prynovel Chapter 4203 Selection
Chapter 4203 Selection
Chapter 4203 Selection
As Angell gazed into deep thought, a unique sound reached his ears.
Looking back, I realized that one of the four doors in the center of the hall had suddenly begun to expand rapidly, and each time it grew larger, it made a "bang" sound like an explosion.
After growing several times larger, the closed door made a clicking sound.
The door was pushed open, and Gabriel floated out.
Upon seeing Gabriel, a realization flashed in Angor's eyes. He had previously wondered if the swelling of the gate meant something had happened, and even speculated that an explosion was about to occur.
But now it seems that the enlargement of the gate was simply to accommodate Gabriel's enormous size.
"You came out pretty quickly," Angell praised with a smile.
Gabriel sensed his surroundings and immediately understood the general situation.
“Grey Porcelain once told me privately that he might not be able to beat me in combat, but he definitely couldn’t beat him in strategy.” Gabriel spread his hands, manipulating the illusion puppet. “But now it seems I’m still the better one. I’d give myself a 90!”
"Aren't you going to give it a perfect score?"
Gabriel said in a serious tone, "You can give others full marks, but when it comes to yourself, you have to leave room for improvement, otherwise there will be no room for improvement."
"...You're not better, you just have the advantage of being able to fly!" Suddenly, a slightly resentful voice came from behind Gabriel.
Following the sound, they saw another large door open, and Gray Porcelain walked out from inside.
Gray Porcelain stood with his hands on his hips, looking speechless, clearly having overheard Gabriel's boasting earlier.
It strode forward, muttering angrily as it went: "That green candlestick is on the very top of the bookshelf, I can't reach it at all!"
The puzzle encountered by the gray porcelain is very similar to that of Ingres.
It's about finding things that don't match up in the room.
Gray Porcelain quickly locked onto its target – a “candlestick”.
There were sixteen candlesticks in the room, all made of brass, except for the one on top of the bookshelf, which was made of bronze.
Gray Porcelain wanted to touch the bronze candlestick, but unfortunately, Gray Porcelain was less than a meter tall, while the bookshelf was three meters high, so it could only climb carefully.
Finally, the door opened the moment the bronze candlestick was touched.
The overall puzzle is quite simple; the key is to recognize the riddle as "finding disharmony" immediately, which requires some time to process.
It's quite impressive that the gray porcelain could respond to the riddle in such a short time.
Angel nodded in approval, but this also made him very curious. Gabriel had come out before Gray Porcelain, so what was the mystery on its side? What made it able to confirm it so quickly?
Gabriel: "The riddle? Perhaps it's about emptying the books from the bookshelf?"
Angell, Gray Porcelain: "..."
What is should?
Didn't you come out after solving the mystery?
Gabriel manipulated the puppet to make a "haha" sound: "I solved the puzzle! I used my tentacles to pull all the books off the bookshelf, and then the door opened."
Angell and Gray Porcelain exchanged a glance, both understanding the underlying meaning in each other's eyes.
Clearly, Gabriel had no idea what the puzzle was; he simply relied on sheer force.
Gray Porcelain turned and ran into the door Gabriel had entered, only to emerge a few seconds later with a speechless expression: "I can't believe it..."
It originally intended to go and see what the riddle was on Gabriel's side.
But once inside, they discovered that the bookshelves had been converted into doors, making it impossible to see the riddle.
It seems that the riddle of Gabriel has become a complete mystery.
Of course, Angell could view the real sandbox from a god's-eye view, but it's unnecessary.
Since Gabriel has already appeared, it's just luck that something miraculous happened.
However, Gray Porcelain seemed to be feeling rather frustrated, after all, it was just one step behind Gabriel, and it didn't lose because of its strength, but because of bad luck...
Just as Gray Porcelain was secretly determined to win back the score in the subsequent puzzle-solving, the last door in the room was opened.
The bunny girl came out from inside.
The rabbit girl paused for a moment when she saw everyone outside, then looked a little embarrassed: "...Am I the slowest?"
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
Angell: "Actually, everyone came out at basically the same time."
Angel wasn't talking nonsense; their movements were only about half a minute apart, so they could be considered to have occurred at roughly the same time.
"Regardless, as the team leader, being the last to solve the puzzle is my own laziness," the rabbit girl thought to herself, feeling deeply guilty.
Everyone offered words of comfort.
After offering his comfort, Angell, as usual, inquired about the riddle of the rabbit girl.
After hearing this, everyone fell silent.
Compared to the puzzles involving Angell and Gray Porcelain, the riddle of the Rabbit Girl is a level more difficult.
She needs to spell characters.
There was a piece of paper on the table with a diary entry of about 150 characters written in a rare form of Masséri script.
Each character can be found in the title of a book on the bookshelf.
The general idea is that, for example, if a diary entry says "Today is Sunday," then it might correspond to four books on the bookshelf: "Fate in This Life," "The Secret of the Sky," "Report on Periodic Tidal Records," and "The Constant Nature of the Sun and Moon," etc.
The rabbit girl needs to compare the diary with the original text and rearrange the books on an entire bookshelf so that the first character of the book title matches the original text in the diary.
Finally, I pieced together this diary entry on the bookshelf.
The puzzle itself wasn't particularly difficult; most of the people present, except for Gabriel, would probably be able to figure it out quickly.
But it's very complicated.
Just manually arranging the books is very time-consuming.
So, the rabbit girl thought she was too "slow" and too "lazy," but that wasn't actually the case.
"...The difficulty of your riddle is completely different from ours," said Gray Porcelain.
Angel nodded: "Perhaps this is the reason why the leader treats ordinary members differently?"
The rabbit girl then realized that she wasn't slow; it was just that the other people's riddles were too direct and didn't take much time. She breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as I didn't embarrass myself.
As for the differential treatment between the group leader and the group members, the rabbit girl didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
With the acquisition of rights, one inevitably bears greater responsibilities.
"Alright, we've all passed the entrance exam. Now it's time to choose our path," Angel said, bringing everyone's thoughts back to the main topic.
The two corridors in the hall face completely opposite directions, one heading south and the other north. Therefore, once a route is chosen, there's little chance of turning back.
Therefore, making the right choice is very important.
Rabbit Girl: "Why don't we do as we agreed before and let Gray Porcelain make the judgment?"
The "danger sense" ability of the gray porcelain is very useful when choosing a path.
Angell and Gabriel had no objections and nodded.
The gray porcelain itself had no objections; it also wanted to take a safer path.
It stepped forward, and under everyone's gaze, looked at the south corridor for a moment, then at the north corridor for a moment, with a very serious expression, as if trying to see through the darkness deep inside the corridor.
A moment later, Gray Porcelain pointed to the south corridor: "Go this way."
When it looks towards the north corridor, its heartbeat quickens and it feels vaguely uneasy.
The south corridor, however, was quite calm. Although there was a slight sense of risk, it was definitely easier than the north corridor.
After hearing Gray Porcelain's explanation, Rabbit Girl immediately said, "Then let's go south."
But just then, Angel suddenly spoke up: "Wait a moment before making a decision."
Amidst the puzzled gazes of the crowd, Angell looked at Gray Porcelain: "You're only assessing the danger of two corridors now. If you were to assess the entire Echo Library, could you sense the level of danger?"
Gray Porcelain: "Do you want to sense the entire level?"
Angell nodded.
Although Gray Porcelain did not understand its meaning, he still closed his eyes, trying to pry open the hidden sense of the underworld.
"...It doesn't feel very real, but I feel that it's easier than the imperfect mode of Nereid."
In other words, it's challenging, but not particularly difficult.
The rabbit girl looked at Angel: "You suddenly mentioned the level of danger, did you discover something?"
Angell was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly.
"Although I don't have the danger sense of gray porcelain, I do have some special tools..."
Gray Porcelain muttered under his breath, "More props, so many props."
It doesn't believe it.
However, Angel didn't care whether Gray Porcelain believed it or not; he still had to find a reason: "According to the feedback from the items, the situation in this level is a bit complicated, especially the being we are about to seal. Even peeking at its true form might trigger unknown risks."
"Not even allowed to peek at faces?" The rabbit girl hesitated before asking, "Could it be some kind of true god?"
Angel nodded solemnly: "This possibility cannot be ruled out."
"No wonder the main quest even displays His name in black."
If it is the true God, then it makes sense. After all, everything related to the true God, whether it is His appearance, clothing, or name, can become an anchor point for the arrival of His will.
When the will of the true god descends, no one will have an easy time.
Therefore, it is reasonable for the Fairy Realm to directly censor real names.
"A true god?" Gray Porcelain's face turned pale as he heard Angell talking to the rabbit girl.
Seeing this, Angel gently patted its shoulder: "This is just a guess, you don't need to worry."
"And even if we take a step back and assume it is indeed related to a true god, the fact that the Celestial Realm dared to release the strategy means they have a way to deal with it."
However, Gray Porcelain was clearly terrified by the "true god" and was completely stunned. He did not react to Angel's words at all.
It wasn't until Angell said, "Actually, I brought this up to tell everyone that if it really is related to the true God and there is danger, then we should make a strategic retreat first."
Upon hearing "strategic retreat," Gray Porcelain immediately nodded: "Right, right, we can definitely tackle the other levels first, since we're in first place right now!"
After speaking, Gray Porcelain looked at Angell with pleading eyes.
Angel gave Gabriel a look, and the latter immediately understood, extending his tentacles to pull Gray Porcelain to his side. "Let's hear what Mr. Angel has to say first. We'll definitely find out how to do it in detail later."
"Mmm-mmm-mmm—" I can hear you, but could you please remove the tentacles and stop gagging me? Also, please don't put them in my throat!
A moment later, Gabriel released Gray Porcelain.
Gray Porcelain did not speak again, but squatted on the ground and kept vomiting.
Gabriel: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
Gray Porcelain: "..." I really want to curse, but my throat hurts so much!
"Cough cough." Angel's cough once again drew everyone's attention, including Gray Porcelain, whose throat was sore.
“Let me first share my thoughts,” Angor said. “Regarding the being we are going to seal, whether it is a true god or not, I have no evidence; it is ultimately just speculation.”
Angell felt it was too much to give up based on a mere "guess".
After all, this is a fantasy instance, not the real world.
In the real world, we must always consider the consequences and take all kinds of dangers into account. We must also know when to give up.
However, in the Wonderland instance, and only in normal mode, to retreat out of fear is clearly an overreaction.
However, overreacting is unnecessary, but we also cannot be completely unprepared.
"My personal idea is to gather as much information about Him as possible in normal mode."
"Based on intelligence, if He is indeed an extremely dangerous true god, then we will abandon this checkpoint and make a strategic retreat."
"But if we confirm that He is just a paper tiger, then we can proceed with the original plan and enter perfect mode to seal Him."
Both the rabbit girl and Gabriel expressed their support for Angell's dual approach.
They neither retreated blindly nor let their guard down, and they also took everyone's safety into consideration, so naturally they couldn't object.
As for the gray porcelain... it's still retching.
However, taking advantage of a moment while gagging, Gray Porcelain couldn't help but ask, "Then how do we gather information about the true god?"
Angel gave Gray Porcelain a deep look and said, "Then we'll begin with this choice of which path to take."
Choosing a route? Gray Porcelain didn't quite understand.
"You just said that the southern corridor is relatively safe, so in my understanding, the probability of encountering a book demon in the south is relatively low."
If you fail to challenge the Book Demon, the entire team will be eliminated. Therefore, the Book Demon is a dangerous factor in the Echo Library.
The south is safe, so there are no book demons there.
The fact that the north is unsafe means that book demons exist there.
“You shouldn’t have forgotten that Thereta’s team once defeated a book demon. After the book demon died, they obtained the name ‘He’ from its last words.”
"Although it is just a title, it reveals the identity of the sealed person."
"In a sense, isn't this intelligence from the 'gods'?"
Angel paused briefly as he spoke, his gaze sweeping over the crowd.
They weren't stupid; upon hearing this, they fully understood what Angell meant.
Go challenge the Book Demon and piece together the information about the "God"!
Moreover, Thereta had previously made a guess: the reason why defeating the Book Demons seemed to have no reward might be because their reward was not real, but rather their "last words".
The numerous "last words" of the book demons, pieced together, may be the key hidden information they are looking for—information about the gods.
(End of this chapter)