When the shadow of the bald man appeared, Lin Sanjiu's eyelashes did not even have the time to move before she was enveloped by the effect of the Special Item.
Out of the corner of her eye, everything in the world seemed to slow down. The waves rose slowly, slowly, and after a long time, little by little, they began to splash. Even the speed at which the waves formed was sluggish. It was as if they had to wait for an endless amount of time before they could see the waves gradually turn white and jump.
The only thing missing from the surface of the river was the bald man.
[Human's Fictional Imagination Series] Number Two [Does time really exist? Also, the deductions from this question.]
This Special Item belongs to the "Humans' Fictional Imagination" Series. Serial number 02. There were a total of five Special Items in this series, and each of them had different names. There were no surprises after all of them were collected.
[Does time really exist?]
13 billion years ago, the universe was born from the Big Bang. 3.8 billion years ago, life began to appear on Earth. 70,000 years ago, a species called homo sapiens walked on the surface of Earth for the first time. Before homo sapiens appeared, atoms continued to combine and separate, cells continued to be born and died, and tides continued to rise and fall … However, the concept of "time" only appeared after homo sapiens appeared. From this point of view, time was just one of the figments of human imagination. Time did not exist. It was a concept created by human beings to measure and describe the changes in themselves and the world around them.
If something was immutable, could we still say that it also had the concept of time?
Similarly, the "time reversal" in all the novels and movies was actually not a reversal of time, but the process of the development of things. This was because time did not actually exist.
Since it was just a human concept, it was easy to mess with it.
This Special Item could mess up a human's perception of the changes and development of things in the outside world. It would cause random confusion in the target (limited to only one person), which manifested itself as "losing control of time".
"Where — is — he —?"
Slowly, Lin Sanjiu opened her mouth and spat out her words slowly. She might have thought that her words were urgent and her actions were quick, but both the young swimmer and the fatso looked at her suspiciously. At the same time, they realized that the woman had fallen into her trap.
However, there was nothing they could do.
Once Lin Sanjiu was thrown into the chaos and was no longer a threat, the bald man rushed toward the young swimmer. On the other side, hundreds of snow-white waves seemed to have become excited at the same time, rushing toward them with loud splashes.
In Lin Sanjiu's perception, even though everything around her had suddenly slowed down, she was still moving at the same speed. She didn't know how long this feeling lasted, but everything around her suddenly sped up again. She was the only one who slowed down. Her self, the outside world, and her perception were all moving at different speeds. Everything in front of her was so fast that it caught her off guard. It was as if a video had been fast-forwarded three times. Everything in front of her suddenly became a distorted pattern.
She couldn't see where the bald man went, but she vaguely heard the pale fatty's scream.
His scream was fleeting, but in the long river of time, it was like a white steed flitting across a crack, not worth mentioning. Lin Sanjiu floated in the water blankly, swaying from side to side with the waves. She was anxious, but there was nothing she could do. She could not even control the speed of her movements. Her senses were in a mess. Sometimes, she looked like she was sleepwalking, and sometimes, she looked like she was twitching.
The bald man shifted his gaze away from her and smiled at the young swimmer.
"I'm sorry, but I have no grudge against you. It's just that this isn't a good competition," he said in a low voice. Then, he waved his arm in the air, "Go down!"
A few waves rose high into the air and shattered into countless tiny water droplets. The water droplets were so dense that they shrouded the faces of the young swimmer and the fatty like a mist.
Since their owners were in a state of confusion, the barrier formed by their Higher Consciousness did not work. The water droplets quickly seeped into their eyes, ears, nose, ears, and skin. Just as the two of them closed their eyes, they were suddenly pushed into the water by an invisible force.
Before he could even let out a cry of alarm, the young man's head was submerged, and the fair fatty was also submerged in the water.
The young swimmer struggled with all his might, stirring up layers of white waves. Bubbles rolled on the surface of the water, but no matter what they did, the water droplets that entered their bodies dragged them deeper and deeper.
As long as the two of them touched the bottom of the river, the bald man would be able to get out of this competition.
Seeing that the bubbles on the surface of the river were getting smaller and smaller, the bald man snorted softly. He wiped the water off his face and rushed toward Lin Sanjiu. He purposely left her at the side, not because he wanted to go easy on her, but because he wanted the Special Item on her.
Lin Sanjiu was still in a state of confusion. She finally saw the bald man swimming toward her in slow motion. However, when he waved his hand and a few waves rose from the surface of the water, she finally raised her hand slowly and shouted, "Let — him — go —"
The bald man did not have the patience to listen to her.
Seeing that the water droplets on the river were getting closer to them, the bald man whistled and the waves immediately rushed toward Lin Sanjiu.
However, this time, they did not turn into water droplets and enter her body. The waves joined hands and formed a water ring around Lin Sanjiu's body. In her mind, she still had plenty of time to react, but in the blink of an eye, she had lost her ability to move.
The water ring was connected to the surface of the river. It pressed down on her like a wall of water, rendering her immobile. Even if Lin Sanjiu wanted to move, her limbs were affected by her cognitive dissonance. She couldn't even coordinate her speed. She watched helplessly as the bald man grabbed her and tugged on the leash. The two of them broke through the surface of the river and rose higher and higher into the air, heading straight for the top of the stone pillar.
The cold wind cut into Lin Sanjiu's drenched body like a knife, causing her to shiver uncontrollably. She let out a series of muffled groans from her throat.
The bald man glanced at her. His hand was like a steel ring around her arm. His grip was so tight that it hurt her bones.
Lin Sanjiu's perception of the things around her was getting weirder and weirder. It was as if everything she looked out of the window and saw existed in a separate flow of time. Another gust of cold wind blew away the water droplets on her forehead, and the ice droplets fell on her body. It was so cold that she shivered and mumbled something. When she raised her head, she saw that the top of the stone pillar, which seemed to be suppressed by the white fog, was just a few feet away from her.
When the two of them were finally pulled up to the platform by the rope, the bald man loosened his grip and threw Lin Sanjiu, who was still wrapped tightly in the rope, onto the stone platform. He panted a few times and walked toward a metal pole in the center of the stone platform. There were pulleys and ropes attached to the metal pole. The rope rustled as the bald man walked.
"What?" The bald man suddenly stopped. As if he had heard something, he frowned and turned his head.
Lin Sanjiu, who was lying on the stone platform, muttered something. Not only was her voice muffled, but the rhythm of her words was also very uncomfortable. The first few words were so fast that it felt like she was going to bite her tongue, and the next few words would suddenly slow down. There was no rhyme to it, and it made her sound like a child talking in her sleep.
"You have muttered it a few times," the bald man frowned and smiled. He untied the rope and squatted down in front of her, "No matter what you say, I won't let you go —"
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