Nonexistence and the Existence of Time
"As expected, humans excel in their senior year of high school, at least that's how it was in the Great Yue Dynasty..." Lin Fan sat in a reception room, barely managing to control his past self. "I never thought I would forget this experience."
Two months ago, Lin Fan was hospitalized for two weeks due to a work injury, which left Lin Fan without money to pay rent.
The reason why Lin Fan, a clerk, suffered a work injury was mainly because that stingy boss somehow got hold of a batch of ornamental plants, but in order to save money, he didn't hire a moving company. Instead, he used Lin Fan and his employees as free labor to move those incredibly heavy things.
Lin Fan was hit on the foot by a falling potted plant while moving it. To this day, the compensation claiming to be for work-related injury has not been processed. Instead, a significant portion of Lin Fan's salary has been deducted, allegedly for intentionally damaging company property, specifically the broken potted plant.
Lin Fan knew that the boss just wanted to renege on his compensation. As someone from the countryside, it wasn't easy for him to find a job in the city, and he had no one to rely on. Even if he sued the boss, he would only lose his job and might not even be able to get compensation from the boss who had connections. The boss knew this and had Lin Fan completely under his thumb.
Today, Lin Fan planned to talk to his boss, hoping that the stingy boss would return his wages, otherwise he wouldn't be able to pay the rent. Unexpectedly, the boss gave him a hard time first, leaving him hanging in the reception room for more than half an hour. When he saw him again later, the boss just said a few words to dismiss Lin Fan.
He now understood that he had always followed his boss's lead, which naturally put him under his thumb. If he ignored the secret technique and rushed directly to his boss, he might still be able to get his compensation back. But waiting for his boss to see him now only made him appear weak and vulnerable.
"This half hour is a godsend!" But Lin Fan doesn't care about the compensation money now. With superpowers, he won't have to worry about money anymore. Lin Fan sat in the reception room. According to the original plan, he should have been sitting there anxiously and frustratedly for half an hour.
But now Lin Fan is constantly interfering with himself, making himself stand up and do more things, and the power of time is being stolen continuously, which makes Lin Fan very happy.
"According to the exchange, as long as you have 60 strands of time power, you can cast a very basic time spell. Although it's the most basic, it can still allow me to reap huge profits. Those members of the Ring of Time and Space who have been around for years are never short of money, not to mention the existence of the Trading Tower."
"Time is money," this is most truly reflected in the Trading Tower. An inch of time is worth 60 strands of time power, and the price of an inch of time in the Trading Tower is 88,000... Just thinking about this makes Lin Fan feel full of motivation. In just a few minutes, he has earned more than 80,000, and he is still doing so.
Since being amplified by the candle above his head, Lin Fan felt that interfering with his past self and Extraction the power of time from the past had become increasingly easier. Before, even when he was in an uncertain state, he could only barely make some movements such as shaking his leg or yawning, but now he could control himself to make movements like walking and... well, you know.
More importantly, even if someone comes, Lin Fan's act of Extraction time will only cause him to return to his immobile state, unlike the previous times when he was forcibly taken away.
And so, Lin Fan watched as his boss dismissed him with a few words and sent him back to work overtime. Only then did he realize he was about to collapse, and thus he returned from the past to the present.
Looking at his own lifeless reflection in the mirror, seemingly on the verge of death, Lin Fan was secretly delighted. This time, he Extraction a total of 824 strands of time power. Subtracting half, he still had 412 strands of time power left, which was equivalent to 6.8 inches of time. At 88,000 per inch of time, that was roughly 600,000.
600,000 yuan is nothing to others, but for Lin Fan, it was the most money he had ever seen in his life.
This time, however, just as the other half was about to disappear, the candle above caught it, and the wick quickly heated up, becoming hot to the touch.
At the same time, a large amount of power began to flow into Lin Fan's body. He could clearly feel his body rapidly becoming stronger. He could even feel his blood flowing and vaguely sense that he could control his blood.
This feeling was illogical, yet Lin Fan simply had it; had he awakened a superpower?
With this thought in mind, Lin Fan cut his finger, and blood oozed from the wound. Following his heart, the drop of blood began to wriggle and bounced backward and into the distance, quickly condensing into a red crystal in the air and hitting the wall.
Lin Fan hurried to the wall and saw that the red crystals formed from his blood were half-embedded in the wall. The power of this crystals at close range was enough to kill a person. Lin Fan felt a little more at ease. Although the blood control ability he had awakened was extremely strange, no matter what, he now had the ability to protect himself.
"I'll rest a bit, relieve my fatigue, have dinner, and then perform the ritual in the evening to Extraction more time power!" Lin Fan thought. But before that, there was one more thing to do.
With trembling hands, Lin Fan entered the trading building of the Ring of Time and Space, found the room for trading the power of time, quietly placed an inch of time on the market, and sold it. At that moment, Lin Fan felt that he had lost something, and his heart felt empty, but the next moment it was filled with the 88,000 that had arrived in his account.
This 88,000 yuan was almost all he had earned from working over the past few years. The unprecedented happiness made Lin Fan ignore the emptiness in his heart. He generously transferred two months' rent to Sister Ma and ordered a deluxe takeout meal. Lin Fan then opened the database to look up some secrets of time magic and found that apart from the basic Time Acceleration, all of them required the power of time to purchase.
Lin Fan wasn't in a hurry anyway, so he just carefully studied the most basic Time Acceleration spell. This spell could be cast using an inch of time, allowing him to enter a state of double speed for one minute.
Seeing this spell worth 88,000, Lin Fan dared not try it recklessly. Instead, he kept testing his suddenly awakened superpower and discovered that he could draw blood from his pores without cutting his fingers. His blood-producing function was also terrifying, allowing him to squander large amounts of blood.
After finishing his takeout, Lin Fan resumed the Time Ring Ritual to steal more time.
Hahaha, the unstable Xu Ming Second Watch Beast has evolved again, and the brand new Xu Ming Third Watch Beast will meet everyone tomorrow.