He looked calm on the surface, as if everything was just a simple formula without any unknowns in his eyes.
As if he had everything under control.
However, the real Angor was already worried about his own safety.
If he didn't have absolute control over his emotions, he wouldn't have been able to hide it.
Angor thought that since there was a sleeping consciousness inside the corpse crystal, he would be able to sense it with his spirit power.
After all, consciousness was also a manifestation of energy.
As long as he could sense the energy ripples, he would be able to find the consciousness's base.
And once he located the consciousness's location, he could easily use Nightmare Dream.
However, even though his imagination was perfect, the reality was far from satisfactory.
His spirit power kept scanning the corpse crystal, but he couldn't find any energy ripples at all. It was as if the corpse crystal was just a normal crystal.
Half a minute later.
Angor remained calm and looked at Jota. "Can we talk about this corpse crystal?"
Jota was surprised. "Is there something wrong with it?"
Angor shook his head. "No. I'm just curious. Why did the spirit of the giant city choose to test it? Could it be that it has some kind of meaning? "
Angor's expression was just perfect, as if he was really curious about what the giant city spirit was going to do with this crystal.
But in reality, he was thinking of another question. This Saint Corpse Crystal couldn't have been specially chosen to mess with my mentality, right?
Yes. When Angor sensed no energy ripples from the corpse crystal, he began to wonder if the spirit of the giant city chose it on purpose to give him a hard time.
Could it be that the sleeping consciousness in this Saint corpse crystal had already dissipated to the point where it was close to nothing?
The giant city spirit had deliberately used the high-difficulty Sacred Corpse Crystal to test the "lower limit" of the Dream Crystal Origin.
Or maybe the spirit of the giant city simply used a fake corpse crystal to test Angor's reaction?
Either way, Angor had his doubts about the corpse crystal, which was why he asked "why the spirit of the giant city chose this corpse crystal".
Jota didn't know what Angor was thinking. He didn't doubt Angor's question. "I was wondering why the spirit of the giant city chose this corpse crystal.
"However, when I saw its true body, I roughly understood the meaning of the giant city spirit."
"Oh?" What do you mean? "
Jota sighed. "The real body of this Saint Corpse Crystal is … Evelda. She is Prophet Tunita's favorite student."
Evelda was Tunita's first student after he became a prophet.
She was also the one who had been with Tunita for the longest time.
Even after Tunita's death, it was Evda who collected the saint corpse crystal for Tunita.
Because of this, the outside world suspected that the relationship between Evda and Tunita had exceeded the boundaries of a teacher-student relationship. Nowadays, many arts of the Crystal Eye Clan, including plays, sculptures, and writings, were about the ambiguous relationship between Evelda and Tunita.
However, those who knew Tunita and Evelyn well knew that there was nothing ambiguous between them. They were just a simple teacher-student relationship.
The reason why Tunita doted on Evda so much was that Evda was a great talent.
Tunita treated Evelda as his successor … In other words, he was preparing for the next prophet.
From the fact that Evelyn could be nurtured as a reserve prophet, it could be seen that she had her own set of wisdom and methods.
Unfortunately, Evelda didn't live long. A year after Tunita's death, Evelda suddenly died at home due to an accident before the new prophet selection began.
Because of this, Evelyn could not become a prophet.
Tunita's efforts were in vain.
After learning about Evelyn's life, Angor could guess why the city spirit chose Evelyn for the test.
That was because she was smart enough and had enough discernment.
Especially when it came to important decisions, Evelyn never chose the wrong side. She seemed to have an extraordinary intuition, which gave her extraordinary foresight. In this aspect, she was almost as good as her teacher, Tunita.
Therefore, if Evelda successfully entered the Dream Crystal, she would definitely be able to discern the potential of the Dream Crystal.
Besides, Evelyn knew Tunita well enough.
If Evelyn believed that it was a good thing for Tunita to enter the Dream Crystal, then Tunita must have thought the same.
So, the city spirit chose Evelyn's corpse crystal, and the answer was obvious.
Angor listened to Jota's story and did not feel anything.
But he could tell from Jota's emotional fluctuations that Jota was genuinely concerned about her.
In other words, the story was probably true, and the corpse crystal did belong to Evelyn.
This meant that Angor's guess was wrong. The corpse crystal itself was fine, and the city spirit did not make it difficult for Angor.
It was not anyone else's fault. It was just that Angor could not sense the sleeping consciousness inside the corpse crystal.
When he came to this conclusion, Angor felt a sense of panic that he had not felt in a long time.
It was mainly because Gleipnir's tone was too high. Now, he suddenly realized that he could not bring it down smoothly. How awkward was that?
What should he do?
Angor remained silent. Should he just say it? Or should he take a detour and stall for time? Or should he bet everything on one throw and use the Nightmare Illusion to envelop the entire saint corpse crystal and see if he could hit the jackpot?
Angor suddenly felt someone staring at him.
He looked back and saw Laplace looking at him.
The moment their eyes met, Laplace said indifferently, "Spirit Bond."
Angor did not know what Laplace meant, but he still activated the Spirit Bond and initiated a private conversation with Laplace.
Jota did not say anything. He assumed that this was just a private conversation between the "Dream Mirror".
For a moment, silence filled the air.
…
As soon as the Spirit Bond was established, Angor heard Laplace's question. "Something's wrong with you."
"You noticed?"
Laplace said, "If it's just to pull someone into the Dream Crystal, it won't take that long. There's also no need to ask about the identity of the Holy Corpse Crystal."
Laplace already knew that something was wrong when Angor asked about the corpse crystal.
If he really wanted to ask, he would have asked earlier. There was no need to drag it out until now.
Therefore, there must have been an accident here.
As expected, Laplace immediately noticed that Angor did not try to pull someone into the dream.
That was why they were talking to each other.
"Is there something wrong?" Laplace asked.
Of course, Angor did not want to hide anything from Laplace, so he quickly vented all his grievances in a few words.
"So, you can't sense the consciousness inside the crystal?" Laplace asked in a low voice.
Angor nodded and sighed. "… I'm thinking. What should I do? Should I try to see if the corpse crystal can pull me into a dream? Or should I just tell it the truth? "
Laplace hesitated for a moment and asked again, "You really can't sense any fluctuations?"
Didn't he just answer the question? Why did he have to ask again?
"Yes," Angor answered honestly.
After a few seconds of silence, Laplace said, "But I can sense it."
"Huh???"
Ten minutes later, Angor talked with Laplace several times and finally confirmed something. There was indeed energy inside the corpse crystal. However, it was very weak, and the source of the energy was polymerization energy.
Because of this, Angor could not sense the source of the energy.
In other words, Angor was able to sense polymerization energy normally. However, he was not a creature of the polymerization energy system. If he tried to sense polymerization energy, his perception would be much weaker than when he tried to sense mana.
It was similar to how it would be more difficult to learn a different system.
But it would also be more difficult to sense a different system.
This was why Angor could not sense the weak energy inside the corpse crystal.
But Laplace was different. As a creature of the Mirror Realm, she could sense polymerization energy at full capacity. She could easily sense what Angor could not.
Angor's anxiety was mostly gone after realizing the truth.
He could not sense the energy inside the corpse crystal, but as long as he could confirm the energy inside, it meant that he could use Nightmare Dream.
As long as he had the right idea, he could always find a way.
"Should I spend some time to learn something about aggregation now?"
Angor believed that as long as he could learn the basics of polymerization energy, he would be able to sense the weak energy inside the crystal.
Laplace shook her head. "No need for that. I can give you the specific coordinates of the sleeping consciousnesses. All you need to do is stay close to the coordinates, and you'll be able to sense the strange energy. "
Angor only needed to sense one strange energy fluctuation to locate the sleeping consciousnesses, and he could use Nightmare Dream to send them into the Dream Crystal.
Angor nodded in agreement.
It was a little troublesome, but Angor believed that he could send Evelda into the Dream Crystal as Laplace suggested.
The only downside was …
"I can't use this method on everyone," Angor sighed.
Previously, he had been worried that the Dream Crystalscape would be turned into a mess if the consciousness of hundreds of millions of Crystal Eye Race members entered the Dream Crystalscape.
But now, he discovered that it was not so easy to let the consciousness of so many Saint Corpse Crystals enter the Dream Crystal.
This was because he could not find a way to locate them.
If Laplace had to do it one by one, the efficiency would be too low. Even if Laplace worked non-stop for a whole day, he could only send about a thousand people into the Dream Crystal.
If he wanted to send all of the Sacred Corpse Crystal's dormant consciousness that had accumulated over the past two thousand years into the Dream Crystal, he would probably need to spend "years".
Angor did not have time to waste.
Therefore, Laplace's method could be used on a small scale. If he really wanted to use it on everyone, he would have to find another method.
But he was not in a hurry.
As long as there was a way, he would find a way.
"Let's think about other things later. Let's deal with the problem at hand first."
Laplace nodded.
Angor disconnected the Spirit Bond and looked at Jota. "Shall we begin? Shall we send Evelda into the Dream Crystal now?"
Jota said, "Let me log into the Dream Crystal first."
After all, if he wanted to confirm whether or not Evelda had entered the Dream Crystal and obtain her opinion, he would have to have someone else in the Dream Crystal as well.
Of course, Jota would be the one to do that.
He took out a small pouch from his bracelet and placed it on the table. "There are all the loggers in here. Pick one."
Jota took the pouch and saw all kinds of accessories inside. They were similar to the loggers Gleipnir showed him earlier.
However, Gleipnir's login device was even more beautiful and eye-catching.
Angor's loggers, on the other hand, were simpler. They were mostly glasses, necklaces, rings, and so on.
Compared to the bright colors, Jota preferred the plain color of the device.
Soon, he picked out a plain white porcelain finger guard from the pouch.
Finger guards were usually worn by archers to protect their fingers from being cut by the bowstring. Jota did not play with bows. He chose the finger guard because it was easier to carry around and would not attract too much attention.
Jota put on the finger guard and activated it under Angor's guidance.
As the dream tentacles appeared, Jota's mind became heavier and heavier, and he slowly fell into a dark and sweet dream.
While Jota slept, the giant city spirit blinked as if it wanted to say something. But in the end, it chose to remain silent.
Angor also closed his eyes. However, he did not enter the Dream Crystal. Instead, he used the power of Dream Gate to observe Jota.
After making sure that Jota walked through the dream bridge, entered the Dream Crystal, and was "born" outside of Rabbit Town, Angor looked away.
Next, it was Evelda's turn.
With Laplace's help, Angor quickly located the coordinates of Evelda's consciousness in the Zombie Crystal. Next, he began to refine his spirit energy and released spirit ripples to interfere with the coordinates.
Soon, he sensed a strange ripple coming from the coordinates.
Angor was already prepared. He quickly locked onto the ripple and cast Nightmare Dream at it.
When the energy of Nightmare Dream was absorbed by the ripple, Angor knew he had succeeded.
(End of Chapter)
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