Chapter 356 Imprisoned Rubik's Cube

Windsor's voice was as sharp as a blade, piercing people's eardrums and making their hearts tremble involuntarily. Her eyes were wide open, filled with unspeakable fear, and her pupils dilated to their limit, swallowing up the entire whites of her eyes. Her face was as pale as paper, and thin beads of cold sweat rolled down her forehead, like tears of fear.

The lights in the casino looked even dimmer, as if they were frightened by the girl's frightened voice.

Martin looked at the terrifying Windsor, and without hesitation activated the [Imprisoning Rubik's Cube] in his hand. The color of the Rubik's Cube changed, turning into deep darkness, full of mystery and weirdness, and right there The moment he activated his ability, the whole world suddenly stopped.

『Buzz——』

The roar of thunder and the countdown of the clock sounded at the same time.

『Time Slot——』

『Time Distortion·Pause! 』

Tick~Tick~

In the bustling casino, time seemed to be suddenly torn apart, and the entire scene was frozen in a moment of silence.

People's movements, expressions, and even the raised dice are all frozen in this fleeting time.

The gorgeous gambling table, gorgeous lights, and laid out cards seemed to be tightly squeezed by a huge invisible hand, stagnating at this moment.

The colorful world was stripped away, and the whole world turned into an old and monotonous movie quality.

People in the casino were in various postures. Some people's mouth corners were slightly raised, enjoying the joy of victory; some people's faces became nervous and they were hesitating whether to place a bet; some people were holding their hands. Holding the chips, he is preparing to enter the gambling game.

These gestures have been eternally extended in this picture where time has stopped, as if it were a frozen painting.

The playing cards are suspended in the air, like a shining beam of light. The suits, colors and numbers on the playing cards are magnified to the limit, and the subtle textures are also clearly presented. The ball on the roulette table seemed to be frozen at the highest point of its bounce, suspended there, waiting for time to resume.

The only people with color in the casino are a young man with blond hair and golden eyes, and the purple Time Demon behind him.

The twisted Möbius strip flashed past Xia Xiu's feet. In an instant, he crossed the long spiral steps and came to a man and a woman.

An anxious look appeared on the boy's face. His brows were slightly wrinkled and his eyes were staring straight ahead. His lips were slightly open, as if he was about to say something, but his voice was frozen in time and could not Communicate it. His body leaned forward slightly, as if he was ready for a sudden change at any time. However, the stasis of time prevented him from taking any action and could only struggle in this frozen time.

Compared to him, the girl's expression was completely different. Her eyes were wide open, full of horror and fear. His mouth opened slightly, as if he wanted to scream, but the sound could not come out. Her face was as pale as paper, and the beads of sweat on her forehead were shining, as if shed due to the tremendous pressure and fear in her heart. Her hand gripped the boy's arm tightly, as if trying to find some comfort and support in her frightening predicament.

Tick~

Xia Xiu stretched out his right hand and casually opened a goblet that was floating and frozen in front of the two of them. Then, [Sisyphus] jumped out from behind him and faced the two of them. Each of them received a gentle punch on their abdomen, and their bodies bent into a weird angle, curling up like shrimps.

Their eyes were wide open and the corners of their mouths were slightly open, but they could not make a sound.

[Sisyphus] really punched twice lightly, at least withholding 99% of the force. Otherwise, with the mortal bodies of these two people, they might have been beaten directly. It turned into blood mist, and no bones were left.

While [Sisyphus] was teaching the naughty child, Xia Xiu had already reached out and took the so-called [Rubik's Cube] from Martin's hand. As a good student who had studied [Abnormal Art Subject] in Deer Academy , he sensed a familiar thaumaturgic code on this Rubik's Cube.

However, the encoding level of this Rubik's Cube is very high, and the ether solidified and connected inside it is too huge.

This is no longer an abnormal art, but a genuine high-risk abnormal control item.

When Xia Xiu's fingertips touched the [Imprisonment Cube], crazy and twisted illusions began to appear, and the colorful blocks quickly rotated in his hands, making a low buzzing sound, as if chanting Playing an incomprehensible music.

Xia Xiu quickly understood the meaning above, and he began to restore the Rubik's Cube unhurriedly.

At this moment, 9.94 seconds have passed in the stagnant world.

Tick~

With the last huge countdown sound, the whole world began to become colorful again.

Time, resumes its flow again.

Boom~

Time started to flow again, and with a loud noise, the bodies of the boy and the girl seemed to be ejected, hitting the wall and door behind the casino room. The walls and doors trembled loudly, as if they were about to be penetrated by their impact, making a dull sound. Their bodies hit the wall like stones, and then slid heavily to the ground, leaving obvious scratches on the trajectory of the bounce.

The boys and girls turned paler, beads of sweat broke out on their foreheads, and pain spread from their abdomens, making them almost unable to breathe. They clutched their stomachs tightly and groaned, trying to ease the sudden pain.

"Uh, this is...what's going on...the Rubik's Cube..."

Martin coughed up blood, endured the burning pain inside, and asked a confused question.

"Windsor..., are you...are you okay..."

Martin looked at Windsor aside, and his eyes were fixed. He had never seen Windsor with such a twisted and ferocious face.

Fear and horror flowed in Windsor's eyes. Her pupils dilated, and the edges of her pupils seemed to be lit by invisible will-o'-wisps, flashing with an unsettling light.

Her lips trembled and the corners of her mouth opened slightly, as if she wanted to shout, but was tightly suppressed by an invisible force, and she could only let out a few unclear roars. The blood on her face faded, leaving a pale, paper-like background, making her face even more ferocious and terrifying.

There were fine beads of sweat on his forehead, pouring out of the pores of his skin as if inspired by fear. Her skin became tight with fear, as if it might be pulled apart by an indescribable force at any time.

“Three hundred and sixty-five thousand eyes, whose face is more brilliant than the sun... Infinite eternal recurrence, Möbius strip, ah, it’s you, you are the twisted one, The intersection of the abyss and the stars is the embodiment of the unknown and the secret; you are one side, but endless. Your twisted ring is like the river of time, leading us to the infinite future; on your ring, time and space are distorted, and the dimensions Inverted, horror and joy merge in an indescribable way..."

Windsor held his head in his hands, kowtowing crazily forward, his head bleeding from the intoxication.

The noise here is so loud, but no one in the casino seems to have noticed it, as if this is a place isolated from reality.

"Windsor! Windsor!!!" Martin wanted to stop the self-abuse Windsor, but his injury did not allow him to do so.

"Holy! Holy! Holy!!!" Windsor's face became even more crazy.

"What happened to you..."

Martin only felt a sense of absurdity at this moment. He had just started to activate the Rubik's Cube, and then the person flew out and the Rubik's Cube disappeared.

And even more absurd things are still happening. A young man with blond hair and golden eyes stood in front of the two of them at some point. He was playing with a twisted Rubik's Cube as if nothing had happened. That was... [Imprisoning Rubik's Cube] .

Martin saw the blond young man playing with the Rubik's Cube while striding towards the crazy and frightened Windsor. A terrifying purple-gold figure floated out of the blond young man's body like a ghost behind him, and the purple-gold figure stretched out. The huge right hand pressed on Windsor's head, and then the crazy girl began to calm down and fell into a deep sleep.

“The design of this type of [Indulgence Coupon] is quite unreasonable. Isn’t it equipped with an automatic switch and a threshold protection valve? With such high spiritual perception, even the [Mobius Strip]’s [ Reversal of Reality] and [Metatron] can be seen. These [elements] are not something that normal people can see. She is no longer just seeking death. In Terra, it is not the more things you see. , the more powerful you are; on the contrary, the less you can see, the longer you can live."

The blond young man looked at Windsor and murmured to himself, and Martin felt that the other party was telling him deliberately. , he vaguely felt that the less he saw, the longer he lived. That was what he said.

"You...are you..." Martin endured the pain and struggled to ask the blond young man. At this moment, his internal organs seemed to be rolling in magma, and the pain was indescribable and unbearable.

The heat and pain were like poisonous snakes, wrapping around every corner of the body, not sparing an inch of flesh.

Even in this situation, Martin still retained a glimmer of hope. His eyes were always fixed on the opponent's hand that was solving the Rubik's Cube.

Packing——

With a crisp sound, Xia Xiu had restored the Rubik's Cube, and Martin's eyes glowed with excitement, a chance to fight back...

"You seem to be very excited because after I restore the Rubik's Cube, what mechanism will be triggered? For example, I will force you to hold it for a period of time and keep playing with it to satisfy its wolf-like hunger. Otherwise, you will suffer. Does it have backlash? Or does it have other more interesting mechanisms?" The holder of the [Hand of Supreme], the fourth sword holder of the Kingdom of Heaven, asked the glazed-over Martin with a curious expression.

"...Huh?"

The blond young man threw the Rubik's Cube in his hand and continued: "It seems that I guessed it right. After the Rubik's Cube is restored, there are mandatory conditions. These are extremely high-risk Things are always like this, none of them have relatively normal driving conditions, or they are all kinds of strange, or they have unsatisfactory desires, or they are unreasonable... none of them is a good tool that can be settled down."

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"You...are you..."

"Well, you ask me who I am, but my ineffective subordinates have entrusted your care, and the work progress has not been advanced at all. Instead, they all went to the hospital for vacation due to illness. However, there has not been any attrition on their side. It seems that the composition of the [Salvation Army] is more complicated than I imagined, and there are also simple brats. So, don’t worry, I won’t kill you, at least not now.” Martin replied with a smile.

After Martin heard the words of the blond young man, he instantly understood what the other party represented.

"Heaven..."

"Although time and space will produce a sense of lag in [Inverted Reality], distorting others' time concepts, it is very suitable for interrogation and isolation fights. However, I really have a busy schedule, and the two mascots outside have already noticed something is a little bit wrong. I just took a look at the room inside, and the person inside is a fake, so I'll make it short and explain it to you. . ”

“Children, you are under arrest. Now, you will be given leniency if you confess, but you will be punished if you resist!” The blond young man scolded Martin with a serious face.

"I..."

Martin opened his mouth to say something. However, before he could finish his words, the blond young man interrupted him.

“Forget it, I’d better read it myself faster.”

“······”

Martin raised his lips and wanted to say something else. , but Xia Xiu has already planned to use a more direct method to get the information he wants from the other party.

He put his hand on the boy's head.

“Francis Delacroix is quite afraid of death. Let me see where the real Francis Delacroix is hiding. How is he messing with you guys [The Salvation Army]? Put together. And all the information about this Rubik's Cube, all you have——"

"What do you want to do..."

Martin raised his eyes subconsciously. The blond young man noticed that a strange rune appeared in the opponent's golden eyes. The rune contained two intersecting triangles and an inverted half-moon pattern.

『Timing control·Time insight——』

"The traceback begins!" 』

Martin felt that time was beginning to reverse like an ancient scroll, the world was beginning to be rewoven, and everything was back to the past.

The scene began to regress, people's actions were reversed, their steps regressed, and their expressions gradually became younger until they returned to their original appearance. The words are swallowed up by the rewind of time, and the sound flows upstream, sinks into the throat, and returns to the tip of the tongue. Everything seems to be returning to the moment it all started, and the arrow of time is inserted back into the string of time.

Bang——

With a dull hum, time began to freeze in a picture.

In the picture, Martin is in a dimly lit room. The decoration of this room is modern, but candles are lit instead of electric lights at night.

The dim room is filled with faint candle light, illuminating every corner of the modern decoration.

There is a calm painting hanging on the wall. The figure in the frame seems to be looming in the dim light, and it seems that he may walk out of the frame at any time. It is a portrait of a red-haired girl, a heroic female knight. Holding a gorgeous cross sword.

There is an unread book placed on the coffee table in the center of the room. The writing on the pages shines with an alluring and mysterious color in the dim light. On the chair next to the coffee table, a coat covered with soft suede was gently placed on the armrest. A man whose face could not be seen clearly was flipping through an ancient book.

Within Martin's sight distance, he could only vaguely see the pen name [Prince of Joy] at the end of the book.

Snap——

"Martin, don't peep too much into the unknown. It's very dangerous."

A soft male voice sounded, and Martin moved his head sheepishly, smiling. Said:

"I know, Pope. I just want to ask you, what you promised me before..."

"Don't call me Pope, now [The Salvation Army] Although there are not many people with the title and framework of the Pope, they are not few. Without the uniqueness of the Pope, there is no supreme authority and personality, and naturally it cannot bear the title of the Supreme Leader. "Shadow." The guilty man corrected Martin's question.

"But we only recognize you." Martin whispered.

The man in the shadow just smiled and shook his head. He handed Martin a Rubik's Cube and an old piece of white paper.

"You are the champion of the Monte Carlo National Rubik's Cube Competition, right? This thing is very suitable for you. With it, you can catch up with Windsor."

"Follow Windsor It doesn’t matter! I joined the [Salvation Army] voluntarily, not for her!”

Martin replied arrogantly, and then took the Rubik’s Cube and the white paper handed over by the man, his eyes subconsciously. Look at the contents of the white paper.

——"Imprisoned Rubik's Cube"——

Feature 1: Rubik's Cube Racing.

When the holder activates this feature, everyone within 2000 meters in diameter will receive one or more replica Rubik's Cubes. Afterwards, everyone will race to restore the Rubik's Cube at levels 3 to 6, and blindly twist the Rubik's Cube. , solving the Rubik's Cube with footprints, solving the Rubik's Cube with one hand, and solving the Rubik's Cube with multiple blinds. Randomly choose one to compete. The one with the shortest time can choose whether to imprison the soul of the loser.

Note: Cube Racing is difficult to force high-level Cube Thaumatologists to compete.

Feature 2: Imprisoned space.

The consciousness of losers trapped in the prison space will be instantly blinded. No matter how long the time passes, they will only feel that a moment has passed (the physical wear and tear will increase with the increase of the prison time). It is difficult for the imprisoned person to escape from the prison space. Actively break free unless the winner decides to free them.

Note: The winner can enter the imprisoned loser's space and choose whether to be executed.

Characteristic 3: The one who reduces seconds.

The holder of the Rubik's Cube will receive a 1 to 5 second reduction privilege after playing it for three consecutive days. This privilege can be used in racing competitions.

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"I said, this suits you very well."

The gentle voice sounded again, and the retrospective picture was fixed on Martin's extremely excited face.

Click——

The traceback screen collapsed.

Martin's memory began to move forward slowly, and new memory scenes slowly appeared again.

(End of this chapter)