Chapter 2100: Chapter 2100: The Peculiarity of 23rd Street
ng Wenguang is a pragmatic person. He feels that instead of wasting ti here, he might as well go back to Sunshine Tree No. 12 to take a look. "According to you, it should be just past 10:40 on 18th Street now. If I go back, it should be 10:32 on 17th Street, 10:17 on 16th Street, and exactly 9:17 on 12th Street. I’ll go back first to check. If the ti is still 10:40, I’ll notify you with a green light."
After saying that, he headed for 12th Street; anyway, it wasn’t too far.
Soon, a green beam of light shone from the direction of Sunshine Tree on 12th Street.
As ti ticked by, the players gradually grew anxious, because it was 12:03 and they didn’t know what might happen. If their mories were erased again, their situation wouldn’t improve, and they would still be stuck repeating the sa day in Pumpkin City.
"Is there sothing wrong with 12:03?" Yue Rui looked at Xu Huo and the others, saying, "According to the 15-minute incrent per street, shouldn’t it be 12:02 by the ti we reach 23rd Street?"
"A minute’s difference spread across the streets is just a few seconds; our estimate isn’t exact," said Wang Ling.
Yue Rui nodded, "I’m wondering if Pumpkin City uses this thod to remind us that the pattern of ti isn’t consistent. Perhaps on one street, the jump is 15 minutes and 1 second, and on the next, it’s 15 minutes and 7 seconds. And the chaotic clocks—is it reminding us that ti isn’t all that important?"
"Because nothing that happens here can beco reality, space-ti travel doesn’t hold, and we’ve all gone to Sunshine Tree No. 12 in advance. The overall direction of events hasn’t changed, so it seems the key isn’t in the details..."
"What exactly do you an?" Tang Ming interrupted impatiently.
Yue Rui lowered her head timidly, then summoned her courage and said, "The Ti Tower makes us focus on the ti point of 9:17 and the ho invasion case. If this space was really set up by Dr. Wu, maybe there’s another purpose. I’ve heard Brother Long talk about Dr. Wu, and if he’s that brilliant, how could he not know that ti can’t be reversed?"
"Unless he cracked the problem of ti irreversibility, or he didn’t focus on it at all," Xu Huo continued.
"Where else can we start?" Wang Ling, more calmly, asked Yue Rui, "Do you have so idea?"
Yue Rui glanced at Tang Ming and Xu Huo before saying, "I’m not sure if Dr. Wu really left anything behind here, but if we can’t find a way out, we might as well try the Ti Tower."
"The Ti Tower is the key to triggering this Pumpkin City space. Destroying the Ti Tower might cause the space to collapse. Even if it doesn’t collapse, as long as there’s a slight gap, it can create the opportunity to use the tickets."
"’Ti can’t be reversed’ is common knowledge to everyone, so they didn’t consider it an option to discuss but skipped over to assu Dr. Wu’s focus wasn’t on the complex, chaotic ti rules. But so far, they haven’t found other clues, and Yue Rui’s suggestion aligns more with everyone’s mind—finding an exit is most important.
"Do you think the people before you didn’t think to destroy the Ti Tower?" Tang Ming said, "When people are starving enough to eat others, are they afraid of the consequences of destroying the Ti Tower? The existence of Pumpkin City till now already says a lot."
Yue Rui knew this as well. "But we can’t get out. We have to try sothing."
"...We must try..." Xu Huo, who had been looking at the map of Pumpkin City, now raised his head and said to Yue Rui and the others, "You go to Sunshine Tree to find ng Wenguang first, then head to the Ti Tower with him and I will join you shortly."
Yue Rui hesitated slightly, but seeing he had no intention of saying more, she decided to leave first, taking her brother Hong Chen with her. Feng Hui, who was more familiar with them, decided to go along as well.
"Aren’t we going now?" After the others left, Shen Liang asked Xu Huo, "What else is there to do?"
"Walk from 16th Street, don’t cross streets, just head north along 16th Street and et ng Wenguang and the others," Xu Huo said. "Yue Rui and them aren’t fast; there’s no need for you to rush."
Saying this, he put away the map and turned to walk towards the southeast corner of the city, which was in the opposite direction of the Ti Tower.
Shen Liang wasn’t interested in what Xu Huo was thinking and called Kong Ying and a few others to go together, knowing they couldn’t be part of it even if they went, so it was better to obediently follow the plan.
Tang Ming, Wang Ling, and Long Jianfeng, of course, chose to follow Xu Huo imdiately.
The players who had been tailing nearby saw them split into three groups and also divided to track them.
Xu Huo soon reached 23rd Street. He didn’t do anything unnecessary and simply moved along the arc-shaped street towards the Ti Tower.
The streets of Pumpkin City looked a bit like the indentations on a pumpkin. The closer to the edge, the greater the arc’s curvature, and the longer it was. With 11 streets on one side and the city’s large buildings, the length of 23rd Street was at least three tis that of 12th Street, according to the map.
After entering 23rd Street, Xu Huo proceeded leisurely, perhaps matching Yue Rui and them in speed.
But no matter how long it was, it was only one street. The players didn’t take long to run, and around 11 p.m., Xu Huo and his group reached the Ti Tower.
When they saw each other, not only were ng Wenguang’s group surprised, but Shen Liang and the others couldn’t hide their astonishnt, "You arrived so quickly? We just got here!"
"Clarify, did one group just arrive, or did everyone just arrive?" Xu Huo asked.
"We arrived one after another." ng Wenguang said, "As soon as you arrived, so did we."
"Did you speed up?" Shen Liang speculated where Xu Huo’s team had gone. ng Wenguang’s group took 12th Street, they took 16th Street, so the others must have gone to a farther street.
"Why is it like this?" Wang Ling was thoroughly confused, "We even specially bypassed to start from a farther place, but why did all three groups arrive at the sa ti?"
Just the length difference between 12th Street and 23rd Street shouldn’t result in such an absurd outco!
"What’s going on now?" Tang Ming looked at Xu Huo, his expression displeased, "Stop keeping us in suspense."
Xu Huo glanced at him, "If I told you, would you understand?"
Tang Ming’s eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze harboring a hint of murderous intent.
"Bro, I advise you not to act rashly. Everyone’s counting on this guy to get out. If you want to handle the overall situation, you need the ability to do so. If you can’t, just stay put," Shen Liang warned, "Don’t get in the way of us all trying to leave."
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