Chapter 2344: Chapter 2344: Listen to What You’re Saying

Xu Huo steadied his dizzy head, "Was that just now also Time Power?"

Huahan Werna smiled silently, and instead said, "Maintaining the status quo isn’t bad either."

Xu Huo certainly knew the benefits brought by the Water Rubik’s Cube, otherwise he wouldn’t dare enter the dungeon venue under Hidden Immortal Lake, but he was looking for a solution.

"Can’t it be extracted from my body?" he asked.

"It’s not an unattainable task," Huahan said. "Although it has only blocked your Spatial Power, it is essentially still a combination of Space-Time Power, so both Spatial Power and Time Power are suitable remedies. However, forcibly destroying it through external means may be more than you can bear. The best way is to evolve again, to a level where you can naturally control or dissolve it."

Xu Huo frowned, "Why can such a super instrument parasitize the human body?"

Indeed, ’parasite’ better describes the state of the Water Rubik’s Cube. In theory, whether it’s a prop or instrument, picking it up should be convenient, because no props or instruments are always active; without activation, they are merely tools without autonomy. But this Water Rubik’s Cube seemed to have identified Xu Huo, clinging firmly to him. Isn’t that strange?

"Didn’t your castle have a special item?" Huahan seemed surprised at his surprise.

Special item, did he mean Mr. Dong or the Girl in the painting?

Xu Huo remained silent. Not to mention special items, he had even seen plants possessing human consciousness, but the state of the Water Rubik’s Cube definitely didn’t align with the intelligent species he had seen before.

"I was narrow-minded."

"But your statement this time isn’t wrong," Huahan sipped his tea, leaning back on the sofa. "It doesn’t have consciousness, only a program."

"You should know Time Power can destroy certain props."

Xu Huo nodded. Some props have precise time instruments embedded in them during creation, for two purposes: to limit usage time or to extend their lifetime. Many materials for props are consumable, so like instruments, limited-time use is standard practice. By triggering local Time Power, causing resonance with Time Rays, one can destroy the time instruments in props, thus achieving the goal of destroying the prop.

"It’s obvious that the thing inside your body is not a natural creation, either designed by humans or machines," Huahan said. "Such instruments, tightly calculated, have their operational rules. At this level, the materials used can sustain long-term use; it won’t disappear unless damaged or the goal is accomplished."

Xu Huo hadn’t forgotten it was losing one round in a third-game that resulted in this outcome. Both the "past" and "present" are memories, but whether the "future" will end up as a blockade of Spatial Power is uncertain yet.

"Given the current situation, this isn’t necessarily bad for you," Huahan’s voice carried a hint of coaxing, "With it, you can do things you dared not before, even practice against Super Players."

Xu Huo couldn’t help but glance at him: Do you hear what you’re saying?

The last hit had activated the Water Cube Barrier only after hitting him.

"I am an exception," Huahan added with a smile, "As long as it’s not Time-Directed Super Evolver, you shouldn’t worry. Besides, having no defenses and being prepared are two different things."

"Experience is easy to talk about, difficult to learn. With readily available teaching models right in front of you, you can review them when free."

He stood up after speaking, "When you break through during your next Temporal Evolution, I will teach you something valuable."

Xu Huo also stood, "Aren’t you afraid all your efforts will go down the drain?"

He might not assist the Werna Household.

Huahan, however, laughed heartily, "When I’m dead, what do Werna and Zone 011 have to do with me?"

The voice seemed to still echo in the castle, yet he had already vanished.

Mr. Dong came out from behind, looking at the slightly frowned Xu Huo, "Sir, is this matter quite tricky?"

Xu Huo relaxed his brow slightly, saying blandly, "Feelings are cultivated."

Mr. Dong was puzzled.

"Debts of human feelings are the hardest to repay," Xu Huo explained.

If Huahan Werna had directly proposed an exchange condition, he might not agree, but if the other party didn’t mention any returns, as if really just supporting him, he might find it hard to refuse such kindness unless he never returned to Zone 011.

"Gaining the friendship of a Super Player is beneficial for you," Mr. Dong advised.

Xu Huo certainly understood, this wasn’t just simple evolution guidance.

Rubbing his throbbing temples, he turned around to go upstairs, "I am going to sleep for a while."

Huahan Werna’s intervention let him witness the difference between Time Power and Time Power. The battle site recall he saw at Carmen Field Battle Ruins was only the tip of the iceberg of the opposite’s use of power, or maybe the ones he dealt with didn’t require much effort from him.

The resonance of Time Power caused by a Super Player nearly made his brain tremble.

Though the opposite didn’t mention it explicitly, it should just be a matter of time for him, just like feeling the flow rate change of Time Power, gradually acquired as the Evolution Rate increases.

What Huahan referred to as "something good" probably involved other uses of Time Power.

How else can Time Power be used?

Xu Huo put aside questions that he couldn’t think through, dozing off in a muddled state. Upon waking, his mind still felt fuzzy, and he opened his eyes to see the Girl in the painting leaning over the bed and staring at him without blinking. He paused for a second before asking, "Anything up?"

"I want to go shopping," the Girl in the painting raised the communicator.

"You go, whether by yourself or with friends is fine," Xu Huo sat up.

"Then can I buy things without paying?" the Girl, excitedly asked again.

"What a daydream," Xu Huo took an identification card from the drawer for her to register with the communicator, "You can spend the money from this account."

After all, Werna distributes dividends to him every year.

"It would be great if this place could also belong to us," the Girl lamented and then came up with, "If we strike it rich someday can we buy Zone 011?"

"Go out and have fun," Xu Huo waved his hand.

The Girl in the painting left happily, and Xu Huo washed his face before heading to the study; he was still awaiting news about the "Gourmet".

He had already targeted that "Gourmet" in the "Fish Banquet" as his first goal. Not certain if the opposite was still in the "Fish Banquet," he offered some bounties related to the "Fish Banquet."

The Fish Banquet only has an entrance in specified feature sections, said to be similar to random instances with no definite appearance time or location, active only in certain sections or Wormhole Points. When an entrance appears, only those with invitations can enter.