[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-vrmmo-mage-starting-with-a-10-000x-intelligence-":3,"chapter-vrmmo-mage-starting-with-a-10-000x-intelligence--online-game-mage-starting-with-a-10-000x-boost-f-chapter-457":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","MMO Mage: Starting with a 10,000x Intelligence Potion Boost",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2203762,3818,"Chapter 457","online-game-mage-starting-with-a-10-000x-boost-f-chapter-457",457,"\u003Cp>Because the two entrances looked exactly the same,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Beigong Yun suspected that they hadn't left the spot at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This possibility was not non-existent.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But in fact, compared to Beigong Yun, Qin Feng had no less experience in this regard.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He had already noticed this.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>During the running process, Qin Feng had been sensing Beigong Shang's position.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It had indeed been changing all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The distance first became a bit further while climbing the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, after reaching the top of the mountain, Qin Feng could feel\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>that they were a bit closer to Beigong Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But only ten minutes later, after the distance reached the closest point to Beigong Shang he had sensed so far,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>it began to gradually pull away again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And the current distance was much further than the initial one.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And precisely because of this, Qin Feng didn't feel they were walking in circles.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After Qin Feng told everyone else about his perception of the distance, the others also felt it was very difficult to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This situation left them with no way to start.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"That is to say, initially we were closer to Shang, but now we are further away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Being further away was even worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As for the point closest to Beigong Shang,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>actually, after Qin Feng passed by there and discovered that the distance between them and Beigong Shang began to widen from there,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Qin Feng had used the Eye of Truth once there.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although he didn't say it,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>and he only used it for no more than a second or two,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he could still see.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the valley in front of him, there were still only white bones, no traces of any life, and naturally, there would be no Beigong Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"The Soul Chain won't make a mistake; Beigong Shang must be in this canyon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Because of his trust in the system's products, Qin Feng said very firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He didn't doubt for a second that something was wrong with the Soul Chain.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In a place, what could hide people was either on the ground, or in the sky, or underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In the sky, Qin Feng didn't even need to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Because in the process of running continuously,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>they would move further away from Beigong Shang when going up the mountain,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>and would get closer to Beigong Shang when going down the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That proved that Beigong Shang was at least on the ground or underground, and definitely not in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>There was obviously nothing on the ground, and underground...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>There was nothing underground either.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The Eye of Truth was not an eye that could see through everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Its function was mainly to search.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just like back in Biba Bu City.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>When Qin Feng chose to look at the identity badges of those mysterious organization members,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he poured all his intent into the badges.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>So he could find the traces of the badges in a vast area.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But other things besides the badges,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>as long as they weren't completely unobstructed, Qin Feng still couldn't see them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was the same in this canyon.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Qin Feng wanted to find Beigong Shang, so when he looked underground,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>it was pitch black underground, and there was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That only proved that Beigong Shang was not underground,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>but it didn't prove that there was nothing underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In fact, it was very likely that there were some heavenly treasures or peerless items underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It's just that the Eye of Truth wasn't looking for them, so he couldn't see them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As for the white bones in the canyon, the reason Qin Feng could see them,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he guessed, was that the black mist in front of him was likely some kind of trick, not real.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Since it wasn't something that really existed, Qin Feng, after activating the Eye of Truth, could naturally block it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, the white bones Qin Feng saw\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>were not necessarily seen through the Eye of Truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was very likely that he saw them with his own naked eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But no matter if he saw them with his own eyes or the Eye of Truth,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>it was true that Beigong Shang wasn't there.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"So, are you okay yourself now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Do you feel our presence?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Does our constant changing of positions have any effect on you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Beigong Yun was also truly at his wit's end, so he had to ask Beigong Shang, who was in a different place, again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Nothing at all. It's just... hmm???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Beigong Shang was originally saying very helplessly,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he really couldn't feel anything,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>but halfway through his sentence, he suddenly made a very shocked sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Subsequently, there was no more news.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This made Beigong Yun anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He kept calling out to Beigong Shang in the Soul Chain,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>worried that he had met with some accident.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Beigong Yun's voice was very urgent and dense.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>So after only less than ten seconds, Beigong Shang woke up from his shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He hurriedly responded to Beigong Yun.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I'm fine, I'm fine, it's just that the sun seems to have risen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This is truly shocking; does this place have a sun?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Beigong Shang's exclamation clearly reached everyone's hearts through the Soul Chain.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>While everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they were even more shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What did he mean by the sun rising?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wasn't the sun always there?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Oh, wait, Beigong Shang was previously in a pitch-black environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But nothing had changed outside, so why did the sun suddenly rise in the environment where Beigong Shang was?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was truly strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Since there is a sun, there is sunlight; can you see clearly what kind of place you are in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Being able to see the place he was in\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>was obviously a good thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At least it would facilitate their search.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Beigong Yun hurriedly asked Beigong Shang again.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I originally thought this was a barren land where nothing grows, but it seems this is a canyon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Beigong Shang obviously knew this was a great opportunity and hurriedly observed his surroundings carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But the more he looked, the stranger he felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"This is a very, very large place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It's so big that it could almost be considered a plain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"The soil is red, and the vegetation on it is very sparse, with a few red weeds growing scattered about.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"And they are very, very scattered; you can only see one or two after a long distance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"In this place, there is also a long river that runs through the entire area.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I can't see the end in either direction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"And the direction of the river's flow is very similar to the direction of the two mountain peaks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"And these two mountain peaks sandwich this region in the middle; this terrain doesn't look much different from a canyon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It's just that, generally speaking, canyons are relatively narrow and long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"But the area between these two mountain peaks is a bit too large.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"That's why I called this place a canyon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It's just that, generally speaking, in places like canyons, the vegetation would be lush.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Water flow and animals would both be indispensable, but here it is a barren land.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"The small creatures that were flying in the darkness before are now completely invisible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I don't know if they disappeared because the sun rose and there was sunlight,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"or because there was some light, so the faint light they emitted was hard to detect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Other than that, there was nothing else.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The place where Beigong Shang was staying didn't have any special landmarks, making it very difficult to judge.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Give a general description of the shape of the mountain peaks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, when everyone was at a loss, Qin Feng asked a question immediately after Beigong Shang finished speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This made everyone's eyes light up.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They knew that Qin Feng asking this suddenly must mean he had made a discovery.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even if he hadn't discovered anything, he must have had some guesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That's right, he did have a guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just when Beigong Shang said he saw the sun rise and there was a ray of sunlight,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Qin Feng already had a guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It's just that this guess, if placed on Earth, wouldn't be considered much of a brain-teaser.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But in the minds of the people of this Mobis Kingdom, it was already a fantasy, an incredible thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Beigong Shang also knew the importance of the matter and described the shapes of the two mountain peaks in great detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And through Beigong Shang's description, others also found some clues.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The two mountain peaks Beigong Shang saw were very similar to the peaks on both sides of the canyon they saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although not entirely the same, overall, the similarity was at least around 80%.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And at the same time, the shape and width of the river in the canyon were also very similar.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although not completely identical, if Qin Feng's guess was correct,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>such inconsistency was normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After all, tens of thousands of years, even hundreds of thousands of years had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even if few people visited, this landscape couldn't remain unchanged forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A certain amount of change was the normal situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Added to the long passage of time, the distance between the two peaks had become much closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And such a large movement of mountain peaks—\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>it would be strange if the landscape hadn't changed at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That's right, it was time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Since the Eye of Truth could see the mist space extending from ancient ruins,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>it should also be able to see the folded space here.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although Qin Feng previously thought that this folded space was hidden too deeply,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>or that the door didn't open in the place they saw,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>so they couldn't detect it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But thinking about it now, they should always be able to see the traces of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Unless there was no folded space here at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>What separated them from Beigong Shang was not space, nor distance, but time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But since it crossed time, and Beigong Shang had been completely unaware of the existence of this canyon from the beginning,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Beigong Shang definitely didn't enter from the entrance of this canyon.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It's just that I don't know where Beigong Shang entered from\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>to be able to cross a door of time perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And the Eye of Truth was an eye that could see through the obstacles of space and see the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But it couldn't see through time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, Qin Feng had always been unable to see traces of Beigong Shang.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The case was finally solved.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"What did you say? Time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After Qin Feng stated his guess completely, everyone was very shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Including the Dean of the Mobis Academy, who was completely incredulous.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Everyone knew that time could not flow backward, nor could it be accelerated.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In this world, for all things, people could find traces.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even if they couldn't find them now,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>they should be indicated in ancient legends or records.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But only time, in the eyes of the people of the Mobis Kingdom, was sacred and inviolable.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>No one could influence time, no one could grasp time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They weren't even sure what kind of existence time was.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Their awe of time was like their awe of gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, when Qin Feng said that Beigong Shang might have crossed time, arriving at the past tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years ago,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>or the distant future,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>they were shocked to the point of disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>",1906,"2026-06-17T06:32:32.271Z","2026-06-17T09:01:34.923Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","a66d53f0b5d52a2f225f4873041a70c82a5130bc3406d137294cc00752e2e239","online-game-mage-starting-with-a-10-000x-boost-f-chapter-458","online-game-mage-starting-with-a-10-000x-boost-f-chapter-456",496,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fonline-game-mage-starting-with-a-10-000x-boost-f-cover.jpg"]