pertwk Chapter 4206 Statue Selection (Choose 1 of 2)
Chapter 4206 Statue Selection (Choose 1 of 2)
Chapter 4206 Statue Selection
Angell: "Whether it's a riddle or not, we'll find out by trying."
The rabbit girl nodded in agreement; solving puzzles inherently requires both association and practice. Moreover, there was no penalty for failing to solve the puzzles in the Echo Library.
In this situation, trying more things is definitely better than just wishful thinking.
"Test? How do we test it?" The illusion puppet controlled by Gabriel looked puzzled.
"Idiot, if these two books are the clues to the riddle, then isn't it quite clear?" Gray Porcelain peeked out from behind Gabriel. "One of them is called 'Knock On,' and there's nothing unusual about the pages. So the most noteworthy thing is its title. Knock On, knock on, isn't that an obvious clue?"
Knock it open? Gabriel paused for two seconds, then suddenly realized: "Does it mean to open the passage by knocking?"
Gray Porcelain nodded: "That's right."
As for what to strike?
The answer is most likely the end wall.
"What is the meaning of the other book?" Gabriel looked at Gray Porcelain with curiosity.
Angell and the rabbit girl also looked over. Although they already had their own guesses, they wanted to hear Gray Porcelain's explanation to confirm their own thoughts.
Gray Porcelain was about to answer casually, but seeing everyone staring at it, it swallowed its words. It cleared its throat and pretended to ponder for a moment: "If my guess is correct, 'Knock Open' represents the 'goal,' then 'If Life Only Has Ten Seconds' represents the 'rules.'"
"There are two key clues in this book: the first is 'ten seconds,' and the second is the chapters circled in the table of contents."
Gray Porcelain looked at Gabriel, his tone guiding: "Think about it carefully. The wall is the only obstacle. 'Knock on' means knocking on the wall. So what do the numbers in those 'ten seconds' represent? Isn't the answer obvious?"
Gray Porcelain paused deliberately before raising his voice:
"It's the rhythm of tapping!"
Gabriel seemed to realize something too: "I get it! The red circles mark four time points, representing four knocks on the wall; and the interval between adjacent seconds is the pause time between every two knocks!"
Gray Porcelain nodded in satisfaction, adopting an expression that said, "This child is teachable."
After listening, Angell and the rabbit girl exchanged a glance and nodded slightly.
Their idea was similar to that of Gray Porcelain: assuming the clock-like object was indeed the riddle, the solution would probably be what Gray Porcelain was saying.
However, Angell personally feels that one aspect is missing from the consideration of gray porcelain.
Tapping on the wall is correct, and the rhythm of tapping is also fine, but shouldn't the specific location of the tapping on the wall also be taken into account?
Angel shared his thoughts, and Gray Porcelain immediately responded, "That's right, there was another clue I hadn't considered yet!"
"The position of the hands of a clock!"
It only considered the function of the books represented by the two pointers, but ignored the position of the pointers.
When the pointer points to exactly three o'clock, it definitely has meaning!
Now, Angell's reminder made Gray Porcelain realize: "The point of tapping is the three o'clock position on the wall!"
As soon as Gray Porcelain finished speaking, he saw the rabbit girl walk to the wall at the end.
Tap the wall four times at the three o'clock position, at a frequency of "ten seconds".
When the last strike ended.
Suddenly, the wall emitted a flash of bright light. Under the halo of light, the solid wall became glassy and transparent like crystal. Then, ripples suddenly appeared in this glassy light wall, as if it had turned into gentle water waves.
click-
When the ripples of the water spread to the edge of the light wall, the entire light wall, like shattered glass, turned into fragments of light spots and disappeared.
at the same time.
The wall that had been blocking their path vanished, leaving only a winding path that extended into the deep darkness.
"It's solved!" Excitement flashed in Gray Porcelain's eyes.
Sure enough, its solution was correct!
Although there was a slight imperfection at the end, it was not a big deal!
Everyone then looked at Gray Porcelain and praised it highly, especially Gabriel, who directly lauded Gray Porcelain's solution to the puzzle as "perfect."
It even extended its tentacles, bound the gray porcelain hand, and happily spun around.
Gabriel only released Gray Porcelain when Gray Porcelain felt like he was about to vomit.
Although she felt dizzy, Gray Porcelain felt incredibly satisfied. The timidity that had always been there had largely disappeared after successfully solving the puzzle, leaving her feeling extremely content.
The smile on its lips never faded.
Angell, who witnessed this scene, looked at Gabriel, then at Gray Porcelain, his expression somewhat subtle.
After Nereid, Angell was actually quite concerned about Gray Porcelain's inner growth.
According to his own observation, Gray Porcelain is a very awkward person. In the past, when it was in the city of Tluga, it was completely invisible and did not receive much attention. It actually longed to be noticed... but was also afraid of being noticed for no reason.
Simply put, it needs emotional value.
Therefore, although Angell and the rabbit girl already had the answer to the mystery in their hearts, they still let Gray Porcelain take the lead.
When the mystery is solved, applause and praise will be given, providing emotional value to the gray porcelain and boosting its confidence.
The final result was even better than they had imagined.
And the reason for all of this is Gabriel.
Although Angell and the rabbit girl were able to analyze things thoroughly, they were still very restrained in their behavior. Gabriel, however, was different. He was extremely outgoing, cheering and spinning around. Moreover, he was a "peer" of Gray Porcelain, at least in terms of the Dream Mirror organization.
Being both peers and friends, the emotional value they bring to gray porcelain is irreplaceable.
It seems that if there are similar levels or dungeons in the future, Gabriel and Gray Porcelain should be sent together... Angor silently made a decision in his mind.
The joyous celebration was short-lived, as they had to move on.
Everyone stopped smiling and walked towards the deep, dark corridor ahead.
Even so, Gray Porcelain's expression was much more relaxed than at the beginning, and she even began to actively observe the surrounding environment, trying to find new solutions to the mystery.
To Gray Porcelain's slight disappointment, the next puzzle they encountered didn't require them to search for the clues; they were simply laid out in plain sight.
Not long after they entered the deep, dark corridor, they came to a fork in the road.
The gray porcelain's danger sense told it that the corridor on the right was relatively dangerous.
Angell also gave a definite answer: going to the right will lead to encountering the Book Demon.
Their target was the Book Demon, so without hesitation, they headed straight for the corridor on the right.
After walking a while longer, they came across a new art corridor, but this one was different from the previous ones. This hundred-meter-long corridor was a huge mystery to be solved.
The riddle is—a quiz challenge.
A light-shielding curtain appears approximately every ten meters along this corridor.
The light barrier is indestructible and will block people from moving forward.
There is only one way to break through the light barrier: answer questions.
The questions along the entire corridor are all of the same type, which can be described as: "Choose one of two statues".
Simply put, in front of each shielding light screen, there are two statues, like guardian beasts protecting the light screen. They face each other and look very similar.
The challenger must choose one of the statues.
If you make the right choice, the light screen will disappear, and you can continue forward.
If you choose the wrong path, you will be unable to pass through this corridor and will have to turn back and take another route.
As for how to choose?
This will test the challenger's knowledge base.
For example, in front of the pink light screen closest to them, there are two jellyfish that look almost identical, but strangely, each of them has a halo of light extending from the edge of its bell.
Just like in some ancient civilizations, they would add a halo behind the gods.
Both jellyfish have similar halos on their tentacles, giving them a strange yet sacred feel.
However, the halo of one jellyfish statue is perfectly round, while the halo of the other jellyfish statue becomes a round halo with serrated edges.
Now they are faced with the question: "Of the two statues, whose carving is correct?"
Yes, the questions in this corridor are designed to test your knowledge of "magical creatures"!
It's not that difficult, since it's just a choice between two options. If you really don't know the answer, you can guess, and there's a 50/50 chance of success with a guess.
But it's also difficult, because the amazing creatures involved in the questions encompass multiple worlds, and the breadth of vision required to recognize them all is beyond human imagination.
Gabriel: "...I don't recognize this strange statue."
Gabriel had never even seen a jellyfish.
Not to mention identifying the species of jellyfish and then determining whose statue is more correct.
I had heard of "jellyfish" before, but that was all I knew.
“Fantastic creatures? I’m no good at that.” Gray Porcelain looked a little depressed. “If only Loren were here, he would know a lot about fantastic creatures! I heard from Lu Nuo that Loren is even planning to start a ‘Fantastic Beasts Illustrated Guide’ magazine in Rabbit Town.”
Unfortunately, Deer Loren isn't here.
Gray Porcelain and Gabriel both looked worried and could only place their hopes on Angel and the Rabbit Girl.
“This is a Halo Jellyfish.” Angell: “This kind of jellyfish exists in the Devil Sea of the Southern Region. I saw it in ‘Wonderful Monsters and Where to Find Them’.”
"Choose the one on the right; the one with the jagged halo is the right one."
As soon as Angel pointed to the statue on the right, he discovered that the light barrier that had blocked people's way had disappeared.
The source of the disappearance of the light curtain was—the rabbit girl.
She arrived at the right-hand statue before Angor did, and following the prompt, touched it. Then, the light curtain disappeared.
Clearly, the rabbit girl also recognized the halo jellyfish.
Faced with the puzzled looks of the crowd, the rabbit girl whispered, "I've seen these jellyfish before... I saw them in the Sea of Empty Mirrors."
Gray Porcelain and Gabriel didn't understand, but Ingres immediately grasped it.
Laplace shared the visual memories of the Sea of Empty Mirrors with all its incarnations.
There are bunny girls too!
The Sea of Empty Mirrors reflects the entire plane, presenting all kinds of information from various worlds!
In a sense, the bunny girl could be considered a magical creature expert, though perhaps not as good as Loren the deer, but definitely more knowledgeable than the others present.
This is true.
Before the group could analyze the differences between the two statues, the rabbit girl had already touched the left statue.
“This is a fearless seal, found in the Southern Region. Its nose has star-shaped markings and only five horns.” The rabbit girl said, “On the other statue, the nose has turned into a sea urchin-shaped marking, which is not right.”
Everyone was thoughtful.
Angel remained silent, because as a native of the Southern Region, he had never heard of the Fearless Seal... He was simply ignorant.
The third light curtain, the fourth light curtain...
Up until the ninth light screen, the rabbit girl didn't experience any lag and directly selected the correct statue. Everyone moved through smoothly, as if taking a leisurely stroll.
Until the last two statues.
They were two bamboo poles, but the bamboo poles were covered with a veil of starlight, like bamboo figures wearing a starlight dress.
Upon observation, the difference between the two statues lies in the vertical lines on the bamboo poles; one is thicker and the other is thinner.
The rabbit girl's journey was smooth, but she eventually got stuck on this statue.
"There are even magical creatures that the captain doesn't recognize?" Gabriel exclaimed in surprise.
The rabbit girl shook her head: "I recognize it. It's a star inchworm, an extremely tiny extraordinary creature. It's smaller than a speck of dust."
Although the Sea of Empty Mirrors can project images of the heavens, creatures that are too small are easily overlooked.
The starlight inchworm is an example of this.
The rabbit girl had seen the star-shaped inchworm before, but the vertical lines on the "bamboo joints" were so tiny and delicate that she hadn't noticed them at all...
“I can’t confirm which one is the correct Starlight Inchworm. If you don’t know, we’ll just have to gamble.” The rabbit girl turned to look at the crowd, hoping someone could recognize the Starlight Inchworm.
But everyone remained silent.
The rabbit girl sighed, "Then let's take a gamble. Let's all vote. There's a one-in-five chance we might win."
Just then, Gabriel suddenly said quietly, "Actually, I have a way, but this method has significant side effects."
"any solution?"
"I can use the power of words to change someone's fate..."
Gabriel shared his thoughts.
Its talent is the power of dark words, which can also be understood as "the mouth of jinx"—good things don't come true, but bad things come true with incredible accuracy.
"I can curse you with the power of darkness, and for a period of time afterward, any choice you make based on luck will be completely wrong."
Everyone: "???"
Gabriel: "In that case, we can just choose the opposite option and it will be correct."
Gray Porcelain's eyes lit up: "It seems like it really can!"
At this moment, Angell asked, "What side effects did you mention earlier?"
Gabriel: "Different curses have different side effects, but most of them involve falling into the spiral abyss created by the curse's effect. For example, if the effect of this curse is related to fate, then the person cursed will most likely be abandoned by fate during the period when the curse is in effect."
What happens when you are abandoned by fate?
"For example, stepping in poop when you go out, or choking to death while drinking water, or a meteorite hitting your head..."
Angell: "???"
Can these be listed together?
Stepping in poop is at most disgusting, and choking on water is just one person dying, but a meteorite impact can destroy a civilization!
Gabriel looked completely innocent: "I can't control the consequences either. It's all random. Being abandoned by fate has this kind of side effect."
Angell: "..."
When he heard Gabriel's suggestion, he had a misconception: the curse seemed pretty good, as it directly created an unusual talent!
After all, as long as you reverse the cursed person's choice, it will be the absolutely correct choice, which can be considered an alternative talent. In the future, when you encounter choices that require luck, you can let the cursed person help you choose, and you only need to reverse the choice to succeed.
But now, after hearing Gabriel's account of the side effects, he fell silent.
How could this possibly be a curse?
Most importantly, Gabriel also said he wanted to curse his own people?
If you get cursed, you might be finished in no time!