Lucian looked at Jinhsi, who seemed deeply troubled, and hesitantly said, "Maybe I can treat it…"
She let out a light laugh, clearly not taking it too seriously. Though Lucian had healed her injuries earlier, the Sentinel's affliction was incomparable to the wounds she had suffered.
Jinhsi turned her gaze back to the dossier. "It also says here that the Sentinel and that 'exceptional individual' who could resist the Temporal Flow eventually devised a method."
Lucian suddenly understood. "The 'exceptional individual who could resist the Temporal Flow' must be referring to Rover…"
"Rover really is an ancient powerhouse, huh…"
Jinhsi nodded slightly. "Rover's identity does run deep. Jinzhou's past is merely the tip of the iceberg for her."
Lucian acknowledged this. From what was known so far, Rover had deep ties to both Jinzhou and the Sentinel.
Beyond that, Shorekeeper of the Black Shores had also referred to her as the Astral Modulator.
Lucian couldn't help but wonder—if Rover was so powerful in the past, how did she lose her memories?
Had she failed in her "ascension"?
After all, most of the novels he'd read in his past life followed that trope—an ancient powerhouse fails their tribulation, their cultivation plummets, and maybe Rover was the same…
Or perhaps she had encountered something unsolvable and needed to start over, deliberately sealing her own memories.
It didn't even cross Lucian's mind that Rover might have been defeated by someone stronger—after all, her face practically screamed invincible.
"So what method did Rover come up with back then?"
Jinhsi replied, "The Chronosorter device."
"The Chronosorter? The thing we used earlier to open the gate?"
After arriving here, Jinhsi had used a spherical device to continuously reconstruct past scenes, creating a passable pathway.
Jinhsi confirmed, "Exactly."
"The Chronosorter is an artifact of the Mianloong Chamber."
"It's a mechanism designed to mimic the Sentinel's temporal abilities. It can restore objects through localized time reversal."
Lucian pondered for a moment. "So it's basically a miniaturized version of the Sentinel's temporal power?"
Jinhsi smiled. "That's essentially correct."
"Since the Sentinel itself couldn't be repaired, they sought to replicate its original temporal abilities through resonance—by restoring them within a Resonator."
"The Chronosorter was the prototype, an artificial resonance artifact."
Lucian: "But it failed… and this Chronosorter is so tiny. How could it possibly compare to the Sentinel's own authority?"
If it had succeeded, the Temporal Flow over Mt. Firmament would have already been lifted.
Jinhsi nodded. "Indeed, the Chronosorter's restoration range is far too limited to match the Sentinel's power."
"The resonance source only needs to deliver a sufficiently intense impact, and the Chronosorter can synchronize with it, achieving resonance."
"The Chronosorter's time-reversal function is realized through resonance with the Sentinel."
"According to the records of the Mianloong Chamber, they proposed a hypothesis to amplify the Chronosorter's effects—the Dual Resonance Hypothesis."
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"This hypothesis states that a clash of frequencies might trigger a secondary resonance, and this so-called 'frequency clash' refers to the confrontation and collision of the resonant powers between two parties."
Lucian fell silent for a moment. He was beginning to understand what Jinhsi intended to do.
As an object, even if the Chronosorter achieved synchronized resonance and produced resonance effects, it still couldn't compare to the Sentinel's power.
But what if the Resonator was the one doing it?
No wonder Scar had said that Jinhsi and the Sentinel were destined to clash—this was why.
But could Jinhsi endure it?
A collision with the Sentinel's immense resonant energy—could it lead to overclocking, or even death?
"What happens if the energy is too much to bear?"
"In countless experiments, the Mianloong Chamber used numerous Chronosorter devices to clash frequencies with the Sentinel. All of them were destroyed, reduced to dust under that overwhelming energy."
Jinhsi's gaze remained firm, unwavering.
The thing was, the Chronosorter was just an object—if it exploded, so be it. But a person couldn't be treated the same way.
Still, it seemed this task truly could only be undertaken by Jinhsi. After all, her power shared the same origin as the Sentinel's, allowing her to inherit its temporal abilities.
I wonder if I could do it…
I'm a Resonator with multiple attributes, and my body seems capable of withstanding Solaris' energy too.
Surely a mere Sentinel wouldn't be that big of a deal… right?
Lucian opened the System Shop. As mentioned before, the shop didn't offer direct "stat boosts" or the like—every item was a physical object.
Only rewards from system-issued options allowed him to directly learn certain talents or skills.
Lucian's eyes landed on a manual.
[Great Art of Cosmic Reversal] – Master this manual, and you shall overturn all creation!
[Required Points: 10,000,000]
He then looked at another item.
[Stellar Chronometer] – Turn the hands to alter the temporal flow of a designated area.
[Required Points: 1,000,000]
Well… compared to the System, my money-grubbing skills still need work.
Still, what exactly is the Fractsidus trying to achieve?
They'd even go so far as to erase me just to stop me from interfering in this matter…
Once we're back in Jinzhou, I'll have to drag Scar out of prison and beat him up to vent my frustration…
But the battle between Jinhsi and the Sentinel seemed inevitable. If the Temporal Flow over Mt. Firmament wasn't resolved, it would spread to all of Jinzhou.
As the Magistrate, Jinhsi naturally couldn't stand by and let that happen.
"However, there was one exception." Noticing Lucian's slightly grave expression, Jinhsi spoke up.
"The dossier mentions that one Chronosorter device briefly exhibited the ability to restore temporal flow before shattering."
"But this at least proved that the Dual Resonance Hypothesis could amplify the power of the resonant subject—it was feasible."
"In this sole successful case, the researchers noted that the Chronosorter had activated in an overloaded state."
"—This mode of operation was strikingly similar to a Resonator's overclocking phenomenon."
Resonance ability could be likened to a graphics card from his past life, and overclocking was akin to pushing the card beyond its limits to enhance performance.
Similarly, a Resonator's abilities would grow stronger when overclocked.
But the danger of overclocking lay in the fact that if the Resonator couldn't withstand the energy, they would be reduced to an empty husk.
That was why the Huaxu Academy strictly monitored Resonators with unstable abilities prone to overclocking.
And that single Chronosorter device's brief success indicated one thing—
If Jinhsi endured the Sentinel's resonant energy, all would be well, and the Temporal Flow over Mt. Firmament would be resolved.
But if she failed, Jinhsi would become an empty husk—yet the briefly restored temporal power would still resolve the Temporal Flow.