prynovel Chapter 4429 Time Difference
Chapter 4429 Time Difference
Chapter 4429 Time Difference
"A celestial phenomenon?" Angell asked, puzzled. What was wrong with this celestial phenomenon?
Luigi said excitedly, “There is a line in the epic poem: ‘Without external cause, there are no hoofprints; if there are hoofprints, there must be an external cause.’”
This means that when life is going on as usual, wild horses won't suddenly appear and leave hoofprints; but when you see wild horse hoofprints, it means that something has happened in your life.
The "wild horse" here does not refer to a specific horse, but is a metaphor, referring to a "horse" that suddenly enters your field of vision, and also representing... variables.
"In other words, under normal circumstances without any variables, nothing strange will happen in the Uriel copy, and life will proceed as usual; but once some unpredictable signs appear, it must mean that a change has occurred."
"And the omens here refer to... celestial phenomena!"
"Consider this: don't all the unusual celestial phenomena in the Uriel instance represent some kind of new change?"
Whether it was Blanche and the others smuggling themselves out, or the later expansion of the Little Garden, the appearance of Moron Street, or the arrival of the Misty Swamp instance...
Whenever an "external factor" occurs, unusual celestial phenomena will appear.
This unusual sign is itself a clue, telling Luigi that something big is about to happen.
“And this time is no different.” Luigi: “When the unusual celestial phenomenon occurs, the vortex is also created.”
Angell looked puzzled: "So what? Isn't it obvious?"
Luigi: "It is obvious, but this time it's different."
“In the past, each unusual celestial phenomenon occurred for a very short time. Almost the moment the unusual celestial phenomenon appeared, the change had already occurred.”
“But this time, I waited a long time, and played the ‘Doomsday Suite’ several times before the vortex appeared.”
"Isn't this the part that's not right?"
At this point, Angel finally understood Luigi's logic: "So you mean the unusual celestial phenomena came too early, and the vortex appeared too late. So you feel something's wrong?"
Luigi nodded: "That's right."
If anyone else heard Luigi say this, they would probably be completely confused. It's just a little time difference, what's wrong with that?
But after listening, Angell began to seriously consider the matter.
As Luigi continued his narration, he also noticed something very amiss.
And this place is indeed... a time difference.
However, the "time difference" that Ingres thought of was slightly different from the "time difference" that Luigi mentioned.
This "time difference" is still related to the birth of the vortex.
Not long ago, Sean and Sam met for the first time. Sean acted to cater to Sam's ideas and stance in order to find out about the Dream Crystal Plains.
It was at that time that a sudden change occurred.
Countless powers surged and churned on the Crystal Origin, filling even the void, as if the Dream Crystal Origin had come to life.
Angell had also experienced this feeling of "the Crystal of Dreams coming back to life".
When the text space was first pulled into the Dream Crystal Plains, the power was once again in an uproar.
The earth cracked open, mountains rose, and abysses sank...
And that's not all. Even the "Celestial Phenomenon Change" power, which had previously had little influence over Dream Crystal Plains, officially took center stage during that incident: the torrential rain has continued unabated until now.
Prolonged torrential rains irrigated the sea and outlined numerous rivers.
It can be said that during the last surge of power, the entire world underwent significant changes.
Of course, for the challengers, the biggest change at the time was the introduction of the text field.
This time, the power surged again, and the feeling of surging was no different from last time, but it did not have a significant impact on the world. In fact, many people were unaware that something was happening.
The unusual celestial phenomena only occurred in the Uriel instance and above Rabbit Town.
Dark clouds gathered, and lightning flashed.
And this unusual celestial phenomenon, just as Luigi said, was unsurprisingly caused by a "vortex".
Therefore, this "vortex" that can make the power of authority boil is definitely not simple.
However, Angell had previously focused his attention on the "vortex" itself and had not paid attention to any unusual celestial phenomena. In his view, it was perfectly reasonable for unusual celestial phenomena to accompany the vortex.
But now, after hearing Luigi's account, Angel realized something was wrong.
He had always believed that the unusual celestial phenomena in the Uriel instance occurred when "the power of authority was boiling".
Therefore, when he later saw thick fog and thunderclouds inside the instance, he didn't pay much attention to it, and didn't even ask when the unusual celestial phenomena appeared.
He tacitly acknowledged that unusual celestial phenomena only occur when one's power is at its peak.
Luigi's account has finally made Angor realize that the unusual celestial phenomena in the Uriel instance occurred very early on.
As soon as Angor went to observe Sean, a thick fog had already enveloped the dungeon.
It was at least half an hour earlier than Angell had thought.
This half hour, the "time difference," was what Angell suddenly realized was wrong after Luigi's reminder.
"Are you still there?" Luigi: "Are you not saying anything because you think I'm making a mountain out of a molehill?"
At this moment, Luigi, seeing that Angel remained silent for a long time, called out.
“I know myself that it’s just a little time difference, and it might not be a big deal... but I just feel that something is wrong.”
"Sigh, let me think about it some more. Maybe I can come up with something even more outlandish..."
Before Luigi could finish speaking, Angel interjected, "I believe you."
"what?"
"Your intuition is right, this is indeed very strange, and it's a very important abnormal time difference."
"You believe me?"
Angell nodded and shared his thoughts.
After hearing Angel's account, Luigi was stunned. He hadn't expected that an event of "the power of authority boiling" had actually occurred in the outside world.
He hadn't heard Angell mention it before.
Angell was a little embarrassed at this point: "I forgot to mention before... when I entered the sandbox perspective, all my attention was focused on the suddenly appearing vortex."
Because Angell subconsciously associated the vortex with the boiling power of external forces, his focus was entirely on the vortex.
After learning that the vortex was the "Dawn of Dreams" instance, he began to locate the instance and the crystal artifacts, and then he located Rabbit Town.
Coincidentally, Rabbit Town is also one of the two focal points where the power of authority is boiling.
At that time, Angell was even more certain that the vortex was the source of everything, and he paid no more attention to the celestial phenomena.
Then, Angor decided to explore the Dawn of Dreams instance and temporarily bid farewell to Luigi... Throughout the entire process, he forgot to mention the boiling power of authority.
Luigi: "...Okay."
If Angor had mentioned it earlier, Luigi would probably have realized something was wrong then.
But it's not too late now.
"On another note, why is there such a time difference?" Luigi wondered.
Angell pondered for a moment, then said softly, "As you said, there are no hoofprints without external causes; if there are hoofprints, there must be external causes."
"And there's only one possible external factor in this incident..."
Angel paused for a moment, then made his judgment almost simultaneously with Luigi: "Fairyland Power!"
"Yes, only the powers of the Celestial Realm can influence the changes in celestial phenomena within the instance."
The unusual celestial signs that appeared half an hour earlier actually indicated that the powers of the Fairy Realm had been monitoring the Uriel instance for half an hour.
Moreover, simply paying attention to it may not necessarily lead to any unusual celestial signs.
In other words, the powers of the celestial realm had already been doing something half an hour ago, and these "things" led to changes in the celestial phenomena.
"What could it be? Creating a vortex?"
Angel shook his head: "If I indirectly control the power of the fairy realm to construct the dungeon, it may take a very long time, and there is no guarantee that it will succeed in the end; but if the power of the fairy realm constructs the dungeon itself, it can construct thousands of dungeons in an instant."
Therefore, it's impossible for the Fairy Realm's powers to construct the vortex half an hour in advance.
It won't take that long at all.
"If it's not creating a vortex, then what is it?" Luigi wondered.
Angell had already guessed the answer to this question.
"Putting the vortex aside, before the vortex was even created, what do you think would be the reason why the powers of the Fairy Realm suddenly started paying attention to the Uriel instance?"
"Leaving aside the vortex?" A hint of realization flashed in Luigi's eyes: "Back then, whether it was me, you, or Uriel and Gulemo... we were all waiting for one thing."
—Waiting for Rigota to arrive by smuggling.
"what do you mean……"
Angel nodded: "That's right, the Wonderland Authority is concerned about the Rigota smuggling incident."
Luigi's face lit up with understanding: "I get it. After the last mass smuggling incident, the powers of the Fairy Realm may have lost face and felt that they could not allow smuggling to take place again, so they came ahead of time to stop Rigota from smuggling!"
Angel nodded, then shook his head: "It is obstruction, but it is not entirely obstruction."
Luigi was puzzled.
Angel then recounted Blanche and Camillo's experiences outside the boundary wall, including what happened in the stagnant zone.
After listening, Luigi immediately said, "They arrived at the Stagnation Zone exactly half an hour ago! It matches up! That was exactly the moment when the abnormal celestial phenomenon occurred in the Uriel instance!"
"Therefore, the power of the fairy realm created a stagnant zone to block Rigota!"
"Where there are hoofprints, there must be an external cause. And that external cause at that time was the stagnation zone!"
Angel nodded: "That's right. At that time, the Uriel instance showed unusual celestial signs, the so-called 'hoof tracks,' and the stagnant zone was the 'external cause.'"
"Therefore, it can be confirmed that the powers of the Fairy Realm are indeed using the stagnation zone to intercept Rigota's arrival."
"But why do I say that it's not all an obstacle?"
With a thought, Angel constructed an illusion around Luigi, depicting the scene in the "vortex": Uriel was embracing Rigota tightly, while Guleimo silently wept beside her.
"If the powers of Fairyland really want to stop us, do you think Rigota has a chance to get in?"
Luigi: "But Blanche helped her, didn't she? And Blanche's talent..."
“Blanche’s talent alone is absolutely insufficient to contend with the power of the Celestial Realm,” Angor said with certainty. “If Blanche were dead, her talent would have formed a powerful disordered entity after her death, similar to a Calamity Puppet. At that time, the Celestial Realm’s power might not be able to contend with the disordered entity. But Blanche is still alive and well now. Even though her talent is very strong, it is not to the point that the Celestial Realm’s power has to back down.”
"Then why did the powers of the fairy realm give up on stopping it?" Luigi was puzzled.
Angel remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "Because the power of the Fairy Realm doesn't care about Rigota's smuggling at all."
"But you just said it was monitoring Rigota's smuggling? It even created a stagnant zone..."
"Paying attention to this matter does not mean caring about it."
"What do you mean?"
Angel didn't answer immediately, but changed the subject and said, "I hadn't thought of it that way before, but your reminder made me realize something was wrong."
"Do you remember what the source of the last surge of power was?"
Luigi nodded: "I remember, because you pulled that oil painting with textual space from Secretary O'Neill into the Dream Crystal Plains, and then the power of authority boiled over."
Angell: "Yes, the root of the last uproar was the rules of language."
He paused, then continued, "So, can we conclude that what can make the power of authority boil must be a primordial force whose level is no less than that of the rules of writing?"
Luigi nodded thoughtfully.
Angell patiently guided her, "Do you think Rigota possesses such power? If Rigota doesn't have such power, then who do you think would?"
The answer has been practically laid out before Luigi; if he still can't guess it, then he's lived in vain.
"Blanche's...dream conception."
Dream-based talents are essentially a kind of mysterious talent. Although they haven't yet reached the level of being irrational like disordered things, they have already begun to show their potential and are completely comparable to the effects of secret treasures.
However, the rules of written language are not enough to qualify as a secret treasure.
In other words, dream design is a more powerful force than the rules of written language.
The answer is now obvious: the Wonderland Authority is concerned with the Rigota smuggling incident.
But what it really cares about is: Blanche's talent for creating dreams!
Luigi was stunned by the answer, and it took him a long time to recover. His eyes were filled with confusion: "I... I'm still a little confused."
"If the Celestial Authority cares about Blanche's talent, then why haven't I seen any activity from the Celestial Authority even though Blanche has been in the Uriel instance for so long?"
Angell: "It's not that it didn't make a sound, it's just that you didn't notice it."
"Think about it, why did Blanche and the others need your approval to obtain legal status when they smuggled themselves in, but Blanche didn't?"
"Because the powers of the Fairy Realm directly exempted her from her status."
What qualities could Blanche possess that would make the powers of Fairy open doors for her?
The answer is undoubtedly the talent for dream design.
"Think about it again, what is the significance of Fairy Realm directly granting Blanche a legitimate identity?"
Luigi had by now grasped some of the workings of the Celestial Powers, and he said quietly, "...Anchor her."
Angel nodded: "That's right. Only by granting her legal status can we keep her under control in the long term and prevent her from slipping out of our grasp."
The essence of anchoring lies in the fact that the powers of the fairy realm covet her dream-created talent.
Why then do they merely covet the powers of the Celestial Realm instead of directly acquiring them?
The answer is no.