Xu Huo watched the red light, then tried to manipulate Space Ray to retrieve the key. But unlike other places, the space covered by Curved Time had a distinct break in it. It wasn't two completely separate spaces that had no effect on each other; instead, an impassable barrier lay between them. Even through that barrier, he could sense that the space within Curved Time differed from ordinary Sub-district space.
That was Curved Time. He couldn't just walk into it recklessly, so he could only wait patiently for the time that had passed to disappear.
This time, Curved Time still didn't last long. Before long, space returned to its previous state. He went to where the red light had been flashing, opened mirror space, and retrieved the ore key from deep underground.
After all these years, the key was no longer as bright as when it had first appeared. He brushed the dust off it. The grit at its center still glimmered faintly, and began to flow when he tilted it.
Ding Xiang was even more shocked when she saw what he was holding. "This is what Dr. Wu left behind?"
The District Government had searched for so long, thinking that if there wasn't an Origin Stone, there would at least be a Perfect Potion. Who could have guessed it would be an ore shaped like a key? No wonder they hadn't found it. Not only was it in Chaos Space, but even if it had been elsewhere on the island, Players might not have been able to pick it out. After all, there were similar ores all over the island.
"I'm not sure," Xu Huo said, not telling her the truth. "But this is the only ore that looks unusual. Maybe it's something valuable."
That explanation made sense. Ding