Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 2895 Exploration Progress
Special dream?Special character?Exploration level?

Hearing Laplace's words, Angel felt that this was a "dungeon"... There is actually a setting for the level of exploration?

If this is the case, according to the experience of the information Angel saw in the holographic tablet, is it 100% exploration, and this dungeon is considered a successful clearance?

No, it seems that there is a sentence in the message Laplace received: After the execution is over, the special dreamland will be left.

This means that as long as you kill a special character, you can leave this dungeon... the so-called special dream?

And the special person, without a doubt, is the masked man who is about to be executed by Laplace in front of him.

The whole logic is quite simple.

It should indeed be somewhat similar to those "game copies" recorded in the holographic tablet.

However, what Angel doesn't understand is that the information is not difficult to understand, and Laplace should be able to understand it too.Since the execution of the masked man can leave, why did Laplace act at the last moment?
"This power is more interesting. It can show the degree of exploration. It seems to digitize a trial space... This is a bit like the endless corridor of Sky Machinery City." Angel commented on the message Laplace received. Then he asked what was in his mind: "Speaking of which, since the information tells you that you can leave after the execution is explained, why did you stop all of a sudden?"

Laplace didn't immediately answer Angel's question, but asked: "The first thing I paid attention to was that this place is called a 'special dream', and you don't seem to be surprised by that at all."

Angel: "As I said, I have a power that can affect other powers to a limited extent. At the moment when the new power was born, I already had a general understanding of the composition of the new power..."

Laplace responded immediately: "In other words, do you know what this power is? You were lying to me just now?"

Angel: "I didn't lie to you. I just said that I understand the composition of the new power, but I don't know what the new power is. Well, let me tell you the composition of the new power that I understand."

Angel pondered for a moment, and then spoke out the information obtained from the new power.

There are only three key words that can be extracted from a very obscure message: the dream world, the mirror world, and the secret realm.

"According to my speculation, this may be a special secret realm that has both the nature of the dream world and the nature of the mirror world. As you said just now, the information you received called this trial space a 'special dream'. The special secret realm I thought deviated from a lot. Therefore, I didn't pay special attention to this point."

Laplace believed what Angel said, because if Angel didn't want to explain, he would just keep silent as before.Now that it was explained, and the explanation made sense, Laplace believed it.

Angle paused: "By the way, you just heard the information I got about the new power. Although I still can't fully understand the essence of the new power, since the power has been revealed, the name still needs to be determined. of."

Laplace frowned, and asked in the void, "Did you name this power?"

Angel: "Naturally."

Laplace was silent for a moment: "Your name is..."

Angel: "Sleepwalking in Wonderland."

Laplace originally thought that he would hear a colloquial name like "Dream Crystal Field", but he didn't expect that Angel would spit out a name that sounded pretty good, and felt quite appropriate?

"Are you sure you took this?"

Angel: "..."

Laplace tilted his head: "I don't mean anything else, I just think it's a good name. Wonderland, Wonderland... Unfortunately, the situation here is far from Wonderland."

Laplace: "Didn't you ask me just now, why didn't you continue to execute it? The reason is very simple. Do you remember the last row of information in the information I got?"

Angel thought for a while: "Unexplored areas, will there be unknown changes after leaving?"

Laplace nodded: "Yes, according to the information I have received, my current exploration progress is 65%. Even if the masked man is executed, it is estimated that the exploration progress will not be able to advance to 100%. And here I am, There are indeed some unexplored areas, such as the second and third floors, maybe there is something hidden there, I hope to advance to 100% before exiting."

"Are you going to advance to 100% exploration? Are you... obsessive-compulsive?" Angel muttered.

"What is obsessive-compulsive disorder? Forget it, I guess it's not a good word, I just don't want to leave any shortcomings when I do things." Laplace explained.

Angel didn't speak after hearing this, but he still acquiesced in his heart. Isn't this just obsessive-compulsive disorder?

However, it is good to explore to 100% progress. 100% exploration means complete customs clearance. Angor also wants to know, what changes will occur in the dungeon after completely clearing a "single-player dungeon"?Is it disappearing, or is it completely open and becoming a public copy?

Thinking of this, Angel didn't say anything more, but helped Laplace think of countermeasures.

"You just said that the places you haven't explored are the second and third floors?" Angel asked.

Laplace nodded: "Yes, what's the matter?"

Angel pondered for a moment: "Because my viewing angle is similar to that of Little Garden, I observed the whole Little Garden before locking your position. According to what I saw, there is nothing strange about the second and third floors .”

Laplace wondered, "There's nothing strange about it? Then why does the information suggest that the unexplored area will undergo unknown changes after leaving? Is there a hidden snow area in this special dream?"

Angel: "This should not be."

"It would be strange if there is no hidden snow area..."

Angel didn't know the specific situation at this time. He had only observed Hakoniwa for a long time, and he didn't know the information here.

Laplace didn't expect Angel to give an answer either. After pondering for a moment, she threw a scale onto the masked man on the ground.

Laplace decided to continue looking for a way to explore 100% progress, so the masked man can't be killed yet, but he can't be allowed to run away either. Throwing a scale is just in case.

After making sure it was correct, Laplace came to the fireplace and picked up a picture frame on the ground.

Before, when she was about to look at the picture frame, the masked man appeared, and she didn't see what was painted in the picture frame.

When Laplace opened the picture frame, his brows raised slightly.

"This is... a family portrait?" Angor's voice came: "However, it seems that more than half of the fire has been burned, and the faces of the two people on the right can no longer be seen clearly."

The painting in the frame has burnt marks, so it is difficult to see the details, but the general situation can still be seen.

They are two men and two women.

Among them, a man and a woman are in the center of the picture. The face of the woman has been burned, and half of the man has been burned, but it can be seen that it is a middle-aged man with a mustache.

Next to the woman was a young girl who was snuggling up, her face was also burned, and it was impossible to see who it was.

Next to the man, stood an old man in a tuxedo who had wrinkles on his face, looked a bit old but still looked fresh. Judging from the old man's appearance, he should be a housekeeper.

"The ones that were burned seemed to be all women. Was this deliberately burned?" Angel asked.

Laplace shook his head: "I didn't burn the two women on purpose. When I found the frame, it was in the fireplace. If I didn't take it out in time, what would be burned would not just be a part of the paper. "

In other words, it was not a coincidence that the faces of the two women were burned, but it was just bad luck that the burning started from the upper left corner, which "disfigured" the two women on the left first.

Angel: "Then, did you find anything?"

Laplace thought for a moment, then stretched out his finger and pointed to the one of the two men on the right who was more like the head of the house: "I saw a lot of portraits of this man along the way, and they all looked like he was fat. Here In this painting, he should not have become so fat."

"Is there anything special about this?" Angel wondered why Laplace cared about the so-called fat and thin issues.

Laplace: "Because I was too fat, I didn't recognize him. But now, I confirm that I have seen him."

When Laplace said this, he whispered: "On the door frame of the rose garden outside, I saw a few heads, and this person is inside."

Hearing Laplace's words, Angel subconsciously turned his gaze to the rose garden.

Before, he saw the heads trampled by Laplace, but now, as Laplace said, he really found the "Patriarch" in the portrait among the heads rolling on the ground.

"I saw that there is not only this man, but also the butler next to him. However, besides this man and the butler, there are three women..."

Laplace: "These three women, two of them, should be the mistress here, and her daughter."

When Laplace said this, he pointed to the two women with burned faces in the frame.

"Then what about the remaining woman?" Angel asked again.

Laplace shook his head: "I don't know about that, maybe we can only find clues by going to the second and third floors."

Although Angel said that he had seen the situation on the second and third floors and didn't find anything strange, that was from Angel's perspective.

Along the way, Laplace always felt that the atmosphere here was shrouded in suspicion, and, until now, the identity of the masked man had not been revealed.

Therefore, she guessed that these mysteries might be on the second or third floor.

After Laplace made his decision, he left the main hall and walked towards the second floor.

After entering the second floor, Laplace pushed away the surrounding rooms and asked, "Which room on the second floor has a portrait? Also, is there any room on the second floor with blood stains? Is there a hidden room?"

Angel glanced at it, and quickly answered the first two questions.

"There is no hidden room on the second floor, nor on the third floor. However, there is an attic from the third floor to the top floor, and there is a ladder there. It is also obvious that it is not a hidden room."

Following Angel's guidance, Laplace quickly went to several rooms with portraits and several rooms with bloodstains.

Along the way, Laplace thought, paused, and hesitated, but he didn't speak.

After finishing the second floor, Laplace went to the third floor.

There were not many rooms on the third floor, and Laplace didn't ask Angel, and went to see them one by one.

Finally, Laplace set his sights on the ladder to the attic.

……

In the narrow and cramped attic, there was a bed, a tattered table, and insignificant furnishings.

In Angel's view, there is nothing worth mentioning.

However, Laplace was very concerned about this attic, and stayed here for a long time, almost using a carpet method to search everything in the attic.

Angel felt that Laplace was making a big deal out of a molehill.

But what Angel didn't expect was that Laplace... actually searched for something.

Bloody clothes, lots of bandages, and homemade crutches.

Judging from the size of the clothes and the length of the cane, the person who used to live in the attic should not be an adult.It should be a child, probably less than 1.6 meters.

After judging this information, while Angel was still thinking about who this child could be, Laplace actually found a small hidden note in the tip of the crutch.

Angel was surprised to see it. It was like a treasure hunt game.

He thought there was nothing wrong with the attic, but Laplace found so many hidden items, and even an extremely secret note. This made Angel, who had sworn before that there was no problem on the second and third floors, only felt that his face had been covered. It was a little swollen.

In the small note, there are not words, but very childish pictures drawn with charcoal.

There are no figures in the painting, but small grids one by one, and a red star is marked on one of the small grids.

Angel looked carefully at this immature painting, and after a long while, he hesitated and said, "Is this the legendary treasure map?"

As soon as Angel finished speaking, he saw Laplace take out an iron box from behind a brick on the wall.

Angel was dumbfounded, what the hell is this?
Laplace explained leisurely: "This is the treasure in the treasure map you mentioned."

"How did you find it?" Angel wondered.

Laplace: "It looks like a picture drawn by a child. The place where a child can hide is basically within sight. If you hide outside, you are afraid of being taken by someone, so you should hide in your room for peace of mind. So, according to this logic , this treasure must be hidden in the room."

"The grid on the picture should be a wall brick. Therefore, the location of the treasure may be behind the wall brick. I didn't count which wall brick it is, but I perceived which wall brick can penetrate in, and that place is probably the treasure. .”

"From the results, my guess is correct."

While talking, Laplace prepared to open the box.

Angel was beside him and said silently: "How do I feel that I have changed from a combat dungeon to a decrypted dungeon?"

Laplace: "Huh? What did you say?"

Angel: "I didn't say anything, I just think that you should add a notification sound in your ear at this time. ——"Ding! Congratulations on discovering a new item: a hidden box. Exploration progress +5%""

Laplace: "It would be very useful if we could really know the progress of the exploration in real time. Unfortunately, there is no such prompt."

Angel thought to himself: Not now, doesn't mean there won't be in the future.

If it is determined that Wonderland is a way of existence similar to dungeons, whether it is a puzzle-solving style, a fighting style, or a secret room style...you can get a progress reminder.

Of course, the premise is that Angel can only implement it after he has mastered Wonderland through the power tree. Just think about it now.

On the other side, Laplace opened the box.

There are very few things in the box, and they are all small things, such as brooches, cloth strips, and a strand of hair that has been treasured. From the details, these things should all come from women.

Apart from these trinkets, only the bottom layer of velvet cloth remained.

"This kind of fabric is usually reserved for nobles." Angel said softly.

While uncovering the cloth, Laplace said, "Unfortunately, at present, no one in this family is a nobleman."

When the cloth was uncovered, both Laplace and Angel saw a thin portrait hidden under the cloth.

The portrait is not big, but it is very delicate, and there are many characters drawn on the small paper.

When he saw the characters in the painting, Laplace said softly: "It seems that I have to take back what I just said. There should be nobles in this family. Or, is it related to the nobles?"

Judging from the dress of these characters, they are basically from nobles.

It's just that they are all unfamiliar faces.

The only two faces that were not unfamiliar faces were a man and a woman.

The man was a thin young man wearing a housekeeper's uniform, with a mustache; the woman was wearing the costume of the head maid, standing at the very edge, she looked very beautiful, but her eyebrows and eyes were a bit harsh.

This man and a woman are the wife of the owner of this house.

Laplace did not expect that the house owner who pursued the noble life in his heart was actually the butler of a noble family.

The owner's wife is the head maid of the same noble family.

However, what does it mean to know their original identities?

While Laplace was meditating, his eyes suddenly glanced at a woman in the middle of the photo.

This should be a noble lady.Holding a bouquet of beautiful big Mary roses in her hand, she has long, smooth hair, wearing a light blue dress, and a shiny gemstone brooch.

After careful comparison, the things on her body and the gadgets in the box are exactly the same.The cloth strips in the box are from the light blue dress she was wearing; the brooch in the box, although the jewels are missing, but the outline can still be matched; only the hair, this is not completely sure, but the first two are matched, the hair Basically didn't run away.

In other words, the contents of this box come from this noble lady.

But the person living here is definitely not the noble lady, if nothing else, it is a child.

Children's words... Laplace looked down from the noble lady and looked at the swaddling baby in the lady's hand.

Could it be that the children living here are actually babies in the swaddling arms of the noble lady?
Looking at this portrait, Laplace thought about all the things he had encountered since entering this space, and a vague guess came to his mind.

However, this guess still needs some corroboration.

After thinking about it, Laplace retreated from the attic and came to a main room on the third floor.

This is the homeowner's study room, and there are a lot of books in it. Unfortunately, she couldn't understand the words in these books, so she just flipped through them.

But this time, Laplace seriously flipped through the books here.

While reading, I didn't forget to ask Angel: "Do you know the text here?"

Angel gave a negative answer: "I don't know. However, these may not be the words you think."

Laplace lived: "Not a word? What do you mean?"

Angel: "Have you forgotten where this is?"

Laplace: "...a special dream."

Angel: "Whether it's special or not, it's just right that this is a dream. And dreams have a characteristic, which is formed based on the dreamer's cognition."

Laplace: "You mean, if the dreamer is illiterate, then the text here is actually the text he imagined, not the real text."

Angel didn't deny it: "It's basically like this, like a person who doesn't understand arithmetic, if he dreams about arithmetic, there is a high probability that it will be some confusing symbols."

Laplace: "I understand what you mean, but according to what you said, the dreamer of this dream is not an adult."

Adults are generally literate, especially the butlers and head maids in noble families. If they don't even know the basics, how can they be qualified for this job.

Angel did not answer and asked instead: "Don't you think so too?"

Laplace did not refute this time, because the guess in her heart... was indeed as Angel said.

The dream maker of this special dream should be a child.

However, even if it is confirmed that the dream maker is a child, she still needs a piece of evidence to give her guess.

Laplace flipped through the books in silence.Since the text here is meaningless, you don't need to read the text, just the pictures.

After a while, Laplace found a picture in a book on the table.

The text under the picture can basically be ignored, but the content on the picture is very clear.

A noble estate is on fire.

On the next page, there is also a picture.

A man and a woman brought back a six or seven-year-old boy from a noble manor. In front of the crowd, the man and woman were holding the little boy and weeping. The man seemed to be holding out his hand and swearing.

On the next page, there is still a picture.

Near the rose garden in the burning manor castle, a new house was built, and the appearance of this house was exactly the same as the house they were in at this time....

……

When seeing this, Laplace let out a long breath.

She basically already knew the story here.

To put it bluntly, the noble mansion was on fire, and the only survivor was adopted and brought up by the so-called butler and head maid. Unfortunately, the butler and head maid were supercilious. Not only did they not respect the only noble descendant, they even They robbed him of everything, including the manor, including the treasures in the castle... Judging from the layout of the house, the former butler was even ready to replace him and become a new nobleman.

And this noble descendant, if nothing unexpected happens, should be a child living in the attic.

His clothes were blood-stained, he kept bandages all year round to keep his wounds from becoming infected, and he had a homemade cane, which indicated that his legs and feet were still broken... probably broken.

This is a story of a dove occupying a magpie's nest.

After learning the story, Laplace can now basically confirm that the dreamer of this dream should be inseparable from the child in the attic, and even said that the dreamer is the child in the attic.

The reason why I say this is because only the child in the attic hates or even hates everyone here. They take away everything from the child in the name of taking care of them.And in this special dream, everyone he hated was almost dead.

Therefore, the child in the attic should have a deep connection with the dreamer.

Either it is his friend, standing up for it in the dream; or, it is the dream maker itself, imagining a powerful masked man in his dream, to punish and kill everyone he hates and resents.

That's why, on the gate rail of the rose garden, there are human head balloons made of the heads of those "wicked people".In the eyes of children, they are all damned and belong to the death list.

However, even if you know the background of this special dream and understand some truths, there are still some doubts that need to be resolved urgently.

For example, in the head balloon on the gate of the Rose Garden, there are three women and two men. The identities of the two women and the men have been confirmed. They are the master, mistress, housekeeper, and daughter of this big house, but the only extra Who is the woman?
The second doubt is also related to the head balloon on the gate of the Rose Garden. Since there is a daughter's head on the gate, who is the fat girl who was hunted down by the masked man before?Or is this daughter so vicious that the dream maker even wanted to kill her twice?
Finally, there is another question, which is also the most critical question: will the mystery of the background story be solved, will it affect the progress of exploration?
Angel is also paying attention to the last question, and his suggestion is: "Why don't you go back to the main hall and 'prepare to execute' the masked man to see if there is any change in the exploration progress?"

However, Laplace did not take Angel's suggestion, but just closed his eyes. A second later, Laplace opened his eyes and shook his head: "There is no change, and the exploration progress is still 65%."

Angel was a little surprised: "You are..." How did you confirm the progress of the exploration?
Laplace: "Don't forget that I threw a scale on him. I just decided to activate the scale with a thought. The execution information automatically appeared, and it was still 65%."

This is why Laplace said with certainty that the progress of the exploration has not changed.

Angel: "If it's a copy of the puzzle type...I mean the trial space, solving the puzzles should increase the degree of exploration. But now, there is no change in the degree of exploration when solving the background puzzles, either There is a mistake in solving the puzzle, or, this is not a trial space for decryption. Other things need to be done to increase the degree of exploration."

"I personally prefer the latter, and there may be other things to do to increase the degree of exploration."

The reason why Angor said this is also very simple, because if it is a dungeon of solving puzzles, only if Laplace resolves all the puzzles incorrectly and all the truths are shifted, then the exploration speed will stagnate Case.

And the fact is obviously not the case.

Laplace's analysis is logical, and a series of evidence she found, including the illustrations in this book, support her speculation.

Even if the speculation is wrong, it is not completely wrong.

Therefore, this exploration progress is obviously not directly related to puzzle solving.

"Then what exactly do we need to do to increase the progress of exploration?" Angel muttered in a low voice: "Could it be that through the masked man, we must persuade the dream maker behind him to let go of his hatred in order to increase the speed of exploration? "

Laplace said indifferently: "According to what you said, this special dream is still a dream involving morality?"

Angel smiled coyly: "I'll just talk casually."

When he said these words, he subconsciously remembered the puzzle solving of some games in the holographic tablet. What he said was also the puzzle solving idea of ​​this kind of game. correctness.

However, after he finished speaking, he also felt that something was wrong.Although he calls the special dream dungeon, it is not a game after all.

It is estimated that the real way of exploration will not go to such a template that requires moral correctness.

Angor can't think of a way to increase the degree of exploration, so he looked at Laplace: "What do you think?"

Laplace: "Perhaps, we still have to start with the masked man. After all, he is the only living creature in this dream."

Angel: "The roses outside are also living beings, right?"

Laplace didn't bother to pay attention to Angel's complaints. She naturally knew that Mary Rose was a living being, but the living beings she expressed were intelligent beings.At present, the only intelligent beings here are masked people.

Laplace turned around and was about to leave the study and go to the main hall to see the masked man again.

Just when Laplace walked to the gate, he heard Angel complain again: "Even if the rose is not a living thing, so is the girl outside?"

Laplace: "I know her, she's dead."

Angel: "No, from my point of view, she didn't die, but was buried in the rose garden and became the nourishment for the roses."

Laplace paused, and said in a surprised tone: "You said...she's not dead?"

Angel looked down at the rose garden again from the perspective of the small garden, and then said firmly: "She's not dead, she has a heartbeat and a breath."

"She's not dead?" Laplace frowned. "Since she's not dead, maybe the exploration speed is on her."

Thinking of this, Laplace immediately set off, rushed downstairs at a fast speed, rushed out of the house through the back door, and ran all the way to the place where the girl was buried.

Sure enough, what Angel said was right, she was still alive!The girl's body has been pulled into the ground from the neck down to become the nourishment of the big Mary Rose, but the head above the neck is still exposed.With Laplace's eyesight, he could clearly see her breathing, and he could also see the regular beating of the blood vessels on her neck.

However, although she was alive, her previous obese body had disappeared. She had been nourished by the big Mary Rose, and now she became skinny and seemed to be at risk of death at any time.

Laplace approached the girl, trying to wake her up.

However, the girl has entered a deep coma, and even said that her brain has been damaged. With Laplace's current methods, there is no way to wake her up from the coma.

Laplace pondered for a moment: "Since you can't wake her up...then I'll kill her for you."

The "you" in Laplace's "Kill her for you" does not refer to Angel, but refers to the real owner of this dream, that is, the dream maker.

Since the dream maker hated this woman so much and kept letting the masked man torture and kill her, then Laplace would fulfill the dream maker.

While thinking this way, Laplace slowly raised his foot.

"Is there an execution reminder?" Angor's voice sounded in Laplace's ear.

Laplace shook his head: "No."

There is no execution prompt, which means that even if the girl is killed, the instance will not end.

However, this is also under Laplace's control. The real way to leave the dungeon is to kill the masked man.

Therefore, Laplace stepped on the girl's head without hesitation.

The feet that turned into hooves, muscles sprayed out and covered with scales were so powerful that they directly trampled the girl's head to pieces, and the ground was full of red and white filth splashed out.

Laplace was also splashed with the gushing filth, but she ignored it and stood there in a daze.

Angel yelled in her ear for a long while before Laplace came back to his senses.

And the first sentence she said after she recovered was good news.

"After killing this girl, I tried to execute the masked man remotely, and I found that my exploration speed has increased!"

Angel: "How much is it now?"

Laplace pondered for a moment, then said softly——

"99%."

(End of this chapter)