Lin Yan finally remembered.
The meat hadn't been bought today.
Gu Yuena had sneaked it into the Small World when they went to a buffet.
Later, she had stored it in the Far North to keep it for the long term.
Normally, there would have been nothing wrong with that.
The problem was—
Time in the Small World flowed nothing like it did in reality.
Back when the early petri dish was still tiny,
Lin Yan could use his Time Authority to accelerate the entire world at an outrageous rate.
But the world kept expanding.
Continents, oceans, celestial bodies, complete ecosystems, and increasingly complex forms of life gradually took shape.
He could no longer casually push the whole world to the absurd, nearly uncontrollable speed he had managed at the start.
Even so, time still flowed extremely fast in the Small World.
One day in reality
was roughly ten years inside.
And several days had already passed in reality.
Converted to time within the Tenth Era, the meat on that plate had been stored for far more than a few months or years.
More than a few decades.
On top of that, the sun inside was so huge that even the glaciers of the Far North had melted...
Lin Yan looked down at the plate again.
It was just an ordinary plate of meat.
Somehow, it now carried the weight of history.
He fell silent for a few seconds.
"This stuff... isn't older than my grandpa, is it? Are you trying to kill me?"
Gu Yuena's face instantly darkened.
"What do you mean?"
Lin Yan was completely serious.
"Meat from decades ago. Can you still eat it?"
The air went still for a moment.
Gu Yuena slowly narrowed her eyes.
Lin Yan knew that look all too well.
Sure enough.