't pay attention to his surroundings. Instead, he took out the music score of "Black Sheep Confession" and his precious harp from his space storage.
Angor looked around and didn't see anything. He could only see a few dozen meters away. Anything further than that was covered by dark mist.
Above his head was a hemispherical light barrier.
The barrier released a faint light that illuminated the land around him.
However, at this moment, cracks began to appear on the mirror-like barrier. These cracks were spreading rapidly, as if something outside the barrier was constantly attacking it.
"What's going on?" Angor looked at Luigi. Wasn't it supposed to be a haunted house?
Luigi hugged the harp as he walked over. "The mirror monster is outside. What we need to do now is find the Haunted House before the mirror monster breaks through the barrier and hide inside it."
"???" Angor frowned in confusion. A Haunted House …?
"To be precise, this is a Haunted House. We're looking for a 'safe house'," said Luigi.
"Every time we enter Xiao Ke's Haunted House, we'll see different scenes. These scenes are all based on the Haunted Mirror. Maybe they're Xiao Ke's memories?
"Different Haunted Houses have different safe houses," said Luigi. "According to Barregon, there's a grand castle, a small wooden house in a forest, or a pavilion in the middle of an amusement park …"
"Where's the safe house then?" Angor frowned.
Luigi shrugged. "I don't know. I've never been here before. I only heard about it …"
They needed to find a safe house first.
As for how to find a safe house, Luigi gave them an answer. "A safe house must be a house or an enclosed space that can hide people. Also, it must be inside the mirror. Lastly, there's a clear time difference between the inside and outside of the safe house. As long as we know these three things, we'll find the right safe house. "
Luigi comforted Angor. "Don't worry. It's easy to find a safe house. Anyone who's visited a Haunted House can find it. "
Angor didn't say anything. "I'll look left. You check right."
They split up and began looking for the hidden safe house in different directions.
Luigi was right. The safe house wasn't hard to find. Since spirit power wasn't prohibited here, Angor found the hidden entrance in less than a minute.
It was located near the mist on the left. It was a cellar.
The cellar entrance was covered by a black wooden plank. The color of the plank was similar to the color of the ground, which was why Angor didn't notice it at first.
After removing the plank, they saw a flight of stairs that led downward.
The stairs led straight to the cellar. There was a light barrier at the entrance of the cellar. Angor could see some rainbow-colored light dancing on the barrier.
Angor saw something similar on Aikesi's body before.
Without a doubt, this light film contained the power of time.
Out of curiosity, he sent out his spirit feelers to check the barrier. However, his spirit feelers could not penetrate it at all. It was as if they had run into a glass wall.
Angor, on the other hand, could easily break through the barrier with his spirit feelers.
However, during this process, he did not find anything unusual that could be studied.
Luigi walked down the stairs and said, "You don't need to study the power of time here. It's just a facade."
"A facade?" Angor frowned.
Luigi nodded. "The real power of time is scattered in every corner of the Haunted House. It's invisible, omnipresent, and untouchable. The rainbow-colored barrier you see here is just a facade. You can think of it as an illusion. "
In other words, there must be some kind of power related to time inside the Haunted House. However, it was combined with the Mystery power to form the main body of the Haunted House.
If he wanted to study the power of time in the haunted house, he couldn't just study the surface. He had to turn the haunted house upside down. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to find the power of time contained in it.
And even if one could find the hidden power of time, they might not be able to learn anything from it.
That was the reality.
The power of time wasn't something that could be easily touched. Not to mention the fact that it was related to the Mystery power.
"If you want to continue your research, you can go to the safe house and set up your illusions first." Luigi looked at Angor.
Angor threw up his hands and gave up.
He really wanted to study it, but he knew very well that with his current knowledge, he would not be able to come up with anything. Furthermore, he only had two hours in the outside world and three days in the haunted house to do his research. In terms of time, he did not have enough to do anything.
"Shall we go in and begin?" Luigi asked.
"Alright." Angor suddenly thought of something. "Will the mirror monsters attack the safe house directly? Or will they enter the safe house through the stairs?"
Luigi immediately understood what Angor meant. "You want to set up an illusion outside to prevent them from entering the safe house?"
Angor nodded and did not deny it.
Luigi considered. "I'm not sure if that's possible. But according to Barregon, once the light barrier above us is destroyed, the mirror monsters will spread all over the place. But it seems that only a small number of them actually attack the safe house. Whether they enter the safe house through the stairs or appear inside the safe house, I don't know. "
"No matter which one it is, setting up an illusion outside has a huge drawback. It might attract the attention of more mirror monsters."
"It's better to just stay inside the safe house and set up an illusion."
Angor thought about it and agreed. He wasn't going to study the Haunted House anyway, so he didn't need to do such an experiment.
With that in mind, he didn't think too much about it. He followed Luigi through the light membrane and walked into the cellar.
As soon as they entered, Angor immediately sensed a familiar Mystery aura. Or rather, a stronger Mystery aura.
It filled up the entire cellar and circled around them.
There was no need for any explanation, nor was there a need for anyone to give a reminder. With just a mysterious aura, the people who entered this place immediately understood the function of this cellar.
It was an extension of time sense.
One hour inside the cellar was equivalent to 36 hours outside.
Two hours inside the cellar was equivalent to three days in the outside world.
It was just as Luigi said. However, Luigi kept emphasizing that it was an extension of time sense. The effect was similar to changing the flow of time, but the result was different.
But Luigi didn't explain further. He only told Angor that he would know when he got there.
Now, under the influence of the Mystery aura, Angor finally understood.
Indeed, there was a difference between changing time and changing the flow of time.
Time sense was only an experience, which was similar to simulating the flow of time.
For example, if the real flow of time was changed, then no matter what you did here, whether it was mental or physical, you wouldn't feel any burden on your body when you left.
Time sense, on the other hand, was different.
It was just that when one's sense of time changed, one would need a very strong and overloaded brain to deal with the mental work here. Otherwise, one would only need one day to complete a thirty-odd days of work, and one's brain would very likely be overloaded and shut down.
This wasn't a serious negative effect for Angor or Luigi since they already had strong computational abilities. Besides, Luigi didn't need to use his computational ability this time. He was here to practice Black Sheep Confession and strengthen his muscle memory, so he wouldn't be affected by the negative effect.
However, for ordinary people, they might not be able to keep up with the mental and physical demands, which could lead to mental and physical exhaustion.
Of course, it wouldn't be a problem if they only used it for a short period of time, such as an hour or two.
In a way, this time sense was similar to the general environment of Tomorrow Town. One day in Tomorrow Town sometimes equaled dozens of days. However, Tomorrow Town was a manifestation of authority and a product of laws. It wasn't a real change of time sense. Instead, it allowed players to accelerate the flow of time around them without doing anything.
The players' sense of time was normal, so Tomorrow Town didn't have any negative side effects.
From the perspective of merely changing the sense of time, Xiao Ke's Haunted House did not meet the standard of a mysterious object.
As far as he knew, some Mystery items could really change the flow of time or even restart time within a certain range. For example, the Temple of Prophets' City of Reincarnation.
Perhaps Xiao Ke's Haunted House could only change the flow of time if it became a Mystery item. But it was too difficult.
Although it sounded like there was only a step between a semi-mysterious object and a true mysterious object, in reality, that step was a natural chasm that could not be seen with the naked eye.
He didn't forget about his work.
He quickly set up illusion nodes around the cellar. First, he wanted to create an illusion that matched Black Sheep Confession for Luigi, and second, he wanted to create an illusion to trap the mirror monster.
What was worth mentioning was that although there was nothing in the cellar, the area was quite large, comparable to a small square.
Luigi walked to the center of the cellar and began to immerse himself in Black Sheep Confession.
Meanwhile, Angor set up an illusion nearby.
It didn't take long for him to finish setting up the illusion.
Again, he chose a mist-type illusion to trap the mirror monster. His Illusion Lake prevented the monster from going any further. Moreover, the fog illusion was relatively simple and could be set up very quickly.
Compared to the mist-type illusion, Luigi's illusion was much more difficult.
Instead of setting up an illusion, Angor created a story that combined the background of Black Sheep Confession. He recreated the feelings of the clergyman, the oppressive environment of the Setu Cult, and the desperate situation where Luigi played in the fire.
It sounded like a movie box, and it was. Angor also tried his best to create emotional nodes that could resonate with Luigi's feelings. This way, Luigi could better feel what the clergyman went through in the story.
If Luigi temporarily abandoned his ego, he could completely enter the clergyman's mind and become a clergyman himself.
This was something that other movie boxes didn't have.
It was something unique to Angor, which allowed him to use illusions to manipulate emotions.
Luigi soon "got into character".
After Luigi entered the role, he was completely immersed in the illusion. The only thing he did not forget was to pluck the strings.
Meanwhile, Angor sat down beside Luigi and waited for the mirror monster to show up.
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