Jenkins and Pop sat on the ground facing the campfire, and they both fell silent for a while. As Jenkins pondered the whole incident, Dad recalled the adventure from 33 years ago:
"Oh, Jenkins, there is one thing to note. The things I have described above happened without interference. The actions of any entrants will change the things I have just described, and then themselves and their The impact will become the content of the next cycle."
"That is, the more cycles, the more it deviates from what happened in the hospital?"
Jenkins concluded.
"Of course not. When entering the next cycle, outsiders who enter the hospital will not remember the events of the previous cycle, and will only think that they have just set foot here. Therefore, the next time is just a repeat of the last time. It should be said , the more batches of people entering the loop, the more skewed. If there were no new entrants, exactly the same thing would happen on the 1000th time as on the 7th time.
At present, including the church team, there are three groups of people entering the hospital. Although I don't know the duration of the cycle they encountered when they entered, I think the impact will not be too great, at least it will not affect the one on the roof. people. "
Because the length of each time cycle is uncertain, no matter who enters the hospital in the white mist, it is very dangerous. If you are unlucky, you will start the next cycle after taking a breath.
Of course, the church has countermeasures for time-related events. But any items and abilities that involve time have a price. During the 31 days of the cycle, Jenkins did not ask the church for help, except because he would make decisions in Miss Bevanna's office, and he was unwilling to immediately expose his special thoughts In addition to trying a few more times, it is also because he knows that as the only one who is awake, even with the items provided by the church, he will not be able to pay the price.
But it's different now, both the church and Jenkins are outside the time loop, and this time the time loop is very small, and there are even those who escaped by their side. According to the report of the accident many years ago, the church chose to use a trick that only the Son of God could use. This is also the reason why Jenkins came here. Dad told him so much because the Sage Church wanted Jenkins to enter the hospital.
Of course, the church did not deliberately let Jenkins take risks to train him, but because of a very important message brought back by Dad and old Jack, the Church of the Sages did not even share this message with any other churches. And now, for the unverifiable news mentioned by the two old men, the Church is willing to take the risk of allowing the only savior to hold a strange thing to face another strange thing:
There is divinity in the hospital.
When he first heard the news by the campfire, Jenkins saw the shadow of his father's face swaying. He was silent for at least two seconds to remember that he heard his father's words correctly, and he spoke after confirming several times:
"You mean God..."
"Don't say that word, there are many people here."
Father said hastily, then lowered his voice and said to him:
"You don't need to attend any meetings. The church has already discussed it. This time, you must be sent to Biggs Hospital. Although there will be a meeting to discuss an action plan later, but that plan is to deceive other churches. You don't have to worry about it." .The real action will be arranged for you. Before 10 minutes and 31 seconds, you must reach the back of the leftmost staircase on the first floor and wait in front of the door leading to the basement. After the two men broke out, you immediately Enter, the power of the Great is in the basement."
Only then did Jenkins notice that he opened his mouth slightly, so he closed it immediately, and tapped the cat on the shoulder for some reason.
"I do not understand."
He seems to be speaking again with his throat:
"Why is there such a thing here?"
Both he and Pop were avoiding the term "divine," and Jenkins' heart was beating very fast. He knew that the Church wanted divinity in order to dedicate it to the sages. He only sacrificed a drop in the rainy night of last autumn, and obtained the status of the Holy Son. This is the representative of crossing the mundane and stepping into the high dimension, which is beyond the reach of mortals in their entire lives.
At the end of the era, gods generally do not interfere with the affairs of the material world, because the disaster at the end of the era is a necessary process. But if mortals dedicate themselves to the divinity of the gods at this point in time, the gods will not be stingy in giving them help. This is the church's plan.
For Jenkins, divinity is even more significant. As long as he has divinity, he even dares to face the difference machine directly and fight head-to-head with the opponent.
"No one knows where the two men in the basement got it, but since we were able to come across the fiend statue that held it last fall, it's possible that the two ancient men got it occasionally. The hospital became It is very likely that they used that thing as part of the ceremony without knowing it, which caused a disaster of this scale."
Dad explained.
Jenkins held down the cat that suddenly became active on his shoulder, and continued to ask in a low voice. He himself didn't notice the haste and excitement in his tone at the moment:
"What form does that thing exist in? After I enter the basement, if I find it? And, how many are there? What method do I use to touch and contain them?"
"have no idea."
Dad shook his head:
"Old Jack and I were able to make such a discovery because of... that key. In order to prevent losing the time loop, I used the power of the key back then to forcefully drag the time loop to 11 minutes and 03 seconds. But I said , How terrible is that key. After escaping from the hospital, Old Jack and I rested for a full year before recovering.
During this period, Old Jack almost returned to the hospital where he had been exiled in his dream because of his medicine and some reasons that he was inconvenient to talk to you. But also because of this, he saw what I just said in his dream, and he touched the deepest secret of Biggs Hospital.
But that's all just rhetoric, and I can't even assure you that there's something in the basement, but it's worth a try anyway. "
"I see."
Jenkins nodded vigorously, originally because of today's schedule, and a little tired spirit became excited:
"If there is, if there is more than one drop, I can get..."
A corner of his mind thought to himself, then reached out to Dad.
"What's the meaning?"
Dad didn't know why.
"Give me that key, Dad, so that I can stretch the time to 11 minutes and 03 seconds."
The old man did not put the key with magical power in Jenkins' palm, but picked up the small firewood scattered around him, and knocked on his palm:
"Before I die, I will not give that key to anyone. Jenkins, don't think about the power of that key, that thing is a disaster, don't miss it."
As he spoke, he threw the firewood into the bonfire, and watched it burn abruptly with Jenkins, turning into black charcoal little by little after the flames.