fantasy novels Chapter 4195 Night Fog
Chapter 4195 Night Fog
Chapter 4195 Night Fog
For the next period of time, the wine glass did nothing else but stay in the shaping workshop and try to make contact with other snow women.
Although the wine glass clearly indicated that such contact was meaningless, since the "source of danger" that Pinocchio was worried about did not lie with these ordinary snow women at all.
But that doesn't matter, as long as Pinocchio knows that he is doing his job diligently.
Angell stared at the screen for a while, and seeing that the wine glass was just methodically increasing Pinocchio's favorability, he stopped paying attention.
There was still about an hour until midnight. Angel thought about it and figured he had nothing else to do in the Heart Space, so he decided to log in early to take a look.
We might even be able to get some new information from the players' camp.
After saying goodbye to his avatar, Angell lay down on the sofa and closed his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, he had already arrived at the athletes' camp.
As soon as he opened his eyes, Angel instinctively cast a "mist" spell on himself to avoid being surrounded by other teams asking him all sorts of questions every time he appeared.
However, before he could even put on the illusionary mist, he found himself in a thick fog.
Angel was stunned for a while before realizing that the fog was not created by illusion, but was natural night fog when he felt a faint, cool mist in his nostrils.
Ever since the power of the Fairy Realm absorbed the rules of the text in the blank oil painting and gave birth to the "text column", the entire continent has begun to undergo dramatic changes.
Outside the inner circle, torrential rain poured down.
The lifeless Dream Crystal Plains has also welcomed its own ocean.
The birth of the ocean, coupled with the balance of power granted by the divine realm, has enriched the celestial phenomena. Originally, the weather was only overcast and it was difficult to distinguish between day and night.
But now, apart from the fact that the heavy snow has not yet arrived, all the other expected celestial phenomena have appeared: clear skies during the day and the projection of the Star Spirit Realm appearing in the night sky.
Dense fog and heavy rain are common occurrences.
It's not surprising that a damp, cold, and dense fog has appeared now.
This is the first time I've ever experienced such a thick fog at night, so dense that you can't see your hand in front of your face.
In a way, the appearance of the night fog is also beneficial to Angor, at least he doesn't have to waste illusion nodes to create illusion fog.
Given the current fog, if he walked right to the main square of the athletes' camp, no one would recognize him unless they were right next to him.
And he wouldn't go to a crowded square, so there's even less to worry about.
Skipping over the illusionary mist, Angor simply found an empty crystal house terrace to sit on, then activated his God's-eye view, preparing to "inquire" about any new information.
From a bird's-eye view, free from the fog, the players' camp was as lively as ever. The enthusiasm for discussion did not diminish due to the thick night fog; on the contrary, it grew even more excited as the leaderboard update time approached.
As before, Angel did not directly choose "listen," but instead used text bubbles to survey the various intelligence in the contestants' camp.
Each contestant is like an NPC in a game, and their words are displayed as text bubbles floating above their heads, making all information readily available.
Although the dense bubbles may seem a bit chaotic at first glance, they can be easily distinguished with a little more computing power. If Angor wants to, he can even quickly categorize and organize them.
Moreover, after gaining a God's-eye view this time, Angell made a small attempt.
Incorporating extrasensory perception into the God's-eye view.
After activating his super-sensory perception, his ability to perceive emotions was significantly enhanced. Combined with the "word bubbles" displayed from a God's-eye view, Angell was able to instantly discern the speaker's emotions.
In other words, at this point, all the text bubbles are given an emotional title.
For example: "We were so close to killing that wretched bug, how did the patrolmen find us? Damn Skabugi Front!"
A member of a squad is saying this to someone else, and a faint gray color appears on the text bubble.
It represents his inner resentment and slight regret.
While these emotionally charged text bubbles couldn't improve Angell's reading speed, they were extremely useful for prioritizing information.
Angell prioritizes reading those text bubbles that convey intense emotions, such as excitement, fear, or disappointment.
As for those text bubbles with very calm emotional fluctuations, even if they contain a long string of content, Angell would choose to set them aside for later discussion, because such calm emotions are most likely just casual banter.
With the help of the emotional bubbles, Angell's reading efficiency improved dramatically.
It can be said that combining extrasensory perception with a God's-eye view is a very good attempt.
The only drawback is that extrasensory perception cannot be released remotely.
Angell was able to read the emotions of the other players in the player camp because he himself was in the player camp.
If you asked him to read the emotions of the residents of Rabbit Town, that wouldn't work, because it's too far away. He could only see the text bubbles at best; he couldn't see the emotion bubbles...
Closer to home.
The emotional bubble quickly brought positive feedback.
"We've discovered the secret of the Echo Library! Hahaha, let's go in again after the cooldown is over, we'll definitely get an even higher completion rate!"
The voice came from Pilushiu's team, who had just emerged from the Sandbox Wonderland, and their tone was full of excitement.
The emotional bubbles clearly show that the entire team is in a state of extreme excitement, with the captain, who is speaking, clutching his chest with one hand and his face turning bright red.
Without hesitation, Angell immediately activated "viewfollow" and followed the team into a crystal house with a sign that read "Red Tooth Merchant Guild".
After listening to a few snippets of conversation, he quickly figured out the background of this group: their supporters were none other than the Red Tooth Merchant Guild of Pipi Castle—just by the name, you could tell that it was a merchant guild that specifically served the upper class, Red Pipi Rushu.
As soon as the team came out, they told the head of the chamber of commerce the important information they had obtained.
After listening to their report, Angel remained silent.
Seeing their excitement through the emotion bubble, he assumed it was some important piece of information, but in reality... it was just a little trick to deal with the book spirit's test.
When the team encounters the Book Sprite, it will randomly select one person from the team to enter the trial.
If it randomly selects a poor student at this point, then it's all over.
So, the trick they found was—
When you feel you are about to encounter the Book Spirit, then let the most knowledgeable person go alone.
In this way, the book spirit will only choose this person to test.
To put it bluntly, it forcibly narrowed down the pool of candidates.
This is indeed a good little trick, but the premise is... how do you judge when you'll encounter the Book Sprite? Just by "feeling"?
What if you sense something is wrong, and what you see ahead isn't a book spirit but a book demon?
If the Book Demon's test is failed, everyone will be eliminated.
Therefore, Angell felt that Pilushiu's squad was celebrating too soon...
However, this little trick was a bit "unreliable" for Pilushi's team, but it was just right for their rabbit hole!
With Barbaregon providing the "general direction of the test content" and Angor using his God's-eye view to judge the distance to the Book Sprite, these two powerful advantages, combined with this little trick, make it possible to achieve 100% success in the Book Sprite test!
So, although this little trick isn't particularly amazing, it still has some value for the Rabbit Hole team.
Angell accepted it silently with a smile.
Next, continue searching for mood bubbles.
Unfortunately, there wasn't much useful information available after that.
The vast majority of emotional bubbles are focused on "hot topics" and "disputes over positions".
The hot topics of discussion are mainly focused on the issues that have received a lot of attention recently: Rabbit Hole, Nereid, Golden Country, and the Singers' Squad.
These discussions, whether positive or negative, can basically be ignored and have little practical reference value.
As for the "dispute over positions," that's actually quite normal, since this sandbox wonderland is, to some extent, a team race.
As participants, everyone will naturally bring their own perspectives.
Just like in a football match, everyone has their own team to support, so it's entirely predictable that some disagreements will arise.
However, the current disputes over positions are not too intense. Although everyone has their own stance, they are still quite polite on the surface.
After all, the "six-fold puzzle" mechanism used in this sandbox wonderland means that each team fights independently, and the teams hardly intersect during the race.
If, in future sandbox wonderlands, direct confrontations or even life-or-death competitions occur between teams, then the conflict of positions will truly reach a fever pitch.
After reading the more excited emotional bubbles, Angell then began to read the relatively calm text bubbles.
As he expected, these bubbles of calm emotions were basically just ordinary chatting and small talk, interspersed with some whimsical chatter.
For example:
"Do you think if I went to the mayor and offered myself up, she would invite me to join the Dream Mirror organization?"
"Why should I? Because you have a big face?"
"Hey, I have a special skill too... I can make all kinds of origami animals, like rabbits. I can fold them into all sorts of shapes."
"What kind of special skill is that? I can even make rabbit dolls!"
Even more outrageous scenarios exist, such as a member of the Crystal Eyes clan attempting to orchestrate a chance encounter with Angor, then quickly showcasing their talents before Angor can react, ultimately hoping to gain Angor's praise and join the Dream Mirror.
Although his talent is simply rapid recitation, uttering twenty syllables per second...
Angel didn't deliberately choose this topic; rather, this kind of topic, which involves wanting to be included in the Dream or Rabbit Hole, is very popular in the players' camp.
Of those witty text bubbles, at least half of them are related to this.
After all, Rabbit Hole's name was prominently displayed at the top of the rankings, and Dream Mirror was touted as a "savior," so the desire to join was naturally high, stemming from a very simple yearning and a desire to climb the social ladder.
After reading a few similar mood bubbles, Angell decided to put it aside for the time being.
While wildly imaginative fantasies are interesting, they can become tiresome after a while. It's better to focus on gathering intelligence first.
However, there is no relevant information in the players' camp at the moment. After thinking for a while, Angell decided to go to the floating island where the sand table projection is located and take a look at the situation inside from the perspective of the sandbox.
Although he had seen it before, his purpose this time was different; he wanted to see the Observer who had not yet arrived.
As can be seen from the checkpoint settlement in Golden Country, observer rating is also a very important part.
The Singer Squad achieved a high score of 90 points thanks to the observers' ratings.
They hadn't paid much attention to it before, but Angell felt that they needed to take it seriously this time. Although it was impossible to get in touch with the observers from the perspective of the sandplay alone, and they didn't know the observers' scoring habits.
But from the perspective of a sandbox garden, one can see the observer's appearance!
We might be able to glean some useful information from their ethnicity, attire, and facial expressions.
Thinking of this, Angor prepared to abandon his God's-eye view and go to the floating island, but just then, his gaze suddenly swept over a text bubble.
This text bubble has no border, which means it represents a very calm emotional bubble, belonging to the category of "joking and banter".
But the contents of that bubble stunned him.
"You heard me right, didn't you?"
"You heard right, it was a figure hidden in the mist that appeared out of thin air..."
"Could it be that someone logged on and happened to be encountered by the reconnaissance team?"
"No, no, this is the Ghost in the Mist! Sigh, you came in late, you don't know that the 'Ghost in the Mist' is very famous in Rabbit Town, it's a widely circulated ghost story..."
"If I hadn't been keeping you here waiting for the leaderboard to update at midnight, I probably would have already gone back to Rabbit Town. The mayor said before that if we encounter any undead in the mist, we should report to her. Maybe I'll get noticed because of this and join..."
"I'll go see the mayor as soon as midnight strikes!"
Undead in the mist? Angell immediately remembered it when he saw this keyword.
Isn't this the "Living Dead in the Misty Forest" instance?
Before the various races entered Dream Crystal Plains in large numbers, Rabbit Town organized a terrain exploration team to conduct terrain surveys of the surrounding area.
Then they discovered "undesirens" appearing in the mist.
Angor later investigated and confirmed that it was a copy called "The Living Dead of the Misty Swamp".
He was particularly interested in this instance because it was an instance with a "Dream" NPC, who was the figure in the mist and was also known as the "Living Dead".
However, this instance has not yet fully arrived; it requires three conditions to be met before it will be unlocked.
Condition 1: A light fog appeared in the incident area;
Condition 2: Encounter a living dead person in a "dream" state;
Condition 3: Direct contact with a living dead person in a "dream" state.
Although the previous terrain survey team saw the Dream NPC, they thought it was an undead and were a little scared, so they didn't make contact with it, which is why this dungeon hasn't been opened yet.
Unexpectedly, this "living dead" has reappeared today?
Because this NPC from the dream appeared so infrequently, and hadn't shown up for so long, Angor, upon hearing the news, almost immediately activated his God's-eye view and surveyed the fog.