Chapter 659: Monument of the Strange Ring

He? Angel gave the Frost Moon Pendant to Sanders.

Currently, the only thing he kept in the bracelet that has a mysterious meaning is this pendant. Anyway, he couldn't find the mysterious concrete object, so he might as well give it to Sanders to see if he could get the answer from Sanders.

Sanders tried it, and when the boundless snowfield illusion appeared in the study, he really discovered the mysterious meaning hidden in the air at the first time.

However, before looking for the mysterious concrete object, he frowned.

"Did you think about the purpose when you constructed this snowfield illusion?"

The purpose of constructing the illusion? Angel shook his head, "I was experimenting with various mysterious concrete objects at the time, and I constructed it casually."

"In other words, you didn't think about what other purposes you had when you constructed the illusion?" Sanders asked again.

Angel recalled his thoughts when he was refining the Frost Moon Pendant, and it seemed that he really had no other distracting thoughts: "When I first constructed the illusion, the only idea was that the snowfield illusion should give people a desolate feeling. I didn't think much about other things."

Sanders looked at the snowfield illusion in front of him and repeatedly pondered the "desolate feeling" that Angel said.

In this white and empty snowfield, there is a desolate feeling, but it is not the main axis of this illusion.

The first feeling that this illusion gave Sanders was not desolate, but

the withering of life.

Although the vast snowfield is often a forbidden zone for life. But even so, you can still feel the faint vitality in the snowfield, such as the seeds hidden under the snowfield waiting for the next spring, the fish moving slowly under the ice lake, and the plants that are not afraid of the severe cold and still stick to their essence... These are the vitality on the snowfield, but Sanders did not feel it in the illusion constructed by Angel.

It's too lifeless.

But Angel said that when he constructed this illusion, he didn't actually set the tone for it. Why did he think that this illusion had another theme, and the theme of the illusion was "the melody of death"?

Sanders didn't know for the time being, but he felt vaguely that perhaps this was the main reason why he couldn't find the mysterious concrete objects in the snowy illusion.

Sanders continued to look for the mysterious concrete objects in the snowy illusion. Angel wanted to talk to him about the performance of other mysterious concrete objects, but Sanders kept thinking. He didn't disturb Sanders, but left the illusion alone, returned to his bedroom, and refined the "Monument Valley Exclusive Illusion" promised to Sanders.

Since it was to be refined for Sanders, Angel naturally didn't dare to neglect it. From the design of the appearance and the positioning of the style, he began to rack his brains.

Sanders was a typical old-fashioned aristocrat. According to Angel's idea, it should be enough to refine things such as canes, accessories, etc. directly according to the preferences of traditional aristocrats.

But later, thinking carefully, Sanders and Greya were still different.

Graya has her own pursuit of extravagant luxury for the refined appearance. Therefore, when Angel was refining, he did not consider whether the appearance should have any connection with the inner illusion. He just needed to make the appearance as luxurious as possible.

However, if it were Sanders, with his personality, he would not like things that are inconsistent with the appearance, right?

For example, he refined a gorgeous obsidian cane, but the illusion attached to it was a puzzle game. No matter how you look at it, it's awkward.

Angel thought about it and ruled out this idea. He decided to refine an appearance that matches "Monument Valley".

After playing the game Monument Valley, Angel found that at the end of each small chapter, the protagonist Ada would return a corresponding geometric body from the hat. Putting aside the obscure plot, the gameplay of the entire game is based on the themes of "geometry" and "contradictory space".

So, after thinking for a while, Angel decided to refine an appearance that combines the concepts of "contradiction" and "geometry". This is more suitable for the illusion of Monument Valley.

Combining the concepts of contradiction and geometry, a series of strange patterns emerged in Ingres' mind.

Such as Penrose stairs, Klein bottle, Escher cube, Penrose triangle, etc.

Of course, there are many geometric patterns such as Helling illusion, blind spot offset, devil tuning fork, etc. But because of the difficulty of construction and the difference between plane and solid, they were eliminated one by one by Ingres, and only a few patterns were left.

Among these patterns, Ingres's final choice was.

Möbius strip.

This is a pattern that can represent the concept of geometry. At the same time, it is very similar to the overall style of Monument Valley, and this pattern alone can make people think of many things in geometry and mathematics.

Although the construction pattern has been determined, it seems that making a Möbius strip directly is not necessarily beautiful.

Ingres thought about it and decided to wrap a transparent geometric body outside the Möbius strip and finally make it into a decoration.

With his mind clear, Ingres was very fast in refining.

From determining the shape of the refining, to selecting materials and finally making the finished product, it took less than two hours.

The Möbius ring is quietly suspended in the transparent rhombus of crystal blue lines, with one corner of the rhombus as a support point to form a base.

Overall, this ornament looks complicated, but the actual finished product is simple and bright, and at first glance, it can make people feel a sense of distance and surprise about geometry and mathematics.

Moreover, its outer shell is a diamond shape, which looks like a "monument", which is similar to the Monument Valley.

Angel was very satisfied with this ornament and engraved a special logo on the base.

As for the name of this ornament, Angel originally wanted to call it a Mobius strip, but Mobius was not a wizard, and it was troublesome to explain. He thought about it and decided to name it "Monument of the Strange Ring".

After refining the Monument of the Strange Ring, Angel had nothing to do. He didn't know what was going on with Sanders, and it was not easy to disturb him. He simply continued to accumulate the foundation needed for the Eye of Nalda.

Tick-tick-tick

The minute hand of the wall clock was shifting a little bit. When the minute hand turned a circle and the hour hand moved a grid, Angel heard Sanders' voice.

"Come to the study."

For some reason, Angel felt that Sanders' voice seemed to suppress some emotions, giving him a strange feeling.

After arriving at the study, Sanders had put away the snowfield illusion. He sat at the desk, writing something quickly with the pen in his hand. The Frost Moon Pendant was hung on the falcon demon ornament that Angel had made.

"Sit down first and wait for me for a moment." Sanders said quickly without raising his head.

While Sanders was writing furiously, Angel's eyes were once again on the falcon demon ornament. In fact, from his current perspective, this falcon demon ornament is not very delicate and has a sense of shoddy work.

But Sanders seemed to like it very much and kept it on the desk without taking it off.

It seems that Sanders really loves the falcon demon deeply.

Angel thought, why not refine a falcon demon ornament another day? After all, if other wizards come to Sanders' study and see this ornament, it will be very cheap.

Angel had even constructed the pattern of the falcon demon in his mind. At this time, Sanders finally put down the pen.

He raised his head and the first sentence stunned Angel.

"Remember, don't casually integrate the mysterious power into the illusion in the future."

Sanders's expression was rare and serious, which made Angel unconsciously put away his frivolous attitude.

"After the mysterious concrete object is confirmed, a huge information flow will burst out instantly to surround you, right?" Sanders did not explain the previous sentence, but asked Angel.

"Yes." Angel nodded, and suddenly he remembered something, looking at Sanders in surprise: "Teacher, have you found the mysterious concrete object in the snowy illusion?"

Sanders did not answer, but directly used his mental power to pick up the Frost Moon Pendant and put it in Angel's hand.

"You can see it for yourself."

When the snowy illusion was restarted, although it was still a white snowy field, Angel no longer felt any mysterious meaning. Obviously, Sanders found the mysterious concrete object.

"Teacher, what is the mysterious concrete object in the snowy illusion? Is it a snow residue?" Angel asked curiously.

"Feel for yourself, is there any change in the snowfield illusion?"

With this question, Angel felt the snowfield illusion again... The snowfield was vast, with a few snowflakes falling from time to time. It seemed to be the same as not long ago, except that there was no mystery.

No, Angel suddenly frowned.

There is a little difference, it seems that the snowfield illusion looks a little more lively than before, not so lifeless?

Angel told his discovery, but he was not sure whether he was right. Even if the snowfield illusion is a little less lifeless, it should have nothing to do with the mystery, right?

Sanders: "Of course it is related. The missing thing is the mysterious concrete object you have been looking for."

Angel was stunned. Isn't it just a little less lifeless feeling?

Could it be that this lifeless feeling is actually a mysterious concrete object? This is too incredible, a feeling can be transformed into a mysterious concrete object?

"You are wrong. It is not a feeling, but a concept. The mysterious concrete object is a concept called 'withering'." As he spoke, Sanders suddenly raised his hand, and energy ripples emerged from his palm.

In the blink of an eye, Angel felt the dead breath.

The destination of this energy ripple was a fragrant orchid on the balcony. When the energy ripple touched the orchid, the flower immediately withered and the leaves turned yellow.

"This is..."

"This is withering." Sanders closed his eyes and said after a long while: "That's why I asked you to remember to carefully integrate the mysterious meaning into the illusion, because this withering technique was realized by me from that mysterious concrete object."