Dipper wasn't the only one experiencing this weird change in time.
Like him, everyone on all the islands was stagnant at this moment. They stopped where they were and stuck at a certain point in time, repeating what they were doing over and over again.
However, after the translucent liquid stretched and contracted dozens of times between the mouth and the spout, time suddenly returned to normal and finally poured into Dipper's mouth.
Dipper was not able to detect the abnormality just now. After taking a few sips, he touched his mouth, stepped lightly on the roof with both feet, and went directly to the square below. He took a copy of Hope Daily from the newsstand and started reading as if nothing had happened.
Today's front page headline is a special advertisement.
"Great news! A miniaturized civilian-use differential machine is about to be released, dear readers! You may not know what this is, but this reporter wants to tell you that this is a product of the fast times!"
"This new product from the Abnormal Research Institute has been named Computer by the Governor! It can help you calculate, record, and even solve all problems! I can say that this will be the first controllable relic created by humans on Hope Island!"
"The most important thing is that it can be mass-produced without any side effects. Currently, only two models are sold, the X1 model uses electricity and the X2 model uses fuel."
"Because of the miniaturization, the chimney has been made as narrow as possible, so if you want to use the X2 computer, please use only conventional fuel to drive the computer. This product will be on the morning of September 2."
Dipper didn't finish reading, and turned to the second page again. He pursed his lips and complained, "Every day it's a product that changes with the times. It's been a cross-era product for so many times, and they don't even know how to use new words. This reporter is not as knowledgeable as me."
The content on the other side of the newspaper was obviously much more normal, and immediately attracted Dipper's attention.
"Royal Doctor He Fang clarified the issue of Governor He Fang's inexplicable fainting. The respected Governor is in good health and has not been cursed or poisoned in any way. The fainting this time is related to the Governor's recent overeating, which has caused abnormal obesity."
"The doctor also said that he was confident that he could cure the Governor's obesity problem. In three to six months, the Governor would appear in front of everyone in his original healthy state."
"Nothing will happen, right? Governor He Fang seems to be the captain's woman. Should we find some time to go see her?"
Just as Dipper was pondering this question in his mind, that strange feeling of time suspension appeared again, and this time it lasted longer.
As if rewinding a tape, Dipper flipped the newspaper back and bounced onto the roof. He opened his mouth and spit a stream of translucent water from his throat into the raised kettle.
This time change was then maintained several times, with the best one pushed back to the morning, allowing Dipper to return home and spit out breakfast neatly onto his plate.
But that was it. Eventually, the disrupted time returned to normal and flowed slowly like a long river.
Next to the sea surface around Charles' body, Lily slowly rose from the sea. She said to the huge flesh and blood island in front of her with an apologetic voice: "I'm sorry, Mr. Charles, the things in the sea are too heavy, I can't control them at all, and it's too difficult to separate humans from the environment."
All the abnormalities in time just now were just the product of Lily's experiment, which was to see how to completely reverse time.
A human-shaped body of Charles opened his eyes again beside Shanshan, and he frowned as he thought about something.
The new method he chose was to make the time of the entire Earthsea go backwards completely. As long as time was reversed, Futan would never wake up.
This method itself is fine, but the problem lies in the operation. Lily's strength is not enough to reverse the time of the entire Earthsea.
Let Lily improve her strength? This thought came into Charles' mind, but then a question arose: how should he improve her strength
For Charles himself, improving himself was extremely easy. He just had to open his mind and absorb knowledge.
Charles first cut off a large piece of his own flesh and blood and tried to get Lily to eat it, but she didn't even have a mouth, so she couldn't do it at all.
After trying several other methods, Charles finally had to use his last resort. A huge and strange magic circle emerged from the flesh and blood ground in front of him. It was the magic circle that summoned the revelers.
Soon 005 appeared in front of Charles. She was still the same, wrapped in black bandages and holding the reveler in her arms.
"I want Lily to be so powerful that she can reverse the time of the entire Earthsea." Charles stated his wish directly.
"Well, your wishes are really more difficult than each other, but first, you should understand my rules."
005 said, and raised his right hand wrapped in black bandages towards Charles. "One wish, one help."
When Shanshan heard this, his heart trembled inexplicably. It seemed that his father no longer had the wish ball. If he still wanted 005 to help him, he would have to give him something that the other party was interested in...
As if she had figured something out, a trace of grievance appeared on her delicate face, and finally she walked towards 005 in front of her.
"Snap!" Charles grabbed Shanshan's wrist and pulled her back behind him forcefully.
He stared at 005 in front of him, raised his metal prosthetic limb, slowly reached into his half-worn captain's uniform, and took out a white wish ball.
When Shanshan saw this thing in her father's hands, she was even more surprised than when her father sold her.
"Wait, Dad! Why do you still have a wish ball? Haven't you used up all your wish balls? And what did you use to exchange it for it?"
Faced with his daughter's question, Charles did not say anything, but pushed her a few steps away with a firm push of his wrist.
As the white wish ball turned red, Charles said to the person in front of him, "You got the thing, it's time to fulfill your promise."
005 slowly raised his head and looked at Lily for a few seconds, and her very special voice appeared in Charles' mind. "I need you to explain your wish to me."
"Do you want to reverse the time of the entire Earthsea, or let Lily gain the ability to reverse the time of the entire Earthsea?"
“Is there any difference?”
"Of course there is a difference. If I want to raise this artificial god in front of me to the level where he can reverse the entire Earth Sea, I'm sorry I can't do it."
"If you simply want to reverse the time of the entire Earthsea, I'm sorry, but I can't do it."
"As I said before, my wish ball can only be within my ability."
(End of this chapter)