Chapter 604: Looping Fragments
This time, not only Ji Zizhuo was confused, but Ye Linglong was also confused.
Isn't this where they first came in? How did they end up back where they started?
Moreover, the location where they were standing, the surging crowd, the expressions on each of their faces, and even the path of the falling peach tree next to them were all exactly the same as before!
This scene made Ye Linglong even doubt whether he had always been here, and all the things that happened in the past were just a dream that predicted the future.
"Junior sister? Could it be that you touched that disciple, causing him to lose his temper and go insane, causing irreversible damage and bringing us back to square one?"
"No, because after you cleared his breathing, he returned to normal. At that time, the soul attack I suffered had ended. This matter is over, so it can't be the reason why we were teleported here."
"Then there is only one possibility."
Ji Zizhuo and Ye Linglong looked at each other and saw a tacit answer in each other's eyes.
Basically, there is only one possibility, that the period of time in Tianling Mansion in this illusion magic circle is repeated infinitely.
Judging from the current situation, the cycle starts at the time when school is over, and the cycle ends in the second half of the night but before dawn.
This cycle lasts less than a day.
"Why does this illusion revolve around the period of time in Tianling Mansion? Did something special happen during this period? What does this have to do with the demons?"
Ji Zizhuo continued to display his special ability of asking questions.
"Perhaps, what happened in Tianling Mansion during this period is related to the demons that abducted people in Quyang City. If so, then my previous doubts can be answered."
"What question?"
"The elder who was abducted from Tianling Mansion, Yin Jiucheng, was the master of Yuan Hongji and Ding Chile. He had already reached the late stage of Lianxu cultivation, but the demons took him away in a very short time without any struggle or resistance."
"Is it possible that the demon that abducted him is too strong?"
"To make a late-stage Lianxu demon not resist, it must be at least in the late-stage Fusion stage. Such a powerful demon can already walk around in Tianling Territory and destroy Quyang City easily. Is it necessary to hide after capturing him?"
"That's right! In other words, the demons that came this time are related to Tianling Mansion. Maybe the elder of Tianling Mansion was the target of the abduction, and the others were taken away along the way."
Ye Linglong was silent for a few seconds and then said, "Seventh Senior Brother, it is possible that Third Senior Brother is not here by chance."
Now it was Ji Zizhuo's turn to be silent. After a long while, he said, "No matter what the situation is, we must find him back. The demon clan is an abyss, and we cannot leave him in the abyss no matter what."
"Seventh Brother, you are right. We cannot leave him in the abyss no matter what. Third Brother, you are really a very good brother."
"In this situation, do you have a way to break the impasse, little sister?"
"Generally, there are two types of illusions. One is that everyone who enters sees something different and is trapped in their own illusion. The other is that everyone is in the same illusion.
Obviously, this illusion that repeats itself in time segments is inherent and has nothing to do with individuals, especially not with us, so it should be the second type.
Since it is the second type, then other people should be here too, but we didn't encounter anyone except these dummies throughout the day. This is unreasonable. We must have missed a lot of details when we took a look around last time.
From what we can see now, there will be no danger as long as we don't destroy the original appearance of this place, so this time we will search for clues separately and gather at a fixed time and place.
First, we need to find out what important events happened in the Tianling Mansion, and second, we need to find other people in this illusion besides us."
Ji Zizhuo listened and nodded.
"Okay, then we'll use the starting point as the convergence point and converge once every hour."
After Ji Zizhuo finished speaking, he took out two beads from the ring and handed one to Ye Linglong.
"This bead can record time. You can use it to be more accurate. After all, this time segment is not a whole day, so it is easy to get confused."
Ye Linglong took the bead and placed it in the palm of his hand.
"Okay, if one of us doesn't meet up on time, the other will go find the other. Brother Seven, give me your palm."
Ji Zizhuo stretched out his hand, and Ye Linglong wrote a rune on his palm and also wrote one on her own palm. After writing, she put the two palms together.
Golden light flickered in their palms, and soon the light disappeared, and everything returned to normal.
"Search by the rune on your palm."
"good."
After making the decision, the two quickly separated. According to the map of Tianling Mansion drawn yesterday, they divided the search area into two, with each being responsible for their own area.
The two of them carried out the plan and wandered around Tianling Mansion for a whole day. They recorded everything they saw and heard and summarized it many times. Both sides were safe.
Until the gathering at nightfall, Ye Linglong said, "Let's go here first. We can find a place to sort out the clues and focus on the key points to avoid searching everywhere aimlessly. The next cycle in the second half of the time will also help us find clues more accurately."
Ji Zizhuo had no objection to this and suggested going to the training room again.
Ye Linglong nodded without hesitation. She thought so too. After all, such a good opportunity, how could she not make good use of it?
So, the two of them ran to the training room on time, and happened to meet the unlucky guy from yesterday.
With the experience of last night, the two of them quickly followed in and successfully spent a wonderful night with that man again.
After entering the training room, the two exchanged a rough account of what they had seen and heard.
"We combined it three times today, which means that what we thought was a whole day actually only lasted three hours. The illusion magnified the time.
In other words, those people from Tianling Mansion who came to Quyang Secret Realm with me have experienced at least ten cycles.
There is a big problem here. When we experienced the second cycle, we were looking for clues everywhere. If they had experienced ten cycles safely, they should be wandering around like us now, but we didn't see any other living people."
Hearing this, Ji Zizhuo's brows furrowed even more tightly, and he even felt a chill behind his back.
"So, we don't have much time left. If we repeat it a few more times, we might get into trouble, right, little sister?"
Ye Linglong nodded affirmatively.
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Finished, stuck, see you tomorrow morning for another chapter