Chapter 3342: Interstellar Voyage, State of Emergency

————Just a little bit more, about ten minutes, right away~~

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It would have been fine if he hadn't used Perception, but once he did, Xia Duo was almost so angry he laughed; Dafuni had actually returned to the garden bench where he was currently sitting!

However, Xia Duo quickly realized where the problem lay. Dafuni disappeared from the real world (Wide-Area Detection could not find her), and instead of thinking about escaping, she remained in place; once might be explained as a perverse sense of humor.

But the second time it was the same, and furthermore, it was under the condition that both sides had already determined they would have a confrontation; the reason for this choice was almost self-evident—

Dafuni had entered this current state of having no interaction with the real world, and she simply could not move far away.

Xia Duo guessed that she might have anchored herself to the real world through some method, but had also withdrawn from it, and this anchor point might not be some scene or object, but rather him, a living person.

Or perhaps, it was very likely that Dafuni had realized he, a living person, could serve as a key Node to anchor to the real world.

Xia Duo knew of his own uniqueness, but he could not fully know just how unique he was or in what specific aspects it manifested; at least for the moment, Dafuni seemed to demonstrate the ability to anchor to the real world by utilizing his existence.

Because Dafuni was not in the real world, even if Xia Duo wanted to strike at her, he could not find a target at all. Perhaps destroying space directly would work, but in the capital of Yierlan, he was not yet reckless enough to do such an outrageous thing.

Unlike her previous calm and unhurried concealment, Dafuni's state at this moment appeared slightly disheveled, as if she were enduring immense pressure or gravity, yet she was still struggling to move toward Xia Duo.

It was as if the reality basis of her own existence was about to be overturned in the next moment.

This was different from the previously damaged ritual, and also different from the Space-Time Mist that might have been caused by a ritual accident; this operation of tangibly changing reality was truly startling and made one feel fear.

Of course, emotions were emotions, but his reason told him that Dafuni was not that easy to catch.

The result was obvious: even that strange starlight spell was not omnipotent; at least in the Arcane field, it could not fully contend with the Thought Robe, a Strategic Weapon that could be called something from the future.

Sure enough, in the next moment, despite already being within the space separated by the War Spell 【Wide-Area Prohibition】, Dafuni disappeared again very strangely.

Just like the relationship between a character in a novel and their historical prototype; perhaps the novel perfectly shapes a historical figure, but the character in that novel can never truly be equated with the person in that history.

And the closer one gets, the more relaxed it becomes.

Perhaps this was not truly changing the past to affect the present; perhaps it was merely reconstructing the matter of reality, making it look as if the present had been changed by changing the past.

Xia Duo saw it clearly with the help of the War Spell's perspective; the moment he teleported away, a burst of starlight suddenly surged from the position on the bench corresponding to where Dafuni had been, and the next moment, Dafuni appeared on the bench with a look of astonishment.

As his thoughts raced, Xia Duo had already activated a Magic Net stored spell to teleport about ten meters toward the direction outside the garden, happening to be at the corner of a corridor, shielding even his line of sight, but due to the existence of the War Spell 【Wide-Area Detection】, Xia Duo still had a clear grasp of the situation in the garden.

There was only one reason for the existence of the Darkness Society, and that was that the Wise One had artificially shaped it according to their own ideas; perhaps they had referenced the Yierlan Elf they had prophesied to perform a Huanyuan, but they were by no means the Yierlan Elf from the prophecy.

Seeing this, Xia Duo naturally could not let the other party approach; he chose to teleport again, only this time he teleported a bit far, almost to the edge of the Linna Nie'ersi Chengqu, and was already well out of Dafuni's territory.

Only this time it did not seem to be a simple departure from the real world; Xia Duo clearly saw that the garden bench where he and Dafuni had both sat had inexplicably changed color.

Thinking of the danger of time-related Magic, Xia Duo felt that the Alliance's level of attention to this kind of Magic was still far from enough; not only should research be restricted, but it must also be checked constantly to ensure that another "incident" would not occur.

Especially since an Elder of Yierlan had just been assassinated in the Council, such a large disturbance as destroying space would definitely trigger a strong reaction from the Yierlan side.

As for now, although Dafuni had disappeared again, she had bumped into his Personal Space, so it was Dafuni's bad luck; Xia Duo once again discovered Dafuni not far from his side.

At the same time, the Alliance Mage also confirmed one thing, and that was the existence of the Time Line; perhaps there was another Time Line parallel to the real world, but for the real world, everything outside the real world was void and had no real meaning.

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With such obvious details, it was impossible for him to ignore them, and upon further detection and comparison, he discovered even more changed details.

Xia Duo naturally did not hesitate to press down with 【Wide-Area Prohibition】 again, followed by a Spell Suppression Field and binding Magic; although he knew that this method, which was sufficient to catch a high-level Mage, would likely fail against Dafuni again, he still wanted to see what Dafuni would rely on to escape the strike of his future weapon after losing the means to withdraw from the real world!

Then what about Dafuni?

In other words, it was impossible to be guided by another Time Line, and even more impossible for an Yierlan Elf from another Time Line to have run to this Time Line.

Xia Duo certainly did not want to overstimulate the already sufficiently tense Yierlan high-level officials, so he chose to leave himself; as long as he left, Dafuni should fall back into the real world due to losing her anchor.

But through (Alliance) research on time-related Magic, it could basically be determined that the big plan the Darkness Society was plotting was indeed related to time; once they succeeded, it was indeed possible to change reality in an instant.

Additionally, his spell would not stop, and in this way, if Dafuni really returned to the real world as he speculated, then the War Spell could immediately take effect.

"Got you!" A sense of excitement could not help but ignite in Xia Duo's heart; the leader of the Darkness Society, the Wise One, who had long been at odds with the countries of the Northland, was finally about to fall into his hands!

"This—" At that instant, Xia Duo even had a feeling of his consciousness freezing, only feeling a chill down his back.

After learning of the existence of time-related Magic, he had always had a psychological expectation for this kind of situation where changing the past affects the present, but when he saw this kind of thing happen before his eyes, the shock in his heart was still incomparably strong.

At such a distance, Dafuni seemed difficult to locate, so Xia Duo once again saw the scene of the other party falling back into the real world from outside it; first, a patch of starlight surged from nowhere, and then it was Dafuni's figure.

Of course, he only left in person, and would not even go too far, because judging from Dafuni's performance, the restriction of this kind of withdrawal from the real world was very large, and it might just be within his close-range.