prynovel Chapter 4236 Light Pillar
Chapter 4236 Light Pillar
Chapter 4236 Light Pillar
“Mr. Angell, didn’t you… only want two proverbs?”
Instead of making a decision, Gray Porcelain looked at Angell with a puzzled expression.
In its view, whether the black dots are one-three points or two-two points, they are actually negotiable.
The reason we can be so "easy to negotiate" right now is because Angell took the initiative to take on an extra point.
If Angell really only bears two proverbs as he initially said, he and Gabriel simply cannot withstand the additional pressure... After all, neither of them can pass the test of knowledge.
Angel smiled and said, "You can't keep the number of proverbs you take the same way. I was thinking of saving some effort before, but now that I know each proverb corresponds to a test point, I naturally have to take on more to increase my chances of passing the test."
He didn't say that he was joking at the time.
Saying "I was just kidding" to a gray porcelain doll with a serious and confused look on its face would be too frivolous.
Gray Porcelain confirmed that Angel was not joking, and his eyes suddenly lit up, his previous confusion dissipating by more than half... If Angel really took on two maxims, then there must be a white spot reserved for him or Gabriel.
Gabriel, that idiot, is definitely not up to the task, so I'll just have to take the blame myself... but even he can't do that!
Now things are better; the white dots are no longer leaking out, although they still face the black dots, but...
Black dots are good!
Compared to the unfathomable test of knowledge, Gray Porcelain now finds this kind of combat test absolutely wonderful!
"Rabbit Hole Commander: Why did you suddenly go silent when we talked about black spot allocation? Could it be that Gray Porcelain is secretly pleading with Gabriel to get a 1-3 allocation?"
Gray porcelain: ?!?!
"Gray Porcelain: I'm not! I didn't! Don't slander me!"
"Rabbit Hole Chief: So you're choosing to split it 20/20?"
"Gray Porcelain: I... I haven't made a decision yet..."
Gabriel: Forget it, don't even think about it. Let's just split it evenly, one for each and three for the others. I missed a lot of battles because I didn't participate in Nereid before, so this is a good opportunity to make up for it.
"Gray Porcelain: ..."
"Rabbit Hole Commander: Angor, what do you think?"
Angell glanced at Gabriel and Gray Porcelain, who looked at him with pleading eyes. After a moment's thought, he said, "Let's split it 10/30. I think it's a good fit."
If he hadn't met Normefens, Angel might have secretly given Gray Porcelain a push, making him take on an additional proverb.
After all, they didn't know the meaning of the proverbs before, so it wouldn't make much difference who took on the proverbs.
But now that he knows the proverb corresponds to a test, Angell's thoughts have changed.
Compared to Gabriel, Gray Porcelain's combat ability is indeed much weaker.
Moreover, while Gray Porcelain's innate ability can give it an advantage in battle, if it encounters a crushing defeat and the battle range is limited, the "Danger Sense" talent will be powerless to turn the tide.
But Gabriel's talent is different.
Angor even felt that as long as Gabriel used his talent to the fullest, he might even be able to bring down the Demon God's divine will... But the impact might not be limited to the Demon God's divine will; the entire level, and even the Dream Crystal Plain, might have to bear the backlash of the "Dark Words of Power".
Although the consequences are significant, it must be admitted that Gabriel's talent is extremely useful in battle.
Even though the three battles are very difficult, as long as Gabriel uses the Dark Words to a limited extent, the test at the black dots should not be a problem for him.
Of course, if he could avoid using his talents, Angor would prefer not to.
In short, they currently do not know the intensity of the battles at the black spots. If they choose three black spots, will these three battles be a series of engagements, or will the intensity be concentrated in one battle? These are all unknowns.
From a conservative perspective, it would be most appropriate to hand it over to Gabriel.
"Rabbit Hole Commander: That's what I was thinking too. If the combat intensity is too high, Gray Porcelain might not be able to handle it. It's more reassuring to send Gabriel."
Gabriel: Don't worry, leave it to me, there won't be any problems!
"Gray Porcelain: ...Keep it up."
"Angol: My only hope is to prevent my Word Magic talent from spreading..."
Gabriel: I understand, I absolutely won't do anything reckless!
"Angol: I'll leave you some illusion nodes later, try to use them in battle."
Gabriel manipulated the illusion puppet and gestured to Angor that it was his responsibility.
"Rabbit Hole Commander: Did Gray Porcelain just say something?"
Gabriel: Really? I think so, but who are we cheering for?
"Gray Porcelain: ...I mean, you, add oil."
"Rabbit Hole Chieftain: Laughs."
Gabriel: Hehe.
Angell stared silently at the team chat that had inexplicably gone off-topic.
"Rabbit Hole Grand Commander: Anyway, let's settle on this. I'll be two white, Angor will be one gold and two white, Gabriel will be three black, and Gray Porcelain will be one black."
Everyone: Understood!
"Gabriel: Then, according to this allocation, all the book demon challenges on the second floor will be left to me."
After all, Gabriel would definitely stay at the second-level rift to guard the tower. Once he stayed, he wouldn't be able to obtain any more Proverbs.
Therefore, it must obtain all three maxims by the time it reaches the second level.
"Angol: Sure, I'll warn you before we encounter the Book Demon."
……
With a goal in mind, the path ahead becomes much clearer.
They quickly passed through the corridor of mechanisms and entered a dual mode of "finding the rift" and "imprinting proverbs".
Angor led the way as usual. If they encountered a book spirit, Angor would go first. If they encountered a book demon, everyone would work together to solve the mystery of the hidden space and then hand it over to Gabriel.
About an hour later, Gabriel successfully obtained the three proverbs.
Then, they found an escape crevice in a simulated body of water.
According to the plan, Gabriel will remain in charge of guarding this fissure.
After bidding farewell to Gabriel, Angor led Gray Porcelain into the final level of the Echo Library, the Void Level.
The Void Layer is the easiest for Angor because he can fly directly through the void and quickly lock onto targets.
Moreover, Angell made a novel move this time.
He went full speed ahead on his own, quickly found the three book demons, and then swiftly obtained the book demon's proverb; immediately afterward, he returned to meet up with Gray Porcelain, searched for the book spirit, and locked onto the final rift.
It took less than half an hour to complete both objectives.
It's worth mentioning that when Angor found the last proverb, a message popped up in the text box of everyone on the Rabbit Hole.
"Your squad has gathered all the hidden information."
Background information regarding the seal has now been unlocked. (Click to view)
After everyone clicked to take a look, they discovered that this background information explained that the sealed person was... a wisp of divine thought from the Cruel Scholar.
And some brief information about the cruel scholar.
It is indeed very "brief," only introducing the Cruel Scholar as a great demon god of the abyss who loves to plunder knowledge... even less than the information given by the Book Fairy.
However, there is one interesting point in the background information provided.
The fairyland's hints explained why the "cruel scholar's divine thoughts" were present here.
"The miracle of new life is like a crystal cake sprinkled with gold leaf, attracting countless gluttons."
"But the existence of this natural barrier has kept most profit-driven bees and butterflies away."
"However, there are also some beings with extraordinary spiritual senses who, relying on their innate keen intuition, smell the sweet aroma emanating from the cake. But they don't know how to get to the cake, so they use their spiritual senses to throw out a lot of bait, trying to cast a wide net to increase their chances of gluttony."
"That wisp of divine thought from the cruel scholar was one of the baits, and whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, it reached the other side..."
The fairyland's hints were very subtle, but everyone was smart enough to understand them easily.
To put it simply...
Dream Crystal was originally that crystal cake. As a newly emerging "prototype of the world", it naturally attracted countless profit-seekers.
—Just look at the Yi World. The creator of the Yi World, through the power and experience of the Yi World, can make a large number of legendary beings work for him. The advantages of a new world are evident.
However, because the Dream Crystal was originally located in a special crevice and was protected by the Lord of the Nightmare Realm, those profit-seekers could not find it, or... could not come to it.
However, some beings with strong intuition simply use a wide-net approach to increase their chances of making a profit.
The demon god's divine sense thus arrived at the Dream Crystal Plains by sheer luck.
That concludes the overall background.
But Angell personally believes that this may not be the whole truth.
It's true that profit-seekers are eyeing the benefits of the new world; but he has to question the claim that "the enlightened cast a wide net."
After all, the prerequisite for casting a wide net is to first know "where to cast the net".
How could a Spiritual Awareness, who can't even pinpoint the location of the Dream Crystal Plains, possibly cast a net precisely into the cracks?
Surprisingly, the cruel scholar's divine sense "luckily" arrived.
Moreover, they arrived not long after the Dream Crystal Plains were created.
Rather than saying it was a case of "casting a wide net and getting lucky," it's more like a "precise" entry into the Dream Crystal Plains.
So what is the reason behind this?
Angell personally believes it should be related to the powers of the Fairy Realm.
When the celestial beings were retrieving the "dream," they discovered a wisp of the demon god's divine will. Because they coveted some of the power within that divine will, they conveniently seized it. —Of course, the word "covet" here is too anthropomorphic; the celestial beings were more likely to have weighed the pros and cons and determined that the benefits outweighed the drawbacks, thus retrieving the demon god's divine will.
In this way, the explanation of the fairyland's prompt is actually a bit of a "reversal of cause and effect": it only says that the spiritual seeker casts the net and the divine sense arrives by luck, which is the "effect", but deliberately omits the "cause" of it being caught.
It's as if the result of "divine thought appearing here" came first, and then the reason of "casting a wide net" was added.
Therefore, Ingres has doubts about the idea that "the enlightened cast a wide net".
Moreover, he personally felt that a cruel scholar's status was not high enough to detect the birth of the "Dream Crystal Origin".
Therefore, the first half of this background should be true, while the second half may just be a way for a fairy power to make amends for its "mistake".
of course.
The powers of the Wonderland itself have no emotions or reason. They don't feel that they have "made a mistake." They are more likely to have created this background simply to make the logic of this level more self-consistent.
Just like some programs, when running, they automatically generate a set of supplementary information to fill in data gaps, without any subjective judgment, simply following the underlying logic of "making the rules work smoothly".
Back to the topic.
After reading the background information about the seal, no one reacted much, since this was all known information.
Only Gray Porcelain said in the team chat: "Normefens was right. In normal mode, I asked it who it was sealing. It told me that I would know after all the proverbs were copied."
"As expected, once all the proverbs were collected, the information about the Cruel Scholar popped up."
"Rabbit Hole Grand Master: How did Normefens know so precisely that the message to jump to Wonderland would appear once the Proverbs were collected?"
"Could it be that it's also a special NPC? Or perhaps, an embodiment of the powers of the Fairy Realm?"
After all, only the powers of the fairy realm know when a notification will pop up.
"Angol: That's not important. If you're curious later, you can ask the Book Fairy. What's more important now is that Gray Porcelain and I have reached the rift."
Angell and Gray Porcelain were standing next to the crack on the third floor.
"Angol: If all goes well, once we simultaneously close the rift, the path to the Prison of Omniscience will open. Next, we'll face the Demon God's divine will..."
Are you ready?
"Going down the rabbit hole without hesitation: My name represents my thoughts."
"Let the demons feel pain: I feel it too!"
"A final hymn to the Library of Echoes: I second that!"
"Angol: ???"
"Courage will bring victory: Who are you?"
Although Angell didn't know who was who under the pseudonyms, judging from their names, everyone was already prepared.
Since that was the case, everyone no longer hesitated and opened the text box at the same time.
"Congratulations, you have found the crack in this layer!"
"Should we close the crack?"
"whether"
Almost simultaneously, everyone clicked "Yes".
As the three of them simultaneously closed the rift, the entire Echo Library suddenly trembled.
The next second, a golden pillar of light suddenly rose from the depths of the ground, carrying fine dust of light, piercing through the dome of the first floor, the corridor of the second floor, and straight into the void of the crevice of the third floor, as if supporting a giant pillar of light between heaven and earth.
As the beam of light shifted, an even more wondrous sight appeared: three bands of light slowly separated from the beam, spreading in different directions like flowing water.
The first ribbon of light meandered along the gap between the bookshelves on the first floor, eventually stopping at the feet of the rabbit girl who stayed behind, transforming into a translucent light staircase.
The second beam of light glided across the simulated water area on the second floor, creating a delicate ripple on the surface. Even the shell book submerged at the bottom of the water seemed to glow faintly. Finally, it came to a steady stop in front of Gabriel, transforming into a beam of light that hugged the surface of the water.
The third strip of light traversed the void where the lamps of books twinkled, swirling continuously along the path of flying books, blooming with a faint halo in the darkness, and blossoming before Angell and Gray Porcelain.
The moment the light band touched the ground, the air was filled with warm, fluffy particles of light that felt as light as down on the skin.
The once dark and gloomy library seemed to have a corner of its gloom torn away by this light, and even the shadows in the distant corridors seemed to have faded a bit.
Looking at the band of light so close at hand, no one needed any further reminders—this band of light was clearly guiding everyone forward, and the place where they would eventually converge was the gilded pillar of light that pierced through the three layers.
That place, without a doubt, is the end!