Chapter 137: Thirty Million Times Faster Time Flow |
After Lu Mingyi and Lu Qiuqiu, along with the logistics team, passed through the light door, they stumbled and fell to the ground. Lu Mingyi immediately lost consciousness.
Lu Qiuqiu hurriedly checked on him while anxiously looking around, stunned, "Where is this?"
It was clear they were no longer in Lu Mingyi's study but at a construction site.
It was still late at night, the site was pitch dark, quiet, and vast, filled with the pungent smell of dust and cement.
Despite their aging from the "room's" ability, the logistics team reacted quickly. Their equipment, though aged, was specially made and still barely functional. They immediately contacted the Special Security Group and located their position, receiving a shocking result.
"We're no longer in Hangzhou... we're now on the Liaoning-Shenyang border."
Lu Qiuqiu was shocked and disoriented, "Liaoning-Shenyang?! That’s halfway across China!"
The distance from Hangzhou to Liaoning-Shenyang was over a thousand kilometers!
Yet, in that strange space, they had spent only an hour passing through five rooms.
Lu Qiuqiu once again felt the terror of Espers.
It wasn't about brutality, but realizing their abilities surpassed human understanding, creating a sense of distance between their world and hers...
The logistics team supported Lu Mingyi and Lu Qiuqiu, reassuring them, "But don't worry, reinforcements will arrive soon."
Lu Qiuqiu nodded but remained tense, looking back.
Though they exited through the light door, there was no door on the other side in the real world, indicating it was a one-way passage created by Carpenter.
They were out, but Bai Ye remained in that terrifying space, suffering...
Lu Qiuqiu felt heavy-hearted. Sacrificing one to save many was understandable, but as one of the saved, she couldn't help feeling guilty.
She also couldn't help but wonder, Guan Shan was too calm and decisive...
"Shit, Old Li!"
A sudden curse interrupted Lu Qiuqiu's thoughts.
She turned towards the sound, "You..."
Before she could finish, she was stunned to see the person who had suddenly appeared and fell flat on the ground.
It wasn't Guan Shan as expected, but Bai Ye!
What?! How was it him? He came out... then what about Guan Shan?!
The logistics team was also stunned, and after helping Bai Ye up, his first reaction was to turn back and curse, "Are you even human?! I've never had someone steal my chance to enact justice like that, you're something else!"
Bai Ye didn't care if anyone could hear him; he was furious and jumped up and down in rage.
"Damn it, cough, cough..."
Bai Ye seemed to forget he was now an old man. Overexerting himself, he coughed twice and caught his breath. He borrowed a communication device from the logistics team and, with a pained expression, dialed a number, "Hey? You still up?"
A strong female voice answered, "Da Zhuang, are you kidding? If I were asleep, how could I answer your call..."
"Don't call me by my real name!" Bai Ye cursed, "I remember you have a 'space detonator,' right? I have coordinates here; get someone to save my brother!"
"Uh, I remember you're an only child."
"Cut the crap; he's my brother now!"
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"You dare!! I'll kill you!!!"
Carpenter watched in disbelief as Guan Shan, with a single move, sent Bai Ye out of the space, his eyes red with rage, glaring at Guan Shan.
Anyone else could leave, but not Bai Ye. Bai Ye was the only one who might know the whereabouts of the other half of the statue!
It wasn't easy for Carpenter to replicate a room and isolate it from reality. He needed precise coordinates and an anchor item.
But Bai Ye had installed a micro camera in Lu Mingyi's study for real-time monitoring, making Carpenter's task extremely troublesome.
He had finally lured Bai Ye into his trap and captured Lu Mingyi and the statue.
But now, everything was ruined!!! All because of Guan Shan!!!! Carpenter was furious. He overlapped all the rooms into this one, accelerating the time flow repeatedly, pushing it to the limit.
Guan Shan watched as the room submerged in a sea of blood, constantly changing like an abstract painting in a dream. Decorations from the rooms, and the dead people, appeared and disappeared.
Everything overlapped chaotically, limbs and eyes grew from the seams, creating a terrifying and twisted scene.
This wasn't the usual direct horror but a mental disturbance like a hallucination, making one feel nauseous and heart-palpitated if watched for too long.
The rolling blood filled the room, growing thicker in color.
Guan Shan was submerged in the blood, yet he didn't feel suffocated; instead, he experienced breathing underwater...
At the same time, an enraged Carpenter regained some sanity.
He looked at Guan Shan standing in the center, the man always wearing a clown mask, and said, "According to the information, you should have lived close to a hundred years, yet you still look like you're in your twenties."
"So, you must have altered your own time flow, freezing it at some point."
"You must have a 'room' within you as well."
Carpenter's heart skipped a beat but quickly realized something was wrong.
The time flow in the room had reached his limit, thirty million times! At this moment, staying in the room for one second was like living a year. He couldn't maintain this state for long as it was a tremendous burden, possibly destabilizing his own time flow.
But no one could survive a minute in such a fast time flow!
Yet, Carpenter wondered why, after so much time flow change, everyone else had aged, but Guan Shan remained unchanged...
No, impossible!
A horrifying thought crossed Carpenter's mind but was quickly dismissed.
It must be that time wasn't enough; he was just holding on. A few more minutes, and he would reveal his true form! "What are you waiting for? Waiting for me to age and die?"
Guan Shan suddenly spoke.
Carpenter was shocked to hear Guan Shan's voice, clear and strong, unchanged.
Impossible... impossible?! "Though I don't know why, I think you shouldn't wait because..."
Guan Shan spread his hands and took off the Mask of Agony, revealing his still young and handsome face, and said innocently, "Accelerating the time flow doesn't seem to affect me?"
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[T/N]: Bai Ye should be translated as White Night instead. It is his codename from the agency, not his actual name.