Chapter 671 - 670: System Invaded by a Virus? The God of Time, Chronos
Chapter 671: Chapter 670: System Invaded by a Virus? The God of Time, Chronos
"A distorted... Time Law?"
Chu Sheng was stunned.
He had at least comprehended the Time Realm, after all.
Yet he hadn’t felt the Time Law here being distorted at all.
Xue explained, "Let’s compare time to a river flowing forward."
"It’s divided into three parts: the past, the present, and the future."
"When we first entered, the time we were in was the ’present’."
"After we came in, someone downstream—in the ’future’—stirred the river’s water."
"This caused the section of the river we’re in to start flowing backward."
"Without realizing it, we returned to the ’past’."
"And the person distorting the Time Law has been watching us from the ’future’ all along."
Realization dawned on Chu Sheng.
’No wonder I couldn’t find a single soul even after searching for so long with Chaos True Sight.’
’So that person isn’t even on the same timeline as us!’
Looking at the endless stream of Zombies swarming around, Chu Sheng finally understood why they had suddenly appeared.
These Zombies didn’t exist in the "present" version of this city.
That’s why the city was completely empty when they first arrived.
After Chu Sheng and Xue entered, someone distorted the Time Law, sending them back to the point in time when the city was overrun by Zombies.
That’s why these Zombies had appeared out of thin air.
"Can you find the person in the future who’s manipulating time?" Chu Sheng asked.
Xue nodded.
"I can."
"But I’ll need ten minutes."
"During these ten minutes, I can’t be disturbed by anything."
"Okay, no problem." Chu Sheng patted his front leg.
"Leave the Zombies to me. You just focus on finding the mastermind."
"Mm."
Xue nodded and said no more.
She closed her eyes and began to channel the Time Law with all her might.
The surrounding air began to ripple subtly.
It was as if a still river had slowly begun to flow.
Chu Sheng flew to Xue’s side, standing guard over her.
At the same time, with a single thought,
he summoned all his remaining Outer Body Avatars.
Thirty-nine Emperor Realm Early Stage Outer Body Avatars took up positions, guarding the various street entrances.
’These Zombies are so strong. I wonder if I can absorb them?’
Watching the approaching horde of Zombies, a bold idea suddenly occurred to Chu Sheng.
He ordered the nearest Outer Body Avatar to charge forward.
It used [God-devouring Needle], stabbing it fiercely into the neck of a King Realm Zombie.
[Ding! Absorbed King Realm Qi Blood! Qi Blood +1,000,000. Estimated digestion time...]
The system notification cut off halfway through, suddenly stuttering.
A full second passed before it returned to normal.
[Ding! Absorbed King Realm Qi Blood! Qi Blood +1,000,000! Evolution Points +100,000!]
Chu Sheng froze.
After he advanced to the Emperor Realm, his maximum Qi Blood storage had increased to ten million.
But he still needed a certain amount of time to digest the Qi Blood after each absorption.
"System, have you been infected with a virus?"
Chu Sheng asked curiously.
[I have not!]
"Then why do I no longer need time to digest Qi Blood?"
[The Time Law here is severely distorted, making it impossible to calculate a precise digestion time!]
[The program has self-corrected and temporarily removed the digestion time limit!]
’Holy crap! The Time Law is insane!’
Chu Sheng couldn’t help but exclaim in awe.
It actually made the system itself smoke from the strain!
Immediately after, the system issued another notification.
[Warning! After returning to a normal time flow, unabsorbed Qi Blood will be digested at the normal rate!]
Chu Sheng clicked his tongue with a hint of regret.
’I thought I wouldn’t need time for digestion anymore.’
’Got my hopes up for nothing.’
But it didn’t matter.
Getting to enjoy it just this once was enough.
Since he didn’t need time to digest Qi Blood Value right now,
what was he waiting for?
’Time to start absorbing!!!’
Chu Sheng not only had all his Outer Body Avatars charge forward frantically to absorb Qi Blood,
but also summoned all 200 King Realm Bloodthirsty Demon Bees from his Chaos Nest.
"You guys follow behind the Outer Body Avatars. Focus on absorbing the Essence Blood of Zombies below the King Realm."
"After you absorb it, form it into Blood Crystal Balls and bring them to me."
The Bloodthirsty Demon Bees immediately accepted their orders and dove toward the Zombie horde like a black cloud.
Just five minutes passed.
The once dense horde of over ten thousand Zombies was reduced to less than a hundred.
And the Emperor Realm Zombie hidden within it finally revealed itself.
It roared and lunged fiercely at Chu Sheng.
"Perfect timing!"
Chu Sheng’s compound eyes lit up.
He immediately dispatched five Outer Body Avatars to surround and attack the Emperor Realm Zombie.
Although the Emperor Realm Zombie was powerful, it was no match for the combined assault of five Emperor Realm Outer Body Avatars.
In just a short while, it was killed on the spot.
[Ding! Absorbed Emperor Realm Qi Blood! Qi Blood +10,000,000! Evolution Points +1,000,000!]
[Ding! Absorbed Emperor Realm Qi Blood! Qi Blood +10,000,000! Evolution Points +1,000,000!]
...
The system only went quiet after repeating the notification a full ten times.
After finishing off the Zombies,
Chu Sheng looked at his system panel.
[Qi Blood: 2.4 Billion (Emperor Realm Early Stage)]
[Soul Power: 2.4 Billion (Emperor Realm Early Stage)]
[Evolution Points: 330 Million]
"Awesome!"
In just a few short minutes,
he had actually gained 1.3 billion Qi Blood Value!
He’d hit the jackpot this time!
He turned his head to look at Xue.
Just then,
Xue opened her eyes.
"I found him."
As soon as the words left Xue’s mouth,
she extended a slender finger and gently tapped the void.
The Space around them instantly rippled, layer upon layer.
The Zombie corpses on the ground began to slowly turn transparent, then vanished completely.
The surrounding ruined streets and shops became even more dilapidated at a visible rate.
More cracks appeared on the walls, and the dust on the ground grew thicker.
Chu Sheng could clearly feel it.
Xue was using her finger to turn the hands of time’s clock,
making time, in this instant, begin to flow by rapidly.
After a short while,
the scene on the street returned to how it was when Chu Sheng and Xue first entered the city.
Empty and deathly still.
But Xue didn’t stop.
After another moment,
the surrounding scenery changed once again.
Time had entered the "future."
At the end of the street to Chu Sheng’s left,
a white-haired, wrinkled old man slowly walked out.
He wore a tattered gray robe.
In his hand, he held a massive scythe that glinted with silver light.
He just casually swung the scythe.
The Space before him was easily torn apart,
revealing a rift in Space, dark and brilliant.
Chu Sheng could clearly feel
that the Time Law within that rift was twisting frantically.
With a wave of his hand, he could tear Space and distort the Time Law.
This old man’s comprehension of the Time Law had definitely reached a level at or above the Divine Domain!
At that moment, the old man slowly raised his head.
His turbid eyes looked toward Chu Sheng and Xue.
And in an ancient, raspy voice, he spoke.
"I am the God of Time, Cronus."
"Why have you trespassed into my Divine Country?"
’Cronus?’
Chu Sheng was taken aback.
’Isn’t that the second-generation King of the Gods from Greek mythology?’
’Zeus’s father?’
’Could this place be the Divine Country of Cronus, the God of Time?’
’Even if it is Cronus’s Divine Country, something’s not right!’
’This pocket dimension has clearly already collapsed.’
’That means the master who created this pocket dimension kicked the bucket long ago.’
’So how is Cronus still alive?’
Chu Sheng carefully sensed the old man’s aura.
Soon, he discovered something was amiss.
The aura emanating from this self-proclaimed God of Time, Cronus, was only at the Pseudo-Divine Realm!
But a true King of the Gods who could create such a vast Divine Country,
and possessed such profound attainment in the Time Law...
...could absolutely not have only the strength of the Pseudo-Divine Realm!
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