"As long as the creature is forced to turn into a 'human form', can this ability be used?" Angel repeated in a low voice.
Zuniga nodded: "Yes, I turned a turtle into a human and then read some of its experiences."
Angel rubbed his chin and fell into thought for a while.
After a while, Angel looked at Zuniga: "Is it me or it that triggers this ability?"
Zuniga was stunned: "What do you mean?"
Angel: "What I mean is, does it have to transform? Just like the 'turtle' you just mentioned, is there a possibility that my subjective consciousness thinks it is a human form, so it has the triggering ability?"
"Or does it have to turn into a human form to trigger its ability?"
Angel has already said this, and Zuniga seems to understand what he means: "You want to ask, is the human form derived from subjective conjecture or objective reality?"
"That's right." Angel nodded.
Zuniga expressed hesitation: "I really don't know about this. What I am sure of is that objective reality can definitely trigger the 'people with stories', but whether relying on 'subjective assumptions' alone can trigger it, I have not tried this.
I’m not sure either.”
After all, Zuniga's original thoughts were all about "Echoes of the Past". Although he also tested the "Storyteller" ability, he didn't think too much about it.
Moreover, even if Zuniga thought about this aspect, he actually didn't know how to make "subjective assumptions."
"Use a method similar to blindfolding." Angel said softly, "Just like this."
Angel pointed to the gold-lacquered teapot with vine patterns on the table.
The next second, Zuniga suddenly saw that the light around the teapot was slowly distorting. Then in the blink of an eye, the teapot turned into a brown-skinned dancer wearing a gold-lacquered dress with branches.
The dancer, who was the size of a palm, kept swaying her slender waist and extended her palm to Zuniga, as if inviting him to dance.
Zuniga shook his head, and with a flick of his eye, the palm-sized dancer turned back into a teapot.
It was as if everything just now was a dream.
Zuniga: "That was..."
"Illusion." Angel whispered back.
At this time, Zuniga also understood how Angel made his so-called "subjective assumptions".
However, he thought for a moment and shook his head: "I still can't make a judgment. Maybe you can test it after you collect all the puzzle pieces?"
Angel sighed: "That's all we can do."
The reason why he thought of this level is simply because "conceptual ability" is often: I don't want you to think, I want what I feel.
If the "story teller" can really achieve the level of "I feel", then the upper limit of this ability may be higher than Angel imagined.
You still have to draw cards before you can test your skills.
We can only wait until we meet with Comb later.
…
Next, they exchanged some information about fashion monsters, including the hidden abilities of the "famous cats" that Angel was curious about, and Zuniga also dabbled in them.
Although Angel still doesn’t know what hidden abilities his “famous cat” can unleash, it’s always good to hear about it in advance.
After chatting for about a few more minutes, Zuniga suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky.
Angel also followed his gaze.
I saw a crack starting to appear on the top of the spiritual resting place.
Although the crack is not big, through this small crack, one can already see the top of the cave, which is dark and full of light pollution outside.
Angel stared at the crack with a somewhat horrified expression: "I... I guess I didn't say panic just now, right?"
Zuniga glanced at Angel, shook his head and explained: "It's not because of lying. The spiritual sanctuary is an unstable space constructed by spiritual notes. The so-called instability means that it may collapse and dissipate at any time."
"With my ability, it usually lasts about fifteen to thirty minutes from start to finish."
"It's almost time now. It's normal for there to be cracks."
"Although the cracks have come out, this space can actually last for a while. However, I think it is not necessary. I believe that after this period of conversation, we have already established a certain tacit understanding." Zuniga: "So,
There is no need for this spiritual resting place.”
"Simply let it break."
Speaking of this, Zuniga looked at Angel: "How about you tell a lie and make it burst faster?"
Angel took a deep look at Zuniga and nodded: "Okay."
Angel paused for a moment and said softly: "I have no ill intentions towards Modern City."
As the words fell, although the crack on the top of his head slowly opened, it did not break instantly.
Angel continued: "I have no ill will toward Zuniga."
The crack remains as it was before, unmoved.
Angel spoke again: "If there is a chance, I am willing to help Zuniga find Omo City and find his people."
Zuniga suddenly turned his head to look at Angel. Seeing Angel's calm face, he looked up at the crack at the top.
The cracks are as good as ever, not broken.
This also means that Angel's words actually come from his heart. Obviously, Angel is taking this to express his stance.
Although Zuniga already had a certain amount of trust in Angel during the previous conversation with Angel, his statement this time still made Zuniga feel warm and warm in his heart, and he looked at Angel.
His eyes were even more earnest.
"After all, it's my first time to come to the Soul Sanctuary to test the effect." Angel smiled and said all the words he just said again in a negative tone.
"I am full of malice towards Modern City and Zuniga. If given the chance, I will do my best to prevent Zuniga from finding Omo City..."
As the words fell, the spiritual resting place that had only cracked open before seemed to have reached a critical point and exploded instantly.
Countless spiritual notes are like floating points of light, slowly disappearing.
The broken space blended into the surrounding air like broken lenses.
In just a blink of an eye, everything changed.
They returned from the cramped tea room to the empty and dilapidated roof of the building outside.
Everything disappeared, except for the golden lacquered teapot with vines and a few teacups, which were still in place, and were finally picked up by the boy who heard about it...
The evening breeze blows.
A chill came over, waking Zuniga from his daze.
If he compared it with half an hour ago, the way he looked at Angel had changed from wary to close.
When the Wenwen boy saw this scene, it felt completely silent inside.
It even felt that the eyes of its owner were more cordial than when the medical staff at the nursing center looked at Angel.
If the Heard Boy hadn't witnessed Zuniga's changes with his own eyes, he might have guessed that Angel had used hypnosis on Zuniga...
In fact, it seems that even if Angel did not use hypnosis, the effect of hypnosis seems to be better?
Zuniga didn't know the inner slander of the Wenwen boy. After hearing Angel's last "lie", he had already reached the stage of trusting him.
"I don't think we need a spiritual resting place for our conversation." Zuniga said softly.
Angel smiled and said, "That's what I think too."
Zuniga walked to the edge of the roof, sat down directly on it, and looked at Angel quite leisurely: "Since we have such a tacit understanding, why not talk about business?"
"It wasn't business before?"
Zuniga: "Of course it was business before; but before that we were getting to know each other more. But if we want to cultivate a long-term tacit understanding, just verbal understanding is not enough."
"What else do you need?"
Zuniga: "Tie. Or you can also understand it as benefit, debt, bondage...etc., it's up to you to choose."
Angel was noncommittal and just looked at Zuniga silently.
After a moment of silence, Zuniga finally said: "Let's talk about the transaction."
Angel: "What do you want?"
The so-called transaction is nothing more than everyone getting what they need. Now that Zuniga has spoken, Angel also wants to know what Zuniga wants. Although he has already made a guess.
Zuniga: "What I want most is definitely any news related to the dark corner. However, I also know that this is something that cannot be demanded. If you have it, I am willing to exchange it for anything."
"Apart from the dark corner intelligence, my only demand is... to make my challenge mission fail."
Zuniga doesn't want to be in a coma anytime and anywhere all day long, and he doesn't want to have to face strange fashion monsters all the time, arrogantly challenging him in a condescending manner.
Therefore, if possible, he hopes not to encounter challenging tasks again. Even if he encounters them, it is best to fail.
Just like the previous two times.
Zuniga's request actually went in both directions with Angel.
After all, in his opinion, Zuniga is just a hidden NPC that distributes rare and fashionable monsters. Cooperating with Zuniga is definitely a good choice.
Just look at the variety show Elf and Smokescreen Scholar to find out.
However, Angel really wanted to accept and complete the challenging mission Zuniga encountered, but there were problems.
First, Angel cannot stay in Modern City forever.
The probability of Zuniga encountering a challenge mission is too high. According to his own statement, if he is lucky enough to encounter a challenge mission with a countdown of about twelve hours, then it will happen at least two or three times a week.
Moreover, the two or three times here refer to mid- to high-level monsters.
If Zuniga released the restrictions and allowed low-level monsters to issue challenges to him, then he would probably do it every day, seven days a week.
In such high-frequency encounters, Angel cannot help complete tasks at any time.
Second, Angel’s magic book pages are almost reaching the limit.
According to Zuniga, he currently only has an upper limit of one to two pages. If he wants to expand the available pages, he must at least be promoted to an intermediate magician.
Not to mention the difficulty of promotion, even if Angel is promoted easily, he will still be troubled by the issue of the page limit.
Therefore, regardless of Zuniga's "deal", it is completely a two-way street, but Angel alone cannot complete this deal.
Of course, Angel can also let latecomers, such as Gleipnir, Laplace, or other entering challengers, help Zuniga complete the task.
But it is much more difficult for them to complete Zuniga's mission than Angel.
Angel relies on God's perspective and various nightmares to complete various tasks. Even with these bonuses, Angel almost overturned.
Therefore, Angel cannot guarantee 100% that he will help Zuniga complete the challenge.
Angel told Zuniga his considerations.
After hearing this, Zuniga pondered for a moment, and nodded with understanding: "That's right, your book pages are about to reach the limit, and I can't completely ask you to help."
"And other people from outside the world may not have your execution ability."
"However, I personally still hope that this deal can be reached, because compared to the people in Modern City, you have a higher probability of completing the task."
After all, after the people from outside the world got the mission from him, they were doing the mission in reality.
When doing tasks in reality, there is a lot of room for manipulation.
For example, Zuniga can leave a few special forms of fashion monsters in the outside world, such as the rumored boy, the printed girl...etc.
After the people from outside the world get a mission from him, the fashion monsters such as the Hearing Boy and the Print Girl can help the people from outside the world complete the mission together.
In this way, the success rate of the task will be greatly increased.
Zuniga's suggestion made Angel stunned for a moment.
He didn't expect that it could be done like this?
But only Zuniga can do this, after all, he has too many special-form monsters...
Angel: "If that's the case, it's a win-win situation for us."
After all, after challengers enter the dungeon, they can quickly obtain intermediate and high-level monster puzzles through Zuniga's tasks. This kind of start is definitely much better than them going step by step.
The challenger gets puzzle pieces, and Zuniga also has a greater chance of being liberated from the challenge mission.
Isn't this a win-win situation?
Therefore, Angel nodded directly without any hesitation: "Okay."
Zuniga also breathed a sigh of relief: "Just agree to this deal. If it is a deal, what do you want from me?"
Zuniga: "Knowledge, intelligence, or anything else I have, I can use it as a bargaining chip."
Angel shook his head:
"This is not really a deal. We each get what we need. You don't want to enter the challenge space anytime and anywhere, but we want to get the puzzle pieces as soon as possible."
Angel had no intention of taking advantage, which made Zuniga think more highly of Angel.
"A transaction is a transaction, but it's you." He was silent for a moment: "I recognize you. So, if you have any information or knowledge you want to know, you can contact me at any time."
In this regard, Angel did not refuse.
Then we talked about the details of the transaction, such as the contact method, how to determine whether Zuniga has entered the challenge space, and the various special forms of monsters that identify Zuniga...
After all these conversations, Zuniga already had the intention to leave.
His thoughts have long been focused on the people of the mountains who are suspected of leaving the dark corner and appearing in the modern city...