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Chapter 3944: The Main Line of Change
Chapter 3944: The Main Line of Change
"In fact, if time is not a big issue, I highly recommend that you linger around the starting point. Because according to previous experience, there should be clues of fashion monsters near the starting point."
When Gleipnir and Starworm first entered the Modern City dungeon, they immediately encountered a plagiarist monster.
When Angel entered the Modern City dungeon, there was a carnival next to it, where there were clues to the "Traffic Bat" and the "Variety Elf".
Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, there should be clues about the fashion monsters near the initial location where Laplace, Sigismund and the others came in.
However, time is too tight now, and in order to avoid missing today's window, they have no choice but to give up.
Laplace and Sigismund had no regrets about this.
Laplace can stay in the Modern City to look for fashion monsters, but Sigimund is not interested in fashion monsters at all.
Therefore, the clues to the monsters that may exist at the starting point are irrelevant.
However, although Laplace did not care about this clue, he was very interested in the "opening benefit" mechanism of this copy.
"Opening bonus?" Angel shook his head after hearing this: "No, I don't think this is an opening bonus."
Although it sounds like getting a fashion monster clue at the beginning is an "invisible benefit", the factor of "time pressure" must be considered here.
They are under time pressure this time because the secret waters and the companion lake may be disconnected at any time, and the urgency is reflected here.
But for ordinary people at the beginning, their urgency lies in... the pressure of the main task.
Just think back to what happened with Gleipnir and the Starworms.
Their first main task was: "Reach Prada Media within the limited time."
The time limit here is only two hours.
There's a urgency here.
Within these two hours, they must complete four things: understand the modern city, integrate into the modern city, find the location of Prada Media, and arrive at the target location.
Each of these four things takes time.
Normal people start the game without Angel's God's perspective to cheat, so they want to confirm their position, so you can imagine how difficult it is.
In such a tight time, if you are attacked by fashion monsters at the beginning and enter the challenge space, then it is basically over, and the main quest will fail directly after two hours. You may even be in the challenge space doing tasks and be teleported out of the dungeon because of the failure of the main quest.
So, is this considered a "starting benefit"?
Angel didn't think it counted, it was more like a "kill at the start", a special test.
Test whether you have the "qualifications" or whether you understand "trade-offs".
Those who are qualified may be able to complete the challenge space in a short period of time and get on the right track, just like Gleipnir did.
If you don’t have the qualifications, you should make a choice, ignore any suspicious clues, and move forward with all your strength to push the main line.
For example, now they have abandoned the initial exploration and are heading straight for the goal.
Of course, their goals are temporarily irrelevant to the main storyline.
At this point, Angel suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, did you two enter the third step of the main mission directly?"
Previously, there were three challengers in Modern City, Angel, Gleipnir, and Starworm.
The main quests for the three of them are the same, and if one person completes it, the other two will follow suit. Of course, the rewards for completing it will vary depending on the contribution.
But the main task is absolutely synchronized.
So after Laplace and Sigismund enter the Modern City, will the main quests they accept be synchronized with them?
Laplace and Sigimund looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time: "No, we haven't reached the third step of the main storyline. We are still at the first step."
"Still at the first step?" There was a flash of surprise in Angel's eyes. He had always guessed that after they completed the main task 2, there would be a fundamental change to Prada Media Company. Then, if later people entered the copy, they should start directly from the new main line.
The result is not synchronized?
After a moment, a hint of realization flashed in Angel's eyes.
After Laplace's explanation, they are indeed still in "Main Mission 1 - Where the Dream Begins".
The mission objective was still to arrive at Prada Media within two hours, but there was a slight change in the mission overview.
The original mission overview simply gave a brief introduction to the background of Prada Media and the significance of the "beauty show" to the people of Modern City.
But now, the introduction at the front remains unchanged, and there is a new row of text introduction at the back.
"...Especially with the upcoming "beauty pageant", Prada Media, which has found the clown of Carnival Night, is already preparing to return to the top!"
From this sentence, it can be seen that the main task seems to be the same, but the core has changed.
This change will inevitably cause a chain reaction in the future.
Moreover, there is a high probability that this change will be reflected in the main mission 2.
Because the main line 2 was previously about persuading Yusup, but now Yusup has actually been persuaded and has changed the direction of the "beauty show", so the main line 2 will definitely change.
Ingres even suspected that latecomers might not even have Main Line 2, but would jump directly from Main Line 1 to Main Line 3.
We will know whether this is true or not when Laplace receives the main storyline 2.
……
"It seems that you have to replan your route." Angel looked at Laplace and Sigimund, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Before, Anger thought that after they entered the dungeon, they would be synchronized to the main line 3, so he did not take the main line time limit into account. After all, the countdown for the main line 3 was a full fifteen days.
But now they are on Main Line 1, which means that if they don't reach Prada Media within two hours, the mission will fail.
The penalty for failing the main quest is to be directly kicked out of the dungeon and unable to attack the current dungeon again for a short period of time.
If Sigimund goes to the Dark Corner, he should not be sent out of the copy, after all, the power of the fairyland has not spread to the Dark Corner.
But what if Sigismund comes back from the dark corner?
It would be bad if he was directly transferred out of the Modern City dungeon because of the failure of the main line 1.
So, Angel can only re-plan the route now.
First send them to Prada Media Company to complete the main line 1. If the window period of the hidden waters has not passed by then, then go to the hidden waters.
If the window period has passed, wait until tomorrow.
After all, the secret waters are connected to the companion lake every day, but if the main mission fails, there will be no way to re-enter the base in a short period of time.
Ingres could still tell which was more important.
Laplace and Sigismund naturally had no objections and followed Ingres's arrangements in everything.
Ingres turned on the God's perspective and replanned the route.
After a moment, a gleam of light flashed in Angel's eyes. "If we take the conventional route, we can first take the city train to Prada Media to complete the main route, and then go to the hidden waters. If there is no delay along the way, it will probably take more than fifty minutes."
"But if we take shortcuts, the time limit can be reduced to half an hour."
According to Angel's personal analysis, the connection between the hidden waters and the companion lake can probably be maintained for half an hour to an hour.
In other words, if you take a shortcut, you will definitely reach the hidden waters.
But if you take the conventional route, there is a chance that you will miss today's window.
Angel raised his head: "So, do you choose to take a shortcut? Or do you choose to take the conventional way?"
After saying this, both Ingres and Laplace focused their attention on Sigismund, because he was the protagonist this time.
It was up to Sigimund to choose whether to stay in the Modern City for another day or to rush to the Hidden Waters as soon as possible.
Sigimund did not hesitate: "Take a shortcut."
Compared to the prosperous and stable modern city, he prefers the dark corners full of unknown dangers.
Moreover, before coming here, Sigimund had already learned all kinds of information about the Modern City from Laplace, which naturally included information about fashion magic.
Fashion magic has all kinds of magical abilities, which are indeed dazzling, but these are basically auxiliary abilities and have little to do with combat.
As a warrior with a passion for swords, Sigismund longed for battle.
Hone your skills through combat.
However, the Modern City obviously could not satisfy Sigismund's desires, as there were almost no combat professionals here.
So, instead of wasting time here, it’s better to go to the dark corner early to take a look.
As for staying in the modern city to relax for a day? Sigimund never had such an idea. As an ascetic monk, he would not covet any leisure, not even for a day.
Looking at Sigimund's determined eyes, Angel nodded slightly: "Okay, let's take a shortcut."
The so-called shortcut is actually to take the ring train.
However, under the leadership of Angel, they did not enter the train car, but climbed onto the roof.
Because of the illusion, no one noticed that there were three people standing on the roof of the train, flying over the city as the speeding train passed by.
"The holographic projections and flashing neon lights on the train are very unique when viewed from a distance. But if you look closely, it's just..." Laplace's voice came.
Although they were in a speeding carriage at the moment, they were not affected by the wind and rain because of the protection of the barrier, and their conversation was not affected.
Angel looked back and saw Laplace standing in the neon light, with a purple-red halo projection in his eyes.
The "neon" here refers to the holographic projections on the outer shell of the train. The lights with a purple-red base tone flash, reflecting the advertisements of major conglomerates or fashion studios.
For example, at this moment, light and shadows kept flickering on Laplace's face. If you look closely, you can see the words "Charming sweetheart, date tonight".
These neon lights and projections are very distinctive when viewed from a distance, but when you are in them, your eyes will swell, as if you are in a sea of light pollution.
Angel: "It's really uncomfortable, but it doesn't matter, we are almost there."
Laplace was stunned: "Almost there?"
They boarded the bus at the North 15th District. According to the station map, they had to sit at least several more stations, first going to the South District before finally transferring to the North 9th District.
As a result, it hasn’t been long since we got on the roof of the car and we’ve arrived?
Angel nodded and pointed to a low area like a slum below: "That is Prada Media Company in the North 9th District. According to the conventional route, we will have to go around for at least ten minutes before we arrive."
"But now..."
"Just jump down."
After saying that, Angel jumped directly from the roof of the speeding car.
Seeing this, Laplace and Sigismund jumped without any hesitation.
The track of the city train was in mid-air, 80 meters above the ground, and everything on the surface looked like a black dot. But as Angel and the others landed, the black dot slowly grew larger, as if it had evolved from a pixel block into a human form...
As they were falling rapidly, Angel manipulated the power of the changing celestial phenomena.
A strong wind suddenly arose out of nowhere.
An upward force of wind slowed their descent until the force of the impact reached an acceptable level.
boom--
The air currents stirred up the scattered dust.
Angel and his two companions landed safely.
……
After the power of the changing celestial phenomena has evolved, its application methods have also allowed Ingres to play with a variety of ways.
Just like the “wind cushion” just now, and now the “wind push”.
After they landed, Angel summoned the breeze to surround them. Every time they took a step forward, the wind would help them, as if the wind was gently pushing them from behind, reducing the air resistance when they moved quickly.
Originally, after they landed, they were not far from Prada Media Company.
With the help of "wind push", they arrived at the starting point of the dream mentioned in the main line at an extremely fast speed.
The moment they entered the Prada building, Main Line 1 was completed.
At the same time, Laplace and Sigismund received the reward for the main storyline 1 mission... a rumor.
Compared to their previous three rumors, the reward this time was obviously reduced.
Most importantly, this rumor is somewhat related to them.
"Rumor has it that at the Netos garbage dump in the North 15th District, employees working the early morning shift have recently seen the shadow of a hunchbacked old man near the garbage dump. They speculated that it might be a nearby scavenger who sneaked in in the middle of the night to steal garbage."
The starting point of their entry into the dungeon this time was a garbage dump in the North District 15.
They didn't notice the name, but if nothing unexpected happened, it should be the Netos garbage dump.
"It feels like the power of Wonderland has transformed the 'opening benefit' into the rumored reward for the main quest..." Angel thought to himself. If they had searched the garbage dump for a while, they might have directly triggered the clue of the fashion monster. At that time, the rumored reward for the main quest would probably change accordingly.
However, these are not too important for the time being. What Angel is more curious about now is what changes will happen in the main line 2?
This time, Angel did not ask any questions, but directly captured the information around Laplace and Sigismund through his power vision.
After reading the objectives of Main Line 2, Angel showed an expression of "as expected".
Indeed, after they completed Main Line 2, the Main Line 2 of the latecomers also changed.
The original plot 2 was: "Within the limited time, use all means and methods to convince the main planner of the beauty pageant to make everything right."
Today’s main storyline 2 is a simple sentence: “Join Prada Media.”