Within these constantly shifting scenes, several phantom images of Wang Dingshan quickly appeared.
The real Wang Dingshan took a step forward, the figure in place became illusory while a virtual figure in one scene became solid.
“What should we do?”
Boboli looked at these new scenes that Jiaoma had selected today.
“Do as I say. For now, don’t link them—just make all scenes into horizontal trapezoids of the same size.”
“Don’t link them? Aren’t you going to build the main framework?”
“Because there’s no time for detailed design, so I’m going to make them all exactly the same shape.”
“Will this pass the review?”
Wang Dingshan’s face twitched as he looked at the unfamiliar boy:
“Fine, anyway, I’m just dragged in as extra help. Whatever you say, I’ll do it—the easier for me. Come on, give me a standard.”
Jiaoma raised her hand, and in the space ahead, scenes identically shaped like those from a factory appeared side by side.
“This is what we’ve been working on for the past seven days. Apart from working at Croft’s during the day, Yang Zicang has been making these at night.”
“Good heavens, how many of them are there? Is he really going to make it?”
“Over three hundred.” Jiaoma looked at him. “Zicang’s psychic energy has already reached the third ring—that’s why he can keep going, Dingshan. If you put in this kind of effort, you should be able to significantly boost your own psychic strength.”
“My god. That guy spends all day acting exactly like Lele, and he’s already got third-ring psychic intensity.”
Wang Dingshan had no idea what to say anymore.
“Mr. Dingshan, tonight you need to stabilize and modify the terrain of at least thirty scenes. It might be a little slow at the start, but once you get the hang of it, you’ll quickly pick up speed. Plus, I can help stabilize the forms—you just need to fill them with energy and extend them.”
These three guys do this every single night?
Wang Dingshan felt a chill run down his spine. They were a bunch of lunatics.
……
Morrie thought that Boppoli had been acting pretty mysterious lately, and sleeping more and more often.
With even fewer people to talk to him, Morrie felt as if the whole world had abandoned him.
“I hear convicted criminals have to do labor reform.”
Staring out the window at the scenery, he murmured as if talking to himself.
A silver-white careening line shot in.
[Hol wants to make an active investment in me.]
Morrie sensed it for a moment—another stranger. Ever since becoming famous, such connections had become very frequent.
He ignored it directly.
[Hol wants to initiate a 1N full-authority timely investment in me, duration fifteen days.]
[Hello, who’s this?]
Accepting the request, Morrie focused on the sensory image where a man with blue eyes stood.
“Hello, Mr. Alexander Morrie. I am Hall from City 27. May I ask, are you also from City 27?”
Morrie frowned.
Then he thought that perhaps this person had learned about him through Xiao Yushan and the others.
“What do you want?”
“It’s like this. I only recently learned of your existence, Mr. Morrie. Before that, I met a lady who was looking for a gentleman named Alexander Morrie.”
“What!”
Morrie’s eyes trembled.
“What is the name of the lady you mentioned?”
Hall chuckled on the other end.
“She said her name was Julia, something like that. Because this name is so famous, I thought you should’ve been called Romeo instead.”
A flicker of vigilance passed through Morrie’s eyes.
As he was considering how to respond to Hall, the man continued on his own.
“Mr. Morrie, that lady is a Red Model. Over the past month, I’ve searched for nearly a month and still can’t find the lady I only met once. I happen to be able to enter Hub Town this time, so I came straight to you. If I find this lady later, I would like to ask you to bestow upon me a Virtual Zero-Sequence Timeline Weapon. It should be simple for you.”
It wasn’t simple. But in Morrie’s mind, compared to Julia, a Virtual Zero Sequence was nothing at all.
“I hope I haven’t disturbed your rest. I’ll take my leave now, esteemed Mr. Morrie.”
The man voluntarily ended the link, without demanding any payment in advance.
Although Morrie’s wariness persisted, his inner anxiety and uncertainty rose all the more swiftly.
And the longing that filled his days and nights.
Although his future self had said that she wasn’t with him.
But even if she ultimately chose to leave, Morrie still hoped to confirm her safety, to ensure she wouldn’t be harmed in the future.
Yet, could this be real? At a moment like this, she appeared?
The man paced restlessly around the room. After a few steps, he rushed to the cabinet against the wall, poured water, and gulped it down noisily to ease his parched throat.
……
“How have these two days been?”
“It’s definitely affecting my sleep.” Wang Dingshan yawned tiredly as he spoke.
The team of nearly three hundred people was already busy working methodically in the illusion field.
In fact, it could have been wrapped up long ago, but Croft kept revising many things within it—some previous structures were dismantled and replaced with new scene styles.
The reason Yang Zicang had stayed until now was precisely because of these changes.
Without them, the review group in the parliament would fall into prolonged discussions or even debates.
He obediently followed this official’s demands, hoping to uncover the essential elements that must exist in the first and second Demon Wisdom Halls from the added content of this third one.
“Starting tomorrow, you don’t have to come anymore.”
Just as the last twenty-eight days were remaining, Croft suddenly announced to everyone.
“Huh? Sir, haven’t we only been working for two months?”
“It’s already perfect now.”
Croft snorted coldly and said:
“Your supervisors likely still need your assistance, so for the remaining content, I will personally fill it in before submitting it to the council.”
This was clearly hiding the most crucial part!
He didn’t want to disclose the most important details to everyone.
Once the Magic Hero Hall was truly completed, the mental illusion designed would differ somewhat from the actual palace. Moreover, if one studied it after clearing the trial, those special areas might have already been destroyed during the assessment.
Just then, the door suddenly swung open.
“No!”
A woman in a pristine white, form-fitting gown stood at the doorway.
“This Magic Hero Hall will be submitted directly to the council by us. Once it leaves this room, no one will be allowed to add any private content to it.”
“You are the Silver Head Director, Ms. Radiant Order, correct?”
“Yes, Director Croft. I hope you won’t push our patience to its limits. If you do, I will send every detail of this matter to the New World Weekly submission box.”
“You…” The strange man suddenly chuckled. “Fine. The holiday is canceled. You all continue working from now on. Hmph.”
What Croft had held so dear began to gradually unfold before everyone’s eyes.
Yet it was so ordinary.
Because the work of the final days merely added a few different elemental scenes.
Yang Zicang silently memorized these added details.
At night, Yang Zicang met with Boboli and Jiaoma, describing the content of the past few days.
He initially intended to envision the Magic Hero Hall himself and have Boboli make revisions.
Yet when the moment came, he dared not, for Zorro’s experience served as a warning.
Sometimes one’s good intentions could violate the rules. And at other times, what seemed like a violation was actually within the permitted boundaries.
If he were judged to have leaked the content of Devil’s Echo Hall, he would face severe punishment.
Therefore, at this moment, he only roughly described what aspects his newly added content covered.
Even if a demonstration was necessary, they would be presented in another form, or through directly excerpting relevant scenes from the first two Devil’s Echo Halls.
“Is that all there is?”
After listening, Boppoli looked at the content of the first two Devil’s Echo Halls, a glimmer beginning to shine in his eyes.
“Based on the information we have so far, if there is anything common to these three Devil’s Echo Halls among the newly added content these past few days…”
He quickly twisted several different scenes into existence using his imagination.
“Flame, wind.” He brought out some distorted waveband scenes again. “Even in the Fortress of Myriad Paths, there are parts that require crossing water.”
Yang Zicang and Jiaoma watched the boy’s fingers glide.
“I see!” Jiaoma said excitedly. “Leave aside the earth, and those metal puppet monsters that appear in both scenes.”
“And the forest. That is to say…” Yang Zicang looked at the boy.
Boppoli nodded and said, “Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth!”
……
“Five scenes: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth!”
Huan Bao’er threw the pen in her hand onto the table, stood up joyfully, and slapped the document heavily.
“That’s it, I should have thought of it earlier. Clearly, these are the five essential elements that must exist.”
She thought of the transformation of Greenlotus Crown.
Since it was a floating palace above water, it naturally emphasized the Water element. Not many additional scenes were added beyond that.
“I knew it. That old geezer was holding out on me. Hmph!”
Huan Bao’er smiled and looked up at the clock on the wall.
“There’s still nearly a month left. Even if we leave a few days for review, it should be enough time!”
She summoned Gong Huanwu and said, “What’s missing are scenes of the Five Elements. Go find Yuwen Haowen and have him add these scenes.”
Gong Huanwu nodded excitedly and sprinted toward Yuwen Haowen’s private room.
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