Still feeling dizzy, Xia De stared at the strange spiritual light in a daze. He was not surprised by the spiritual rune itself, but he vaguely understood something:
"Whisper-End... ... The whisper element can only appear in relics or related powers. But now I have not touched any relics other than the Black Time Key, and that key is not the source of the spirit rune this time. The spirit rune comes from this world of time and space. Whisper... ... Whisper... ... Are the relics and the whisper element really the 'Darkness of the World' that Dr. Schneider told me about (Chapter 14)?"
He took a deep breath of the choking air and remembered the doctor's original description of the "whispering element" - "whispering is a nearly natural phenomenon that echoes throughout the material world."
"The whispers, can't they be... the echoes of the world's impending demise? So, the relics are actually the world's... But that's not right. Relics have been appearing since the Second Era. Moreover, shouldn't there be more relics in the Sixth Era, which is closer to the final demise?"
The more Xia De thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. The spirit in his soul also became agitated as he thought. Finally, Xia De covered his chest with a "puff" sound and spit out a mouthful of blood. Then he wiped his face and found that his nose, ears and eyes were bleeding.
He had not fought any battles, but he was already seriously injured. Knowing that he could not continue thinking, Xia De quickly stopped thinking and suspected that this doomed world was leading him to his own death.
At this time, I felt that my body had recovered a little, so I had time to look around. Of course, this was also to distract myself and stop myself from thinking about those strange things.
The windows of the living room were boarded up, making it dark with almost no light. There were surprisingly few pieces of furniture in the living room, not to mention Shade's knight's sword, shield, and honorary degree certificate. There were not even hangers by the door or cabinets by the wall.
The few remaining pieces of furniture were covered with white cloth and placed on the dirty floor covered with white dust and mold. The only thing not covered with a white cloth was the sofa in front of the fireplace.
The style of the fabric sofa was very familiar to Shade. It was the one in the living room when Sparrow Hamilton passed away. During the time when the strangers came, the old sofa had been replaced by Leicia and was now placed in the basement:
"Sure enough, there is no me in the Sixth Era of the Past Life."
Xia De thought to himself that he had guessed this the last time he saw that the side bedroom that originally belonged to him didn't even have a bed and was used as a storage room for storing sundries (Chapter 1154).
In the sixth era when the strangers had not arrived, Sparrow Hamilton had not even met the blind and foolish original owner...
"Um?"
He tilted his head slightly, something seemed wrong. The awakening of the stranger should be the day when Detective Sparrow died, and the history before that was not affected by the arrival of the stranger. Therefore, even if there was no stranger in the past life, the sixth era, the side bedroom should have an owner.
"Although I cannot explain this situation, the change must have occurred in the spring of 1853, half a year before I woke up. What happened at that time?"
He muttered softly, and when he didn't hear "her" voice, he continued to look around.
"Although I know this is not my home, the dirty floor, peeling walls, and choking, musty, and humid air... it's really uncomfortable."
Because the time he could stay was unlimited, Xia De didn't have to race against time like he did when he used the time key before. He looked around, then walked to the sofa, sat down slowly, and let out a long sigh:
"First of all, the specific time point now is..."
Thaumaturgy was used by the Father of the Infinite Tree, but the answer was very surprising:
Now is not any point in time, time is broken.
In the previous time key mission locations, although there was no specific time, at least there would be reminders such as "spring, summer, autumn and winter" when using the key. This time, it only said "the last era" at the beginning, and Xia De could guess something:
"Is this the end of the world? Everything no longer exists. Time and space are in complete chaos."
The chaotic time also meant that Shad probably really wouldn't be able to touch the long-haired Luvia.
"Is there anything moving around here?"
Xia De asked in his heart.
No.
"Well, let's start exploring."
If possible, Shade actually wanted to use the Moon Dream to sleep on this sofa for 4 hours to restore his spirit. But this world was still showing him the horror and malice of the end of the world without reservation, so even if there was no time limit and he could take a short rest, Shade felt that it would be better for him not to stay in this place for too long.
Last time in the dream at the end of the year, Shade did not actually explore the house carefully because he met the silver-eyed Mia on the second floor, and then chased the cat in the dream all the way to the third floor, into the attic, and then climbed onto the roof.
Since he had the chance this time, he walked down the stairs, intending to check everything in the house from the basement. Of course, he did not forget to guard against the appearance of a "strong enemy".
What is very interesting is that just like the staircase connecting the second floor to the third floor was filled with several doors connected by adhesion spells that came from nowhere, the brick wall that originally blocked the first floor of this doomsday home was also opened.
However, it was obvious that the owner of the house in the Sixth Era of the Past Life did not regard this place as his own home, because there was not even a piece of furniture on the first floor. The windows were also sealed with wooden boards, and the ground was covered with white ash, and under the ash was a damp floor corroded by mold.
When he entered the basement, the sundries that should have existed in a real home, such as Shade's piled up here, as well as his potion workshop and alchemy workshop, were indeed gone. There were only things left by the previous or previous previous owner that had already existed when he opened the basement.
But this was not what Xia De cared about. He lit up the moonlight with his fingertips and came to the deepest wall of the basement. The life ring behind him slowly emerged.
Regardless of whether the stranger had arrived or not, the hidden wall in the basement always existed. After all, when he first entered the space behind the hidden wall, the things inside had already shown that the forerunners of the Guiding Light Hermitage had found this place at least hundreds of years ago.
Then the time and space spirit rune burst into light, and the light shone on the wall, and the wall disappeared just as Shade had expected.
A smile appeared on his face, and he took a step forward, wanting to go deeper into the black passage in front of him. Unexpectedly, he bumped directly into a completely invisible transparent wall.
"Oh, my nose!"
Outsider, tips from the Father of the Infinite Tree.
You can’t leave the St. Teresa’s Square area.
"I know, but does that mean that the area behind this wall doesn't belong to Saint Teresa's Square?"
Xia De covered his red nose and complained softly, but all he got in return was "her" light laughter.
Since the "Space Maze" still exists, Shade naturally misses the other doors in the house. The dark dungeon in the basement requires "Impermanence·Darkness" to open, and the Keeper's Hall on the second floor requires "Aik'ora-Arrow of the Chosen" to appear.
Therefore, all Shade could investigate was the Earth Core Furnace in the basement and the Soul Cemetery on the third floor.
What surprised him was that these two special spaces actually existed. The Soul Cemetery appeared because of the "edge of life and death" that originally existed in the house, so its location was still in the corridor on the third floor. The Earth Core Furnace, which still existed in the form of a trapdoor, was still in the basement, but its location had changed from the side of the stairs to the center of the basement.
Of course, Xia De couldn't enter these two places either, and could only watch the doors appear in front of him.
"In the past, in the Sixth Era, someone also placed many doors at No. 6 Saint Teresa's Square, just like I did."
Apart from those doors, there are no other clues worth noting in this house. Except for Room 1 on the second floor where Detective Sparrow originally lived, there is no furniture in other areas. This place is still in the state of a "haunted house" before it was repaired.
Shad opened every room and recalled what he had experienced in the different rooms, which made him even more unable to accept that this was the ending of No. 6 St. Teresa's Square.
He originally thought that he might be able to find some old newspapers or something, at least to learn about news that he had not experienced. But there was really nothing here, and because he stayed at this point in time for too long, his mental state became worse and worse.
“Only the last roof remains.”
With the last hope, Shade climbed up to the attic. However, after looking up at the small door leading to the roof, he did not move immediately, but came to the decorative wall of the attic, used the spell "Fossil to Mud" to reach his hand into the wall.
Soon, he grabbed a small cardboard box and pulled it out. There wasn't much in the box, just travel postcards and old photos from all over the Old World, and there were only landscapes and no people in the photos.
“Sure enough, this also exists.”
This was found by workers in the wall when Shade was renovating the house after Detective Sparrow died (Chapter 463). Shade speculated at the time that this was a souvenir left by the "Grey Eagle" when he performed missions in various parts of the Old World. Since these photos also exist at this time, Shade can be completely sure that at least the history of Detective Sparrow once owning this house still exists.
“So, the difference between here and my time point should have appeared in the spring of 1853.”
He put the box on the floor, then finally opened the small door on the roof and jumped onto the roof.