Chapter 3164 Redundancy

Under Luigi's puzzled eyes, Angel strode to the floor tile where Luigi had sat before, took out his cane and tapped the ground gently.

A crisp "dong dong" sound rang out instantly.

Every time the cane hit the wall or the brick surface before, the sound was dull, indicating that there was solid underneath. But this time there was such a crisp sound, which means that there is a high probability that there is a hidden space under this floor tile.

It seems that he was blinded by the light before.

Angel silently complained about himself, but his hands did not hesitate. He gently pressed the sharp end of the cane against the edge of the floor tile and pried it up with clever strength.

The floor tile was smoothly turned over, revealing the dark space below.

The space was not large, only half a meter square.

In the space under the floor tile, there was nothing else except a somewhat damaged thread-bound notebook.

Angel picked up the thread-bound notebook. Although there was no word on the cover of the notebook, there was no doubt that this was Xiao Ke's diary.

"Hey, Shock's notes are here?" Luigi touched his chin and walked forward: "It's hidden quite deep, were you looking for it just now?"

Angel: "Whether it is hidden deep or not is another matter. But it is true that you are sitting on it and it is warm."

Luigi: "..." How can it be so exaggerated?

Seeing that Angel opened the notes, Luigi also came forward: "You said you have something to do, just to read this diary? I heard from people who have read the diary that there is nothing special."

Angel ignored Luigi's words, but read it carefully one by one.

Each page of the diary is not long.

It makes sense. Shock unfortunately fell into the ghost cave in the mirror. In the panic, it was good enough to record one or two sentences. How could it be a long speech.

In less than five minutes, Angel finished reading the whole diary.

The general content tells what happened after Shock came to the ghost cave in the mirror. However, from Shock's own account, we can know that the first ten diaries were added by Shock after he came to the secret room. They were not written immediately, but a flashback record.

There are thirteen diaries in total, and the first ten record Shock's experiences after he came to the ghost cave in the mirror. The last three are Shock's mental journey after finding the secret room and confirming that there is no hope of escape, as well as some of his last words.

There is nothing special about the last three diaries, and the last words are the same as what Luigi said. The key point is this sentence: "There are already the laughter of the evil ghosts outside the door of the secret room, and I also heard footsteps... If one minute can be used as a year, no, even if it is only a month, a day, or even half an hour, I am willing to give everything for it... He is coming..."

This sentence reveals the secret of the birth of the haunted house.

Therefore, whether it is Barbaregon, Luigi or other people who have experienced the haunted house, they all pay more attention to the last three diaries.

However, after Ingres read the whole diary, , but he was more concerned about the first ten.

Before reading Shock's diary, Angel only knew some general stories: a human named Shock accidentally came to the ghost cave in the mirror. Faced with the endless pursuit of mirror ghosts, he was in a panic and finally escaped to a dark underground secret room.

This background story seems to happen very quickly, making people mistakenly believe that Shock found the underground secret room not long after entering the mirror domain.

But after reading the diary, I found that the facts were not so simple.

After Shock came to the secret room, he added ten diaries to the previous one, which means After Shock fell into the ghost cave in the mirror, he spent a full ten days before finding the secret room.

Of course, whether there were really ten days, Angel was skeptical, after all, the ghost cave had no way to measure time, and the concept of time was likely to be distorted and confused; unless Shock had a timekeeping tool such as a pocket watch.

It is not known whether Shock had a timekeeping tool, but since he made up ten articles, it is calculated as if he really experienced ten days.

Imagine, an ordinary person fell into the ghost cave in the mirror, facing the mirror ghosts all over the sky, how could he survive?

Angel could not think of the answer.

Let alone ordinary people A common person, even if a superhuman falls into the ghost cave in the mirror, he may not be able to find a way to survive.

But Xiaoke survived in the ghost cave for ten days as an ordinary person, which puzzled Angel.

The reason why Xiaoke is confirmed to be an ordinary person is that in the first ten diaries, Xiaoke repeatedly repeated that he was looking for food and water. Superhumans would not care about food in this situation.

In summary, the content of the first ten diaries is roughly: "I'm going to be discovered, it's great that I wasn't discovered, run, run, this thing seems to be edible, keep running, found a building, there is something to drink, ah! There is a ghost inside, keep running".

These records are very cumbersome and repetitive, and there is nothing special about them. It is normal for them to be ignored by Barbaregon and others.

But Angel felt very uncomfortable.

He always had the illusion that those mirror ghosts were "blind".

Shocker is obviously an ordinary person, so how can those mirror ghosts ignore him? It's not that they ignore him completely. The mirror ghosts will still catch him after seeing him, but Shock can escape successfully every time.

This is really puzzling.

There are similar records in countless novels. No matter how brave a warrior is, he will appear extremely powerless in front of extraordinary power, unable to resist or escape.

Angel also agrees with this point.

Shocker is very brave and bold, but he is an ordinary person after all. How did he escape the pursuit of mirror ghosts again and again?

Angel turned to look at Luigi: "Have you ever thought that it is incredible that Shock escaped the pursuit of the mirror ghost again and again?"

Luigi nodded: "I have thought about it, but it's nothing... Shock's last words can give birth to semi-mysterious things, which means he is not so ordinary."

"Who knows, he may have some extraordinary strengths?"

Luigi meant that they knew Shock was an ordinary person, but ordinary people may also have some strange powers. Similar to the special talents recorded in the novels, maybe Shock has the talent to avoid the mirror ghost?

Or, Shock himself has the talent of delayed perception, which is why he escaped the pursuit of the mirror ghost again and again.

Angel: "If he really has some special talents, he can escape the last time, how can he admit death?"

Luigi: "You are right, but it is possible that the talent has been exhausted?"

Angel shook his head. He felt that Luigi's thoughts tended to be "self-righteous". When an answer is set in his heart, his thoughts will always lean towards this answer.

In fact, Angell was not necessarily unbiased. He firmly believed that Shock was just an ordinary person, an ordinary person without any special talents.

If Shock really had any talent to avoid the mirror ghost, Angell personally believed that he would record it in his last diary. Since he did not write it, it means that he did not have it.

Of course, there is no empirical evidence for this, and no one can tell whether the specific situation is like this.

But from Angell's perspective, Shock's behavior is not abnormal, and the abnormality is the mirror ghost.

He had an inexplicable guess that perhaps the mirror ghost did not want to kill Shock from the beginning, otherwise Shock would not have been able to get rid of the mirror ghost again and again, and even find a lot of food and drink after getting rid of the mirror ghost to maintain his life.

But if the mirror ghost did not want to kill Shock, what was their purpose?

- Force Shock to go somewhere.

This is a guess made by Angell after deep thought.

Perhaps, it was not Shock who found the secret room, but the mirror ghost forced Shock to come to this secret room.

As for why Shock was forced to come to this secret room? Angell didn't know, but he had a very outrageous idea without any underlying foundation.

In short, it was a blind...imagination without any evidence.

Shock's coming to the secret room may have become a ritual.

And Shock's death in the secret room was a sacrifice to the success of the ritual.

The host of this ritual was most likely the owner of the footsteps in the last entry of Shock's diary, and the "he" in "He is coming".

All other mirror ghosts let Shock go, but this "he" killed Shock.

In Angell's view, this "he" was the mastermind of everything. "He" let the mirror ghost let Shock go and forced Shock to come to the secret room.

So, if there is really a ritual here, the person who presided over this ritual is definitely the "he" at the end of the diary.

However, what kind of ritual is this ritual, Angell can't think of it even if he is just imagining it.

Maybe it is a ritual that can give birth to "mysterious things"?

Or is it a special ritual, but the ritual failed, and the residual energy led to the birth of Shock's haunted house?

In short, after reading the diary, Angell had more doubts.

Angell told Luigi his guess. After listening, Luigi did not refute it immediately, but asked curiously: "Why do you think in the direction of ritual?"

Angell: "Because until now, I still don't understand why there is a link to find a safe house. In my opinion, this link is unnecessary. In supernatural studies, any redundant link that is meaningless but cannot be eliminated is likely to be related to the ritual."

Luigi didn't know before that what really made Angel suspicious was the step of "finding a safe house". He originally thought that Angel was just looking for trouble.

Now listening to it, Luigi also felt a little strange. Indeed, the step of finding a safe house seems unnecessary?

Angel: "If we regard the search for a safe house as a pre-step of a ritual, then it makes sense."

Luigi pondered for a moment and said: "The ritual you guessed before, whether it is true or not, has passed. Shock is dead, and the haunted house is born as a secret treasure."

"Since the haunted house has become a secret treasure, there is no need to consider the ritual, right?"

Angel looked at Luigi: "Indeed, if Shock is dead and the ritual is over, then there is really no need to think about it. But what if... the ritual is not over yet?"

"If the search for a safe house is really a step in the ritual, does it mean that the ritual is not over yet?"

Luigi frowned: "What do you think will happen if the ritual is not over?"

Angel spread his hands: "I don't know either. My guess is that there may be more steps in this ritual. Finding a safe house is a step in the ritual, and the other steps are not yet apparent... If the ritual can be completed, perhaps the haunted house will have new changes?"

New changes? Luigi narrowed his eyes: "Are you saying that if the ritual is completed, the haunted house will change from an ordinary secret treasure to a real mysterious object?"

Angel: "I don't know, this may be a possibility, but there are other possibilities."

"Other possibilities?" Luigi asked doubtfully.

Angel shrugged: "For example, summoning a great demon named Luigi to wreak havoc on the world..."

Luigi: "..."

Angel joked as he put the diary in his hand back under the floor tiles.

"I don't know much about ritual science, but ritual science is most often used to guide the arrival of gods." Angel: "These are actually not important, and they are none of our business anyway..."

The reason why Angel studied so excitedly was just to satisfy his curiosity which lasted for three days.

Luigi: "You just piqued my interest, and then you stopped suddenly. Your behavior..."

Angel: "Are you playing with fire?"

Luigi: "???"

Angel: "Without that evil and evil smile, I'd give you sixty points."

With Luigi's puzzled expression on his face, Angel walked to the cellar door.

There is still a rainbow of light at the gate, indicating that it is closely related to the power of time.

Now that Luigi has learned "The Black Sheep Confession", it's time to leave. The way to leave is also very simple. According to Luigi, you can leave as long as you touch this streamer-like light film.

Angel stretched out his hand and touched the light film.

An invisible mysterious charm immediately surrounded Angel.

Angel didn't need to perceive it, but he had a clear understanding: as long as he thought about it, he could leave the haunted house.

This is exactly what Luigi said.

However, what worries Angel even more is that the mysterious charm also told him another news: in addition to leaving the haunted house through his mind, he can also choose to go to the stairs to the outside world and return to the original flat land.

Angel told Luigi about this discovery.

Luigi: "It's normal... it's always been like this."

Even if Luigi has never entered a haunted house before, he has learned this news from other people. Through the light film, he can choose to leave the haunted house or the safe house.

It seemed normal to him.

But Angel said: "Is redundant choice really normal?"

"Redundant..." Luigi seemed to realize something: "You mean, this may also be a step in a certain ritual?"

Angel: "How do I know? However, you can talk to Baba Regon after you go out. Maybe he can research something."

After speaking, Angel didn't say anything more and directly chose to "leave the haunted house".

As his mind turned, Angel's figure disappeared into the cellar in an instant.