"Elder, just call me Qian Hai," Qian Hai turned to look at the elder who asked the question and politely explained: "If too few information channels are closed, there may be a problem of large clock information accumulation in the future. But if If too many information channels are closed, recorders will need to continuously feed information to the big clock to keep the big clock with sufficient energy to run."
"This..." Patriarch Golin asked: "Qianhai, can you determine how many information channels there are in the big clock now?"
Qian Hai shook his head, "The inside of the big clock is very complicated. I haven't seen them all yet. Currently, I see about twenty-three or four channels, seven of which are main information channels, and the rest are tributaries. I feel like I haven't found it yet. Yes, there are at most five or six more.”
"In this case," an elder looked at the great elder, "great elder, what do you think about leaving only the main information channel and closing all the tributaries?"
Before the great elder could speak, Patriarch Golin objected: "No, the number of tributaries is more than twice that of the main trunk. In other words, nearly half of all the information received by the big clock comes from tributaries. If all the tributaries are closed, the big clock will The clock must be running low on energy.”
"Then leave one tributary on each main trunk and close the rest." The great elder made the final decision.
Qian Hai holds in his hand the spirit stone that Chief Golin just gave him. As the blue light in the spirit stone becomes weaker and weaker, Qian Hai's spiritual power is gradually recovering.
"Okay, Great Elder, I'll start now." Qian Hai put his hand on the big clock again, "I will first find all the information flows, and then except leaving the best tributary on the main trunk, I will move them one by one. All other tributaries will be cleaned and closed. If the Big Clock is still silted up after all closures are completed, I will clear the silted information in the main trunk."
"Thank you for your hard work, Qian Hai," the great elder said: "Don't force yourself, always pay attention to the consumption of mental power, rest in time, and restore mental power."
"Don't worry, Great Elder, I will do it."...
In the next few days, the Great Elder, Chief Golin and the other four elders all stayed with Qian Hai at the core of the big clock, ready to provide Qian Hai with spiritual power at any time.
With sufficient mental support, Qian Hai successfully found the remaining information channels in the big clock, one main trunk and three tributaries.
During this period, everyone noticed that the great elder's physical condition was rapidly declining. The other four elders, regardless of the great elder's personal objections, asked Patriarch Golin to force the great elder back to his room to rest.
At this time, no one noticed that the panic in the town was continuing to ferment under an undercurrent...
"Qian Hai, thank you for your hard work." The tall Fifth Elder walked up to Qian Hai and handed a bottle of orange potion to Qian Hai with a smile. "This is the recovery potion I prepared myself. It has a very good effect on recovering from fatigue. you try."
"Thank you, Fifth Elder." Qian Hai had just closed the sixth information channel and was sitting on the ground tiredly. He took the medicine from the Fifth Elder and drank it in one gulp.
After taking several potions in a row, Qian Hai reluctantly discovered that the void element in his body could not only decompose toxins, but was also highly resistant to all beneficial potions.
If the orcs' digestive system, which had the strongest absorptive capacity, had not been chosen when designing the body, now that Qian Hai had drank these medicines, not even 30% of their effectiveness would be exerted.
Lying on the ground, feeling that his condition had recovered a little, Qian Hai rubbed his face with tired hands and stood up directly: "Fifth Elder, your potion is really effective. While it's still early, I'll close another channel."
"Huh?" The fifth elder subconsciously took the bottle Qian Hai returned, "My medicine is good, but you can't recover so quickly!"
The third elder hurriedly came over and advised: "Qian Hai, you should rest now. Repairing the big clock day and night for four consecutive days will be too much for your body. There are still thirteen information channels that have not been closed. If you collapse from exhaustion, , our family is finished."
'I originally thought that the so-called elders should all be old scholars. After getting along with each other for the past few days, I feel that these four old men are almost like children~'
"Third Elder, don't worry," Qian Hai coaxed the Third Elder, "I know well that I won't fall down from exhaustion. When Patriarch Golin came to deliver meals these two days, didn't he say that since the big clock was turned off, there was a panic in the town? Just keep going~ I just have to hurry up and get to work as soon as possible."
At this time, the other two elders also gathered around: "Qian Hai, you are too reluctant. Our whole clan is very grateful to you, but even if you are just for us..."
"Elders!! It's bad!!" An Xiu's urgent voice came from outside the stone door, interrupting everyone.
"An Xiu?? Why did he run down?" Qian Hai looked towards Shimen in confusion.
According to their clan rules, An Xiu was not qualified even if he came to this underground passage, let alone stepping into the stone gate.
"Something might have happened outside. Let's go over and see what the kid has to say." The second elder stepped on the floating stone slab first and walked towards An Xiu, and everyone immediately followed.
Qian Hai walked last and followed the four elders out of the stone gate. He saw An Xiu saying to several elders in a panic: "Four elders, Yax suddenly led three elders and hundreds of tribesmen around the door of the palace. Now almost all the other tribesmen in the town are here!! The great elder asked me to invite a few elders to come up to discuss countermeasures."
'Sure enough, that Yax wants to take the opportunity to cause trouble, but with his little strength, why should he? Qian Hai raised his eyebrows but said nothing.
The second elder frowned slightly, but his voice was calm, "Where is Golin now?"
"The patriarch and six other elders are in the great elder's room." An Xiu said anxiously: "The patriarch is worried that the clan members will be taken advantage of by Yax, so he plans to go out to appease everyone first."
"We can't let Golin go out by himself first. Come on, let's go up!" The second elder walked quickly towards the stone steps.
Qian Hai and An Xiu followed closely behind several elders. Qian Hai whispered to An Xiu: "Lead people to surround the clock hall. Is Yax going to rebel?"
An Xiu, who was so nervous that his whole body was stiff, glanced at Qian Hai and nodded hesitantly.
Qian Hai comforted him: "You don't have to be so nervous. I don't think the matter is too serious."
At this point, I am still in the mood to say it’s not serious! ! If it weren't for the four elders, An Xiu would have fought Qian Hai directly!
Seeing An Xiu giving him a fierce look, Qian Hai said nothing and continued to follow everyone up. Qian Hai didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said. Several elders Qian Hai had used tamperers before, and their strength was no lower than that of the Golin clan leader.
In this world, individual strength has become so strong that it can ignore the gap in numbers to a certain extent, not to mention the magicians who are good at range attacks...
