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Chapter 4208 New Proverbs
Chapter 4208 New Proverbs
There are five questions in total, and five statues of different shapes.
Angell had never seen a single one.
But by using God's perspective to browse through books in the real sandbox, all the answers were found.
The moment the fifth question was answered, the black space resembled a weathered old wall, visibly peeling away in patches. The peeling, mottled black ash turned into pitch-black smoke, falling into the boundless void.
And Angell once again stepped onto the platform formed by Lark.
The moment he stood still, the Book Elf's voice, as if it were a human, drifted into his ears: "Congratulations, you have passed the test."
"I will create a positioning cursor for you."
After the light, airy words fell.
Angell saw the shimmering light surrounding the book spirit transform into an endless ray that shot southward.
The ray only lasted for a few seconds before dissipating.
At the same time, the text boxes of each member of the Rabbit Hole Squad began to jump wildly.
Angell clicked on it at the opportune moment.
"You have unlocked the guidance radar (click to view)"
"Note 1: The guidance radar will continuously indicate the direction of the [Rift] for you."
"Note 2: The coordinates of the [Crack] will keep changing, and multiple positioning cursors are needed to completely lock the coordinates of the [Crack]."
"Note 3: The current guidance radar is only usable on the first floor. It will be temporarily blocked when you go to other floors."
There are two places to click in this Wonderland hint.
The first is the guidance radar, and the second is the positioning cursor.
Angel first clicked on the positioning cursor, and unsurprisingly, further explanation of the positioning cursor appeared:
"Positioning cursor: The positioning cursor can restrict the movement of the [Rift], fixing its movement range within a certain area. If multiple positioning cursors exist, the coordinates of the [Rift] can be further compressed."
The hint did not mention how many positioning cursors were needed to completely lock the gap.
However, according to the intelligence provided by Barbaregun, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the three positioning cursors should be able to suppress the movement area of the rift to a very small range.
If you're lucky, you might encounter a fissure as soon as you arrive at the corresponding area.
The Dragon Squad is an example of this.
Of course, if you're unlucky, you might need four or five positioning cursors.
As for why so many are needed?
Give a simple example.
If you arrive at the area where the rift is located, and after searching the left side of the current corridor, you don't find the rift, then it might be in the right side.
In other words, in the adjacent corridor.
The "next door" corridor may sound close, but keep in mind that each floor of the Echo Library is a maze. What appears to be an adjacent corridor separated by only one wall may actually require a long and winding journey to reach.
When you finally manage to go through a lot of trouble and take a detour to the right corridor.
The crack might have moved back to the left corridor where it started.
Don't assume that just because you didn't find the crack on the left side at first, it will never come to the left. Cracks are very "cunning"; they keep moving.
Therefore, at this point, having an additional positioning cursor to further compress the movement range of the crack becomes very important.
In short, at least three positioning cursors are required, without a doubt.
How many at most? That depends on their luck.
After Angell closed the explanation of the positioning cursor, he opened the guidance radar.
The next moment, a square radar image appeared before my eyes.
On the pitch-black radar image, a thick, pure white positioning cursor continuously points south to the current location.
After that, no matter how many forks in the road they take or how many detours they go through, this positioning cursor will always lock onto the correct direction, preventing them from getting confused or lost.
After gaining a general understanding of the radar's function, Angel put away the text panel and turned his gaze to the Book Sprite.
The book spirit had closed its eyes, and the surrounding light was dim, as if it had fallen silent.
No matter how Angel tried to talk to it, it didn't respond at all.
In the end, Angel could only sigh and turn away from the platform made of flying books.
……
And at this time.
In the pitch-black void, the "golden fairy" who was originally lying on a glowing bubble suddenly raised her head.
"Another team has passed the Book Spirit's test?"
"Go over and have a look."
The glowing butterfly wings behind her fluttered gently, and the light and shadow of book pages could be faintly seen flowing through them.
A moment later, it came to a new glowing bubble and looked down at it.
"Let me see which team it is... Rabbit Hole?"
"Huh? Not only did I pass the Book Spirit's test, but I also found a Book Demon's proverb?"
She had sensed before that some teams had defeated the Book Demon. But there were actually quite a few teams capable of defeating the Book Demon; at least ten teams had done so today alone, so she hadn't paid much attention to it at the time.
But upon closer inspection, it was discovered that Rabbit Hole not only defeated the Book Demon, but also found the Book Demon's proverb.
This is quite a rare thing.
It is important to know that the Book Demon's words of wisdom are related to the final outcome.
Will the rabbit hole successfully lead to its end?
She didn't know yet, but she decided to mark the Rabbit Hole team and add them to her observation priority list...
"Let's put it third on the observation priority list."
Rabbit Hole wasn't the only one to discover the Book Demon's Proverbs; another team did too, and that team had already discovered three of them.
That team is currently ranked second on the watchlist priority list.
As for the team that ranked first, it was a squad that defended the first rift and entered the second level.
Although the Rabbit Hole team has a promising future, they are still far behind the top two teams.
……
Because Angor had not yet activated his God's-eye view, he was unaware that the "Observer" had already flown outside the bubble where his team was located.
He has now returned to the fork in the road where the squad split up.
Gray Porcelain was leaning against the crossroads, its eyes glazed over.
Angell could tell at a glance that he was looking at the information in the text box.
When Angell approached, Gray Porcelain's eyes snapped out of their daze, and she looked at him with admiration: "As expected of Mr. Angell, the Book Spirit's test is no challenge for you at all!"
"I already have a guidance radar here!"
Angel nodded calmly, but inwardly he thought: It's not that I'm powerful, it's that I have a cheat code.
If he were to participate in the test based on his own abilities, he would fail the test immediately.
However, such a thing that would damage one's dignity must not be said.
"Sir, could you tell me what the Book Spirit's test was this time?" Gray Porcelain asked curiously.
Angel said calmly, "It was just a normal statue appreciation. The book spirit manifested several statues and inquired about their origins and authors."
"Overall, it's not too difficult."
"We'll discuss the specific details as we go."
Angel gestured for Gray Porcelain to follow him, and they walked towards the left corridor.
"Should we go over there?" Gray Porcelain hesitated. "But I'm worried that they haven't challenged the Book Demon yet. If we go over there and happen to enter the Book Demon's random range, that would be bad."
The main problem is that Gray Porcelain is afraid that the Book Demon will randomly recruit people, and it just so happens to be himself.
Angel thought about it and agreed. His book spirit trial was progressing very quickly, and he could go straight to the trial; but the rabbit girl and Gabriel had to solve a puzzle to open the hidden space before they could start the book spirit trial.
If you're slow at solving the puzzle, you might not even get to the Book Demon's trial. If you rush in and get pulled into the challenge space by the Book Demon, that wouldn't be good.
Of course, Angell himself didn't care, but gray porcelain was obviously not an option.
With that in mind, Angell decided to wait a little longer.
After all, even if he had a god-like perspective, he could only see the real miniature garden, not the situation on the rabbit girl's side. Therefore, the book demon's progress could only wait for them to report back to him.
While waiting, Ingres and Grey Porcelain chatted about the challenges of appreciating sculptures.
Unsurprisingly, I received a great deal of admiration from the gray porcelain enthusiasts.
Unfortunately, as someone who has cheated, Angell can't comfortably enjoy the emotional value of this...
Several more minutes passed.
The sound of rustling footsteps came from the left corridor.
The gray porcelain immediately clung to the wall of the side road and tilted its head to look.
"It's the commander! The commander is here!" Gray Porcelain inquired while also informing Angell.
Not long after, the rabbit girl arrived at the crossroads.
"How is it?" Angell asked.
She nodded: "The hidden space has been unlocked. The book demon randomly selected Gabriel as its opponent, and he should be undergoing a test now. I had nothing else to do anyway, so I came to pick you up."
At this point, the rabbit girl gave Angel a thumbs up: "You're really fast. We hadn't even solved the mystery of the hidden space yet when we received the radar notification in the text bar."
The rabbit girl couldn't help but sigh as she spoke.
Seeing that Angell had passed the Book Spirit's test, she and Gabriel felt a surge of determination and inspiration, which led them to solve the mystery of the hidden space.
“You know, the Book Elf’s test won’t be too difficult for me.” Angel didn’t hide anything from the rabbit girl and winked at her.
The rabbit girl naturally understood the hidden meaning in Angell's words.
For Angell, the Book Spirit's test was an open-book exam, so it wasn't difficult.
However, this did not prevent her from expressing her feelings.
Being able to turn an exam into an open-book exam is also a skill.
“Let’s go. Now that Gabriel has entered the Book Demon Trial, we won’t pull anyone else.” Angor pointed ahead: “We’ll go to the hidden space and wait for Gabriel.”
Everyone nodded.
The hidden space is behind a female knight in full armor.
According to the bunny girl, the mystery of this hidden space lies in the armor.
At first glance, the armor appears to be intact.
Everything was provided, from boots and body armor to helmets.
But in fact……
“This is not a female knight’s armor.” The rabbit girl sighed softly as she said this, “It is actually a light men’s armor made for a boy, but some parts were misassembled.”
It is considered a woman's armor because it is relatively small and has two prominent silver protrusions on the chest, which seem to correspond to a woman's breastplate.
But actually, the reason the armor is small is that it is a light armor, and what looks like a woman's breastplate is actually a shoulder guard from a man's armor.
The riddle is that the male armor was mistakenly pieced together to become the female armor.
They need to disassemble every part of the female armor and reassemble it into the male armor.
The puzzle itself isn't particularly difficult, but like previous puzzles, it heavily tests observation skills. Furthermore, this challenge requires challengers to have a deep understanding of armor.
The rabbit girl and Gabriel had only a basic understanding of the armor. The main reason they were able to discover this mystery was because Angor had explicitly mentioned before that the hidden space was behind the armor.
They initially came for the armor, but after careful consideration, they discovered the problem.
“The process doesn’t matter, as long as the result is right, there’s no problem.” Angel said casually, and then walked into the hidden space with the others.
This hidden space remains empty.
There was only one blank painting on the wall.
Angell guessed that after Gabriel passed the Book Demon's test, the Book Demon would leave the proverb on this blank drawing paper.
No sooner had Angell made his guess than he heard the sound of gray porcelain coming from the entrance to the hidden space.
"Something black...something black...is flying over!"
Angell looked back.
A black ball of fluff with cracks all over its body flew into the hidden space.
“This is the Book Demon.” Angell looked at the obvious cracks on the Book Demon’s body and said slowly, “It is about to enter the cycle of reincarnation. If nothing unexpected happens, it will leave behind some words of wisdom.”
The next second, the black ball disintegrated into a flowing mass of black ink under everyone's watchful eyes.
The black ink seeped into the blank canvas on the wall all at once.
The black ink on the drawing paper began to twist and turn, as if it were arranging and combining. Before long, a row of words appeared on the drawing paper.
“I inscribe words to trace the marks He left behind.”
"I hate riddle people. I give this sentence a 5 out of 100."
At this moment, a voice sounded from behind everyone.
Looking back, there was Gabriel, who had just passed the test of the Book Demon and was full of vigor.
What Gabriel just read was the text on the blank drawing paper on the wall.
This is also the wisdom left behind by the book demon—
"I inscribe words to trace the marks He left behind."
……
Gabriel briefly recounted the battle with the Book Demon.
After the book demon entered the battle, it summoned a book.
The book is titled "The Burial of the Waterfall by Ice and Snow".
The moment Gabriel saw the book, he immediately opened his huge mouth and made a loud rumbling sound.
This is the first time it has spoken in its true form since entering the Echo Library.
To the book demon, they were just a few strange roars, completely meaningless.
But what Gabriel was actually yelling was: "Slip, slip, slip..."
And then.
The book just slipped and fell to the ground.
The book demon was startled and instinctively tried to pick it up, but Gabriel had already rushed over. Or rather, Gabriel was already charging forward the moment he shouted "Slipped!"
By the time the book demon picked up the book from the ground, Gabriel was already pressed against its face.
The giant mouth curled up, its tentacles transforming into sharp swords, and plunged fiercely into the book demon's body—
"Since you like to leave proverbs, then I'll give you one too!"
"You'd better shut your ears in the face of such chaotic and vile words!"