Time Wind

Feng Laixian narrowed his eyes and gripped his Guandao. "So that old thief is hiding in the Lost Plains. I'll go kill him!"

"Wait, Master Feng. I mean, we can just wait for him to come to us. In theory, as long as no one else enters the Lost Plains, he... Hold on, that's a paradox. If he's bound to come out sooner or later, then he should have come out the moment after I did," Zhang Ping said with a frown.

"Unless someone else entered the Lost Plains afterward, changing its Time Anchor," Liu Sishan said evenly.

In fact, once Chen Shuang, Cao Bing, and the others had appeared in the Flame Scorpion Desert, everyone had figured out how time worked in Special Scenarios.

It might sound contradictory, but if "someone will enter a Special Scenario in the future" was treated as something bound to happen, everything made sense again.

Feng Laixian and the others staying at the Training Grounds was, in fact, a curious mistake.

If the enemy appeared, that meant he was certain to enter the Training Grounds, no matter how they tried to stop him. If the enemy did not appear, less than a second might have passed between Zhang Ping's entry and exit. To them, he would have reappeared the instant he vanished.

So the only point of guarding the Training Grounds was to enter the Special Scenario without hesitation if they encountered the enemy, then wait for him at the entrance.

If they failed to do that, they might end up "certain to die."

By blocking the enemy from entering the Training Grounds, they would be "certain" to be killed by him. The enemy would then enter the Special Scenario, ensuring that the "inevitable event" occurred.

As long as something made sense when viewed