Amid neon lights and projections, under raindrops and floating lights, the city-circuit train speeds past, passing between buildings.
Angel sat in the empty carriage, looking out the window silently.
It seems that he is looking at the scenery, but in fact his attention is entirely on the text column.
Furthermore, his eyes were fixed on the column of energy points in the text column.
Gleipnir is reconciling the accounts, and he is also reconciling the accounts, and the correct account is the consumption of energy points.
He felt that something was not right.
According to the records in the magic book, using the Potential Eye once will consume 20 energy points. He has used it twice so far, consuming 40 energy points.
He had used the signal-capturing ability of the space-time broadcast station once before, and captured one person and two objects. The resonance of the object and the person with a story cost 15 energy points each time, so this was 45 energy points.
That is to say, a total of 85 energy points were consumed, but when he reconciled, he found that only 75 energy points were deducted in the end.
This made Angel a little confused, so he started to compare the accounts.
After a while.
Angel clicked on the page information of Style Eye and Time Radio, and finally found the reason from the sub-page.
Each magic puzzle piece and each fashionable monster has its own method of restoring energy points and increasing the energy limit.
The way to restore the energy points of the Style Eye is to appreciate various works of art. When encountering extremely excellent works of art, there is a chance that the upper limit of Style Points will be increased.
This method of restoring energy points by appreciating art is actually a general improvement method of "style eye".
And this page of Angel's style eye puzzle, because of the hidden ability of "potential eye", has also derived a more detailed method of increasing energy points, that is - every time the potential eye is used successfully, the energy points can be increased.
1 energy point upper limit; if the comprehensive potential level of the identified object exceeds five stars, an additional 5 points of consumption will be recovered.
After calculation, Angel used Potential Eyes once on Com and the doorman each, and the upper limit of energy points was increased by 2 each. Although it only increased the upper limit, it actually restored the consumed energy points.
In addition, Comb's potential has exceeded five stars, and the consumption of five points has been restored, so the total consumption of his potential eye is 40 energy points, but due to mechanical reasons, he actually only consumed 33 energy points.
Time Radio also has similar means of increasing and restoring energy points. For example, every time it resonates with an item with strong emotions, the upper limit of energy points will be increased by 1.
Each time you use the person with a story, the upper limit of energy points will be increased by 1 point.
Before, Angel used it three times, so it consumed 45 energy points. Since the upper limit of 3 points was raised, and the corresponding points will be restored when the upper limit is raised, it was equal to 42 energy points consumed.
Adding this to the consumption of the potential eye, the total is 75 energy points.
Angel also breathed a sigh of relief after finding out the reason. The more discrepancies there were during the reconciliation, the more panicked he became. He had previously thought that there was something wrong, but now that he knew the truth, he was naturally relieved.
However, after reading the methods of Style Eye and Time Radio to increase the upper limit of energy points, he felt that this method of increasing the upper limit seemed quite simple.
As long as he keeps using it, he can continuously increase the upper limit, which is much easier than having to spend so much time filming a variety show for others to watch.
But after Angel learned more about it, he realized that he had gone astray.
Successfully using the Potential Eye or successfully using the Story Resonance can increase the upper limit of energy points by 1, but at the low-level magician stage, the upper limit of each is only 100 points.
In other words, even if he keeps using these two abilities to increase the upper limit of energy points, he can only increase it by 200 energy points at most.
If you want to continue to rely on these two abilities to increase the upper limit of energy points, you can only continue to increase after breaking through to an intermediate magician.
If you want to increase the upper limit of energy points infinitely, you can only use the most basic method.
For example, the popularity series of puzzles: the popularity of public opinion and audience feedback can restore and enhance hot points.
Another example is the puzzle of the style series: creating a stronger and more distinct style, or appreciating the corresponding style, you can restore and improve style points.
Only this basic method can improve without restrictions. However, this kind of improvement speed is often relatively slow, and it is faster to directly increase the upper limit without using abilities.
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After learning that using abilities can directly increase the upper limit of energy points, Angel has been paying attention to energy points.
Be prepared to use your Potential Eye every time you recover to twenty points.
Until the upper limit of 100 points is reached, then switch to using Story Resonance.
Because variety shows have been playing in Rabbit Town, Angel can recover energy points very quickly. After all, "returning to mana" is definitely much easier than increasing the "mana limit".
By the time the train arrived at East 19th District, the energy points had returned to fifty.
When getting off the train, Angel casually threw a potential eye at each of the two train attendants. The two highest potentials were both one star, without even a comment.
Sure enough, doormen with three-star potential like the one just now may be in the minority.
Angel shook his head and left the platform.
East 19th District is almost close to the edge of the Modern City copy. There are almost no high-rise buildings here, only low-rise houses.
The only building with more than 20 floors was built as a platform for the city circle train.
When Angel thinks of the large number of low-rise and scattered bungalows, he thinks of the slums in the North Ninth District.
However, the East 19th District is not a slum area. Instead, it is an upper-middle-class residential area. It can even be said to be a wealthy area.
Because although the houses here are low, they are almost all villas.
Many people with a little money are willing to come to East 19th District to buy land and build villas. The reason is also very simple. East 19th District is a rare pure natural green area in the entire modern city.
In other areas, although the roadside is full of flowers, plants and trees, 80% of it is a false scene projected by holographic projections.
In the East 19th District, although there are some sparse flowers, plants and trees on the roadside, all the plants are real plants. In addition, there is a very wide lake in the East 19th District. The lake light and water color reflect the lush trees, which can be called a city.
The oxygen bar naturally attracts wealthy people in the city.
Even if they don't usually live here, they are willing to buy a vacation villa here.
However, for Angel, the "natural style" of the East 19th District is a bit unappealing. Compared with here, he personally appreciates the urban scenery with numerous buildings, neon lights and projections.
After walking into East 19th District, Angel naturally applied a layer of illusion to himself, and then walked into the long street moistened by light rain.
Although the East 19th District is basically a wealthy area, even so, there are class divisions.
The best area is near the lakeshore, because there is an artificial barrier covering the entire lake. There are also customized purifiers in the lake to prevent the water quality from being polluted by acid rain.
Angel could even see from a distance that there was a holographic projection speaking words on the shore of the lake, explaining that the lake water here could even be drank directly.
This is used to attract home buyers.
Other areas do not have this kind of treatment. Only in wooded areas, there are some barriers and some anti-acidification cloth on the ground.
But even so, these areas can attract buyers.
The real estate treatment here can be said to be second only to the central area in the modern city.
Angel only walked half a street and already saw several housing agencies.
Along the long street, Angel walked all the way to the barrier area.
The pavement of the street is mainly original. There are no projections of holographic trees and there are no ground lights, making it dark all the way.
It wasn't until we entered the barrier area that there were more street lights around.
After a while, Angel arrived at Banxing Lake.
Companion Star Lake is the largest lake in the East 19th District. The reason why it was named "Companion Star" for external publicity is because after nightfall, starry sky projections appear on the sky barrier, which are reflected on the water surface like the moon and companion stars.
But the real reason is that the consortium behind the land developer that developed the Banxing Lake Villa Area is none other than the Banxing Group.
In the name of Ruyue Companion Star, he flatters the Companion Star Group.
However, I have to say that in terms of marketing of visual art, Modern City has achieved the ultimate. The starry sky dome above the Star Lake is projected onto the water, which indeed has a dreamy feeling of shadows and stars shaking.
Angel stood on the shore of the lake and felt the beauty of artificial light and shadow.
However, the starry sky dome will not be open all the time. It will close at 6 o'clock every morning, which is not far from 6 o'clock at this time.
Angel randomly chose a bench to sit down on the shore of the lake, silently waiting for the moment when the starry sky dome closed, because six o'clock happened to be the time when the underwater church approached the modern city.
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Angel next plans to go to the underwater church to meet the half-human, half-doll and open the Dark Corner dungeon.
The area where the underwater church is located is just under Banxing Lake.
After thinking about this, Angel opened the text column and looked through a previous message from Wonderland.
"Congratulations, you have completed the side mission "The Lost Knight"."
After Angel met Ms. Zoe and learned the whole truth from Ms. Zoe, the mission of "The Lost Knight" was finally completed.
The rewards are pretty good, one puzzle piece of any series (medium), and three puzzle pieces of any series (small).
But the most important thing is that after the task is completed, it does not show the end, but automatically takes on a new side task.
"Side mission "Step into the dream and ask for the truth."
"Mission Overview: As the bishop of the Dark Corner Cult, Zoe knows more secrets than you can imagine. It was also from her mouth that you learned that there is a dark floating body of water hidden in the seemingly peaceful modern city.
In those uncharted waters lurks a special entity from a dark corner."
"Mission goal: reach the hidden waters, find the entity from the dark corner. And find a way to get into the dark corner from it."
"Known clues: 1. The hidden waters will periodically approach and move away from the modern city, and this cycle is twenty-four hours. 2. Someone heard a faint singing voice by the side of Banxing Lake at six o'clock in the morning.
It seems to come from underwater. 3. The special entity in the hidden water can communicate, but only if you understand what it says. 4. The hidden water will periodically refresh some supplies and special materials, and there may be something related to the special entity.
Supplies. 5. The way to enter dark corners is hidden in special entities."
This is Angel's new mission.
Although there is no clear answer, it can be inferred from known clues that the location of the hidden water area is most likely to be opened at six o'clock in the morning, and the location of the opening is Banxing Lake.
That's why Angel specially came to Banxing Lake to wait for the secret waters to open.
From the known clues, we can also know that the half-human, half-demon belongs to a special entity and seems to have intelligence that can communicate. However, the clues also clearly mention that the prerequisite for communication is to understand its language.
What should I do if I don’t understand its language?
That might be the special materials mentioned in Clue 4.
What kind of special materials are they? Is it a translator? Or is it a code book for translation? The former is fine, but wouldn’t the latter require learning a new language from scratch?
Learning a language takes more than a day or two.
Angel personally feels that he may prefer the former.
Because Alfred also entered the dark corner through this special entity before, Alfred couldn't stay in the underwater church and learn a new language abruptly before entering the dark corner, right?
There must be a convenient method, but we have to wait until we go to the hidden waters to know what kind of method it is.
In addition to the information hidden in the clues, Angel is actually also very concerned about the name of this task...
"Step into the fantasy and ask for the truth."
In the entire mission overview, mission objectives, and clues given, there is no mention of any "dream" or "reality" elements at all.
But the name of the mission happened to be this, which made Angel very curious.
Where will fantasy and reality meet?
According to the information previously received from Abigail, the "Moon Eye" behind the Dark Angle Cult is most likely a huge entity of the Dark Angle, the "Phantom Moon Eye".
The Fantasy Moon Eye is located at a level called "The Moonlight Sea of Fantasy Dreams".
"The Sea of Moonlight in Illusions..." Angel murmured in a low voice, and there seemed to be a certain brilliance in his eyes: "Could it be that the dream in the mission actually refers to the Sea of Moonlight in Illusions?"
If this is true, doesn't it mean that once he steps into the dark corner, he will reach this "moonlight sea of fantasy"?
In other words, is it possible for him to face a huge entity called "Huan Yue Eye"?
Angel frowned and put this possibility aside for the time being: There is currently a guess about the "dream" issue, so what does "reality" refer to?
Angel pondered for a moment, and finally chose to give up thinking.
Maybe you will know everything after entering the dark corner.
Thinking about this now, it's still a bit far.
Angel glanced at the time displayed on the text column. It was now half past five, half an hour before six o'clock.
Just in time, take advantage of this period to continue to increase the upper limit of energy points.
When Angel was thinking this, he saw a woman in pajamas coming out of the villa not far away, yawning and walking towards the lake.
Angel didn't hesitate and threw a potential eye at her.