"Did you see it move?" the Fire Buff Sanctuary said bitterly.
Ten minutes ago, the magicians gathered in the open space, and then Black Crow lifted a large stone ball that was used as a road decoration with one hand and threw it forward with force.
The stone ball flew one meter at a blistering speed, and then stopped in mid-air, as if mocking the weak gravity of the earth.
Ten minutes later, the Sanctuary magicians who were surrounding the stone ball and performing various reconnaissance miracles on it finally had to admit that they could not sense any signs of movement of the stone ball.
But they had been watching for ten minutes.
If one second was slowed down to one minute, the stone ball would have traveled a distance in ten seconds; if one second was slowed down to one hour, the stone ball would have traveled a distance in one-sixth of a second.
"Could it be that one second has been slowed down to one day?" Wind Magic Sanctuary tried to remain calm and nonchalant: "Isn't the effect of the "Sanctuary" too terrifying?"
"How long will the night last now?" Ash suddenly asked.
"The shortest is 10 hours." Black Crow said, "That's 36,000 seconds."
"If one second is slowed down to one day, 36,000 seconds becomes 36,000 days, which is about 98 years." Ash said, "And the dead city has two characteristics - most of the dead have no obvious changes in appearance, and no one can survive the night in the dead city."
"That is to say, our bodies will follow the passage of real time, we will not age or get hungry, only our spirits will be affected by the perceived time. But in just 98 years, without any material restrictions, is it really true that no one can survive?"
The Fire Buff's face turned grim: "Maybe there are other murder mechanisms behind this."
"But the biggest possibility is that there is no other mechanism. You Senluo magicians have not found other mechanisms in the past two hundred years, which is enough to prove that the only legacy of the dead city is the "sanctuary." Igula said: "Everyone's perception of time has been stretched to an unbearable limit by the "sanctuary", forcing their souls to live until death."
"So, one second is definitely not stretched to a day. The 98-year night is not enough to kill all the 'refugees' who enter the dead city." Ash said: "Generally speaking, the scale conversion of such miracles related to time is basically based on seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, and years."
"If one second stretches to a month, then the night will become a long night of three thousand years." Ash looked at Igula: "Can the soul live that long?"
“It’s hard to say.” Igula shook his head. “The soul and body complement each other. The aging of the body will cause the soul to weaken. If a magician dies in the virtual world, the soul will be severely damaged, which will also cause problems with the body’s functions.”
“If our bodies really don’t age, then our souls will also be hard to die.”
However, the terrifying concept of three thousand years is enough to break the defenses of most people. You have to know that it is only 1668 years now - the time in recorded history is only 1668 years!
It’s just half of three thousand years!
They have to live here for twice the known history before they can leave the dead city! ?
Moreover, there is an even more terrifying possibility——
"What if one second was slowed down to one year?"
Harvey was the only one who didn't observe the stone ball. He sat on the lid of the coffin, holding hands with Alice in the coffin, and said calmly, "That means we have to live here for more than 30,000 years before we can leave."
"Even the Lord God may not live longer than us." The necromancer could still laugh.
Thirty thousand years!
No wonder time doesn’t slow down when they fight. After all, they are already in the highest level of time slowdown and can’t increase the speed any further.
No wonder the magic power doesn't recover automatically. After all, the magic power is transferred from the virtual world, and that is the normal passage of time! The recovery speed of magic power can't keep up with the speed of their senses!
No wonder they can’t call on Dafa, because the “sanctuary” only affects people and not other things—including Lalafei and Dafa.
Moreover, it takes time to cast a spell, usually one second. If he is lucky, Ash will be able to transform into a dragon knight who surpasses the Hell Crazy Dragon Knight in a month; if he is unlucky, it will be on the anniversary.
It's strange to say that magicians are supposed to be a group of people who pursue immortality. The two sects of Fangyuanchan and Wubai Nian are the best examples. I don't know how many magicians have fought for this illusory ideal and exhausted their wisdom. However, when Ash and others knew that they might live here for 30,000 years, they felt endless panic and depression in their hearts.
It's just like one of those evil fairy tales where you become immortal but turned to stone; you find the beautiful princess in a coffin but she's a starving vampire who's been sleeping for a hundred years; you gain endless wealth but are trapped under a cave...
"Impossible!" Fire Magic Saint gritted his teeth and said, "I won't be trapped here for thousands or tens of thousands of years! There must be a way to leave!"
"The effect of the 'sanctuary' is too outrageous." Wind Magic Sanctuary couldn't hold it back any longer, and said while touching the stone ball: "Pulling multiple people into a real dream that lasted for tens of thousands of years, this is already a miracle!"
"Also, why can't our sanctuary block the influence of the "sanctuary"? Normally, the sanctuary should be able to offset all miracle distortions!"
Ash was not surprised by this: "The 'Kaleidoscope' in Black Robe Town and the 'Blindsight' in Blind Town also ignore the Sanctuary. A Sanctuary magician will still turn into a Kaleidoscope girl in Black Robe Town, and will lose his eye senses if he breaks the rules in Blind Town. Although the 'Sanctuary' is outrageous, there are also similarly outrageous legacies in other places."
“You shouldn’t find it strange.” Igula said, “After all, most of the Gray Fox Legacy have this feature. The activation priority is always the highest. Neither the Sanctuary nor the Miracle can invalidate the Legacy… But then again, even if the Gray Fox Age is a great civilization, can it really create so many fantasy creations that are comparable to miracles?”
Perhaps the Senluo people did not have much feeling, but for foreigners like Ash, the heritage of the Age of Gods they encountered along the way made them feel deeply puzzled - the gap in civilization between the Gray Fox Age of Gods and other countries was really too exaggerated.
If magicians are used as the unit of productivity, then the civilization level of the Blood Moon Kingdom is probably to allow everyone (including ordinary people) to have productivity equivalent to that of a one-wing magician; and the civilization level of the Gospel Kingdom is to allow ordinary people to create production value close to that of a two-wing magician.
The outrageous degree of the Senluo Kingdom is that it has integrated the power of the entire society and created a total production equivalent to millions of legendary magicians!
Don't think this number is exaggerated, just compare it with the Gospel System. The operation of the Gospel System requires not only gods, but also dozens or hundreds of legendary sanctuaries to serve as energy batteries all the time. But even so, it still has to use "Gospel Points" to reduce service pressure.
Although the Gray Fox legacy is not as nationwide as the Gospel system, the problem is that the legacy does not require any energy supply!
Kaleidoscope, Blindsight, Shelter, Twin System… They have all been in use for more than two hundred years, and without any maintenance, they are still able to produce effects that are comparable to miracles!
It was only these days that Ash came to realize that the Twin System created a Fate Twin that was exactly like him out of thin air, and even the magic power and spirit could be copied. This was no different from a miracle.
Creating humans is God’s domain!
If it is true that the Gray Fox magician sealed the miracle into the virtual world in advance to provide technical support for the Gray Fox Legacy, then the social productivity of the Gray Fox God Age is at least equivalent to that of millions of legendary magicians, and it is likely underestimated! After all, in addition to the legacies that Ash and his friends encountered, many legacies have been damaged in the "Cataclysm". They don't know how many creations greater than the "Sanctuary" the Gray Fox magician has created!
"Wait, the Void Realm!" The Gun Art Saint suddenly remembered: "We can hide in the Void Realm to restore the normal passage of time!"
Everyone was shocked and immediately tried to open the door of truth. Ash blinked and silently opened "Aurora's Magician's Manual" and selected "Virtual Realm Exploration".
"no."
The Gunnery Sanctuary's face turned pale: "My soul cannot pass through the Gate of Truth."
"I'm afraid it's the same reason why we can't leave the Dead City." Wind Magic Saint looked down at his palm and murmured, "No wonder I always feel that the "Sanctuary" has the power of spatial confinement... After triggering the time slowing effect, we are trapped in the sanctuary and cannot enter the normal passage of time, so we can't leave the Dead City, nor can we enter the virtual world!"
It can be heard that the Wind Arts Sanctuary has a high level of attainment in the space faction, so Ash and the others did not feel the characteristics of the space confinement. However, this is not good news - they really have no means to escape from the dead city!
Except one person.
Ash looked at the "End Watcher", "Death Mad Sword Princess", "Black and White Witch", and "Orchid Visser" in the "Team Composition". Among them, only he was in the "Ready" status, while the others were all in the "Ready" status.
As long as everyone is "ready", they can naturally start exploring the virtual world. But there are still thousands or tens of thousands of years away from the agreed time to go online...
However, Ash can force them to go online. After unlocking the third level of the operator's bond, Ash has some more management permissions, and "forcing a team to go online without permission" is the most valuable permission.
By the way, Orchid Weisser's bond was also quietly unlocked to level 3. Yaxiu thought that it must be the organic combination of his extraordinary personality charm and Orchid Weisser's elegant and amiable character, so he could quickly improve the bond level in ordinary times.
As for whether Aurora's Sorcerer's Manual would also be invalidated by the "Sanctuary", Ash was not worried at all - he realized during the Gospel that the priority of the Sorcerer's Manual had surpassed that of the gods, and even the gods of the Gospel could not weave out the secrets of the Sorcerer's Manual.
Therefore, Ash can force his teammates to go online and enter the virtual world at any time to escape the time cage of the "Sanctuary".
Whether it is three thousand years or thirty thousand years, it is meaningless to him.
but……
Ash glanced at the Trickster, Necromancer, and Black Crow beside him, waved his hand to exit the Master's Manual interface, and said, "Let's find a way to escape the confinement of the "Sanctuary."
"Is there any other way?" The tone of the Fire Saint became more hysterical: "We can't leave, we can't enter the virtual world, can we find the real body of the "sanctuary"? In the past two hundred years, this place has been dug up and turned over by countless people!"
"There is a way."
Everyone looked at Gwen behind Igula, and Gwen looked at Igula. The Trickster raised his eyebrows, walked in front of her to block the view of others, and then Gwen made a gesture of wiping her neck, but used her other hand to block her neck.
Block death.
Igula immediately understood what she meant, and turned to everyone and said, "There is indeed a way, and it is an absolutely effective and correct way."
"What is the solution?"
"Escape from danger."
Igula said: "The mechanism of the "sanctuary" is that it will be triggered when you encounter danger and will be released when you escape from danger. If I am not mistaken, the speed at which time slows down is also related to the level of danger we encounter. The greater and more urgent the danger, the greater the speed at which time slows down, and the more time we have to deal with the danger."
"That is to say, the reason why we can't leave the 'sanctuary' is because..." He looked around: "It thinks we are in danger that will take thousands of years to resolve."