At the same time (?), in a different space deep in the [Great Hollow].
"Ha~" Albert climbed up from the bed and stretched: "Okay, it's time to get down to business."
"Is it so fast?" Mutt, who had already woken up, was calculating the date on the calendar beside him: "This is the end of the first week, and we still have a lot of time..."
"Procrastinating it like this will only make Abyss suspicious." Albert retorted: "The rest that should be rested and the exercises that should be practiced have been delayed long enough this week. It's time to see the third party.
A rival."
The cat boy shrugged: "If you insist."
When the two walked out of the room, Gusta had already placed three plates of food on the table in the living room.
"Breakfast is ready. Let's eat before we go." The tiger man said, "I'm sorry, I can only use these things to make breakfast. I really hope I can get fresh ingredients from the outside world."
"Nothing." Albert sat down at the dining table and looked at the steamed jerky on the plate and the soy milk on the side. Both of these were originally dry food that Warcraft hunters often prepared for emergency times, and the jerky was natural.
It is dehydrated and preserved. Soy milk is soy milk powder made from ground soybeans and then dried.
Gusta carefully fumigates the dried meat into a softened state, making it soft and easy to eat. He also sprinkles seasonings such as salt and pepper on it to make the originally mediocre dried meat more delicious.
Although there is no secret to brewing soy milk, it is just to use boiling water to brew the original soy milk powder into soy milk; Gusta carefully filtered out all the impurities in the soy milk, and the taste of the soy milk is smoother than expected.
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"It's strange," Mutt asked while eating breakfast as a matter of course: "Time is flowing in this different space now, and it's been a whole week. But we never seem to feel hungry. Now it's like this
Eating breakfast, lunch and dinner is just to maintain the original living habits. Will it really not have a bad impact on the body if it continues like this? "
"They said that the speed of time here is adjusted to one-tenth that of the real world." Albert replied: "Probably, the time when our bodies feel hungry and tired follows the time of the real world. We are here
It's been a week here, and the outside world has just passed, um, sixteen hours? It's only been a little over half a day, how can a cat get hungry easily."
"Actually, what I'm more worried about is whether we will be exhausted when we go back after eating dozens of meals in sixteen hours..." Mutt said with a gloomy face, not sure if he was really worried or joking.
"You think too much." Albert made a long face, quickly ate the fumigated meat jerky on the plate, and drank the soy milk in one gulp: "It's just that you eat as much as you can in the same time, and then consume it again."
How much does it drop? It’s just a simple matter."
He walked out of the house: "Let's do some exercise after dinner."
Mutt continued to sit there eating breakfast and did not follow him out.
"Aren't you going to see him off?" Gusta asked.
"I don't think it's necessary. Anyway, I can't go into the Abyss Arena to watch the battle. Even if I watch the battle, my memory will only be erased when I leave." The cat boy said indifferently: "So, it's better to pray here."
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"So cold." The tiger man looked at the kitten who was pretending to be calm: "Did you have a fight?"
"No." Mutt replied disapprovingly, "I'm not angry at all because he didn't go according to plan. Really not."
Gusta forced out a meaningful wry smile.
Albert left the village and soon arrived at the front gate of the Abyss Arena.
"Are you ready to participate in the third duel, Mr. Albert?" The shadow of the black tiger man who represented the abyss appeared at the door.
"Yes, ready." The tiger man patted the equipment on his waist, "But before we start the fight, I have something to ask you."
"As long as I can answer, I will try to answer." The shadow bowed slightly.
"When all this is over," Albert then asked, "I mean, what will happen after I win all four duels and completely defeat the warriors of the ancients?"
"You will crush their plan." The black shadow representing the abyss replied: "Their original plan to sacrifice a large number of creatures to the abyss time realm will be abandoned, and the abyss time realm will sign a new contract with you."
"What I'm worried about is that contract." The tiger man looked at the other party intently: "I believe this is definitely not a priceless contract. You don't want to take the cat from me as a sacrifice, do you?"
"Of course there is a price." The other party replied: "The price is your body."
"What do you mean?" Albert frowned displeased: "You want to take my life? Or do you want my body literally, and want me to stay in the abyss time realm for you?
Master service?"
"No. It's neither, it's both."
"ha?"
"The price of this contract will not endanger your life. And you are [immortal] to begin with. No matter what we do, your life will not disappear easily."
Because, your true body is not here at all. You who appear here are just a projection, a clone. Your true body is now in a place that even the abyss time realm cannot touch - [Extraordinary Theory]
]Nai. Am I right?"
Albert frowned again. Abyss may have known Albert's details for a long time, and it would be useless to deny it at this time.
"So you want this body of mine, this... [Clone]." The tiger man hummed: "What the hell. If you just want my clones, I can use my power to create a bunch of them. The price is just
Just this kind of thing?"
"No. We want your entire [body], which means that your [body] must always stay in the abyss time realm. Doing so will permanently cut off your connection with the real world where you are. In other words, you will never be able to stay in the abyss."
You can't go back." Black Shadow said: "You won't die. The real you is still within the [external logic]. But the [clone] you control will be frozen inside the abyss time boundary for us to analyze.
Use."
"Analysis..." Albert paused: "You want to use your body to study the method of entering [external principles]? Is this to learn the truth of the universe? Isn't the abyss more dimensional than the real world?
Gao Miao? Are you interested in the so-called truth of the universe in our world?"
"You have a decisive mistake in your understanding of [The Extraordinary Principle], Mr. Albert." The black tiger shadow representing the abyss said: "[The Extramarital Principle] is not in your real world. It is
It is a world with a much higher dimension than your real world...even higher than the various layers of the abyss. Some people say that [extraordinary principles] are the deepest part of the abyss, the end of the dimension, and the direction of a dimension.
Infinite world.
If you have a deeper understanding of the abyss, you will find that all abyssal creatures, as well as the various layers of the abyss themselves, are constantly trying to improve their own dimensions, with the goal of eventually reaching that [end of dimension]. That is,
Said, our goals are all the same, everyone wants to reach [the truth beyond the strings] and embrace the truth of the universe.
——And you, Mr. Albert, you are already in it. You will never know how much the whole abyss envies you."
Albert swallowed.
"So this body of mine is connected to [extraordinary principles]. You want to find the way to the truth of the universe by analyzing this body. But I still don't understand. Why don't I leave this clone for you?"
, I can’t create another clone and return to the real world where I am?”
"Unfortunately, you can't. Only by ensuring that your frozen body is the only channel to the truth can the analysis proceed correctly. If you create another clone, reconnect to [The Extraordinary Theory] elsewhere.
], the analysis here will be affected. We need your [body], and once you take this [body], you will never go back. This is a condition that cannot be compromised.
This body of yours will not feel pain in the abyss time realm, it will just be frozen for analysis like it is sleeping forever. But the real you is inside the [external logic], and that you is still a free body."
"I understand..." Albert hummed.
If the abyss takes his body, he will be the same as dead. In any case, as long as he sacrifices himself, he will not be able to return to the real world and live a normal life.
"Think about it, Mr. Albert." The black shadow representing the abyss continued: "If you win the duel, you will completely crush the Namulus people's plan. You only need to sacrifice yourself to save
Countless lives. And you didn’t really sacrifice yourself, you just said goodbye to the world you once lived in. What a bargain.”
It’s really a “good deal”——
Albert noticed the cunningness of the abyss forces in the other party's words.
Mutt was indeed right. The Abyss forces really couldn't believe it, even though they always tried to show how fair every transaction and every decision was.
"Let me ask one last question," Albert took a step forward and said, "Since the goal of the abyss is [extraordinary reason], why do you still want so many sacrifices from ancient people?"
Those sacrifices are all creatures from our real world, the low-latitude world. Their lives shouldn't be worthless to you? Why do you want their lives? Can they help you find them?
The road to [extraordinary logic]?"
"I want to ask you a question, Mr. Albert." The other party said: "How did you awaken and find the way to enter the [extraordinary logic]?"
Albert was stunned for a moment. He only vaguely remembered that he was in a state of near-death and experienced great pain... and joy. Then in the haze, the door to the truth of the universe opened to Albert.
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It was a wonderful experience that could not be expressed in words. Even Albert himself could not explain the reason for it. He only knew that he had reached the "extraordinary principle" in an extreme state.
"Oh my God." He suddenly figured it out: "You are collecting experimental subjects - those who are dying. Every experimental subject is your stepping stone to the door to the truth!"
"You know it well, Mr. Albert." The other party replied: "This is the reward that the Abyss Time Realm demands from the people of Namulus. However, your appearance has completely overturned the current situation."
——If you have already found the key, who needs a stepping stone?"