Chapter 365: Chapter 347: Collapse Countdown, 25 Minutes

Besides, there was a layer of deep blue color overlapping in her domain.

That was Jiang Wencha and his Contracted Beast King.

At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged beside a space rift, the wave-shaped patterns on his forehead shimmering, the sound of rushing waves continuous, surrounded by a ever-changing Essence Class Beast King.

Although he and the Wave Spirit had not unfolded the domain, with him as the center, the Wave Spirit had already divided itself, transforming into dozens of crystal-clear small shuttles hovering beside each True Man, faintly connecting with their Spiritual Power.

The Spiritual Power of each True Man, under the influence of this Mystical Technique, flowed like rivers and streams, sharing power with Zhao Qin’s domain and Jiang Wencha.

——It is well known that the Jiang Family’s most core Mystical Technique is Wave Unceasing.

Based on this foundation, there are various advanced Mystical Techniques with different effects in the Jiang family heritage.

The one before them, named Hundred Boats Racing.

Water is formless, encompassing all things, and naturally has a turbulent side.

In ancient times, there were often examples of boatmen transporting goods quickly downstream, taking advantage of the river’s flow direction.

Though it’s not entirely suitable as a metaphor, the effect displayed by this Mystical Technique resembles this, using the power of Water Attribute Ether to accelerate thought.

After all, although with the help of Qiu Zhenjie, the Six-Star Peak True Master from Great Dream Sect can probe the interior of the Inheritance Secret Realm with Mystical Techniques without touching any red lines, then transmit information and even images to others with Spiritual Power, it’s still not enough.

There is a time difference of hundreds of times inside and outside the Secret Realm.

At such speed, the reactions and thinking abilities of a Six-Star True Man might suffice for ordinary situations, but if it’s to understand everything inside the Secret Realm, it’s indeed a bit inadequate, making it difficult to digest.

However, if Hundred Boats Racing is used to extremely accelerate thinking and understanding abilities, it allows everyone present to understand the happenings inside in real-time.

But this isn’t achieved all at once, the consumption is also substantial, and the three True Men are still working hard together.

And the remaining True Men can’t just wait idly.

They actively shared some Spiritual Power consumption in the connection while discussing.

A True Man solemnly spoke: “The existence within the Secret Realm… though only retaining a Soul Body and the limit of Tier Three, still exudes an ancient aura, not to be underestimated.”

Bai Wu frowned: “Is it possible that the existence that left the Secret Realm is still alive? Isn’t it said that regardless of divination or observing causality and will, they all indicate it’s completely dead?”

“Strange, logically it’s indeed dead… whether it’s the results of initial probes by several True Men or subsequent probes, only this seems to have no doubt…”

A True Man from Danhai City muttered: “Even if it’s a Secret Realm Master, to use such weak power to deceive us about its life and death, even the Celestial Secret Bureau… it doesn’t add up.”

“Damn it, ignore all this!”

One of the True Men who shared Zhao Qin’s perception looked quite grim, as if he had swallowed several flies, obviously sensing something: “The Secret Realm’s acceleration rate is too high; even if the external Ether supply is sufficient, the Secret Realm itself cannot withstand such an overload and is gradually collapsing.”

“I fear it’ll completely disintegrate within twenty-five minutes external time!”

“Twenty-five minutes…”

Everyone’s heart sank slightly.

The True Men eager to save people couldn’t help but speak: “So what should be done now?”

“We should all strike together and forcibly rescue people before the Secret Realm collapses, is it feasible?”

“…No.”

Zhao Qin transmitted her voice.

Her achievements in Spirit Rune Array Discipline weren’t significant, just at the basic level of a True Man, but the True Men from the Great Dream Sect are very sensitive to all distinctions between illusion and reality.

“I’m currently reading the information inside.”

“This nested Secret Realm is the core of the entire Celestial Ladder Mountain Secret Realm, but there’s almost no material entity, it’s nearly illusory.”

“It is an Illusion Realm.”

“And the mechanism of this Illusion Realm actually uses the Secret Realm’s origin as its core, constructing phenomena through numerous complex woven Array Patterns rather than entities.”

This is not hard to understand.

Other things felt by ordinary sensory experiences, rather than being objects, are phenomena that occur due to interaction with those objects.

When feeling the warmth from a fire, it’s the high temperature from thermal radiation and the flow of hot air, watching TV is actually sensing light signals and air vibrations, getting a sense of satiety from eating is fundamentally the brain receiving electrical signals sent by nerves.

Even for ordinary Spirit Masters, it’s difficult to say whether what they observe is the essence.

In other words, as long as the physical phenomena and mental feedback from those interactions are simulated, it equates to a perfect, flawless world.

But this is easier said than done, akin to moving an elephant into a refrigerator, making actual operation incredibly difficult.

If one must metaphorize, the grand array before them is undoubtedly an extremely advanced “algorithm”, capable of dreadful things without requiring very high hardware resources.

Even though Zhao Qin extended her True Intent and is sensing the internal situation, the grand array is too complex, merely “transcoding” requires some time, so the situation cannot be immediately conveyed.

“I suspect the entire Inheritance Secret Realm’s array is based on some powerful Divine Object, otherwise the Tier Three Limited Secret Realm wouldn’t exhibit such transcendent performance.”

Zhao Qin’s tone was somewhat heavy: “The Secret Realm Master who controls the entire array has permissions so vast, it’s outrageous, not comparable to ordinary Secret Realm Masters.”

“One could even say that here he possesses divine creation abilities, able to add or delete anything at will, turning seas into mulberry fields and managing life and death with a single thought.”

Secret Realm Masters certainly vary in proficiency, not all starting from the same baseline.

The most low-tier Secret Realm Masters become the Celestial Intent Incarnation after linking with the Secret Realm’s origin, with self and will assimilated, all actions and intentions serving the ecological rules within the Secret Realm, unable to break free by their own power.

But the top-tier Secret Realm Masters can completely suppress the Secret Realm’s instincts, making their consciousness the ruler, even exploiting every ounce of the Secret Realm’s power—including forcing its self-destruction.

And the Secret Realm Master perceived now is evidently the latter.

“Even if we can see through, this Control Power is almost flawless, coupled with the incredibly fast internal time, even if we thirty-four True Men strike together with thunderous means, when reflected internally it would slow down hundreds of times; this Secret Realm Master could easily cause the Secret Realm to collapse instantly.”

“Perhaps this is the situation Master Zhang deduced that rescue is impossible.”

“Then what should be done?! Can we cut off the source where it draws external Ether to decrease speed?”

Someone countered: “No, in that case the energy inside would be rapidly exhausted, only disintegrating faster!”

Someone else contemplated: “I think the Secret Realm Master’s intent wasn’t necessarily for their lives.”

Puxiang True Man frowned: “Whatever its purpose is, the Secret Realm’s permissions are in its hands. If it refuses to release people, we’re only passive.”

“How should we counteract it?”

To metaphorize more vividly, the Secret Realm now is like a crystal ball, the True Man holds the crystal ball, while the talented participants in the trial are the objects within the crystal ball.

In front of the True Man, the crystal ball is delicate beyond measure, but it can be dismantled, and it’s not impossible to rescue those inside while breaking the crystal ball.

But the key is…

At this moment, the True Men clearly sense from the information Zhao Qin transmitted that there is still a “bomb” within the crystal ball.

That Secret Realm Master, who holds the Secret Realm’s permissions and has sealed off the Secret Realm’s entrance and exit, can easily detect their actions and flip the table, making the already slow-collapse Secret Realm disintegrate within the shortest span.

The chaotic void stream cannot only be faced by Three-Star Spirit Masters.

They only have an outcome of being completely shattered.

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