"Ceremony?" Laplace glanced at the guard. "What kind of ceremony?"
"Um … I'm not sure." The guard didn't want to say anything, but being stared at by Laplace's strange child, he felt a chill down his spine. After swallowing his saliva, he opened his mouth.
"Only the Council of Elders knows the details of the ceremony. We're just here to manage the lockdown … I don't know anything."
Laplace took a deep look at the guard and didn't comment on his words. He just said softly, "No need."
"???" What do you mean no need?
Seeing the confused look on the guard's face, Luigi, who was at the side, sighed, and explained, "She means that we won't be going to the VIP room. But we're not planning to stay here. We're going to the main station of the party. "
The guard was stunned for a moment before he reacted, "Oh … Oh! You're going to Passage 003 to the party? This way, please. "
Seeing that no one moved, the guard scratched his sideburns that were covered by the crystal hat. "What I mean is, I'm here to lead the way for our distinguished guests."
The guard's job was to ensure that there were no outsiders in the outer area of the fortress. As long as Laplace and the others didn't stay in the fortress, they could go to the VIP room or Passage 003.
Laplace glanced at Angor out of the corner of his eye.
Angor noticed Laplace's gaze and nodded slightly.
Only then did Laplace say, "Alright."
The guard let out a long sigh of relief and took the initiative to lead the group to the next passage.
When the group disappeared into the dark corridor, the guard wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and quickly summoned a strand of crystal dust.
He needed to use the crystal dust to send a message to the elder in charge of the ceremony.
The guard wasn't the only one who came to stop Laplace and the others. In fact, the other patrolling guards in the fortress had already noticed the situation. They just didn't come.
"We don't know who they are, but they're … very strong." The guard quickly gathered more crystal dust. "But they're here for the party. They came through Passage 013 not long ago. They're already in Passage 003, so they're probably just passing by. "
As his voice fell, the condensed crystal dust quickly dissipated.
After the guard finished explaining the situation, he didn't feel relieved. Instead, he stared nervously at the floating crystal dust.
A few seconds later, the crystal dust floating in the air condensed again.
A message that only the guards could understand was transmitted through the crystal dust. 'Since he has already left, there is no need to pay attention to him. However, pay attention to cleaning up the remaining energy in the surroundings to ensure that no information is leaked. You must clean it up. There are still a few minutes before the Great Old Hero Spirit is about to be born. There must be no mistakes. '
This was the message from the elder.
The guard immediately replied, "Understood."
With that, the guard summoned his companions and began to clean up all the remaining energy particles and pheromones left behind by Angor's group.
While they were doing the final cleaning, Laplace's barrier once again enveloped everyone in the dark tunnel.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Angor asked Laplace.
While he was asking, Laplace was staring at a small screen inside the barrier.
This wasn't the first time Laplace saw such a screen. She already saw it many times in the Dream Crystal.
According to Angor, this was called "illusion streaming".
There were two types of illusion streaming: hologram streaming and light screen streaming.
Hologram streaming was similar to a movie box, which allowed viewers to experience the current situation. Light screen streaming, on the other hand, was like watching a moving picture book.
Without a doubt, this was a light screen streaming.
The light screen was showing the current situation of the ring-shaped fortress. A group of guards was cleaning up any possible traces they left behind.
Angor asked "Are you sure?" because he was worried that the guards might discover his illusion node.
The illusion node Angor left behind was on a mirror set up by Laplace.
Yes, Laplace left a mirror at the scene.
The mirror floated directly above the ring-shaped fortress.
This was why Angor and Laplace exchanged glances earlier.
Angor felt that the mirror was too obvious. Was it really possible that his illusion node wouldn't be discovered?
Laplace said, "The mirror you saw was what I wanted you to see. In fact, it doesn't exist in this space. "
Following Laplace's explanation, Angor slowly understood how it worked.
The mirror that Laplace left behind was actually in a deeper space … It was similar to a space interlayer.
There were almost infinite interlayers.
Even if the Crystaleye Race discovered the mirror, they might not be able to find the corresponding interlayer.
"A mirror placed in an interlayer, but it can reflect the real world … Is this like a mirror corridor?" Angor asked curiously.
The mirror corridor was located in the interlayer, and people inside the corridor could see what was going on outside. However, people outside the corridor couldn't see what was going on inside.
"Similar, but more subtle," Laplace said.
The mirror corridor was invisible to the naked eye, but it could be sensed when the convergence energy reached the real world from the interlayer. Therefore, it wasn't exactly subtle. Any powerful mirror creature would be able to detect it.
However, the mirror that Laplace had just released was hidden in a deeper place and would not emit convergence energy, so it was basically undetectable.
Angor wasn't worried that the guards would notice the illusion nodes and remove them.
And he was right. The guards in the circular fort had already cleaned up the "remaining traces", but they didn't notice the "mirror" in the sky.
Through the live broadcast, Angor saw the guards using the crystal dust to report to an unknown person that the traces were cleared.
It didn't take long for all the guards to disperse and resume their patrol. Clearly, they had completely ignored the mirror floating in the sky.
Angor sighed in relief after making sure the live broadcast wouldn't be affected. He decided to ask something else. "Did the Crystaleye Race guards use the floating crystal dust to send messages?"
Angor noticed that the guards used the crystal dust to send messages several times in a row. Angor could collect information about the content of the guards' messages through the live broadcast. However, he couldn't get any information about the other side of the crystal dust.
And yet, the guards were able to understand the meaning of the crystal dust, which made Angor quite curious.
"The Crystal Eye Clan does rely on the gathering and dispersing of Crystal Dust to transmit information," Luigi said. "They have their own way of understanding the meaning of the gathered Crystal Dust. However, it is very difficult for other clans to decipher it."
It was similar to a "racial talent". The Crystaleye Race's bodies were made of crystals, so they knew more about crystals than any other race. Therefore, while they could read the crystal dust, others couldn't get any information from it.
"Fairy Wood"
Angor nodded in understanding. To put it bluntly, those who didn't have the same biological structure and living environment as the Crystaleye Race couldn't understand the meaning of the crystal dust.
The live broadcast was still going on.
The scene was almost the same as before. There were still no outsiders in the circular fort. However, there were more guards patrolling on each floor.
At the bottom of the circular fort, new crystal dust kept coming out of the oval mirror covered in crystal dust.
Judging from the situation in the live broadcast, the most likely place in this circular fortress should be this elliptical mirror. Perhaps the "ritual" mentioned by the guard was also related to this mirror?
Since the live broadcast didn't change much, Angor looked at Laplace again.
"You seem to care a lot about their ritual?" Angor asked curiously.
The live broadcast itself was an accident.
Laplace first released the floating mirror before sending a voice transmission to Angor to ask if he wanted to watch a good show. That was why he decided to use the illusion nodes to create the livestream.
So the real creator of the live broadcast was Laplace.
Angor was curious about the so-called ritual, but he didn't want to peep at it.
So why would Laplace want to watch the ritual of the Crystaleye Race on his own accord? Was it curiosity? Did he want to watch some gossip? Or was there something else?
"I don't care. But Glaipnir does," Laplace replied. "Glaipnir contacted me earlier. She already met with Ida."
"As expected, Ida didn't tell her about the tower. But according to Glaipnir's observation, as well as the information Ida" occasionally "leaked out. The tower is related to some secrets of the Crystaleye Race. "
"Ida mentioned something about the ritual when she met with Glaipnir."
Ritual wasn't a popular art in the Mirror Realm. Very few Mirror Races would hold formal rituals. Glaipnir heard Ida talking about the ritual one second ago, and then she heard that Laplace saw the ritual in the circular fort. She naturally connected the two together and wanted to know the details.
That was why Laplace released the mirror and invited Angor to watch the show.
"So we're not the only ones watching? So is Glaipnir?" Angor wondered.
Laplace nodded. "Yes. I shared the live broadcast with Glaipnir."
Fine, it was still a live broadcast.
After a moment of silence, Laplace said, "Glypnir said that if you have any questions, you can ask before the ritual begins."
"Did she leave Ida's place?"
Laplace shook his head. "No. She's with Ida in Siluda's study."
Glaipnir made up her mind and prepared to leave. However, before she left, Ida invited her to Siluda's study.
Glaipnir knew Ida well enough to know that she wouldn't do anything unnecessary.
Since Ida asked, it meant that Siluda's study was hiding some secrets.
Glaipnir was currently looking through Siluda's study while watching the live broadcast from afar.
"So it's not that Ida doesn't want to talk. She can't, or doesn't dare to, for some reason?"
It seemed that Ida wanted to tell Glaipnir the truth. Otherwise, she wouldn't have hinted and asked Glaipnir to go to Siluda's study. She just couldn't say it out loud.
Laplace nodded. "I think so. She probably has her own difficulties as well. "
"So, did Glaipnir find out the secret behind the tower?"
"A little. But there are still some 'puzzle pieces' to be completed. But Glaipnir believes that there should be more in Siluda's study. "
Angor could ask now or wait until Glaipnir found the rest of the puzzle pieces.
He chose the latter. Compared to a vague answer, he preferred to know the exact answer.
Since he couldn't confirm the secrets of the Crystaleye Race yet, he decided to ask about something else that had already been decided — Tunita, the prophet of the Crystaleye Race.
Laplace's understanding of Tunita was the same as it had been in his youth. However, Glaipnir often visited the Crystal Eye Race as a guest and became close friends with Siluda, so he knew a lot about the race's history.
Soon, Glaipnir told Angor what he knew.
But this time, she didn't use Laplace to talk about Tunita. Instead, she told Luigi about Tunita's "later" life.
"After Tunita returned from the Empty Mirror Sea, he became the target of many —"
While Luigi repeated Glaipnir's words, Laplace was listening as well. As the story went on, Laplace's image of Tunita became more and more concrete.
Tunita was the only one who came back alive, so he naturally became the target of many people. Parents who lost their children, as well as ambitious people who wanted to know the secret of the Empty Mirror Sea, all surrounded Tunita and threatened him.
Under these circumstances, Tunita was in a great predicament.
But in the end, Tunita used his identity as a "Hollow Man" to deal with the outside world.
Although he could not avoid being used as a pawn in the process, he managed to endure it in the end.
After staying quiet for several decades, Tunita worked with Sage Pelouxiu and came up with many useful projects for the Crystal Eye Race. An elder of the Crystal Eye Race took a liking to him and promoted him from a commoner to a grand scholar.
From a grand scholar to an elder, and from an elder to a prophet.
It took Tunita two hundred years to achieve all these.
Of course, Tunita's struggle wasn't something that could be explained in a few words. However, what was known was that Tunita was very hardworking … But what puzzled many crystal eye clansmen was that any effort required a goal, and Tunita's efforts did not seem to have a clear goal. He didn't do it for himself or his future. Instead, he abandoned his position as an elder and a prophet many times.
No one knew what goal he was working so hard for.
Later, Tunita invented the Crystal Shell, which gave the Crystal Eye Race a terrifying defensive ability and ushered in a new generation of Crystal Eye Race.
That year, Tunita became known as the greatest prophet of the Crystal Eye Race.
It was also in that year that Tunita started the expansion and renovation of Crystal City. Also, the Crystal Corpse was officially born and became the building material of Crystal City.
Several hundred years later, Tunita died of old age.
The expansion of Crystal City didn't stop because of Tunita's death. After two thousand years of construction, which included the collapse of the mirror and the relocation of the city, Crystal City, which stood on the frozen ground, had become a truly magnificent … wonder!
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