Mystery: Time Travelers of the Fourth Era

Chapter 467 National-level Chaos Sea Research Center

Even though the five saints, who had all attained enlightenment through the five different paths, had just been created, they still displayed a certain level of wisdom.

At this moment, Xia'er and the others had already escaped from the alternate dimension and returned to the safe viewing area of ​​the Blood Emperor Palace.

The gate has been closed by Mr. Gate, ready to be welded shut at any time.

The Blood Emperor used his power to temporarily elevate the ranks of these five saints.

"Then, let's begin."

An ancient silver mirror appeared in Xia'er's hand, and the black gems on both sides of the mirror lit up. A beam of silver light shone on the projection screen in the center of the round table. This beam of light shone into the other dimension through the window glass that Mr. Door had deliberately left, as if it were some kind of signal.

Within the alternate dimension, a faint chaotic glow began to emanate, and the pollution of the Chaotic Sea began to erode the five puppet saints of the Five Families within.

The specific principle is roughly similar to that of the Fallen Mother Goddess who corrupted Mr. Gate.

The Chaos Sea itself is inherently polluting and aggressive. As long as the cognitive barriers of the five puppets are overcome, and knowledge about the Chaos Sea is instilled in them from the outside through the characteristics of the Enlightener, coupled with the deliberately left openings and a little guidance, the pollution will naturally arrive as scheduled.

"The first step is to test which of the five pathways has the best tolerance."

"Even though they are all corrupted, what differences will the saints of the five paths exhibit in this process?"

"As Xia Er spoke, the puppet saints, who were separated into five areas, began to go mad, and some of their bodies showed signs of losing control."

This process is relatively fast because the flow of time in the alternate dimension can be adjusted, so Xia'er can be sped up, which saves time. If you want to observe in detail, you can pause or reverse the playback, since there is a screen recording function.

Despite the numerous seals separating them, this indirect and brief contamination did not frighten even the weakest angels of the Tamara family. The five saints, amidst the contamination, all exhibited varying degrees of mutation, conforming to the characteristics of their respective pathways. The Sun Path saint's radiance became corrupted rapidly, and purification proved largely ineffective. The Hanged Man Path saint's flesh and blood began to mutate. The White Tower Path saint's instinctive attempts to save himself only hastened his demise. The Spectator Path saint's expression shifted between calm and extreme.

The saint of the storm path roared and charged toward the "invisible wall".

Ignoring everyone else, Xia Er inputted line after line of commands, writing down his conjectures. Using the Enlightener characteristic as a foundation, he directly imported his thoughts and knowledge into the Sea King in the Storm Path, forcibly controlling the other party to save itself according to Xia Er's ideas.

The Aquaman doll ceased its pointless rage and venting, sat cross-legged, and created a torrential rain. The rain gathered into a lake, and Aquaman gained his own territory. His hair continued to uncontrollably transform into twisted tentacles. Cutting off these hairs and throwing them far away, these tentacles did not die. Instead, they became like living things, swimming in the water, trying to return to Aquaman's body.

However, the torrential rain continued to fall from the sky, and the lake continued to expand, with the inner perimeter constantly squeezing the outer perimeter, forming layers of gradient zones. As the foundation of the Enlightener was adjusted, the chaotic sea aura that had seeped in weakened, and the pollution was dispersed by the constantly flowing lake water, settling in various places and being attracted by the limbs that had been detached in advance, thus slowing down the rate of erosion on the Sea King himself.

Each layer of the sea possesses the Sea King's spiritual power. The closer the water is to the pollution, the thinner and wider the spiritual power becomes, while the deeper waters have a thicker and denser spiritual power. Although they are also subject to pollution, the waters are constantly expanding. Layer by layer, the spiritual power is discarded, and the Sea King uses its own body, spirit, and mind to construct a decreasing safe lake.

This is a passive approach to dealing with tumors that are growing everywhere, which involves slowly cutting them to prolong survival as much as possible. Since contamination is unavoidable and difficult to separate, the necrotic areas with the most contamination are removed and disposed of in a more distant location to reduce the pressure on the tumor as much as possible.

Chael played with great focus, and the other dukes also turned their attention away. Tudor, Mr. Men, Amon, and Antigonus each chose a saint doll and began to make different attempts according to their own ideas. Tamara watched quietly; after all, she was only a Sequence 2, so she had no complaints.

And this is only the first phase.

There is still enough time left in the Fourth Era to try various experiments slowly. Xia'er is not in a hurry. The contamination of source matter is a terrible thing, but it is not absolute. Loopholes have already been left.

The original timeline's imaginary dragon was able to separate and seal away its insane second personality, and even planned to merge with it later, using the corrupted personality to gain control of the Chaos Sea. This shows that even if the corruption cannot be completely removed, it is feasible to indirectly remove the corruption by removing the more concentrated parts of oneself. The path ahead, however, needs to be explored slowly.

"There were times of peace in the Fourth Age as well."

Xia Er sighed. He quite liked this rare peace. When the Red Priest, who symbolized turmoil and war, and the three families of ghosts, who symbolized grotesque, bizarre, and nonsensical things, were settled down, the world was still peaceful and tranquil.

Gradient colors, wavy anti-pollution method...

F***ing centrifuge...

He snapped his fingers, and the air rippled, slowly spreading outwards, shaking out the previously invisible, grayish-white mist, which resembled tree rings or spirit rings. The outermost layer of the mist became denser.

Use the spirits of other different beings to construct the formations you need.

He finally understood why the powerful magic or spells he had seen before all required sacrifices or something; it was all about the conservation of energy. Burning mana was never as powerful as burning health.

However, this free-to-play strategy suitable for casual players has been phased out by Xia'er.

He now possesses the strongest Stand, Crimson King.

No wonder Mr. Men so easily believed in the treatment offered by Xia Er. By constantly harvesting blood flowers from Mr. Men's flesh and blood, the pollution was slowly removed. It turns out Mr. Men already knew this was feasible.

But soon, a new point of doubt arose for Xia Er.

It is known that Mr. Door was sealed away by the Goddess of Night and the Lord of Storms.

The corruption of the Fallen Mother Goddess seeped through the seals and barriers, subtly corrupting Mr. Gate.

This is partly due to the power of the Mother Goddess, and partly due to the weak seals of the Goddess of Night and the Lord of Storms, since they were facing a Door Master who was most skilled at opening doors.

Therefore... if Mr. Men had reinforced his own seal on top of the existing seal, he might not have been so deeply affected by the Mother Goddess.

He was always thinking about how to escape the seal. Although he himself was unable to escape, the various attempts he made and the gaps he left gave the Mother Goddess an opportunity.