Volume 5: The Ancient Glorious Empire Chapter 128: The Power of Time Travel
The environment of the Burning City is very stable and peaceful.
If the sky had not been a little dark, and if evil roars and cannon fodder had not been heard frequently outside the city, many people would probably have forgotten the fact that the tide of disaster had arrived.
However, one change is very obvious: more and more residents are coming from outside the area to settle in the Burning City.
During the tide, most people do not have the ability to cross domains, but a long time ago, Xinhuo used the White Shark-class airship to cross multiple domains and engage in trade transportation. Now, the White Shark-class airship not only carries cargo, but also carries some passengers.
They transited through several super oases and arrived at the City of Fire.
These people are basically nobles, big businessmen, and high-level awakeners, otherwise they cannot afford the airfare across multiple domains.
They came here for refuge and brought a lot of treasures with them, but after they arrived at the Burning City, they were still stunned - it was indeed safe here, and no evil could get past the defense line, but here... the housing prices were too expensive!
"With the ghost crystals in our pockets, it seems that we can only afford commercial housing in the outer city?"
"Fuck! How could I, the son of a great earl, be reduced to living in the outer city?!"
A young man shouted in shame and anger, but when he noticed that many people around him were looking at him unfriendly, he shuddered and suddenly understood.
The outer city area doesn’t seem bad either?
Not only are the houses here built very exquisitely, and not just as safe as the outer city area, but more importantly: the City of Fire is different from their hometown oasis. The vast majority of the residents in the outer city area are nobles or descendants of nobles, so it is not shameful to live here.
He didn't get sucked in by paying a high price for a house.
"But it's still too expensive. How can the housing prices in the Burning Fire City be so high? It's much higher than that of the Guyue Dynasty!"
"There are too many people. Someone bought a house a few years ago, and the price has increased by hundreds of times now. They made a lot of money!"
"Indeed, we are willing to pay a large amount of money to move to the Burning Fire City to settle down. It is not only safe, but also has the best training environment. If we perform well, we may even have the opportunity to enter the Xinhuo and reach the pinnacle of life."
"In fact, we can also choose to settle in other oases under the jurisdiction of Xinhuo. The housing prices and consumption levels there are much lower than those in the Burning City."
Someone said weakly.
They also inquired about the news in advance, but after some hesitation, they chose the Burning City.
That’s it, just be safe!
The oases of the Xinhuo Organization are all located in different places, not in the same region. These oases are indeed guarded by strong men, but are they as safe as the Burning Fire City? Obviously not!
The City of Burning Fire is located in the Falling Star Realm. It is located on the outskirts of the Ghost Realm and is guarded by the Pillar of the Fire.
This is the safest place for humans. Those who have the conditions will choose the Burning City with gritted teeth. They pay a huge amount of strange crystals to settle here.
In fact, Xinhuo also rescued many ordinary people in the small oasis, but the rescue team sent these people to the Blue Star, sent them to the newly born continent, and worked hard to build the city on their own.
The real estate projects developed in several oases under the jurisdiction of Xinhuo, such as the Burning City, are intended to attract wealthy outsiders to settle here and reap batches of wealth from all over the strange world.
These people were very wealthy, and taking their wealth would be considered a contribution to fighting the disaster. Besides, how could it be called taking away something when one was willing to fight and the other was willing to be beaten?
Those who came to the Burning City for refuge were not only the wealthy humans, but also some non-humans .
The Elemental Spirit Court's Illusionary Spirit lineage had run a number of businesses in the Burning Fire City, and had assigned several young members of their family to run them. Now, these young phantom spirits who lived in the Burning Fire City all worshipped Xiao Huan as their big sister.
There were also several royal families from the Siren Empire and the Ten Thousand Beast Territory who came here to set up businesses. For them , making money was secondary, and the main purpose was to connect with the human race.
Some descendants of gods have lived in the Burning City for a long time, treating it as their home.
Ms. Wanshe was one of them. In other words, she was the first descendant of the gods to buy a lot of real estate in the Burning City.
She owns a large manor here, with a team of hundreds of servants, some of whom she brought from the Ten Thousand Snakes Oasis, and some of whom are professionals she hired in the Burning City.
"Life in this City of Fire is really great! Humans' creativity in enjoying life is really amazing... No, it's mainly the fire that's amazing."
"All those years I've lived have been wasted!"
The entire Falling Star Region is now very peaceful. Whenever there is a seven-star or higher evil spirit, there will be strong people competing to hunt it down. Even if Ms. Wanshe stays in her own oasis, she will not encounter any trouble.
But she wants to enjoy it!
She founded Oasis in order to train some maids that suit her taste, and she immigrated directly to the Burning City in order to live a better life.
that is……
"This fire has a lot of profiteers!"
"My savings over the years can't sustain this kind of life for many more years."
In just a dozen years or so? She would be reduced to a pauper.
Ms. Wanshe is indeed not rich. She does not have a powerful oasis under her command, and her own expenses are extremely huge. Over the years, she has not saved much wealth.
Most importantly, she spent money lavishly in the Burning City.
Many people here are not clear about the true identity of Ms. Wan Snake, but they know that this Ms. Snake is a wealthy woman and one of the famous local tycoons in the Burning City.
In fact, with Ms. Wanshe's knowledge and strength, and her ability to make money as a demigod, it is not difficult for her to maintain the highest level of enjoyment... No matter how expensive these luxury projects are, they are far less expensive than those cultivation projects.
However, all Ms. Wanshe wants is to lie down and enjoy life, so why let her work to earn money? It would be better to kill her.
"Never mind, let's take it one step at a time."
"Isn't the great catastrophe of the Ghost Realm coming soon? Not to mention a dozen years, in a few years there may not be a place called Burning Fire City, and the entire Ghost Realm will be destroyed."
"Think about it from another angle. Spending more money to enjoy life now is the thing you will least regret. Otherwise, when the catastrophe comes and the universe is destroyed, you still have money left to spend. Wouldn't that be a huge loss?"
In order to avoid losing money, you have to spend more.
…
Ms. Wanshe and other wealthy local tycoons have indeed provided a lot of funds for Xinhuo's development.
The descendants of gods, ancient families, etc., have accumulated too much wealth over the long years.
Today, a large part of Xinhuo’s income comes from this.
Managing an oasis is not only about building a safe home, but also about creating a cash cow.
Xinhuo uses these wealth to continuously cultivate strong people one after another.
These strong people created more resources, forming a virtuous circle. At the same time, among the group of strong people, one after another, quasi-top strong people and top strong people were born.
"If I have this treasure of the Light Pavilion, the disaster can be delayed by a few years, and my overall strength can be greatly improved."
"I am one of them."
"However, it is still too difficult to condense the root authority."
It is not difficult to comprehend.
He is now majoring in the root of thunder and the root of time. His attainments in the two root laws are not low, and his speed in condensing the root authority is also not slow.
It is not much slower than before in condensing the power of destruction and circulating the power.
However,
"My Thunder Origin Authority has just broken through 1%, and my Time Origin Authority is still a long way from 1%."
[Power of Thunder: 1.00001%]
[Time Authority: 0.87223%]
He has been practicing in the Secret Realm of Time for many years, but still only possesses "this little bit" of power.
The reason is: the root authority is very huge.
The smallest unit of ordinary authority before was only 0.01%, which means that if he made any progress, his authority would increase by at least 0.01%. But what about root authority? With the same progress, he could only increase his root authority by 0.00001%.
It’s not that he is progressing too slowly, but that the “experience bar” of the root authority is too long.
Fang You also knew this, but he still felt a little anxious. If this continued, when would he be able to take control of the complete root authority and step into the top of the mysterious system?
Only by practicing to the highest level will one be qualified to face the evil god directly, right?
Fang You believes that the power of the evil god is beyond the norm and transcends the mysterious system.
Because the birth of the mysterious system is related to the evil god.
"Breathe~"
"calm!"
"There's no point in being anxious."
He suppressed his anxiety, and his eyes gradually became as calm as an ice pond that had been there for thousands of years.
He sat in the training ground, and a brilliant fragment about the size of a thumb, containing the supreme rules of time, appeared in front of him.
He stretched out his hand and gently raised it, as if stirring the surface of a lake, and ripples gradually appeared before his eyes.
Ripples of time.
Fang You's face became solemn, and a grand voice that sounded like the laws of heaven and earth echoed in the secret-like training ground.
"Time, go back!"
There seemed to be a slight sound of rippling water between heaven and earth. The ripples in front of my eyes became more and more violent, and the time in the range was going backwards frame by frame.
The pace of regression is getting faster and faster.
The ripples became more rapid and the sound of waves became more obvious.
It resounds between heaven and earth, and within the soul.
An invisible and indescribable force, which seemed to crush the entire soul and corrupt the entire body of God, quietly descended.
Fang You's hair was visibly turning white.
The next moment, the power of the Time Pavilion's treasure also quietly emerged.
The realm of time spreads!
Within the domain, the power of time belongs to him, and is not affected by the long river of time! This is the second main ability of the Time Pavilion.
He fiddled with the power of time and stared at time.
It's like staring into the abyss.
Time is a taboo! It is difficult to get started, difficult to use, and the cost is high.
However, as the one in charge of the Time Pavilion, he has the qualifications to look directly at time.
Gradually, Fang You looked up and saw the very vague and omnipresent river of time. It represented the highest rules, history, and the future.
He once drifted in the long river of time.
At this time, with his own strength, he was able to glimpse the existence of the long river of time. He walked forward, gradually approaching the long river of time under pressure.
He could see neither the beginning nor the end of this endless river.
But he could see the reflection of time closest to him.
The silhouette of history appears before our eyes.
More than a decade ago, the Burning Oasis was just opened.
Decades ago, the Falling Star Region was very peaceful.
Several hundred years ago, the City of Falling Stars was promoted to a level seven oasis.
Fang You even had an urge - the urge to fish something out from the reflection of time.
He knew he had the ability to salvage something.
It's intuition.
But he also knew that he could not afford the cost of salvaging.
This is also intuition.
He just stood there, gazing at the long river of time, and comprehending the profound power within it. Until, the palpitations in his heart became more and more severe, Fang You stopped fiddling with time, and he gradually drifted away and returned to reality.
…
"Moonlight, light, time..."
On the top of Yuehua Mountain, in an ordinary but slightly luxurious mansion, the Moon Lord sat elegantly.
This place has changed a lot, the house is like a world of its own.
She sat alone on the top of the mountain with a cold figure, gazing at the bright moon in the distance.
She was also a little hesitant and confused.
Leaving the strange world and heading out of the universe, they will face many uncertainties . She cannot be sure whether there is a survivable environment like the strange world outside. She also does not know whether there are any dangers in the "nothing" environment and whether they can cope with it.
"If one can control the complete root authority, or even the higher authority such as time and space, would one be qualified to fight against the evil god?"
She doesn't know.
She merely holds a certain degree of authority over the source of light.
She, the Great Sun God, the Lord of Stars, and the Lord of Billions of Lights are the four most powerful beings in the path of light.
All added together, the share of power held would not exceed 20%.
What's more, billions of Lords of Glory have fallen before and may not have recovered yet.
She does have room for improvement.
If she had thousands or tens of thousands of years left to try, she might continue to try, but...
"There are only a few years left before the evil god fully awakens."
“What can be done in a few years?”
Nothing can be done.
She has tried it.
She, Great Sun God, and Lord of Stars, the three of them are already the top existences in the entire Ghost World. Moon Lord is very sure of this. Indeed, there are some great beings who are not inferior to her, but even if all these ancient beings are connected, nothing can be changed.
She knows it herself.
The other Ancients knew it too.
In front of the evil god, they...are not qualified to be called "gods".
"In such a short period of time, it is impossible for the power of authority to become stronger, but we still have to hurry up and recover our strength."
"It will be even more difficult to recover after leaving the strange world."
The Moon Lord thought.
An authority smaller than the fingernail appeared at the fingertips.
The authority of time!
She doesn't have a large share in the world of time, but she is already one of the few supreme beings in the entire world of ghosts who understands time best.
She accelerated time, using the power of time to slowly recover from her injuries and slowly eliminate the influence of the evil god.
In her spare time, she also set her sights on the City of Fire.
The people and things that carry the torch are worth her more observation.
After all, I'm just sitting around doing nothing.
The Moon Lord looked down with a look of surprise.
