Chapter 793
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A pillar of fire rose from the center of Domir. The first thing that caught fire was the wooden houses around the square in the center of the town. Then, the fire spread across the entire town in an unnatural manner. Even though there was nothing to burn on the streets, the fire seemed to have a life of its own as it leaped into the air and lit everything on fire. In the blink of an eye, the entire town of Domir had turned into a sea of fire. Looking down from the high ground, all they could see was a sea of red.
The people standing on the hill looked at the scene in shock. The way the fire was burning did not look natural. The speed at which it spread was reminiscent of a shoddy movie special effect. Nangong Wuyue was shocked. "How … How did it suddenly start burning?!"
Hao Ren squinted his eyes to observe the situation in the town. Suddenly, he noticed something unusual. "Wait a minute … This is not a normal fire. Look at the houses!"
The houses that were engulfed in flames were collapsing at an alarming rate. No matter how big the fire was, the speed at which they were collapsing was not normal. One house after another collapsed in the sea of fire and quickly turned into ashes. Then, the black ashes that covered the sky were swept up into the sky by the wind.
A large amount of smoke and dust condensed in the sky above the town, surging like thick ink. Black ash continuously fell from the sky, covering every corner of the town. Looking at the scene, Vivian was the first to react. She could not help but mumble to herself, "Ash … How did the ash in the town come about?!"
A thick layer of ash covered the ground.
"Looks like this is how the town used to look." Vivian bit her lip. "I'm afraid it was burned to the ground hundreds of years ago."
Lily did not understand. "What we saw in the town … Was it all an illusion? Such a powerful illusion? "
"It's not an illusion. That's Domir before it was destroyed by the fire. It really exists." Vivian had figured out the crux of the matter. "The space-time structure of this mysterious realm is chaotic. Many things are preserved at an abnormal time. Do you still remember the lights that suddenly lit up and the flames that burned out of thin air? That was a sign that the timeline was messed up, so the Domir before it was destroyed by the fire and the Domir that was in ruins were superimposed. Baptiste must have interfered with the superimposed state. Now that he has gone to Inferno, things will start to behave according to the normal timeline. "
Vivian did not explain the magical theory behind this phenomenon in detail, but everyone understood what was going on. Hao Ren had finally sorted out all the supernatural phenomena he had experienced since he entered Domir, including the ghostly images that Lily had seen like a movie, the abnormal things in the town that had lost their colors, and the lights that lit up at the same time after a certain time. All of these were explained.
Domir in different states of time and space was like a bunch of snapshots stored in this chaotic realm of time and space. They were randomly superimposed to produce the eerie ghost town.
Baptiste was undoubtedly the culprit of all this. But why did he do it? How did he do it?
"The wizard has extracted the soul energy of everyone here. He admitted it himself," Hessiana said. "I'm afraid that the disordered space-time structure here is also to better extract power. Probably to create some kind of magic cycle, he sealed the space-time here. This is the only explanation I can think of. "
"Can a wizard do this?" Hao Ren frowned. "It sounds like he is challenging the rules."
Hessiana opened her mouth and finally shook her head. "To be honest, I don't believe a wizard can do this. Interfering with the structure of time and space is very difficult. No one in this era has mastered this knowledge. I have only read about it in some ancient books. It is said that some of the ancient gods in the Mythological Era could control time and space. But wizards … It's not that I look down on them, but most wizards were transformed from ordinary humans. Their talent and quality in magic are not enough for them to reach this level. "
Vivian also nodded. "Baptiste should not be able to do this. The situation in this town is not as simple as an ordinary space seal. If his ability to control time and space is really this high, Lily would not have been able to break his spell with just a hole. I'm inclined to believe that he has the help of some ancient artifact or an ancient. If he can summon the King of Blood, it's hard to say if he can summon something else. "
Lily looked at Vivian and then at Hao Ren. She had a different opinion. "This is all speculation. The premise is that the space-time structure of this town is indeed as you said. What if it is not?"
"Look at the situation in the town and think of a more plausible explanation." Vivian raised her hand and pointed to the ruins of Domir at the foot of the hill. "I have seen the field of space-time distortion. Cronus once demonstrated his signature stunt in front of me. That scene is very similar to the situation here."
As soon as Vivian opened her mouth, she brought up an incredible ancient figure. Immediately, those who were not as old as her immediately fell silent. After a while, Hao Ren broke the silence. "Anyway, Baptiste must know everything. We just need to catch him."
Vivian nodded. "By the way, did your probes track down the wizard?"
"No, the portal was in a mess at the time, and the probe was thrown far away," Hao Ren said regretfully. "But as long as Baptiste is really in Inferno, we will definitely catch him."
"Then hurry up. Inferno is not a safe place. I hope the wizard does not die in there before we catch him."
They did not have to wait too long. The autonomous robots did not take long to install the portal generator. It was actually very easy to install the device. The most important thing was to analyze the coordinate relationship between Inferno and Earth. When the device was ready, Hao Ren immediately connected the MDT to open the door. At this time, the MDT reported something unusual.
In just a few minutes, the coordinates of Inferno sent back by the probe had changed several times.
"This is probably the so-called 'Inferno instability' phenomenon," Hao Ren heard the MDT's reminder in his mind. He immediately thought of something and stared at the record of the coordinate changes of Inferno over the past period of time. Its last 'position' was very different from the previous one. "It has been 'drifting' … drifting at the edge of the universe!"
"Don't all the otherworldly dimensions drift like this?" Hessiana sounded indifferent. "The otherworldly dimension is not a pocket hanging on the wall. It is more like a bubble floating in the water. Of course, it is unstable."
"No, Inferno is very different from other otherworldly dimensions," Hao Ren said excitedly as he looked at the MDT's analysis results. "The coordinates of other otherworldly dimensions drift only relative to the three-dimensional address of Earth. You can think of them as a planet deep in our universe. These planets are connected to Earth by wormholes. No matter how they move in their own galaxy, their relative position with the universe will not change because they are in the universe. But Inferno … Incredible, it seems to be moving relative to the universe. It is not its own coordinates that cause the drift, but the entire reference system! "
Hessiana looked at Hao Ren with a strange expression. "Who knows what you are talking about?"
"Oh, you don't have to know," Hao Ren said, waving his hand casually. There was an inexplicable excitement in his tone. "This is what we are paying attention to."
As he spoke, he glanced at Vivian. The meaning behind his words was clear.
Inferno was drifting relative to the entire coordinate system of the universe. There was only one explanation for this — not only was it a cosmic fragment from the Plane of Dreams, but this fragment had not completely integrated with the universe. It was still wandering in the gap between the Plane of Dreams and the Surface World.
The gap between the Plane of Dreams and the Surface World had another name, and that was … the Wall of Reality!
Hao Ren finally found the biggest gangrene on the Wall of Reality!
(Happy holidays, everyone! On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, can I have two monthly tickets?)
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