Xu Huo closed his Personal Panel, then reopened his Spiritual World to observe what was happening in the city center.
After hearing Old Cai's words, the place looked like a cage deliberately left open, waiting for prey to walk right into it.
Otherwise, it was hard to explain why a barrier meant to seal the area barely stopped outsiders from coming and going.
"They got back to us." Old Cai came over and opened his Communicator, showing him a hand-drawn picture sent by the Designer.
"The Magic Cube was originally one whole. This is what it looked like after it broke apart."
Xu Huo took a look. The drawing was rather abstract, with a written explanation beside it. The scattered cubes were all part of the Magic Cube. After the Magic Cube containing Time Power came apart, it hadn't dissolved into streams of time. Instead, it had retained its form as metal cubes.
According to the Designer, the metal cubes had stayed that way ever since. Sometimes they changed positions, but the timing was irregular. Almost every day, new water Rubik's Cubes formed above them. Those cubes bounced away from the city center, growing and shrinking as they went. They looked like balls, and as they bounced, they rarely disturbed the ground or buildings, just like real balls.
He didn't know how the cubes worked. Only occasionally did they emit faint blue arcs of light, and the phenomenon was so rare that it took considerable luck to witness.
As for what the blue arcs of light were, no one knew.
"What's the method for putting the water Rubik's Cubes to sleep?" Xu Huo asked.
"He didn't tell us exactly how," Old Cai said helplessly. "He might be worried we'd leave him behind, so he only let a little slip."
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