Hyperdimensional Warlock

Angel finally resisted the urge to run.

Although in Angel's view, there is no difference between "running" and "walking", but who knows whether it will violate the prohibition?
Once the road really disappears because of "running", you have to start over.

This is more time-consuming than pursuing temporary speed.

Therefore, he still suppressed the urge to run away and walked step by step.

Even, in order to avoid mistakes, the frequency and distance of each step he takes are exactly the same as those of the machine doll.

This time, they walked without wind and waves for a quarter of an hour before the machine puppet stopped.

"Should it be here?" Angel muttered in a low voice.

During the journey, he had actually been estimating the distance.Just talking about the distance traveled, they were already close to the limit of more than ten miles mentioned by Lu Nuo.

However, many of the roads summoned by the machine dolls are winding.In terms of straight-line distance, it still takes some distance to reach the limit.

Angel didn't know whether the machine puppet counted straight-line distance or travel distance.

However, even if the travel distance is calculated, it is estimated that it is only a matter of one or two sections.

When Angel was thinking this, the machine puppet waved his hand again.

At its feet, a new long road stretches out, but this long road is completely different from the previous one.

To make an analogy...

The three roads they had experienced before could all be called "normal roads"; but at this time, what appeared in front of them was a "track."

From Angel's perspective, the track ahead, with its ups and downs and even its continuous giant loops, was exactly the same as the roller coaster track in an amusement park.Oh, no, there is a difference. The track in the amusement park at least has a vehicle roller coaster, but this track has nothing.

It looks like...it's a forced walk again?
The next second, the mechanical puppet jumped onto the track, turned around and said a long series of words to Angel and Laplace. Its expression kept changing during the process, and it even danced, as if telling a long story.

After the machine puppet finished telling its unknown story, it started on its way.

This time Angel observed carefully and finally confirmed that the track this time was indeed the same as before, still "hard walking".However, this time the mechanism doll combines "walking" and "running".

I walked slowly on the flat road, just like taking a walk.

When a large loop appears, the machine puppet begins to prepare to run, relying on the inertia of the power of speed to quickly pass through the large loop to avoid falling directly into the void with its head down.

If left to ordinary people, there is a high probability that they will not be able to pass it, because the curvature of the large loop is too large, and it is difficult for ordinary people to meet the speed requirements for passing the level.

However, for Angel and Laplace, even if they did not use extraordinary abilities and relied only on the strength of their physical bodies, they could still easily pass through the large loop.

Because it was a combination of walking and running, the time this time was obviously faster than before.

In just 5 minutes, we reached the end of the track.

At this point, even if we calculate the straight-line distance, we have reached the limit mentioned by Lu Nuo.

So, this should be the end?
Angel looked back and looked around, but couldn't see anything. There was neither a shining point nor a so-called exit building.

Just when Angel was filled with doubts, the porcelain-white machine puppet suddenly clapped his hands, and the applause caught his attention.

Under the gaze of Angel and Laplace, the porcelain white doll suddenly sang a song.

The lyrics are still incomprehensible, but just talking about the song itself... there is nothing worthy of praise. It is just an ordinary song with an ordinary voice.

The only bonus is that the porcelain white doll sings in this dark void, giving it a weird and ethereal atmosphere.

Other than that, think of nothing else.

After singing the song, the porcelain white idol was the actor who was about to take his final bow and began to express a series of thoughts.It can be seen from its exaggerated expression that the content it tells should be very emotional.

However, for Angel and Laplace who could not understand Ordovician, it was just playing the piano to an ox.

When the porcelain white man finished his speech, Angel thought it was time to "exit".

But what he didn't expect was that the porcelain white doll suddenly stretched out his hand and made a familiar movement towards the void - waving.

Then, a new road made of wood appeared behind it.

Angel: "..." More? !

Did Lu Nuo make a miscalculation?Or are there other reasons?
Didn't you say it's only a dozen miles away?
When Angel was complaining crazily in his heart, Laplace suddenly said: "No, this road is very short."

Angel said "Huh" and followed Laplace's words and looked into the distance.

This is a wooden staircase that winds forward for about a hundred meters before blending into the darkness.It seems that the end is a hundred meters away?
This is obviously completely different from the previous road!
Could it be that this road is actually the exit road?

Angel couldn't help but look at the machine puppet. If there was really an exit ahead, the machine puppet would most likely stop directly at the break like the cliff before.

However, the machine puppet did not stop as Angel thought. He stepped on the wooden stairs and began to climb up step by step.

Angel: "...Okay, whether it's the last stretch or not, just follow it and you'll find out."

Before stepping onto the wooden stairs, Angel did not forget to observe the movements of the machine puppet.

However, after observation, Angel found nothing unusual. It seemed to be the same as before?
Angel looked at Laplace, wanting to see what she said.

Laplace pondered for a moment and said in the psychic belt: "It should be the same as before, just a normal corridor. However, just in case, you'd better go up along the path it walked."

Angel nodded. Regardless of whether there were any restrictions, just follow the action of the puppet to avoid returning to the starting point if you make a mistake.

After making the decision, Angel was ready to take the long step.

Just as he was about to touch the ground, Laplace's voice came from the psychic belt: "Change your foot."

Angel: "???"

Laplace: "Just now, it landed with its right foot first, and it went up the stairs in a left-right cycle."

Angel: "...will it be so strict?"

Laplace didn't know either and shrugged: "Anyway, just follow its actions."

Angel didn't hesitate, simply changed his legs and started climbing the stairs.

At a glance, the machine puppet had arrived dozens of meters away and was stopping and smiling at them.

Angel didn't pay attention to the mechanism doll. It made a lot of "mockery" and "blunders" along the way, which was completely meaningless.However, Angel noticed that there was a faint glow behind the mechanism doll.

There is the end of the wooden stairs.

Is there light at the end?Could it be!Where is the exit?
Angel's heart moved and he stepped faster. Before long, Angel saw the light not far away.

However, the light looked like a glowing surface.Is it... a mirror?

Mirror is the exit?If this ruins were created by creatures from the Sun Mirror Realm, then there is a high probability that the mirror is the exit; however, since this ruins was created by the Ordovicians, the probability that the mirror is the exit does not seem to be high.

Angel shook his head and stopped thinking about it.Anyway, it's only a dozen meters away, just go over and take a look and you'll know.

Angel took a big step and prepared to quickly go to the light source.

However, the next second.

As soon as his feet were empty, he fell straight down like an onion.

Angel quickly adjusted his posture, looked up, and found that the wooden stairs had disappeared, and Laplace and the machine doll were floating in mid-air.

The machine puppet smiled sneer at the fallen Angel.

Then, the mechanism doll slowly flew back towards the return road.

When Angel saw this, he immediately summoned the power of the wind element from his feet to surround him, jumped up, and flew to Laplace's side.

Angel: "...Is this an error?"

Laplace shook his head gently: "I don't know what's wrong. Let's go back with the doll first."

Their current location was in an unknown dark void, and they couldn't see the cliff.Once you lose sight of the doll, you will most likely lose your way here.

Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, Angel and Laplace did not talk much at this time and quickly flew in the direction of the mechanism doll.

During the flight back, the machine puppet did not speak, but hummed the ditty from before.

The laughter that accompanied it from time to time made Angel feel a little angry. ——If Lu Nuo hadn't said that the exit was not fixed and had to be opened by the machine puppet; he really wanted to give the machine puppet a beating.

Flying straight back, it took less than 3 minutes to reach the cliff.

Angel didn't waste any time and reactivated the machine puppet. With its chanting, he once again started a new journey.

Fortunately, the path summoned by the machine doll will not change in the short term.

It’s still the same black and white checkered road, blue water road, stone road, and roller coaster track road.

With experience, did they move much faster...?No, not at all.Mainly due to the restrictions of the rules, their speed is no different from before.

After about an hour, we returned to the wooden stairs.

During this process, Angel and Laplace have also been communicating in the spiritual tether, trying to find the mistakes they made on the wooden stairs before.

They did not analyze where the specific mistakes were.

But one thing concerned them. After climbing the wooden steps, there was no immediate problem. It was only after walking dozens of meters that the ban was violated.

Why is that?
"Before, our attention was attracted by the light source, and after climbing the wooden steps, we lost our guard because we did not violate the prohibition at the beginning."

"So, we can't make mistakes this time and keep an eye on the puppet." Laplace: "Especially where you violated the prohibition before, you must pay attention to see if the puppet has any abnormal movements there."

Angel nodded, he also understood this truth, but... it was not that simple to completely observe the action of the machine puppet.

Because the wooden staircase does not go all the way up, it has ups and downs.

Moreover, they cannot use any energy in the chimeric space, and cannot even leave their mental power, for fear of violating the restrictions and singing a little song to go home; therefore, if they want to observe the machine puppets, they can only use the naked eye. Go and see.

Observation with the naked eye is never as broad and detailed as the mental vision.

Angel cheered up and carefully observed the movement of the machine puppet.

It didn't take long for the machine puppet to arrive at the place where Angel had violated the ban.

Angel's pupils shrank slightly, and he found that the machine puppet did not continue to move forward, but stood still and turned to look at them.

"The mechanism doll was standing here before." Laplace: "However, on every road, it will stand in a few places, and then turn back and wait for us."

"This should be its inherent pause mechanism, not a ban..."

Angel looked at the machine puppet and looked back with a smile. He spoke in a long way, frowning: "You can't imitate it and say this long paragraph, right?"

Laplace shook his head: "Probably not. Luno said that you can pass the test by remaining silent throughout the whole process. It certainly doesn't mean that we should imitate it."

Angel: "What could that be? What was the mistake that happened before?"

Laplace couldn't answer for a moment. She looked at the motionless machine doll in front of her and suddenly thought of something: "It won't continue to move forward until you step on the wooden steps."

"You go up first, and you should proceed the same way as before. There will be no problems in the early stage."

Angel nodded, stared at the machine puppet, and then took a step forward.

As Angel stepped onto the stairs, the machine puppet finally turned around and started moving. As it continued to move forward, Laplace's eyes suddenly lit up and he exclaimed: "It changed its legs!"

"Before, it stepped onto the wooden steps with its right foot, and then walked up the stairs alternately left and right. According to this rule, it should have stepped forward with its left foot just now, but after it stayed in place waiting for us, it turned around and stepped forward with its right foot! "

"This doesn't conform to the previous pattern of alternating between left and right!"

While Laplace was still telling the story, Angel had already calculated based on the number of steps that the doll had indeed moved about once.

However, is it really a problem with the left and right feet?
Angel pondered for a moment: "You'll know after you try it."

This time, Angel and Laplace climbed the wooden stairs together.

There were no problems at all for the first few dozen meters.Soon, we came to the place where we fell into the pit before.

This time, it was Laplace who explored the path.

She paused on the spot, then stepped up with her right foot.

Angel's heart was already hanging in the air. When he saw that Laplace landed smoothly and the wooden steps did not disappear, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Angel also complained before that Laplace said that letting the right foot take the first step was a bit too fussy about details.But now it seems like the Joker is himself.

The mistake I made before was indeed the question of whether to step with the left foot first or the right foot first.

I have to say, the mechanical puppets are simply deceiving.

Previously, the rules did not concern the left and right feet at all. On the contrary, this section of the road near the end actually started to separate the left and right feet...