Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 3995 Smokescreen Assimilation
"Smokescreen Assimilation (Regular Ability): Smokescreen Scholars never care about those who disrespect the aesthetics of smokescreens. They will only assimilate them. Smokescreen Scholars will consume style points to generate a sustainable [Smokescreen Cage]. The aesthetic cognition of those trapped in the cage will gradually identify with the aesthetics of smokescreens. (For further information, please refer to the website)"

It is actually the ability to change aesthetic cognition?

No, Ingres read the text description carefully and found that it was not about changing aesthetic cognition, but forcing others to agree with the aesthetic of "smoke aesthetics", which was a kind of addition.

For example, someone originally liked the wasteland aesthetics, but didn't like the smoke aesthetics. But after being assimilated by the smoke, he became a fan of both the wasteland aesthetics and the smoke aesthetics.

It's not A becoming B, it's A+B.

Although it does not directly distort cognition, it is still very impressive.

Because "cognitive views" are closely related to personal values, life background, and life experience, they require a lot of time to experience and learn before they can be gradually reflected.

But now, the Smokescreen Scholar directly used the [Smokescreen Cage] to forcibly increase a kind of cognition. Even if it was just an aesthetic cognition, it was very terrifying, worthy of being an extremely rare Smokescreen Scholar.

but.

In Ingres's opinion, adding an aesthetic cognition to others seems to have no meaning for Laplace, right?

At most, it can be regarded as a control ability to trap the enemy?

But thinking about the conversation between Laplace and Gleipnir in the team chat, Angel felt that he definitely hadn't fully understood this ability yet.

There must be some hidden information.

Thinking of this, Angel clicked "View further".

"Effect 1: There can only be one [Smoke Cage] generated by the Smoke Assimilation ability. However, it can be incorporated into [Smoke Cages] produced by other abilities."

The first effect is equivalent to linking the ability of "Mist Artwork".

Moreover, there seems to be no limit on the number of [Smoke Cages] generated by the "Mist Artwork".

These two abilities form a small combo.

Read on.

"Effect 2: The cognition of the person trapped in the [Smoke Cage] will be constantly deflected. During the deflection process, the trapped person will be generated into an independent fog spirit. The fog spirit inherits the trapped person's computing power and can be controlled by anyone. After the trapped person escapes, the fog spirit will automatically disappear."

Angel: "..."

After watching Effect 2, he understood, completely understood.

Effect 1 directly forms a combo with "Misty Artwork".

Effect 2 forms a loop with "Create Mist Spirit".

In other words, the ability of "Smoke Assimilation" directly serves as a central hub, connecting the other two abilities, creating an effect where 1+1 is greater than 2!
and.

The reason why Laplace came to Modern City was because the development period of Dream Crystal Plain was very busy, and Dream Mirror was very short of manpower. At this time, she tasted the sweetness of "Turing" as an assistant, so she also wanted to find some help here.

The "Mist Spirit" created by the "Smokescreen Scholar" perfectly solved her problem.

And now, the people in the [Smoke Cage] can also form independent mist spirits and be controlled by her.

She could even give these independent mist spirits to other members of Meng Jing to control...

No wonder Laplace and Gleipnir both agreed with this card draw.

This is simply like a sleepy person. Not only did they deliver the bed, but they also packed up the quilt, pillow, and even the bed warmer and delivered it together.

After a long sigh, Angel made a comment.

"Angel: Com, it's so scary."

Soon, new messages popped up in the team chat.

"Astrology Granny: I now feel that if Kangmu triggers the mission of the Sorrowful Star, perhaps he can really succeed in gaining the recognition of the Sorrowful Star."

"Astrology Granny: I have already started contacting Com to book the next card draw."

Angel also felt that Com's luck was simply unreasonable.

If I can get Com out with me, then next time I go to the Nightmare Realm to pick out powers, I won't need the Lucky Scroll anymore, right?
However, Angel was just thinking about it. The lucky crit brought by the lucky scroll should still be greater than that of Com. After all, every time the lucky scroll was torn open, the lucky power that almost affected the material world was about to overflow, which was still stronger than the luck on Com.

Next, Angel and Gleipnir talked about the Smokescreen Scholar.

Angel could sense Gleipnir's desire for the Smokescreen Scholar.

Smokescreen scholars are very useful to both Laplace and Gleipnir... Especially after becoming a senior executive of Prada Media, Gleipnir feels that she is too busy to handle everything. If she has the help of the smokescreen scholars' mist spirits, she won't have to sit in the office every day.

"Astrology Granny: I want a Mist Spirit too..."

Just as Gleipnir finished his sigh, he saw Laplace's reply.

"Laplace: Don't rush me. I'm already doing the mission."

Because the independent mist spirits generated by the people in the [Smoke Cage] can be controlled by anyone, Gleipnir had already made an appointment with Laplace, and once he could use the smoke assimilation ability, he would quickly send it to her.

Laplace readily agreed.

However, her current style points are limited and do not support her using any abilities.

In particular, the Smoke Scholar is a mid-to-high-level fashion monster, and each ability consumes a huge amount of style points.

She has absolutely no use for it now.

In order to create the Mist Spirit as soon as possible, Laplace had to keep looking for side quests to see if he could get some puzzle pieces as rewards so that he could quickly complete the puzzle of the "Hair Beast".

In this way, you can accumulate style points through the "Hair Beast".

“Laplace: When I was doing the quest “Let’s challenge the passionate hairstylist!”, I saw an NPC with a story. I went to see if I could accept the quest.”

“Laplace: If that doesn’t work… I’ll have to rely on you, Angel.”

"Angel: Understood."

Angel left a Nightmare Node on Laplace. If he couldn't get the quest by talking to him, he would use Nightmare to influence the NPC and force Laplace to get the quest.

Although this method is a bit impolite, it is very effective.

About five minutes later.

"Laplace: Never mind. Just come on. He won't even open the door."

Angel immediately locked onto Laplace from a bird's eye view.

She found herself in an old building similar to the Wanzhong Apartments. She was standing at the door of a room and talking to someone inside through the gate.

But the person inside had no intention of talking to Laplace and silently closed the small window on the door.

"What's going on?" Angel contacted Laplace through voice transmission.

Laplace: "This man is called Johnny. When I was completing the challenge mission, I saw him secretly looking at the barber shop from the second-floor window..."

At that time, the other party was wrapped behind the curtain, staring at the barber shop with only one eye, looking a little gloomy.

Then, Laplace asked the clerk in the store.

The clerk said he didn't know what happened to that man, but he did know his name was: Johnny.

The moment Laplace learned the name "Johnny", he saw NPC information appear above Johnny's head.

Obviously, Johnny is an NPC with a story.

According to NPC information, Johnny was once a popular rising star idol, but because of an unspeakable secret, he locked himself in the house for many years.

By contacting Johnny, you may receive the side quest: "Johnny who dares not go out".

Because this was the first side quest that Laplace encountered after arriving in Modern City, and she was in urgent need of the fragments of Hairbeast, so she came here without stopping, ready to contact Johnny and complete his side quest.

Unfortunately, Johnny didn't open the door for Laplace at all.

This is actually normal, as side quests are not that easy to accept. When a challenger encounters a side quest, the correct process is to slowly build up the favorability of the other party until they are willing to open up, and then accept the quest.

But conventional methods are too slow, so Laplace can only mobilize people.

After understanding the general situation, Angor said to Angor: "Leave it to me."

Then, Ingres looked inside the room from a God's perspective.

The whole room was very dark and there was not a single ray of sunlight.

The interior is also very messy. Although it is not like a garbage dump, there are all kinds of debris piled everywhere.

Johnny was curled up on the sofa, hugging his knees with his hands and his head buried in his knees, looking a little scared. Especially when Laplace knocked on the door, he seemed even more scared.

Maybe he is not afraid of Laplace, but... social phobia?
Johnny has been staying at home for many years and it is obvious that he has some mental problems.

Angel controlled the Nightmare Node on Laplace and floated it around Johnny. As the Nightmare Node was constructed, Johnny slowly raised his head, his eyes gradually changed from fear to chaos, and finally returned to clarity and calmness.

It was at this moment that Johnny stood up and walked to the door, opening it and welcoming Laplace in.

Seeing Johnny's calm eyes, Laplace understood that Angel must have succeeded in "hypnotizing" him.

Next, Angel returned the space to Johnny and Laplace.

With Angel's help, Laplace quickly learned from Johnny the truth about why he was afraid to go out. At the same time, the side quest also jumped out smoothly.

"Laplace: I have received the mission."

"Laplace: [Johnny who is afraid to go out]"

Angel clicked to view the task.

"Side quest "Johnny who dares not go out""

"Task Overview: Johnny, a former youth idol, suddenly began to lose his hair when he was at the height of his popularity. In just half a year, he became completely bald. Johnny, who attached great importance to his appearance, could not accept this blow and became devastated."

“Mission objective: Design or find a wig that belongs to Johnny to cheer him up again.”

"Countdown: 11:59:10"

"Countdown: 11:59:09"

"..."

The difficulty of this task is difficult to determine.

It's easy to find a wig, but it's a bit difficult to cheer Johnny up again with just a wig.

Most importantly, the mission objective must also be related to the "wig".

Therefore, even if Angel could use Nightmare to forcibly influence Johnny's mentality, it would not be considered a completed mission because it had nothing to do with the "wig".

With this limitation, Laplace couldn't take shortcuts and had to find a wig that suited Johnny.

Johnny's own subjective opinion is also the criterion for judging whether the task is completed.

This makes it difficult to evaluate the difficulty of the task.

It can be simple or difficult.

"Angel: How about I go find Lizzie and ask her to help me contact a master wig maker?"

"Laplace: No, I'll go offline and ask Edward."

A flash of enlightenment appeared in Angel's eyes. Yes, if he wanted to make a wig, he could ask Edward for help.

Moreover, Edward's attainments in wigs were definitely not inferior to those of the makeup and hair masters in Modern City. In addition, he was good at using extraordinary materials from various worlds to make wigs, and the effect was even better.

As long as there are enough materials, it will be no problem for Edward to make a wig that can cheer people up.

Thinking of this, Ingres said nothing more.

Laplace went offline, Gleipnir continued to work at his desk, and Angel closed the chat box and looked at Turing who was busy in front of the painting.

About two minutes later, at around 11:55, Turing said that the debugging had been completed.

The corner code on the oil painting will emit attraction at twelve o'clock.

However, Turing said he was not sure whether this attraction could attract the corner code of another space, and he would have to try it to know.

Angel nodded to show that he understood.

When the time was about to reach noon, he turned on the God's perspective.

He also wanted to see how the so-called "special space" was attracted here.
11:59:59.

12:00:00.

At the moment the clock changed, Ingres clearly felt that the oil painting on the wall began to send out a strange signal.

This signal can be captured from an energy perspective but is invisible to the naked eye.

Not long after the signal was sent, a ripple-like signal wave returned to the oil painting.

Then, from Ingres's perspective, he saw a stable space crack appear on the oil painting. This space crack connected to an unknown space in the void.

"Sure enough, it's similar to the secret waters. They are both special spaces floating in the void outside the dungeon."

No wonder he couldn’t find it with his God’s perspective before.

Fortunately, when the two sides were connected, Ingres could observe the inside from a God's perspective.

He looked over there.

The space connected by the oil painting was about the size of two playgrounds, and was filled with white buildings of varying heights.

The ground was paved with white shells, the walls were painted white, and even the sky was covered with white mist.

It's exactly like the white town in the novel.

The most eye-catching thing about this town is a statue in the center of the town.

The statue is of a tall, thin man and a blue elf wearing a gray and white cloak.

One of them was pointing forward, as if looking into the distance, while the other was floating in the air, holding a dark black glass bead.

Although they did not look at each other, the sense of bond was reflected in the statue.

If nothing unexpected happens, this is the first generation pioneer and his monster partner.