Annan felt something was wrong from the beginning.
The difficulty of this nightmare is ridiculously high. If you are not careful, you will die without any warning;
While it is full of difficult "mechanical killings", it also has to go through a long process of walking a simulator, like deliberately burning cards, and every time you die, it will only increase the erosion by a very small amount.
It's almost like a fine score.
It looks like someone who has entered a nightmare will be tortured to death...
The fairy-tale part of it is screaming desperately, forcing others to escape.
And it dies so frequently that it cannot be kicked out after dying several times...
——The subtlety of this contradiction is because the "compassionate" part and the "malicious" part are really controlled by two people!
The reason why Twisted Nightmare is called Twisted Level is because of its "special properties".
Such as [Reenactment], such as [Memory], such as [Dream], such as [Spider Web].
The power of elements is the extraordinary power from the virtual world. The special properties are the opposite extraordinary power of the dream world.
An ordinary nightmare absorbs the curse by killing mortals, and can gradually become difficult level easily; even if it is left alone, it will gradually expand to difficult level.
However, the difficulty level must kill enough and powerful extraordinary beings before it can become the twisted level.
Because it lacks [special properties]. And special properties can only be transformed through the power of the deceased's elements.
The special properties of nightmares are the special power that nightmares use to invade and transform the world. Only nightmares with special properties can become powerful after being purified by gold-level transcendents.
If a difficult nightmare wants to advance, it must have special properties...but just having special properties is not enough.
Because the concentration of the curse's power is not enough.
Why are the durability of artificial nightmares so low, while the durability of nightmares obtained by natural death is very high?
Because "durability" is the "material" that nightmares are made of!
The experience required for upgrading is not conjured out of thin air...the nightmare of the deceased has high durability because he is really dead. Most of the curses of the soul will turn into nightmares.
The curse required for the artificial nightmare must be paid by the "craftsman" himself.
The higher the durability, the more curses are required. A nightmare with only a little durability means that it is simply an empty shell with concentrated curses inside - this just shows the exquisite craftsmanship.
There is no doubt that Alice cannot have the power of elements.
Her mother is just an ordinary Silver level.
When this nightmare was born, it probably only had the "cobweb" characteristic.
As long as you enter the nightmare, you will come directly to the Sporation Mill.
And inside the mill, there is an infinite death cycle - you will die if you touch anything, and you will die if you stand differently. There is no safe point. If you die once, the erosion will definitely not only increase by 1%... but how much it can increase.
How many.
Like the malicious cat Mario designer, Grover's only purpose is to die.
His purpose is to "hunt".
The ritual that constitutes "Nightmare: Spore Mill" can also be regarded as the spore poison given by the Black Widow.
What he really wanted to sacrifice was not the lumberjacks or Alice's family.
——But the extraordinary beings who tried to purify this nightmare, but were hunted!
They died from excessive erosion - if a transcendent dies in a nightmare, it will not produce a new nightmare, but will be completely swallowed by the nightmare that killed itself. Just like "Nightmare: Gallery".
This soul is the "proof of poisoning" and the trophy he dedicated to the Black Widow!
Who would have thought that this nightmare was controlled by someone who deliberately killed someone to gain a curse - or "experience"?
It is a difficult-level nightmare on the surface, but it has special properties that can only be found in highly difficult "twisted-level" nightmares!
And it’s the most difficult category!
After murdering many extraordinary people, he obtained a large amount of cursed power from the souls of extraordinary people. Alice's share as the core of the nightmare alone advanced it to a twisted nightmare.
This is definitely what Grover didn't want.
Because it has become a twisted level, it means that the number of Silver-level extraordinary people who will challenge this nightmare has been greatly reduced; the possibility of being captured by a truly strong person has increased.
Also, nightmares develop their own characteristics as they advance.
——Alice’s [Dream].
According to Nefertari's information, this nightmare has killed many people at the difficult level. There are also high-ranking extraordinary beings among them. At that time, I am afraid that one death will increase the number by 10% or more.
The degree of erosion.
This allowed it to be directly sealed after it became a twisted level. No one dared to challenge it anymore.
But if a survivor enters it again, he will be surprised to find that... the content of the nightmare has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Alice puts the people who have entered the nightmare into the dense forest, lengthens the route forward, and uses the one-time death time to prevent them from entering the mill before dawn.
Her purpose is to delay time.
After becoming twisted level, both Alice and Grover have some control over the nightmare. Alice's authority is obviously lower than Grover's.
But within the scope of her ability, she has been working hard to intercept people who enter the nightmare!
The purpose is to prevent them from reaching the mill!
Just like Alice said.
[Bystanders are no different from perpetrators, and both should be despised]
In the beginning, she was not referring to anyone else.
But yourself.
——She will never allow herself to stand by while others do evil!
The land at the feet of Annan.
This narrow land of less than ten square meters... is the island that Alice can protect with all her strength.
"Hello."
Annan raised his head and looked at the giant spider that was poisoning the ground beneath Annan's feet openly.
After being called by Annan, Grover glanced at him and then continued busy with the work at hand.
It is the manifestation of the "cobweb" and naturally cannot enter the realm of "dreams".
The moment you pass by, you may turn into a harmless fairy tale creature.
——But Alice herself is not an extraordinary person.
The power she holds is extremely weak.
Although she was still a living person before she was turned into a nightmare.
Just like the hint of the little bear.
The limbs were severed and the abdomen was hollowed out - filled with spores, using the dying person's strongest resentment to create nightmares.
Naturally, this person will not live long.
She died shortly after creating the nightmare.
As an ordinary person, she cannot stay awake in nightmares. Even in her own nightmares.
But even the vague will has the instinct of "never stand by and watch".
Like a candle flame in the wind.
Clumsy, subtle, a pitiful flame that could be extinguished at any time.
Grover didn't bother to pay attention to her because even the people killed by Alice would become his strength... As long as Alice drove people away without being fair, it would only be a matter of efficiency for him.
There is no need to destroy "Alice".
This is not the only hunting ground for him.
An automatic killing mechanism that deceives extraordinary beings who don't know the truth to die, and continuously produces "food" - as long as it is purified once, it will end naturally. No hands or feet will be left, and no evidence will be left.
But it's different now.
【Do you want to protect him】
The spider rustled and laughed.
Dark green light is already seeping out of the earth.
But Annan could hear it very clearly... There was fear and jealousy well concealed in the ridicule.
He knew this feeling all too well.
Just like a murderer who longs for peace, the feeling when his identity is about to be revealed...
——Grover was scared.
Under Annan's piercing eyes, he was afraid.
【die here】
The spider screamed.
Near the edge of the spider web, it has begun to gradually melt and collapse.
【You will never wake up】
【What a wonderful ending】
【What a gentle and happy death】
What spreads under Annan's feet is a poison that can kill even the "earth" and even the illusory concept of "dream".
Click.
Annan slowly opened the safety cover.
If a spider could laugh, it would laugh out loud.
【What can your poor pistol do?】
[You have no silver coins or gold dust]
[There is nothing with a quantity of 7 here, and there are no other people]
[There are no burning coals, no cups, and no moths]
[You don’t have any rituals or magic to use]
[You might as well come out, if possible, I don’t want to destroy “Alice”]
[You'd better jump into the abyss, you will die unconsciously]
"It's so long-winded."
Annan slowly raised his head.
Staring at the spider that had returned to its eight eyes.
The corners of his mouth raised: "What are you afraid of?
"Are you... afraid of me?"
Annan took out his left hand from his arms.
It was indeed empty, holding nothing.
All he had in his pocket was a poor knife.
"If I die here, I really die...
"——If you die here, will you die too?"
Annan's lips became more open.
He wanted to laugh wildly, wanted to laugh wildly.
But there was no smile in his eyes.
This is……
Am I angry?
I'm probably angry.
Then Annan spoke.
He uttered words that are difficult for humans to utter and understand:
"...the word 'winter' was born before the birth of the four seasons, and even before the birth of light and fire."
The moment his words fell to the ground.
The process of "poison" corroding the "earth" has been stopped.
Because at this moment——
The earth, the spiders, the cobwebs - everything in sight was covered by the silent snow in the blink of an eye.