Xiao Chen put the map in his pocket, propped up his chin with one hand, and held his chest with the other. He stared at the part that should have been the street-level houses and thought for a while, then said, "I'm thinking that the two of us, Feng Wen and Wang Wenyi, who were scattered, can actually correspond to the time according to the position relationship when we traveled through time."
Xiao Chen pointed to the center of the pit in the distance and said, "The collective crossing point is in the middle and northwest, accounting for at least three-quarters of the size of the disappeared school. According to Feng Wen, the remaining quarter is broken into many pieces. He and Wang Wenyi both landed on different pieces and traveled to different points in time and space. In terms of direction, we are closest to the northwest, Feng Wen is closer to us, and Wang Wenyi is farther away from us. In terms of time, we are the last, Feng Wen is in the middle, and Wang Wenyi is the first."
"The number is too small to explain the problem. Maybe the next example you find will not follow this rule." Luo Ling said.
"No, it still follows this rule." Xiao Chen said excitedly, "You know, my meditation world contains a lot of history books from that world. After getting Paragus's information, I used the clues mentioned in several diaries to look for those special people in history. These people often have the following characteristics: they appear suddenly, there is no record of their childhood, they have extraordinary talents in magic, but they usually start learning magic late. Oh, and they may have a name that sounds like a Chinese name, or the name is simply Chinese-style."
"You actually went looking for them one by one?"
"I asked Tashia to help me look for them. She has heard many anecdotes about mages and is much more familiar with these people than we are. After I listed the conditions, she immediately thought of two names, and then looked through the book and found four or five more suspicious people. I looked at the information of these people. The latest one was two hundred years before us, and the earliest one can be traced back to the mythological era before the outbreak of the War of Gods."
Xiao Chen took out a notebook from his pocket and wrote down the records in the meditation space outside for Luo Ling to see.
… Conde, a high-level wizard in the early days of the kingdom one hundred and eighty years ago, whose date of birth and master are unknown, was once recruited by King Allen I as a court wizard, but was later expelled from the court wizard team because of his lack of respect for the royal family. Later, he opened a school in a small town in the north of the kingdom, recruiting students regardless of their background and teaching them magic.
Zhao Wenyue, a great magician in the middle period of the White Stone Empire, was two dynasties earlier than the Black Dragon Empire. It was said that his magic skills came from his dreams. He had a very unique understanding of magic and wrote several monographs. But he died later because of revenge.
Ding Tianchen, a magician of the Star Tower in the early Seven Towers era, proposed the theory that stars are actually spheres of luminous and hot gas. He created a method to calculate the orbits of planets, providing a theoretical basis for many magics of the Star Tower.
He Enjie, who was said to have helped the gods study magic in the mythological era, was said to tell many stories and use them to please the gods, and then learned many ways of using magic from them and created a series of better methods.
"Tasia is really a good helper for you."
Xiao Chen smiled and touched his nose.
"Have you confirmed the identities of these people?" Luo Ling asked.
Xiao Chen said: "Yes, I compared the teacher-student rosters we have, and the names of these four people are all on it. Kong De is a sophomore in the Department of Civil Engineering, Zhao Wenyue and Ding Tianchen are freshmen who are undergoing military training, and He Enjie is a freshman counselor in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Before I came to Baria, I took the time to contact Riverbend New City and asked them to check with the people who had contact with these people and what they were doing on the day of the crossing. Guess what?"
Luo Ling said: "You must have found it."
Xiao Chen smiled, took out the map again, pointed to a location on the left and said, "I couldn't completely determine the relationship between their location and time before, but after coming here to check the terrain, I can basically confirm their location, proving my point. Kong De's roommate said that he has the habit of memorizing English words in the garden every morning. It's here, further west than Feng Wen and the others."
He moved his finger to the right: "Next are Zhao Wenyue and Ding Tianchen. They went to the convenience store to buy drinks. But they didn't walk for long, so they definitely haven't reached the convenience store yet."
"The time they traveled through was many years apart." Luo Ling said.
"Here, on the way to buy water, you will pass by Teaching Building No. 4. Maybe one of them wants to go to the bathroom? If the other person is waiting at the intersection outside the building, then it will be quite a long distance." Xiao Chen said.
Luo Ling thought about it and agreed: "Although it is just a guess, it is indeed very likely."
"As for counselor He Enjie, no one saw him that day, but a teacher made an appointment to talk to him later, so he was most likely walking on the road." Xiao Chen concluded: "Except for He Enjie's unknown location, the spatial locations and time of others are sequentially related."
His hand slid along the positions of these people one by one, forming a crooked curve.
"I've seen two of these people in history books, but I never thought they might be time travelers," Luo Ling said.
Xiao Chen nodded: "This was originally our blind spot. No one has ever thought about this issue from this perspective. Naturally, there is no chance to investigate the identities of these people."
Luo Ling's expression gradually became serious. "But if it's like what you said, then what about this place?"
Luo Ling pointed her finger at the easternmost position. "If He Enjie is already a person from the mythological era, where did these people in the convenience store travel to?"
Xiao Chen said: "This is what I want to ask, is it possible that they arrived at an earlier era, and some coincidence made them become... gods?"
"God! You... your imagination is really out of this world. Ha, but it fits your usual style." Luo Ling said excitedly, "But the people in the convenience store are most likely people from society, and they are not in your list. And you don't know what the real name of God is. For example, He Xiaoxi said that this name was just a random name she came up with after she lost her memory."
"So you have to come to this world to look for it! Don't forget the missing person notice." Xiao Chen said.
Luo Ling understood it all at once, "Right! People who go missing here usually have missing persons notices posted, not only at the scene but also online. We just need to look for photos online."
Xiao Chen said: "Let's go find a place to sit down and see if we can find He Xiaoxi!" (To be continued)