Arcane brilliance, shining forever

Chapter 396 Entering the Secret Realm
Stanley's brightness and color difference between day and night is very small, coupled with the existence of the long river of energy, it is difficult for newcomers who are not familiar with this place to distinguish them, which makes it very popular in this world to set clocks everywhere in the city.

This is especially true for a giant tourist city like Pelt.

However, the higher commercial floors will hang unique clocks and clocks next to their billboards, so that people can remember the advertisement while confirming the time, which is a very useful means of publicity.

Pigo looked up at the time, it was seven o'clock in the morning.

"My lord, the secret realm in Pilt City is under the direct jurisdiction of the empire, and it is managed by an arcanist specially stationed 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 entry time, you need to enter from the Twin Towers in the center of the city, and eight o'clock in the evening is the time to leave the secret realm, you need to go to the fixed anchor point in the secret realm to gather in advance, so as to carry out unified transmission .”

"Whether you go in in the morning or leave at night, once you miss the fixed time, you have to wait for the next day's teleportation. Generally speaking, the arcanists stationed by the empire will not open the secret realm teleportation for someone alone, unless that person is Master Arcanist with special authority!"

"Master Lando, if you want to enter the secret realm today, I will send someone to line up for you right now, and you only need to go there when it is almost ten o'clock."

Ran Duo wondered: "Is there still a queue to enter the secret realm?"

Pigo explained: "Yes, my lord, occasionally there will be a lot of people who want to go to the secret realm, you should understand that the teleportation circle in the secret realm also has a load limit, and we can solve this trouble for you, so that you can There is no need to wait there in advance. Of course, if you reveal your identity, everything will be solved."

Lando nodded. Although it only saved a few hours, it has to be said that this is a good service item.

Seeing Lando's confirmation, Pigo got the proof of agent queue from the former, and immediately arranged manpower to prepare.

In fact, this kind of project of queuing up as a nominal agent was not prepared for guides like them at the beginning. You must know the status of legendary arcanists and grand arcanists. Even if some of them like to walk alone, there must be more who are used to it. The troublesome little things are left to the subordinates to do.

It was in this situation that the Nominal Agent Queue was born, and the Pilt City guides simply took advantage of it.

After finishing the arrangement, Pigeon hesitated for a while and then said: "Master Lando, we actually have more information about 'Abandonment is the long river of time' here, I wonder if you are interested."

"Oh?" Lando said noncommittally, "Tell me."

Pigo immediately responded respectfully: "You should also understand that there are some backgrounds behind all of us, either 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 price. In fact, similar basic information is released by various forces. The difference is not big."

Lando nodded slightly, not too surprised by this.

Pigo continued: "The other is naturally 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 materials can only be used by you and cannot be shared with others. The second is a transaction contract. You only need to trade 50% of what you harvested in the secret realm to the forces behind me. That's it."

"Of course, this transaction will definitely not let you suffer. We will pay you according to 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 buy them at a premium. Please Don't worry, everything is negotiable."

It turns out that everything is driven by those big forces who are eager to get more time materials, and it is mutually beneficial on the whole.

Lando nodded thoughtfully, and said calmly, "Give me a copy of the basic information."

Lando is naturally interested in the so-called secret information, but he will not sign two contracts specifically for this.

Disappointment flashed across Pigo's eyes, but he immediately responded respectfully: "Follow your will, Lord Lando."

Pigo didn't dare to show any other thoughts. Although he didn't recognize it at the beginning, after a day, someone reminded him of who it was in front of him...

Now the highest consul of the Arcane Empire, the rotating speaker of the Arcane Council... Lando!
Although I don't understand why this lord came to Pilt City to explore the secret realm at this time, but in the face of such an existence that is far beyond his reach in terms of identity and strength, Pigo must of course be more cautious and dare not presume in the slightest .

Soon the pointer of the time came to half past nine, and Lando was led by Pigo to the Twin Towers in the city center of Pilt.

This is a building composed of two magic towers with some gaps in the middle. In the middle of the two magic towers is a teleportation circle leading to the secret realm of the 'Abandoned River of Time'.

Naturally, the protection and energy source of the fixed teleportation circle in the secret realm are all provided by these two magic towers.

When Lando came here, a legendary arcanist who had been waiting outside had his eyes lit up, and immediately walked towards him quickly.

When he got close, the legendary arcanist immediately saluted and said, "Dear Sir Lando, I didn't expect you to come at this time. If you let me know in advance, our Twin Towers will arrange everything for you in advance. of."

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, my lord, Ulysses Katona, is the acting person in charge of the Twin Towers, Mr. Gekai Jisi, the Arcanist, is currently busy with a certain research, and I need to send that Did your lord find it?"

Lando smiled and shook his head, "No, I'm just here to explore the secret realm, and there's no need to make it so grand."

Under the warm invitation of Ulysses Katona, Lando still came to the front of the team.

At this time, all the people waiting in line to enter the 'Abandoned River of Time' secret realm were legendary arcanists. After learning of Lando's identity, they were not dissatisfied, and looked at the latter with respectful eyes.

Arcanists have a high status in the Arcane Empire, and Grand Arcanists are basically the apex of the profession of Arcanists, so they will naturally be sought after no matter where they go.

Ulysses Katona respectfully handed a crystal ball the size of a dragon's eye to Lando, and there was something in the shape of a pointer in the crystal ball.

Ulysses Katona explained: "This is the anchor pointer. If Master Lando wants to come out after entering the secret realm, he only needs to follow the guidance of the pointer to point to a fixed anchor point. In addition, it can also serve as a To detect the role of time turbulence, if Master Lando encounters large-scale time turbulence, please think carefully about whether you need to avoid it in advance to avoid serious time turmoil."

Lando nodded, according to the basic information Lando got about the secret realm of the 'Abandoned River of Time', after teleporting from here, they usually enter the shallow River of Time randomly, where the change of time power is relatively stable, and the anchor point of the teleportation It is also built in this area.

The entire Time River Secret Realm is divided into three parts: the shallow layer, the middle layer, and the deep layer. [Sands of Time] Not bad.

Of course, the shallow layer is also the safest area in the 'Abandoned River of Time' secret realm.

From the middle level, there will be time turbulences of different scales. These time turbulences are somewhat dangerous to legendary arcanists, but almost no threat to grand arcanists, and generally contain richer resources .

The only thing to worry about is that there will be time disorder in the turbulence of time. Maybe you go in for a few days, and months or even longer have passed outside. The time disorder caused is more serious.

So although time turbulence is not very dangerous to the Grand Arcanist and has abundant resources, Ulysses Katona still reminded Lando.

As for the deeper and deeper areas, it is basically the core confidential information held by the major forces, which belongs to the kind that will not be given to you even if you sign a contract.

Coupled with the time-flow characteristics of the "Abandoned River of Time" secret territory itself, maybe the information you just found out on the front foot will no longer be applicable to the back foot because of time chaos for hundreds of years.

Moreover, the deep area is quite dangerous even for great arcanists, not to mention the large-scale turbulence of time, afterimages of time, seamless corridors, reincarnation of time and space...

Each of these is enough to make the great arcanists 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-like life Exile keeps you in the time gap for hundreds of thousands of years, and you really have no reason to go.

When the huge image clock above the twin towers reached ten o'clock, a huge arcane energy spread down the two magic towers, activating the secret realm 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 in the portal, Ulysses Katona got up and directed the staff of the Twin Towers to guide the other legendary arcanists who were about to enter the secret realm.

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"Ugh?!~"

At the moment when the transmission of brilliance ended, Lando felt a subtle sense of suffocation.

This feeling comes and goes quickly, just like the sudden choking of water in the mortal period, this feeling comes from the double discomfort in the heart and body.

The power of the spiritual path naturally circulated around Lando, and the slight discomfort soon passed, and Lando was also in the mood to look at the surrounding environment.

Now Lando seems to be in the void, but also in the deep sea. The soil under his feet is a kind of gray soil. This soil has magical power in the "abandoned river of time", which 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, strands of blue, purple, or golden energy lines are floating in one direction, and their speed is neither fast nor slow.

Gently stretching out his hand, these energy lines passed through his hand without hindrance, like a illusory phantom, and Lando did not feel any traces of energy on it, they were like a natural phenomenon in this secret realm.

Under the condition that the spiritual path is constant, Lando can obviously feel that the time around him seems to be a little bit out of order, both accelerating and decelerating, and disorderly.

But if the scale is extended, then as long as Lando stands still, even if there is no power to stabilize himself, maybe the affected time will eventually reach a certain balance, which is equivalent to no influence?
Lando also found it interesting after reaching the above conclusion through simple calculations.

Maybe it's also somehow... energy conservation?
Take out the crystal ball, the pointer in it now points to the right rear of Lando, which should be the anchor point established by the empire in the secret realm, of course Lando will not go there now, he puts a small part of his mind on the crystal ball In this way, the time turbulence coming nearby can be monitored at any time.

Putting away the anchor pointer crystal ball, Lando didn't stop, and started to walk forward.

It is actually very simple to determine your own direction in the secret realm of "Abandoned River of Time". Those energy lines that seem to be natural phenomena are always moving in one direction, and 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 disadvantage, that is, once the time turbulence is encountered, not only the action of the energy line will be disturbed, but the anchor pointer will also be confused because of this, and the two will not recover until the time turbulence passes .

For grand arcanists, they can also confirm their own direction by feeling the depth of time disorder in the outside world. Although this method will also be disturbed by time chaos, it is much better than the previous method of completely losing their sense of direction. .

Lando looked in the direction in which the energy line was moving. It was said that if he kept walking in this direction, he would eventually return to the original point.

But if you go backwards, you will never be able to return to the original point, even if you don’t feel any resistance, but the pressure from time and space will increase geometrically as you go backwards and the distance and time increase, making it impossible for you to reach Achievement for traveling around in reverse.

The entire Time River Secret Realm is like a circular lake that is constantly rotating. If you go downstream, you will get twice the result with half the effort.

(End of this chapter)