Inside the tower, Liu Yuhan clutched her bleeding wound and braced herself against the slick wall as she descended the stairs step by step.
She pressed the [Nether Guide] Qi Si had left behind against her abdomen, using it to temporarily transform herself into a ghostly creature and stop her life force from draining away.
The Clock Tower seemed buried deep beneath the seabed, ten thousand meters below the surface. She had walked for a full two hours, yet still could not see the end.
Meanwhile, the halo of light above her grew farther and farther away, gradually dwindling to a needlepoint-sized speck. Like hope becoming ever more distant, it gave rise to an uncontrollable sense of unease.
Liu Yuhan remembered the time trick in the Sea of Hopelessness Instance, but she could not find sufficient evidence to prove that it was the solution to this stage.
She did not like guessing at answers. She believed only in deductions with clear steps and rigorous logic, yet the puzzle she faced this time was undoubtedly missing crucial information.
Nor could she promptly ask the [Eerie Tale Notebook] for relevant clues.
Just yesterday, she had already activated the notebook's effect once, using it to deduce "a method to kill Qi Si."
Even now, the result had yet to emerge. Only all sorts of chaotic lines darted wildly across the pages.
The [Eerie Tale Notebook]'s processing power was occupied. At most, she could use it as an ordinary notebook to jot down rough calculations...
"If time really is the problem, and the mechanism from the Sea of Hopelessness Instance is applied exactly, then three hours of real time corresponds to four hours on the clock face. The next time I need to stop won't be on the hour..."
Liu Yuhan calculated rapidly. As