fantasy novels Chapter 4437 Reality Intrusion
Chapter 4437 Reality Intrusion
Chapter 4437 Reality Intrusion
The vortex at Sam's house continues to slowly rotate, like a materialized eye of a storm.
Angell looked at the vortex before him, a hint of hesitation in his expression.
While searching for information in the Sea of Power Information, he found the status of the Dawn of Dreams instance and discovered that it was defined as an "open instance" by the Fairy Realm Power.
What is an open copy?
Similar to Silver Coral Island, as long as certain specific "conditions" are met, one can freely enter and exit.
The requirement for entering Silver Coral Island is: a person with a pure heart.
When challengers are defined as "pure ones," Silver Coral Island is no longer defended; they can come and go as they please.
Similarly, Dawn of Dreams is also an open instance, and anyone can freely enter and exit as long as the prerequisites are met.
But what are the conditions for entering the Dream of Dawn?
Angell didn't know.
Because he didn't investigate—he was worried that the intelligence was hidden "deep in the ocean" and that he might not be able to hold out if he looked into it rashly—but even though he didn't investigate, it wasn't actually that important.
As an authorized user, he can forcibly enter and exit any Wonderland instance.
The reason we didn't do this before is that forcibly opening the entrance/exit would tear the instance apart. If the instance is stable enough, it wouldn't matter, but most instances are unstable…
Currently, the only instance that can withstand forced entry and exit is... Silver Coral Island.
Yes, only open copies are unaffected.
Therefore, as a newly created open-world instance, Dawn of Dreams also possesses this characteristic: if Angor so desires, he can disregard the so-called prerequisites and forcibly enter it.
Angell stared at the vortex before him, hesitating whether he should go inside and take a look...
After a moment's hesitation, he ultimately decided to go in himself.
Although one can see the internal situation from a god's-eye view, much information is difficult to fully comprehend simply by "seeing".
So he decided to come in and take a look anyway.
After making his choice, Angell activated the access control mode and slowly reached out to touch the vortex.
The vortex that originally represented the entrance to the dungeon was in a stable state, but when Angor forcibly opened the access, the stable state immediately changed to an unbalanced state, and a strong suction force enveloped Angor.
It was as if countless tentacles were pulling Angell little by little into the vortex.
For other challengers, the process of entering the challenge might only take a fleeting moment.
But for Angel, who had activated the access control mode, that instant was stretched many times over, as if time had been slowed down, and he could clearly perceive every change around him.
He even sensed a special energy forming an invisible membrane around his body.
When this "membrane" covers the whole body, the subtle sense of repulsion from the copy disappears instantly.
“This is…” Angell sensed the “membrane” around him, and his expression slowly became strange.
Although as a privileged user, he could forcibly hack into the instance, there was still a subtle resistance during the hacking process; but this time, there was a sense of resistance at first, but when the "membrane" appeared, the resistance disappeared instantly, and the attraction increased instead, as if the instance had changed from resisting to welcoming his arrival.
This "membrane" that can dissolve copy resistance has never appeared in other copies; in other words, it is an exception.
The exception means that it is "exclusive" to the current instance!
This immediately made Angor realize that perhaps this was the entry condition for the Dream of Dawn?!
Thinking of this, Angell immediately began to sense the energy properties of this "membrane," attempting to use it to analyze the entry conditions...
A moment later, he got the answer.
The answer is: a dream.
That "membrane" is made of the power of dreams.
As long as you carry items with "dream power" or skills related to dreams, you can freely enter and exit the Dream of Dawn.
The prerequisite for entering the Dream of Dawn is neither too difficult nor too easy.
The reason it is not difficult is that "Dream Power" itself is one of the three basic forces that constitute the Dream Crystal Plains, and Dream Power floats in many places in the Dream Crystal Plains.
As long as you can find a way to make these dream powers work for you, even if you just collect them and temporarily wrap them around your body, you can still meet the threshold for entering the Dream of Dawn.
Therefore, from Ingres's perspective, it is not particularly difficult.
But why is it said to be not simple?
Because, as far as Angel knows, there are very, very few items and abilities that possess the "power of dreams".
The only item he knew that possessed the power of dreams was a ticket to the Dream Zoo.
Yes, tickets to the Dream Zoo.
Although it's just a ticket, it's imbued with a great deal of dream power. Because the Dream Zoo is located in a dream, you must fall asleep and enter a dream to reach it. Then, the dream power on the ticket will guide you to the Dream Zoo.
Now, tickets to the Dream Zoo have a new use: they can be used as tickets to enter the Dream of Dawn.
Even so, very few people actually own tickets to the Dream Zoo.
Therefore, it is estimated that Dawn of Dreams will not face any other challengers in the short term.
But the future is uncertain.
Previously, there weren't many "Dream Power" items and abilities, stemming from the fact that the Wonderland Authority didn't have a deep grasp on dreams. But now things are different. The Wonderland Authority has obtained Blanche's "Dream Design" talent. Even if it's not all of it, even if it's only a small part, it's enough for the Wonderland Authority to do a lot.
Just look at the Dawn of Dreams dungeon; they've only just obtained the "Dream Design" and they're already making such a big move. This is probably even stronger than Blanche herself using the Dream Design talent.
Based on the nature of the Wonderland powers, it is estimated that many Wonderland dungeons related to "dreams" will appear in the future, and at that time, there will be more and more items with the power of dreams.
By then, entering the Dream of Dawn will be much easier.
Return to the instance.
After a moment of weightlessness, Angell had entered the dream of dawn.
Looking around, it seemed to be on a long street.
The surrounding buildings are not densely packed, and most of them are low-rise buildings.
"Is this... Dawn City?"
Angell looked around with great interest. Although he could see the city from the perspective of the sandbox, there was still a difference between a macro view and a personal experience.
"...The cityscape here is very different from that of the cities in the Southern Region."
Looking at the "sacred carvings" on the exterior walls of the nearby small buildings, Angell understood that this was the biggest source of the difference in appearance—the severe secularization and religious influence.
The Southern Region has extremist sects, which are themselves religions, so they are well aware that religion can easily win people's hearts. Once illegal immigrants or false gods from other lands extend their tentacles into the religious system, it is very likely that the Southern Region will be riddled with holes. Therefore, there are very few religions in the Southern Region, and even in secular society, religion is rarely seen.
Ingres was not interested in religion, but it is undeniable that many religions possess extremely unique artistic styles.
When he was learning "art" through a holographic tablet, he appreciated many religious arts on Earth and compared them with the religious arts of the Southern Region. Although the styles were not the same, they were all unique.
The influence of religious art on architecture, sculpture, and painting is diverse and remarkable.
As a religious state, the Great Sman Empire also has Dawn City as a place where the Radiant Church has deep roots. Under the influence of religion, the city's construction style is quite unique.
Even Angell had to admit that, in terms of artistic aesthetics, this place surpassed many cities in the Southern Region.
After a cursory glance at the nearby buildings, Angell returned to his God-like perspective.
He needed to confirm his location and how far he was from Murren Street.
He entered the instance not only to experience the Dream of Dawn, but also to meet and talk with Luigi.
After a while.
Angel has confirmed his location; it is roughly in the northeastern part of Dawn City, quite far from Merren Street, and normally requires crossing most of the city to travel there.
Therefore, Angel decided to use the offline method.
When he logged back in, he had already used the power of the Dream Gate to change the entry coordinates to the vicinity of Murren Street.
Angel originally intended to move directly to Uriel's courtyard, but he didn't know how significant the impact of the violent celestial phenomena on Melun Street would be, or whether more anomalies would occur.
After all, it involves the fusion of instances, which may involve spatial fluctuations.
To avoid any accidents, he chose to slowly probe into Murren Street from a location near Murren Street.
The entire probing process took more than ten minutes.
Ultimately, it was confirmed that apart from the dramatic changes in celestial phenomena, there were no anomalies in space. However, Angell did discover some problems during the exploration.
The celestial phenomena appeared to be natural, with strong winds and swirling fog and clouds... but in reality, Angell confirmed through his power of celestial phenomena alternation that there were no "natural celestial phenomena" on Merren Street.
The so-called raging winds and swirling fog were not natural winds at all, but rather an abnormal disaster caused by the "intrusion of reality".
"Reality invasion" is a term that Angell had just come up with.
The general idea is that the origin of Dawn's Dream is entirely dreams, and the original Merren Street was also constructed from "Dream Power." However, in the Uriel instance, Dream Power is not the main component of Merren Street. In a sense, the Merren Street in the Uriel instance can be regarded as "material reality," while Dawn's Dream is "illusory dreamland."
The material reality of Melun Street and the illusory dreamland of Melun Street have merged from the same source, which is what Ingres described as: reality invading dreams.
Due to the "intrusion of reality," the dream power of Murren Street was rapidly leaking and dissipating, which led to the violent "celestial phenomenon."
After all, the dream fog is not real fog; it will not be blown away by the wind, but it will be swept away by reality.
However, real-world intrusions have limitations.
Even on Murren Street, not the entire area was invaded by reality. Only Uriel's courtyard and the Murren Street 01 apartment where Blanche and the others lived were invaded by reality. The other buildings on the street were not invaded.
These buildings that did not suffer from the invasion were completely unaffected by the "abnormal celestial phenomena".
Even when strong winds blow, the signs on the outside of these buildings do not sway at all, as if they were in a different space.
Based on this characteristic, Angor decided to choose a building that had not been invaded by reality to observe and wait for the integration of the Uriel copy.
Ultimately, he chose the tallest building on Murren Street—the Black Stock Building.
Then we arrived at the top floor of the Black Stock Building.
I don't know what the people who built this place were thinking. It's just a crooked building, yet they managed to put a floor-to-ceiling window on the top floor.
Perhaps everyone likes to look down from a high place and feel a sense of control, as if the city is right in front of them?
However, this also benefited Angell.
Standing in front of the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, he could see the situation in Uriel's courtyard more clearly and intuitively, and even see some of Luigi's little movements in the "projection".
Angell continued to wait.
The fusion of the same origin continues, but it seems to have reached a critical moment, as the surrounding winds are getting stronger, indicating that reality has invaded to a high point, and the dream mist is swirling faster.
Just as Angell was waiting to finally integrate, his peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of a corner of Mellen Street.
He saw several figures walking towards the inside against the strong wind.
"???"
Looking over in confusion, I discovered it was actually Blanche and the others...
After entering the Dream of Dawn, Angor was so focused on the dungeon fusion that he didn't pay much attention to the situation of the managers of the various anchor points. Therefore, when he saw Blanche and the others, his expression was full of surprise.
What are they doing here?
Also, with the wind so strong, why are you still stubbornly going in?
Angell looked speechless and remained silent for a moment before deciding to guide them to the Black Stock Building first.
……
"So, Mr. Angor noticed that the Uriel copy is merging with the Dream of Dawn, so he came in specifically to observe the situation?" Blanche asked in surprise.
Angell nodded noncommittally.
Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, everyone could see the scene inside Uriel's courtyard. Moreover, under Angor's guidance, they also noticed that the entire Uriel's courtyard was presented as a phantom, including Luigi.
“Uriel’s instance is actually merging with Dawn’s Dream…” Blanche looked somewhat dazed: “It feels so strange.”
Seeing her own home—the apartment building at 01 Murren Street—also integrated into Dawn Dream, her feelings became even more complex.
Can she now live in the Murren Street apartment in Dawn Dream?
"Why did this fusion occur?" asked Uriel, whose current emotional turmoil was similar to Blanche's, after all, that was his home.
Angell shrugged: "I don't know either."
While fusion of origins is indeed one of the reasons, Angell personally believes that the more crucial reason may lie with Luigi.
After all, the final part of Luigi's main quest explicitly states that it must take place in the Dream of Dawn.
Perhaps this is the truth behind the fusion of the Uriel instance and the Dream of Dawn?
As everyone curiously peered through the French windows at the view of Uriel's courtyard in the distance, Mr. Sun suddenly walked up to Angel.
"Hello, Mr. Angell."
"Although we had already met each other in the Uriel instance before, this is our first real meeting."
You can call me...the Sun.