Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 3973 Dark Corner Corridor
April 1st had never learned how to dress, and had no idea how gossip reporters dressed.

However, although he doesn't know how to dress himself, he can learn from others' dressing style.

Soon after, he arrived near an entertainment newspaper office in the central city.

Sitting on a bench on the street, through the light and shadow of holographic flowers and plants, he silently observed the staff coming and going in the newspaper office, including many gossip reporters.

After observing carefully for a moment, he gradually had an idea of ​​the reporter's outfit.

Work jackets, windbreakers, shirts, sweaters...

Casual pants, overalls... sneakers, boots, tactical shoes...

What you wear is not important, what is important is to be low-key, not noticeable, and have plenty of pockets. Pants and shoes are also mainly relaxed and convenient for running.

The focus is on accessories, such as backpacks, messenger bags, hats, sunglasses, binoculars, long and short flash cameras, voice pens... and so on.

Moreover, these accessories must also have "hidden" properties.

After all, as a gossip reporter, the two most important points are, first, the ability to escape, and second, trying not to be discovered by outsiders.

After having a general idea, I started dressing up on April 1st.

A black sweatshirt with a dark hooded jacket, overalls with tactical shoes, a fisherman's hat, sunglasses, and a mask.

All of the above can be purchased in fashion stores.

As for those that cannot be bought, or cannot be afforded, including the flash machine, the voice recorder, the holographic shielding device... any one of them starts at four digits, and the holographic shielding device, for example, costs more than five digits.

But if you want to perfectly dress like a gossip reporter, these are necessary.

In the end, April 1st chose the rental service.

After going around in circles for a while, he finally spent 800 Modern Coins and rented a complete set of accessories. However, when he thought about the rental fees, he felt tired.

This is his four months' rent!
April 1st cried silently in his heart, but when he thought about the origin of the money and what he was about to do, he felt relieved.

As long as he becomes a magician, will he still be short of money?
Now that’s an investment upfront!
Wearing thick gear, I boarded the Silver Wing Express to North District 14 on April 1st.

Here is the gossip tip that Angel gave him.

A moment later, April 1st had arrived at No. 44, Pu Lu Street, North District 14...

He thought that No. 44 Pulu Street would be a busy neighborhood, but the reality was that it was almost entirely dark empty space, with a garbage dump in the distance that emitted a sour smell.

There are passers-by, but they are all quite far away from here.

At least within a fifty-meter radius of the street, April 1st saw no one else.

He raised his head and looked towards No. 44 Pu Lu Street. An old apartment building covered with moss and ivy appeared in front of him.

The apartment building still looked dilapidated. At first glance, most of the windows were broken and there was no light. It was obvious that no one lived there.

There were a few houses with lights on, but they were scattered.

In front of the apartment building stood a sign with a lot of scratches and unknown stains, which read - Evening Bell Apartments.

And his target was the basement floor of Wanzhong Apartment.

……

Time goes back several hours.

Just as Angel was talking to April 1st about the information about the "gossip spirit", April 1st's body suddenly began to fade slowly.

Angel knew at a glance that this was going to be offline!
No, there is no login device on April 1st, so he doesn’t mean to be offline, but his real body is about to wake up!

When he inquired, he found out that he had been in Modern City for more than eight hours on April 1, and had spent six hours in the small dark room of the Public Security Bureau.

According to a normal person's sleeping habits, he should have woken up.

Angel sighed helplessly and could only quickly explain a few key points while he was still offline.

Including asking April 1st to go to a place in the underground block where Modern Coins are buried to obtain an ill-gotten windfall...

When everything was almost explained, April 1st gradually disappeared and completely lost its trace.

Looking at the place where April 1st disappeared, Angel felt a little headache.

Why did they log off at this time instead of earlier? You know, they are still inside the Fashion Guild at this time!

If he comes online again and there happens to be someone here, wouldn't that become a horror story?

You know, when they, the challengers, go offline, they have to go offline in a secluded place in order not to be discovered by the gifted people.

Angel sighed, it seemed like he was the only one left to help clean up the mess.

There is no way, who said that the NPC in the dream on April 1st is special... When the consciousness of other people who dream about NPC goes offline, they will automatically be transformed into ordinary NPC.

April 1st is unique and has a mechanism similar to the challenger's online and offline functions.

Fortunately, although they were inside the Fashion Guild at this time, they were not in a place where the staff gathered, but in a private shop.

With a little money, you should be able to book this small cubicle for a day or two.

Thinking of this, Angel found Lizzie and asked him to help with this matter.

Although Lizzie didn't know the reason, she quickly settled the matter of the private room. In order to avoid prying eyes from outsiders, she also put a "under renovation" sign at the door.

After doing all this, Angel returned to the private room alone.

Judging from the time, Algarron is about to arrive and it is about time for him to go offline.

However, in order to avoid rushing out rashly after going online on April 1, Angle left some reminders in the private room.

After doing all this, Angel looked towards the underwater church.

Because Laplace still needed his help to teleport out of Modern City, he planned to take a look at the situation there first, and then log off after teleporting Laplace out.

From God's perspective.

Huayuan was holding Cherry, sitting under the stage of the underwater church, curiously spying on the two "human machines" on the stage, while chatting with Laplace who was sitting next to her.

From this scene, Ingres can basically be sure that Huayuan's emotions have almost stabilized.

When he asked in the team chat, it turned out to be exactly as he thought.

Laplace had already explained to Huayuan how to leave, and also talked to Huayuan about her future path and Cherry's subsequent situation.

"So are you ready to leave now?" Angel did not ask in the team chat, but directly sent a message.

Laplace did not answer immediately, but said to Huayuan: "I'm sorry, you can leave on your own tomorrow morning."

A trace of panic flashed in Huayuan's eyes, but when she thought about what she had talked about with Laplace before, and the fact that Cherry was still here with her, she slowly regained her composure.

"……it is good."

Laplace: "If there is anything, you can tell Doros."

Laplace pointed at the robot on the stage, but then changed the subject: "However, if there is nothing special, it is best not to contact us."

After saying this, Laplace stood up, waved to Huayuan, and walked towards the compartment of the church.

Huayuan watched Laplace leave.

After the figure disappeared, Huayuan lowered her head, hugged Cherry, and asked about its physical condition in a low voice...

inside the compartment.

Laplace: "You can send me out now."

Angel said "hmm" and started the operation.

After a moment, Laplace clearly felt that there seemed to be a special atmosphere around her, but when she wanted to find the source of the atmosphere, she felt that there was emptiness all around her.

Angel: "Okay, you can log off now. When you log on again, I will send you to the dungeon entrance."

Laplace nodded, and his figure began to slowly dissipate like a dream bubble.

Two minutes later.

Laplace's figure solidified again in the Dream Crystal Plain, but this time she was no longer in the humid underwater church, but came to the entrance of the Modern City dungeon.

Directly in front of you is a crystal creation modeled after the building where Prada Media is located, which is also the entrance to the dungeon.

Laplace had just stood still when he heard Angel's voice.

"I'll log off first." Angel: "I wish you can take down the Hair Beast in one fell swoop."

As soon as Angel finished speaking, he heard Laplace quickly say to the air: "Wait a minute!"

"what happened?"

Angel noticed that Laplace looked relaxed before she went offline, but now her brows were furrowed and her expression became serious.

Apparently, something unknown happened after Laplace went offline.

Laplace pondered and said, "After I logged off just now, I used the ability of mind sharing to contact my main body in the Sea of ​​Mirrors."

"I contacted the main body to ask if there was any news about Sigimund."

Angel: “What’s the result?”

Laplace: "One good news, one bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

"Good news."

Laplace: "According to the main body, it has captured the image of Sigismund. Although the image is not very beautiful and sometimes disappears. But this is also a kind of luck."

Because before, Laplace actually guessed that the dark corner world was a closed world.

A closed world means an empty sea of ​​mirrors, where no images can be projected. For example, Naples’ hometown, the Tewari Realm, is a closed world, and an empty sea of ​​mirrors cannot present images of the Tewari Realm.

But now it has been proved that the dark corner world is not a closed world, which is naturally a blessing.

"However, judging from the fact that the picture appears and disappears from time to time, we can roughly determine that the edge of the dark corner world is not completely closed, but it is not completely open either. This world is most likely a semi-closed world."

"Semi-closed world is not a common concept, but a definition I made up myself." Laplace: "You can understand that even though the images of this kind of world can be projected into the Sea of ​​​​Empty Mirrors, the signal is not very good and it will be disconnected from time to time."

"But after the interruption, you can still reconnect. Overall, it's still good, but the picture may not be as smooth as when you live broadcast."

Laplace: "In your words, it will lag."

Angel: "...What about the bad news?"

Laplace: "The bad news is that according to the images received by the main body, Sigismund's current situation may not be very good..."

"What's wrong?" Angel's voice came from behind her this time.

Laplace looked back and saw Angel's figure beside her: "Is this your real body?"

Angel shook his head: "If I want to leave the Modern City dungeon, I can only go to the Hidden Waters first. But as you know, the Hidden Waters will not be opened until tomorrow morning."

In other words, this is Angel's illusion body.

Angel: "Let's get back to the point. Did Sigimund encounter an attack? Was it done by the Phantom Moon Eye?"

Laplace shook his head. "After you created this illusion, are there any extra illusion nodes? If so, I will directly show you the image of Sigimund in the dark corner."

Angel: “Yes.”

The reason why the illusion body was created in the hidden waters before was because Angel had left a large number of nightmare nodes on the bodies of the two people.

But even so, his illusion body was quite economical in using his nightmare ability in the hidden waters, for fear that it would be exhausted.

But there is no need to worry now, Laplace has not yet entered the dungeon, and is still in the Dream Crystal Plain. The nightmare atmosphere in the Dream Crystal Plain is much stronger than that in the dungeon.

Angel can completely use the power of changing celestial phenomena to create a batch of illusion nodes.

Soon, a group of illusion nodes appeared in front of Laplace.

Laplace was also very skilled in the use of illusion nodes. He easily took over the illusion nodes and began to use his mental power to shape the images that had been shared by his original body.

It can also be said that it is a live broadcast of Sigismund's adventure in a dark corner.

Soon, accompanied by a flash of light and shadow, a light screen appeared in front of them.

The light screen showed the image of Sigismund in the dark corner.

However, judging from the picture, Sigismund should have entered the dark corner for a while, because at the beginning of the picture, a "battle-damaged version" of Sigismund was shown exploring a corridor glowing with white light.

"According to the time calculation, when the main body found Sigimund's picture, he should have been in the dark corner for half an hour."

“The scene that first entered the dark corner is no longer captureable.”

In other words, it is not known what happened to Sigismund half an hour ago.

However, judging from his torn clothes and bloodstains on his body, Sigimund must have encountered some battles before...

But overall, Sigismund's condition at this time was still normal. Although he was injured, it was not serious.

Ingres continued to observe the scene.

Sigismund was walking in a very bright corridor at this time. However, there were no doors or windows on both sides of the corridor, and the end could not be seen at a glance.

Although the overall atmosphere is bright, it has a strong sense of oppression.

Fortunately, at least from the current situation, there is no obvious danger.

Just as Angel was thinking this, Sigismund took a step forward. There were clearly no traps around, but with this one step, he stepped from a bright corridor into a dark corridor.

This corridor looked completely different from the previous one.

It was dark and damp, with only the dark green "Emergency Exit" sign emitting a faint light.

But this "Emergency Exit" sign was not placed at any door, but by the window.

Yes, this corridor has windows.

The transparent window was closed, but you could see... water outside.

It feels like an underwater church, with endless water outside and some glowing spots floating in the water, like underwater fireflies. So you can vaguely see that the water outside the window is extremely wide, as if it is endless.

Sigimund showed no panic at the sudden change in the corridor.

He just looked around and continued moving forward.

It's not that he doesn't want to back off.

But the way to retreat had disappeared. Only darkness remained... No one knew what the result would be if they retreated.

In comparison, at least there is still some light ahead.

Sigismund continued to move forward, and after about thirty steps he stopped.

Because he found that he would encounter a window every ten steps or so, and every time he passed a window, he felt as if something was swimming outside the window, but when he turned around and looked outside, he saw nothing.

After thirty steps and passing three windows, the strange feeling became more and more intense, as if something was approaching.

A sense of danger made Sigismund stop.

I want to see what happened.

But no matter how he looked outside, he didn't find anything wrong...

However, what Sigismund did not know was that although he himself did not see the situation outside the window, the Vulcan Light Wheel was following behind him, recording the scene outside the window from a third-person perspective.

The image presented by the Vulcan Light Wheel was projected onto the Sea of ​​Empty Mirrors.

Therefore, Angel also saw the situation outside the window at this time. Every time Sigimund passed by the window, a dark shadow was approaching.

But when Sigismund looked out, the shadow seemed to have become invisible, so Sigismund did not catch sight of it.

When Sigismund passed the third window, the shadow was already very, very close to the window!
The huge black shadow completely blocked out the outside!
Faintly, one could see the dark green eyes as big as the window, staring coldly at Sigimund...