Hearing 173's depressing words, 659 couldn't help but frown.
The time to complete this urgent mission is really too tight. Let’s not talk about the strength of the mission target, the Shadow Insect King. The shadow insect swarm that was chasing them before almost killed them.
To put it bluntly, even if you have the strength to complete the assassination mission, there is currently less than twenty-two hours, which is not enough...
"Is it possible that 173 he is really dead?"
659 pondered over and over what 173 said in his mind, trying to find some hope in it.
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and asked uncertainly.
"173, how did the system describe the task when it released it? Please repeat it in detail."
Because 173's system only existed in his body, 659 did not know the specific description of the mission during the time he came into contact with the shadow bug and issued the emergency mission.
At best, I only got a rough idea of the mission through 173’s dictation.
"Mission description? It is to detect a swarm of shadow bugs around and issue an emergency mission to find the insect nest and kill the insect king within one day."
"No, don't summarize it in your own words. Tell me the information the system gave you exactly."
659's brows furrowed tightly. He had a hunch that the urgent and fatal mission in front of him did not seem to be what he and 173 thought, but there was a mystery hidden in it.
"Wait a minute, let me recall..."
The human-faced lizard beneath him was still moving at high speed. Through the spread of mental power, 659 felt that the surrounding environment seemed to have changed slightly. Although the overall situation was still very flat, the terrain had a faint trend of sinking.
"If I remember correctly, that's how the system was described at the time."
"Ding! The calculation results show that there is a swarm of shadow insects around the host. An emergency mission is now triggered - find the insect nest and kill the insect king. The time limit is one day in the Red Moon World. The timer starts!"
"Note: This mission has been forcibly accepted and cannot be refused. If the mission fails, the host will be humanely destroyed."
"That's it."
After imitating the system's slightly mean voice, 173 stopped transmitting his thoughts.
Because he knew that 659 must be analyzing every word in the task description word by word at this time. This feeling of having a partner to rely on reminded him of his best friend, Wang Yu.
"Treading on the Stars"
"The time limit is one day in the Red Moon World..."
659 repeated this sentence in his mouth and looked up at the sky.
Although his whole body is now trapped by Dacai's tail, and even his head is firmly covered by the bowl-shaped mouth, the human-faced lizard has the special ability to increase his mental power, allowing 659 to see clearly without using his eyes. Feel the changes around you.
Therefore, 659 can clearly "see" the current sky scene.
The red moon, which can fill half of the sky, still hangs there, quietly, like a huge eyeball overlooking the earth.
"Although I don't know why the moon in this timeline is red, and it is so ridiculously big..."
"But from the beginning to now, the position of the red moon seems to have not changed..."
Hearing what 659 said, 173 couldn't help but raise his head and look towards the sky.
The dark sky is like an old rag, dark red
The moonlight passed through the thin clouds and sparsely sprinkled onto the earth.
After a simple judgment, 173 found that the facts seemed to be what 659 said. The huge red moon seemed to have been staying in the west. Except for some slight changes in the surrounding reference objects, its position in the sky had hardly moved.
"you mean……"
173 turned to look behind him in the six o'clock direction. There was nothing on the ground there, only a clump of downed grass.
"What I mean is that the time limit of your emergency mission is one day in the Red Moon World. Is it possible that one day in the Red Moon World is not the twenty-four hours we think of?"
The issue of time scale has always existed, but because it exists all the time, people always ignore it.
The two people who are world breakers are no exception.
"Since the system has pointed out that the time limit for the emergency mission is one day in the red moon world, can it be understood that it is one day on earth in this timeline?"
"Since it is a day on the earth, we can infer from common sense that the time it takes for the earth to rotate once is one day and night, which is usually twenty-four hours..."
"Assuming that the red moon world also has a rotation pattern that divides day and night, can the night be theoretically divided into twelve hours?"
"It must have been two hours since the beginning. Logically speaking, even if the red moon in the sky has not risen into the sky, there should be some signs of movement."
"But the red moon didn't move. Does this mean that a day in the red moon world is actually longer than both of us imagined?"
Listening to 659 finish speaking in one breath, 173 felt that the weight in his heart seemed to be lightening little by little.
"If a day in the Red Moon World is not twenty-four hours, but longer, then completing the emergency tasks given by the system is not an impossible task..."
After thinking for a moment, 173 finally spoke.
"There is indeed nothing wrong with our analysis, but it would be too hasty to determine the time scale of this timeline based on the position of the red moon in the sky..."
"Indeed...there are other factors to consider...then what do you think?"
Although he came from timeline 659 of level 2.0 civilization, 659 never looked down upon the variant from timeline 173 from the beginning to the end, even if the opponent's civilization level was only level 1.2.
Because in his belief, technology should never be a tool to despise the weak.
"Um……"
After pondering for a long time, 173 gave a suggestion that made 659 slap him directly on the forehead.
"Why don't we ask the local people..."
"I knew I would have asked the revenge army just now... Now it's okay. Where can I find local people in the wilderness..."
A trace of helplessness flashed across 659's face, and the previous scene when Master Chief Hu Teng also launched a charge flashed through his mind again.
"That's right. Although these two human-faced lizards have been on the road right now, the environment around them is completely deserted. It's impossible to see where their destination is..."
173 was also like a deflated rubber ball, and his spirit was instantly weakened.
Who knows how long these two human-faced lizards will be restrained and running. Although there is no danger, their bodies are also restricted and very passive.
What if we arrive at our destination within a short time?
Okay, but what if this human-faced lizard is a veteran of long-distance running and leads the two of them directly to the end of the emergency mission's time limit, that would be great fun.
"There is no way. I just tried it. I can't break free with brute force, unless I use the ball lightning generating device on my arm, but the distance is too close. If I do this, I can easily blow myself up..." …”
"You still have an escape device after all. I can only resign myself to fate..."
173 kept wailing, like an old woman complaining about her fate.
As if they understood what the two World Splitters were talking about, the human-faced lizards Da Cai and Xiao Cai, who had been running wildly, suddenly increased their speed at the same time, and rushed forward at a speed that was nearly twice as fast as before.
As the human-faced lizard sprinted, the bodies of the two World Breakers began to lean back involuntarily. Even with the restraints of their tails, the feeling of acceleration was still very obvious.
"I'm a goddess, why did you suddenly speed up..."
"Eh? Why does it seem like there's no road ahead?"
"Holy shit! Is it a cliff?!"
"No, this is not a cliff. Look, there is no road around. This is the coastline!"
Just as 659 said, a fault suddenly appeared in the flat and open land, as if someone had cut it neatly. As the human-faced lizard kept running wildly, the scenery that had been blocked by the terrain gradually appeared between the two of them. In front of you.
The fault ahead is indeed not a cliff, but a coastline that runs from both ends.
But behind this coastline is not the sparkling sea, but sandy land that is drier than a wasteland with cracked soil.
"ah!!"
The sudden weightlessness and the rapidly moving reference objects around him made 173, who had been using his mental power to explore the surroundings, feel dizzy.
Accompanied by 173's screams, the human-faced lizard Xiaocai who was running in front jumped up first and jumped towards the dry seabed.
Without the filling of sea water, the exposed seabed sand formed a certain gap with the cliff on the shore. Although it was not as high as the cliff, there was still a certain distance.
Da Cai, who was following Xiao Cai, was relatively stable. Although he also increased his running speed, he did not jump off the coastline like Xiao Cai in front. Instead, he chose a gentler dive method. The six big legs were waving wildly, like a wind-up toy frog.
For a moment, the dust on the cliffs was flying, and the shadow of a human-faced lizard was faintly outlined next to the deserted coastline.
Although Xiaocai's descent was a bit exciting, fortunately, she did not forget that she was carrying a person on her back. After some tossing and turning, she landed steadily on the dry seabed sand.
"I fell in love with Nuwa Empress, and she almost made me wet my pants..."
173's trembling thoughts followed Da Cai's tail and entered 659's mind. It is not difficult to guess that compared to Da Cai's more steady way of going downhill, Xiao Cai's leaping down clearly gave the passengers on its back a disadvantage. It caused quite a psychological shadow.
After breathing for a moment, the two human-faced lizards set off again, but this time the one walking in front was Da Cai, who was riding in 659, and the more naughty Xiao Cai followed behind.
"What exactly happened on Earth in this timeline..."
Through the diffused mental perception, 659 discovered that not only the ocean where they were located had dried up, but also the same situation all around.
If it weren't for the large amount of corals and shells left on the sand, 659 would even think that they had arrived at a lifeless desert...
