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Chapter 4129 Nightmare
Chapter 4129 Nightmare
Through the window of the dilapidated hut, Angell saw Gray Porcelain and the Rabbit Girl still searching for clues outside.
He had intended to call them now and inform them of the situation.
But after thinking about it, he decided to hold off for now and investigate the "bubble space" further before making any decisions.
Thinking of this, Angel took a deep breath, then leaned against the threshold of the wooden house, closed his eyes again, and entered a god-like perspective.
The moment the God's perspective was activated.
Angell found himself no longer in the dilapidated wooden hut, but in a pitch-black bubble space.
The pitch-black film created a circular bubble space.
There was nothing else in this bubble space except... Angel's body.
Angell's body curled up as if entering the womb, suspended in the dark bubble.
Its eyes were tightly closed, as if it were fast asleep.
Ingres had seen his "body" from a god's-eye view more than once, but this time was the only one that surprised him greatly.
He originally thought that since he had entered "Nereid", his body should also be inside the checkpoint, but that was not the case.
His body was now inside the black bubble, but "Nereid" was nowhere to be seen.
Angell observed his own body from a special perspective and sensed a faint energy within the bubbles.
After a moment's thought, he roughly understood his current situation.
He is trapped in a nightmare.
What is a "nightmare"? This is actually a word that Ingres just coined. Nightmare plus illusion, that's what we call a nightmare.
The "Nereid" he entered earlier was not a real place, but a nightmare created by the power of the fairy realm.
To put it more bluntly, it's a large-scale mental illusion.
Because it combines the powers of nightmares and dreams, and is made of materials built from the underlying rules of the fairy realm, even when Angor entered it, he did not notice anything unusual for a while.
It wasn't until Ingres used an "extra-theory" approach, opening up a God's-eye view and detaching his vision from the physical body, that he discovered the anomaly.
"I never imagined that the Nereid I just entered was just a dream," Angor murmured. "Where is the real Nereid then?"
The real Nereid must exist.
This is because, before entering the instance, Angor had explored the miniature garden levels in the sandbox wonderland using his powers.
He clearly saw Nereid.
And that Nereid must be the real Nereid.
But where exactly is it?
With a sense of doubt, Angell continued to raise his field of vision, intending to break through the "black bubble" and look outside.
Breaking through the bubble space's field of vision was smooth and easy; Angell entered the "outside-bubble field of vision" with ease.
When Angell entered this new field of vision, he was once again shocked by what he saw.
Outside the pitch-black bubble was a void.
Dozens of bubbles floated up and down in the void.
And the bubble where Angell was located was also mixed in with it.
Seeing this, a guess arose in Angell's mind: since his body was inside a bubble, did that mean that there might be a person in every bubble here?
With this question in mind, Angell turned his gaze to the two nearest bubbles.
As expected, he saw the sleeping gray porcelain and rabbit girl inside the bubble.
Sure enough, they, like me, entered the [Nightmare Version - Nereid].
After leaving their bubble, Angell gazed into the distance, looking at the other bubbles rising and falling around him...
From God's perspective, Angor easily entered one of the bubbles and saw the Mirror Dragon sleeping inside.
Angor didn't recognize it, but he had seen it before in the Hundred Dragon Kingdom's party.
Among the two nearby bubbles, Angor saw two other mirror dragons from the Hundred Dragon Kingdom, one of which he recognized as Kuntra.
So without a doubt, they are a team and chose "Nereid" as the challenge level.
Afterward, Angell looked at most of the bubbles floating around him. Everyone in them looked familiar; they were all challengers participating in the Sandbox Wonderland.
The most numerous of them are mirror dragons.
This result was not unexpected.
It is now almost certain that anyone who chose the "Nereid" level will arrive at this bubble area in the void.
Nereid itself comes from the Kirishima Dragon Tomb.
In a sense, the Mirror Dragon has monopolized the Kirishima Dragon Tomb dungeon, so it's quite reasonable that most Mirror Dragons choose Nereid when they see related levels.
However, what these challengers didn't know was that the "Nereid" they entered was just a nightmare.
As for where the real Nereid is?
Angell looked down.
Below this void, there is a bright, round dot that shines like a lighthouse in the darkness, impossible to ignore.
Angell had been focused on the bubbles and hadn't gone there immediately.
But now that he had finished looking at the surrounding bubbles, his gaze naturally fell on the light spot below.
Although he hadn't gone there yet, he had a rough idea of what the "spot of light" was...
As God pondered, His vision swiftly swept across the scale of the void, drawing ever closer to the luminous dot.
As he approached, the glowing dot slowly grew from a tiny point into a giant glowing dot. Finally, even before Angell had truly gotten close, he could already see the outline of a miniature garden!
It was Nereid!
Or rather, the real Nereid!
It was also the empty space he saw when he first observed the sand table wonderland miniature garden from the outside.
With some strange thoughts in mind, Angor continued to let his God's-eye view descend, preparing to enter Nereid's miniature garden to explore further.
But just then, he saw another bubble in the void near the Nereid Garden.
Unlike the pitch-black bubbles everyone had been in before, this bubble was luminous and dazzling. Angel didn't even need to look inside; through the luminous bubble membrane, he could see the outline of a human figure.
"There's still someone here?"
"Is he a challenger, or..."
With a sense of doubt, Angell zoomed in, and finally, he saw the "person" inside the bubble.
They are called "people", but they are not actually human.
This is a strange life form that possesses both human characteristics and demonic horns. In the abyss, it is known as... a half-blood demon.
Half-blood demons are hybrids born from the union of abyssal natives and demons.
"Hybrid" is a euphemism; in the Abyss, they are called mongrels. They are hunted by demons and are also disliked by the native inhabitants, making them a very marginalized group.
However, after the Night Lord achieves legendary status, the situation of half-blood demons in the Barren Surface might change slightly. After all, the Night Lord is also a half-blood demon.
Back to the topic.
Angor was certain that there were no half-blood demon challengers in this Sandbox Wonderland challenge.
It could even be said that there were no half-blood demons in Dream Crystal to begin with.
The only half-blood demon is the guardian of the Kirishima Dragon Tomb: Shi Zhen.
But Angor was certain that the half-blooded demon inside the glowing bubble was not Shi Zhen.
So who could he be?
Angell didn't know his identity, but he had a guess in his mind...
Before entering the Sandbox Wonderland, the dungeon rules mentioned that each level has a special NPC, and the team recognized by this NPC will receive a bonus of fifty points.
Previously, no matter how hard Angell searched, he couldn't find the NPC.
If nothing unexpected happens, this half-blooded demon in front of us is the so-called NPC...
This guy was sleeping outside the Nereid Garden; no wonder we hadn't discovered him before.
Angor sighed inwardly, bidding a temporary farewell to the half-blood demon whose identity was currently unknown, and turned his gaze back to the miniature garden.
In any case, their most important task now is to conquer the Nereid level.
Although the entire Rabbit Hole team is currently in the [Nightmare Version - Nereid], barring any unforeseen circumstances, the internal maps of the Nightmare Version and the real version of the levels should be the same.
In other words, what Angor needs most right now is the distribution of elemental gems within the Kerfel mine. He can easily pinpoint their locations in the Miniature Garden and then locate them in the Nightmare Edition.
However, observing the distribution of gems was just a side effect; what Angor was more curious about was why there were Nightmare and Real versions.
Also, how do they get into the real-life version of the levels?
With many questions in mind, Angell, using God's perspective, entered the miniature garden.
five minutes later.
Angell quietly withdrew from the sandbox.
He wanted to find "tricks" and "information" within the miniature garden version, but just like what he had seen outside, there was no other life in the miniature garden except for the sleeping Nereid; nor could he find any usable clues.
How to get to the real Nereid remains a mystery.
However, after careful consideration, Angell decided to put the issue aside for the time being.
The answer is most likely not in the real-life version of the miniature garden, but in the [Nightmare Version: Nereid].
So, let's clear the Nightmare version first; maybe then we can find the key to the real miniature garden.
……
Angel opened his eyes.
He was still in the dilapidated wooden hut, and everything around him felt incredibly real.
But having experienced the vision of God, Ingres knew that what he was seeing was nothing but a dream.
He gathered his thoughts and then walked out of the cabin.
In the center of the gathering place outside, Rabbit Girl and Gray Porcelain were already waiting for him.
"We didn't find a map, but the mining tools here are quite complete," Gray Porcelain said. "There are even mining shovels with special mining abilities."
Gray Porcelain pointed to a grayish-brown, unremarkable shovel on the ground.
Next to the shovel, there was a three-meter-long deep hole.
This is something I just casually dug out of the gray porcelain.
It can easily dig through soil and rocks without harming any energy-containing items, such as elemental gems.
It's an absolute mining marvel!
When Gray Porcelain first got his hands on the shovel, he didn't realize its extraordinary nature until he activated it by digging in the soil, at which point the relevant information appeared in the text box.
"Wonderland Item: Kerf Mining Shovel"
"A product of the Sixfold Patch, a relic from the Keye Mine. It increases mining speed, resonates with minerals containing elemental energy (such as elemental gems), and automatically avoids energy crystal structures during mining."
This item cannot be taken out of the level.
Even if you use this shovel as a regular shovel, it's still quite good for construction and excavation.
Unfortunately, it can only be used in the Keye mining area and cannot be taken out.
However, for Gray Porcelain, this was already quite good. With this shovel, their gem-digging speed would be incredibly fast... and the appearance of this shovel also proved once again that their strategy of using elemental gems to conquer Nereid was absolutely correct!
Otherwise, there would be no need for Wonderland Powers to include such a "level-specific item".
The only downside is that there are no maps rich in gems, so it will probably take a long time to collect all the elemental gems needed to conquer Nereid.
After Gray Porcelain and the Rabbit Girl explained their situation, they looked at Angel.
"I've searched almost everything here, but there aren't any useful clues in the cabin."
Disappointment flashed across their faces upon hearing the result. But the next second, Angell's words made them prick up their ears:
"Although nothing was found in the cabin, as an illusion wizard, I discovered a secret."
"Hidden?" Gray Porcelain and the Rabbit Girl looked at Angel with confusion.
Angel nodded and slowly said, "This world may not be real, but a dream."
Gray Porcelain and the Rabbit Girl originally thought that Angor had discovered some important clues, such as a strategy for killing Nereid.
But to their surprise, Angell's words left them completely dumbfounded.
What?
They were all ready to fight the evil dragon, but Angor said it was all a lie?
Angell shook his head: "A dream doesn't mean it's false."
Gray Porcelain: "???"
Angell: "Think about it carefully. With so many teams entering the Sandbox Wonderland, it's certain that some teams chose the same level repeatedly."
"I used to think that the Wonderland powers might have created countless versions of the same level, so everyone was trying to conquer their own little level."
"But once I entered, I realized that all these levels were created by the illusion."
"In other words, we are conquering it in a dream."
"However, although the levels are illusions, the progress is real."
Angel gestured for everyone to check the progress on the text bar.
After discovering the "Wonderland Item: Kerf Mining Shovel" in Gray Porcelain, the progress bar has moved forward slightly, reaching 1%.
Although it's not much, it still means that there has been progress in this level!
It's worth noting that when the police tower squad finished the challenge and were kicked out of the instance, their progress bar was still stuck at 0%.
So, they haven't even seen Nereid yet, but the progress bar is already moving forward, which is already better than the police tower squad.
"So, don't worry about whether this is a dream or not. As long as the progress is still moving forward, then the dream is real."