Chapter 144: Time and Mirrors

The delicious wind goose tentatively continued to walk forward.

As he walked forward...... The demons and hounds that appeared on the other side of the corridor also began to retreat in sync.

By the time he was nearing the end, they were all gone.

But the same—

After the Demon and the Hound are gone.

The door in front of the delicious wind goose is gone.

It disappeared into a brick-clad wall. It's the same as trying to turn around and go back in the previous dreams.

The delicious wind goose was bold and glanced back.

In front of him was a long, deep corridor.

The end of the corridor is not a wall...... It's a door.

It's like an hourglass turned upside down—

The old goose quickly reacted:

Well, he's back to square one.

"Absolutely, Lao Tzu is really stuck."

The delicious wind goose couldn't help but scold: "I don't know how to die!" ”

He mustered up his spirits again, and barely walked half the way forward.

After that, he simply sat on the ground, exerted his strength with both hands, and squirmed forward cross-legged for a while.

After confirming that this mechanism was not triggered by legs and feet, but by "distance", the old goose finally sighed and simply crouched in place, leaning sideways against the wall. His legs kicked against the wall on the other side like an uncle, thinking motionlessly.

Just as he had guessed, the demons and hounds chasing behind him had also stopped moving as soon as they stopped moving.

Annan was thoughtful.

- He'd seen the puzzle.

This is similar to a level in a side-scrolling action platformer called Spaceland...... In that level, the player character's spatial axis and timeline are combined.

Even when the player character moves to the left, time rewinds; Time advances when you move to the right. When standing still, or moving in a vertical direction, time remains still.

For now, this is the case with Delicious Wind Goose.

How he talks in place, how his upper body moves, time stands still.

But as long as he is ...... backwards Time will change.

He could only go forward, enter the gate.

But when he gets closer, the door turns into a wall.

Annan was also thinking.

How can I beat it......

That's when it happened.

To the surprise of all the players, something happened -

"I warned you, Amos! Don't use this gramophone anymore! ”

At this moment, a pleasant female voice sounded in cascading circles, with many echoes like a hallucination.

That's Elle's voice!

But unlike in the nightmare, her tone was not well-behaved or polite.

Her voice sounded simultaneously from all directions: "You don't understand how it works at all...... I don't know the price of using it! You've been seen by the Eyes of Lag! ”

"But I have no choice, Elle. At least that lord is far away in the dead of winter......"

"Amos" took a deep breath and whispered, "But the police have already found it...... We were discovered! And they're right at hand!

"I vowed not to use it again, but...... There will always be exceptions. ”

After he finished speaking, he paused slightly.

Amos's face once again showed a bewildered look that belonged to the delicious wind goose.

"-Damn, how did you get into CG?"

"-Elle, where are you! (Quake)"

"- Gramophone? There are already gramophones in this era? ”

"-Don't move, old goose, I want to listen to Miss Ellet's voice! Ahhh......hhhh

"-Wait, didn't Elle turn teens forty-five years ago, so ...... she now?"

"—What is the Eye of Lag?"

The CG dialogue, which is overly informative, makes players start to discuss it one after another.

It was Annan who was really shocked.

The Eye of Lag?

It's not ...... Is the title of Master Michelangelo?

Why is Michelangelo's name still heard in this nightmare?

It's not ...... Forty-five years ago, Frozen Water Harbor?

Annan paused suddenly.

Yes, time, mirrors......

This is indeed Michelangelo's handiwork!

Suddenly, he realized a problem that he had been ignoring for a long time...... Or rather, a question he never thought about.

Did Master Michelangelo's choice of Roseburg as a spawn point be intentional?

In the end, it is purely based on the symmetry of spatial position...... Or was it premeditated?

Just as Annan's thoughts drifted out of the dungeon, after listening to the conversation between Amos and Elle, the delicious wind goose was thoughtful.

“…… I seem to understand my brother's moe. ”

As he spoke, he slowly stepped back without looking back.

The speed of time around him, advancing as he neared the midpoint; And continue to pick up after he's away from the finish line.

The barrage ridiculed one after another:

"—Old goose, are you going to retreat?"

"—Sorry to bother (closed)"

"-Don't think about it, the door has been sealed, and no one is allowed to run today!"

"Don't make noise, watch me do it......"

The delicious wind goose snorted, and retreated to about a sixth of the corridor.

That is, when the floor beneath his feet was first covered with traces of decay.

The delicious wind goose is around here, constantly moving forward and backward and rubbing back and forth several times, and the barrage is gradually understood:

"—Are you looking for a cracked floor?"

Seeing this line of words, other players also instantly figured it out.

The delicious wind goose is looking for items that "can be interacted with".

There must be something about this decryption of time that cannot be changed with the movement of time. Otherwise, it must be an infinite loop.

Well, this corridor is empty and there is nothing.

What can the delicious wind goose investigate?

It turns out...... Even if the hallway was empty, there were at least two things to investigate.

One is the wall.

- The second is the floor!

The floor is cracked, decaying, and collapsing.

But it didn't collapse and disappear out of thin air, but fell to the next level.

"—count from the wall on the right to the left, the third!"

A barrage confirms all this from a third-person perspective, and sends out a reminder: "It has cracks at the beginning, but it doesn't fall until later!" ”

Other words......

You can give it a try and pull out this floor. Take it to mirror space and see what happens!

"Thank you, brother!"

Delicious Wind Goose's eyes lit up, and he lowered his head and grabbed the floor and lifted it up.

Its sides have cracked and fallen off.

In the beginning, the Delicious Wind Goose used it as a trap – it was clearly not strong and had separated. If you step on it, the goose will definitely fall.

But here's the problem.

Since it is not stable enough, it can be used as a trap to step on and collapse......

Naturally, you should be able to pull it out directly!

At first, it was a bit sturdy at the tip.

The delicious wind goose grabbed the floor tightly with his right hand and took a few steps forward.

It was indeed "historical", with the tip decaying and falling off.

But it didn't fall.

Instead, it fell into the hands of the delicious wind goose!

“…… I'll see if I can hammer them in the head. ”

Delicious Wind Goose whispered.

He held the plank in his right hand and moved it slowly forward.

As he crossed the halfway, the violin sounded again, and time began to turn back. Traces of decay and demons and dogs are beginning to regress......

But when he walked to the symmetrical position of taking the "plank in his hand", the plank in his hand suddenly ignited a scorching black flame.

Before the delicious wind goose could react, it came out of its hands and landed on the ground. And a big hole was burned in the ground.

The fire only burned him lightly, and only 3% of his health was burned!

But the delicious wind goose is thoughtful.

He walked forward to the bottom and looked back.

It was discovered that the only wooden plank that could be removed had been regenerated.

He finally burst out laughing.

"It's a javelin game."

He said categorically: "If two items with the same timeline can't appear at the same time......

"So that is to say, to let me before that. Throw this floor out there......

"Is this the blame that made me biu die?

"—or let me open that door?"

Chapter 1!

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