World String

No matter from which angle you analyze it.

Linsey believes that the current situation in the City of a Thousand Sails is very dangerous.

But after he and Yao Xing left the Stone Fort and headed towards the Fimbul Theater.

The scene on the road, however, was almost a chaotic mess, detached from reality.

The component in the air, similar to the [Rainbow Dream Potion], directly interfered with and affected the emotions of people throughout the city.

Even though they were caught up in the situation, they remained quite optimistic.

There was even a euphoric thought of taking the opportunity to have fun:

"Hi! Is this also part of the Art Festival?"

"I knew it—why weren't those big shots performing today? Turns out they were waiting for us tonight!"

"..."

The City of a Thousand Sails is completely free of darkness at night.

The stars and moon in the sky were completely obscured by the light emanating from the Essence, making the whole world seem like a dream.

Linsey hurried toward the Fimbul Theater.

It also activates a skill to attempt to analyze the components in the air.

[World String - Joyful]

The world's fundamental rules have been altered, causing people to forget fear and become addicted to pleasure.

"..."

"Yao Xing, do you know what the World String is?"

This is a question that most people probably couldn't answer.

But as a key member of the Actors Guild, the leading actress of the Fimbul Theater, and also Yao Xing among Fimbul's students.

She had actually heard about this kind of thing from her teacher:

"The World String is a fundamental rule of the Seven Seas Alliance world."

"When encountering special problems, musicians can play the Olmas World Harp to regulate the world in order to deal with emergencies."

Yao Xing was somewhat slow to realize:

"Linsey, where did you learn about World String?"

Linsey replied simply, "You'll understand once you experience the pleasant smell in the air."

Yao Xing took a deep sniff of the air.

She tried it carefully until she activated the Essence assistance and finally found a trace of it.

"..."

The girl's gaze toward Linsey became even more delicate and subtle.

Like other Awakened who had been close to Linsey, as his relationship with Linsey deepened, Yao Xing began to realize the differences in their abilities.

For example, our current sensory abilities.

Through the accumulation of equipment, Linsey's perception has become extremely exaggerated.

Aside from specialized awakened beings like the Perceptor, he is able to perceive things that others cannot.

Meanwhile, Linsey was deep in thought.

World String, this chemical ecstasy, this city-wide party-like thing, is the Art Association's way of dealing with crises.

This indirectly confirms some information.

—The Art Association can now only stabilize the situation in the city by adjusting the World String.

This indicates that the current City of a Thousand Sails lacks Eighth Stage Awakened being capable of stabilizing the situation.

The truly powerful figures still haven't shown themselves! "..."

Linsey unconsciously quickened her pace.

He arrived at the Fimbul Theater quickly as he hurried along.

The insidious boundaries of the two Hallucination Dream are precisely divided here.

There were still a few people from the theater at the main entrance, happily discussing how successful today's performance was.

Seeing Linsey and Yao Xing approach, they immediately greeted the latter, "Miss Yao Xing, you're back!"

"The night is so beautiful tonight. Did you go to other parts of the city to enjoy the scenery?"

Yao Xing asked anxiously, "Tell me, where is Mr. Fimbul? Is he in the theater now?"

"..."

Yao Xing was busy finding the teacher and explaining the situation.

Linsey ignored all of that and rushed straight to the basement.

The scene in the basement sent a chill down his spine.

The door frame, now bare, was empty.

Inside the room, the people inside had already disappeared.

"Wala Wala..."

Linsey was disappointed.

But the next second, he clenched his fists and encouraged himself to pull himself together.

"The most important thing now is to find them."

"Take action, take immediate action! Only then can we seize every opportunity!"

"If all of this is orchestrated by a mastermind, then my cheating escape from the Hallucination Dream has already broken the deadlock..."

Linsey calmly analyzed the current situation.

He checked Wala Wala's room while also glancing at the Task Bar.

Unravel the truth and return to the Real World.

The ultimate goal of this next task.

He cheated by using the Honeysuckle Bean Vine, but failed to solve the previous part of the mystery.

The tasks displayed in the Task Bar are closely related to one's real-life experiences.

Linsey was certain that the information gained from this mission would definitely help in finding his Wala Wala!

[Footprints—The room contains the footprints of a man and a woman; there is no trace of a third person in the footprints.]

[The Essence left on the bed— Emotional Source Material— formed the realm of emotions here, and some awakened individuals successfully advanced to the Sixth Stage here.]

[The room itself—the fluctuations in Essence resulting from the successful advancement, and the effects of the spreading Hallucination Dream. Apart from these two, everything else is stable and unchanged, with no unusual activity following the activation of any special skill.]

Based on this information, Linsey immediately concluded. "Just like me and Yao Xing, Wala Wala has also been dragged into Hallucination Dream."

"In that case, we need to find where she was dragged in and then rescue her."

"The rules for entering the Hallucination Dream..."

Linsey looked up at the roof.

The Fimbul Theater is situated right between two Hallucination Dream.

The basement was also divided in this way.

So it was this one door that led to their drastically different fates.

"Call--"

Linsey breathed a sigh of relief and immediately set off.

The clearly visible Essence in the city made it easy for him to find his target.

The problem now is that he has already used up the Honeysuckle Bean Vine, so how can he break into and escape the Hallucination Dream where Wala Wala is?

[Purple Leaf Vine Branch]? This item is used to tear apart abnormal spatial connections.

Unlike the ability of Honeysuckle Bean Vine to Sky Piercer barriers, this is probably not suitable for the current situation.

Linsey walked upwards, her mind racing.

Just then, he bumped into Fimbul and Yao Xing, and the former immediately thanked him, "Linsey, thank you for rescuing Yao Xing..."

Linsey stopped in his tracks. He couldn't care less about etiquette now and went straight to the point about the current situation:

"Mr. Fimbul, Wala Wala has also been dragged into other worlds through the Hallucination Gate."

Fimbul raised an eyebrow slightly. "You're planning to rescue her too?"

Linsey asked directly, "I'd like to ask if you have a way to enter the sealed-off Hallucination Dream. And what exactly is the situation inside these Hallucination Dream worlds in the Blue District?"

If someone else had asked, Fimbul would have certainly thought it through.

But he had also seen Linsey's performance and abilities over the past few days.

Reflecting on Fenna's attitude, the theater owner pondered briefly before deciding to maintain a good relationship with Linsey: "The Hallucination Dream is sealed off; it's impossible to enter by ordinary means."

"But if you can find a painter who uses Impression Space techniques, combined with certain tokens, you have a chance to break through."

Having explained the possibility of entering the Hallucination Dream, Fimbul's expression became serious. "As for the condition of that Hallucination Dream..."

"Unfortunately, that happens to be the Actor Lord's private theater."

"A reflection of the Seven Seas Alliance world, where things are so real they are hard to distinguish from reality, and it's extremely dangerous!"