Chapter 3387: Deepening Cooperation and the Demand for Holy Light Crystals

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Of course, in the process of analyzing and processing the Magic Net data of Tear Drop Lake, Xia Duo would occasionally have other thoughts; after all, remaining focused on one thing for a long time is quite a test of one's mental endurance.

From the first week, when Xia Duo felt he could still hold on, to the later month, he began to understand Duomamu, but because the Tear Drop Lake Magic Net data had not yet been fully analyzed and processed, he could still endure it for the time being.

But negative attributes like irritability, dissatisfaction, and resentment had already begun to appear in his emotions. Dafuni paying a not-insignificant price to keep looping time like this is one thing, but does Xia Duo, caught in the loop, not need to pay any price?

Thinking itself consumes energy, but usually, when tired, one can rest, sleep, or use other more relaxing leisure activities to unwind.

But now, caught in the loop, his body is reset back to one or two seconds ago time and time again; while he doesn't feel the slightest physical fatigue, mental exhaustion is unavoidable.

Of course, if Xia Duo were performing the time loop in his own home, he could certainly rest his consciousness with peace of mind to achieve recovery.

But right now, he is in a time loop created by an enemy; as long as he relaxes even a little, he might be doomed. In this situation, he wishes he could grow a few more eyes and stay vigilant at all times.

Not to mention performing high-intensity thinking and analysis while maintaining vigilance.

But there is a way to deal with that.

That, of course, is a matter of waiting to see; it all depends on whether the enemy gives him that opportunity!

It was also because Xia Duo's initial considerations were insufficient; coming in and immediately trying to outlast Dafuni in endurance was actually a massive underestimation of how long Dafuni could maintain the time loop, and perhaps there was also a slight misjudgment.

After calming down, Xia Duo temporarily stopped the analysis work and instead used Meditation to gradually eliminate the negative emotions in his heart—of course, this was under the premise of ensuring basic vigilance.

Once his mental state was fully recovered, he reformulated a new plan to balance work and rest, and it was during this relatively leisurely and composed thinking process that he discovered some details he had previously overlooked—

It just depends on whether the enemy has the ability to push themselves into the abyss of destruction.

I must incorporate rest and recovery into my considerations; the actual progress of processing and analysis will likely be stretched to a point that even I find unacceptable.

I can actually break the loop proactively!

Xia Duo possesses the Holy Seals of two Divine Envoys, and they are Holy Seals that contain part of the essence of the Divine Envoys; it's just that previously, because Xia Duo was worried that keeping the Holy Seals with him might cause privacy issues, he had always kept them in his Personal Space.

Besides underestimating Dafuni, Xia Duo also somewhat overestimated his own consciousness's endurance; jumping straight into high-intensity thinking meant he hadn't made sufficient psychological preparations for fighting a war of attrition.

And the Personal Space has always been anchored to Xia Duo's consciousness.

Right now, Divine Envoy Taide is leading his subordinates in the Underdark to clear out the Abyssal Land Embryo, and Divine Envoy Waiqi also went to the Underdark after returning from Taiweimansa.

On one hand, he is very clear that manipulating the Time Line cannot be without cost; in order to win more advantages for the Alliance, now that there is an opportunity to consume the power of the Darkness Society, he naturally must make full use of it.

That is a place where he can be the absolute master, and he would only take out the Holy Seals when necessary.

That is, Dafuni might also be in the loop herself; perhaps for the first two days, Dafuni did not participate in the loop, but starting from when she took the initiative to ask questions, Dafuni might have placed herself in the loop as well.

Or it can also be understood as a consumption of mental lifespan.

Of course, Xia Duo does not think that Dafuni is completely without backup plans; if he were to lower his guard because of this, he would be the only one to suffer.

Of course, the "infinite time" here refers not only to the time Xia Duo needs to persist but also to the time Dafuni needs to persist; if either side cannot persist, then it is not infinite.

Receiving a reply from a Divine Envoy is one effective way to anchor the past, but there is an even simpler one: having the Divine Envoy right by his side.

Fortunately, realizing it now is not too late; nothing unexpected has happened over this past month, and next, he just needs to adjust himself well and prepare mentally for a war of attrition.

It is nothing more than time.

So it is only theoretically near-infinite.

In other words, Xia Duo can now take the two Divine Envoys' Holy Seals out of his Personal Space at any time to obtain the effect of anchoring the past, thereby breaking the time loop he is currently in.

And the most effective method Xia Duo found to anchor the past is to borrow the power of the Divine Envoys; his own power, in the current context of the decisive battle, can only maintain the continuity of his consciousness but cannot anchor the past. (It was possible before)

But—

On the other hand, the time loop is actually an opportunity; originally, there was simply not enough time in the real world for him or the Alliance to analyze the Tear Drop Lake ritual.

Since the body's state is always in a near-frozen condition, one only needs to reduce high-intensity thinking activities, and recovery can be achieved through the body's ability to restore consciousness.

But in the time loop, because Xia Duo's consciousness can remain continuous, it is equivalent to possessing near-infinite time out of thin air to analyze that ritual.

Right now, Xia Duo is in a time loop; time is the most meaningless thing to him, and the only negative return is the continuous Entropy Increase of his consciousness.

But Xia Duo did not do that.

Xia Duo suddenly discovered that his previous estimates were not practical; with his current state of consciousness, it would be very difficult to complete the analysis of the Tear Drop Lake ritual within a few limited years.

Xia Duo is looking forward to it, and by the way, he is also starting to plan how the Alliance side should counterattack after the Tear Drop Lake ritual is analyzed and the loop is broken; now that he is in the time loop, because he has to consider rest, he has enough time to think about these things.

Whoever can persist to the end will be the one to achieve victory.

Not only that, he is even thinking about whether to put some of the research he was originally doing (non-practical parts) into this period as well; since it is time gifted by the enemy, he might as well use it.

Through such means, he avoids mental exhaustion as much as possible.

Both Divine Envoys are on the Surface, and certainly not by Xia Duo's side.

Breaking the loop, or pushing the loop to the point of synchronization with the real world, the key lies in completely anchoring the past Time Line, making it impossible for the past to change, and thus impossible to reshape history for the past.

And thus impossible to be dragged into the time loop.

This is to say, even if Dafuni sets the interval of the time loop to a degree that mortals cannot perceive, as long as she cannot change the continuity of Xia Duo's consciousness, she cannot prevent Xia Duo from using his Personal Space.

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And in fact, Xia Duo has already gained an extra month out of thin air; after resting and formulating a new plan, he is fully capable of persisting until he completes the analysis of that ritual. Now, it just depends on Dafuni!