Chapter 2136 Rhine's Experiment <TOC> Chapter 2138 Cross-Discipline
Translator: SumTLMan
Although the Tidal Wave Garden is a small-scale garden, it is, after all, a Wizard Garden, and inevitably contains the power of laws.
This power of laws, however slight, stems from the Great Will of the real world.
Rhine obviously intends to test what would happen if the inherent laws of the Wizard Garden collided with the virtual laws in the Wilderness of Dreams.
This time, Angel did not immediately agree and even showed some hesitation and refusal.
The idea of pulling the Wizard Garden into the Wilderness of Dreams was not only Rhine’s; Sanders, as the owner of the Gravity Garden, had also considered it.
However, after discussing with Angel, they did not actually do it.
Because the power of laws in the Gravity Garden is very strong, they were worried about damaging the Wilderness of Dreams. Moreover, there are many residents of the Dream Realm in it, especially Jon, who is very important to Angel.
If the conflict of laws led to a disaster in the Wilderness of Dreams, this was not what Sanders wanted to see.
Therefore, even though Sanders had the intention to test, he ultimately did not do it after consulting with Angel.
It is because of such a precedent that Angel is now so hesitant when Rhine proposes it.
“I have also communicated with Sanders before, and I know what you are worried about,” Rhine said as Angel hesitated. “Let me take you in to see first, and after you have seen it, I will explain.”
With that, Rhine activated the transparent glass bead in his hand.
Light blue mist emanated from the glass bead, gradually approaching Angel. Angel did not evade, letting the mist envelop him.
When the mist completely shrouded his body, the floating carpet beneath his feet suddenly solidified.
Looking down, he found that below was no longer the void, but a fertile land.
The mist also disappeared at this moment, and Angel knew he had arrived inside the Tidal Wave Garden. He looked around and found himself on a cliff.
Behind him was a wizard tower very similar to High Cloud Tower, and next to the wizard tower was a small garden enclosed by a pure white fence. However, the garden had no flowers, and the only tree was withered.
Angel looked at the tower and tree on the cliff, feeling something was off.
After careful thought, he noticed that although there were obvious water elements in the earth and air, the scale was not much different from the outside world, or even less.
It should be noted that this is the Tidal Wave Garden, a Wizard Garden of the water law!
Such a sparse concentration of water elements was clearly not right!
“It seems you’ve noticed,” Rhine said, seeing Angel sensing the water elements. “I know what you want to ask. Fly to the sky and you’ll understand.”
Angel hesitated for a moment but still flew to the high sky.
Looking down from the sky, Angel was stunned.
He had thought that the place they were standing on was a cliff, but it turned out to be the only towering island on a vast sunken land.
The surrounding land had sunk hundreds or even thousands of meters. On the land, one could see the carcasses of dead marine creatures and the bottomless trenches.
“This place used to be an ocean, and my wizard tower was built on the only island in this ocean. Now, the island is still here, but it has become a solitary mountain. The surrounding ocean has disappeared, turning into a sunken land,” Rhine floated beside Angel and slowly said. “Now, the only water left is at the bottom of those trenches, where the creatures raised here are also gathered.”
Rhine pointed to the crisscrossing ravines and said, “Do you want to take a look? There are some interesting marine creatures there, even ones extinct in the outside world.”
“No need,” replied Angel, gazing at the transformed land and sighing deeply, “Why has this place become like this? Did you do this, Lord Rhine?”
Rhine nodded, “Yes, I did it last night.”
In Angel’s surprised and doubtful state, Rhine narrated the details.
“When you were repairing the rune on the damaged knight armor, I met with Sanders a few times. We talked about testing if the Wizard Garden could be drawn into the Wilderness of Dreams by the Dream Conch. Then he told me about your concerns.”
“Your concerns are valid, not just for your enlightenment mentor or your former family’s servants, but even for the vibrant residents of the Dream Realm. They need to be approached with caution.” Rhine said this not out of kindness, those residents were, in his view, excellent subjects for studying the Wilderness of Dreams, worth preserving if possible.
“Initially, Sanders chose not to pull the Gravity Garden into the Wilderness of Dreams, and he was right to do so. At that time, virtual magic power had not emerged, and the power level of the Wilderness of Dreams was too low. The laws of gravity were too dominant and could have had unimaginable consequences.”
Rhine continued, “The reason I mention this again is because Sanders and I have made several simulations. The Tidal Wave Garden is a small Wizard Garden with weak law powers. In various simulations, we determined that the current laws of the Wilderness of Dreams… the powers you wield, or virtual laws, are far superior to those of the Tidal Wave Garden.”
“Especially the power of Celestial Cycle, it can completely overpower the laws within the Tidal Wave Garden.”
“In such a scenario, when both collide, the winner is definitely the Wilderness of Dreams.”
While it’s not certain that the clash of real-world laws and the virtual laws of the Wilderness of Dreams would cause disaster, they must consider the worst-case scenario.
In this worst-case scenario, if the Wilderness of Dreams still prevails, then the likelihood of damage to it is very low.
“But this is just our simulation. What really happens can be hard to predict. Even a little bit of real-world law might shake the foundation of the virtual laws. So, to guard against this possibility, I’ve further reduced the risk. Last night, I consumed all the law powers in the Tidal Wave Garden, hence its current state.”
“All consumed?” Angel raised his voice, amazed at Rhine’s boldness to exhaust all the law powers of a Wizard Garden, the most crucial element.
“Yes, but this is a Wizard Garden after all. Although it currently lacks law powers, it has a basis for laws and will gradually regain them. However, this recovery can be controlled.”
“Controllable recovery…” Angel muttered, a flash of understanding in his eyes.
Angel roughly understood Rhine’s intention.
Rhine wanted to pull the now lawless Tidal Wave Garden into the Wilderness of Dreams. Under these circumstances, the risk wouldn’t be too great, and they could start with a trial.
Then, through the basis of laws, the Tidal Wave Garden could gradually regain its laws. During this recovery process, if the real-world laws and virtual laws of the Wilderness of Dreams were incompatible, they could promptly control and minimize the loss.
In essence, Rhine had minimized the risk to almost nothing.
Rhine concluded, “One more thing, don’t forget, the Wilderness of Dreams still relies on real-world laws for its existence. Even though it can establish various virtual laws post-creation, this still occurs within the broader environment of real-world laws. In this context, both Sanders and I are more optimistic than pessimistic.”
“Perhaps, virtual laws and real-world laws won’t have severe negative impacts, but instead might benefit each other.”
After discussing the most dangerous possibilities, Rhine began to talk about the outcomes he and Sanders had speculated, which were not all for the worse.
“In the final analysis, we still overlooked a fundamental issue. Whether the Dream Conch of the Moonlit Coast, this Mysterious Object, can draw the law’s power from the Wizard Garden into the Dream Realm, still needs to be tested.”
As his words ended, Rhine paused and looked at Angel, clearly indicating that the choice was now in his hands.
Whether to try or not, ultimately, it was still up to Angel to decide.
Before entering the Tidal Wave Garden, Angel still had hesitations and resistance. However, as Rhine spoke, the scales in his heart began to tip. Moreover, the decision made by Rhine was also the result of his consultation with Sanders.
Sanders’ understanding of the Wilderness of Dreams, at least on a power level, was stronger than Angel’s. Angel also trusted Sanders’ judgment.
In the end, Angel decided to give it a try.
“Alright,” Angel looked at this scarred land: “We can’t let Lord Rhine expend the power of the laws in vain.”
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Although he had decided to try, Angel still hadn’t completely let go of his worries. He took an extremely powerful, strategic defensive scroll from the material library of the new city, activated it, and covered the entire Initial Heart City.
If a real crisis were to arise, this defensive scroll could at least buy some time for Angel to mitigate the crisis in the Wilderness of Dreams.
In addition, Angel took a rune scroll with a defensive power comparable to a half-step legendary full-strength spell and handed it to Jon. If an irreparable and irreversible crisis occurred, Jon could use this scroll to delay time and return to his broken physical body in reality.
Rhine quietly watched Angel make these preparations. He didn’t really think an unrecoverable crisis would occur, but he didn’t stop Angel either.
After all, these rune scrolls, which would be distressing to use in reality for several years, did not need to be conserved here.
Rhine’s only concern was that some offensive rune scrolls, with too high power levels, might puncture the fragile world of the Wilderness of Dreams. Fortunately, Angel used defensive scrolls, which would not cause a problem.
However, since Rhine had identified this potential issue, he took advantage of Angel’s deployment of defenses to lock away those overly powerful offensive tools and rune scrolls with a special magic box. If the Tidal Wave Garden could be brought to the Wilderness of Dreams, these strategic tools would be collected in the future to prevent outsiders from accessing them.
After they had completed their preparations, they returned to the Exile Space in reality.
“Let’s begin,” Rhine handed a glass bead representing the Tidal Wave Garden to Angel.
After receiving it, Angel nodded gently. However, he didn’t immediately take out the Dream Conch but quietly gazed at the transparent glass bead.
Rhine did not urge him, simply saying, “I’ll enter the Wilderness of Dreams first and go to the place where the Tidal Wave Garden is about to arrive.”
“Okay.” Angel pointed at Rhine with a finger, and the latter entered a very remote, uninhabited corner of the Wilderness of Dreams. If a problem arose, the impact in this remote area would at least not be immediately magnified.
After Rhine entered the Wilderness of Dreams, Angel pondered for a moment and slowly exhaled——
Let’s start.
Angel took out the Dream Conch and activated it without hesitation!
The Dream Conch immediately emitted mysterious fluctuations. With the rippling of these mysterious fluctuations, it soon covered the glass bead in Angel’s hand.
Angel noticed that this time, the duration of the mysterious fluctuation coverage was noticeably longer than before.
“Is it because of the Tidal Wave Garden’s law?” Angel guessed to himself.
About fifteen seconds later, the mysterious fluctuation disappeared.
Including the glass bead, nothing around had changed. This is a characteristic of the Dream Conch; it does not affect any real-world object.
However, although everything was unharmed in reality, changes had occurred in the Wilderness of Dreams.
After putting away the Dream Conch, Angel did not hesitate to use the Nightmare Dream Entry Spell on himself.
As he crossed the Dream Bridge and stood in front of the Gate of Dreams, he already noticed something unusual.
On the other side of the Gate of Dreams, it was pitch black.
But according to the time in the Wilderness of Dreams, it should be daylight.
“Could there really be a problem?” Angel’s heart skipped a beat, and he stepped forward briskly.
When Angel truly stood in the Wilderness of Dreams, he was immediately blown by a fierce wind, his hair and clothes fluttering in the breeze.
At this moment, Angel realized that the pitch-black darkness he had seen was not the night, but rather, the oppressive black clouds covering the unnamed hills like nightfall.
Boom——
The wind howled fiercely, and thunder roared angrily.
Angel looked up to see lightning serpents darting through the black clouds, contributing to the apocalyptic atmosphere.
However, this was all just an appearance.
Through the Power Tree and the godly perspective, Angel did not see any signs of damage or unusual occurrences in the Wilderness of Dreams, and the boundary membrane was untouched.
Moreover, the rolling black clouds, the raging winds, and the thunder carrying the dancing lightning serpents, though covering a vast area, did not affect the entire Wilderness of Dreams. Initial Heart City and the New City were calm, and even though the sky was overcast, it was not terrifying.
Seeing this, Angel breathed a sigh of relief.
At least it meant that the Wilderness of Dreams was not in its most critical state.
After confirming that there was no problem with the Wilderness of Dreams itself, Angel began to search for the glass bead representing the Tidal Wave Garden.
Due to the darkness, Angel couldn’t see the glass bead for a while. Just as he was about to enter the godly perspective again, he saw Rhine not far away.
Rhine was using virtual magic power, controlling a minimal amount of wind elements, and floating in the air with the power of the strong wind. This extremely fine control was something even Angel could not achieve.
Rhine also noticed Angel, but his gaze did not linger on Angel; instead, he looked into the darkness.
Following his gaze, Angel saw a tiny glass bead, currently emitting a dim water light, gently floating in the darkness…
Chapter 2136 Rhine's Experiment <TOC> Chapter 2138 Cross-Discipline