Mystery Paradise: Wishing Power Demon-Chapter 202 - 201 Trading Time for Time

Chapter 202: Chapter 201: Trading Time for Time

Chapter 202 -201: Trading Time for Time

“Indeed, it’s quite urgent…” Number One’s avatar pondered for a moment, “Director Gao, do you have enough VR headsets on your side?”

“We do,” Gao Wei replied.

“Go and get ready then,” he said to Chaoyang, “Just watching is enough, right?”

“Yes. If there aren’t any available, using a smartphone is also fine. Though, I guess you wouldn’t like pointing your phone’s camera at yourself,” Chaoyang said.

Gao Wei opened another microphone and gave some instructions. Shortly after, someone brought four VR sets and placed them in front of the round table. The voices on the screen also quieted down as if everyone was looking for the device that suited them best.

One minute later, Number One’s avatar spoke again, “Okay, please begin.”

Chaoyang could sense through the network that not everyone had put on the glasses and that several of the headsets’ network connections had branched off into several parts, seemingly some sort of anti-tracking system. But this was all within his expectations—obviously these people wouldn’t follow his instructions completely, skepticism and opposition still existed within the cooperation.

He didn’t plan to do anything to the people attending the meeting, not even the simplest memory sharing, as he didn’t want to complicate matters unnecessarily. So whether the VR had built-in cameras or not was irrelevant; he only needed to convert the live scene he saw through Ailuodi’s eyes into video, and then transmit it to everyone.

Of course, this kind of video was far less clear and accurate than memory. Even as a Cyber Demon, his demon abilities were greater than his cyber abilities, so the information he sent directly to the Paradise trio was memory data.

The projection lasted for about ten minutes.

When Zhang Zhiyuan took off the VR headset, he still couldn’t quite believe it.

The City Guard and the Mechanical Sect had been completely wiped out?

And that gothic-dressed priestess… She actually chose to jump into the mine at the last moment, making a last stand against the Heretical Cult. From that height, even if she won, her own end would not be different.

And what about the miners who were driven deep into the mine shaft and never showed themselves?

When the Causal Sect occupied the place, they definitely wouldn’t have kindly let them go in advance, meaning the two thousand people who permanently worked in the mine had become sacrifices.

In just ten minutes, nearly three thousand people had died, which made Zhang Zhiyuan truly feel the destructive power of the Evil God Sect for the first time.

And the destruction was far from over!

If that circle of bizarre red light surged into Magnificent Castle, how many would end up dead? This was a major city with a population exceeding a million!

“I don’t quite understand,” said Avatar Number Ten. “Based on the speed shown in the video, by the time we finish our meeting, it should have filled up the city as well. Or are you suggesting that time flows slightly differently in both worlds?”

“I’m not at liberty to explain the specifics, but you can think of it that way,” Chaoyang said. “The moment the Paradise game stops, time is almost at a standstill, then it slowly accelerates until the estimated time is approximately a day and a half.”

This, of course, was not the actual situation.

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The decision of the time difference relied on “the souls of the two worlds”.

At the moment Leisk was about to sound the horn, Chaoyang pulled him into the Earth world, along with Luowei Siya—the truth was, they weren’t special, but he could only choose those who had signed a contract with him to enter the new world. Judy, Jenny, and Haiqi had all signed contracts, but theirs were completed; Luowei Siya’s body was fashioned with wishing power, so the contract had to be maintained continuously. Leisk’s situation was similar to the former; in order to lure the Heretical Cult followers into the trap, he too had signed a body swap agreement with himself. Since the fulfillment of the conditions was unrelated to the assault itself, even if the attacking cultist was killed, the contract would still exist after he returned to his original body.

Therefore, these two were the only choices he had at the time.

And when the souls from that world entered Earth, the Paradise World was then reversely locked, creating an effect similar to a time lag.

However, as with the players’ previous experiences, this lag was not permanent; the hands of the time would spin faster and faster until they broke free from the lock. If Chaoyang had not returned by then, he would have completely lost the coordinates to the passage, never again to find the entrance to the other world.

Bringing these two wasn’t a sudden emergency plan. In fact, long ago, Chaoyang had considered using the time difference to respond to impending dangers—for instance, if his identity was exposed on Earth and he was surrounded, he could treat a minute as an hour, which would give him more time to think and to prepare his response. If he were really out of options, he could sever or send back the spirits he had brought over and stay entirely in the other world.

Just that Chaoyang hadn’t anticipated this move would be used to save Magnificent Castle.

The red light took about three days to reach the city, but he couldn’t count it that way since the car was stuck between the minefield and the city, effectively cutting short the distance. While the world was in a lag state, even if off-road vehicles ran faster than the red light, he had no time to move the car.

In other words, if he couldn’t resolve the crisis within a day and a half, the red light would engulf the car, and returning would be almost like courting death. Of course, he could also stay on Earth and not return, which meant a complete end to the supply of wishing power. The remaining reserves would only be enough for him to live a few more years, which wasn’t much different from being sentenced to death in advance.

“I don’t see any countermeasures in here,” the first avatar spoke, “or rather, there is some resistance, but it’s not very effective. I wonder how the Paradise side is thinking?”

“No, the people in the image have already given the answer.” Chaoyang exhaled, “The weapon that can penetrate the area covered by the red light is called a ‘Divine Artifact’, which, in essence, is not a canon, but more like an energy transfer device. Its owner calls it Ouroboros. Now, a complete Divine Artifact sample is on the rooftop of Jinmao Tower in Chu City.”

The second avatar immediately flickered, “Do you want to entrust this sample to us?”

“To be precise, it’s to Miss Cui Zhen’en,” Chaoyang “looked towards” Cui Zhen’en, “Her soul can drive Ouroboros, and she is the only player from Paradise with this qualification. However, once the crisis is resolved, I can also provide a Divine Artifact for your research.”

“That’s no problem, you need a chartered flight for transport, right? I’ll arrange a transport aircraft to wait at Chu State Airport immediately,” the first one promised at once, “Local forces will also deploy a helicopter to transfer the item from Jinmao Tower to the airport.”

Ten interrupted, “But this doesn’t solve the fundamental problem. If what you want to destroy is the fissure at the tip of the Evil… the rock formation, regular explosives won’t do. Based on my understanding of that world, I doubt Paradise could find enough explosives in a pioneering city.”

“That’s the crux of the plan. I have no intention of looking over there,” Chaoyang quickly responded. “The firepower required to shatter the summit of an inverted small mountain, or to completely destroy the minefield, is undoubtedly much more reliable if obtained from Earth.”

The room fell silent for a moment.

Gao Wei also showed a very troubled expression.

After nearly thirty seconds of silence, the first avatar spoke again, “I understand the cooperation you’re talking about. However, such a thing is beyond our capacity to decide, as it involves the army and multiple departments, and it could even affect foreign relations. We’ll report it up the chain, but I can’t guarantee the time the higher-ups will take to assess, and it’s very likely to exceed your estimated deadline.”