Angor's vision blurred for a second.
In the next second, everything around him changed.
His consciousness seemed to have left the place and entered a pitch-black space.
In the center of this dark space, a glowing crystal path suddenly appeared. Then, a figure walked out from the path.
Angor took a closer look.
It was a hooded figure with a cloak. Angor couldn't tell what the figure looked like, not even its gender.
However, as he stared at the figure, lines of text began to appear on its body.
[Silver Forest]
[Current Achievement: First Winner of Special Linked Wonderland — Glutton's Feast. ]
Angor was a little surprised when he read the words.
But not because of the content. When the cloaked figure appeared, Angor already knew what the authority of the Wonderland was doing.
Angor was surprised to see how smooth the words were. It was exactly the same as when he was in the word space.
Back then, as long as he stared at something for more than two seconds, words would appear in front of him to describe what he was looking at.
Now, when Angor stared at the figure, familiar words appeared. It was exactly the same as in the Word Space.
"So the Dream Authority is using the special law of the Word Space here?" Angor muttered to himself.
After two seconds of silence, Angor looked at another line of text.
He reached out a finger and tapped on it.
[Special Linked Wonderland — Glutton's Feast. ]
As he did so, the dark space around him changed again.
The darkness was driven away, and the cloaked figure representing "Silver Forest" also retreated into the unknown.
White light flashed.
In the next second, he found himself standing in a large garden in the middle of a dark void.
The sky was blue, and the clouds looked like silk.
The ground under his feet was moist, and the air was filled with the fragrance of soil.
In the distance, he could faintly see a beautiful multi-story villa. From the mottled roof and the walls covered with all kinds of thorns and vines, he seemed to feel that this was a small villa with a story.
There was a small, winding path nearby where Angor was standing.
Rose buds were planted on both sides of the path.
At the end of the path, there was a glass door. Nothing could be seen behind the door, but from the shape of the glass door, it seemed to be a greenhouse?
He slowly scanned his surroundings.
Previously, he had only glanced around. Now, he was carefully observing the things around him.
As long as he stared at anything for a few seconds, text information would appear.
For example, the rose bud beside her.
[Big Mary Rose's Bud: A specially cultivated rose species. It grows very tall, and the thorns on the rose vine are sharp and long. If an ordinary person is scratched by it, it will leave a deep wound. It was also because the thorns of the Big Mary Rose could easily stab people that many flower growers called the flowers of the Big Mary Rose Blood Rose. "
A familiar message floated out.
He stared at the small mansion in the distance and saw the same message.
But perhaps because it was too far away, only a general name was shown: "Fan family's villa."
This was where the "Glutton's Feast" dungeon would take place.
"So I'm here because I clicked on the words?" Angor whispered, "No, this isn't a quest. It's just a projection."
The air was filled with the moist smell of soil and the faint fragrance of roses. But Angor was sure that this was not the real Fairyland quest.
This was because the Glutton's Feast had been cleared, and with the completion of the dungeon, the related crystal creations had disappeared.
In other words, the quest itself was gone, so this place could only be a projection.
Angor kept looking around. His eyes locked onto the arch of the glass greenhouse.
The glass greenhouse was where the story of "Glutton's Feast" began.
As Angor stared at it, the glass greenhouse displayed the corresponding information. But this time, there was more than one message.
[Glass Greenhouse: A greenhouse filled with roses. It was once a warm place. But now, it has become a place of filth and blood. "
[Glass Greenhouse is where the "Glutton's Feast" quest begins. It is also the place where the replay is activated. "]
[Do you want to replay the clearing process of "Glutton's Feast"?]
[Yes], [No]
The rows of words were very clear, telling him that the Shadow Replay was activated from the starting point of the dungeon, the Glass Greenhouse.
Angor's guess was confirmed. This was not the real quest. It was just a projection of "Glutton's Feast".
With that in mind, Angor clicked "Yes".
New words appeared in the next second.
[The player who cleared the quest has disabled the right to replay. "]
With that, the environment changed again. Everything disappeared, and Angor's vision returned to the real world.
Only the scent of roses lingering around his nose told him that he had been to a projection of the quest. It was not a dream.
While Angor was still in a daze, Laplace turned to him. "Did you click on the name of the quest?"
Angor nodded.
"Me too," Laplace said. "Then I entered the quest I cleared earlier."
Laplace did the same thing as Angor, and she chose the "replay" option before Angor did.
Laplace was the one who cleared the quest, so she knew that the quest started from the greenhouse. That was why she looked at the greenhouse as soon as she entered the projection.
Of course, Laplace also saw the "replay" option.
Unlike Angor, however, Laplace had an extra option.
[Do you want to restart the replay? Yes/No?] "]
As someone who cleared the quest, she had the right to do so at any time.
However, Laplace once again rejected the idea of opening the door.
Soon, Laplace returned to the real world and saw Angor coming back to the real world.
"I thought the authority of Celestial Realm would create a pure text space after absorbing the text space," Laplace said in a low voice. Laplace said in a low voice, "I didn't expect that the authority of the Immortal Realm would combine the characteristics of the text space to create such a text field. It can even directly see the playback, and the relevant text information of the items in the playback."
Laplace's tone was filled with emotion.
Angor nodded. He had the same idea.
"Speaking of which, I thought the authority of Celestial Realm was just projecting the quest. But now, I have a new idea."
"What is it?" Laplace looked at Angor.
"Maybe the authority of Celestial Realm didn't project the quest. Instead, it used the rules of the text space to create a new quest called 'Glutton's Feast'."
Laplace considered Angor's suggestion and found it reasonable.
This was because everything she had seen before could be displayed in words. This was exactly the same as the rules of the word space.
It was highly possible that the Big Mary Roses and the mansion in the Fan Family were all created by words.
Since they were created by words, they couldn't be real projections.
After all, Laplace was someone who had personally cleared the dungeon. She knew very well that when she looked at the flowers and plants in the dungeon, no text messages would appear.
"That's possible," Laplace said.
Angor sighed and decided not to dwell on the topic. He would "search" the Authority Tree when he had the time to find out whether it was true or not.
What he was more curious about was …
"If I'm not mistaken, the first quest you cleared was' Helen's Dream '," Laplace said. "But the Fairyland Dungeon mentioned in the announcement is a feast for gluttons. Why is that?"
Laplace pondered for a moment before saying, "I've thought about the problem you raised before."
Angor looked at Laplace.
Laplace continued, "It's not just Helen's Dream. We also cleared the Sunshine Circus dungeon. But the Sunshine Circus wasn't on the first announcement either. "
"That brings me to another possibility."
"You mean …" Angor narrowed his eyes as he thought of something.
"Exploration progress," Laplace said in a low voice.
Angor's pupils shrank. Yes, it could be about the progress of the quests!
"Helen's Dream" had a 99% completion rate.
"Sunshine Circus" had a 79% completion rate.
And "Glutton's Feast" had a 100% completion rate. That was the only quest with a full exploration rate.
So, only a quest with a 100% completion rate could have its name on the first announcement?!
This was a very simple conjecture, but it was very reasonable. Angor never thought about it before because the quests he had been exploring recently all had special NPCs such as Meiji, Mushroom Concubine, and Time Poison. These quests did not have such a setting.
Because of this, Angor did not think about the completion rate for now.
Laplace, on the other hand, was more sensitive about the progress of quests.
She quickly found the answer after comparing the quests she had cleared so far.
"So that's why the Authority of Immortal's Domain would let everyone see the replay of the game's progress in the First Clear announcement."
"Because these quests are completely cleared, and no one else can enter them. Even if you see the process, you can only learn from other quests. You can't go to 'Glutton's Feast' and replicate the process."
All quests with a 100% completion rate would disappear completely. Not only would the quests disappear, but the crystal objects outside would also disappear.
Because of this, other people could not replicate the process in the quests even if they saw it.
In a way, did this protect the "copyright" of the people who cleared the quests?
But … Angor felt strange that the authority of the Wonderland would protect the people who cleared the quests from being copied.
While they were talking in a low voice …
Laplace suddenly spoke up, "Hey, there's a new message in the message bar."
He looked at the screen out of instinct and saw nothing different about the text bar.
"What message?" Angor looked at Laplace in confusion.
"You didn't see it? Glutton's Feast. "
Laplace read out the new information in the text bar: [Reward: Gluttonous Feast].
Just these few words and nothing else.
"Reward? "Feast of Gluttons?" Angor frowned. "What do you mean? Did they give you the Glutton's Feast as a reward? "
"I don't know. Let me try," Laplace said.
As he spoke, Laplace tapped on the text column.
The next second …
Angor was still talking to Laplace, but when he looked back, Laplace was already gone.
"???"
Where did he go? There was no trace of him at all.
Angor could use God's View to observe the Wonderland dungeon. But now, Laplace was nowhere to be found. Even if Angor wanted to use God's View, he couldn't.
The only thing he knew for sure was that Laplace didn't go offline.
She must be somewhere in the Dream Crystal, but he didn't know where exactly.
…
On the other hand, Laplace's vision went dark for a second. Then, she felt weightless.
When the feeling of weightlessness disappeared, Laplace opened his eyes.
She was no longer in the sky. Instead, she was standing in front of the gate of a manor.
The gate was locked. She couldn't open it or go out.
It seemed she could only go inside.
Inside the manor, there was a fertile field on one side, and a garden full of flowers and plants on the other. Vaguely, Laplace could see the pure white outline of the glass greenhouse in the garden and the big Mary roses in full bloom around it.
Further away, there was a small mansion with a pointy roof covered in thorns.
At this point, Laplace understood that the space he was in was … the feast of the gluttons.
To be more precise, this was the Glutton's Feast — the text space version.
This was because everything here was described in words.
For example, when Laplace looked at the gravel path under his feet and stared at it for two seconds, words appeared around him: "Gravel Path: This is a path that leads to the main house. It is paved with gentle Yuhua stones. The size and color of each stone have been selected by the servants. It is not only time-consuming but also labor-intensive. ]
Not only the gravel path, but the fences, street lamps, flower beds, ornate trees, luxuriant fruit trees, swings under the trees … Everything was described with words.
So … this was the text space of the original version of the Dream Crystal?
"Huh? The fruit trees are created by words?" Laplace wondered. "The words here can create fruits?"
(End of Chapter)
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