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Chapter 4433 Dawn Points
Chapter 4433 Dawn Points
After seeing Dawn City outside the window, Blanche prepared to go out and check the situation.
She walked down the steps on one side of the stage to the audience seats, and then followed the aisle to the back of the theater lobby, where she could see the slightly ajar door at the very back.
Just as she reached out to open the door, a "whoosh" sound came from behind her.
At the same time, a great golden light shone behind them, illuminating the entire theater.
Even though Blanche had her back to the stage, she could still feel the golden light emanating from her.
She turned around in confusion, only to see that the stone pillar in the center of the stage was now radiating an incomparably dazzling golden light.
Moreover, these rays of light converge at the top of the stone pillar, as if accumulating power.
The next second, an even more intense light transformed into a golden pillar of light that shot straight up to the theater ceiling...
Normally, the ceiling would be illuminated with spots of light and diffused, but at this moment, there were no diffused spots of light on the ceiling. It was as if... the beam of light was not blocked by the ceiling, but passed through the physical shackles and reached the heavens!
Blanche waited for a while and found that the golden light on the stone pillar had not dimmed.
She hesitated for a moment, but decided to turn back and go to the stone pillar to see what was going on.
She quickly returned to the stage.
Golden light danced around the stone pillar, like golden butterflies fluttering their wings and swirling around it.
It's incredibly dreamy, yet not at all glaring.
She cautiously reached out and touched the stone pillar.
Nothing happens.
She then tried to "resonate" with the stone pillar through meditation, and this time there was some reaction... She vaguely saw the pillar of light seem to be soaring into the sky, reaching the clouds.
Looking down, you can even see the outline of the city's buildings rising and falling.
However, the view wasn't very clear, as the city below was still shrouded in dense fog. Although not as thick as the fog in the previous secret room, it was still quite dense. Only the tips of some buildings could be vaguely seen through the fog.
The "resonance" lasted only a few seconds before Blanche felt a wave of mental exhaustion, as if she were being pricked by needles.
She quickly let go of his hand and took a few steps back.
"Was that... the perspective of the beam of light?" Although Blanche clearly saw some outlines of city buildings, she was still unsure whether it was the perspective of the beam of light, because that perspective was too blurry, with a hazy feeling like looking at flowers through a fog.
However, to find out whether it's actually the perspective of a beam of light, we'll have to go outside and check it out.
From that vantage point, she vaguely saw several beams of light shooting into the sky from different directions nearby.
In other words, it's not just one beam of light.
Therefore, by simply going out and checking if there is a golden pillar of light in the corresponding direction, we can determine whether the perspective of the pillar of light we just saw was real.
Thinking of this, Blanche didn't linger by the stone pillar any longer. She went off the stage again and prepared to leave the theater to go out and have some fun.
Push open the door.
Outside was a narrow, secluded corridor.
There was still no one there. Blanche walked down the corridor, her lonely footsteps echoing in the air.
"There's also a theater here, and it's beautifully decorated."
"Huh, the previous theaters were already big enough, but this one is even bigger... This must be the main hall."
Blanche saw several theaters along the way, and from their layout, it was clear that this was a very large theater... which perfectly matched the setting of the "Dream Theater".
Upon arriving at the ticket counter, Blanche saw an empty counter with only a few scattered ticket stubs.
She finally saw the name of the theater from the text on the ticket stub.
Just as she had thought, this place was indeed the Dream Theater.
“My stone pillar is the Dream Pillar, and I happen to be in the Dream Theater... So, are the positions of the other people also related to the distribution of images on the stone pillars?”
Thinking of this, Blanche recalled that the stone pillar of her teacher was engraved with a solitary peak pattern.
"Could it be that the teacher has gone to the summit of some mountain?"
If this conjecture is correct, then Guleimo went to the Sacred Courtyard? And Mr. Sun went to the City Lord's Mansion?
However, these stone pillars correspond to actual locations, but what about the stone pillars that do not correspond to actual locations?
For example, the Cloud Wind Pillar in Rigota—the cloud wind is a song, but where does that point? Could it be a choir?
Furthermore, the Moon Lady's Twilight Raven Pillars, according to her conjecture, are derived from the "Raven City" setting in a certain novel. This is a concept, but where does it point to?
Besides, Blanche was also puzzled by Uriel's tower and stone pillars. The tower represented the Tower of the Universe, which had long been demolished. So where did Uriel go? He couldn't possibly have gone to a different timeline, could he?
Blanche walked outside, lost in thought.
Finally, she arrived at the exit of the Dream Theater.
Although she hadn't left the theater yet, she could already see the streets outside and the wisps of mist drifting through them.
The entire long street was shrouded in mist.
When she went outside, she discovered that not only the entire street, but the entire city was submerged in a vast sea of fog.
But what surprised Blanche the most was that she had previously thought the fog outside was really... fog.
But after actually getting to know it, I realized that it didn't seem to be "fog".
Under normal circumstances, fog can actually be blown away, and when walking in the fog, Blanche feels a refreshing sensation in her nasal cavity.
But when she got out onto the street, she could clearly feel the wind outside, and it was quite strong, but it did not disperse the fog.
The fog is indeed "moving," but its movement has nothing to do with the direction of the wind.
In addition, there was no cool, moist feeling in her nasal cavity.
Although the fog here is very thick and dense, it doesn't seem to be fog in the conventional sense; it's more like a conceptual "fog."
"Or rather, it's somewhat like... Dream Mist."
As a dream-learning apprentice, Blanche has been to many dreams, many of which contain fog, a fog that is known in the dream witch community as "cognitive fog".
The clearer a person's awareness is of whether they are dreaming, the thinner and narrower the fog becomes.
For example, a person who has lucid dreams is fully aware that they are dreaming, so their dream is almost completely free of fog.
If a person is dreaming but is unaware that they are dreaming, then the fog will be even larger, potentially completely obscuring all surrounding dream elements.
This is why it is called "cognitive fog".
The fog on the long street didn't actually have the typical characteristics of "cognitive fog," but for some reason, Blanche had a vague feeling that the fog was somewhat like dream fog.
Of course, it's not all just "feelings".
Angor previously mentioned that this instance is called "Dawn's Dream," and now the prefix "Dawn" in the instance's name has been revealed, referring to Dawn City; the suffix "Dream" might be reflected in this fog.
Although Blanche was very curious about the "fog", she did not continue to study it. Instead, she followed the previously planned steps and prepared to see if there were any "pillars of light" in other places.
"I remember, from the perspective of the beam of light, there was a cluster of pointed buildings near the theater, and it seemed that a beam of light was surrounding this cluster of buildings..."
Blanche looked around. She was not familiar with the area and had a poor sense of direction, so she could only follow the density of the buildings and head towards the denser and better-built ones.
Because she had noticed before that the cluster of pointed buildings seemed to be located closer to the city center, and the closer to the city center, the higher the building density and the more prosperous the buildings.
Not long after Blanche left, she actually saw a pillar of light shooting into the sky from the distant fog.
However, the beam of light did not originate from the complex of buildings, but rather from... the River of Troubles.
"The River of Trouble?" Blanche was taken aback. "Could it be Priest Sean?"
She remembered that the Priestess Sean corresponded to the "flowing" stone pillar, which, according to her speculation, referred to the River of Troubles!
Regardless of whether her guess was right or wrong, the moment Blanche saw the pillar of light, she quickly walked towards it.
However, before she even reached the pillar of light over the River of Trouble, the text bar in her field of vision suddenly started flashing.
Blanche was taken aback. She subconsciously clicked on the text bar and saw rows of messages flooding the screen.
"The special dream world 'Dawn Dream' has now been activated."
"Area Overview: This is a special area anchored by nine anchor points. During the anchoring period, different dream bubbles will continuously appear. Interacting with the dream bubbles will grant a large number of Dawn Points."
"Regional objective: Maximize Dawn Points during the anchoring period."
"Currently activated anchor points: 9"
"Current anchor point managers: 9 people"
Current number of participants: 0
Current Dawn Points: 0
"Note 1: When the activated anchor points drop to 0, the Dawn Dream will disappear. Dawn Points will continue to exist during the existence of the Dawn Dream, and once the Dawn Dream disappears, the Dawn Points will also be cleared."
"Note 2: Dawn Points can be used to purchase corresponding items or permissions in the Dawn Shop within the region."
After reading the basic information, Blanche looked completely confused.
She had previously participated in dungeon walkthroughs and encountered dungeon quest prompts, which were completely different from this.
Shouldn't it be "Task Overview" and "Task Objectives"? How did it become "Regional Overview" and "Regional Objectives"?
So, there are no quests in this instance?
Or is the only objective of this instance to increase so-called "Dawn Points"?
Blanche, puzzled, clicked on several expandable items in the basic information section, such as: Dream Bubble, Anchor Point Manager, Dawn Points...
By reading through these new entries, Blanche had gained a general understanding of the special instance, "Dawn of Dreams."
First of all, what is an anchor point manager?
As the Wonderland hints say: "There are nine different anchor points in the Dream of Dawn. The owner of each anchor point is called the anchor point manager."
The anchor points here actually refer to the nine stone pillars that fell from the sky.
Blanche is one of the anchor point managers, and she corresponds to the "Dream Pillar," also known as the "Dream Anchor Point."
As for the managers of the other anchor points, it goes without saying that they are the people who resonated with the stone pillars in the secret hall.
It's worth noting that once the anchor point manager leaves "Dawn of Dreams," activated anchor points will decrease in value.
For example, if Blanche logs off, or if she leaves the Dawn of Dreams instance and goes to Dream Crystal Plains, then the anchor points will automatically decrease by one, from 9 active anchor points to 8 active anchor points.
Once all nine managers leave, the anchor point will become 0, and the Dawn of Dreams instance will disappear forever.
When Blanche first saw this information, she subconsciously frowned, thinking that the nine managers would be bound to "Dawn of Dreams" and unable to leave.
But upon closer inspection, it became clear that her interpretation was one-sided.
Each of the nine anchor points actually has a charging bar.
It is considered activated as long as the charge bar is at 1%.
While the manager is inside the instance, the energy bar will remain at 100%. Once the manager leaves, the energy will continue to drop from 100% until it reaches 0%, at which point the anchor point count will decrease by one.
It takes a whole day for the value to drop from 100% to 0%.
In other words, even if Blanche goes offline, as long as she returns within a day, the anchor point count will not be lost.
In addition, there is another method to power the anchor point.
As long as a "Dream Guest" exists in the area, the Dream Guest will provide 10% energy to the anchor point for every hour it stays there.
In other words, as long as dreamers continue to exist in the area, the anchor point count can still be maintained even if the manager does not return for a long time.
Therefore, the manager is not rigidly bound to the Dream of Dawn. As long as there are enough Dreamers, even if she never returns, the number of anchor points will not drop.
As for what "Dream Guest" is?
That brings us to another term—dream bubble.
"Dream Bubble: Each dream bubble represents a dream from Dawn City. Touching a dream bubble will allow you to enter it. Guiding the 'dreamer' within the dream bubble to the Dream of Dawn will grant you a variable amount of Dawn Points."
The above is the original text of the Wonderland prompt.
It's easy to understand: Dawn's Dream has now become a "dream platform" that can continuously draw on the dreams of people in the real Dawn City, bringing their dream bubbles here.
The core figures in the dream bubble, that is, the dreamers, are called "dreamers".
In other words, as long as the Dreamer is brought out of the Dream Bubble and stays in the Dawn Dream instance, the anchor point can be continuously charged.
In addition, interacting with Dream Bubble and bringing out Dreamers will also earn you a certain amount of Dawn Points.
"Dawn Points: A special settlement point in Dawn of Dreams, obtainable through interacting with Dream Bubbles, completing random quests, or staying within a designated area. Dawn Points can be used to redeem various items and even privileges in the Dawn Shop."
Although Blanche hasn't found the Dawn Shop yet, the description suggests that Dawn Points should be able to buy a lot of good things.
Even... permissions?
You'll find out the specific permissions once you find the Dawn Shop.
Based on the information Blanche has seen so far, the Dawn of Dreams instance is very different from other instances; it requires the anchor point to exist in order to last.
As long as the anchor point doesn't fall, permanence is possible.
While the anchor point is said to be maintained by the manager, it is actually maintained by the "energy bar".
As for the charging bar, it's nominally called a charging bar, but in other words, it can also be considered as... Dawn Points.
Because all methods that increase the energy bar can increase Dawn Points.
Even "staying in the area," which means idling in a dungeon, can earn you Dawn Points.
After peeling back the layers, you'll find that the underlying source of Dawn Dream's existence is Dawn Points.
This is probably why regional objectives make them try to maximize their Dawn Points.