At this moment, An Lan asked.
Yann paused for a moment, then nodded: "Yes."
"Then let's come back next time." An Lan nodded and said, "Let's wait one more time."
Seeing An Lan say this, Ya En and the others didn't say anything more.
After saying goodbye again, everyone began their own investigations.
As they walked, An Lan said, "Lu Ning, Aisha Lin, shall we do what Ya En and the others did and take a general look around the city first?"
Lu Ning glanced at An Lan, and seeing that An Lan seemed to have her own ideas, nodded: "Okay."
Seeing that Lu Ning had agreed, Aisha Lin naturally did not object.
The group walked along the main road and roughly circled the city.
Because they didn't encounter any monsters or dangers along the way, they moved very quickly, and in just three days they explored half of the vast base city.
When they returned to the city gate, Yann and the others had not yet arrived.
Steve paused, then asked, "Isn't it almost time? Why haven't they arrived yet? Could something have happened?"
An Lan seemed to be thinking about something, and then said, "If I'm not mistaken, we might have to wait for more than two days."
The group looked at An Lan with some confusion.
Aisalind nodded and said, "Then let's wait."
Two days later, Yann and his group arrived as expected.
Yann laughed and said, "You guys are still as quick as last time."
Aisha Lin's expression was serious as she said in a low voice, "Don't come any closer!"
Arn and the others were taken aback, looking at Aisha Lin with some confusion.
Aisalien said, "Necessary measures."
Yann and Osiris frowned.
In this situation, it's obvious that something is wrong.
Aisalind looked at Lu Ning and asked, "Lu Ning, how is their mental pollution situation? Are there any abnormalities?"
Lu Ning shook his head: "It's normal."
Aisha's expression softened slightly.
She looked at the group and said, "It's alright now."
Osiris asked, "What's going on?"
An Lan said, "You're more than two days late."
Ya'en and the others' expressions changed.
Jerry immediately exclaimed, "That's impossible!"
“We followed the time exactly, how could there be a mistake? And our senses weren’t malfunctioning either.” Yann frowned.
He took out his pocket watch, which showed the date as the 18th.
The last time they met was on the 15th.
According to Yann's pocket watch, only three days had indeed passed.
However, when An Lan projected the numbers from the pocket watch on her armor, it showed that it was already the 20th.
Seeing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
"How is that possible?" Ya'en frowned. "An Lan, is there something wrong with your equipment?"
An Lan shook her head: "I had a full test done last time, and there were no problems."
At this point, An Lan paused and said, "Besides, wasn't our gathering time normal last time? If there had been a problem, we should have arrived at the city gate two days earlier last time and missed it."
The group exchanged glances; An Lan was indeed right.
"Then why is that?"
An Lan calmly said, "Because Arn's pocket watch was affected, the pocket watch thinks that the time it records is slower than the actual time. Even the time perception ability of awakened beings will be slower."
Aishalin and Lu Ning seemed to be deep in thought.
They did feel that time was different from the actual recorded time.
Su Qi asked with some curiosity, "Then why is there no problem with your armor's timer, Elder An?"
An Lan smiled and said, "My armor is powered by soul crystals, so it is essentially a soul weapon. Therefore, it has a certain resistance to this kind of influence. That's why my armor records time accurately."
He then looked at Arn and the others and smiled, "Arn, you said before that you should carefully search the ruins, so you've been basically moving around in the ruins these past few days, right?"
Yaen nodded: "Mm."
Lu Ning seemed to be deep in thought, then asked, "Is there something wrong with the ruins?"
An Lan nodded, her expression very serious. "The flow of time in the ruins seems abnormal. On the main road, our time flow was normal, which is why Arn and the others arrived on time last time. But time inside the ruins seems to flow at only about half the speed of time on the main road. If we spend a day exploring the ruins, we might have already spent two days walking on the main road. That's why Arn and the others arrived so late this time."
Everyone was somewhat alarmed.
"The same base city, yet time flows differently? What kind of power is this?" Jerry exclaimed in shock.
An Lan said heavily, "The power of time... might be related to the pocket watch that Lu Ning saw before."
Seeing the solemn expressions on everyone's faces, An Lan smiled and comforted them, "But don't worry too much. As things stand, the flow of time doesn't have a big impact on us, at least there's no danger. When we enter the ruins later, we just need to double the time we spend inside and come out earlier."
Upon hearing this, Yann and the others nodded.
According to An Lan, the different flow of time, although it made things a little inconvenient for them, did not seem to pose much of a danger in essence.
Ya'en got down to business: "Did you find anything this time?"
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