Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 3979 Zaina

As Angel recalled the effects of the oxygen factor, he became more and more certain of his guess.

Oxygen factor is a special oxygen molecule that is widely present in dark corners. After ingestion, it allows people to breathe underwater; however, if ingested too much, it will cause hallucinogenic effects.

Sigismund and the masked woman were able to stay in the deep sea for a long time without enough oxygen tanks, so the only possibility was that the oxygen was provided by the oxygen factor.

The masks they both wore were filled with water containing oxygen factors.

Only this can explain why they can breathe underwater for a long time.

"It could indeed be the oxygen factor." Laplace had also come into contact with the oxygen factor in the hidden waters, so he naturally understood the effect of the oxygen factor. "But if it is really the oxygen factor, they have been underwater for more than two hours, so why haven't they shown any hallucinogenic effects yet?"

Angel: “Two possibilities.”

Oxygen factor will only cause hallucinations if it is taken in excessive amounts. The mask is an independent and closed space, and the amount of oxygen factor it contains should not be much, perhaps just maintaining the baseline of being able to breathe underwater without taking too much.

Of course, it could also be that...

“They actually saw hallucinations, but they overcame them.”

The image of the Vulcan Light Wheel projected onto the sea of ​​empty mirror is an objectively existing image.

The hallucinations caused by excessive oxygen factors exist in people's eyes, not in the objective environment.

Therefore, it is very likely that the illusion has always existed, but the Vulcan Halo has not been projected.

Ingres couldn't be sure which possibility it was.

Because in his opinion, the probabilities of the two possibilities are actually similar. If he has to choose one, he is inclined to hallucination and it has actually appeared.

The reason for this bias lies in Sigismund's condition.

From beginning to end, Sigismund was dragged away by the masked woman, and he himself hardly moved.

This situation is obviously very paradoxical.

Either Sigismund could not move, or he did not dare to move.

The former may be that Sigismund was injured or was clamped by the masked woman and could not move.

But judging from the situation during this period, Sigismund did not seem to be injured, and the masked woman did not seem to have any malicious intent.

Then the most likely scenario is that... Sigimund dared not move.

Perhaps, Sigimund was already in an illusion, and in his vision, there might be many dangers all around him.

Even though he knew it was an illusion, he didn't dare to move.

Because Angel had seen the illusion of oxygen factor before, it was a special illusion that could react from the virtual state to the physiological state. If you get hurt in the illusion, you are likely to get the same feedback in reality.

As for why the masked woman could move in the oxygen factor and even drag Sigimund away, Angel's guess was that her resistance to illusions was higher than Sigimund's.

After all, this masked woman is an aboriginal and must have been exposed to oxygen factors for a long time. Either her resistance has increased, or she has another way to resist illusions.

That's why Ingres is biased.

But it’s just speculation after all. We still have to wait and see if there are any new clues to find out the real situation.

……

After the mask was refilled with new "water", the masked woman pulled Sigismund down again.

Just when Sigismund turned over and dived, the position of the Vulcan's halo shifted for a moment, and the mirror was facing the sky.

Although it was only for a moment, both Angel and Laplace saw something strange in the sky.

They looked at each other.

Without Angel's reminder, Laplace paused the live broadcast and reversed the picture to the moment just now.

The waves surged and splashed water all over the sky.

And through the splashes of water, the Vulcan Halo "sees" the sky above the sea.

The iron-gray clouds rolled over and pressed toward the sea, and in the distance, lightning flashed convulsively between the gaps in the clouds.

At the moment the lightning struck, all the wave crests suddenly froze - a dark purple crack appeared in the lead-gray sky, and a half-face of the moon appeared from behind the clouds.

In the moon, the outline of the eyelids is floating with the waves of clouds, and the bloodshot pupils are slowly opening.

Just as the pupils were about to open, the image of the Vulcan Light Wheel returned to the dark bottom of the water...

"...Eyes on the moon." Laplace's lips moved slightly.

Angel narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "If there is no accident, it should be the master of the level mentioned by Dolos and Luliana...Phantom Moon Eye."

Laplace nodded.

They didn't talk much about the situation of the Fantasy Moon Eye, because they didn't know much about it, and the picture only flashed by, so they didn't know what the current condition of the Fantasy Moon Eye was.

However, from this instant, one could still feel that the size of the Phantom Moon Eye was too huge.

The energy contained in this huge creature is absolutely terrifying.

Maybe he has already reached the top of level three, or even broken through to become a half-step legend?
And this is the Lord of the Levels!
When Angel thought about the main mission of Dark Corner, which was to become the "Lord of the Layers", he felt a sense of absurdity.

Can this task really be accomplished?

However, after thinking about it, Angel felt relieved again: "The main task is just to make us the master of the level, but it doesn't say that we must compete with the Phantom Moon Eye."

"There is more than one dream layer in the dark corner. Maybe the level masters of other layers are empty."

Moreover, the appearance of the Phantom Moon Eye also means that Sigismund's coordinates have been anchored.

Before, they were worried that Sigismund would go to an unknown level or fall directly out of the dark corner due to spatial fluctuations.

But now the Phantom Moon Eye has become the coordinate, confirming that Sigimund has safely arrived at the 265th floor of the Dark Corner, which is the Phantom Moonlight Sea.

This is also a good thing.

At least, they know quite a lot about the Dream Moonlight Sea.

According to Doros, as long as Sigismund does not show a provocative attitude from the beginning, the Phantom Moon Eye can still tolerate outsiders.

However, the tolerance time of the Phantom Moon Eye is limited.

In about three days, if outsiders do not express their faith in it, it will punish them.

And now, it's the second day.

Time is running out for Sigismund. He must either sacrifice his faith and become a follower of the Phantom Moon Eye, or quickly cut through the layers and go to other levels.

But given Sigimund's current condition, it seems that there is no way to cut through the layers. After all, the prerequisite for cutting through the layers is to find a way to other levels.

While Angel was thinking silently, Laplace turned the live broadcast screen back to Sigimund.

"what?"

Laplace's slight exclamation attracted Angel's attention.

He looked at the live broadcast screen. Sigimund had not changed and was still being dragged by the masked woman. But the masked woman showed an unusual attitude at this time.

I saw her waving her hands violently in a certain direction, her feet were tensed, and she looked very excited.

Because the Vulcan's halo was not pointed in the direction she waved, Angel didn't know what was going on.

But from the increasingly excited waving of the masked woman, it was certain that something was approaching...

As expected, after a while, Angel saw several shadows appear near the masked woman. When these shadows entered the range of the Vulcan Light Wheel, the live broadcast screen also recorded their appearance truthfully.

people!
They are all people!
There were eight newcomers in total.

Moreover, all of them were wearing masks like the masked woman. There were men and women, and their faces could not be seen clearly, but from their behavior, they should know the masked woman.

After they met up with the masked woman, they were also very excited and gathered together as if they were having a conversation.

Unfortunately, the masks covered their mouths, so we couldn't tell what they were saying by lip reading.

However, Angel guessed that it was the masked woman who was explaining her actions, because she would point at Sigismund from time to time, as if explaining to the people around her.

Others would turn and look at Sigismund from time to time.

Some people even went straight up and touched Sigismund's body.

There was also a child who ran to the Vulcan Light Wheel and seemed to want to take it down.

But the Vulcan Halo is a fairyland prop after all, and no matter how the child pulled, he couldn't get the Vulcan Halo away from Sigismund.

The masked woman also noticed the child's movement and quickly scolded him.

Then he pointed at the Vulcan Light Wheel and explained to the people around him...

Of course, Angel still didn't know what they were talking about, but judging from the masked woman's behavior, she should know the significance of the Vulcan Halo to Sigimund.

This also means that Sigimund must have told the masked woman about the importance of the Vulcan Halo to him before.

Thinking about it this way, Sigismund and the masked woman should still be friendly forces at the moment, otherwise they would not have explained all this.

Then some time passed.

After the masked woman finished explaining, the others helped and dragged Sigismund forward.

After about twenty minutes, they swam to an island.

With their landing on the island, this "deep-sea diving trip" came to an end.

Due to the lack of vision, Angel could not see the general situation of the island at this time, but he could vaguely feel that it was relatively calm here compared to the ocean.

The wind and waves around are not strong.

After everyone arrived on the island, they took off their masks immediately.

It was also at this moment that Ingres saw their faces clearly.

It is still no different from humans. It is most likely some kind of humanoid life, similar to the people in Modern City.

However, they all have totem paintings on their faces, and there are a large number of eye patterns in the totems, which may refer to the phantom moon eye in the sky without any accident.

In this way, the identities of these people have become clear: believers of the Phantom Moon Eye.

Doros mentioned before that the Phantom Moon Eye would allow its believers to live at the current level. As long as they were pious, they could receive the blessing of the Phantom Moon Eye.

For example, the Phantom Moon Eye will grant believers oxygen factors, allowing them to move freely underwater and catch fish for a living.

The masked woman brought Sigimund here, probably hoping that he would become a believer of the Phantom Moon Eye?

At this time, the masked woman came over... No, it’s not appropriate to call her the masked woman, because she had already taken off her mask.

Perhaps because she had just come ashore, her short golden hair was spread out in a jagged shape, and the remaining water droplets on the ends of her hair were somewhat reflective.

Because of the mask, I couldn't see her face before, but now it was clear. She had relatively beautiful facial features, but her face was also painted. Fluorescent blue paint drew three wavy lines diagonally from under her left eye, and the ends converged into an inverted eye socket shape.

The short golden hair, fluorescent blue paint, and the leather bikini give people a wild and arrogant beauty.

"Zayna."

This is her name.

Ingres read it from the lip movements of other people around him.

Zaina walked up to Sigimund.

Sigismund was still lying on the beach. If it weren't for the rise and fall of his chest, he would have looked like a drowned corpse.

"Is he okay?"

"Outsiders are just lame!"

"He doesn't look like someone from Dark Corner. Could he be a wanderer who just entered Dark Corner?"

"Why are the shoulders so broad? They look like two dolphins put together."

The people around came over and started talking to each other.

Although we couldn't hear their voices, we could guess what they were saying through their lip reading. Laplace also thoughtfully placed a bubble cloud above their heads, with black text in it, which was exactly what they were saying.

As for some lip readings that cannot be distinguished, what appears in the bubble cloud is a bunch of garbled characters.

Zaina asked everyone to disperse first, and she squatted beside Sigismund and took off his mask.

Sigimund's eyes were half open under the mask, but his attention was not on Zaina. Instead, he looked around.

He frowned from time to time.

"Are you okay? You should still be able to see some hallucinations. Just rest for a night and metabolize the oxygen factor." Zaina comforted.

Zaina's words also indirectly confirmed Angel's previous guess.

The reason why Sigismund didn't move the whole time was probably because he was in a hallucinogenic state, but Sigismund was not completely without any perception of the outside world.

Previously in the sea, he was able to cooperate with Zaina to change the oxygen factor in the mask, which shows that he has autonomy.

Sigimund let out a long breath and turned over and sat up.

"Thank you."

Sigimund thanked Zaina and whispered, "I can still see some strange things, probably illusions. But it doesn't affect me much anymore."

"However, I may need a quiet space to calm my mind."

Zaina smiled and said, "I am the one who should thank you. If it weren't for you, I would have been digested by Ambrasse..."

"Calm yourself down first. I'll let them leave first."

After Zaina finished speaking, she stood up and said to the people around her: "Didn't you ask me before how I escaped from Ambraser's mouth? I'll tell you now. Go over there, don't gather here, give him a quiet space."

After saying that, Zaina led everyone away from here, but they were not too far away, just a few dozen meters away. Looking up, you can still see Sigimund.

The main reason was that Zaina was worried that something might happen to Sigimund in the illusion.

After Zaina left, Sigimund turned around, blocking the curious gazes of others in the distance, took out a thin booklet from his arms, and placed it under the Vulcan halo.

(End of this chapter)