The difference in brightness and color between day and night in Stanley is very small. Coupled with the existence of long rivers of energy, it is difficult for newcomers who are not familiar with this place to distinguish them. This has led to the popularity of setting clocks throughout the city in this world.
This is especially true for a giant tourist city like Piart.
On higher commercial floors, unique clocks of various colors will be hung next to their billboards, allowing people to confirm the time and remember the advertisement at the same time. It is a very useful promotional tool.
Piggo looked up at the time, it was seven o'clock in the morning.
"Sir, the secret realm in Peart City is under the direct jurisdiction of the empire and is managed by arcanists specially assigned by the empire. Generally speaking, there are two fixed opening times every day, ten in the morning and eight in the evening."
Pigo explained seriously: "Ten o'clock in the morning is the time to enter. You need to enter from the Twin Towers in the center of the city. Eight o'clock in the evening is the time to leave the secret realm. You need to go to the inherent anchor point in the secret realm in advance to gather for unified transmission.
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"Whether you go in in the morning or leave at night, once you miss the fixed time, you need to wait for the teleportation the next day. Generally speaking, the arcanists stationed by the empire will not specifically activate the secret realm teleportation for someone, unless that person is
The Grand Arcanist with special authority!"
"Lord Lando, if you want to enter the secret realm today, I will send someone to line up for you now, and you only need to go there before ten o'clock."
Landoqi asked: "Do you still need to queue up to enter the secret realm?"
Pigo explained: "Yes, sir, occasionally there will be situations where there are many people who want to go to the secret realm. You should understand that the secret realm teleportation array also has a load limit, and we can solve this trouble for you, so that you can
There is no need to go there and wait in advance. Of course, if you reveal your identity, everything will be solved."
Lando nodded. Although it only saved a few hours of time, it had to be said that this was a good service.
Seeing Lando's confirmation, Pigo obtained the proof of the agent's queue from the former, and immediately arranged for manpower to prepare.
In fact, this kind of nominal agent queuing project was not initially prepared for guides like them. You have to know the identities of legendary arcanists and grand arcanists. Even if some of them like to travel alone, there must be more who are used to bringing some of them together.
Leave troublesome little things to your subordinates.
It was under these circumstances that the nominal agent queue was born, and the guides in Peart City simply took advantage of it.
After the arrangement was completed, Pigolo hesitated and then said: "Lord Lando, actually we have more information here about 'Abandoned is the Long River of Time'. I wonder if you are interested."
"Oh?" Lando said noncommittally: "Tell me about it."
Pigo immediately responded respectfully: "You should also understand that we all have some backgrounds behind us, either from major forces, or some large research institutes, or at least legendary arcanists."
"The secret information we sell is also divided into two types. One is basic information, which you can get at a small cost. In fact, similar basic information released by various forces is similar, and there is not much difference."
Lando nodded slightly, not too surprised by this.
Pigo continued: "The other nature is the secret information held by the forces behind me. If you want to get this secret information, it is actually very simple. You only need to sign two contracts with us."
"One is naturally a confidentiality contract. These information can only be used by yourself and cannot be shared with others. The second is a trading contract. You only need to trade 50% of what you gain in the secret realm to the forces behind me.
That’s it.”
"Of course, you will never suffer a loss from this transaction. We will pay you based on the average of the highest market price in the last seven days. In addition, if you want to trade other shares to us, we can purchase them at a premium. Please
Don’t worry, everything is easily discussed.”
So it turns out that everything behind it is driven by those big forces who are eager to get more time materials. Generally speaking, it is mutually beneficial.
Lando nodded thoughtfully and said calmly: "Give me some basic information."
Lando is naturally a little interested in the so-called secret information, but he will not sign two contracts specifically for this purpose.
Pigo's eyes flashed with disappointment, but he immediately responded respectfully: "I will follow your will, Lord Lando."
Pigo didn't dare to show any other thoughts. Although he didn't recognize it at first, after a day, someone naturally reminded him who the person in front of him was...
Now the supreme governor of the Arcane Empire and the rotating speaker of the Arcane Parliament... Lando!
Although I don’t understand why this gentleman came to Peart City to explore the secret realm at this time, facing this kind of existence that is far beyond his reach in terms of identity and strength, Piggo must of course be more cautious and not dare to overstep the mark in the slightest.
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Soon the time hand reached half past nine, and Lando also led Pigo to the Twin Towers in the center of Peart City.
This is a building composed of two magic towers with some space in between. In the middle of the two magic towers is placed the teleportation circle leading to the secret realm of the 'Abandoned River of Time'.
The protection and energy source of the fixed teleportation array in the secret realm are naturally provided by these two magic towers.
When Lando arrived, a legendary arcanist who had been waiting outside lit up his eyes and immediately walked towards him quickly.
When he came closer, the legendary arcanist immediately saluted and said: "Dear Speaker Lando, I didn't expect you to come at this time. If you had informed us in advance, our Twin Towers would have arranged everything for you in advance.
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"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I, Ulysses Katona, am the acting head of the Twin Towers. The Grand Arcanist Gkayi Ghis is currently busy with some research. I need to bring that person to the rescue.
Sir, are you here?"
Lando smiled and shook his head: "No, I'm just here to explore the secret realm, there's no need to make it so grand."
Under Ulysses Katona's enthusiastic invitation, Lando came to the front of the team.
At this time, the people waiting in line to enter the secret realm of 'The Abandoned River of Time' were all legendary arcanists. After learning Lando's identity, they were not dissatisfied and looked at the latter with respect.
Arcanists have a high status in the Arcane Empire, and Grand Arcanists are basically the pinnacle of the Arcanist profession, so they will naturally be sought after wherever they go.
Ulysses Katona respectfully handed Lando a crystal ball the size of a dragon's eye. There was something like a pointer in the crystal ball.
Ulysses Katona explained: "This is the anchor pointer. If Lord Lando wants to come out after entering the secret realm, he only needs to follow the guidance of the pointer to point to the fixed anchor point. In addition, it can also play a role
Detect the role of time turbulence. If Lord Lando encounters large-scale time turbulence, please carefully consider whether you need to avoid it in advance to avoid serious time confusion."
Lando nodded. According to the basic information Lando obtained about the 'Abandoned River of Time' secret realm, after teleporting from here, it usually randomly enters the shallow River of Time, where the changes in time power are relatively stable, and the teleportation anchor point
It is also built in this area.
The entire Secret Realm of Time River is divided into three parts: shallow layer, middle layer and deep layer. The shallow layer generally has the least resources, not only because of the weak time power here, but also because there are too many people exploring this area, and basically some can be dug.
[Sands of Time] is pretty good.
Of course, the shallow layer is also the safest area in the secret realm of the ‘Abandoned River of Time’.
Starting from the middle level, there will be time turbulence of varying sizes. These time turbulences are somewhat dangerous to legendary arcanists, but are almost no threat to great arcanists, and they generally contain richer resources.
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The only thing to worry about is that time confusion will occur in the turbulence of time. Maybe you have been in for a few days, but months or even more have passed outside. Of course, it may only have been a few minutes, and the larger the scale of time turbulence, the more time has passed.
The more serious the time confusion caused.
Therefore, although the turbulence of time is not very dangerous to the Grand Arcanist and has abundant resources, Ulysses Katona still reminded Lando.
As for the deeper areas, there is basically core confidential information held by the major forces, which is the kind that will not be given to you even if you sign a contract.
Coupled with the time flow characteristics of the secret territory of the 'Abandoned River of Time', the information you just detected may no longer be applicable due to time chaos hundreds of years later.
Moreover, the deep area is a very dangerous place even for great arcanists, not to mention the large-scale turbulence of time, time afterimages, endless corridors, time and space reincarnation...
Each of these is enough to make the Grand Arcanist feel troublesome, and there are still time-like beings surviving in the deeper areas of the secret realm. Although they have reached an agreement with the Arcane Empire, if someone breaks into their home, a time
Exile makes you stay in the time gap for hundreds of thousands of years, and you really have no way to deal with it.
When the huge image clock above the Twin Towers reached ten o'clock, huge arcane energy spread down the two magic towers, activating the secret portal in the middle.
Colorful black light filled the portal.
Lando was the first to enter the secret realm under the humble and respectful watch of Ulysses Katona and Pigo.
After Lando completely disappeared into the portal, Ulysses Katona stood up and directed the staff of the Twin Towers to guide other legendary arcanists who were preparing to enter the secret realm.
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"Uh-huh?!~"
At the moment when the teleportation light ended, Lando felt a subtle feeling of suffocation.
This feeling comes and goes quickly, just like a sudden choking on water in mortal life. This feeling comes from the double discomfort of mind and body.
The power of the spiritual path naturally circulated around Lando, and the slight discomfort soon passed, and Lando was in the mood to take stock of his surroundings.
Lando now seems to be in the void and the deep sea. He is stepping on a kind of gray soil. This soil has magical power in the "Abandoned River of Time" and can greatly shield and interfere with perception.
But once they leave the secret realm, this power will quickly disappear and turn into ordinary sand.
Looking around, wisps of blue, purple or golden energy lines are floating in one direction, and their speed is neither fast nor slow.
He stretched out his hand gently, and these energy lines passed through his hands without any hindrance, like illusory phantoms. Lando did not feel any traces of energy on them, they were like a natural phenomenon in this secret realm.
With his spiritual path remaining constant, Lando could clearly feel that the time around him seemed to be slightly chaotic, accelerating or decelerating, and disorderly.
But if the scale is lengthened, then as long as Lando stands still, even if there is no power of the road to stabilize itself, maybe the time affected will eventually reach a certain balance, which is equivalent to no impact?
After reaching the above conclusion through simple calculations, Lando also found it interesting.
Maybe this is also to some extent...conservation of energy?
Take out the crystal ball you got, and the pointer in it is now pointing to the position behind Lando on the right, which should be the anchor point established by the empire in the secret realm. Of course, Lando will not go there now, he will place a small part of his mind on the crystal ball.
, so that you can monitor the time turbulence coming nearby at any time.
Putting away the anchor pointer crystal ball, Lando stopped staying and began to walk forward.
It is actually very simple to determine your own direction in the secret realm of 'The Abandoned River of Time'. Those energy lines that are like natural phenomena always move in the same direction, and together with the anchor pointer that can point to the anchor point established in the shallow area
, naturally you can easily identify your own position.
Of course, this method of identification has a drawback, that is, once the time turbulence is encountered, not only the movement of the energy lines will be disturbed, but the anchor pointer will also be confused. Both of them will only recover after the time turbulence has passed.
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For the Grand Arcanist, you can also confirm your direction by feeling the depth of time chaos in the outside world. Although this method will also be disturbed by the turbulence of time, it is much better than the previous method of completely losing your sense of direction.
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Lando looked along the direction of the movement of the energy lines. It is said that if you keep walking in this direction, you will eventually return to the starting point.
But if you move in the opposite direction, you will never be able to return to the starting point. Even if you don't feel any resistance, the pressure from time and space will increase exponentially as the distance and time you move in the opposite direction increase, making it impossible for you to reach the point where you started.
The achievement of traveling around in reverse.
The entire Secret Realm of the Long River of Time is like a constantly rotating circular lake. Going with the current will get twice the result with half the effort, but going in the opposite direction will not be as simple as getting twice the result with half the effort.