Protagonist: I really want to make a chain and tie you to me.
After two days, Violet and Alice returned to Belial City.
When they returned to the City Lord's residence, they found that something was wrong. Their guards were silent out of fear, looking at them as if they wanted to say something. When the demon sisters saw the demon wearing a monocle sitting in the main seat, they finally knew why the guards were so afraid.
"Belial's Castellan," Rachel said with a gentle smile, "I think we can have a good talk."
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The inner city of the Gnome Ruins was built according to the layout of the Kabbalah Tree of Life. There were 22 streets that symbolized the path and 10 squares that symbolized the circle. The Gate of Wisdom was located in the square in the upper left corner of the inner city. In the Kabbalah Tree of Life, the circle represented wisdom. Du Ze wandered around the Gnome Ruins for two days. On the first day, at midnight, the doujinshi was restored in Du Ze's hands – at this time, the daylily was already cold! Du Ze choked on his old blood. The time ratio between the Gate of Wisdom and the outside world was 60: 1. That is to say, the one-fifth of the doujinshi was in Xiu's hands for nearly 40 days – 40 days was enough for the protagonist to memorize the eight pages!
The flowers of the motherland were destroyed by erotic books …
Du Ze forced himself not to imagine the scene when Xiu came out of seclusion and continued to admire the otherworldly style buildings. Small houses of various styles were built along the streets, just like the houses of the dwarves in fairy tales. Du Ze stooped to enter a few of them and without exception saw traces of the gnomes' lives. The traces were so clear that it was possible to infer what they were doing: some were bathing, some were eating, and some were assembling mechanical parts. However, for some reason, all the gnomes seemed to have disappeared in a flash.
Looking at the empty houses, Du Ze shuddered and returned to the street. Although there were mechanical activities on the street, it was empty and devoid of any human presence.
The gnomes … Why did they disappear?
Du Ze was not the author, so he didn't know what Yi Ye Zhi Qiu's setting was. The reason for the disappearance of the gnomes seemed to be a huge side plot in "Mixed Blood." However, until Du Ze crossed over, the reader did not know the result from the author.
Du Ze couldn't help but look at Old John, who had been accompanying him for the past few days. This seemingly ancient mechanical puppet did not appear in the novel. Thinking about the time difference between the novel and the present, Du Ze suddenly had a guess.
"How long have you been here?"
Hearing Du Ze's question, Old John stopped playing with the little Phoenix. He seemed to be immersed in his memories, and his voice was full of nostalgia.
"Almost forty thousand years." Old John pressed the star on his chest. "I'm a second-generation mechanical puppet. Master gave me the best power device, so I can live until now. But I'm almost at my limit. In another year, my 'heart' will stop. "It looked at Du Ze. "It's great to be able to see you before I die."
It seemed strange to hear a machine say "live" and "die," but Old John's tone of voice lessened the incongruity. The mechanical puppet in front of him had wandered around this empty city for tens of thousands of years and even understood emotions.
Old John's words confirmed Du Ze's conjecture. In terms of time, the protagonist of the novel entered the Gnome Ruins four years later. At that time, Old John had already stopped working. At the same time, Yi Ye Zhi Qiu wrote that the fourth era of the gnomes was about 30,000 years from the seventh era of the human race. That is to say, Old John absolutely witnessed the disappearance of the gnomes. However, seeing Old John like this, Du Ze suddenly felt a little reluctant to ask. That question seemed too cruel for the mechanical puppet who understood emotions.
"You look a little hesitant." Old John said: "Don't hesitate. If you need anything, just say it. I'll be happy to serve you."
"The gnomes … Why did they disappear?"
The blue light in Old John's eyes suddenly went out when he heard Du Ze's words, as if he had received a great shock. After a while, the blue light of the machine faintly reignited.
"You are very curious, child." Old John's voice was like a sigh: "As curious as they are … But sometimes it's not a good thing to be too curious."
Du Ze didn't have time to understand Old John's words when he saw the huge mechanical puppet walking forward.
"Come on, what you want to know is in front of you."
At the end of the street, another circular square appeared in front of them. In the Kabbalah of the Tree of Life, the essence represented here is understanding. In the middle of the square was a metal building that looked a little like a flower bud. Old John walked over to the building and entered a few commands. The metal building unfolded its outer shell bit by bit, revealing its interior.
It looked like a research room, with stacks of information scattered everywhere. The most striking thing was the huge round wheel in the center of the research room. Its outer ring was golden and its surface was made of crystal. Numbers and runes were engraved along the outer ring. The whole wheel looked like a giant clock, but there was no hand on it.
"This is the Wheel of Time."
Old John looked at the round wheel, the blue light in his eyes making people feel its sadness. Du Ze waited for a while, but the mechanical puppet seemed to be lost in its memories and couldn't extricate itself. Du Ze hesitated for a moment, then walked into the research room. He picked up a few pieces of information on the table. They were probably some research reports, densely filled with curves and terms that Du Ze couldn't understand. Du Ze's eyes fell on the lower right corner of the paper, where some of the researchers' insights were recorded.
[Time is so wonderful. If _ _ _ hadn't given us the Wheel of Time, I'm afraid we would never have come into contact with the laws of time.]
[The curve is wrong. Time should not be decomposed like this. Tomorrow, we will reconstruct the decomposition function.]
… …
[Today we made a breakthrough! With the help of the Wheel of Time, we achieved the separation of time. The first separation ratio was 2: 1.]
[The time separation ratio has been raised to 37: 1. The committee said that to build the Gate of Wisdom, the separation of time can be put into use.]
[Removing the Wheel of Time component will not be able to achieve the separation of time. Distressing! Distressing!]
[We inserted the second hand of the Wheel of Time into the Gate of Wisdom and achieved a time separation ratio of 60: 1. Now, "achieving the separation of time without the assistance of the Wheel of Time component" is a new topic.]
[Plan 1: Duplicate the Wheel of Time component; Plan 2: Find a substitute for the Wheel of Time; Plan 3: Thoroughly analyze the laws of time. Plan 1 is the simplest, but everyone is inclined to plan 3. So am I.]
… …
[We did it! Now we can achieve the separation of time. The gnomes are immortal!]
… …
[No, impossible, it's out of control! We have clearly deciphered …]
The last page stopped abruptly, and the increasingly scribbled notes showed the chaotic state of mind of the person who wrote all this.
"That day, the clock, broke, they, disintegrated … Zi … disappeared."
Old John's voice came from behind him. It was like a broken video, intermittent and messy. Du Ze stared at the half-written word "read," as if he could see the little figure who was writing disintegrating and disappearing little by little. The pen fell on the table and no one could pick it up again.
Du Ze shuddered. He put the hot potato back in its original place. His eyes inadvertently swept to the first page and then paused.
[Time is so wonderful. If _ _ hadn't given us the Wheel of Time, I'm afraid we would never have been able to get started.]
Du Ze stared at the blank space. Combined with the context, there should be a name there. Du Ze was just about to ask Old John when he saw the little Phoenix stumbling in. Its target was … the Wheel of Time.
Don't make trouble, naughty child!
"Come back!"
The little Phoenix landed on the top of the Wheel of Time and then called out to Du Ze, "Chirp ~"
Seeing that there was nothing wrong with the Wheel of Time, Du Ze was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he tripped over a stack of information at his feet and fell onto the Wheel of Time. The whole space paused for a moment, as if the pause button had been pressed. The next moment, the outer ring of the Wheel of Time and the runes all lit up, emitting a dazzling light. Du Ze, who was caught off guard, was blinded by the light.
When Du Ze wiped away his tears and put on his glasses, some silly, cute person looked at the strange scene in front of him and instantly froze. Where is this?
It was dark all around, which reminded Du Ze of the last dream he had. At that time, he seemed to be floating in this dark space and received a phone call with a bad signal.
Then the call really came again.
[… Hey … Wheel of Time …]
Like last time, the voice was still vague and noisy, but even with strong interference, it could still be heard that the voice was very happy.
[… I found you …]
The communication was interrupted again. Du Ze didn't have time to ask questions. He tried to call out a few times, but there was only silence in the darkness except for his voice. The last time he was dreaming, so he woke up quickly. So this time it was also … a dream?
Wake up —
Some silly, cute person pinched his thigh. Because he was sure it was a dream, he pinched it especially hard, so his thigh muscles became strong.
Ah ah ah ah — QAQ!
Du Ze was in so much pain that he hallucinated. He saw a huge, colorful hourglass appear in front of him. When Du Ze finally caught his breath, he stared at the hourglass in front of him and froze again. Damn, it's not an illusion?
The hourglass that suddenly appeared in front of him was about 10 meters high and the sand inside was about the size of Du Ze's fingertips. There was not much sand left on the upper layer and it was stuck in the hourglass. Du Ze stared at the sand stuck in the hourglass. His thoughts went in a strange direction: If he let the sand flow out, would he be able to get out?
So some silly, cute person kicked the hourglass.
The hourglass shook and a grain of sand flowed out. Then it got stuck again, as if laughing at some trash with a fighting power of 5.
[System: Player "Du Ze" used a series of attacks on "hourglass."]
Every time Du Ze moved the hourglass, a grain of sand would fall from it. When Du Ze was about to attack for the fifth time, the hourglass's anger bar seemed to reach its peak and burst out with a dazzling light.
[System: "Hourglass" used a killing blow on player "Du Ze" and sent player "Du Ze" back to the revival point.]
When Du Ze recovered, he was already back in the research room. Some silly, cute person looked around blankly. The research room looked like it had been raided by bandits. All kinds of materials were scattered on the ground. Old John, who had been waiting outside the metal building, was nowhere to be found.
A clear bird's cry came from afar. Du Ze saw a dark red bird land in front of him. The bird was about one meter long, with a soft, slender neck, patterned feathers, and a slender, beautiful tail that was forked like a fish. Anyone who saw it would be able to recognize its species – Phoenix.
When the beautiful phoenix saw Du Ze staring at it, it happily spread its wings and chirped – it looked just like a little chick that had always been acting stupid and had never been surpassed. Wait a minute! Du Ze stared at the Phoenix in horror: This isn't the protagonist's cute pet, right?!
The Fire Phoenix chirped and then flew up. It landed on the shoulder of a person who had appeared out of nowhere. It was a strange, brown-haired man who looked very approachable.
Who is this guy?
The brown-haired man saw Du Ze looking at him suspiciously and smiled warmly: "I am Old John."
… What?
At this time, a sigh came from behind Du Ze.
"You finally came out."
Du Ze looked up. Behind him was the huge wheel of time. A person was sitting at the top of the wheel of time, looking down at him. Du Ze didn't have time to see the other person's appearance. The person jumped down from the wheel of time.
“！”
Countless white papers flew into the air. Du Ze was thrown onto a pile of papers, his back hurting. Du Ze was lying on the pile of papers. He struggled to hold up his crooked glasses and looked up.
This is … Xiu?
Xiu, who was sitting on top of him, looked a lot more mature. If Xiu's gnome form looked like a twelve-year-old human, now he looked like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old human teenager. Xiu lowered his head and looked at Du Ze. His flaxen hair hung down softly, half covering his brightly colored eyes and the almost crazy emotions in them.
In Du Ze's dazed eyes, Xiu bent down and bit the corner of Du Ze's mouth – it could only be described as a bite. There was no warmth. It was as if Xiu was using this action to vent his emotions. Du Ze even tasted blood. He waved his hands and didn't know what was going on.
When Du Ze was finally let go, he didn't need to look in the mirror to know that his mouth must be swollen. Xiu, who did all this, put his head close to Du Ze's ear and breathed hot.
"I really want to make a chain and tie you to me."
What the hell is going on?
In Du Ze's shocked eyes, the brown-haired man's voice came from afar.
"The little master is too excited because he has waited for you for four years."
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The first year, missing.
The second year, waiting.
The third year, limit.
The fourth year, collapse.
– [Black Box]
The author has something to say: Protagonist: I really want to make a chain and tie you to me.
Reader: This young man is not a pet! (́ ∀ □ ′) (́ ∀ ́)
Author: That's the Moe Lord.
Reader: (wagging tail)
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Time is finally in sync with the original plot. (▽ ▽ ▽)
Thanks for the Rain Rises the Sun, Bi 'an, Yi Qing Chen, Small Attack Small Family, Aurora, Crying Soaring Little Youya (2), Non-slip Banana Peel, Luoluo, Zsfaeie (2), Mo Shang Nan Fei Yan (2), Bing 001646, BLX Threw a Mine, _ Static _, Zero, One Flower One World, Gui Yue, Xuechuan Qing Liu, Jing Xi, Running Turtle, Sai, Signing a Wish, Ah Shu Shu Counting Sheep, Summer Bug Talking Ice, Koala's Mad Hat, Bean Oil, Yisu Floating (2), Zi Zi's Mine ~
Thanks for the Long Stay, Cher's Grenade ~
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