Chapter 498 A Fixed Point in Time

Chapter 498: The Fixed Point of Time

"Integrating a fixed point of time into the Crimson Moon?"

Su Bai could hardly imagine how such a thing could be accomplished.

"After all, I am not on their side, and they would not tell me everything about such matters." Wu Hang could only shake his head. "I only know that they have mastered a secret art capable of achieving this."

"They used the mermaids for their experiments, forcing them to search for fissures in the Void Sea, controlling their movements within it with 'threads,' all with the aim of creating a fixed point of time. Unfortunately, even after the Mermaid Remnants used as test subjects were tortured and exhausted by them, they still failed to find the fixed point of time."

"However, the long-term use of mermaids in experiments has given them a thorough grasp of this once-mysterious race with its long lifespan. They even used the information obtained and the residual mermaid power in their possession to create some bizarre creations. So, even after exhausting their test subjects, they could create new ones."

"You mean human players." Su Bai's tone was declarative.

He even had good reason to suspect that the things they created using the experimental data and power left by the mermaids were related to the "Administrators." Although most Administrators seemed to be merely mindless programs, the strange Administrator that occasionally whispered in Su Bai's ear seemed easily able to empathize with the mermaid race.

"Yes, they found a race capable of withstanding the power of the Void Sea." Wu Hang continued. "Humans are very ordinary beings, possessing neither the power to swim in the Void Sea nor the mermaids' ability to leave coordinates in its fissures. But they can indeed do something other Eerie Entities cannot: humans are not so easily lost in the Void Sea and can even make a brief sojourn there."

"The Void Sea is seen as a terrifying existence and a forbidden zone in the eyes of Eerie Entities precisely because remnants and Eerie Entities other than the mermaid race are too easily lost within it. Once they set foot in the Void Sea, they become like dead leaves falling onto a river's surface, losing their direction the moment they enter the water. The only thing they can do is drift with the current, gradually losing their self-awareness and becoming an insignificant force inseparable from the Void Sea."

"Humans can indeed linger in the Void Sea for a short time." Su Bai recalled the utterly dark space where he occasionally paused when entering the Nightmare Game from the real world. "This is humans' advantage and enough to make them the most suitable test subjects they can currently find. But I think humans' weakness is equally obvious: they are simply too weak."

With the information provided by Wu Hang, the various clues in Su Bai's mind connected.

"And the reason humans cannot linger in the Void Sea is precisely because of their feeble bodies and strength. Given the physical resilience of an ordinary human, their flesh might shatter after staying in the Void Sea for one more second, and their residual spirit would scatter instantly due to being too weak. So, ordinary humans simply cannot undertake the task of creating coordinates or fixed points of time in their experiments."

Su Bai seemed to be conversing with Wu Hang, yet also analyzing to himself. Soon, an expression of understanding appeared on his face. "That's why they established the Nightmare Game, allowing those 'chosen' human players to possess power they could never have had in their original lifetimes—power from the Crimson Moon, from them."

"Yes, they didn't care about the consumption of mermaid test subjects before, and they care even less about the consumption of human test subjects now. After all, they know another world holds a vast number of test subjects they cannot exhaust in a short time. So, they will continuously eliminate inferior test subjects and let the more outstanding, excellent ones who emerge become stronger by fighting their way through."

"From the information I can obtain, they should have already discovered players among the human test subjects with more potential than the mermaids, even players who can already linger in the Void Sea for a period of time." Wu Hang slightly frowned. "But just matching the mermaids' strength is still far from enough for them. After all, even the mermaid test subjects have been exhausted by them, so they still need to cultivate even more powerful test subjects."

"Is this the reason you prevented me from being seen by them?" Su Bai wasn't excessively self-satisfied with his own strength, but with the "Evil Ghost Puzzle" and his experiences from his previous life, aided by the Mist Shop, he undoubtedly possessed power stronger than in his previous life. By any measure, he fit the standard of an excellent test subject.

"They haven't discovered your existence yet." Wu Hang only gave an ambiguous answer.

The Thread-Wrapped Doll sitting on the counter quietly watched Su Bai standing there. Even after following Su Bai for so very long, Lord Ghost Witch always felt he could never look at him enough.

In Wu Hang's view, the reason Su Xuan in this life warned Su Bai not to be seen by them might truly be out of concern that Su Bai would become the next test subject.

But for Wu Hang and some other existences hidden in the shadows who have not yet clearly acted, the reason they pull out all the stops to help Su Bai avoid being discovered by those beings is because, besides being an excellent test subject surpassing the mermaids...

He has always carried a "fixed point of time" within him!

The "fixed point of time" within Su Bai is the strongest coordinate created by the most powerful force of the mermaid race! Because the "mermaid" who created that coordinate was the last leader of that fallen remnant race, the final inheritor of the mermaid leader's bloodline—Su Xuan!

The "fixed point of time" within Su Bai is the final coordinate created by Su Xuan in his previous life using all his power, even the power of his entire soul!

As long as that coordinate remains within Su Bai's body, even if Su Bai "dies" countless times in the future, he will be reborn again and again, infinitely, on that rainy night when he was driven from his home, then set out on the path forward once more.

That is the fixed point of time they have been searching for. That is the coordinate they desire.

The ultimate goal for which they've exhausted everything has always been within Su Bai.

"In their conception, as long as the fixed point is fused with the Crimson Moon, then the moment the Crimson Moon perishes, its own time will roll back. This would repeat endlessly, without termination." Wu Hang's tone grew increasingly grave.

"If they create a fixed point of time, will no new players enter the Nightmare World?" Su Bai suddenly had this thought.

But Wu Hang shook his head. "The specific situation is not clear to me either. But someone told me that their purpose in sacrificing so many test subjects is not only to select better ones, but also because the final fusion art requires a large number of 'sacrifices.' If one day they truly find the fixed point of time, an unimaginable number of humans will inevitably be sent into the Nightmare World. That would be the true calamity."

"Can we really do nothing?"

"Not necessarily."