booktalesy Chapter 4194 The Single-Line Mission of the Wine Glass
Chapter 4194 The Single-Line Mission of the Wine Glass
Chapter 4194 The Single-Line Mission of the Wine Glass
In the end, Gray Porcelain was still tricked into being included in the shortlist of team members.
In terms of combat strength or puzzle-solving ability, it's not inferior to Gray Porcelain. The main reason for bringing Gray Porcelain along is that Gray Porcelain's "danger sense" is very useful.
The interior of the Echo Library is a huge "maze".
With it, you can at least avoid the most dangerous direction when you encounter a fork in the road, saving you a lot of detours.
More importantly, this challenge involves "gods." Although they repeatedly dismantled the gods during the meeting, attempting to downplay their majesty and make it less important for people to pay attention, the very fact that a god can be called a god means that he wields authority beyond that of mortals. Some of this authority is so domineering that it disregards common sense and can turn the tide of events with sheer will.
Moreover, the fact that His divine name is displayed in black code in the fairy realm prompts itself represents a signal, indicating His unknown and uncontrollable nature.
No one can guarantee that sealing Him will not trigger any unexpected dangers.
An extra layer of gray porcelain provides a safety warning, making it a more secure option; no matter how you look at it, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.
The crowd presented facts and reasoned with Gray Porcelain, praising it to the point that it would be difficult to pass the level perfectly without it. Under such circumstances, Gray Porcelain was completely fooled and nodded in a daze.
Thus, the teams for this "Echo Library" challenge were determined: Angell, Rabbit Girl, Gray Porcelain, and Gabriel.
"We'll meet at the players' camp after midnight, and then we'll go into the sand table level together."
"You can relax for a while, or go to the athletes' camp to gather some information."
"See you later."
After agreeing on a time, Angell logged off.
There were still two or three hours until midnight, and he decided to log off first to check on the situation on the other end of the wine glass.
After opening his eyes, Angel stretched on the soft sofa before waving to his water clone opposite him.
I wanted to say hello to Luigi, but he was already online and probably went to the Uriel dungeon to face today's challenger.
Are there any new developments?
As Angel asked the water clone a question, he looked up at the live broadcast screen in mid-air.
This sight stunned him.
The live stream of the wine glass showed her in an underground space filled with transparent pipes, which crisscrossed and contained flowing brownish-black cocoa liquid.
The fact that the cocoa liquid was still in the pipes strongly suggests that the glasses were still in the shaping workshop.
Isn't it after get off work hours? Why is the wine glass still there?
Wait, didn't Wine Glass leave the Shaping Workshop earlier and wait for Ice Maiden in the dormitory? How come it's back in the Shaping Workshop now?
And what about Ice Maiden?
Angel's gaze then turned to the Ice Maiden's live stream room.
Meanwhile, the Ice Maiden was in a secret base—the one Satan had established in the office of the manager of the honey-steaming workshop.
In addition to Ice Maiden, Satan, Coleman, Na, Milk Dragon, and Mud Lord are also present.
In other words, everyone else has already reunited, except for Wine Glass. What happened?
The water clone seemed to have guessed Angel's doubts. While rewinding the live stream to replay what had happened, he explained, "Actually, nothing major happened while you were online. Everyone else knows what's going on with the wine glass..."
At that time, after the shaping workshop closed, Wine Glass waited for Ice Maiden in the dormitory as she wished.
Because Ice Maiden was the only person in the entire shaping workshop who left on time after get off work; everyone else was working overtime.
Ice Maiden was very excited after recognizing the wine glass, because Satan had been vaguely sensing these past few days that an important "time point" was about to arrive, and this feeling made him somewhat anxious.
Apart from Satan, no one else had this feeling.
Even Coleman, as part of the "one body," did not have this feeling.
After analyzing the situation, everyone speculated that Satan's perception most likely stemmed from his current "manager" status. This was because, among them, only Satan had become a superior manager.
Regarding the important time points related to managers, everyone had a thought – could what he sensed be the time of the factory director election?
If so, does it mean that the "chosen one" that the Christians are waiting for has arrived at the factory?
Because there is no concrete evidence, it cannot be confirmed.
However, if the election for factory director is really approaching, they will find it difficult to continue their leisurely lifestyle.
In the past two days, during their meetings at the secret base, they have already begun to discuss whether they should develop external resistance groups if they cannot receive support from the main body.
Now that she has finally received support from the main body, the Ice Maiden is naturally very happy.
Ice Maiden was especially excited when she learned that Na, Mud Lord, Milk Dragon, and others had entered different areas.
Because only employees in this region can rise to a higher position by killing managers!
Now that we have our own people in all five regions, that means... the plan can continue!
After a brief chat with the wine glass, the Ice Maiden invited her to the rebels' secret base, where they could reunite and discuss the follow-up plans in detail.
However, after thinking for a moment, the wine glass shook its head.
Under the Ice Maiden's questioning gaze, the wine glass revealed that it had become the "manager's" assistant.
After hearing this, the Ice Maiden fell into a long silence.
She had been in the shaping workshop for so many days without even seeing the manager, but today, as soon as the wine glass arrived, she not only met the manager, Pinocchio, but was also promoted to his assistant.
How embarrassing for her?
The wine glass said, "Actually, your existence is the root of my rise to power."
Seeing the Ice Maiden's puzzled expression, Wine Cup didn't hide anything and told her about Pinocchio's "spiritual intuition".
Barring unforeseen circumstances, the danger foretold by spiritual intuition originates from the Ice Maiden, this rebel.
Without the Ice Maiden's "preliminary groundwork," the Goblet would never have been so heavily used by Pinocchio today.
After hearing this, the Ice Maiden felt relieved of her unease.
Then, the glass continued, "Although I only met Pinocchio once, I found that he is extremely afraid of death. He almost never appears in his true form, and he even uses a clone when he talks to me."
"To become the manager of the Shaping Workshop, we must kill Pinocchio's true form. However, we cannot currently determine which one it is."
After pondering for a long time in his dormitory, the wine glass finally decided to strike while the iron was hot and return to the sculpting workshop now to continue to get closer to Pinocchio.
In order to find Pinocchio's true identity.
"Is it really necessary to be in such a hurry?" Ice Maiden: "How about we go to the secret base for a meeting first, and then we can talk about other things?"
Wine Glass: "There's no need to rush, but I've been thinking about it for a long time. If I go to the secret base, it means I'll have the identity of a rebel."
"Once I've become a rebel, will my interactions with Pinocchio trigger its spiritual intuition?"
Ice Maiden: "Probably not? After all, I've been in the Shaping Workshop for so long, and it hasn't noticed me."
“What you said makes sense. It’s precisely because it can’t pinpoint the source of the danger that it sought cooperation with me. So, it’s highly likely that it can’t directly identify the rebels…” The wine glass didn’t deny the Ice Maiden’s statement, but she paused, leaving a caveat: “But, what if?”
What if, after I join the rebels, its spiritual intuition develops some kind of aversion towards me?
After all, spiritual intuition is too elusive. It's like an enhanced version of a mystical sense; no one can guarantee that it won't pick up on even the slightest shift in my perspective.
"Furthermore, although you've joined the Shaping Workshop, you haven't had any close contact with Pinocchio. What if a rebel comes into close contact with it, causing it to react?"
"Of course, all of the above are just my guesses. I personally still believe that it cannot detect the rebels."
However, to avoid any unforeseen circumstances, the wine glass decided not to join the rebels for the time being.
First, approach Pinocchio as an ordinary employee to build a relationship with him. Once you find out the location of his true form, you can either have Ice Maiden take action or join the rebels yourself to do so.
"That's my thought."
"Anyway, we're both at the shaping workshop, so you can let me know if anything happens during your meetings. My decision not to join the rebels for now won't have much of an impact."
Although the Ice Maiden was slow-witted, fortunately, the wine glass explained the logic very clearly, and she understood it.
She pondered for a moment, then finally nodded, agreeing to the decision to let the wine glass act alone.
……
"After that, Ice Maiden went to the secret base, where she met Na, Mud Lord, and Milk Dragon, who had come after get off work."
"They successfully joined the resistance and held their first meeting at the secret base. The meeting was basically about devising a plan and seizing power."
The water clone paused for a moment, then pointed to the live stream room in the wine glass in mid-air.
"As for the wine glass, after saying goodbye to the Ice Maiden, I returned to the Shaping Workshop and met Pinocchio."
To be precise, I saw the "guestbook" floating in mid-air.
The man in the wine glass explained the results of his dormitory inspection and revealed the details of the staff dormitories.
She was telling the truth, so she appeared very composed.
She then suggested that since nothing unusual could be found in the dormitories, it would be better to directly contact each employee to find potential sources of danger through firsthand observation.
Pinocchio agreed to the choice of the wine glass, and then released a new clone, who took the wine glass to the underground space of the sculpting workshop.
At this point, the water clone gestured for Angel to look at the white figure behind the wine glass in the live stream.
Angell looked in the direction he was being pointed to.
It was a pure white balloon floating in mid-air, with a long string that swayed back and forth like a slender tail.
Angell had seen this balloon before and thought it was part of the decorations.
But the water clone told him, "This is Pinocchio."
The moment the words were spoken, the white balloon happened to turn around, revealing another side with a comical facial sketch on it.
At first glance, it looks a bit like Dangross's face, abstract and absurd.
At this moment, the face on the balloon was babbling: "...See that? Above that pipe, that's room number seven in the left corridor. The snow woman inside is based on..."
Clearly, this is Pinocchio's new alter ego.
Following the cartoon monkey and the guestbook, a new clone has appeared.
The water-manipulating figure explained, "Pinocchio brought the wine glasses here to use the cocoa liquid delivery pipes to assign each glass to the corresponding employee in each room."
Pinocchio's serious response shows that he really cares about the source of the danger.
This is a good thing.
The more you care, the more you need a wine glass as an assistant.
If the wine glass can gain Pinocchio's trust step by step, it probably won't be long before it finds Pinocchio's true identity.
The above is everything that happened during Angel's release period.
There are no major changes; the only point worth noting is the personal choice of wine glasses.
Although the wine glass did not immediately become a rebel, from a cautious perspective, Angell also supported its choice.
Having an official status is certainly advantageous, but sometimes a blank slate can actually offer more opportunities than an official one.
Angel then turned his attention to the Ice Maiden's live stream.
I listened to a brief "meeting of the rebels".
Well... nothing new, mostly discussions about devising strategies to eliminate the administrators.
After listening for over half an hour, Angell felt that these preliminary plans were just for show and shouldn't be taken too seriously. The real key was to observe the subsequent results.
On the other side, the wine glass prepared to say goodbye to the "balloon" and secretly contact the employees of the shaping workshop.
Before saying goodbye, the wine glass casually remarked, "The cartoon monkey, the guestbook, and this face balloon—each one surprised me... I wonder what kind of shock Mr. Pinocchio will bring me next time I see him?"
The face-shaped balloon: "Bang bang bang~~ Stay tuned~"
Pinocchio clearly loves maintaining different personas. Following "Yoro yoro" and "Whoosh whoosh whoosh," the face balloon also has its own unique verbal tic—"Ba ba ba."
"But compared to his clones, I'm more curious about what Mr. Pinocchio's real body is like, and whether he also has this strange laugh?"
Pinocchio didn't realize the glass was spying on him, because ever since he appeared as a face balloon, the glass had repeatedly complained about his strange laughter, with different clones having different laughs.
Clearly, the wine glass was also taking the opportunity to make a sarcastic remark.
The face on the balloon made an exaggerated "papapa" laugh, and after a moment, it replied: "As a fairy tale sculptor, different incarnations must have different fairy tales, and laughter is an element that makes the protagonist of the story vivid."
"But the original doesn't need this, because the original isn't a fairy tale, nor does it need to become vivid."
The wine glass understood.
In other words, the original being has no verbal tic.
While this alone couldn't determine Pinocchio's true form, it at least provided a clue. The wine glass was content and didn't press further—any more questions might arouse suspicion.
"I'll go see the other Yuki-onna first, and hopefully there will be good news."
With a casual wave of his hand, the wine glass turned and left the underground space, leaving behind only a long string of "papapa" laughter...
(End of this chapter)