Chapter 489 - 52: River of Time 2

Chapter 489: Chapter 52: River of Time 2

The River of Time connects the past, flows through the present, and finally empties into the future.

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Lin Yu hadn’t even finished reading the information about the "River of Time" when it slowly grew illusory and vanished without a trace.

He hurriedly mobilized the power of his entire territory to search for the vanished River of Time.

But throughout the entire territory, aside from the previous Mother and Child River, there was no sign of any new body of water.

’Where’s my "River of Time"? Don’t tell me it grew legs and ran off?’

Lin Yu was bewildered. No matter how hard he searched, he couldn’t find anything suspicious.

After searching every inch of the land several times over, Lin Yu gave up.

He withdrew his consciousness back to the World Tree and immediately noticed something was off. The World Tree seemed to have undergone some peculiar changes.

The entire World Tree—no, the entire territory seemed different than before, fuller and more vibrant.

’Don’t tell me the World Tree absorbed the River of Time?’

Recalling the information he had seen on the lucky bag, Lin Yu’s heart pounded with anxiety. He would be devastated if the Mythic-grade resource he had just obtained disappeared before he even got a good look at it—even if it was the World Tree that had absorbed it.

Lin Yu quickly checked the World Tree’s information. Amidst a long list of territory traits, he discovered a new one.

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[Root of Time]: A main root of the World Tree has absorbed a large amount of water containing the power of time. This main root, having absorbed the Time Water, has undergone certain changes.

By entering the Root of Time through the World Tree, one can view the territory’s past records.

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Lin Yu followed the Root of Time with his perception. Deep underground, a root shimmering with iridescent light was lifting itself out of a small puddle, then encircling it.

Lin Yu peered into the depths of the puddle and saw that the water inside emanated a colorful glow, just like the Small River of Time from before.

Seeing that some of the River of Time was left and hadn’t been completely drained, Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

’I knew you hid it! And you only left this little bit for me!’

Looking at the minuscule amount of Water of Time that remained, Lin Yu couldn’t help but complain to himself.

It wasn’t that he was heartbroken over the water from the River of Time; he just felt that the World Tree’s instincts seemed to be growing stronger. It would never have done something like this on its own before.

It always used to state its intentions first and then wait for his decision.

Next, Lin Yu went back to checking the information on the River of Time, wanting to finish reading what he had started.

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[Source of Time]: A spring that produces the Water of Time.

The Water of Time possesses incredible abilities. Used properly, it can manipulate time to some extent.

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’Huh? What happened to my River of Time?’

’It turned into a Source of Time!’

’So what if it can produce the Water of Time?’

’It’s all getting absorbed anyway!’

Lin Yu looked at the Source of Time. He watched as it slowly trickled out the Water of Time, which was then immediately absorbed by the Root of Time encircling it.

Fortunately, Lin Yu could still control this Root of Time.

He took a small piece of tissue from the Root of Time and fashioned it into a cup.

Then, he paused the Root of Time’s absorption of the Water of Time.

He then collected the Water of Time flowing from the Source of Time into the cup made from the Root of Time.

Once the cup was full, Lin Yu brought it back to the surface.

After some simple experiments, Lin Yu discovered that this Water of Time accelerated the flow of time.

For any living thing, this was a deadly function.

Who would want to be suddenly accelerated through time? It was equivalent to having your lifespan drained away.

"Ugh~"

Having figured out what the Water of Time did, Lin Yu put the cup aside in disgust, not wanting to touch it again.

’What’s the deal? Why are both of the water-type resources so off-putting?’

’Did I use up all my luck?’

Lin Yu thought for a moment, then sent the cup of Water of Time to Chenxi’s office.

Chenxi was at her desk tidying up, preparing to lead a team to survey the area around the Mother and Child River.

A slender World Tree Root materialized beside her and gently placed the cup containing the Water of Time on her desk.

The sudden appearance of the root startled Chenxi, but she quickly recovered. She calmly looked at the root, the cup it held, and the colorfully glowing water inside.

"My Lord, is this Mother and Child River Water in the cup? It’s so beautiful!"

Chenxi knew that Lin Yu must be watching her, so she asked the question directly.

"Haha, you’re a sharp one!"

"But~"

"You guessed wrong!"

"This is another kind of magical water, called the Water of Time."

As he spoke, Lin Yu condensed an elemental avatar next to Chenxi and demonstrated the effects of the Water of Time for her.

He picked up the cup and poured a small amount of the Water of Time into a nearby potted plant. The plant immediately withered and died.

"See? This Water of Time accelerates the target’s flow of time. Its effect is extremely potent—just one drop was enough for this plant to reach the end of its life."

"I’m leaving it with you. Take it and the Mother and Child River Water to the research institute and have them study it."

"How incredible!" Chenxi’s eyes widened as she watched Lin Yu’s demonstration. Seeing the plant rapidly reach the end of its life, she couldn’t help but gasp in amazement.

Once Lin Yu finished explaining what he needed her to do, Chenxi immediately replied, "I guarantee the task will be completed!"

"Then I’m leaving it in your hands!"

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After entrusting the research on the Water of Time and the Mother and Child River Water to Chenxi, Lin Yu was free to focus on his own affairs.

In the previous battles, because he often cleared out entire Beastman Territories by himself, his level had already reached over 50, far surpassing the other members of his territory. Moreover, the land created by Genesis each day also provided him with a large amount of experience.

He had also more or less mastered all the knowledge required of a Great Druid, and his various Great Druid specializations had reached the Master level.

Next, he needed to continue studying and strive to reach the Legendary Tier as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once he hit level 60, his level would be capped again.

At that point, the power fed back from Genesis would, due to his level cap, once again be converted into power that would help him break through his tier.

Although being forcibly broken through was still pretty awesome, Lin Yu preferred to achieve the breakthrough himself.

In any case, even if he did have a forced breakthrough, he would still need to go back and master the knowledge anyway.

If he didn’t master more Extraordinary knowledge, he’d just be a brute with immense power, much like he was now.

Lin Yu felt that his current power was at least on par with a high-level, Mythic-tier hero. In theory, his combat performance should be much stronger than it currently was.

He figured this was mainly because he lacked the combat techniques and skills appropriate for his power level, causing much of his strength to be wasted.

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Time slowly passed as Lin Yu studied and waited for the current phase to end.

During this period, Lin Yu perceived through the World Tree that the continent was advancing through a field of starlight.

Analyzing the available information, it was obvious that this starlight came from the stars that had appeared in the sky above the continent.

This also indicated that the continent had entered the halo of the main Cosmos. Once it passed through this outermost halo, it would enter the main Cosmos itself.

「One day」

Lin Yu was in the arena practicing his newly learned skill: summoning Elemental Warriors.

The moment the summoning was complete, the entire arena was blanketed with Elemental Warriors. And that was only because Lin Yu noticed something was wrong and forcibly stopped the summoning; otherwise, even more would have appeared.

’Doesn’t the book say that unless you have a special bonus, people usually only summon a single Elemental Warrior when using this skill?’

’The fact that I summoned so many means I must have a summoning bonus! The Summoner talent?’

Lin Yu immediately thought of his class talent, which had already reached level 4—the Summoner talent.

’So this Summoner talent isn’t just for summoning territory soldiers and heroes?’

The Summoner’s class talent, besides giving the territory’s heroes and lord an additional summoning skill, was entirely composed of bonuses that increased the quantity and quality of summons.

Now, Lin Yu suddenly discovered that this summon quantity bonus also worked on the Druid’s elemental summoning skills!!!

’Does that mean I can summon a number of Elemental Warriors equal to 0.04% of my territory’s total army size?’

’And with the effect of [Emperor], that number is doubled!’

’In other words, I can summon a number of Elemental Warriors equal to 0.08% of my army size!’

’Finally, because of the [Emperor] effect, summoning these Elemental Warriors doesn’t even cost me any energy!!’

’Holy shit, should I just switch my specialization to Summoner?’

’This is insane!!!’

’Let me calculate, how many troops does the territory have right now...’

Just as Lin Yu was about to calculate his maximum summoning capacity, a voice called out from outside the arena.

"My Lord!"

"My Lord!"

Lin Yu turned his head and saw Chenxi approaching.

"What’s happened?"

"My Lord, we’ve found a good use for the Water of Time and the Mother and Child River Water!"