——Infinite Negative Number Domain.
——November 2nd, early morning.
——7:21 AM and 14 seconds.
This was the information provided by Bradshaw’s Railway Guide the last time Ronald checked the time.
——Infinite Negative Number Domain.
——November 12th, early morning.
——7:39 AM and 51 seconds.
This was the current information provided by Bradshaw’s Railway Guide to Ronald.
"Catherine, do you feel something is wrong?"
Ronald turned his head stiffly and then looked at Catherine, who was beside him, as he asked this question.
Although there had always been a significant disparity between the flow of time in the external world and the Infinite Negative Number Domain, it had always been stable!
Ten days outside, one day here; ten seconds outside, one second here.
Having spent six days in the Infinite Negative Number Domain, Ronald had never abandoned his habit of checking the time occasionally.
Subjectively, only a few minutes had passed for Ronald.
Yet the time given by Bradshaw’s Railway Guide indicated that ten days had already passed in the outside world!
It was crucial to know the date of the Harvest Day.
And that was on November 11th!
Faced with such information, Ronald’s mind was in chaos, filled with numerous dreadful speculations.
Standing next to Ronald, Catherine also looked somewhat astonished.
Although powerful, she did not possess the spell needed to check time accurately and naturally did not understand the reason behind Ronald’s change in attitude.
So, she took out the original text and recited a simple and direct spell:
"His name is Gale Donik, originally just a country boy who had never been to Chanda.
Or rather, he had never truly been here..."
In the next instant, Catherine’s expression also changed drastically.
This time, the deduction from psychhistory was swift and accurate, yielding the worst possible outcome.
——Barrier Mountain had activated the rarest time-related original text.
——The situation had reached a point of no return!
Although the information each received was not entirely the same, both realized how grave the current situation was.
Catherine spoke almost without thinking:
"Let’s go, we can talk on the way!"
"Starting from the relationship between the entire Earth and the sky will begin to form our perception!"
Ronald’s actions, too, were unprecedentedly decisive.
As soon as Catherine finished speaking, Ronald first snapped his fingers to activate the state of his "Chariot of the Gods," and simultaneously, the abilities of "Current Wheel" and "Balanced Wheel" from Astronomy Master were also enabled.
"Attempting to trap the opponent in a maze forged by the designer himself, how ludicrous!
I have the vast sky leading to any place I wish to go.
Ronald did not waste any words.
The Wings of Icarus were immediately employed as an acceleration tool.
The two figures surged from the ground, shooting through the air like arrows, shattering the air at a speed that ripped through the immediate view, heading straight towards the distant Barrier Mountain.
This was the fastest speed Ronald could provide at that moment.
But with each passing second that "Bradshaw’s Railway Guide" indicated the lapse of time, Ronald felt a terrifying distance that he just couldn’t catch up to.
——It’s already too late.
Earlier, their plan was timed just right, even with some room to spare for emergencies.
But nobody expected that Barrier Mountain had such an ace up its sleeve.
A tome that could change the world!
Ronald probably had a guess in mind.
He and Catherine had many benchmarks in the wilderness, which indicated that the subjective time they experienced hadn’t changed. Considering the isolation of the "Infinite Negative Zone" from the outside world—there were two possibilities.
Barrier Mountain had severed the connection between the "Infinite Negative Zone" and the outside world. The overall time of both worlds broke and then reconnected, producing such an effect.
Or the time within the "Infinite Negative Zone" was frozen, but the part of the time in Barrier Mountain suddenly sped up by a day. Based on the premise that time flowed at a fixed rate, the flow rate of the outside world synchronized with Barrier Mountain but disconnected from other areas of the "Infinite Negative Zone."
Ronald and Catherine hadn’t noticed anything unusual.
"Ronald, how did you find out?" At that moment, Catherine asked loudly beside him, unable to confirm to what extent Ronald was aware of the situation.
"I can determine the most accurate time!"
"Right in the past few minutes, ten days suddenly passed in the outside world!"
Ronald stated his discovery simply and directly.
Hearing this response, Catherine helped Ronald confirm the actual situation:
"It’s a time-based tome!" ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novｅlfire.net
"Barrier Mountain holds a time-based tome, and they just used this thing!"
Ronald’s eyes, tightly knitted together, sank further.
Catherine’s words helped him narrow down the possibilities to the second scenario.
Barrier Mountain—holds a time-based tome!
It wasn’t just their delay that was problematic, but the subsequent strategy to face Barrier Mountain. Facing an enemy capable of interfering with time required consideration of too many factors!
Above in the sky, the raging wind sound was far behind their voices.
With the support of the "Infinite Negative Zone" and the full activation of a series of spells, Ronald’s speed now surpassed even a wizard’s common knowledge.
Even Catherine, who had always been overwhelmingly strong,
admired this speed unconsciously when she saw it.
At Ronald’s terrifying speed, neither Catherine herself nor the Fake God on Barrier Mountain could possibly catch up.
In just over two minutes, the two approached the location of Barrier Mountain from the sky.
At their consistent observing point, a powerful magic barrier protected the fortress, offering defense while also concealing the outline of Floating Mountain.
At that moment, Catherine let out a cold laugh.
She understood how tense the situation was now, not willing to waste time on trivial matters, Catherine pulled out the "Law Scripture" from beneath her robe and brutally infused it with destructive magic power before flinging it toward the location of Barrier Mountain!
Bang, bang, bang—Boom!
A series of exaggerated sounds followed.
This coveted tome, now used by Catherine like a disposable grenade, harnessed the terrifying destructive force as the tome crumbled, and the defenses of Barrier Mountain were instantly shattered.
Then, the airborne fortress came into their view.
Flesh merging with the ground, evil magic power spreading everywhere, wails and screams erupting...
In that instant, along with severe mental contamination attacking humans,
a Floating Mountain, where soil and green tentacles merged, floated like a demonic realm from hell in the middle of the air.
Floating right there in the sky.
Even Ronald, who had approached with great momentum, couldn’t help but sound a bit surprised at this moment:
"This... this is Barrier Mountain?"