It was an artifact that, with only the slightest difference in thought, could determine the survival or destruction of the entire Sea of Quantum.
If this hourglass fell into the hands of anyone harboring malicious intent, the workings of every World Bubble in the Sea of Quantum would be forcibly placed under an irreversible countdown to extinction.
Rather than an artifact, it was more like... Pandora's box.
If it had to be described, then... even the Aeon of Destruction would call it extreme.
Even if it was only one-star, rules were rules.
At the very least, Kongming, who did not fully understand the Friends Circle, could not imagine what positive effect this hourglass, radiating an ominous ghostly glow, could possibly have.
What kind of being would need to forge an artifact powered by the destruction of World Bubbles?
At that moment, she finally understood why Chen Li had not cared in the slightest about the Sea of Quantum's phantom descending earlier...
Because what Chen Li held in his hand was something capable of threatening the very foundation of the Sea of Quantum's existence.
But had Chen Li gone to such lengths to forge this artifact merely to intimidate it?
Kongming did not believe that.
Yet she could not imagine how this artifact was supposed to be used.
Ignoring the looks from his teammates beside him, Chen Li raised his head and fixed his gaze on the phantom of the Sea of Quantum.
"Sea of Quantum... you wouldn't want to lose to the Imaginary Tree because of this hourglass, would you?" Chen Li lightly tossed the hourglass in his hand, using that bizarre question to begin his formal exchange with the Sea of Quantum.
PS: Two Kal'tsits and one Closure in 31 Arknights pulls tomorrow... My luckiest run ever!
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