Chapter 3133: Strength Is the Capital to Sit at the Table
No, perhaps it was more than that.
A gravitational field encompasses both space and time. Since time flowing at different speeds can cross space-time into another space-time, this stone acts like an intermediary medium, allowing a gravitational field not nearby to permeate into the gravitational field where it resides, thereby achieving a certain balance within this multi-gravitational space-time.
Xu Huo then thought of time power—sometimes like a torrent, sometimes like a stream. From a certain perspective, it itself is the result of two gravitational fields interpenetrating each other, only this is caused by players.
Perhaps on the dimensional level, every gravitational field can interpenetrate with others, just with varying intensities of permeation.
Because players trigger it, time leaks out through dimensional cracks. Theoretically, gravitational fields could do the same, but they might require larger cracks.
The same principle applies to curved time.
This was quite interesting. He held the pebble up to his eyes. Carmen Field deliberately hid this stone, likely having realized this point as well. Although humans are evolving, and some players after special evolution can keenly perceive space-time, that doesn't mean they can directly break through this barrier. People merely use this ability instinctively, without understanding the principle from zero to one, and naturally cannot draw inferences.
So, how could one trigger a new gravitational field like triggering time power?
A gravitational field would certainly be more dangerous than time power. Once encountered, it wouldn't be something that could be resolved by freezing or aging.
Xu Huo was somewhat tempted to try the hyperdimensional space power on his finger, but he couldn't really stick his finger into the gray vortex. Not to mention the gray vortex, he didn't dare recklessly destroy the space entities around the safe zone either.
For now, the only thing he could rely on was this pebble.
He sat down on the spot, studying the black pebble, gradually lost in thought.
Meanwhile, Carol waiting outside was not having an easy time.
Although he had vouched for Xu Huo to do as he pleased, he hadn't expected him to stay inside for so long.
Under the influence of the gravitational field, there would be some discrepancies in time, but because this chaotic space was relatively stable, the time difference wasn't too obvious. However, Xu Huo was attempting to manipulate gravity, making it hard to predict whether other changes might occur—he had already been waiting here for ten days, worried that Xu Huo, unable to open his game panel, might starve to death inside.
Of course, there was another possibility: that he had waited ten days outside, but inside, not that much time had passed.
During these ten days, he had received concern from multiple sides—the Field family, while allowing outsiders to enter, also feared accidents that might destroy the place, so they had started urging him shortly after they entered.
Then came the district government, as well as other player families.
That's right. On the surface, the Field family controlled the battle ruins, but how could such places become the property of a single family? They had only reached peace agreements with other player families, maintaining a facade. Naturally, they couldn't sit idly by and watch the ruins be destroyed.
Carol placed great hope in Xu Huo.
Although his maternal grandfather, Carmen Field, was a recognized genius, he hadn't started with multi-directional super evolution from the beginning. Despite having talent, it was still a long process. But Xu Huo was different—he had only been in the game for a little over two years and had already completed the journey that took many genius players over a decade or even decades. When he appeared in Zone 001 and completed the materialization of a space entity shortly after entering the ruins, Carol knew this person was an unprecedented genius in the game.
Among those player families at the A-level wormhole points, there were indeed people who manifested super evolution abilities shortly after birth. But in Carol's view, that was like having hair and nails in life—something written into the genes, not considered extraordinary talent. True extraordinary talent was extreme learning ability.
Those infants who underwent super evolution early might not necessarily gain new evolutionary abilities when they grew up. Before his district evolution, Xu Huo was just an ordinary person. Regardless of whether he had encountered any fortuitous events, his super evolution began with entering the game. Not only did he evolve in multiple directions simultaneously, but he had also progressed to a level that couldn't be underestimated. Both his talent and learning ability were top-notch. Only such a person had the potential to never stagnate.
Carol saw it clearly. His maternal grandfather had failed, and he couldn't repeat his grandfather's path. Only by finding someone to walk that path for him could he avoid being kicked off it. He wanted the trump card in the final game—he absolutely could not and would not be excluded!
"Master Carol." Sen Sen came again, greeted him, and stood nearby without trying to persuade him.
The two remained silent for a while. Carol suppressed the surging emotions in his eyes and asked calmly, "How much longer can those old fossils at home hold out?"
"Your great-uncle is betting on you, currently maneuvering under pressure from the district government and other families," Sen Sen said.
Carol curled his lips. "He's not betting on me; he's betting on Xu Huo."
Sen Sen nodded, indifferent to this. It was all the same.
"Keep an eye on things at home and notify me promptly if anything comes up." Carol looked at her, indicating a serious tone. "After this matter is settled, I'll choose a suitable partner for you."
Although in today's game world, the contractual effect of marriage had greatly diminished, it was still one of the effective means for someone like Sen Sen, whose position in the family was awkward, to gain power and influence.
"I heard you're about to marry your tenth wife. Congratulations," Sen Sen said.
Carol nodded, his expression unchanged. "Produce the next generation as soon as possible after marriage. If a genius emerges, your situation in the Field family will change significantly."
Sen Sen smiled. "If that comes true, the child won't be mine, and the benefits the child brings won't be mine either."
"The premise of our cooperation is that power must be directly in my hands."
A marriage partner couldn't be expected to fight for the Field family, but could serve as a force behind her to become an ally of the Field family.
"Regardless of the method, having it is having it," Carol reminded her.
Sen Sen was very clear-headed, looking him straight in the eye. "Master Carol, what I want is to be a person at the card table, not a servant standing by the table serving tea and water."
Hearing this, Carol laughed instead. "According to you, wouldn't most of the Field family become servants?"
Then he suddenly stopped smiling and said coldly, "Strength is the capital to sit at the table, and you don't have it. Leave."
Sen Sen wasn't offended. She bowed slightly, glanced again at the safety passage behind him, then turned and left.
Strength—she didn't have it. But did Carol have it?
If he did, he wouldn't have been exiled to E27.
Similarly, Carmen Field wanted to sit at a bigger card table, but he also lacked strength, so he died.
The balance of power shifts in an instant.