Xia Chujian nodded. "I'll judge for myself."
She suspected that what Zong Weiping had fallen into was actually Usas's Time Node, not a Space Rift in the usual sense.
As long as his account matched her understanding of the Usas Time Node, it was probably true.
Otherwise, they would have to reassess whether the world he had entered was a Space Rift or a Time Node.
No one was more authoritative than Xia Chujian in this regard.
She steadied herself and listened to Zong Weiping's account.
Zong Weiping said, "I survived on the Advanced Nutrient Solution I carried with me."
"You may not believe this, but while thirty years passed for you, I only remember spending three years in that place."
"And when we set out on expeditions, we generally carried five years' worth of Advanced Nutrient Solution."
Xia Chujian was surprised, but then she found it perfectly normal.
After all, where Zong Weiping had gone was not some Space Rift, but Usas's Time Node.
Since it was a Time Node, strange phenomena related to time were only natural.
Xia Chujian nodded. "I believe you."
Zong Weiping gave her a strange look and realized that she was neither pretending nor brushing him off. She truly believed him.
The tension in Zong Weiping's mind eased slightly, and he continued, "This is what happened. When I fell into that Space Rift, everything went dark before my eyes, and then I lost all sense of time and space."
"At first, I still tried to keep my eyes wide open and see exactly what was happening."
"But the moment I fell in, it was as if even my thoughts had stopped."
"I couldn't see anything or hear any sound. Even my brain stopped thinking."
"I didn't know what state I was in."
"I didn't