booktalesy Chapter 4191 Testing the Pattern
Chapter 4191 Testing the Pattern
Chapter 4191 Testing the Pattern
Angell returned to the Word Manor twenty minutes after leaving.
Just as everyone was anticipating what additional news Angor might bring, they suddenly discovered that Angor had not returned alone; a miniature multi-headed dragon was floating beside him…
"Barbaregon?" Montedan was the first to call out its name, his tone tinged with surprise.
Previously, due to issues with observer ratings, Barbaregun specifically sought out Montedan and had a "friendly" exchange with him.
Hmm... they are genuinely friendly.
Perhaps at the beginning, Barbaregon was resentful, feeling that the Dragon Squad performed much better than the Lord of the Wanderers, so why did Montedan give the Lord of the Wanderers a share but not his own squad?
But with Montessane's tactful words and well-placed praise, he quickly dispelled Barbaregon's resentment.
With resentment gone, the subsequent conversation was naturally pleasant and friendly.
Now that Barbaregon has arrived at the Word Manor, and Montedan has called out its name first, seeing the other party looking at it with a warm smile, it has an even better impression of Montedan.
Later, when Angel invited it to sit down, Barbaregon also floated to Montedan's side, which speaks volumes.
After Barbaregon took its seat, the others greeted it.
Apart from Maggie, who looked at it with a slightly unfamiliar expression, everyone else recognized Barbaregon. After all, it was the only Mirror Dragon that had been stranded outside the Mirror Realm, and it had been hanging out with Pilushi, the disgrace of the Mirror Realm, for many years.
It’s hard not to know him.
Of course, Laplace and the bunny girl know more about Barbaregon because Luigi and it are longtime friends.
However, although everyone is familiar with Barbaregon, they are still puzzled as to why Angor suddenly brought Barbaregon into the Word Manor.
Just as everyone was waiting for Angor to explain, Montedan suddenly spoke up: "You're here to talk about your experience at the Echo Library?"
Barbaregon nodded to his master: "Yes, I promised Angor that I would share the information with him once I came out of the Library of Echoes."
“It just so happens that I ran into Angell when I came out. He invited me here…”
Angell: "The Manor of Words"
“Yes, I came to this Manor of Words to share with you.” After saying that, Barbaregon looked around and, seeing that everything around him was floating with words, couldn’t help but mutter to himself, “This place seems to be the secret treasure in the book created by Aya…”
Angel blinked: "Perhaps the power of the fairy realm was created by referencing the talent of the Omniscient Dragon, resulting in the creation of the Manor of Words."
Angel was telling the truth, but Barbaregun didn't take it to heart.
Having experienced this kind of textual space too many times before, it had no curiosity whatsoever and asked directly, "Shall I begin now?"
Angel glanced at everyone, and seeing that no one else objected, he nodded: "Alright, let's begin."
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Barbaregon coughed lightly and slowly began to speak: "The Library of Echoes is a maze-type level..."
Barbaregon began his narration from the beginning, and since Tereta had mentioned some of the content before, no one interrupted, treating it as mutual confirmation.
But as they listened, they also heard something different.
For example, the book spirit's test.
Tereta had previously only emphasized that the Book Spirit's trial was more difficult than the puzzles along the way; Barbaregon's Dragon Squad also found the trial challenging, but they discovered a pattern in the trial.
"The Book Spirit's tests cover a wide range of topics, including knowledge quizzes, professional skills, and various arts... They may seem random, but there are actually patterns to be found."
The rule is simple: observe the books on the surrounding bookshelves.
In the area where the book sprite is located, if the number of books of a certain type increases significantly, the test content is likely to be related to that type.
For example, before the Dragon Squad found a certain book spirit, they noticed that there were significantly more books about art along the way, and the number of oil paintings in the corridor was also more than in other areas.
And indeed, the book spirit's test was related to art.
At first they thought it was a coincidence, but Barbaregun's intuition told him it wasn't that simple.
So it secretly memorized this pattern and began to have its deputy memorize the types of books encountered along the way. It even shared the main head's computing power, greatly improving the deputy's memory and observation skills.
They soon encountered a second book sprite.
Before encountering the Book Spirit, the deputy leader had already noticed that there were many more medical theories and biological anatomy illustrations along the way.
The second book spirit's test also happened to be related to medicine.
After two consecutive verifications, Barbaregon confirmed that the Book Spirit's test was definitely related to the sudden increase in the types of books around them.
In fact, as long as you find the corresponding book in advance, you can even find the answers to the test directly!
To paraphrase Jon, it would be something like, "Where there are venomous snakes, there is always an antidote within seven steps."
The Book Spirit's test is the same; the answer must lie within the area!
“This is undoubtedly exclusive intelligence,” Angel added. “Currently, no team in the players’ camp has mentioned this pattern.”
Angell's God's-eye view is "all-around observation," and no squad has ever mentioned this matter, whether in public discussions or private exchanges.
Therefore, it is highly likely that the Barbaregon team was the first to discover this pattern!
Barbaregon raised his head slightly, his tone tinged with smugness: "Now you know, right? I said I'd share information with you, and I definitely won't let you suffer any losses."
At this moment, Gray Porcelain suddenly spoke up: "What if we're just observing a sudden increase in a certain type of book? That doesn't sound too difficult..."
How could no one have noticed?
Barbaregon glanced at Gray Porcelain, and scoffed softly from the small black hole without a nose bridge: "You're looking at it from an outsider's perspective, thinking it's easy, but if you actually enter the Library of Echoes, you'll find it's much harder than you imagine."
The fact that the Echo Library can be called a "library" means that it contains a large number of books.
In fact, the number of books is dozens or even hundreds of times greater than that of similar libraries.
Almost every area was submerged in a sea of books. As far as the eye could see, there was no place where books could not be found, even the corridors were piled high with books.
Even part of the corridors and the paths underfoot are paved with books.
With such a vast number of books, and all kinds of books mixed together without any classification, it is a great test of observation and calculation skills to find an increase in a certain type of book in such a dense sea of books.
It was only because Barbaregon was a multi-headed dragon that its computing power was doubled and could be shared, and it could also use its secondary head to observe its surroundings, that it discovered and summarized this pattern.
If it were any other team, they definitely wouldn't have noticed.
Many teams entered the Echo Library and simply ignored the books. Even those who wanted to find clues within the books were overwhelmed by the sheer number of them.
“This is very important information. Thank you for sharing it so generously,” Angel said solemnly.
This intelligence is of paramount importance to Rabbit Hole.
Even if other teams knew this information, they might simply ignore it due to insufficient computing power.
But Angor possesses a godlike perspective, allowing him to instantly survey all the books in the area. Moreover, according to Barbaregun, the answers to some of the trials might be recorded in a nearby book, which is even more advantageous for them.
He hadn't prioritized the Library of Echoes for two reasons: first, sealing gods seemed incredibly difficult; second, his knowledge base was insufficient, and he might be useless there. If the book spirit tested him, he was likely to be completely clueless.
But now, with this intelligence, he can use his God's-eye view to find the answer outside during the test!
It's like he went from a closed-book exam to an open-book exam.
This is an absolutely massive leap forward!
Angel brought Barbaregon to the Stone Table Conference with the intention of casually sharing some intelligence, but he never expected it to bring such a bombshell exclusive news!
Laplace and the bunny girl realized this, exchanged a glance, and simultaneously expressed their gratitude.
Barbaregon muttered in confusion, "Why is everyone thanking me, as if I'm about to finish... I haven't finished speaking yet, are you all implying that I should hurry up and end this?"
Angel chuckled lightly: "It's nothing, just a simple thank you. This information is very important to us. If we challenge this level later, it might allow us to overtake the other teams that are currently working on the Echo Library."
"Is it really that important? Can you use this to pass the level?" Barbaregon was somewhat suspicious. As the one who discovered the intelligence, it didn't think it was anything special.
Even if you know the type of test in advance, does that guarantee you'll pass?
For example, if you know in advance that it tests your sculpting skills, are you going to become a master sculptor on the spot?
"Whether we can clear the level is hard to say, but with this information, increasing our completion rate shouldn't be a problem," Angor said confidently.
"Now that you mention it, I don't even want to share anymore," Barbaregun muttered, pouting. "We're competitors!"
After a pause, Barbaregon waved his short hand, "Never mind, our team has already entered the one-day cooldown countdown. Even without the information we gave you, you probably wouldn't even need a day to clear the game."
Whether it was Nereid or the Golden City, a perfect completion of the Rabbit Hole only took half a day. Following this pattern, challenging the Echo Library shouldn't take much longer either.
Thinking about it that way, it felt relieved.
Judging from the current situation, the sandbox in Area 1 is basically no match for Rabbit Hole. The Dragon Squad should withdraw from the level early, explore other levels, accumulate experience, and then wait until the next Sandbox Wonderland opens to fight again.
Moreover, since it helped Rabbit Hole this time, it might be able to invite the people from Rabbit Hole to help when the Sandbox Wonderland opens next time.
The plan goes through!
"Then I'll continue."
Barbaregon paused for a moment, then continued recounting the Dragon Squad's experiences in the Echo Library.
The rest of the story mainly consists of solving various puzzles encountered along the way, which is similar to what Thereta recounted.
Compared to the challenges posed by the book spirit, the puzzles along the way are not difficult; the difficulty lies only in discovering the puzzles themselves.
Many puzzles can be easily solved once you discover them. But if you don't, they might completely stump you...
For example, they came to a dead end, which was filled with all kinds of books, except for a metal raven figurine on the top bookshelf.
If you ignore the crow ornament at this point, you'll have to backtrack and see if there are any other alternative paths you can take.
But if you don't ignore it, and instead climb to the top and rotate the base of the raven figurine, then congratulations, you've discovered a new path.
This is the puzzle on the road; it's not difficult, but you need a keen eye to find it.
Barbaregon, being a multi-headed dragon, has three heads and its "eager-to-see eyes" are also three times larger, so it can easily solve this kind of puzzle.
After skipping over the puzzle-solving details, Barbaregon revealed information that the Tereta squad had missed.
The Dragon Squad has found the Rift!
Thereta and his companions were incredibly unlucky, encountering an insurmountable challenge. They were forced to exit the instance before even finding a single rift.
The dragon squad led by Barbaregon, having figured out the "pattern" of the book spirits' trials, decided to turn away from the book spirits' trials when they discovered an increase in a certain type of book in an area that was not their area of expertise.
Anyway, there are plenty of book sprites in the Echo Library, so one more won't make a difference.
This book sprite's challenge is too biased, so let's switch to another book sprite.
In this situation, they avoided some tests that they were destined to lose.
Finally, thanks to the four location cues from the Book Spirit, they successfully found the first rift!
"What does the fissure look like?" Angell asked curiously.
If the rift had a distinctive appearance, he might even be able to ignore the Book Spirit's test and pinpoint its location directly from a god-like perspective.
However, Barbaregun's reply poured cold water on his enthusiasm.
"The fissure has no distinguishing features."
According to Barbaregun's description, the fissure is just like air; if you didn't know the fissure was there, you would completely mistake it for air.
"If the crack has no characteristics at all, and is just like air, then how do you determine that this is a crack?" Gray Porcelain couldn't help but ask curiously.
“Of course, it wasn’t our own judgment,” Barbaregun said. “We have no way of judging.”
"It was the text field that told us that."
At that moment, when they arrived at an aerial corridor paved with a large number of floating books, radar information suddenly appeared in the text bar.
The crack is indicated to be within a hundred meters.
Thanks to the precise location provided by radar feedback, they were able to find the location of the crack.
This location is on one side of the corridor, unremarkable and unoriginal; a normal person passing by would not even glance at it.
If they don't pass the Book Spirit's test to activate the radar, even if they walk past it ten times, they won't be able to find that the crack is hidden there.