yasinovel Chapter 4287 Fanaticism
Chapter 4287 Fanaticism
Chapter 4287 Fanaticism
[Sand Table Announcement]
[Team "Rabbit Hole" has achieved a perfect clear of the "Six-Fold Echo Library" challenge!]
According to the rules, the progress of all teams in the "Echo Library" level will be forcibly terminated.
[Team scores are being tallied.]
……
About half an hour after Angor entered the rift, a sandbox announcement suddenly appeared, freezing all teams challenging the Echo Library at the same time.
A moment later, the scores were tallied.
Rabbit Hole once again took first place with a perfect score.
After that, the various teams had no choice but to leave the instance, and the player camps outside were already in an uproar.
Although everyone had a premonition that Rabbit Hole might soon overcome another obstacle, no one expected it to happen so quickly. Whether they were closely following the story or just passing by, everyone was now in gossip mode.
But the prerequisite for gossiping is knowing exactly what happened inside the level.
As a result, all the teams that came out of the Echo Library were surrounded by curious onlookers.
However, all these teams could talk about was their own experiences and the leaderboards they saw on the portal.
They didn't know anything else.
However, what the onlookers were most interested in was the "Rabbit Hole" experience. Unfortunately, although some teams published their challenge process on their internal leaderboards and offered the option to watch the corresponding recordings, Rabbit Hole did not do so.
This has led to even greater curiosity about the rabbit hole.
Many people waited outside the players' camp for the Rabbit Hole team to come out. Even if they did come out, they might not dare to go up and ask questions. But even as bystanders, seeing the team return with its glory full of honor gave them a strong sense of participation!
But five minutes, ten minutes... half an hour...
All the stranded teams have returned from the Echo Library, except for Rabbit Hole.
One hour, two hours...
The players' camp was still lively, but there were very few people waiting around the floating island anymore.
Many more people were in the players' camp, chatting with those around them about gossip on the leaderboards while gazing into the distance, waiting for the rabbit hole to return.
Meanwhile, Rabbit Hole and the others, who were being waited for by everyone, remained in the Wanzhi Prison Hall.
At this time, the outer perimeter of the Wanzhi Prison Hall.
"Are you really not leaving?" A golden-haired elf with glowing butterfly wings floated in mid-air, perched on a thick book with pure white wings, looking down at the people through the rabbit hole below.
"Wait a little longer," the rabbit girl said without hesitation.
Gray Porcelain also said decisively, "Since we came in together, we should definitely leave together."
No sooner had it finished speaking than Gabriel manipulated the puppet to say, "Yes, what kind of behavior is it to leave Mr. Angell behind and go alone?"
“But the portal to leave has already appeared, which means that Angor has definitely succeeded in sealing it.” The golden-haired elf pointed to the back of the Prison of Omniscience, where there was a portal standing there.
"Angol didn't come out immediately, most likely because of... the sharing of knowledge?"
"If you have ever participated in similar knowledge-sharing sessions among scholars, you will understand that once scholars get caught up in a certain kind of knowledge research, the level of madness is almost obsessive."
"I have no sense of time at all."
“I guess he feels the same way. He might not come out for a while, maybe even several days... You could leave first.”
“I can wait here for you; leave the waiting to me, it will be just as good.”
The rabbit girl looked up at the blonde elf, her expression more serious than ever before: "Thank you for the book fairy's suggestion, but we can't leave. Not only does our team need to stick together, but most importantly, Angel is very important to us. Without him, we wouldn't have gotten here; without him, we won't go far in the future."
The blonde elf, or rather, the observer of the Library of Echoes and the founder of the Prison of All Knowledge—the Book Fairy—seeed the rabbit girl's seriousness and even a hint of disapproval at her suggestion, which immediately made her understand.
Angell seemed to be more important to the rabbit hole than she had imagined.
"Please allow me to apologize. My intention was not for you to abandon your teammates. I was just thinking... you have gone through so many trials, you may be tired. You can rest first, and I will take care of things here."
The book fairy's voice was soft but sincere: "But now I understand, I overstepped my bounds, and I apologize to you."
After speaking, the book fairy folded her butterfly wings, slowly descended from mid-air, and nodded slightly in apology.
She gave all the observer ratings to Rabbit Hole, which naturally means that she will definitely become a helper to Rabbit Hole in the future.
As a future colleague, she didn't want to create any discord on the very first day.
The book fairy's solemn apology eased the seriousness on the faces of the three people in the rabbit hole.
Rabbit Girl: "Book Fairy, there's no need for that. We know you mean well."
“Yes,” Gabriel said, manipulating the puppet, his tone softening, “but we’re still worried because Mr. Angell hasn’t come out.”
Gray porcelain nodded in agreement.
"I wonder what's going on with Mr. Angell? Has he really gone into a state of scholarly fanaticism?"
……
Between the cracks.
Angell stood still, his gaze calmly fixed on the distance ahead.
He didn't fall into scholarly fanaticism as the book fairies had guessed. But there were indeed those in the rifts who had fallen into scholarly fanaticism, and that person was... Sebastian.
About a few hours ago.
Angell agreed to Sebastian's "deal" and, in the name of Genri, revealed "Imaginary Alchemy".
Actually, he had considered showing off other knowledge before, but Sebastian wasn't stupid and wouldn't believe any knowledge he showed off.
While fantasy alchemy has little to do with "fundamental principles," its underlying principles do involve nightmares and illusions, which are the fundamental forces of the Dream Crystal Origin. The Dream Crystal Origin was able to save the Prusha civilization thanks to the power of nightmares and illusions.
In a sense, if a "fundamental principle" truly exists, then utopian alchemy is at least somewhat related.
Moreover, fantasy alchemy seems to be "creating something from nothing," which is similar to creating Eran's body out of thin air and restoring their memories.
Therefore, using utopian alchemy as the fundamental principle is reasonable and self-consistent.
Given the high difficulty of fantasy alchemy and the novelty of the knowledge involved, Angor was confident that he could "seal" Sebastian.
This is true.
After Angor demonstrated his imaginary alchemy and simply explained that it was a power to "create something from nothing," Sebastian was completely stunned.
He kept pressing for the reason behind this ability, but Angell, as planned, spread his hands to indicate that he didn't know.
However, he also threw out a bunch of questions about "what if," "possibly," and "whether" to package his research.
But in reality, the collections he released contained no of his own research, but rather a research intention.
Simply put, these are directions that may be researched in the future.
Angor's idea was simple: he couldn't tell Sebastian the truth about utopian alchemy, and Sebastian, without the "mystical embodiment," couldn't truly research utopian alchemy either. So he planned to escalate the situation, using various research directions to stall Sebastian, making him feel that this direction was not thoroughly explored, and then switch to another direction given by Angor.
This allows Sebastian to be "sealed" for a longer period of time.
Of course, this was just Angell's idea. Whether Sebastian would accept it or turn to other directions for research, Angell didn't know.
However, it seems that Sebastian has become entangled in the concept of "fantasy alchemy" at present.
His body, composed of information flow, suddenly froze, and his dark blue flame eyes instantly shrank to pinpoints.
"Daydreaming... alchemy, is it negating the material basis, using pure thought and rule models to reconstruct and transform concepts... fu... fu fu fu..." His voice became intermittent, as if all his computing power had been drained and thrown into some bottomless black hole of thought.
The next second, He was completely "still".
It is not static in a physical sense.
The runes on His body swirled, collided, annihilated, and were reborn at an unprecedented speed, emitting a subtle yet dense hum.
The illusory chain connecting to the dome rattled and stood taut.
It could be said that His core was "still," but the outward flow of information was running wildly, like a high-speed motor, and His whole being was completely focused.
Or rather, a state of scholarly fervor.
After waiting a moment, Angor called out softly, "Your Majesty Sebastian?"
Nothing happens.
Angor did not call out again, but quietly observed with his extrasensory perception. He needed to confirm how focused Sebastian was.
Or rather, he wanted to confirm whether Sebastian's fervent focus would diminish, and what the decline curve would look like.
After all, Angell only gave a demonstration, explaining the general concepts and some of the research ideas and directions.
Many scholars, without much prior research and theoretical basis, may be able to get into a research state for a while, but their focus will quickly diminish.
Sebastian was certainly different from ordinary scholars, but exactly how he differed was something Ingres needed to observe for himself.
Therefore, he activated his extrasensory perception to capture the intensity of Sebastian's emotions and the speed at which his thoughts flowed.
These data can be directly incorporated into the "attention decay curve formula" as empirical evidence for the final conclusion.
However, this requires continuous and long-term observation.
Therefore, even though Angell had already sensed the "Clearance Announcement" appearing in the text box, he still had no intention of leaving.
He created a sofa using "imaginary alchemy," sat on it, and quietly observed Sebastian.
Time passed slowly like this.
One hour, two hours...
Four hours, five hours...
The sky outside had long since changed from thick night fog to midday sun, but Angel remained motionless, observing Sebastian.
Under normal circumstances, even the most devoted scholar will experience a slight decline in concentration over time, just as a burning flame will eventually dim—this is a natural law.
To Angell’s surprise, Sebastian’s thought process did not slow down at all during those five hours, which meant that his concentration showed no signs of diminishing.
Five hours of observation is a short time, but Angell has refined the data to a level even smaller than micro, revealing every single detail.
Even the slightest fluctuation can be detected, and then substituted into the formula to make a deduction.
However, there were no fluctuations or declines; the emotional peak remained stable in the "extreme fervor" range without any drop; and the rate of thought flow was astonishingly fast.
This was completely beyond Ingres's imagination.
He had just seen Sebastian as an arrogant and haughty person, and his thoughts should have been fluctuating. But when it came to the moment of calculation, he found that Sebastian was completely different from his usual personality after entering a state of frenzy.
Is this the divine will of a cruel scholar?
Once it comes to matters of knowledge, all external factors are completely abandoned, and everything is solely for the purpose of analyzing knowledge and obtaining the truth.
From small things, one can understand great things.
Relying on this unwavering, frenzied curve... oh no, it's a perfectly straight horizontal line.
At this moment, Angell truly understood how terrifying a demon god who wielded the "authority of knowledge" could be.
At the same time, he also understood why many people, knowing that the "sealing" was a cruel scheme devised by the scholars, were still willing to throw themselves into the fire like moths to a flame.
Because by feeding knowledge, one can indeed put the divine thoughts of demons into a state similar to "sealing".
In this state of extreme fervor, Sebastian was completely oblivious to the outside world, and all his thoughts were absorbed into a state of flow.
Most importantly, Sebastian's "full power" doesn't seem to consume any energy... no, it consumes divine essence, but for Sebastian, divine essence can be replenished with his breath, because it is his authority.
In other words, in a sense, His state is capable of perpetual motion.
If His computational power were as great as His physical body, He might actually be able to discover the sinkhole in "Imaginary Alchemy": the mysterious tangible object.
Unfortunately, even though He is currently in a state of high-energy flow mania, He still cannot figure out anything.
"almost."
Angel didn't intend to stay here to observe Sebastian forever. Based on the few hours he had observed so far, he had basically confirmed Sebastian's condition.
Sebastian will not leave his frenzied state unless disturbed by others.
Therefore, he has successfully sealed Sebastian away.
Furthermore, a clearance announcement was released when Sebastian entered his frenzied state. This also indicates that the powers of the Fairy Realm had already determined that the seal had been successfully sealed.
However, although it seems that Sebastian has been firmly controlled, Angel still has some backup plans just in case.
For example, the "sofa" he is sitting on, and the furniture he created out of thin air, he plans to leave to Sebastian under the pretext of "decoration".
But they are all imaginary alchemical creations, each representing a certain idea. If Sebastian were to truly "awaken," these things could easily bring him back under control.
Moreover, they can also act as "eyes," allowing Angel to monitor Sebas's condition in real time as long as he is in the Dream Crystal Plains.
After doing all this, Angell stood up and looked at the "door".