Chapter 249
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Chapter 249: Desert of Time
Soon, the shop assistant, the policewoman, the firefighter, the thin man all appeared in this dim and dark gray desert.
Everyone was dumbfounded when they entered. What is going on here??
The shop assistant was the second person to enter. Before she could react, Chu Jiang, at a speed so terrifying that it was almost impossible to see clearly, began to wander, observe, and probe around the others.
"What are you doing? What’s wrong with you??" Although the shop assistant was becoming more like a ghost, she still had human thinking abilities.
On one hand, she felt that this man named Chu Jiang was ridiculously strong. With that exaggerated speed, if he wanted to, their group would probably not even have the chance to think and would die in his hands.
On the other hand, the shop assistant didn’t understand what Chu Jiang was doing. Was he showing off his abilities to them?
Before the saleswoman finished speaking, she saw Chu Jiang disappear with a swipe, not knowing where he went.
Speaking of that figure, it should be Chu Jiang, right? If it was a ghost, they would have killed them already.
What on earth is going on? The saleswoman looked at the others, and then she realized that something was even more wrong.
The policewoman’s movements were extremely slow, as if she was moving at ten times slower speed.
She turned her head slightly, observing the surroundings, seemingly unaware that Chu Jiang had already circled around everyone and disappeared.
The saleswoman looked at the other two, and the firefighter muttered a long string of words at a very fast speed.
Because he spoke too quickly, the saleswoman could barely make out what he was saying. It seemed like he was praying to God and mentioning words like hell, Greek mythology, and the underworld…
Before finishing his sentence, the firefighter walked, turned, shouted, and jumped around the group of people, seemingly incredibly unbelievable.
As for the skinny man, he remained completely motionless, as if transformed into a human statue.
On the firefighter’s side, he saw that only the shop assistant could barely keep up with his speed. His body kept turning to look at him. So he quickly moved in front of the shop assistant and pointed to somewhere on the ground, saying "Here! Here!"
The firefighter intentionally slowed down his speech so that the shop assistant could hear clearly.
Looking at the place pointed out by the firefighter, the shop assistant noticed that someone had left a line of words on the ground, written in Chinese characters:
My name is Chu Jiang, something is very wrong with this place! I didn’t notice it at first, but when you entered, I realized that the flow of time is different for each person.
The fastest is me, I don’t know how much faster, but after you entered, I saw all of you standing there like fools. I greeted you, but you didn’t say anything.
……
The shop assistant hadn’t finished reading when Chu Jiang reappeared with a swipe. He lifted the firefighter and then disappeared with another swipe.
This confused the shop assistant. She hurriedly continued reading the words, fearing that if she didn’t finish reading, Chu Jiang would take everyone away from here.
……
The second fastest is Paul, but he can barely see my movements and can’t even hear my voice clearly, so I have to leave written reminders on the ground.
As for the others, they are all slower, one slower than the other.
I can’t just wait here, this is no longer a room, but an endless world. That means the difficulty of finding Room 5’s door will increase straight up. I’ll go and see what the situation is like.
If there’s anything I want to say to you, I… never mind, it’s not worth it. By the time you finish reading, I’ll have done everything I need to do.
When the shopkeeper saw this, she realized that she was being carried away at a very fast speed, and she could barely see the things on the sides of the road. And because she was maintaining a high speed, some "pebbles" were blown onto her by the wind, but she couldn’t feel the pain anymore.
When the shopkeeper could see clearly again, she realized that she was now inside an old, dark temple. There were tall stone pillars here, similar in style to ancient Egypt or ancient Greece.
There were some murals on the walls, depicting ancient humans worshiping a symbol in an abstract style, the symbol looked like an hourglass.
In the temple, Chu Jiang and the firefighter were also there. Chu Jiang’s hair had grown longer and he had a beard on his chin.
The firefighter was mostly fine, just that his clothes were damaged in some places.
When Chu Jiang saw the store assistant standing up from the ground, he sighed with relief and said in a hoarse voice, "The situation is very complicated now. The three of us have finally synchronized, but only within this temple."
"Next, you need to bring Miss Michiko here, and then Michiko will bring Deng Xiaodao."
The store assistant didn’t understand, "Why don’t you go? The flow of time is fastest for you. Even if you had to move one person at a time, it would be very quick for you… No, it would be a normal speed for you, just fast compared to us."
Chu Jiang calmly said, "Who do you think brought you here just now?"
The store assistant hesitated for a moment, "You… No, it was Paul?"
Paul heard his name and immediately nodded. Previously, he could only communicate with Chu Jiang through gestures, luckily the things the other person wanted to express were not complicated, otherwise he might not have understood.
"Exactly, as you said, my speed is terrifyingly fast compared to all of you."
"Have you ever thought about what would happen if I went and brought Deng Xiaodao, who experiences time passing the slowest, over here right now?"
Upon hearing this, the store assistant pondered for a moment and then nodded, "I see. So, you can’t even touch Deng Xiaodao in the slightest, or it would cause him great harm."
"Because the difference in the flow of time between you is so huge. When you hit him, it’s like Deng Xiaodao instantly getting hit by a blow that’s nearly as fast as the speed of light."
"As a result, it’s even more impossible for you to carry him. I’m afraid that before you take a few steps, his body will be worn down and destroyed due to the terrifying speed of movement."
"It’s like meteorites falling from the sky. They are originally very large, but because of their extremely fast speed, they continuously shrink during the process of friction with the atmosphere."
"In the end, only a few meteorites actually land, and the majority are destroyed during this landing process."
"Yes," Chu Jiang nodded. This is a terrifying process. Even though the shopkeeper’s description lacked emotional ups and downs, any normal person would find it horrifying. This is one of the reasons why two beings from different dimensions shouldn’t casually come into contact with each other.
In the beginning, Chu Jiang really almost made this mistake. Luckily, the first person he touched was the faster firefighter. If it had been the lean man, he would probably have been seriously injured at that time.