Next, Angel continued to search the hidden waters.
Perhaps it's because this area of water is full of ruins, and it's almost impossible to find anything intact. Therefore, when a tool with a complete "storage" function appears, check it out.
A wooden box, a leather box, a bamboo basket, and under a shabby eaves, Angel found a desk that was so rotten that it was lame.
This is a storage tool that Angel can spot at a glance from his perspective.
The wooden box is slightly tattered, and you can see that there are three gray bottles and a light bulb-shaped transparent bottle inside without even opening it.
As expected from the gray bottle, it is filled with low-grade nutritional water.
The light bulb bottle contained luminous water, and Angel shook it slightly, emitting a faint emerald green light.
The contents in the bamboo basket are a bit "evil", a bottle of low-grade nutritional water, plus three oxygen breath bottles. As long as anyone moves the bamboo basket, the seals of the oxygen breath bottles placed diagonally will fall off immediately, which makes people feel uncomfortable.
Enjoy a triple concentrated hallucinogenic experience.
Fortunately, Angel had carefully observed it from God's perspective, and he had narrowly escaped the malicious intent from the dark corners.
Angel then looked at the only crippled desk and the suitcase that looked extremely intact.
Let’s talk about the desk first. There are two places on the desk where you can store things. One is the desktop and the other is the drawer.
Angel found a sealed test tube on the bumpy table with a yellow oily liquid inside.
"Detonating kerosene: The internal oil is extremely unstable. When the bottle is squeezed, hit or broken, it can explode instantly and release extremely high temperatures."
Judging from the text description, this bottle of fire oil does not feel like a living material, but more like a specific fire attack prop.
Looking at the sealed test tube, he unconsciously thought of the half-human, half-doll in the underwater church.
Could this thing be specially designed to attack it?
Regardless of whether it is or not, Angel has no plans to delve into it at the moment, so he will put it away for now.
In the drawer, Angel found another medical bag and a bracelet.
"Medical kit: It contains common analgesics, disinfectants, gauze, bandages, etc."
"Investigator-specific recording bracelet (slightly damaged): Generally used to record special entities and monsters, as well as abnormal phenomena encountered in dark corners. The bracelet is currently in a damaged state."
The existence of the medical kit made Angel understand that if humans living in dark corners get sick, there is no solution at all.
As for the investigator-specific bracelet, Angel was a little surprised. Because the core of this thing was a small metal chip inside, and this metal chip was filled with dense codes.
It's a pity that Angel doesn't understand corner codes. If Turing is here, he can find it to analyze it.
Angel thought for a while and called Hertz out, wanting to see if it could surprise him.
Ten seconds later, Angel calmly took Hertz back into the magic book.
Forget it, let the stupid child stay in the book and learn more knowledge.
Although the code inside cannot be parsed, nor can the broken recording bracelet be opened, we can also know from the text information that there seems to be a profession called "investigator" in the dark corner, and they will wear the bracelet to record
Monsters, records of special entities, and abnormal phenomena.
"If the bracelet can record special entities, will the half-human, half-doll in the underwater church also be recorded?" Angel speculated.
Unknown at the moment.
But Angel already had a vague feeling at this time that some of the materials around him seemed to be more or less pointing to the person in the underwater church?
So there are still "clues" hidden in these materials?
And then you want to find a way to get to the dark corner from that half-human, half-doll figure and solve the puzzle?
Angel felt a little strange, but he had searched for information about the "Dark Corner" in the sea of power information. One of the articles did mention that there were many puzzles in the Dark Corner. After solving the puzzles, special supply rooms and even "exits" could be opened.
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Since there may be an "exit" in solving the puzzle, let's think about it another way: there may also be an "entrance" in the decryption.
It seems that the pitfall of this side mission should be "solving the puzzle".
Angel put away his bracelet and medical bag, and looked at the last storage tool he found this time: the suitcase.
It's said to be a suitcase, but it's actually more like a suitcase, but the outer shell is made of leather.
The reason why Angel put the suitcase last is not only because it is the most complete, but also for the most important reason: it has a combination lock.
"Investigator-specific suitcase: A suitcase that investigators always carry with them, because most monsters and entities have no interest in suitcases. This allows the investigator organization to successfully recover the relics of dead investigators."
"Note: You need to find a six-digit password to open the suitcase. If you use other methods to break the suitcase, the internal linkage code will be triggered, and all items covered by the code will be broken."
The text message made it clear that there was only one way to open it, which was to find the six-digit password, and that other methods would only result in the suitcase breaking.
Although Angel had thought about whether he could use Nightmare to block the corner code and make its ability temporarily ineffective. However, in order to avoid accidents, he did not practice it in the end.
At present, Angel has not discovered what the password is, and even thought about using God's perspective to observe the inside of the password lock to decipher it, but unfortunately it failed in the end.
Because the inside of the combination lock is not a mechanical lock, but a corner code lock. Angel does not know the corner code, so he cannot decipher it.
Although he couldn't decipher the combination lock, he could still see the items inside the suitcase through God's perspective.
In addition to a bottle of luminous water and two bottles of nutrient water, there are some things that Angel has never seen before, such as——
"Low-level repair water: It can repair slightly damaged items. Do not drink it, do not use it on living bodies, avoid light, and store it at low temperatures."
"Investigator-specific recording bracelet (severely damaged): A recording bracelet that cannot be repaired, but there is a part of an undamaged chip inside. If the chip contains a complete module, it may be able to be loaded into other bracelets."
"Special protective work clothes for investigators: Made of special materials with protective properties, they have certain anti-corrosion and tear resistance properties. They can effectively protect against damage caused by most corrosive liquids, sharp objects and harmful gases."
After looking at the contents of the suitcase, Angel basically guessed the process of the side mission.
Find the password and open the suitcase.
After opening the suitcase, I took out the repair water to repair the slightly damaged recording bracelet. However, there is a high probability that the repaired recording bracelet will not contain any important information.
The really important information should be in that severely damaged bracelet.
The chip in the severely damaged bracelet needs to be transferred and loaded into the intact bracelet, so that important information can be read...
As for what the so-called "important information" is? Angel guessed that it must be information related to half-humans and half-dolls.
Because the above process is a very typical puzzle-solving process.
Only by completing all the processes will you probably have a chance to solve the puzzle.
However, Angel did not immediately look for the password. After all, all this was just his guess. Although it was almost inseparable, he still needed some solid evidence. For example, he needed to see the half-human, half-doll figure in person.
Angel glanced at the hallucinogenic state countdown on the text column, there were still about two minutes left.
He simply walked directly towards the underwater church.
As the countdown approaches the end, the hallucinogenic state seems to have entered a bottoming out stage. Not only does it show no signs of weakening, but it is becoming more and more serious. It is like the hallucination has gained intelligence and is singing its last song before it is about to dissipate.
's tragic song.
The rushing water snake, with its ferocious tusks comparable to ivory, attacked Angel head-on.
A huge millstone creature that looked like an island whale pressed down from above and made a loud buzzing sound...
The ruins under the water suddenly disappeared and turned into transparent glass. Under the glass was an endless starry sky, but this starry sky seemed to be polluted and overflowing with blood. Even the stars were shining with a strange blood light, as if they were about to be destroyed.
Draw his soul in.
And the huge water spider, with its dense spider descendants, is heading towards Angel again with an undercurrent...
No matter how big your heart is, if you face such a terrifying scene, you will probably be frightened to death.
But Angel seemed not to see it and continued to swim forward leisurely... The illusion was very real, but it was just an illusion after all.
Just when Angel was still walking leisurely in the face of hallucinations, a faint singing sound came to his ears. There were no lyrics, just pure humming.
Ethereal, quiet, and so beautiful that it seems as if time and space have quieted down, leaving only the humming in my ears.
Angel looked back and saw a mermaid flapping its sparkling fish tail, waving to him, humming a song, and slowly stretching out her slender green-white hands towards Angel, as if she wanted to Shake hands with him.
But no matter how she made a move, Angel didn't swim towards her, he just stayed in place, seeming to be thinking about something.
"Countdown:00:00:10"
Nine, eight, seven...
The hallucinations around me seemed to be going crazy, and everything started to get restless.
Three, two...
When the countdown came to the last three seconds, the slim-looking mermaid finally removed her calm face and opened her bloody mouth, filled with fangs.
She knew that Angel would not come, so at the last second she showed her true face and roared, as if she was issuing a bad curse to Angel.
The countdown is over.
The debuff of the hallucinogenic state disappears, and all surrounding hallucinations also dissipate.
From the lively dance of demons to the empty dusk underwater, it only takes a moment.
However, although the hallucination disappeared, the singing was still there.
Angel raised his head and looked at the underwater church dozens of meters away. Through the dim light of the colored windows, he could hear humming sounds coming from inside.
This humming sound was exactly the melody of the mermaid in the previous hallucination.
But its real singer is actually the half-man, half-demon in the underwater church.
"It's true." Angel suddenly stopped just now because he felt something was wrong. It seemed that the intensity of the hallucination suddenly changed, from affecting his vision to using sound to affect his emotions.
The moment he saw the mermaid, his desire to have contact with the mermaid reached its peak.
The body unconsciously wants to move in the direction of the mermaid.
Although Angel was able to control it easily, the feeling of losing control just now still made him feel confused.
He must have been affected by hallucinations just now.
It is known that this hallucinogenic state comes from the inside out, in other words, it affects the nervous system of the body. The nervous system is responsible for transmitting and processing various body signals. Once disturbed, it will produce wrong instructions.
Previously, Angel easily resisted the initial hallucination through his own illusion resistance. However, at the last moment, the half-human, half-demon singing combined with the hallucinogenic buff broke through his physical resistance, and this happened an uncontrollable trend.
Angel was still a little confused at first, but now he has figured it out.
Half-human, half-demon is the culprit.
"Originally I thought you were sleeping, but now it seems that you woke up and found me as soon as I entered the hidden waters." Angel murmured in a low voice.
Otherwise, it would not have been able to calculate so accurately. It happened to be the last moment of the countdown, when the negative hallucinogenic effects were the strongest, and it suddenly came out to do this.
Ten minutes ago, when Angel was infected with the hallucinogenic state, it must have discovered it.
It also noticed that Angel ignored other illusions around him, indicating that he had a certain resistance to illusions.
Therefore, when the hallucination is at its strongest, it uses its own singing voice combined with illusions to attack Angel.
However, what it doesn't know is that although there is a big gap between the body of Dream Crystal and the real body, and the illusion resistance is not enough, Angel is actually an illusion wizard, and he is even better at emotional manipulation, almost
It was not affected at all and easily got rid of its carefully designed situation.
Angel's eyes flickered slightly as he listened to the faint singing coming from the underwater church in the distance.
It seems that peaceful exchanges are impossible.
However, he had never thought about peaceful communication with this special entity.
Although the hallucinogenic state had ended, Angel did not immediately go to the underwater church, but looked at the location where the "mermaid" had been.
The illusion of the mermaid was created by a half-human, half-puppet, trying to guide Angel there.
Angel wanted to know why.
Are there any special circumstances where the mermaid stays?
Angel squinted his eyes, God's perspective had been opened, his thoughts and consciousness were detached from the physical body, his eyes traveled through space, and even through matter...
After a moment, Angel withdrew his gaze.
He had already seen that where the mermaid was sitting was a pressure touch console.
There were a large number of lines and corner codes in this touch console. He couldn't understand the corner codes, but along the path of the lines, Angel followed the track to the center stage of the underwater church.
That is, the location of the half-human, half-doll.
Angel also discovered several similar lines around the stage. These lines were also equipped with corner codes and connected to the other two places in the hidden waters.
One is in the northeast corner, one is in the northwest corner, and the south corner on my side.
The distance between the three points is almost the same. If they are connected in order, they will form an equilateral triangle.
The circular stage in the underwater church is exactly in the center of this triangle.
"So formal, like a ritual? Or is it some kind of magic circle?"
Angel didn't know what it was, but he also found the same touch console at the other two points. The most important thing was that the pressure plates of the two touch consoles had been pressed down.
Judging from the traces of gaps around the pressure plate, it was definitely not pressed recently.
It should have been pressed for a while.
It is worth mentioning that there is a scrawled text next to one of the touch consoles: Be careful of phantoms!! Don’t touch!!!
This row of text should have been written using fashion magic. Not only does the magic energy remain, it has not faded even after being soaked in water for many years.
Angel had seen the same handwriting in the villa in Qingshuiqu before.
This is... left by Alfred.
Alfred has been missing for five years, which means that this is a warning from five years ago.
"Five years ago, maybe Alfred also encountered a hallucinogenic crisis..."
Moreover, there is a high probability that the crisis he encountered was the same as this time, and it was half-man, half-demon who was behind the scenes to induce Alfred to come to the touch console.
Caused two pressure plates to be activated.
At the last moment, Alfred came to his senses and left this line of text to sound a warning for those who came after him.
Angel guessed this because only two pressure plates were activated. If Alfred was still under the control of hallucinations at that time, the third pressure plate would definitely have been triggered.
As for what would happen after the three pressure plates were activated, Alfred did not record it, but it must not be a good thing.
Angel looked at the underwater church and murmured in a low voice: "You seduced Alfred to activate the pressure plate five years ago, and you seduced me again this time... You obviously have the hands and feet but you don't do it yourself, or it's pressure.
There is something near the board that scares you, or..."
"You can't get out!"
Angel personally prefers the latter because he didn't find anything unusual near the pressure plate.
The center stage of the underground church is covered with intricate patterns and angular codes.
In addition, the half-human, half-doll only moves on the center stage, so it is very likely that it cannot leave that stage. The lines and corner codes below form a formation that restricts its movement.
After sorting it out like this, things become much clearer.
Angel had always been puzzled before. It was clear that the Hidden Waters would connect with the Modern City every twenty-four hours, but after so many years, the half-man, half-demon never left the underground church.
Now it seems that it is not that it does not want to leave, but that it cannot leave at all.
Perhaps, only when the pressure plates of the three touch consoles are pressed can it break free and leave the stage that confines it.
Unfortunately, very few people know about this place, and even fewer people come here.
For so many years, Alfred is probably the only one who has been here. In fact, it even failed to completely control Alfred, and even allowed him to break free from the hallucination at a critical moment.
Angel couldn't help but shake his head at this moment, not knowing whether to sympathize with it or pity it.