Lu Ning, Aishalin, An Lan, Su Qi, and Steve chose the same route they had taken to enter the base city during the Fog of 233.

Lu Ning and Aisha Lin stood one in front of the other, while An Lan, Su Qi, and Steve were in the middle.

Ice blocks, frozen around Ye Ming, still floated around Aishalin.

Because they needed Ye Ming to live, he naturally couldn't be stored in the spatial bracelet; Aishalin had to carry him with her.

They walked along the cracked streets of the base city, with ruins on both sides.

Barren and dilapidated, this is the current state of Base City 65.

An Lan said, "I remember Wei Xuan led us in this direction before. The stone pillars here should have been erected by someone, but they are still collapsed now."

An Lan pointed to a stone pillar not far away.

Aishalin glanced at it and then said, "Let's go check out the ruins; we probably won't find anything on the streets."

Lu Ning nodded and led the way toward the ruins.

After passing through the ruins, the group found no trace of any living creature.

Not to mention humans, even monstrous beasts and mutated beings seem to have disappeared here.

Half a day later, when everyone sat down to rest, An Lan suddenly froze.

He glanced at the instrument panel with some suspicion, his expression one of astonishment: "How is this possible?"

Everyone was taken aback and looked at An Lan. Lu Ning asked, "What's wrong?"

An Lan frowned and said, "When we entered the base city, I remember it was 7:20 a.m. on the 12th. According to our perception, we should have only stayed in the base city for less than a day, right?"

Everyone nodded.

Steve said, "I think it's only been a few hours?"

An Lan looked at Aishalin.

As a saint, Aishalin's perception is naturally stronger than that of others.

Aisalind nodded calmly: "About half a day."

An Lan said incredulously, "But my armor's timer shows that two days have already passed."

Everyone was taken aback.

Aisalind frowned and said, "Impossible."

Steve asked, "Mr. An, is there something wrong with the equipment?"

An Lan was silent for a moment, then said, "Let me check."

An Lan then took off her armor and took out a large number of machines to begin testing.

As the test concluded, his expression became extremely grave.

"No problem."

The group looked at each other in bewilderment.

Su Qi wondered with some self-doubt, "Could it be that our perceptions were all wrong? Has a long time actually passed?"

Aishalin couldn't give an answer, and even Lu Ning couldn't give an answer.

He felt that only about half a day had passed.

"So what do we do now?" Steve asked.

An Lan thought for a moment, then looked at Aishalin and Lu Ning: "What do you two think?"

Aishalin thought for a moment and said, "We agreed with Yann and the others to return to the city gate every three days. If two days have already passed, then we need to head back now."

Lu Ning had no objection: "Then let's go back."

The group left the ruins and headed back onto the main road.

Soon, they arrived at the location of the city gate.

When they arrived at the city gate, they found that there was no one around.

Aishalin looked at Anlan: "How much time has passed?"

An Lan's expression was serious as she said, "About two hours."

Everyone was taken aback again.

Su Qi asked, somewhat puzzled, "Is this similar to my perception?"

Steve nodded as well: "I feel about the same way. Lu Ning, what about you?"

"almost."

Aisalind nodded: "Then why was there such a big difference just now?"

An Lan thought for a moment, then said, "I have some guesses, but I need some evidence now."

Steve asked, "Old An, what's your guess?"

An Lan shook her head: "Let's gather more evidence first."

Seeing that An Lan didn't say anything, Steve didn't ask any more questions.

"There's still more than half a day left until the three-day deadline. Shall we wait here?" Su Qi asked.

Aisalind thought for a moment: "Let's wait a bit."

The others nodded and waited there.

As the three days were drawing to a close, Yann and his group walked over from the other side.

Upon seeing Lu Ning and his group, they quickly walked over.

"How is it? Did you find anything?" Yaen asked.

Aisalind shook her head: "And you?"

Yaen shook his head as well: "We walked around the right side of the city roughly, but we haven't searched in depth yet. We came here when it was time."

Steve asked, "By the way, Lord Yern, don't you all feel that time is passing particularly quickly?"

"Fast?" Yann was a little confused.

The group explained the difference between recording and perceiving time. Yaen shook his head: "I don't have that feeling. Osiris, how are you guys?"

Osiris, Jerry, and Ella also shook their heads.

They didn't feel that way either.

This made Lu Ning and Aishalin's team even more confused.

"Perhaps you're mistaken? Is the pressure too great?" Osiris asked.

Excessive mental stress can indeed easily lead to hallucinations.

Aishalin shook her head: "My ability is very suitable for suppressing mental stress, and with Lu Ning around, I don't feel any pressure."

"Perhaps that's just an illusion?" Jerry said.

"Ya'en, you're about to go deep into the ruins to investigate, right?"

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