"Of course, I can't make any marks on it with my dagger!"
Kate said: "Then let's try it again to see how tough it is!"
The two came to the indoor table, opened the scroll and placed it on the wooden table. Kate used the dagger to scratch the tip of the dagger several times on the blank space of the scroll with different strengths, and the last time she used a very strong force.
Later, the two of them fell silent as they looked at the scroll without any marks and the wooden tabletop with deep marks on the corresponding position below it...
After a long time, Steven said: "Maybe we can destroy it by burning it with fire, but I don't want to try."
Kate replied: "It's not necessary, and I think fire will most likely have no effect on it."
Steven became excited: "This is beyond our knowledge, Kate! The entire continent should not be able to create this kind of material with the current technology, right?!"
"Even if science and technology develop for a few more decades, I'm afraid I won't be able to create this kind of material. It shouldn't be a product of our era! Maybe it was made by the civilization of the ancient ruins. Don't you doubt where the church and Field got this scroll?"
Is it? I think it’s very likely that it comes from ancient ruins.”
Steven suspected: "Judging from the information we have learned, the civilization and technology displayed in the ancient ruins may not be able to produce such a thing?! Among the several ancient ruins that have been discovered, except for the almost destroyed buildings, basically
There is nothing left. If the civilization in the ancient ruins era had such advanced technology, then there will definitely be a lot of things in the ruins that can be preserved even after being corroded by time."
"Your analysis makes sense! It seems that we currently lack sufficient information and detection methods for this very simple scroll. Let's wait until we return to Grant Continent! Are you still ready to continue studying the contents of the scroll?"
"Of course! How can I not study this magical thing that transcends the times?! What's more, the experience it brings is so magical! I want to try to follow the steps above to observe what more magical changes will happen in the last article, right?
I’m very much looking forward to this!”
Kate shrugged and said: "Okay, but you have to pay attention to your own safety! I will not participate for the time being and wait until you make more progress."
So after lunch, Steven came to the room again and started looking at the first picture of the scroll.
But soon he dozed off like last time. After he woke up, he came to the porch, took the tea cup from Kate and said, "I felt nothing while watching again just like that afternoon and dozed off."
Kate asked: "How did you feel physically after watching this morning? Other than the time difference?"
Steven said: "Except for being a little tired, I don't feel much else."
Kate thought: "Then this situation may be affected by two factors: one is that it does not work for you when you watch it in the afternoon and is only useful in the morning; the other is that the effective state is completed within a certain period of time.
There is no way to enter that state again, I prefer the second scenario, you can experiment."
"Okay, starting from tomorrow I will experiment with my reactions in various situations."
On the next day, Steven did not go to watch the scroll again in the morning. Instead, he and Kate trained the basic skills of swordsmanship in the porch. After lunch, Steven came indoors and watched the scroll again. This time it was very interesting.
He soon entered the state.
A few hours in the afternoon passed in an instant. Steven stood up, looked at the burnt oil candle, came to the porch, and said to Kate: "Kate, it is indeed as you analyzed. I just said
Got into that state!”
Kate said: "Then I estimate that this state is based on a certain time unit. You may only be able to enter that state once a day when watching, no matter morning, afternoon or even night, it may take a day and night or 24 days to pass.
hours before you can watch it again."
"Okay, if that's the case, I can accept it. After all, it will take a lot of time to watch the scrolls, and I don't know if there will be any benefit from watching it like this. It is a good thing that it does not delay the time of sword practice every afternoon."
"Then you can set the viewing time in the morning and practice swordplay in the afternoon. The rain will stop for a while in the afternoon, which is convenient for us to practice."
So the rainy season life of the two began to become very regular: Steven watched the scrolls in the morning, trying to enter that magical state, Kate drank tea on the porch and listened to the rain, and after lunch, they waited for the rain to stop.
After practicing sword practice in the yard, sometimes when it hasn't rained yet, Steven would lift a big stone to exercise his strength. After a bath and dinner, the two of them would play a few games of cards and then go to bed.
These days passed quickly, and April came in a blink of an eye. Although the heavy rains in the rainy season still came every day, with the arrival of April, the rains did not last as long as before, and the rains were lighter. Every other
The rain will stop for a few days.
At this time, the sky became clear, with sparse white clouds floating slowly in the blue sky. The sun shone on the exterior wall of the porch. The small courtyard in front of the door overlooked the tropical rainforest not far away, with lush greenery and the sound of birds chirping.
, coupled with the breeze blowing from time to time, the two of them could not help but feel relaxed, temporarily putting aside the worries of the previous ruins.
At this time, Steven no longer had to face the scroll to imprint the flame on the first painting in his mind.
He could now let go of the scroll, and then concentrate on recreating the flame in his mind, and then put himself into that magical state. All the processes were the same as when he watched the scroll before.
This situation is exactly the same as the content in the second painting: there is a dotted flame in the middle of the portrait.
Steven guessed that the second painting should be his current situation: whenever he concentrated on visualizing the flame in his mind for a certain period of time, the flame burning in the boundless darkness appeared in his mind. At this time, Shi
Tiwen was very peaceful and sober in his heart, without any thoughts appearing. It seemed that the universe was extinguished, except for this burning flame that burned eternally.
Steven was a little obsessed with this feeling. He felt that it was a pity that he could not share all this with Kate. He told Kate about his progress and asked Kate to try it again to see if it had any effect.
At his repeated request, Kate closed the door and sat at the table and watched the scroll for another two hours. She still couldn't help but doze off just like last time.
In this way, Kate completely cut off her own hope of finding that feeling. No matter how hard Steven tried, she would never try again.
And Kate also thinks that although the feeling described by Steven is very beautiful, she has not seen any actual benefits. Instead of wasting time, it would be more comfortable to drink tea, listen to the rain and watch the blue sky and white clouds.