Chapter 3472: Stealing Time Force

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If it is an environment where the flow of time slows down, would the Time Force not dissipate, or even show a tendency to converge "inward"?

This is somewhat similar to how water in a vacuum boils and evaporates into free-floating water molecules, but as long as the pressure is appropriate, it will condense back into liquid water droplets.

Xia Duo guessed that the Time Acceleration Zone is comparable to a vacuum or the process of creating a vacuum, while the Time Force within the Time Gem is equivalent to liquid water.

When the time acceleration reaches a certain threshold, the Time Gem can no longer bind the Time Force within it; the specific manifestation is that the Time Force in the Time Gem dissipates.

If combined with certain collection methods, it could be collected again, which was also Xia Duo's previous method for collecting Time Force.

But at that time, there was only the Time Gem as a source of Time Force; if there were other sources, his method would not be suitable, so a more universal method was needed.

So he thought of artificially creating an area where the flow of time slows down!

If free-floating Time Force appeared at this time, could it be condensed and subsequently collected?

By continuously alternating between time acceleration and deceleration, one could continuously collect Time Force from places where it might appear; the former turns condensed Time Force into a free-floating state, while the latter is responsible for collection.

Xia Duo even suspected that the "orthodox" way of collecting Time Force might be just like this, without needing to rely on any innate abilities.

The former counts as "technology," while the latter is "mutation."

By comparison, Xia Duo still approves more of the "orthodox" path; he even feels that if Dafuni's Time Force comes from an innate ability, its principles might also be realized through time acceleration and deceleration.

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Whether Xia Duo's guess about Time Force is correct, and whether there are any problems with the design concept of the Magic Artifact, will be revealed next.

Xia Duo looks forward to the birth of a miracle, but if there is no miracle, he will not be overly disappointed; after all, he has not yet reached the point of being truly at his wit's end, and he can just think of other ways—he has enough time to search.

Subsequently, he turned off the Time Acceleration Array, and at the same time, the layers of Hollow Mithril Sphere inside the Time Flow Regulator he held in his hand also slowed their rotation almost synchronously.

Although it was still rotating, at least for those with good eyesight, it was already enough to see its internal structure and trajectory of operation.

The state of the Time Flow Regulator at this moment represents the state of the current environment relative to the Time Force itself.

If changed to a place where the flow of time is faster than the Main Plane, such as the Annihilation Plane of the Seven Towers, then the rotation speed of the Hollow Mithril Sphere inside the Time Flow Regulator would be faster than in the normal environment of the Main Plane.

Therefore, although this item is used to regulate the flow of time, it can also be used to indicate the standard flow of time in the current environment relative to the Time Force itself.

From this step, even when he was just in the Time Acceleration Zone, Xia Duo could almost judge the success or failure of this key item through its rotation state.

It was mostly a success!

And now, returning to the normal environment, the Time Flow Regulator indeed showed the expected changes, which further proves that its function and design in this regard are correct.

The next step is further verification.

If there is no additional Time Acceleration Array to provide time acceleration, then the Time Flow Regulator, as its name implies, can itself regulate the flow of time within an area!

Soon, as Xia Duo operated it, the Hollow Mithril Sphere inside the Time Flow Regulator began to accelerate its rotation; at the same time, he also observed that the light in the surrounding environment was rapidly dimming.

This is enough to show that he is currently in a time acceleration environment, but more definitive evidence lies in the fact that outside the Time Acceleration Zone at Ritual Site No. 1, there is a dedicated 【Magic Moment】 used to remind one of the time.

Its Fuwu change speed perfectly matches the acceleration multiple set by the Time Flow Regulator.

Next, Xia Duo tried slowing down the flow of time, which also perfectly met expectations; these were not actually any surprises, as he had been using the Time Acceleration Array for a long time and had even designed a 【Jieti】 for individual Protection based on it.

And the 【Jieti】 can actually be seen as a portable Time Flow Regulator, just without the function of collecting Time Force.

The current Time Flow Regulator is more professional and also has the added function of collecting Time Force through alternating time acceleration and deceleration; it can even be said that the latter is the core function of this key item!

Subsequently, with a hint of anticipation, Xia Duo adjusted the state of the Time Flow Regulator to collection mode, which is the state of continuous alternation between time acceleration and deceleration.

Xia Duo himself, being in this environment, did not have any special feelings, only feeling that the brightness of the environment was also alternating between light and dark.

But this is just a normal phenomenon caused by external light being "diluted" or "converged" when entering the time acceleration/deceleration zone, and has nothing to do with himself.

In reality, for an individual in a time acceleration or deceleration zone, their various behaviors and states are the same as in a normal environment; at most, to outsiders, their movements look a bit jerky, that is all.

If the flow of time could change the state of the individual themselves, then Spellcasters traveling to Planes with different time flows would need to protect themselves from the damage brought by time itself, but in reality, they do not.

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After waiting for about ten minutes of self-perception, Xia Duo showed a regretful expression; he could not find any collected Time Force in the Time Flow Regulator.

"A pity, a pity!"

He was not sure if the failure to collect Time Force was because the regulator itself could not meet the requirements to "extract" free-floating Time Force out of thin air, or if the idea was wrong from the beginning.

But it is no problem to use it to collect Time Force from Time Gems; he remembers all the relevant parameters, and he had tried it several times in different Time Lines before.

There should not have been any surprises this time either.

But failing to "extract" Time Force out of thin air still made Xia Duo somewhat disappointed; this means that the conditions for the generation of Time Force might be quite harsh, and even if the relevant design is perfected in the future, it might not be easy to obtain Time Force.

From this perspective, Dafuni's existence undoubtedly possesses higher value.

After all, this is the only source of Time Force Xia Duo currently knows of, and it seems that it does not require paying any price; could this be the true value of an innate ability?