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Chapter 4189 Evening Bells of Night City
Chapter 4189 Evening Bells of Night City
The four levels that have not yet been cleared are: Angels on Earth, Echo Library, Scarborough Front, and Night City Evening Bell.
As for the information about the Library of Echoes, Maggie had already listened to it along with us, so there's no need to repeat it in detail.
The additional backstory provided for Maggie mainly focuses on the remaining three levels.
"Earth Angels come from the World Grinding Sun instance, and a maximum of ten people can challenge them. Not much information has been disclosed yet, but the known information is that they are... essential flying units. Otherwise, encountering Earth Fungus Spores is basically a death sentence."
After introducing the angels on earth, Gabriel then brought up the "Scarbug Front".
"The Scarbugi Front, just like its name suggests, is a battlefield confrontation. We will play as members of an annihilation squad, shuttling and fighting across several huge floating islands."
"Our goal is to find the enemy and kill the enemy."
This level is relatively simple. At least based on the current information, the core is not complicated. Destroying the opponent is the key to victory.
However, it should be noted that the map for this level is extremely vast.
Currently, three large floating islands and more than a dozen medium and small floating islands are known. The area of the small floating islands is already similar to that of Silver Coral Island, not to mention the medium and large floating islands.
Locating and searching for extremely scattered enemies within such a vast island is actually quite time-consuming.
In terms of difficulty, even Gray Porcelain didn't find it that hard—especially after witnessing the fighting prowess of the rabbit girl and Angel.
But passing this level is a bit difficult.
“I heard from people at the contestant camp that it seems you need to achieve a completion rate of over 70% to trigger the perfect challenge.”
"But achieving 70% completion is very difficult. Firstly, the enemies are quite scattered, requiring constant movement between multiple floating islands; secondly, the enemy spawn mechanism is random, and they don't only spawn when killed, they may spawn even if not killed."
This refresh mechanism also means that even if you use a "full map" cheat, you may not be able to efficiently farm monsters.
You cleared out Island A, then went to the distant Island B; when you turned back, you found that Island A had respawned. By the time you ran back to Island A, the monsters there had already respawned and left.
This refresh mechanism turns this level into an extremely long battleground.
Some teams felt it was too time-consuming and even chose to concede defeat and quit the level.
“From my personal perspective, I wouldn’t recommend tackling this level now,” Gabriel said. “It’s better to save this level for last.”
When you need to save time in the early stages, there's no need to complete these slow-paced levels.
It's more appropriate to come back to this level after you've conquered all the other levels.
Gabriel's statement was met with agreement from the crowd.
The Scarbugi front isn't particularly difficult, but it has a very low priority. Even if Angor could use his god-like perspective to lock onto the monsters, he might not be able to complete the level within a day or two.
Therefore, we'll put it later.
"Now that we've finished discussing the Scarborough front, all that's left is 'Night City Evening Bells'."
Just as Gabriel was about to speak, Gray Porcelain suddenly spoke up timidly, her voice tinged with uncertainty: "Um... Night City Evening Bell, shall I introduce it?"
“Okay.” Gabriel didn’t mind, and nodded slightly as he manipulated the illusion puppet to speak.
Maggie's gaze also fell on the gray porcelain.
Gray Porcelain shrank back, as if recalling something unpleasant. After a moment of hesitation, he slowly spoke: "In my opinion, Night City Evening Bell is the most terrifying level right now, because it has ghosts inside..."
"Currently, there isn't much information available about the Night City Evening Bell checkpoint. We can only learn from the checkpoint's background information that the checkpoint is set in a peculiar human city."
The city is called "Night Rolando" and is also known as the City of Night.
The main inhabitants of Night City are humans, but there is a peculiar rule here: day and night are governed separately.
The city is divided by the daily chimes of the clock tower in the city center—daytime belongs to the living, and nighttime belongs to the ghosts.
But for some reason, the evening bells of Night City suddenly stopped ringing, the boundary between day and night became blurred, and humans and ghosts entered into a chaotic situation.
The above is an introduction to the background of the Night City Evening Bell level.
From the perspective of background alone, this level doesn't seem to have anything special about it; it's a very common chaotic start.
"But the strange thing is... so far, no team has left this level."
According to the information currently available in the player camp, since the Sandbox Wonderland opened, many teams have chosen this level, but so far, no team has managed to escape from it!
In other levels, losing will teleport you directly back to the camp, and you can also voluntarily admit defeat if you don't want to continue; so if you are willing, you can find information about the corresponding levels in the player camp.
The "Night City Evening Bell" level is the most unique; whether you succeed or fail is anyone's guess.
It's like a strange, deep black hole, only taking in and never coming out.
In addition, the background involves "ghosts," which has led to the most terrifying rumors about this level, such as ghosts replacing people, ghosts devouring people's consciousness, and causing people to fall into eternal sleep, etc.
Because of these rampant rumors, according to Gray Porcelain, it seems that no teams have chosen to attempt Night City Evening Bell in the past day.
"...My suggestion is that we shouldn't go against the current. Anyway, we should be able to get first place by conquering the other levels..." After introducing Night City Evening Bell, Gray Porcelain immediately expressed his thoughts.
This is also why it proactively introduced the Night City Evening Bell.
If forced to choose, it would rather conquer the Scarborough front than come to Night City Evening Bell.
"You're just afraid of ghosts, aren't you?" Gabriel manipulated the illusion puppet, glancing sideways at Gray Porcelain, his tone slightly teasing.
Gray Porcelain immediately retorted, "Aren't you afraid?"
"What am I afraid of?" The illusion puppet shrugged. "According to your classification of gods and ghosts, am I not half a 'ghost' myself?"
Gray Porcelain was stunned for a moment before belatedly realizing that Gabriel's race was: Chaotic Malicious Mouth.
In the minds of the various races in the Mirror Realm of Daylight, Chaotic Mouth is a typical Mirror Ghost.
When they first met, Gray Porcelain was terrified of Gabriel, fearing he might swallow it whole with a single grin. But as it got to know him better, it discovered that Gabriel wasn't the "evil spirit" it had imagined at all; with the help of the illusion doll, he even became quite the chatterbox.
Therefore, the freakish view of Gabriel held by the gray porcelain gradually faded...
“What you said does make some sense; you really are a mirror ghost.” Gray Porcelain stroked his smooth porcelain chin, somewhat persuaded, but quickly frowned again. “But ghosts are different from mirror ghosts! They don’t even have a physical form; floating around like that is so creepy!”
"Have you seen it with your own eyes?"
Gray Porcelain shook her head: "I've never seen it, but that's what it says in books!"
"The book even mentions people falling in love with ghosts. Why don't you learn to believe in that?" Gabriel rolled his eyes as he manipulated the puppet, his tone full of exasperation.
No matter how much Gabriel tried to sabotage it, whenever Gray Porcelain thought of "ghosts," a fear would inevitably appear on its porcelain face—even though it didn't know what real ghosts looked like, the fear stemming from the unknown and rumors just wouldn't subside.
But it’s normal to think about it.
Gray Porcelain's "danger sense" talent was born from its vigilance and caution against all unknown dangers. If it could suppress its fear with just a few words, it would not have been able to acquire such a powerful talent.
“Grey Porcelain is right. If we can perfectly clear one or two more levels, we can indeed take first place without tackling Night City Evening Bell.” The rabbit girl initially agreed with Grey Porcelain, but the next second, she changed the subject: “But, if we don’t tackle Night City Evening Bell, how will we gain the favor of the observers inside?”
The two observers currently in use, whether it's Montessori or Maggie, are both extremely capable.
The rabbit girl even had a premonition that the observer turning into a "follower" might be the reward that the Fairy Realm's powers were giving to the Sandbox Master.
After all, to become the master of a sand table and manage such a large territory, you need a strong team.
Thus, the observer came into being.
Montessori's grasp of the big picture and Maggie's attention to detail are both essential for managing a region. Moreover, they both possess previously untapped abilities...
Maggie's blessing ability alone is powerful enough. I can't even imagine what kind of abilities Montedan will unlock.
In short, after getting to know the two observers, the rabbit girl became very interested in the other observers. If possible, she would naturally want to bring all the observers under her wing.
However, there is a prerequisite for getting observers to follow the rabbit hole: they must enter the level and receive an observer's rating.
If you don't even enter the levels, or enter but don't get a score, even if the observer is willing, they cannot break through the constraints of the rules.
Therefore, even though Night City Evening Bell is really dangerous, Rabbit Girl feels it's worth the risk for the sake of potential observers.
"...However, whether or not to prioritize it requires further discussion among everyone."
After the rabbit girl finished expressing her thoughts, Gray Porcelain fell silent.
It turned to look at Montessori and Maggie, then sighed silently. The leader was right; from a broader perspective, both the Dream Mirror Organization and the future management of Rabbit Town desperately needed observers…
"We should use the strategy guide, but maybe we can leave it for later..." Gray Porcelain said hesitantly.
As soon as it finished speaking, Montedan suddenly spoke up: "Night City Evening Bell hasn't revealed any information yet, which is very unusual. In my experience, the more 'secret' a checkpoint is, the more complex the internal situation tends to be."
He paused, then looked at everyone and added, "Rather than a level whose details are completely unknown, I prefer Gray Porcelain's idea. Let's postpone it and prioritize the levels for which we already have some basic information; the risk will be much lower."
Hearing that Montedan was on her side, Gray Porcelain immediately breathed a sigh of relief and secretly gave him a grateful look.
After Montedan finished speaking, Angell looked at Maggie.
"Does Miss Maggie have any thoughts?"
Maggie rested her elbows on the stone table, her chin on her hands: "I think Montedan is right. It's better to conquer a known level with more information than a level with no information."
"If you ask me, the Library of Echoes would be a good fit. The information that Thereta gave us just now was very detailed; she explained almost all of its internal mechanisms."
Gray Porcelain said softly, "But the Echo Library is going to seal away the gods!"
Maggie tilted her head: "So what? Didn't you hunt Nereids before? You can even hunt abyssal dragons, so what's sealing a god?"
"Besides, there are plenty of gods in this world."
"Back when I was still in Konnord, I heard that the Nen Master Association had a Conquest Department that would send powerful Nen Masters to conquer other worlds."
“That includes the wizarding world of the Southern Region.” Maggie glanced at Angor, then shrugged. “But we can’t even get into the outer ring world of the Southern Region…”
"However, that's not important. What I want to say is that when the Mind Master Association is conquering other worlds, it will always encounter some local gods. Not all of these gods are actually powerful. Many gods are just nominally powerful, but their actual strength is only average."
"Therefore, don't take gods too seriously."
At this point, Maggie seemed to remember something and muttered under her breath, "Don't be like my parents."
As if she had heard something, Gray Porcelain instinctively asked, "Your parents?"
Maggie waved her hand and casually said, "Didn't I mention before that my parents are from the Druna plane? They used to be priests of the Alma Temple. Even after they settled in the Hante world, they still prayed to the Alma god every day... The teacher advised them many times to stop praying, saying that Alma wouldn't dare to respond, but they wouldn't listen."
At this point, Maggie added, "At first, when my parents prayed, Aruma could sense them and even performed miracles. But my teacher and other spiritualists destroyed them. Afterwards, Aruma's will descended several more times, but it was all wiped out... In the end, He dared not come again, and He didn't even dare to answer prayers."
"So you see, even the Outer Gods of the Druna plane are terrified of being killed, what are you still worried about?"
However, Maggie's words were only meant to encourage Gray Porcelain.
The power levels of the Outer Gods in the Druna plane vary greatly. There are weak gods like Alma, but there are also powerful gods who can dominate the entire universe.
"Most importantly, it's not like we're asking you to hunt gods, it's just about sealing them away."
Gray Porcelain murmured, "...I wouldn't dare to seal it either."
Maggie sighed, feeling somewhat disappointed in Gray Porcelain, mainly because she didn't know much about it.
The others, on the other hand, remained completely unperturbed.
That's just how Gray Porcelain is. Even if they say they're going to tackle the seemingly easiest "Scarbugi Front," Gray Porcelain will find some excuse to back down—even though Gray Porcelain himself previously stated that this level wasn't difficult.
Therefore, you can listen to the opinions of those who are involved in gray porcelain, but don't take them too seriously.
Angell then looked at Gabriel: "What are your thoughts?"
Gabriel: "Except for the Scarbugi front, which will be ranked last, I don't care about the others... Anyway, I'm determined to get in this time!"
"Even the gray porcelain has gone in, but I haven't gone in yet. This won't do! Absolutely not!"