prynovel Chapter 4434 The Root Cause is a Dream
Chapter 4434 The Root Cause is a Dream
Chapter 4434 The Root Cause is a Dream
"What a strange dungeon..." Blanche murmured, "Or is it that I don't know enough about dungeons, and most dungeons are like this?"
Blanche shook her head, deciding not to dwell on the issue for now.
Now, two other problems urgently need to be addressed.
To reunite with others and find a way to leave.
Yes, leave.
This is also what Blanche finds strange, because the Wonderland hints don't explicitly say how to leave.
In other instances, once the main storyline is completed, you naturally leave the instance.
This instance has no main storyline; it simply forces them to keep increasing their Dawn Points.
"Increasing Dawn Points is to keep the dungeon alive, but does keeping the dungeon alive mean we can never leave?" Blanche felt this guess was wrong.
Since the powers of the Fairy Realm wouldn't create a instance that prevents people from leaving, there must be other ways to leave.
Well, she decided to take it one step at a time. She closed the text window for the time being and continued walking towards the pillar of light on the River of Troubles.
……
On the other side, Angell also saw the fairyland prompts from everyone through his power perspective.
Dawn's Dream is actually a dungeon without a main quest? The only objective is to acquire more Dawn Points.
This is quite a peculiar instance.
However strange it may be, Angor wasn't too surprised by this dungeon mode without a main quest.
Isn't Silver Coral Island a similar case?
Silver Coral Island also lacks a standard main storyline; its sole objective is to climb the tower.
It is exactly the same as Dawn Dream.
However, Angor was not surprised by the dungeon mode itself, but he was very surprised by the form in which the dungeon existed.
The other forms of existence are essentially based on the power of reflection between the Nightmare Realm and the Mirror Realm, reflecting spaces comparable to reality from different "dreams".
However, "Dawn of Dreams" does not contain much Nightmare Realm or Mirror Realm power; it is a dungeon entirely centered around "dreams."
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this is a "dreamland".
The wisps of mist drifting in the air were not a phenomenon created by "the changing of the heavens," but rather, as Blanche murmured to herself, a manifestation of a dream.
Calling it "Dream Mist" is perfectly reasonable.
This is truly the first time Angel has ever seen a copy built on the basis of a "dream".
That said, the original Dream Crystal's basic power consists of three types: Dream Power, Nightmare Realm Power, and Mirror Realm Power.
But why did Dream Power have very little involvement in previous Wonderland dungeons, and never become the core power for dungeon construction?
The answer is... the power of dreams is too illusory.
Its manifestations are entirely superficial, elusive, hazy, and detached.
In summary, it was filled with "uncertainty".
The Wonderland instance has an underlying operating logic, and its operation is based on a sense of "certainty," which is fundamentally at odds with the completely illusory power of dreams.
Therefore, Dream Power rarely participates in the underlying construction of the Wonderland dungeon. Only after the dungeon framework is roughly completed will Dream Power participate to varying degrees.
Now, for the first time, a pure "Dream Power" instance has appeared in the Wonderland instance, which naturally makes Angor take notice.
"Is this the essence that the Fairy Realm's powers learned from the 'Dream Design'?" Angell murmured.
He wasn't stupid, so he naturally guessed that the "Dawn Dream" before him was the final product of the Fairy Realm's power absorbing the "Dream Design" talent.
After all, it couldn't have appeared earlier or later, but this instance appeared precisely after Blanche's dream-like talent was squeezed out in the Boundary Zone.
The answer is obvious.
Angel didn't even need to search the Sea of Power and Information to know that the root cause was "Dream Design".
This is actually the same as the original rules of writing.
At that time, the power of the fairy realm had just absorbed the text rules obtained from the secret dragon of the Omni Kingdom, and immediately created text spaces, text columns... its efficiency was extremely astonishing.
The same thing happened this time; one minute they were analyzing the "dream concept," and the next minute "Dawn Dream" was unveiled.
It must be said that the efficiency with which the powers of the Fairy Realm absorb such advanced knowledge is simply beyond imagination.
However, this is actually normal. The power of the fairy realm is not controlled by humans, but returned to the Dream Crystal Origin. In a sense, it is regulated by the will of the world, so it is normal for it to be more efficient.
Returning to the Dream of Dawn.
With the "Dream Design" buff, Dawn's Dream is significantly more "stable." Apart from the ever-present, lingering dream mist, it is no longer noticeably different from other Wonderland instances.
Of course, this only applies to the external manifestations that are not noticeable, but there is still a big difference in the core.
For example, Dawn of Dreams is actually less stable compared to other dungeons.
It is able to perform normally now because it is supported by "nine anchor point managers". Once they leave, the dungeon really cannot hold up.
Even if the divine powers help maintain it, it can only last for one more day at most. Once the energy bar reaches zero, it will still collapse and dissipate.
Therefore, the anchor point manager is very important.
Because they themselves come from the real Dawn City, and "Dawn Dream" is a "dream platform" built on the basis of the real Dawn City, these nine anchor point managers directly become the anchoring foundation connecting reality and dreams.
But the anchor manager is not as important as you might imagine.
This is not a contradiction.
The important thing is the start, but the less important thing is the long-term maintenance.
When the future Dreamers arrive, they will also come from the real Dawn City. They will be able to become the anchoring foundation connecting reality and dreams. At that time, the maintenance of the Dawn Dream instance will no longer require the anchor point manager.
Therefore, for a dungeon constructed with the power of dreams to be maintained in the long term, it needs a real-world anchor; otherwise, it may collapse.
This is the flaw of the Dream Power dungeon: it relies too much on anchor points and is extremely unstable.
As for the "advantages" of the Dream Power dungeon?
Angel can't tell yet, perhaps it's in that so-called "Dawn Shop"?
After all, Dawn Shop explicitly stated that "permissions" could be exchanged.
Thinking of this, Angel adjusted his perspective on the miniature garden. He had been paying attention to Blanche, because she was the actual possessor of the "Dream Design" talent and might have some unique insights into the Dream of Dawn.
Now, Angell has shifted the perspective of the miniature garden to a high altitude, using an overhead view to search for the "Dawn Shop" mentioned in the fairyland's hints.
However, before he could even find the "Dawn Shop," he discovered a new variable.
"That's...?!"
……
The River of Troubles is below the city's horizon, but fortunately, it is not surrounded by barriers.
After descending a 45-degree, treacherous dirt slope, Blanche finally arrived at the River of Trouble.
Because of the water management system in Dawn City, the rivers within the city are not as turbulent as those outside. Although they are still rapid, they are much calmer.
The golden pillar of light she had seen earlier was right in the center of the River of Troubles.
Even though she had reached the riverbank, she was still more than fifty meters away from the pillar of light.
Looking at the pillar of light obscured by water vapor and mist, Blanche looked worried. She had been near the pillar of light when she first arrived. According to this pattern, wouldn't the person in charge of this pillar of light have fallen into the river?
However, considering that this beam of light was very likely the Anchor Point of Rushing Current, and that the person in charge of the Anchor Point of Rushing Current was Father Sean, Blanche's worries lessened slightly.
Back then, Sean was swept more than ten miles away in the even more turbulent River of Trouble, yet he was still able to forcefully swim to the shore with Rigota, which is enough to show that Sean was an excellent swimmer.
I shouldn't drown... right?
"We need to find Sean first." Blanche looked at the great river, and for a moment she really didn't know how to locate Sean.
"It seems that we have no choice but to use that move."
She hesitated for a moment, then closed her eyes.
Two seconds later.
When she opened her eyes again, she was wearing sunglasses and a cape made from her clothes.
She lightly tugged at her cloak, pointed her sword finger at the river, and shouted in a very dramatic, childish voice: "The Summoning Warlock Vavacili will bring a hymn to this bewildered world!"
"Let's show our bond! Koko, let's go!"
The moment she finished speaking, a jet-black crow suddenly popped out of her coat pocket.
The crow flapped its wings and landed precisely on Blanche's sword finger.
Blanche was initially putting on an "I'm super cool" attitude, after all, her character at this time was Vavacili!
But when she saw the crow perched on the sword's finger, she froze, feeling as if the sky had fallen.
"Why, why... why did I forget to change your skin?! I only have the 24-hour limited-time Raven skin!"
Blanche let out a mournful cry and hurriedly changed Lianlian back to her original skin—the Emerald Woodpecker skin.
This "Raven Skin" is a limited-edition illusion skin given to her by Angor, and it's only used when playing as the great detective Levre and solving puzzles...
Earlier in the secret room, in order to answer Shi En's questions and also to show off, she summoned Lianlian and gave her a raven skin.
When she let Lianlian go back to her pocket to rest, she forgot to remove the skin from it.
It's all Sean's fault!
Blanche did the math, and half an hour of Raven Skin was wasted... Luckily, it wasn't too long, otherwise she would have really cried.
Although she still felt the pinch, Blanche remained dedicated and resumed playing the role of the summoner Vavacili.
"Go, Lianlian."
"Go find the culprit that's causing your skin to bleed!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Lianlian shot into the mist on the river like a sharp green arrow.
About two or three minutes later, Lianlian's chirping came from not far away.
Blanche sensed that Lianlian was no longer on the river, but had returned to the riverbank, just a few dozen meters ahead at the corner.
Blanche quickly walked over.
Soon, she saw Lianlian's figure. It was flapping its wings and circling in mid-air, and directly below it was a figure that was soaking wet.
The figure was panting heavily.
When they heard footsteps coming from afar, the figure looked up and saw Blanche.
This figure was none other than Sean.
Sean wasn't too surprised by Blanche's appearance, after all, he had met Lianlian before...
"Are you alright?" Sean asked as soon as he saw Blanche.
Blanche looked at Sean, who was soaking wet, with a puzzled expression: "Shouldn't I be asking you that..."
Sean wiped the water droplets from his forehead: "I'm fine. I fell into the river as soon as I got here, and I don't even know where I am... What about you? You didn't fall into the river too, did you?"
Blanche: "I'm fine. I was at the nearby theater."
Sean took a deep breath: "That's good. I was worried that other people might fall into the water, especially Rigota... You guys said before that she had fallen into the water before and probably has a fear of water."
Seeing that Sean was in a bad state himself, yet still worried about others, Blanche was speechless. But thinking back, Sean had sacrificed himself for Rigota, which was in line with his character.
"Don't worry, barring any unforeseen circumstances, you'll be the only one among us who fall into the water, because you're the anchor point of the rushing current, which happens to correspond to the River of Troubles."
"And Rigota is the Cloudwind Anchor Point, corresponding to..."
Blanche suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
She really didn't know what "Ligota" referred to, because "Yunfeng" refers to the song "Clouds and Wind".
The song is too abstract to pinpoint any coordinates. It can't possibly be located at Eden College in Birmingham, can it? That's no longer in Dawn City.
Could it be the literal meaning of the words?
The cloud and wind anchor points correspond to clouds and wind, but where are clouds and wind... in the sky?!
Blanche looked up abruptly, gazing at the swirling mist in the sky.
No way, Rigota won't be flung into the sky, will she?
If that's the case, wouldn't Rigota be falling from mid-air? That would be even worse for her than Sean!
Thinking of this, Blanche couldn't sit still any longer. She quickly summoned Lianlian and instructed her to go and check in the air to see if there were any golden pillars of light.
After Lianlian flew away, Sean seemed to realize, "Something happened to Rigota?"
Blanche shook her head: "It's not clear yet, hopefully nothing will happen."
Although they were both very worried, they couldn't rush things. After all, the surroundings were shrouded in fog, and even if they rashly ventured into the fog to rescue someone, they wouldn't know which way to go.
Let's wait until Lianlian comes back and we've confirmed the situation before making any decisions.
While waiting for Lianlian, Blanche also talked to Sean about the situation in the text box.
Sean had been swimming the whole time and hadn't noticed the change in the text bar. It was only after Blanche's guidance that he opened the text bar and saw the fairyland prompt about the Dream of Dawn.
After reading the Wonderland hints, Sean also exchanged some thoughts with Blanche.
Time flies by so quickly.
About twenty minutes later, Lianlian finally flew back.
Because Reunion is unable to speak, Blanche can only communicate with her by asking questions.
A moment later, Blanche finally breathed a sigh of relief.
According to Lianlian's answer, it did not go directly to find the golden pillar of light, but flew to a high altitude, roughly judged the location, and looked for the golden pillar of light that might be in mid-air.
However, after circling around several areas of light pillars, Lianlian was basically certain that none of the light pillars were in mid-air.
The tallest beam of light, located far outside the city, appeared to be on a mountain.
Lianlian didn't fly over to check; she just made sure the beam of light wasn't floating before flying back.
"There was no pillar of light in the sky...that's good." Upon hearing this news, Blanche and Sean finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The creators of the dungeon still had some conscience; at least they didn't kill them on their first encounter...
(End of this chapter)