Later, during a lesson, Yu Xunge had also asked Mountains Yudun why she had not studied this clock together with Star Sea Yudun.
They should have had plenty of time. As long as they agreed to meet here, even if they could only spend three minutes together each day, surely all these years would have been enough to reach a conclusion.
But Mountains Yudun's answer was, "My Soul Fire has already become part of the Order Clock and cannot affect that clock. Star Sea Yudun's Soul Fire is too calm."
Yu Xunge translated that in her head: for one reason or another, neither of these two research geeks could get a fire going...
Over the past few days, she had also tried to comprehend her own Deity Talent Word beside this Clock Dial, which resembled a miniature Order Clock, recalling all the unforgettable moments since Game Invasion began. Yet although the fire between her brows lit up again and again, the Clock Dial gave no response.
It was already nearing eleven. The effects of her last Lucky Bento had ended, but Yu Xunge had not made another Lucky Bento right on schedule as usual, nor had she moved over to the volcano ahead of time to lie in wait for the Beaver Duke.
Instead, she crouched unhurriedly and carefully examined the base beneath the Clock Dial: a series of connected mountain peaks formed entirely from drifting, deep-blue Star Fragments. From time to time, these deep-blue Star Fragments would suddenly burst apart before gathering again, changing the mountains' shapes.
And whenever the Star Fragment Sea dispersed, the Clock Dial, originally parallel to the ground, would flip ninety degrees to stand perpendicular to it. At that moment, an image of a pendulum made of light would appear beneath the clock.
The Star