Chapter 40: The Ninth Floor (1st Update)

Although he knew that it was a dream, the grandeur of this tower was beyond Abner's imagination! The height alone makes it difficult for any human wonder to match, and even the skyscrapers of the previous life, which were hundreds of meters at every turn, are inconspicuous in front of this tower.

"That's really high!" When he got closer, Hugh, who was only 1.5 meters tall, craned his neck but couldn't even see the bottom of the tower, and could only see the black mist wrapped around the center of the tower...... As for the top of the tower, it is close at hand, after all, the tower is upside down.

But even the top of the relatively slender tower has to be more than ten miles in diameter, and other entrances can be vaguely seen as far as the eye can see, but the areas of each entrance are independent of each other, and there is a mysterious force in the middle.

"Each dream gate will reach its corresponding entrance, so we won't encounter transcendents entering through other doors in the labyrinth. At least for the first three floors. Mr. Gaston said, standing in front of the entrance.

So maybe there are 'players' against Ben in the later layers? Increasingly, Abner felt that the 'Dream Labyrinth Tower' was the work of Russell the Great.

After entering the entrance and confirming the status of the trio, Abner only felt a flower in front of him, and then appeared in the interior of a house.

He looked around and saw that it was a large four-bedroom apartment with two bathrooms, a kitchen, and a storage room, and he was not asked how he knew so much about it, because there was a floor plan of the room on the wall. The furnishings in the house seem to be a bit old, with a strong Intis style.

At this moment, a line of words written in Hermesian appeared to float in front of his eyes: "Open the combination lock and leave the house through the gate." ”

At the same time, the fireplaces in all corners of the house suddenly turned on, and a faint fire flashed through them.

"It's probably a scene where you find clues to certain numbers in the house, and then deduce that the code opens the lock to get out. And these fireplaces should be more difficult to team up, as the temperature will get higher and higher as time goes on, and we will gradually dehydrate. "Mr. Gaston is the one who has cleared the ninth layer a few times, and he quickly analyzed the crux of the problem.

The secret realm drawn from this layer turned out to be a limited-time version of the 'escape room'...... Abner also understood the current situation, he frowned, and asked, "Can you just break the door lock and get out?" "It's not hard for the extraordinary.

"If you're an expert in lockpicking, you might be able to...... But it is impossible to use brute force, because the first three layers of this tower have a great suppression of extraordinary abilities, and the ninth layer has almost sealed all extraordinary abilities. Of course, the same goes for extraordinary items! Mr. Gaston replied helplessly. If extraordinary objects were useful, how would he spend money to hire detectives? Even if the detective he trusted.

Hugh also frowned, she had been a half-arbiter since birth, and she was not very comfortable with not having extraordinary abilities. However, she still made a few steps to the door, and after carefully examining the lock, which was made up of countless gears and bearings, she shook her head at Abner and said, "It's a very complicated mechanical combination lock, if my arbiter's strength was still there, I might be able to try to dismantle it violently, but not now." She already felt the weakness of her body, and she didn't make any unnecessary attempts.

"Alright, now let's take a look at the detective's show!" Mr. Gaston looked at Abner, as if waiting to assess whether his money was worth it.

Instead of answering, Abner opened his pure white eyes and stared directly at the lock. After further digesting the 'Reasoning Student' potion, his control over the Pure White Eye was a little stronger, at least he could force the specific target of the analysis, otherwise he would not dare to open his eyes in this extremely mysterious dream maze, and the ghost knew what would be analyzed.

After about three seconds, Abner finished parsing, closed his eyes, and said to Hugh beside him, "Try these numbers." Then he reported a series of 15-digit numbers.

"It seems that the personality of the 'Pure White Eye' is even higher than this 'Dream Labyrinth Tower', and the ability of this tower can't contain it at all!"

While Abner was still thinking about his golden finger, Mr. Gaston, who was waiting for him to investigate, was directly stunned, completely unaware of what had just happened.

Hugh was deeply touched by Abner's 'sudden knowledge', and did not doubt it at all, and directly tapped the code.

Then, with the sound of the mechanical locks turning, the door of the house slowly opened.

Mr. Gaston, who watched this scene, was stunned for a long time without speaking, and only after Abner began to urge did he ask incredulously, "How did you do that?" ”

Abner lifted his glasses, thinking differently about what Mr. Fool, or Sherlock, would do if he faced this chamber? He specified that he would excuse himself to go to the bathroom, and then walked four steps backwards to climb the code of the Grey Mist Divination Door Lock. Finally, when opening the door, come with the phrase "This is reasoning".

Thinking of this picture, Abner couldn't help but think of joking, looked at Mr. Gaston with a smile and said, "This is reasoning! ”

"Reasoning?" Mr. Gaston felt that he suddenly did not recognize the word.

Hugh couldn't help but purse his lips and smile, and said to himself: Abner has begun to fool people seriously again.

After this episode, the three of them went out of the room together, and with the change of the surrounding scene, they entered a library that was so large that it could not be seen at a glance, and the library was neatly covered with rows of bookshelves, and the atmosphere of knowledge was unusually strong.

"This is between the rewards, the books on the shelves are all protected by inexplicable power, and we can't take them at all, we can only get the part of the reward." As Gaston said this, his serious expression became complicated for the first time, sometimes fanatical, sometimes regretful.

"How do I get my reward?" Abner asked, after a brief look.

"Once you sit in those seats, the reward will automatically appear in your hands." Mr. Gaston replied, pointing to a table and chair not far away. It seems like a regular library with seats for people reading books.

Abner nodded, and sat down first, and then a worn-out book with thread suddenly appeared in his hand. He subconsciously looked at the title of the book on the cover - "Gwen's Cave Adventure"

"What is this? A novel? Even if Mr. Gaston said that the reward for the ninth layer is average, it is not so bad, right? Confused, Abner flipped through the book, and after a cursory reading, he found that the book tells the story of the main character, Miss Gwen, who explores a strange cave, encounters many monsters in it, and finally escapes from the mouth of the dragon's eye python and returns to the 'Sword and Fire' bar.

"Dragon's Eye Python?" Abner's eyes narrowed as he looked at the word. The Dragon's Eye Python' is one of the main ingredients of the 'Keeper of Knowledge' potion, and it is clear that such an event is recorded in this novel.

"So, this reward is providing information on the main ingredients of potions...... Mr. Gaston said before that if you play too often, you will only reward what you already know and what you don't have valuable information...... So in other words, the first time I'm coming in, I'm going to give the knowledge I want to know or very valuable information? ”

Abner thought for a moment, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and asked Mr. Gaston, who had finished reading the book at hand, "Do you know the 'Sword and Fire' bar?" ”

"Looks like you've got an important clue!" Mr. Gaston looked at him in surprise before replying, "Of course I know that I am the owner behind this bar, and that I hold regular gatherings of the island's extraordinaires there." ”

Do you also have a passion for throwing extraordinary parties? No wonder I was friends with my teacher...... After complaining in his heart, Abner asked, "So, this bar hasn't been established for a long time?" ”

"Yes, I only discovered the door in the school's underground three years ago, and since then, while trying to break through the labyrinth, I have organized extraordinary gatherings to sell some of the knowledge I have gained here." Mr. Gaston nodded.

In other words, the information in this novel is not outdated...... Although this 'Dream Labyrinth Tower' has been established for at least 100 years, it seems to have the ability to continuously acquire new information and knowledge.

Abner silently analyzed for a while, then turned to Hugh and asked, "Hugh, what valuable information have you got?" ”

Hugh Wenyan raised his head a little confused, pursed his lips and said: "This is this romance novel, I have read it several times, but I haven't found anything useful." ”

"What's in the novel?" Since the books awarded were only visible to the winners, Abner could only ask.

"It's about the love story of a beautiful girl named Sheman and a noble man, and the worst part is that it's not finished yet, and the story ends when Sheman becomes the nobleman's mistress...... I always felt that her future would not end well. Hugh briefly described the story and looked at Abner expectantly. She always felt that the other party must have 'knew' again.

Abner did know what was going on, but there were so many archangels and angel kings involved that he dared to talk too much now, so he had to ask, "What is the name of that nobleman?" At the same time, she sighed in her heart: The information Hugh wanted to know most was indeed the clue to her father's unjust case.

"Strangely not, for it is written in the first person, and Miss Sherman has always been dear to that nobleman." Hugh was actually very curious about this detail.

That's because if you give a nobleman's name, the value of this information will probably exceed the limit allowed by the ninth layer reward......

Abner didn't say it directly, but said in slightly vague terms: "Maybe you'll meet that Miss Sherman later, and you'll know what's going on then." ”

Hugh Wenyan nodded helplessly, no longer dwelling on this issue.

After that, the three of them took a short break and went to the other side of the reward room, where there was a passage to the next level.

As to what knowledge Mr. Gaston had acquired, he did not say, nor did Abner ask.

As the surrounding scenery changed, the three Abner appeared out of thin air in front of a mountain villa.