booktalesy Chapter 4290 The Labyrinth of Interrogation
Chapter 4290 The Labyrinth of Interrogation
Chapter 4290 The Labyrinth of Interrogation
"Mr. Angell, what happened?"
The gray porcelain was right in front of Angor, so it clearly saw that Angor's expression suddenly changed halfway through his sentence, and then he fell silent.
This sudden turn of events made Gray Porcelain's heart pound, fearing that something unexpected had happened.
Angell's unusual behavior wasn't only noticed by Gray Porcelain; everyone else did too. After all, everyone's attention had been focused on him.
The rabbit girl couldn't help but step forward to check if something had happened.
Angel did not answer immediately; he seemed to be lost in thought and not paying attention to the outside world.
After a long while, Angell finally raised his head.
“Some minor mishaps have occurred.” Angell’s gaze swept over the group. “I may not be able to leave with you for the time being.”
"Why?" the rabbit girl asked immediately.
Angell remained silent for a moment, then gently shook his head, seemingly having no intention of speaking.
“Is there a problem with the Demon God’s divine will? Mr. Angell, we can face this together,” Gray Porcelain said.
The rabbit girl and Gabriel echoed in response.
Angel shook his head: "Don't overthink it. My silence doesn't mean a major accident has occurred, but rather that this matter involves some special circumstances."
As Angell finished speaking, he looked at the rabbit girl.
"Just like Mr. Sun and Ms. Moon..."
Angel simply mentioned two names, and the rabbit girl immediately understood, exclaiming in surprise, "Again...?"
Previously, during Luigi's conquest of the Uriel instance, a group of "travelers from afar" suddenly appeared, including Mr. Sun and Ms. Moon from Ravencrest.
Only Angell and Laplace and their group knew about this.
So when Angell mentioned those two names, the rabbit girl reacted almost instantly.
Someone else has come in!
However, considering that this matter was a closely guarded secret, she changed her words, omitting the middle words and simply using "again" to express her surprise.
Angel nodded slightly: "I don't know the specifics yet, I need to investigate further, but I can roughly guess... the reason."
"Therefore, I cannot leave with you for the time being."
After saying this, the rabbit girl did not object or ask any further questions. Instead, she turned to the others and said, "Let's leave first. We'll leave this to Angel."
Even the rabbit girl said so, and Gray Porcelain and Gabriel realized that this matter might really not be suitable for them to know.
They both nodded: "Okay."
On the other side, the Book Fairy was also curious about what had happened, but seeing that everyone else had agreed to leave, she couldn't force them to stay, so she floated up behind Gray Porcelain and the others.
"Should I leave too?" Normeffens asked hesitantly.
Angell glanced at it and hesitated, then said, "What you mean..."
Angell's sudden hesitation aroused everyone's curiosity. He had been very decisive in letting others leave before, but he hesitated when it came to Normefens.
Could this matter also be related to Normeffens?
Angel paused for two seconds, then finally said, "You should leave too, and take good care of Elan."
"Leave Elan to me with peace of mind." Nomefens nodded his large head, and his soft tail gently curled around Elan's waist, pulling him to his side.
Angel took one last look at the light gate surrounding the Prison of All Knowledge: "You may go."
The rabbit girl nodded and looked at Angel: "If anything happens, remember to contact me anytime, or you can contact Laplace too."
Angell nodded.
The rabbit girl understood that she couldn't handle this situation either, so she nodded and led everyone closer to the outer gate of light.
As they approached, text messages appeared on the light gate.
"The team's score for 'Rabbit Hole' has been calculated."
Progress Score: 100 points
Observer rating: 50 points
Total points: 150
"Your team score has entered the top ten of the 'Six-in-One Echo Library' rankings."
"The team leader has refused to disclose the challenge process."
This is the information that everyone sees when they approach the portal. Everyone had already seen it when the [Clearance Announcement] appeared, so no one paid much attention to it.
Below the score information, there are two options.
1. Leaderboard
2. Leave.
The leaderboard represents the final score rankings for the Echo Library, and it also allows you to see recordings of other teams that have published their challenge progress.
While Gray Porcelain and Gabriel were waiting for Angor to appear, they were bored, so they squatted here and kept watching other teams' challenge progress.
However, they certainly wouldn't choose the leaderboard now; instead, they chose to "leave."
One by one, figures walked into the portal and disappeared.
After they left, Angel also walked to the gate of light.
I chose to leave.
Yes, he also chose to leave.
The main point is that when the last squad leader, the rabbit girl from the rabbit hole, also chose to leave, the Library of Echoes entered a reset state.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, it will reconnect with the original "Echo Library" instance of Dream Crystal.
Angel will definitely be forced out at that time.
It's better to leave on your own than to be kicked out.
Anyway, this time the "otherworldly visitor" didn't enter the Echo Library, but went to... the Sealed Land.
Yes, it was indeed Normefens's territory.
This is why Angell hesitated suddenly when questioned by Normefens earlier. He could hide the truth from others, but he could never hide it from Normefens.
The moment Angel returned to the outside world, before his form was even fully revealed, he activated the teleportation card.
The next second, Angor returned to the sealed land.
He appeared outside the classical gate again.
His arrival was so sudden that even Normefens himself didn't react, still asleep in the relief of the classical gate.
Several seconds later, Normefens on the door opened its eyes, and a golden light floated out from the relief, landing on the ground and revealing its complete form.
"Mr. Angell, what brings you here?" Normeffens: "I was just over there with my clone..."
Angel waved his hand: "I'm here to take care of some things, you don't need to worry about it. You can also continue to stay with the clone."
Handling matters?
Could it be that the "accident" Angel mentioned earlier was something happening on the sealed land?
A hint of gossip flashed in Nomifens's eyes: "It's okay, I can operate on two fronts."
The reason why he was completely absorbed in the clone was mainly because there was nothing going on with his main body. But now that Angor has arrived and there seems to be an unexpected situation in his sealed land, Normefens naturally no longer focuses all his attention on the clone.
Angell finally nodded.
Even if you force it to focus on creating clones, it will be difficult to hide it from Nomefens. Since that's the case, there's no need to hide it.
"Mr. Angell, is the accident you mentioned something wrong on my end?" Nomefens asked curiously, turning to look at the classical gate behind him.
Although Angor had previously denied that there was a problem with the Demon God's divine sense, in its view, the biggest problem with the sealed land was only the Demon God's divine sense.
So its first instinct was to look at the classical gate.
Angor naturally saw its movements: "It's not the divine thought of the demon god. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be... something went wrong on the side of the Decayer."
“Withered, decayed, and dead?” Normefens was stunned.
"Hasn't the withered one already vanished along with the Chapter of the Heart?"
Angel shook his head. "The Decayers don't disappear; they just go offline. You'll understand what 'going offline' means once your clone spends some time in the outside world."
"In short, it did not disappear; it simply returned to the Heart Chapter of the Abyss."
"And now, it may have returned to the Dream Crystal Plains once again. And this sealed land of yours is based on the transformation of the Heart Chapter. It went offline here, and it will naturally go online here as well."
The above is a brief explanation given by Ingres.
But in truth, Angell harbored even deeper doubts.
As a "Dreamer," and with the Fairy Realm's authority having specifically assigned him the task of "Rekindling the Stars," Angor believed that it was only a matter of time before the Decayed One re-entered the Dream Crystal Plains.
However, the powers of the Fairy Realm will only summon the Decayers again after all dangers have been eliminated.
For example, once the Decayed One is away from the Cruel Scholar's attention, it can be summoned into the Dream Crystal Plains. This would not only prevent the Demon God's attention from threatening the Dream Crystal Plains, but also allow the Decayed One to naturally assume the role of "guide" in the Dream Crystal Plains.
But to my surprise, the decaying one knocked on the door again so soon.
Something is obviously wrong.
Moreover, the place they entered was not the outside world, but a sealed place.
This led Angor to deeply suspect that after the Decayers, the Little Demon Weeks, and Kagu went offline, the Cruel Scholar discovered something was wrong and then, through some means, brought them back onto the Dream Bridge in an attempt to re-invade the Dream Crystal Plains.
However, all of this is just his speculation. He will need to go to the place where the "power of authority" converges to find out the specifics.
……
"You want to go to the surface?" Normefens asked, seeing Angor pointing to the golden, flowing sea of hemp beneath the glass floor.
Angel nodded: "Take me there."
Although Nomefens was puzzled, considering Angor's solemn expression and the fact that the matter involved the "Decadent Ones," it nodded.
Normefens extended its front paw and gently stomped on the spot.
The glass floor rippled with concentric circles, like the surface of water, but with a faint golden glow.
The ripples quickly spread to Angell's location, and then he felt his feet slowly soften, as if he were stepping into damp sand. A gentle pulling force came from deep within, causing him to slowly sink in.
The moment my body was completely submerged in the ripples, a blinding golden light surged forth, and the rustling sound of flowing hemp collapsing filled my ears, as if the entire golden ocean was churning around me.
Angel instinctively held his breath, and his falling speed suddenly increased. The surrounding golden light transformed into countless golden threads, swiftly brushing past his clothes.
The feeling of weightlessness lasted only a moment.
The next second, Angel felt a buoyancy lift him up from below.
He opened his eyes and found that he had fallen from the golden sea of hemp and entered a place that resembled "mid-air".
There was nothing around me, just emptiness.
The only "thing" that existed beneath his feet was a huge square building.
It looks a bit like a chessboard?
As Angor pondered, Normefens's voice came from beside him: "The building below is the surface of the sealed land."
Normefens's true form also jumped into the ripples, and was now right next to Angor.
"In the words of a great being, that place is a special fairyland under my control, called the 'Labyrinth of Interrogation'."
"If a challenger enters the interrogation maze, they need to complete a challenge, and reaching the end is considered passing the challenge."
"The challenge is similar to the Chapter of the Heart you just experienced, requiring you to answer questions from the 'Wall of Questions.' If I approve, I'll let you pass; if I don't, you'll have to find another path..."
In short, it's similar to a question-and-answer game.
"Mr. Angell, would you like to give it a try? I believe that with your abilities, you can definitely pass it easily... According to the information I have, the Great Being will also give a reward after you pass the test!"
Normefens enthusiastically recommended that Angel try it. It had been looking for someone to test the "Interrogation Maze" and had previously planned to have its clones issue temporary cards to find a challenger to complete the test.
But it would be even better if Angell could help with the testing!
After all, it had witnessed Angell's performance in the Chapter of the Heart, and it was certain that he could clear the game if he participated.
Angel shook his head: "Not for now. I need to find the key coordinates. Let me in..."
Angor initially wanted Normefens to let him in, but then he suddenly thought of something: "Could you change the perspective so I can see the entire maze?"
Ingres himself can see things from a God's-eye view, but it would be much better if Normefens could directly change the perspective.
Normfins nodded: "It should be possible. My permissions at the surface level are higher than those at the inner level."
Having finished speaking, Normefens gently raised his claw and swung it.
Angell then noticed that the top of the square building below, which resembled a chessboard, was slowly disappearing, and he could clearly see the labyrinth inside from an overhead view.
The densely packed corridors are crisscrossed, with various mechanisms hidden and monsters lurking around. In addition, there are many walls that block the passageways and are obviously shiny, all of which have statues of lions with human faces.
If there are no surprises, these relief walls are the "Wall of Questions" that Normefens just mentioned.
Angell's gaze swept back and forth across the maze, supplemented by a god-like perspective, and after a moment, he locked onto a coordinate.
It was a long, dark corridor blocked at both ends.
The left side of the corridor is a dead end, while the right side is a wall of questions.
The anomalous coordinates discovered by Ingres were located in the center of the corridor.
On the surface, there was nothing unusual, but in Angel's view, a large amount of power was gathering here!
If nothing unexpected happens, the "otherworldly being" is currently lingering behind these coordinates.