OBS Chapter 401 Leisure Dungeon 4
Chapter 401 Leisure Dungeon 4
The next morning, Xiao Zhi kept his word and finished his homework early (a "helping in the kitchen" report for Lao Lao, which was written in crooked handwriting but was sincere in content). He couldn't wait to drag Yuan Bao into the dungeon to play "Miniature Space Maze Speedrun".
This time, Ash was determined to win.
He chose the "Flowing Light Shuttle," which looked the most agile and fastest, as his virtual vehicle, while Yuan Bao deliberately chose the "Rock Walker," which looked a bit cumbersome.
The maze map is randomly generated and is filled with various sharp turns, jump pads, and short-distance spatial folding passages.
【3…2…1…Start!】
Xiao Zhi's little shuttle shot off with a "whoosh," and with the fearless energy and quick reflexes of a newborn calf, he took the lead on the initial straightaways and simple curves. "Mom! I'm in the lead!" he shouted excitedly.
"Xiao Zhi is so fast!" Yuan Bao clumsily controlled her "Rockwalker" and "accidentally" scraped against the wall at a bend, which made Xiao Zhi giggle.
However, in the complex, multi-folding jump zone in the middle section, Ash's speed advantage becomes a disadvantage.
He rushed too fast and miscalculated the angle of the jump pad and the landing point of the spatial fold several times. The "flying shuttle" crashed into the virtual barrier and was forced to slow down or even stop briefly.
While Yuan Bao's "Rock Walker" is slow, it excels in stability and precise spatial perception. Each jump and fold is calculated perfectly, and the route selection is also more optimized.
Ultimately, Yuan Bao, with his more stable operation and deep understanding of the spatial path, overtook the opponent in the last section of the continuously folding passage and crossed the finish line first!
[Game Over! Winner: Yuan Bao!]
"Ugh—! Just a little bit more again!" Ash slapped the control panel in frustration, his face falling. "That folding tunnel is so annoying!"
"Maze racing isn't just about speed, it's also about stability and choosing the right path!" Yuan Bao smiled as she walked over and ruffled his hair. "Your start and reactions were really quick, but you got a little rushed later on. Next time, be more careful, watch the route before you rush, and you'll definitely beat Mom!"
"Okay!" Xiao Zhi nodded vigorously, keeping "be steady" in mind. "Mom, look at the reward!"
In this reward pool, besides the usual points cards and snacks, there was something that caught Yuan Bao's eye:
Observer Glasses (Trial Version): Slightly enhances the ability to observe microscopic energy flows or details for 10 minutes after wearing. (Cooldown time: 24 hours)
"Xiao Zhi, Mom chooses this one!" Yuan Bao immediately pointed to the cool-looking virtual reality glasses.
[Reward selection confirmed. Observer Glasses (Trial Version) is now linked to player Yuan Bao.] Tip from Xiao 9.
"Glasses? Mom, are you going to wear glasses?" Xiao Zhi asked curiously.
“It’s not about wearing nearsighted glasses,” Yuan Bao smiled mysteriously, materializing the virtual image of glasses (the effect could be briefly experienced in the space), and put it on his nose. “Little 9, turn on the glasses effect.”
A faint, flowing shimmering filter instantly covered the lenses of my glasses.
"Wow! Mom, your glasses light up!" Xiao Zhi exclaimed in surprise.
Yuan Bao didn't answer. Instead, he took Xiao Zhi's hand and teleported directly to the window of the space villa.
There, Ash's pothos is basking in the simulated sunlight of the space.
"Xiao Zhi, look at your pothos." Yuan Bao pointed to the vibrant plant.
Xiao Zhi looked as instructed and saw that the pothos leaves were emerald green and the new buds were tender yellow, everything seemed normal.
He looked at his mother in confusion: "What's wrong with the pothos?"
"Put this on and 'see'." Yuan Bao shared the virtual effects of the glasses with Xiao Zhi (space permissions allowed).
The world before Ash's eyes instantly changed!
Through that light filter, he could clearly see that extremely fine energy flows, like green filaments of light, were flowing through the leaves and stems of the pothos!
They originate from the soil (connected to the spiritual spring root system), slowly ascending along the leaf veins to the tip of each leaf. You can even see the leaves absorbing the faint light particles (spatial spiritual energy) in the air at an extremely slow pace!
The entire pothos plant seemed to have transformed into a vibrant plant of light, composed of flowing green filaments!
"Oh my god!" Xiao Zhi exclaimed in astonishment, his mouth agape as he pointed at the pothos plant. "Mommy! It's glowing! There are green lines moving inside! It's drinking water! It's breathing!" He was so excited that he couldn't speak coherently.
Yuan Bao took off his glasses (the sharing effect disappeared), and the green ivy in front of Xiao Zhi returned to its normal appearance.
"Did you see that?" Yuan Bao asked with a smile. "That's the function of the 'Observer's Glasses.' It allows you to see subtle energy flows and life activities that you can't normally see."
Your pothos is more than just a plant; it's constantly growing, absorbing energy, and communicating with our space.
Ash was deeply moved.
For the first time, he "saw" the rhythm of life so directly!
This is more amazing and more realistic than any game graphics!
He immediately remembered his unfinished notebook for observing the green ivy.
"Mom!" Xiao Zhi's eyes shone brightly, filled with renewed enthusiasm. "My observation assignment! Can I use these glasses to write it? I want to draw the green light threads I see! I want to know if the light threads get brighter when it drinks water (absorbs the spiritual spring water)!"
“Of course!” Yuan Bao was very happy, this was exactly the effect she wanted to achieve. “However, you can only use the glasses for ten minutes a day, and you can only see this effect in the space. You can plan it out and use it to observe the parts that interest you the most.”
"Mmm!" Ash nodded vigorously, then immediately ran to move his observation notebook and colored pencils next to the pothos plant, his little face bearing the serious expression of a scientist. "I'm going to draw what it looks like now! Once my glasses are off, I'll draw the light inside!"
For the next period of time, Ash was completely immersed in his new role as the "Observer".
He first carefully depicted the shape of the pothos and the location of its new shoots from a normal perspective.
Once the "Observer's Glasses" cooldown was over in ten minutes, he immediately asked Yuan Bao to help him activate the sharing feature. Then, holding his breath, he knelt down in front of the pothos and tried his best to trace the flowing green light threads he saw with colored pencils, adding crooked annotations beside them: "Green energy lines! Flowing like a small river!" "The tips of the leaves are absorbing the sparkling air (spiritual energy)!"
Yuan Bao watched from the side, feeling gratified.
While the fun of game instances is certainly enjoyable, the more valuable gain is that they can stimulate children's curiosity and observation skills about the real world, guiding them to invest their enthusiasm in learning and exploration.
In the afternoon, after Xiaozhi had finished his "epic" observation chart of the energy flow of the green ivy (self-proclaimed) with great satisfaction and carefully put away his notebook, he went up to Yuanbao again, his little face showing a little embarrassment but more anticipation: "Mom... um... we haven't played today's game yet... can we play the 'Energy Ball Precision Throw' game? I promise I'll go read a book after I finish playing it!"
Seeing his son's well-behaved appearance, where he could "balance study and entertainment," Yuan Bao couldn't help but smile.
She certainly wouldn't dampen the child's newly ignited enthusiasm for observation and learning; play itself is the reward.
“Okay!” Yuan Bao readily agreed, “But this time, Mom won’t go easy on me!”
"Hmph! I don't want Mom to go easy on me either!" Xiao Zhi immediately puffed out his little chest, full of fighting spirit. "I'm going to win by my own skill! And if I win, I'll let Grandpa pick out the prize!"
"Good! That's ambitious!" Yuan Bao smiled and started the game.
The afterglow of the setting sun streamed into the virtual villa, illuminating the figures of the mother and son as they earnestly threw energy balls in the virtual arena. Laughter and shouts of "Oh no!" and "Watch this!" mingled together.
Ash lost today's race (Yuanbao really didn't hold back this time), but he was much happier than when he lost the Maze Race yesterday.
Because he had something more important on his mind—the secret drawing he had made himself about the flow of life energy, and the anticipation of observing the pothos "drinking water" for another ten minutes tomorrow.
Game instances remain his source of joy, but Yuan Bao knows that a tiny seed called "exploration and knowledge" has quietly sprouted in his son's heart, thanks to the opportunity presented by the game.
This growth brought her far more joy than winning any game reward.