[I think you should be the only outsider. 】

While Xia De was thinking wildly, the whispering voice in his ear said softly.

"Why?"

[The arrival of an outsider is the luck of luck, if one appears, it is considered a miracle. There can be no second. 】

"Then "The Little Match Girl" why..."

[There are no coincidences in this world, only the inevitability accumulated by inevitability. And, didn't you already guess why? 】

Xia De smiled, if there is no second outsider, then the answer is indeed very clear.

Today is Wednesday, past zero, exactly one week since the time key was last used:

"It seems that I, an outsider, don't have nothing."

The woman's melodious laughter came again.

"Shad, did you hear that?"

Only then did he realize that Miss Louisa was talking to him, Xia De raised his head and said embarrassedly:

"Sorry, I was thinking about something just now, what did you say?"

"I said, if you don't care about your cat anymore, it will come out of the basket."

The blond writer touched his earlobe and said.

"Meow~"

Mia yelled "threatening" at Miss Louisa, and it almost jumped onto the dining table.

After dinner, Xia De bid farewell to Miss Louisa, and before leaving, he asked her about the advertisement in the newspaper. Miss Louisa directly took out a handful of business cards from her handbag and handed them to him. They were all newspapers that Miss Louisa had worked with:

"There is always one for you."

Because he was looking forward to what happened tonight, after saying goodbye to the writer, Xia De didn't go to other places, but returned directly to Saint Teresa Square with Mia in his arms. The time key can only be used after zero o'clock, so Shade still has to wait from returning home at 6:30 to midnight.

Of course, he didn't waste time, but continued to help Miss Louisa translate the "Four Elements of Chasing: Wind and Fire", and even took time out to continue reading "The Crazy Light Chaser".

Counting the time and confirming that the time key can be used, he excitedly stood up from the chair in the study.

Miya was originally lying on the desk, sleeping next to Xia De. It was awakened by Xia De's movement of getting up, but the whole cat was still lazily lying on the table top, only showing a pair of eyes looking at him.

"Now that the afterglow of divinity has lit up around me, it's time to read the stories that belong to the past."

Thinking excitedly, he took out the cracked key from the locked drawer.

Leave all the [relics] in your possession on the table temporarily, and close the door of the study from the inside. Then he took the key and whispered:

"May the world tree bless me in time."

The key was inserted into the lock, and it clicked again after being twisted. Open the door of the study, behind the door is a fog door blocked by thick fog.

The orange cat looked at this scene in amazement, but before it got up, Xia De had already stepped into the fog door:

"Mia, see you in three seconds."

The stepped footsteps landed, and the surroundings were surrounded by white mist.

A whispering voice sounded in my ears, and after getting ready, the "other me" received a message from the fallen ancient **** [Father of the Infinite Tree]:

[Outlander, you have stepped into the corridor of time. 】

[Message from the ancient **** "Father of the Infinite Tree":]

[Fifth Epoch 1068 autumn, Southern Continent, Hope Town. 】

[Event: The old **** "Innocent Creator" fell. 】

[Duration 10 minutes (2/3). 】

[You have obtained additional information. 】

[The figure of the father of the infinite tree continues to watch you. 】

[The ancient **** of time will give you a test that will continue. 】

[Before the fall of the "pure creator" of the old god, witness his last wish. 】

[The ancient **** of time will give you rewards: Thaumaturgy - Blade of Chaos Time, Miracle Spirit Rune - Echo. 】

Except for the addition of words such as "continue" and "continuation", there are only two-thirds more prompts after the duration, but it seems that the time limit this time is still ten minutes.

Because he was mentally prepared, Xia De didn't ask any more questions. If you want to step into Hope Town from White Mist, time can't be wasted here, but you didn't expect the woman's voice to continue:

[The life ring appears. 】

"Why?"

Even though I asked, I still did it. Bells sounded and sirens came out with steam.

The brass ring rotated behind his back, and as the life ring appeared, Xia De actually saw that the skin of his body was chapped inch by inch, and golden light marks shone under those cracks.

This is a physical state that I have seen during the day, but during the day, because I am in a dream, the state of the mind and soul will be highlighted.

"Why does calling out the ring of life here also make the state of the afterglow of divinity appear on the body surface?"

he asked.

[The knowledge in divinity tells me that the "corridor of time" you are in now is a special space, and the power of divinity is more obvious here. 】

Whispering, Xia De held up his hand, looking at the almost broken skin and the bright light below in disbelief:

"It's really interesting. The state of the mental body can resist the invasion from the dream, but what's the use of this state in the physical body?"

【I think at least this time, you can face him directly without the protection of that old god. 】

Withdrawing the life ring, he took another step in the thick fog~lightnovelpub.net~ The surrounding fog disappeared, and Xia De returned to the street that looked like a backward medieval town.

Unlike last time, this time it was late at night, and those numb townspeople could not be seen on the street. As far as the eye can see, the whole town stands tall in the long dark night, and there seem to be continuous mountains in the distance, like giant beasts crawling in the dark night.

The smell was still pungent in the air, and no house was lit except the toy store in front of it.

Looking up at the sky, the stars and the moon are covered by dark clouds, and it is impossible to judge the exact position at this moment by memorizing the astrology.

Xia De didn't waste any time, just opened the door and walked into the toy store.

The inside and outside of the store seem to be two different worlds, nothing has changed here, the sweet smell of candy permeates the air, and the shelves are full of toys. The young man in the ridiculous clown hat stood behind the counter and was woken up by the sound of a bell ringing as the door opened.

He raised his head to welcome the guests, but when he saw that it was the young detective, he didn't put on that set of excuses.

The old **** smiled and said:

"It seems that you have found the afterglow of God?"

"Yes, it's really not easy."

Shad replied.

He doesn't think any mortal has a chance at "God's Afterglow" except him. It is indeed unimaginably difficult to complete the task of the ancient gods. Moreover, he even suspected that other investigators encountered the task of "Father of the Infinite Tree", and there was absolutely no such difficulty.

Xia De stared at the young man. Although he still felt a lot of discomfort, as long as he looked away, his normal activities would not be affected at least. The other party is right, without the afterglow of the gods, he is not even qualified to talk with the gods for a long time. "Afterglow of the gods" is the first step in this task.