This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous Chapter 1647 - 704: The Core of the Clock Mechanism2

"What do you an by not broken?" Mu You asked, even if these clocks were taken down, they were still stationary.

"These clocks are running normally. The reason you can’t see them move is because ti in this city doesn’t flow linearly. It’s chaotic and jumps. Every so often, everyone randomly jumps to another point in ti. Of course, the jumps aren’t too large, definitely within five hours back and forth."

After Vivian finished explaining, she glanced at the clocks in their hands: "So, rember the ti on your clocks right now. If you suddenly find everyone else gone and only you left in place, it ans your ti has jumped. What you need to do is imdiately set your clocks back to the current ti, so you can return."

"Oh?"

Mu You raised an eyebrow, interested that the clocks in their hands directly determined the tiline they were on. This chanism was quite fascinating.

"What if I carry two clocks and set them to different tilines?" Lin Xue asked.

Vivian shook her head, "No matter how many clocks you carry, only the first clock you picked up in the city represents your ti. Until that clock is lost, the others don’t count."

"Got it." Lin Xue nodded.

"Let’s go." Vivian continued to lead the way.

The three of them silently noted the ti on their clocks and followed behind.

Soon, the four of them reached the front of the city.

There were no guards as expected at the city gate, and the gate was wide open.

The three followed Vivian straight into the city.

The city was densely and chaotically built, surprisingly inhabited by many people.

However, none of them were normal humans. They were ’Clockwork People’: bodies like humans, n and won of all ages, with clocks replacing their original heads.

The ti displayed on each Clock Person’s head was different. The four walked in boldly as everyone around continued their chanical work—carrying, repairing, painting—without a single one looking at them, like puppets on strings.

Besides these Clock People, so Smoke Beasts with human upper bodies and smoky lower bodies could be faintly seen on the nearby streets.

Mu You recognized these creatures; they were called Ti Administrators, a type of Smoke Beast. They had once hunted Zuo Qiu and Red Sleeve and now appeared in the City of Ti, which wasn’t surprising.

At the mont, these Ti Smoke Beasts were embodying overseers, wielding Giant Axes and whips, floating throughout the city, supervising other Clockwork People at work.

If any slackers were found, they’d imdiately rush forward and furiously whip them until the slackers resud work.

"What are these..." Mu You looked at Vivian with a strange expression.

"These Clockwork People are actually those who inadvertently entered here for various reasons."

"Oh?"

"Creatures accidentally entering without guidance easily get lost in the ti rules here. Unable to escape for a long ti, they gradually lose themselves, their heads turning into clocks, eventually forgetting their identities and becoming slaves to the City of Ti, working tirelessly for the city..." Vivian’s tone held a bit of lant.

"How do you know all this..." Mu You was a bit puzzled.

While it was one thing for Vivian to claim familiarity with the city’s chanisms, knowing so much about the origins of the Clockwork People...

Considering she also claid to have mistakenly entered the Heart of Ti, could it be...

Vivian sighed and said, "Because I, too, once beca a Clockwork Person."

"Ah..." The three looked at her with so surprise.

"How did you turn back?" Mu You asked.

Vivian had just ntioned that turning into a Clockwork Person ant having to work here forever, yet her soul was intact, indicating she had certainly found a way to escape at the ti.

"Not all Clockwork People must stay here. So have a strong survival instinct and get a chance to enter the ’Ti Cage’. If they can complete the Heart of Ti’s trial and co out alive, they can regain their original form and receive so special abilities," Vivian explained.

"Ti Cage?"

"It’s the core of this city and the place I will take you today. If you want to rge with the Ti Divine Bone, it’s a place you must enter." Vivian looked at Mu You.

Mu You nodded. Clearly, Vivian had successfully passed this trial, and the ability she gained was her passive ti-responsive ability.

Of course, Mu You also understood that this trial must be extrely difficult, not sothing ordinary people could achieve, otherwise people with Vivian’s ti-responsive ability would be everywhere.

"Let’s go."

Vivian led the three into the city, giving them one last reminder before leaving.

"Rember, if any Clockwork People talk to you, no matter what they say or ask you to do, don’t respond. Pretend you don’t see them and quietly walk away."

The three did not ask why and simply nodded, following Vivian.

As Mu You walked a few steps, he felt the light and shadow around him shift.

Looking up, he was still in the sa place, but Vivian and the others were nowhere to be seen, and the positions of the Clockwork People had changed slightly.

Mu You instinctively glanced at the clock in his hand.

Sure enough, his ti had jumped from 3:40 to 3:10, moving back half an hour.