PDLP Chapter 555 New Victims
Chapter 555 New Victims
noon.
[Legendary Quest, Burning Skies]
Phase 3: Investigate the Dream Attack Incident, Progress: 15%
The mission has arrived, but it's uncertain whether it's a good thing or a bad thing.
Looking at the incredible mission content of this third stage, Su Tianqing felt that the fun factor of the secret manual was much higher than she had imagined, and it was even willing to deliberately push this fox into the fire pit.
Secret manual! Do you want to see what your mission entails?
Investigating the Dream Attack? Do you know who we've deduced is responsible for the Dream Attack? It's Garuda! The astral behemoth Garuda! A calamity behemoth on par with Jormungandr!
First, I was swept into the Dream in Dandelion Mode, then Iris and Sasha were dragged into the dilapidated Fox Virtue Gate. I was still trembling with fear, wondering who would be next and couldn't sleep at night, when this damn book of yours made me investigate the Dream Attack??
In this information-scarce environment, if they actually find out anything, I'm afraid it'll slap me into a pancake on the spot! What a joke!
The golden fox angrily closed the tattered book and threw it to her familiar. Pretending to be angry, she deliberately didn't open the book. Instead, she grabbed the marker lying in the sun and walked to the whiteboard to start another brainstorming session.
"Fox, you've been flipping through that strange book."
The blonde, blue-eyed girl stood in front of the whiteboard, glanced curiously at the familiar that had disappeared into the magical space and the strange thick book, and tilted her head as she spoke.
"That's something Mercury gave me. It contains notes she collected in the Astral Plane." Su Tianqing sighed and described the tattered book to Alice in a fragmented way.
"So it was a gift from Senior Mercury... It must be a very important gift." Alice suddenly realized, and stopped being curious about the secret book. She started brainstorming with the golden fox beside her.
Su Tianqing had a strange feeling—
The last time I showed the book to the cat, she even flipped through a couple of pages. But the pages full of Chinese characters looked like dense astral script to the cat, or they were completely blank. It made her head spin, so she quickly returned it to me and never mentioned flipping through the book again.
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Upon hearing that this lousy book was named "Mercury," Xiaoyu's confusion and curiosity vanished instantly, replaced by an expression that said, "Mercury? That's not surprising." She even added with concern, "If this book is too difficult to read, find something else to play with instead of torturing yourself."
Now even Alice has the same expression. It seems that in the eyes of the younger generation, this senior [Azure Reaper] is a bit like a distant relative who always brings home those "five years of college entrance exam simulations" (a type of practice book). Su Tianqing thought to herself.
The complaints about the old fox ended there. The golden fox straightened its gaze and focused on the whiteboard in front of it, as well as the few new clues that had been added to it.
[Where is Garuda?] is followed by a summary and analysis of Xia Taotao's clues, leading to three possibilities.
Her three analyses each have their own explanations, and although some of them are groundbreaking and surprising, upon closer examination, each possibility does have some merit.
After all, Rabbit analyzed it based solely on textual information. To reach this level of "seemingly incredible but actually quite true upon closer inspection" is already a top-tier intelligence processing capability.
"So..."
Su Tianqing turned her head to look at the blonde girl beside her who was carefully examining the whiteboard, her voice tinged with curiosity.
"Alice, can you see anything wrong?"
The petite girl in the gold dress stood in front of the whiteboard, scanned the series of notes written on it with markers several times, and shook her head.
"have no idea."
"Even you don't know?" Su Tianqing was slightly surprised, but then realized that she might have fallen into some kind of misunderstanding, and quickly banished the surprise from her mind.
No matter how much Alice demonstrates her exceptional thinking and mental imagery abilities, it is still very difficult for her to deduce certain clues when information is limited.
I can't rely too much on Alice's extraordinary performance; I need to focus my energy on serious thinking.
"But I find this strange."
Alice suddenly spoke, her gaze, which had been scanning and observing, now focused on a certain spot on the whiteboard. She stood on tiptoe and pointed to Xia Taotao's third deduction—[Garuda is hiding in the dream].
"Hmm...do you think there's something wrong with this clue?" Su Tianqing examined it for a while but couldn't figure it out, so she asked Alice.
The girl tilted her head and thought for a while, then, after organizing her thoughts, she began to mutter to herself:
"If Garuda hides in dreams, then why would it go to such lengths to capture Iris and the others into those illusions?"
"Hmm... Perhaps Garuda is trying to conceal its presence as much as possible. Launching a silent attack from the Dream Realm is the easiest way for it to hide itself and prevent us from discovering its true intentions?"
Su Tianqing expressed her thoughts.
Even I myself think this statement is full of loopholes—Garuda is not like Leviathan, which was locked in a rift by Red Rose and targeted for decades, nor is it like Jormungandr, which has been imprisoned for who knows how many years. On its first encounter, it was enough to send the veteran player, Chi Xue, to the ICU in the Mind World for a month. If it were to get serious…
To say that Chengdu is an understatement would be an understatement; the entire Sichuan province would likely face annihilation.
Why would a catastrophic astral behemoth bother with "hiding itself"? Wouldn't it be better to just charge in and overturn everyone? Unless it's bound by some kind of force like Jormungandr, Su Tianqing couldn't think of any reason for Garuda to act in such a concealed manner.
"Concealing my whereabouts... to avoid my intentions being detected..."
Alice repeated Su Tianqing's words in a low voice, repeatedly scanning and observing the three possibilities proposed by Xia Taotao. Her continuous muttering to herself gradually subsided, and she became silent.
After a long silence, the girl scratched the back of her head in distress, slumped her shoulders, and sighed softly.
"This is so difficult... I really can't figure it out..."
"Don't worry about it, don't worry about it. Alice, it's already amazing that you were able to find a new problem," Su Tianqing quickly stepped forward to comfort her.
Dreams, the world of mental images, the distorted rules of mental images—any one of these alone could overload one's fox brain, let alone when all of these are mixed together and then stomped on and solidified. Anyone who can dig out clues from them is definitely one of the most intelligent people out there.
Then Su Tianqing suddenly realized a crucial detail that she had overlooked:
How does Garuda drag people into a dreamlike state?
Even though it is an astral behemoth, it still needs to abide by the corresponding magical rules when operating in the mortal world, and it is impossible to bypass the underlying logic of magic.
Did Garuda use superpowers similar to those of superheroes like Meteor? Those superpowers are indeed not bound by magical logic, but they cannot affect astral magic. If Garuda really used such an ability, how did it manage to drag Iris, a standard magical girl, into the dream world?
But the fact that it was pulled into the dream world did indeed happen, and that Garuda...
A vicious cycle of thought.
Fox brain memory overflow
Fox spread her hands and passed out.
Fox was slacking off and sleeping peacefully.
"Got it, time to call for reinforcements."
Fox Fox restarted, sat up from the sofa, and casually took out the Communication Tome Stone from her magical space, preparing to find a contact:
This person must possess powerful magical abilities, be familiar with the nature of the mental world, have profound knowledge of magical theory, be easy to talk to, have established a good relationship with me, and show great concern and even take action in the fight against Garuda.
That's right, the contact person is—
"Ring ring~"
Before the contact list could be opened, the Communication Tome Stone suddenly rang with a pleasant ringtone, and the magical screen displayed the caller's name—[Red Snow].
Su Tianqing jumped up from the sofa almost immediately, her newly restarted fox brain running at full speed as she quickly made contact.
On the other side of the light screen was the familiar crimson girl. The background was not very clear, but it seemed to be somewhere indoors. However, you could vaguely see Hero Association staff members hurrying by in the background.
"What happened? It seems quite lively over there," Xin Yuehu asked curiously, tilting her head.
Chi Xue hesitated, as if struggling with whether or not to make the call to the Divine Stone, but upon hearing Xin Yuehu's question, she subconsciously blurted out:
"I've run into a really troublesome problem. Would you be interested in helping me?"
"Troublesome matter... Have you found Garuda?" Su Tianqing immediately became excited, her fox tail wagging wildly as she hurriedly asked.
The only reason Chi Xue is looking for me is for this! You see, this veteran is really reliable. While I'm still struggling with existence verification and theoretical analysis, Senior Chi Xue has already found Garuda's location!
What follows should be a thrilling scenario where all the magical girls unite to fight against the evil Garuda! ...Right?
"Hey... what are you thinking? If I knew where Garuda was, would I be talking to you like this?"
The petite, crimson-haired girl sighed helplessly and said,
"Garuda has made her move again; she has dragged two people into the dream world once more."
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Alice, who was sketching and drawing in front of the whiteboard with a marker, heard this and immediately gathered around the magic screen with Jack, who was watching TV on the sofa. All three of them showed expressions of disbelief and shock.
"Two more people?" "Who are they this time?" "Are they alright?"
Faced with the questions posed by the three people at the same time, Chi Xue opened her mouth slightly as if to say something, but after thinking for a long time, she decided to speak according to her own line of thought.
"It was Iris who first discovered them. Fortunately, the surrounding crowd was evacuated in time, which gave Meteor the opportunity to quietly bring the two of them to the Hero Association's isolation room."
"They're doing alright for now, but according to the logic from the last time in the mental imagery world, they might encounter some serious trouble soon."
"That's good……"
Su Tianqing felt a weight lifted off her shoulders, but then a new problem arose.
"Hey, stop just talking about their situation. Who exactly was dragged in this time?"
Chi Xue hesitated for two seconds, then said softly:
"Hyacinths, and... marigolds."