Chapter 2106: Drawing Upon the Power of Time
"It's hard to say," Shen Liang said. "Although Dr. Wu is elusive, I reckon his impression of the game can't be too good. Otherwise, he wouldn't rather hold onto the Perfect Evolution Potion and scatter it around himself than give the Game Government a chance."
"Maybe everything Dr. Wu has done is just to get revenge on the Game Government."
"Given the scale of the Game Government," Meng Wenguang said as he applied medicine to his wound, "it's hard to imagine anyone can oppose it."
"Even if there are, few would be willing," Feng Hui said. "Evolution benefits most players more than it harms them. Even Dr. Wu would probably find it hard to find like-minded people."
"Who cares anyway," Long Jianfeng said. "Once we're out of here, we probably won't even remember what happened."
The group fell into silence. Although they were happy to get out alive, it was a pity to brush past such a secret.
"Mr. Xu, what does the power of time look like in the world of Super Evolvers?" Yue Rui, who had been resting beside her brother, suddenly asked.
"Yue Rui is very smart," Meng Wenguang said, tapping his head. "Before she became a player, she was already helping me collect and organize clearance information. I've made it to B-level player without even touching the line of Secondary Evolution, but if it were her, I think she'd definitely succeed."
Everyone turned to look. "You haven't undergone Secondary Evolution?"
With his physical condition, who would believe he hadn't undergone Secondary Evolution?
"Haha!" Meng Wenguang laughed and patted his chest. "My family has had good physical fitness for generations."
"I also know that the experience of Secondary Evolution is very precious, let alone personal guidance," he said sincerely, looking at Xu Huo. "Dr. Wu's Pumpkin City is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you, but meeting you is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. This request is presumptuous, but neither Yue Rui nor I want to miss this chance. I have a few A-grade items. If any catch your eye, you can take them all! Or if you have any requests in the future, just say the word, and I'll give it my all!"
Having expressed his sincerity, Yue Rui also struggled to her feet and bowed deeply to Xu Huo, remaining bent over for a long time.
"I can show you the power of time as I understand it, but I can't guide you in anything. A few A-grade items might not be worth anything in exchange," Xu Huo said, looking at Yue Rui.
Yue Rui raised her head, her gaze firm. "I will definitely survive, and I will definitely return the items to Brother Meng in the future!"
"This is just a small matter to me." Xu Huo gestured for her not to come closer, telling her to find a seat, then tossed the Time Ring he had just obtained over. "Wearing a time-type item might be better."
Once Yue Rui put on the ring, his Spiritual Realm also covered this block of the street. The chaotic time power of Pumpkin City, simulated by his Spiritual Power, was displayed before Yue Rui's eyes.
Due to the special circumstances of Pumpkin City, the state of the time power was not as regular as outside. Besides the normal time rays with different densities arranged in a "well" shape, there were also undulating Curved Times interspersed among them. The Curved Times seemed to have rules, yet also seemed to have none. They could intersect with the normal time rays, or they could pass through completely unrelatedly, chaotically filling the entire space of Pumpkin City, even interfering with the normal time rays.
This was a situation deliberately set up by Dr. Wu. The Curved Times differed between different blocks, which is why it looked so exceptionally chaotic.
"Can you see clearly?" Xu Huo asked the person staring blankly at the sky. "If you can't, I'll remove the Curved Times."
Yue Rui couldn't help but reach out to touch the rays in the air, but because she wasn't an Evolver, she couldn't interfere with the time power and could only pass through them. She didn't answer the question, instead saying, "Time looks like it's flowing."
Xu Huo smiled. "It should be flowing. You also have time power on your hand."
He was referring to the Time Ring.
The time rays on the Time Ring were not as chaotic as those on "Angel's Eyes." It was very simple. In its unused state, it was like a single ray connecting to the high sky, squeezed until it was almost invisible within this chaotic time field.
At this moment, Xu Huo took out "Three Seconds of Life." Unlike the Time Ring, the time rays concentrated on the second hand of "Three Seconds of Life" had a noticeably larger undulating arc than the normal time rays. At the same time, it seemed connected to the normal time rays, as if merged together, forming a barrier of time rays with the width of the second hand, stretching all the way to the end of this space.
At that moment, he suddenly realized what Dr. Wu meant by saying Curved Times were like slithering snakes. Pumpkin City, like Super Items, seemed to have fixed the Curved Times, making them usable anytime and anywhere. But in reality, both Super Items and Pumpkin City were just mediums. Through these mediums, they connected to the nearby Curved Times. Perhaps the Curved Times at every moment were fundamentally different, only having the same length in terms of time rewind.
Using a medium to draw upon other time powers...
Xu Huo looked up at the distant Time Tower. The Time Tower should be an even larger medium.
He raised his hand to try, and when there was no effect, he moved closer to the Time Tower's position. Only when he was within two thousand meters of the Time Tower did he feel a further loosening between the different time powers—of course, not the time powers with different flow rates already present within Pumpkin City.
Lifting his head, he closed his eyes, feeling time like a fine rain, feeling the sensation of time flowing around him. Then he plucked the time ray three meters away... It was like a new drop of rain flowing down from the end of the time ray. And when it completely covered this time ray, a passerby in Pumpkin City who happened to be passing through stopped, then began to move forward sluggishly.
Xu Huo then plucked this time ray again. Under the tremor, its range began to expand, quickly squeezing out the surrounding time rays, instantly expanding to a range of one zhang!
He almost instinctively dodged this new time power, but looking at everything slowed down within this range, he felt both terror and an uncontrollable surge of thrilling excitement at the thought of manipulating all things in the world... Grasping time was equivalent to grasping a corner of the game world!
However, he wasn't swept away by this instinct. Because when the new time power descended, he also felt that same fear of being weak and powerless to resist that he had felt when he first entered the abandoned city and released his Spiritual Realm.
He had discovered time, but that didn't mean he had grasped it. He was merely a grain of sand that could create tiny ripples in the great torrent of time through a medium. He must carefully, cautiously examine and control it, lest this great torrent descend from the sky and sweep him away along with it.
(End of this chapter)