The Source Tracing Stone's second fluctuation of rules was much clearer than the first.
Deep within the Central Experimental Cluster of Gear Time-Space, when the vanished time ripples reappeared, the several Time Gears the Alarm Clock Girl had left there reacted first.
Hands of varying lengths shook violently.
Some pointed toward the past, others toward the future, while several simply jammed between two time markings, dense networks of fine cracks spreading across their surfaces.
The Magic Cube before Saine lit up in response.
The Reverse Time-Space Positioning Device did not attempt to capture this fluctuation. Instead, following the operating mode Saine had previously configured, it separated the fluctuation layer by layer.
The outermost layer consisted of the Source Tracing Stone's time rules.
Deeper within lay a trace of a familiar presence from the Material Star Realm.
The previous fluctuation had appeared too briefly. Saine had only been able to determine that the other party was a spellcaster of the Wizard Civilization.
This time, however, as the Magic Cube continuously amplified the mental strength fluctuations mixed into the time ripples, swathes of darkness, death, and corrosion rules gradually appeared in the center of the laboratory.
These powers were not strong.
After being weakened by both the high-low dimensional barrier and the chaotic power of time, they could not even truly affect any surrounding matter.
But Saine could not possibly mistake the personal presence they contained!
Deep within the Magic Cube, several scenes from Saine's memories of his time in the Material Star Realm surfaced in succession.
They included Naige'er sitting among the True Spirit Magicians during the Wizard Civilization's assembly, as well as the mental strength fluctuations he had inadvertently released during their brief exchanges in the civilization war.
His presence was simply too distinctive.
Dark, cold, and laden with exceptionally