Super Dimensional Wizard

Special dream? Special person? Exploration level?

After hearing Laplace's words, Angel felt that this was even more like a "copy"... There was actually an exploration level setting?

If this is the case, based on the information and experience Angel saw in the holographic tablet, does it mean that the exploration is 100%, and this copy is considered a successful pass?

No, it seems that the message Laplace received included a sentence: After the execution, he will leave the special dreamland.

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

And the special person is undoubtedly the masked man in front of him who is about to be executed by Laplace.

The whole logic is very simple.

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

However, what Angel didn't understand was that this information was not difficult to understand, and Laplace should also be able to understand it. Since he could leave after executing the masked man, why did Laplace take action at the last moment?

"This power is getting more and more interesting. It can show the degree of exploration. It seems to have digitized a trial space... It is a bit like the endless corridors of Sky Mechanical City." Angel commented on what Laplace received. information, and then asked what was on his mind: "Speaking of which, since this information tells you that you can leave with the execution explanation, why did you stop suddenly?"

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

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

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

Angel: "I'm not lying to you, I'm just saying that I understand the composition of the new power, but I don't know what the new power is. Let me tell you what I know about the composition of the new power."

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

There are only three key words that can be extracted from a very obscure message: dream world, mirror world, and 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. And you just said that the information you got called this trial space a 'special dream', which is actually the same as What I thought of as a special secret realm was almost the same. So, I didn’t pay special attention to this point.”

Laplace believed Angel's statement, because if Angel didn't want to explain, he could just remain silent as before. Now that it was explained, and this explanation made sense, Laplace believed it.

Angel paused: "By the way, you just heard the information I got about the new power. Although I can't fully understand the nature of the new power yet, now that the power has appeared, a name still needs to be decided. of."

Laplace frowned and asked in the void, "Have you given this power a name?"

Angel: "Naturally."

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

Angel: "In Wonderland."

Laplace originally expected to hear a vernacular name like "Dream Crystal Plains", but he didn't expect that Angel would spit out a name that sounded good and seemed to fit well?

"Are you sure you picked this up?"

Angel: "..."

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

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

Angel thought for a while: "The unexplored area will undergo unknown changes after leaving?"

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

"Are you planning to push 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 doing things." Laplace explained.

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

However, it is good to reach 100% exploration progress. 100% exploration means complete clearance. Angel also wants to know, what changes will occur in the copy after completely clearing a "single copy"? Will it disappear, or will it be completely open and become a public copy?

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

"You just said that the places you didn't explore were the second and third floors?" Angel asked.

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

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

Laplace wondered: "There is nothing strange? Then why does the message indicate that the unexplored area will undergo unknown changes after leaving? Is there a hidden snow area in this special dream?"

Angel: "There shouldn't be this one."

"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 the small garden for a short time and didn't understand the information here.

Laplace didn't expect Angel to give an answer. 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 achieve 100% progress in the exploration. Therefore, he could not kill the masked man yet, but he could not let him run away. He threw a scale just in case.

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

Previously, when she was about to look at the frame, the masked man appeared, and she did not see what was drawn in the frame.

When Laplace opened the frame, he raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Is this... a family portrait?" Angel's voice came: "However, it seems that most of it was burned, and the faces of the two people on the right can no longer be seen clearly."

The painting in the frame has burn marks, so it's difficult to see the details, but the general picture can still be seen.

There were two men and two women.

Among them, there is a pair of men and women in the center of the picture. The woman's face has been burned off, and the man's face has been burned half, but he can be seen to be a middle-aged man with a mustache.

There was a girl clinging to the woman's side. Her face was also burned off, so she couldn't tell who it was.

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

"It seems that those who were burned were all women. Were they burned deliberately?" Angel asked.

Laplace shook his head: "I didn't deliberately burn these two women. When I found the frame, it was in the fireplace. If I didn't take it out in time, not only part of the drawing paper would be burned." "

In other words, it was not a coincidence that the faces of the two women were burned off. It was just bad luck that the burning happened to start 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 at the one of the two men on the right who looked more like the head of the family: "This man, I saw many portraits of him along the way, all of them after he became obese. Here. In the painting, he probably hasn’t become that fat yet.”

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

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

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

After hearing Laplace's words, Angel subconsciously moved his gaze to the rose garden.

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

"I saw it. Not only was this man there on the Skull Road outside, but the housekeeper next to him was also inside. However, besides this man and the housekeeper, there were three women..."

Laplace: "Two of these three women should be the mistress here and her daughter."

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

"What about the remaining woman?" Angel asked again.

Laplace shook his head: "I don't know about this. 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 found nothing strange, that was from Angel's perspective.

Along the way, Laplace always felt that the atmosphere here was shrouded in a cloud of suspicion, and so far, the identity of the masked man has not been revealed.

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

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

After entering the second floor, Laplace pushed aside the surrounding rooms and asked: "Which room on the second floor has a portrait? Also, are there any rooms on the second floor with blood stains? Are there any hidden rooms?"

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

"There are no hidden rooms on the second floor. There are no hidden rooms on the third floor either. However, there is an attic from the third floor to the top floor. There is a ladder there. It is obvious that it is not a hidden room."

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

Along the way, Laplace thought, paused, and hesitated, but he did not speak.

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

There were only a few rooms on the third floor, and Laplace went to look at them one by one without asking Angel.

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

…

There was a bed, a tattered table, and insignificant furnishings in the cramped attic.

In Angel's opinion, there was nothing worth saying.

However, Laplace was very interested in this attic and stayed here for a long time, almost searching everything in the attic.

Angel even felt that Laplace was making a fuss out of a molehill.

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

Bloody clothes, lots of bandages, and homemade crutches.

Judging from the size of the clothes and the length of the crutch, the person who once lived in the attic must not be an adult. He must be a child, probably less than 1.6 meters tall.

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

Angel was very surprised. 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 extremely secretive little notes. This made Angel, who had previously vowed that there was no problem on the second and third floors, just feel like his face was hurt. It was a little swollen from the injection.

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

There are no figures in the painting, but small grids, one of which is marked with a red star.

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

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

Angel was stunned. What is this?

Laplace explained very leisurely: "This is the treasure in the treasure map you mentioned."

"How did you find it?" Angel asked doubtfully.

Laplace: "This looks like a picture drawn by a child. The place where a child can hide is basically where he can see it. If you hide outside and worry about being taken, it is better to hide in your own room and feel safe. So, according to this logic , this treasure must be hidden in the room."

"The grid in the picture should be wall tiles. Therefore, the location of the treasure may be behind the wall tiles. I did not count which wall tiles specifically, but I sensed which wall tiles can penetrate. That place is probably the treasure hiding place. .”

"Judging from the results, my guess is correct."

Laplace said as he prepared to open the box.

Angel said silently: "How do I feel about changing from a combat dungeon to a decrypted dungeon?"

Laplace: "Huh? What did you say?"

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

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

Angel thought to himself: It doesn't happen now, but that doesn't mean it won't happen in the future.

If you are sure that Wonderland exists in a way similar to a copy, whether it is a puzzle-solving style, a combat style, or a secret room style...you can create a progress reminder.

Of course, the premise is that Angel must master Dreamland through the power tree before he can implement it. It's better to think about it now.

On the other side, Laplace opened the box.

There are very few things in the box, they are all small trinkets, such as brooches, strips of cloth, and a lock of treasured hair. Judging from the details, these things should all come from women.

Apart from these gadgets, there is only a layer of velvet cloth at the bottom of the box.

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

Laplace opened the cloth and said, "Unfortunately, at present, no one in this family is a noble."

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. There are many characters painted on the small paper.

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

Judging from the costumes of these characters, they are basically from the nobility.

It's just that they are all unfamiliar faces.

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

The man is a thin young man wearing a butler's uniform, with a mustache; the woman is wearing a maid's uniform, standing at the very edge, looking very beautiful, but with a mean look on her face.

This man and woman are the ladies of this house.

Laplace also didn't expect that the homeowner who pursued a noble life at heart was actually a housekeeper in a noble family.

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

But what does it mean to know their original identities?

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

This should be a noble lady. She was holding a beautiful bouquet of large Mary roses in her hands, had smooth long hair, wore a light blue dress, and had a sparkling gemstone brooch.

After careful comparison, the items on her body matched the gadgets in the box. The strip of cloth in the box comes from the light blue dress she is wearing; the brooch in the box, although it lacks gems, still matches the outline; there is only hair, which cannot be completely determined, but the first two match up, and the hair Basically he 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 unexpected happens, it is a child.

As for the child... Laplace's eyes moved down from the noble lady's body and looked at the swaddle held in the lady's hands.

Could it be said that the children living here are actually babies in the hands of the noble lady?

Laplace looked at this portrait, and then thought about all the things he had encountered since entering this space, and a vague guess came into his mind.

However, this speculation still needs some support.

Laplace thought for a while, then retreated from the attic and came to a main room on the third floor.

This was the homeowner's study room, which contained a large number of books. Unfortunately, she couldn't understand the words in these books, so she just browsed through them.

But this time, Laplace started flipping through the books here seriously.

While flipping through, he didn't forget to ask Angel: "Do you recognize the text here?"

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

Lapras paused: "It's not words? What do you mean?"

Angel: "Have you forgotten where this place is?"

Laplace: "...Special dream."

Angel: "Regardless of whether it is special or not, this is a dream. And dreams have a characteristic. They are formed based on the cognition of the dreamer."

Laplace: "What you mean is that if the dreamer is illiterate, then the words here are actually the words he imagined, not real words."

Angel did not deny it: "It's roughly like this. Just 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 that make people confused."

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

Adults are generally literate, especially housekeepers and head maids in noble families. If they don't even know basic writing, how can they be qualified for the job?

Angel didn't answer and asked, "Don't you think so too?"

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

The dreamer of this special dream should be a child.

However, even if it was confirmed that the dreamer was a child, she still needed evidence to support her guess.

Laplace silently flipped through the books. Since the words here are meaningless, you don’t need to read the words, just the pictures.

After a while, Laplace found a picture on 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 manor 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 onlookers, the man and the woman held the little boy and cried. The man seemed to stretch out his hand and swear.

On the next page, there is still a picture.

A new house was built near the rose garden in the manor castle that burned down, and the appearance of this house was...exactly the same as the house they were in at this time.

…

When he saw this, Laplace let out a long breath.

She basically already knew the story here.

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

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

His clothes were stained with blood, and he always kept bandages to prevent wound infection. He also had homemade crutches, indicating that his legs and feet were still broken...perhaps broken.

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

After learning the story, Laplace can now basically confirm that the dreamer of this dream must be closely related to the child in the attic. It is even said that the dreamer is the child in the attic.

The reason why I say this is because only the children in the attic will hate or even hate everyone here. In the name of taking care of them, they took away everything from the children. 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 was his friend who stood up for it in the dream; or it was the dreamer itself, imagining a powerful masked man in its dream to punish and kill everyone he hated and resented.

This is why, on the gate of the rose garden, there are human head balloons made of the heads of those "evil people". In the eyes of children, they all deserve to die and belong to the must-die list.

However, even after knowing the background of this special dream and understanding some of the truth, there are still some doubts that need to be resolved.

For example, there are three women and two men in the head balloons on the rose garden gate. The identities of two women and two men have been determined. They are the owner, mistress, housekeeper, and daughter of this big house, but the only one more 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 was the obese girl that the masked man was chasing before? Or is this daughter so vicious that the dreamer even wanted to kill her twice?

Finally, there is another question, which is also the most critical question: Will solving the mystery of the background story affect the progress of the exploration?

Angel is also paying attention to the last question, and his suggestion is: "How about you go back to the main hall and 'prepare to execute' the masked man again to see if there is any change in the progress of the exploration?"

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

Angel was a little surprised and said: "You are..." How did you confirm the progress of the exploration?

Laplace: "Don't forget that I threw a scale on him. As long as I thought about it, I decided to activate the scale. The execution information automatically appeared, and it was still 65%."

This is also the reason why Laplace firmly stated that the progress of the exploration has not changed.

Angel: "If it's a puzzle-type dungeon...I mean the trial space, solving the puzzles should increase the exploration level. But now, solving the background puzzles doesn't have any change in the exploration level, either. If there is an error in solving the puzzle, either this is not a puzzle-type trial space. Other things need to be done to increase the degree of exploration."

"I personally prefer the latter, and there may be other things that need to be done to increase exploration."

The reason Angel said this is also very simple, because if it is a puzzle-solving copy, only if Laplace analyzes all the puzzles incorrectly and all the truths are distorted will the exploration rate stagnate. Case.

This 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 guess is really wrong, it's not entirely wrong.

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

"Then what should we do to increase the progress of exploration?" Angel murmured in a low voice: "Could it be that we need to use the masked man to convince the dreamer behind him and ask him to let go of his hatred in order to increase the speed of exploration? "

Laplace said calmly: "According to what you said, is this special dream a dream involving moral nature?"

Angel smiled coquettishly: "I'll just say it casually."

When he said these words, he subconsciously thought of the puzzles of some games on the holographic tablet. What he said was also the puzzle-solving ideas of this type of game. The protagonist must be spiritually "sublimated" in order to embody the meaning of the game. Correctness.

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

The real way of exploration probably won’t lead to such a template that requires moral correctness.

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

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

Angel: "The roses outside are considered living creatures, right?"

Laplace was too lazy to pay attention to Angel's complaints. She naturally knew that Mary Rose was a living being, but the living being she expressed was an intelligent being. Currently, the only intelligent beings here are masked people.

Laplace turned around and prepared 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 being, the girl outside is also, right?"

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

Angel: "No, from my perspective, she didn't die, she was just 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 once again looked down at the rose garden from the perspective of the small garden, and then said firmly: "She is not dead, her heartbeat and breathing are still there."

"She's not dead?" Laplace frowned: "Since she's not dead, maybe the exploration speed lies with her."

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

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

However, although she is alive, her previously obese body has disappeared. After being nourished by the Big Mary Rose, she is now skinny and looks like she is in danger of dying at any time.

Laplace approached the girl and tried to wake her up.

However, the girl had already entered a deep coma, and it could even be said that her brain was damaged. With Laplace's current methods, there was no way to wake her up from the coma.

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

The "you" in Laplace's "kill her for you" does not refer to Angel, but to the real owner of this dream, the dreamer.

Since the Dream Maker hates this woman so much and keeps letting the masked men torture and kill her, then Laplace will help the Dream Maker.

While thinking this, Laplace slowly raised his feet.

"Is there any execution reminder?" Angel's voice sounded in Laplace's ears.

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 within 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 hoof-shaped muscles and were covered with scales were so powerful that they trampled the girl's head to pieces, and the ground was covered with red and white filth.

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

Angel shouted in her ear for a long time before Laplace came back to his senses.

And her first words after coming back to her senses were good news.

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

Angel: "How much is it now?"

Laplace pondered for a moment and said softly——

"99%."

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