I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 661, Section 2.5, Chapter 6: The House of Silk and the Dollhouse

“Map,” Mu Yegui said, extending his hand towards Qiong.

Joan glanced at her quietly, then turned and took out a sealed parchment from the drawer. The parchment was tied with a rope, which had a dark red sealing wax mark on it.

The wax seal features a spider spinning a web, with an 'X' on its abdomen and a human figure tied to its web.

"When you reach the main entrance of each floor, it will automatically display a floor plan of the current floor and also circle the target's movement range according to the mission," Joan reminded you.

Mu Yegui held the parchment, then looked up at Qiong and said, "So it's just the main gate, right? Once you leave the main gate area, the map will disappear completely, and you have to go back to the main gate to view it. And there must be some dangerous creatures at the main gate, otherwise it wouldn't be limited to this area."

Joan smiled without saying a word, but the expression on her face said it all.

"If there's nothing else, then I'll go do your task now," Mu Ye said softly, lowering his eyes.

"Go ahead~" Qiong smiled and waved to Mu Yegui.

Mu Yegui had just reached the door when he suddenly remembered something, so he went back to the counter and picked up the map he hadn't taken with him.

Her cool, silver eyes gazed silently at Joan as she asked, "By the way, I saw Mr. Adele at the dollhouse earlier. I wonder if Joan has a reasonable explanation for this?"

A hint of complexity flickered in Qiong's eyes, but she still smiled and denied it, "Why are you trying to trick me? He's not with me."

"Why are you so sure he's not here?" Mu Yegui asked seriously.

"because……"

"Because you know exactly where he is, right?"

Qiong: "..."

"Mr. Adele was last seen in this doll town. It's not impossible that you saved him, or that he escaped to the dollhouse to hide from the enemy without your knowledge, but you're so sure that I'm bluffing you."

There are only two possibilities for why you would do this: either you know exactly where he is, and you know everything that happened at the Dollhouse, or perhaps both are true.

After Mu Yegui finished speaking, he made no further questions, simply took the map, turned around, and left.

As she reached the door, she suddenly turned to look at Joan and asked in a low voice, "According to recent investigations, apart from the few existing True Gems, the others only appear when specific achievements are reached at special energy points. You have a True Gem here without any energy points for it, which makes me suspect that this True Gem might have come from Mr. Adele. Joan, what mischief are you plotting?"

“You’re wrong, baby,” Joan said in a low voice, her eyes narrowed.

Mu Yegui: "?"

"There are indeed energy points and real gems here. In other words, if you don't miss them, you can eventually get two real gems. I can even tell you the range of this energy point and how to trigger it."

When a certain emotion crosses a critical point and falls within the energy point's range, the true gem will appear. The entire dollhouse is within the energy point's range, but unfortunately, my dear, you have no emotions, so you're destined to miss this one.

"What feelings?" Mu Yegui asked.

"Emotional energy points can be triggered as long as they're not from the emotions of real gems that have already appeared. But unfortunately, you're destined to be forever barred from all emotion-related real gems." Joan chuckled mockingly. "Even if you tell your companions, it won't make a difference, after all..."

"If you compare a person to a balloon, then emotions are like the air that needs to be injected. Once emotions cross the critical point, it means they have exceeded the acceptable range of the container. At the moment of reaching that point, just like a balloon that cannot hold too much air, the emotions will 'pop' and the person will be ruined."

“There are indeed a few dangerous individuals among your crown princes, who constantly hover on the edge of emotional turmoil, yet manage to act as normally as ordinary people. Perhaps breaking through that threshold is very easy for them, and they might not even suffer any backlash. But… they’re not in this instance, are they?” Mu Yegui pondered, then asked, “Is there a limit to the number of energy points?”

"As long as the real gems are not all obtained, the energy points will always exist, and the number of them at any one time is uncertain. However, I can tell you with certainty that the energy and coverage area of ​​the energy points will gradually decrease over time, and only when you have a full bar of energy points can you successfully produce real gems."

The difficulty of the dungeon and the strength of the leader will affect the initial energy point count. The more difficult the dungeon, the larger the initial energy point count, and the longer it will be lost. In contrast, for easier dungeons, the energy points may be exhausted by the second day after they appear.

Of course, not all energy points have the same attributes; some depend on emotions, while others require achieving certain accomplishments.

Mu Yegui frowned and murmured, "It should be more than that. Since it's related to the difficulty of the dungeon and the strength of the leader, it should also be related to the players. In that case, I have a guess: the so-called energy points might just be the manifestation of the remaining energy condensation."

In other words, this energy point is inextricably linked to the energy acquisition mechanism of the instance.

The existence of a dungeon consumes the dungeon owner's energy, and to maintain it, it must continuously consume energy. Of course, it cannot consume energy indefinitely, so it is inevitable that it will replenish its energy from players.

The owner of the instance creates the instance = a one-time large consumption

Maintaining the instance = continuous consumption

Players participate in dungeons and receive a small amount of energy (by paying an entrance fee).

A player dying in a dungeon will have all of their energy collected in a single instance.

Once a player completes a dungeon, energy consumption stops, and all remaining energy from that dungeon is given to the player who cleared it.

It's actually a win-win situation, since both sides consume energy and gain energy, it's not a one-sided consumption.

Based on Qiong's words, Mu Yegui made a bold guess.

The so-called energy points are perhaps the manifestation of energy that the dungeon and guide did not fully absorb or did not need, and then in order not to waste resources, a mechanism to produce real gems was added to it.

To put it bluntly, this is nothing more than making use of waste.

The energy points have always existed; the only difference is whether or not they have been given the mechanism to produce real gems.

Energy Points = The condensation of scattered, unabsorbed, or unwanted energy within the instance.

The formula is roughly as follows: Energy provided by players and energy lost upon death - Energy absorbed by the dungeon owner - Energy required to maintain the dungeon = Waste Energy
Waste energy * N = energy points

This perfectly explains Joan's statement: "The difficulty of the dungeon and the strength of the leader affect the initial energy point data. The more difficult the dungeon, the larger the initial energy point data, and the harder it is to disappear. In simple dungeons, the energy points may be exhausted by the second day."

Because difficult dungeons result in many player deaths, energy overflow naturally occurs. Easy dungeons are either easy to complete or have low mortality rates; fewer deaths mean less energy loss, making it harder to maintain energy point consumption.

To be honest, the laws governing this world are truly excellent and very interesting.

"Clap clap clap!" Joan clapped her hands and praised, "Baby, you are so excellent, it was absolutely wonderful." She also wanted you more and more, and you would definitely be the most perfect doll in her collection.

Mu Yegui shook his head and said softly, "It's just a simple deduction or hypothesis, and it can't be taken seriously. The laws are not so easy to discover."

(End of this chapter)