[Ding!]
[Reincarnation Mini-World Ti: First Day 24:00!]
[Reincarnation Mini-World Ti: Second Day 00:00!]
[This is a sacred mont—the destruction of the old day, the birth of the new!]
[The reliefs in the Holy Temple open a thousand stone eyes;]
[The burned raven feathers stand erect as spears of judgnt;]
[The bones of martyrs glow like tombstones in the abyss.]
[The sins of the old day shall be retried in the Court of Disorder!]
[From the new day until noon, ti shall no longer pass within the Prison.]
[All sinners within the Prison, please await the summons of the Court of Disorder and the judgnt of the new day in silence.]
Yes.
The "sinners" in the [Prison] naturally refer to—all the Jiang Ye trapped in the second stage [Prison] of the exclusive instance!
This includes the original Jiang Ye and all his clones within the exclusive instance.
Even the clones originally remaining in the first stage [Classroom] were forcibly transported to the second stage's [Prison] the mont the announcent sounded!
And just as the announcent stated, ti within the [Prison] no longer flows!
On the surface, the so-called "ti no longer passing in the Prison" seems to an—
All the sentenced Jiang Ye within the Prison, who should have been executed after specific tis.
The screens in the Prison originally displayed countdowns to execution for different Jiang Ye at different tis.
Yet with this midnight announcent...
The execution countdowns have frozen, no longer changing!
As if ti within the [Prison], already flowing differently from the outside world, has entered a state of complete stasis.
Of course, what Jiang Ye directly perceives is simply that the "ti" on the execution countdown screens has stopped.
He initially thought the ti in [Prison] was a regulated, false ti—
Superficially not passing, but actually flowing at the speed of his thoughts.
That the Prison simply defined this flowing ti as permanently midnight.
But he soon realized how wrong this assumption was!
Because when he tried to use clone deaths within the exclusive instance to transmit information to external clones...
He suddenly discovered—
In this ti-frozen [Prison], his clones could no longer die voluntarily!
Not just death...
Even when he cut his own arm with a knife, no wound would appear.
aning—he could no longer alter this "ti-frozen" prison world in any way!
At that mont, he realized the implications of frozen Prison ti were far more severe than imagined.
Because with ti stopped...
Nothing within the Prison could change.
Except for his still-active thoughts, everything else existed in an eerie, immutable state!
This state filled him with terror!
And simultaneously prevented him from using clone deaths to transmit information to external clones.
This was the anomaly the external clones perceived.
Yet strangely—
Despite the [Prison's] ti being frozen and unalterable...
A batch of clones dispatched by external clones managed to enter successfully!
These clones skipped the first stage's [Classroom].
And were directly transported into the ti-frozen [Prison] of the second stage.
It was through these new clones that the original Jiang Ye learned—
Although ti is frozen in [Prison].
Ti outside continues flowing normally.
This seems contradictory, yet resembles two parallel realities not interfering with each other.
But how could these two realities not interfere?
External clones can transmit inside.
While the original and clones in [Prison] seem to be awaiting summons from the [Court of Disorder]!
Through the newly arrived clones, the original learned about post-midnight events at the beginner apartnts.
Including Defender Lin Ling's terrifying strength, and mories of another Defender, Zhang Minghan.
(Though Zhang Minghan's clone entering the mask shop occurred after this clone batch entered the instance, so the original doesn't yet know about the rchant's identical appearance.)
Among the synchronized information, what most concerned Jiang Ye was Defender Lin Ling's ssage delivered by the light-attribute clone:
"The black tide floods the Holy Temple's steps;
The raven steals the scale's counterweight;
Olympus's snow is stained with raven ash."
External clones had speculated about these lines.
But the original Jiang Ye imdiately noticed—
These words seed deeply connected to the midnight announcent!
The Holy Temple's reliefs, burned raven feathers, martyrs' bones...
And crucially—
Defender Zhou Yuling had gone to trendous effort gathering 9,999 people precisely for the [Court of Disorder]!
While according to the announcent, the place where Prison Jiang Ye await judgnt is also the [Court of Disorder]!
External clones had hypothesized about possible scale-related artifacts in the [Court of Disorder]...
But hadn't prioritized this.
Because Wu Ying's clone was already guaranteed to participate there.
Having distributed nurous disguise masks within Zhou Yuling's white tower holding the 9,999 followers.
So external clones seed content to wait for Wu Ying's intelligence before deciding whether to send more clones...
Currently trapped in the ti-frozen Prison, the original could do nothing.
Uncertain whether to feel relieved or worried.
Relieved because—
Though unable to transmit information externally, coincidentally Wu Ying's clone would honor his promise to Zhou Yuling and enter the [Court of Disorder].
Worried because—
Without receiving this awareness, external clones don't realize the [Court of Disorder's] significance.
And given Zhou Yuling's preparations...
The [Court of Disorder's developnts will inevitably follow her lead!
aning all Prison Jiang Ye's fates may rest in Zhou Yuling's hands!
Though Wu Ying distributed so disguise masks among Zhou Yuling's followers...
Potentially converting cannon fodder into usable clones when needed.
These masks are far too few compared to Zhou Yuling's 9,999 followers!
Now the original wants to contest control of the [Court of Disorder] with Zhou Yuling.
But cannot convey this intention to external clones...
Indeed, any plans are likely impossible within the ti-frozen Prison's constraints.
All he can do is await the [Court of Disorder's] summons.
Fortunately—
As thoughts continue flowing, a second batch of post-midnight clones enters the frozen Prison.
The information they synchronize shocks and delights the original!
The shocking part concerns the rchant's data panel and appearance.
The delightful revelation—
Zhang Minghan's clone, having left the mask shop, decided to return to Apartnt 0000 and intervene in the [Court of Disorder] exploration!
From Defender mories, Zhang Minghan had so interactions with Zhou Yuling.
Though she always wore a purple veil.
He never saw her face.
Truthfully, Zhang Minghan didn't care about appearances.
He simply wanted to use Zhou Yuling as a stepping stone to contact more core Defenders for rapid growth.
So he'd made several overtures to the mysterious, veil-wearing woman.
But her eccentric personality and unpredictable behavior proved difficult to decipher.
After several failed attempts, Zhang Minghan—unusually—couldn't discern her temperant or how to strategically approach her.
Being weaker than Zhou Yuling didn't help.
In a might-makes-right world, weakness is the original sin.
Wary of offending soone stronger, Zhang Minghan wisely stopped pursuing her.
Leaving their relationship at: several overtures from him, zero response from her.
As for the other Defender, Lin Ling...
Zhang Minghan's mories show no contact.
Fortunately so—given Lin Ling's violent temper...
She might have slapped him to death instantly.
Jiang Ye's decision to send Zhang Minghan's clone to the [Court of Disorder] wasn't just because of Lin Ling's ominous ssage.
But also because the 9,999 followers (including Wu Ying) trapped in Zhou Yuling's white tower...
Having not been released, were growing increasingly restless.
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