Chapter 173 Time is an Illusion of Perception
Old Xu’s eyelids jumped at the looks of Ji Xun and the others.
Obviously the old man has not realized that he is not affected by the strange time realm on the train at all.
But the hunter just now was wiped out in front of his eyes, and he didn't want to take the chance.
This guy's shrewd little eyes were full of vigilance, and he said evasively: "Hey, hey, hey, Ji Xun, boy, I'm telling you, don't make any plans for me. My old bones can't stand it. Start making trouble.”
Ji Xun chuckled and shook his head. He had long been accustomed to the old man's rhetoric and interrupted: "Senior, you don't need to take any risks. The conductor will be here in a while. Please help us ask how to get off the train. Okay."
His tone was calm.
It was as if the white hairs sprouting out one after another on his head did not make him feel the urgency of his fleeting life at all.
But in order to make Mr. Xu feel the urgency of time, he also added: "Of course, before that, if we are not dead yet."
Katrina on the side heard With this, I completely understood something.
In areas with rule-based disasters, you usually need to break the corresponding rules to leave.
But in the field formed by high-level laws such as the "Law of Time", few people currently have any ideas to crack it.
But fortunately, there is a special being in their team.
Old man Xu seems not to be affected by the time realm. He can also talk directly to the conductor.
There is actually a clever solution here to break the situation.
As Ji Xun said, Old Man Xu could get the answer directly from the conductor on how to get off the train.
Thinking of this, Catalina also secretly sighed that her "fate" was good, and she met this senior colleague.
Otherwise, you might be trapped here to death.
But the plan is wonderful.
If a certain old man doesn't lose his temper, it is most likely feasible.
But.
When Old Man Xu heard this, his eyes turned again and again, as if he was weighing the risks, but as if he thought of something, his face turned into worry.
Che Er reminded: "Grandpa?"
Old man Xu didn't hide it, with a grimace, and said truthfully: "It's okay to ask. But how should I ask? It I can’t say that either.”
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As soon as these words came out, it was like pressing the pause button.
The expressions of the three people sitting together were frozen on the spot.
But a moment later, Ji Xun chuckled to himself.
I almost forgot, this old man would not be able to remember those skills if he had not encountered a certain death situation.
He had unconsciously understood the Tarungu language before, but now he could not speak it.
Old man Xu himself seemed to feel that he couldn't help. He was a little embarrassed and looked at Ji Xun with a questioning look: What should we do now?
An almost guaranteed life-saving plan was rejected, but Ji Xun did not show much disappointment.
After all, we haven’t reached the point of death yet, so we can figure out how to use this method later.
On the contrary, he smiled easily: "Well, it won't happen. I originally thought that something was missing if we got off the car like this."
Hearing this, Carter Lina frowned slightly, becoming more and more confused.
Can this guy still laugh now?
However, she thought about it and said to herself: "What are the shortcomings?"
Ji Xundao: "I have been thinking about a question, that is, the existence of this [Netherworld Train] Meaning."
Thinking of something, he said directly: "It is a ferry that takes people to Xia Mu City. It is neutral in itself, but it also has the invisible time domain of killing, so the meaning of its existence. It looks more like a screening process to select some qualified people to reach the destination.”
Catalina nodded and felt it made sense.
But what does this have to do with their current situation?
What Ji Xun saw was not the predicament on the car, but the place called Xia Mucheng, and he said: "So I think if we can't crack the realm on the car, even if we reach the end, We will also encounter some more difficult problems. Although this secret realm is not an extradimensional space, it seems to have been deliberately left by some powerful people in ancient times."
If it is just a seal, it will be good to create some fatal traps. .
Now that we have created this ghost car that is not destined to die, but is very special.
Then there must be other deep meanings.
It’s just that he hasn’t figured it out yet.
Katrina asked with some anticipation: "Do you have an idea?"
Ji Xun shook his head and said calmly: "No."
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Catalina rolled her eyes at him.
No?
How can you still laugh?
Just when she looked at the past moment, she realized that she had never seen any panic and despair in a desperate situation on Ji Xun's face.
This gave her a very strange feeling: Isn’t this guy afraid?
Ji Xun understood her complaining look, and joked: "Do you ever feel that time is more precious just because you are about to die? Your thoughts are clearer now?"
"I don't think so."
Katrina can't understand the joy of dancing on the death scythe.
She showed a speechless expression and fell into deep thought again.
The current situation seems to be a dead end.
In fact, there is a plan B, which is to ask Old Man Xu to go to other carriages to check the situation.
Others will die, but this guy most likely won’t.
But Ji Xun knew that Old Man Xu would definitely not be willing, so he did not speak.
Or maybe the time has not come yet to speak.
Katrina also thought of this, but she knew that she was even less qualified to speak.
The four of them just stared at each other.
If the BUG is stuck, you can only think of normal ways to solve it.
They have to find a way to find out the decryption breakthrough in the time domain.
Che Er reminded: "I feel like time is flowing faster."
Ji Xun was even more direct, crossing his legs and starting to meditate.
Facts have proved that in this field, you have to be like a tortoise, the less you move, the longer you live.
After all, there are negative examples right in front of us.
While a few people were chatting, the few hunters not far away who were frantically looking for a way to get off the car were already very old.
Outside the train, water waves washed over the train.
This feeling of approaching death can drive people crazy.
Finally, unable to bear it any longer, someone tried to go to another carriage.
However, the result is exactly the same.
The man went out from the front and came back from the back.
Then it rapidly aged, and the body turned into dust and disappeared.
Seeing that there was no hope of survival, the few remaining survivors started shooting everywhere to vent their anger, causing hysterical destruction in all kinds of ways, trying to find a solution to the situation by trying their luck.
Their violent actions also increased the rate of death.
Not long after, among the other five hunters alive, two hunters who were originally sallow and thin and looked like they would not live long, also ran out of life and died suddenly and turned into powder.
The situation of Ji Xun and the four others is not good either.
Ji Xun's hair was almost completely white, and he looked like he was going to die suddenly at any moment.
But his expression remained unchanged, as if there was a strong will.
It looked like he was going to die, but he couldn't die.
Katrina next to her even felt that this guy didn't seem to have the fear of a normal person.
How can anyone else understand what Ji Xun is thinking at this moment.
If I hadn’t come to this extraordinary world, I wouldn’t have encountered such a wonderful experience in my previous life.
And if you don’t break the situation, you will die.
The more clearly I feel that death is approaching step by step, the clearer the feeling of multiple thoughts in my head erupting like a volcano.
A bright smile overflowed on Ji Xun's face.
Looking at Ji Xun’s more and more white hair, Che Er couldn’t hide his worry in his eyes.
He will not lose his memory.
Che Er was raised by Old Man Xu since he was a child, and he even knew his strength better than Old Man Xu himself.
Although he can't be said to be very strong
but he can always save the day in some critical moments.
He knows that his grandfather is very powerful.
He finally couldn't hold it back and asked: "Grandpa, have you thought of any way to get out of here?"
Among the four of them, Ji Xun's three have undergone tremendous changes in their physical appearance. change.
But only old man Xu still had the same sallow old face.
At this moment, everyone was sure that this old man had really not been corroded by the time realm at all.
At this rate, three of the four of them will most likely die here one after another.
Only this old man can get out alive.
Ji Xun didn't feel anything was wrong. Instead, he seemed to agree with what Catalina said: Anyone who has been contaminated by this old man's big cause and effect will die if he doesn't have great luck.
He hadn't died before, it seemed like the time hadn't come yet.
Now, here we are.
The closer he was to death, the clearer the thoughts in Ji Xun's mind.
That persistent thought made him want to solve the puzzle. This was also the biggest support for his will to hang on to his life and not die suddenly.
And there is no longer any thought of BUG.
The spiritual light burst out like a tide.
But.
After all, something seems to be missing.
“No”
Old man Xu himself was a little anxious.
It wasn't that he had any bad intentions, but he just remembered that he was just an ordinary hunter.
Now that the man is really dying, the old man feels a little guilty.
I seem to be thinking of something, but I can’t say it.
He turned to look at Che Er, who had transformed from a boy into a young man, and muttered: "It's really a strange feeling. You have grown so big in a blink of an eye. It's like my old eyesight is dim, and I appear. It’s like an hallucination.”
Che Er frowned as he listened. He just wanted to break the situation as soon as possible.
Katerina didn't care either.
However, as soon as these words came out, a beam of light repeatedly pierced the oppressive dark clouds.
Ji Xun suddenly opened his eyes and said in surprise: "Time is a cognitive illusion!"
In the moment of meditation just now, he had a lot of thoughts and deduced countless plans. .
But none of them seemed feasible. At this moment, his mind was like a balloon that was about to burst.
And Old Man Xu's words were like the needle that popped the balloon.
Ji Xunben’s devil’s mark “Comprehension +10” entry, as well as the blessing of great enlightenment when death is imminent, made him enlightened in an instant!
The clouds clear and the sun appears!
Hearing Ji Xun's soft drink, Catalina and the other three also cast doubtful and expectant glances.
Ji Xun's eyes were bright and he said excitedly: "If you want to crack the rules in this disaster field, you have to understand the nature of this 'time field'."
Hearing these words, the three people sitting at the table all looked startled, not knowing how serious they were.
And Catalina listened and asked expectantly: "Do you understand the rules of breaking this disaster space?"
Ji Xun nodded and said bluntly: "Yes! This is Time on the train is a cognitive illusion! As long as you realize this, you will no longer be affected by this disaster field."
Che Erben is very sensitive to time, he heard. These words showed a thoughtful expression.
Katrina’s eyes were full of doubts.
Ji Xun organized the words in his mind and tried his best to describe what he felt.
“The time we feel is not real time!”
He said: “It’s like a story in a book. Even if no one opens the book, the story is It was originally in the book. This was the story line in the book, and it was originally a length of time in a specific dimension. However, when a hand opened it, the concept of another dimension of time appeared. The faster it goes, the faster the timeline in the book advances. Just like this ghost train, it speeds up, and the time we perceive also speeds up! The speed of reading the book becomes faster, and it feels like life is passing by quickly. This is actually a cognitive illusion! "
With this explanation, Che Er's crystal eyes became brighter and brighter, and he felt vaguely complete. Understood.
Katrina's crystal eyes also shone brightly, as if she had caught something.
Ji Xun continued: "If we cannot see through this illusion, when the train arrives at the station, it will be like turning to the last page of the 'book', and our story will end here. If death is the ending, then the story in the book The characters have already died on the last page! We will die too!"
After a pause, he continued: "But the fact is that when you turn to the first page again, the characters in the story are still the same. Exists! Therefore, the essence of time on the Netherworld Train is a cognitive illusion, not the real time itself! At least it is not the time in our reality!"
"I cannot accurately understand the real time in our world. 'The essence of it. But it can be confirmed that the time field we are currently on the Netherworld train is this kind of "low latitude time"! The accelerated flow of time is just an illusion of our perception, not the real passage of time. Dream, wake up from the dream, everything is an illusion."
"The way to break this disaster realm is to realize that time in the disaster realm is an illusion!"
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Just as Ji Xun finished speaking, a magical scene happened.
Katrina and the others watched as Ji Xun's originally full head of white hair turned visibly black. In just an instant, his appearance changed back to what he looked like when he first got in the car.
Even without looking, Ji Xun felt the changes in his body.
Because he clearly felt the subtle flow of time.
There is also a brand new attribute prompt on the panel: Time Law Affinity +18.
Seeing this magical scene, Catalina and the other two people already understood that Ji Xun had really broken through this strange realm of disaster.
Old man Xu still looked confused and didn't understand anything.
But this field is of no use to him. It doesn’t matter if he understands it or not.
The eyes of Che Er on the side gradually became blurred, and he was obviously deep in thought.
He was also thinking about what Ji Xun had just pointed out in his mind.
Just a few breaths later, the light in his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in surprise: "I understand too!"
In an instant, he realized that Che Er had grasped something.
Then a magical scene also appeared.
It was as if the book that had been turned away at an accelerated rate was turned back to the original page, and Che Er's appearance changed from a young man back to a heroic young man.
The method to break the rules was found,
The deadlock was solved in an instant.
The atmosphere that was so oppressive that it was difficult to breathe suddenly relaxed.
However, Catalina frowned even more as she watched.
Different people hear the same sentence and have different meanings due to their cognitive limitations.
Although she has a high level of understanding, she does not have a super affinity with the Law of Time, so her understanding of those words seems very slow.
Gradually, time passed faster and faster in the carriage,
She also showed some anxiety.
Having said all that needs to be said, Ji Xun knew that no one else could help her.
This dilemma also appeared on the other four hunters who were still alive.
The hunters, who were already so old and wrinkled, watched Ji Xun and the two recover the passing time. Even if they were so weak that they were trembling when they walked, they rushed over: "Help me"
Ji Xun didn't want to save these guys who shot at his head.
And it can’t be saved.
I didn’t kill him before, because I wanted to keep it to observe the effects of this disaster field.
It is worthless now.
Ji Xun shouted softly: "Get out!"
Those people were trembling with fright at the murderous intention.
Compared with dying immediately or waiting to die, they chose the latter.
After all, they also heard the method, and none of them dared to get close. They also took the time to meditate cross-legged and comprehend the previous words.
Now the three companions have broken the situation, and only myself is left.
Catalina wanted to be at peace.
But he couldn't calm down.
She clearly remembered every word Ji Xun said before in her mind.
It seems like I have captured something, as if I have some enlightenment.
But that realization was not enough for her to fully understand the concept of "time is an illusion of perception".
It was like a cloud floating in front of her eyes. She saw it clearly. She wanted to catch it in her hand, but there was only a cloud of mist.
Katrina clearly realizes that this is the key point in her "Hero Trial".
If you survive, you will have great luck.
If you can't survive it, you will die.
But understanding this kind of thing is something that can only be encountered.
As time went by, she felt more and more distant from that cloud.
Katrina clearly felt that the vitality of her body had reached its peak and then began to fail.
Are you going to die
Katrina is not afraid in her heart.
After all, by choosing the Hero Trial, she already had the awareness of death.
Just a little unwilling.
It seems that I have already encountered great luck, but I just can’t grasp it.
It’s because I don’t have enough destiny.
Katrina suddenly felt resigned to her fate.
I clearly felt that life was coming to an end. For a moment, it seemed that all my thoughts were open-minded.
Katarina had a lot of thoughts in her mind.
My short life seems to be quite exciting.
But thinking about those scenes where I have been competing for the first place since childhood, why do I feel a little ashamed.
Hahaha.
If I could do it again, keep a low profile and strive for first place again.
After thinking about it, something else popped up.
It has nothing to do with yourself.
That guy is really awesome. Why can he understand it?
Katrina had to admit that she really looked at Ji Xun differently.
Originally, she came here for the mysterious Senior Xu.
But gradually,
she found that Ji Xun, whom she met by chance, became more and more prominent.
Although I knew that I could become friends with Old Man Xu, it was probably due to some kind of luck.
But the more I came into contact with him, the more I felt that this guy was very unusual.
Oh, no wonder the [Golden Coin of Destiny] trembles.
It turns out that this guy is also the great luck I want to imbibe.
A certain idea suddenly dawned on me.
But it seems too late.
Katrina herself didn’t even feel that her heart was undergoing a violent transformation.
But something is obviously missing, and this transformation from cocoon to butterfly is about to come to an abrupt end.
She had made peace with death.
However, at this time, an unexpected opportunity came.
She suddenly felt a cold feeling in her palms, and a round object fell into her hands.
In an instant, that cool feeling went straight to my forehead.
Some dilemmas suddenly became clear.
"Boy Ji Xun, this friend of yours is not going to die, is he?"
"Oh, forget it, people are going to die, so I won't accept the money."
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Time flows faster and faster, and Catalina is also aging visibly to the naked eye.
She failed to understand the time trap of this disaster space and fell into a very mysterious state of deep meditation.
Can hear it.
But it seems that everything around me has nothing to do with me.
The three of Ji Xun looked at her.
Now all three of them have escaped death, except Catalina.
Ji Xun was very indifferent.
He and Catalina were not friends, just acquaintances.
It would be best if you don’t die.
Death is her own life.
No one else can help.
Old man Xu felt guilty, thinking that if he didn't take the little girl's money, she wouldn't come with him.
After all, he couldn't stand the torment in his heart. The money-hungry old man took out the gold coin from before, rubbed it with reluctance on his face a few times, and returned it to Catalina's hand.
However, this gold coin was contaminated by some cause and effect after passing through it. When it fell into Catalina's hand, it began to tremble slightly.
At that moment, it seemed as if some magical energy related to fate was fluctuating.
Ji Xun's pupils shrank slightly as he watched.
He didn't understand what was happening.
But he saw Catalina's originally aging face suddenly regain its luster and become plump and rosy.
"She also realized it?"
Ji Xun felt a little incredible.
But when he looked at the dimming luster on the [Golden Coin of Destiny], he suddenly understood something: "Did you win the bet on life?"
He suddenly understood something about this woman. What is the purpose of the Hero Trial?
What a big gamble.
In just a few breaths, Catalina returned to the gorgeous girl she was before getting in the car.
She opened her eyes and looked at the three people looking at her with joy.
As if he had been reborn, an extremely deep luster bloomed in those bright blue pupils.
Katerina held the gold coin in her hand, stood up and bowed respectfully: "Thank you, senior!"
Old man Xu was a little confused by her behavior, "What?"
Katrina didn't explain much.
Grandpa had already told me before he came, don’t talk nonsense, otherwise you won’t be able to bear the consequences.
She turned to look at Ji Xun again, with a sincere smile she had never seen before on her pretty face: "Thank you too."
Ji Xun chuckled lightly, his eyes leisurely.
It was no coincidence that he could figure out the mystery of that time before.
Old Xu’s luck is also contaminated!
The fact is just as Ji Xun guessed.
Before the Netherworld Train arrives at the station, time flows faster and faster.
The other pioneer hunters in the car turned into powder and disappeared completely before the car stopped.
Just like when they got into the car before, no trace was left behind.
Woooooo.
The train arrived at another platform.
The four of Ji Xun got off the train.
Finally, there is no end of the Styx in front of us.
There seemed to be many ancient buildings in the dark mountain shadows in the distance.
“Ah, we finally arrived at the station.”
“Yes. I didn’t expect to take a train and almost died on it.”
“It’s really amazing. Experience. But what is the situation in Xia Mu City?"
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After getting out of the car, Ji Xun also felt relieved.
Getting to the station alive is not easy at all.
He looked at the relic in his hand and showed doubts.
This is a metal snake forged from bronze.
Looking at the material, it looks a bit like the copper plate that was previously recorded to record the mysteries of the fifty-two magics.
That's why Ji Xun found it strange.
This was given to him by the conductor after they cracked the time trap in the catastrophic space.
He also said something in Talungu that I didn’t understand.
Ji Xun thought that this might be some key thing in this secret realm.
However, without thinking much, at this moment, a figure trotted over in the darkness in the distance.
"Ouch, why are you three guys here?"
Ji Xun looked wary.
This ruins has been deserted for thousands of years, and suddenly someone came out, not a monster, but a monster.
At the same time, I am very confused, why does that obscene running posture look familiar?
The same goes for Catalina and Che Er beside her.
After the man ran out of the darkness, the three of them saw clearly that the guy with the gaping front teeth, who was it if he wasn't Old Man Xu?
However, just at this moment of seeing clearly, a kind of explosive hair appeared. A sense of terror instantly hit the backs of the three of them.
Because the four of them got off the bus together.
Old man Xu is behind them now, and he was still talking a second ago.
So, who is this person in front of you?
Is it a human or a ghost?
(End of this chapter)