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Chapter 135 Life Without Martial Morality
Although he would be trapped in the third act for a very long time, Li Can was not particularly worried about it.
In the world of the [Mirror of the Past], the flow of time seems to be different from that of the outside world.
Ever since he crawled out of the monster's belly as a baby, the countdown to the destruction of Earth in his mind has slowed down.
There is a long interval between the previous second and the next second before the jump is successful.
He realized this when the situation became urgent; he was on the verge of death and had no time to study it.
Moreover, the slow flow rate is a good thing for him.
There's no need to waste too much time agonizing over it.
He has been ensuring his life is not in danger until now.
Before everyone woke up, finish all the things that needed to be done in advance.
Now we're finally starting to take a closer look at this thing and see what's really going on.
[How far away is the destruction of Earth?]
【262:12:41】
"1, 2, 3... 24."
【262:12:40】
Li Can stepped onto the simple steps the puppets had just made and strolled back, calculating the time intervals in his mind.
When the countdown reached 24 seconds, the countdown in my mind finally jumped to the next time point.
Then came another long pause and block.
"1, 2, 3... 24." He held his breath, and at that moment the world seemed to fall completely silent.
【262:12:39】
……
During this period, each change in the second occurred approximately after he had silently counted 24 seconds.
For example, when the time dropped from 40 seconds to 39 seconds, it was about 24 breaths in the mirror world.
This is certainly inaccurate; Li Can was simply calculating according to his own pace.
It cannot be guaranteed to be completely accurate, but he needs this time measurement to give himself a range to calculate how much time has passed in the upper and lower cities.
"If we calculate it this way, one second in the normal world of Earth outside, including the instance, is approximately equal to 24 seconds of the time flow rate in the third act of the [Mirror of the Past]."
Li Can stacked the layers one by one according to the proportions.
"One minute outside is equivalent to 24 minutes here; one hour is equivalent to 24 hours here; and one day corresponds to 24 days..."
"Conversely, while I and everyone else have spent 24 hours here, only an hour has passed outside. If we were forcibly detained here for 24 days, only one day would have passed outside..."
"Sure enough, having clear, actual data makes me feel much more at ease."
He clutched his heart, where it had been beating very fast before the results were calculated.
Now I can finally relax and the rhythm becomes comfortable.
"When I first entered the instance, the countdown to the destruction of Blue Star showed a time of approximately [293:00:00]..." At the time, Li Can only remembered the whole number and selectively forgot and erased the minutes and seconds.
He was worried about getting confused.
It's safer to only take the integer part.
「现在大致是【262:00:00】，93减去62等于31小时……
"When I first arrived at the Baijie Hotel, the clock on the wall showed that it was 1:15 pm in the downtown area, during the first night of the day."
"Then it should be around 7 PM the next day outside..."
"Ah...it's dinner time for most people. I wonder how Xing Dong, Xing west, and Xing Nan are doing with the reconstruction of the lower city."
"By the way, what were their real names again? I think I forgot to ask. Oh, there wasn't time or opportunity to ask back then, and they would have been exposed if they hadn't been careful."
"Those two guys, Zhou Ye and Wang Defa, must be worried, since Li Lan and I have both suddenly disappeared..."
"I wonder if Huang Xiaoqi is worried about Xing Dazhuang. I always feel like she's discovered something, but she's suppressed by mental pollution. It's a bit strange."
"If we're talking about who's most anxious outside right now, it's probably Feng Tian and the others. Yang Mo just led everyone to a great victory and then disappeared, leaving behind an absolute mess..."
Li Can found a recliner that Xiao Guai had hand-woven before, leaned back on it, and fell into deep thought.
The situation in the upper town is no better than in the lower town.
The old city lord suddenly committed suicide, the person in charge of the city lord's mansion changed, blood flowed like a river, and it was a time when everything was in ruins and needed to be rebuilt.
Even if the old noble families who have lived in the upper city for a long time don't care who is in charge of the city lord's position, they will still interfere with what Yang Mo and Feng Tian are doing.
I had heard Shen Yuan repeatedly mention their organization's philosophy back then.
It's already a household name.
It's simply a matter of breaking down the barriers between the upper and lower cities, eliminating the eerie lair, and achieving equality for all.
But how could the people of the upper city, who are used to manipulating pleasures from behind the scenes and whose genes are implanted with "hatred," possibly agree to this?
It is likely that many people have already consolidated their forces and will launch a counterattack and protest against the city lord's mansion, whose foundation is completely unstable.
"Sigh. I wonder if there's anyone else in that organization who can actually handle things besides the few I've met. I'm really worried that Feng Tian won't be able to handle it all by herself..."
Li Can was very worried that after he and his companions went out, they would find that everyone in the entire upper city who had participated in their reactionary organization had been controlled, and that he himself would be unable to move an inch.
He didn't know "Feng Tian" personally, but he genuinely hoped she could successfully keep the relationship.
However, Li Can was not too pessimistic.
On the contrary, he always felt that there was a greater probability that the situation outside was different.
Various forces are eager to make their move.
There are those who don't care whether the city lord is dead or not, or who manages the city, but resolutely disagree with opening the upper and lower city; there are those who love the old city lord and are determined to avenge him; or there are those who act under the slogan of "avenging the city lord," but actually want to fight for themselves...
"It's good to be a bit chaotic. Only chaos can stabilize the situation. With many forces involved, it means that the power is dispersed, making it easier to defeat them one by one later."
Of course, it also made it easier for him to go out and fish in troubled waters, and to find ways to get out of the city.
That's why he stroked his chin and pondered for so long.
Although I am no longer in the martial arts world and am now trapped in the mirror, I must never forget to analyze the external situation.
Only when everything is under his control and there is no moment of derailment can he feel more at ease.
Li Can dislikes things that are out of control.
But that's life. It throws punches repeatedly, with ever-changing moves, and it doesn't care about martial ethics at all. It's not easy for a young man like him to dodge.
"There are only 262 hours left, or 10.9 days, before Blue Star is destroyed..." Li Can put his hands behind his head and looked up at the sky in a daze.
Even with all the hard work and effort I've put in, it seems like I'm trying to completely save the impending destruction of Earth. All the extra time I've gained to extend its life is just a drop in the ocean.
"After leaving this instance, I might go back to the space base on Earth and see if there are any abandoned rockets or spaceships. I might as well just run away too."
"Even if Earth doesn't have long legs, it can't run away. It's not like I don't have long legs."
"I'm just working for it to keep it going, and I don't know when it will succeed. That garbled cloud keeps acting crazy."
"Sigh, what other planets are suitable for human habitation... It seems like we haven't succeeded in researching them yet... Damn it, I still have to work!"
"No matter when, humans can't escape working."
"So this is my nemesis... Interesting, hehehehe..."