No magician would have any doubts about the existence of the countercurrent golden rain, just like Ash would not question why magic spirits and Lalafei exist in this world - this is the basic setting of the world view, and people living in it can only choose to accept it.

Moreover, there are too many strange and bizarre things in the virtual world, the white mist that never dissipates in the Sea of ​​Knowledge, the whirlpool that spans a thousand miles in an instant, the great route that never sinks... and in the Continent of Time, there is even a golden river that affects time. Compared with these special landscapes, rain that flows backwards seems very ordinary.

In addition to training this month, Sonia has been reading books about the Time Continent in the Morikawa Flower Pavilion during the day. There are many studies on the Seven-Colored Tails, the Golden River, the Questions and Answers of Fate, and the Knowledge Creatures, and even some studies on the Heroic Soul Legion, but very few people have explored the direction of the rain.

Just like no one would wonder why the apple fell.

Maybe someone has studied it, but because there were no results, it was not recorded.

So when Ash said this, Sonia's first reaction was to deny it: "How is it possible... What about the white bull? Is the white bull also upside down?"

"It's upside down!" Ash said with certainty, "We are not at the feet of the white bull, but on its belly."

"That's ridiculous—"

"But no one has ever seen the white bull's belly, right?" Diya suddenly said, "Several owners of magician manuals have tried to fly up to look for the seven-colored tail. Although they were killed by the knowledge creatures in mid-air, they only saw the golden sky when they looked up, and did not see the white bull's belly."

"This kind of upside-down trick is not uncommon in fairy tale picture books." The witch quickly accepted Ash's conjecture: "Think about it carefully, is the Flowing Golden River really the river of time that spreads from the four legs of the white bull? But if we are really on the belly of the white bull, then the Flowing Golden River has nothing to do with the four legs. It is fixed on the belly, but the belly moves along the time continent. In addition, the four legs are always moving, so we have the illusion that the Flowing Golden River is bound to the four legs."

"What do you mean?" Sonia opened her eyes wide: "Could it be that the White Bull's body is overlapping with the Time Continent? Does it have no entity?"

"Sword Princess." Ash said with a smile: "Does the golden fish have a physical body? Is the golden fish really a fish?"

Sonia was startled.

"The white bull is indeed walking on the time continent, but it is not walking upright, but upside down!" The more Ash spoke, the clearer his thoughts became: "As for the bottom of the white bull... Chao, oh, why didn't I notice it before!?"

Ash cursed and hit his head hard: "I have seen the golden fish with my own eyes, why can't I associate it with it? Sword Princess, do you still remember what the golden fish is?"

"The body of the golden fish is a golden sea. The reason why it is a golden fish is because it reflects the feathers of our virtual wings. Suddenly it looks like fish scales, and the vast golden sea becomes the belly of a golden fish—" At this point, Sonia also reacted: "Golden sea!?"

"It doesn't matter if others haven't seen it, we clearly saw it with our own eyes!"

Ash held his forehead and said, "Golden sea, golden rain! The upstream golden rain will eventually converge into the golden ocean, so right above us is the golden fish, which is the sea of ​​knowledge!"

"If someone in the Sea of ​​Knowledge looks up, if her sight can penetrate the white fog, the golden sea, and the golden rain, then she will be able to see us hanging upside down on the Continent of Time. The Continent of Time and the Sea of ​​Knowledge are not two separate floors, but the ceiling and floor of the same space, only separated by a golden fish. Then the white bull steps on the golden fish and moves upside down on the Continent of Time!"

"I remember now." Sonia murmured, "When we passed through the golden fish, the feeling was not 'coming up from the bottom', but 'falling down from the top'... But I was too excited at the time and didn't notice it at all."

"There are too many things we didn't notice." Ash murmured, "There are many foreshadowings that have always been in front of us, such as the rain flowing in the opposite direction, the golden fish, etc. But there are too many new and strange things in the Time Continent that distract our attention, such as the Heroic Soul Legion, the Legendary Museum, the Miracle Park, and the four-legged white bull. We are more willing to pay attention to these rare wonders and ignore the miracles that have always appeared in front of us."

"If that's the case," Diya said, "then the so-called seven-colored tail is not on top, but below?"

"Golden River."

Ash nodded and said, "The only passage down in the Time Continent is the Flowing Gold River."

Sword Lady and Witch thought about it and really couldn't refute it. Moreover, the Flowing Golden River also meets the characteristics that Ash mentioned before: it can be found everywhere, without a geographical location threshold. Even ordinary magicians can find a wild Flowing Golden River as long as they walk in one direction.

But no one has ever attempted to explore the Golden River.

It's not just because of the fear of death, but also because of the fear of getting old.

Birth, aging, illness and death are terrifying, but ordinary magicians are basically free from birth, aging and illness. The only thing they cannot escape is death. However, the Flowing Gold River can make magicians feel the weight of time in just a few seconds, making their reactions slow, their minds rusty, their souls dry and their consciousness silent... It is difficult for those who have not experienced it to understand magicians' fear of the Flowing Gold River. The reason why Ash and others do not go to the Flowing Gold River to pick up magic spirits is not only because of the low cost-effectiveness, but also because they dare not and are unwilling to go.

The feeling of helplessness of being crushed by time is like the whole body turning into dead branches and leaves, powerless and falling apart at the touch. Unless they are magicians who try to delve into the time faction, no one would go to the Flowing Gold River to bathe, let alone dive into the Flowing Gold River - normally, magicians are dissolved in the Flowing Gold River, and they will be completely dissolved in a few seconds.

"We have six-color anchors," Ash said. "The 100% anchoring effect can make us immune to any damage, including the time corrosion from the Golden River!"

"But isn't this too difficult?" Diya felt very strange at this time: "Although the golden fish is also difficult to find, that is a difficulty based on thinking. As long as you can see through the tricks of the golden fish, and then find a way to convince another magician when you meet him, you can easily fly over the golden fish."

"And the Six-Colored Anchor can only be obtained by you, the viewer, by plundering the necromancers of six forces. Generally speaking, this is a trophy that can only be obtained by killing the commander of the heroic spirit." The witch said: "Besides us, can other magicians really meet this prerequisite? If no one has been able to meet this prerequisite before, then how did the legend of the seven-color tail pass down?"

"There are two possibilities," Sonia replied. "The first is that the Heroic Soul Commanders had a very weak period, and at that time, ordinary magicians had a chance to kill them... This possibility is not low. After they ended the war, the number of troops must have fallen to the bottom, and the difficulty of killing them at that time must have been much lower than it is now."

"As for the second one," she paused, "the legend of the seven-colored tail may have been born long before the Heroic Soul Commander appeared."

Yaxiu and Diya were both confused. Diya asked, "But without the Heroic Soul Commander, how can we get the Necromancer Spirit? Without the Necromancer Spirit, how can we get the Six-Colored Anchor?"

"Do you remember the Chaotic Shopping Book?" Sonia said, "I went back to check the drama poet and found that many magicians had encountered the legacy left by the drama poet. After detailed research, they believe that the drama poet did not really create new virtual buildings out of nothing, but transformed other virtual buildings for his own use."

"Reform?"

"The Drama Poet's buildings may have been resource points, Miracle Park, Windmill, Arena, Amnesia Cabin..." Sonia said, "It is precisely because the Drama Poet's buildings are original buildings in the virtual world that the virtual world will maintain them spontaneously. Even though the Drama Poet has disappeared for so many years, his buildings are still as new as ever."

Ash responded: "You mean, the six colors of the Six Color Anchor..."

"The six gods each stole a color and used it as a foundation to develop their main cities and Heroic Soul Corps. So if we want to get their colors, we must kill the Heroic Soul Commander." Sonia grabbed the corner of Ash's clothes and analyzed calmly: "But in the distant past when the Heroic Soul Force had not yet appeared, these six colors might have been a special mechanism that could be seen everywhere in the Time Continent."

Even the calendar of the era is only 1668 years old, so Sonia certainly doesn't think that the Lord God is an eternal existence. But it is still very difficult for her to imagine the past when the Lord God has not yet appeared, and she has an inexplicable sense of panic that her worldview has been betrayed.

"Ah." The witch said, "I've read a fairy tale picture book before, which had a very special setting. There is a purple monument. Whoever appears in front of it will have his past written on the monument in the form of purple text, and everyone except himself will forget the past. However, he can print the purple text on his body, and each word can turn into gold sand of the same size..."

"In the magician world, gold often refers to golden wings." Sonia said, "If it is really a virtual realm mechanism, then this setting means that you can use your past to exchange for a rapid increase in golden magic power... an effect similar to a whirlpool!"

"Speaking of which, I've always wondered why the Time Continent doesn't have a whirlpool-like mechanism." Ash said, "If it's the Gods who stole these mechanisms, then that makes sense. Compared to the Gods, the works of drama poets are not worth mentioning at all - drama poets only left a legacy for future generations, while the Gods left the Void Realm with an eternal war that has lasted for thousands of years and may continue forever!"

"Golden River, no purple tablet..." He couldn't help laughing, with a strange light in his eyes: "The time continent we see now is just a fragmented world. Yes, the virtual world is like a buffet full of delicacies, how could it be that no one has touched it?"

"That is to say, a long time ago, there were six mechanisms similar to the Flowing Gold River on the Time Continent." Diya concluded: "At that time, magicians only needed to find a way to collect six colors and then jump into the Flowing Gold River to find the Seven-Colored Tail. Until the Lord of God came, the Time Continent became what it is now."

"This is the most reasonable explanation," Sonia said, "and the best explanation we can get at the moment."

"So……"

Ash got out of the car, looked at them and waved: "Let's go."

The six-color armor was like a veil, gently draped over them, dazzling and even more beautiful. On the contrary, Ash looked quite strange wearing the six-color armor, as if the evil cult leader actually liked the colorful cape.

The three of them walked through the rain and came to the Golden River. The time spirits swimming in the river looked at them curiously, but seemed to be pierced by the light on their bodies and slipped away silently along the river.

Ash originally wanted to pick up a few time spirits, but seeing that they were not as hospitable as usual, he did not feel like chasing them. He did not look at his teammates and walked directly to the edge of the Flowing Gold River. Seeing that his six-color armor was still flowing normally and his senses were normal, he exhaled lightly, tiptoed to the surface of the lake to create ripples, and stepped into the Flowing Gold River.

As he completely sank into the Flowing Gold River, the Flowing Gold River was also "polluted" by the six-color armor on his body. As if being painted by a brush, the entire Flowing Gold River gradually became colorful, and suddenly it looked...

It's like a colorful tail.