Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 810 The Flaws of 'Future Vision'
Three hours later, at the training grounds of the Lai Lai Cult.

[Notification: Transmission complete. You have arrived at your destination.]

"Phew! It was definitely the right choice to drag them into a few rounds of Illusion Realm after the meeting!"

A lighthearted sigh rang out as the teleportation beam landed. On the silver-white training field, Xin Lailai walked out of the teleportation beam with a relaxed and refreshed expression. Her radiant appearance showed no signs of having just spent three hours racking her brains; instead, she looked more like she had just had a massage.

"Hmm, it was clearly Lai Lai who played too dirty, pretending like that to trick Yamu?"

"How can you blame me? I never said that the identity I had inside would correspond to my original form in terms of gender and race! Besides, when you think about it, I was just trying to teach him a lesson!"

Faced with Ling Yuzi's complaints, Xin Lailai responded righteously, without showing the slightest remorse on her face.

In the end, all he did was possess the body of one of the dogs in the opposing camp, knock Yamu unconscious with a swipe while he was squatting in the pit, and then stuff him into a sack and steal him, right? The method was a bit underhanded, but tell me, wasn't it effective?

At least, based on his personal experience, controlling a big yellow dog or a mud-covered pig is often far more effective for infiltration than controlling a living person.

"But Lai Lai, you even stripped him naked and hung him on the city gate!"

"That's a deterrent. How else can we quickly demoralize their troops? Besides, I'm doing this to help him remember this lesson in a profound way!"

Xin Lailai answered seriously, while revealing a hint of regret.

Unfortunately, Yamu's mind worked too fast. He originally planned to create a female pseudonym to rescue the other person after kidnapping them, and then reveal the truth at the crucial moment. However, he didn't expect to be exposed by the other person halfway through.

However, considering the look of utter disgust on the other party's face when he realized what had happened, even if he was exposed, it was still worth it from a strategic point of view, especially when he seized the moment when the other party was leaving the illusion to grab something and run away, determined not to give the other party a chance to do it again!

"..."

Inside the soul space, Ling Yuzi blinked as he looked at the smug black-haired youth in front of him, and silently jotted down another small piece of information in his memo:

'Lai Lai will definitely get a severe beating from Sister Death Slayer and Mr. Yamu next time. Remember to comfort him then.'

Although there is no actual evidence, based on her personal experience, whenever the black-haired youth is about to do something despicable, he almost always suffers a very 'painful' retribution afterward, and often it doesn't even last overnight.

In this respect, the other party is strikingly similar to a certain paper doll who doesn't stand at attention when being hit, but instead becomes even more arrogant.

"Phew! Alright, Zero, get ready, we need to start testing the effects of the enhanced True Eye."

The black-haired youth, immersed in the exhilaration of 'victory', was oblivious to the girl's subtle actions. After a moment of self-indulgent excitement, he let out a long sigh, naturally took out the Eye of Truth, and reminded the girl.

While they can relax, they still have a lot of things to do. So, a little bit of self-entertainment like what they just did is enough. If they were to spend all their energy looking for fun, it would be torture for them.

"Well, here we come!"

[Notification: You have entered the "Sprite Assimilation" state!]

Upon hearing this, Ling Yuzi nodded, and with a thought, he instantly entered the spirit fusion state with Xin Lailai, and then together they released the suppression of the Eye of Truth.

Crash——!!

The next second, a sharp whooshing sound rang out. The enhanced and even more violent blood-red nerve tissue, as if venting its anger, instantly pierced through their skin and spread to all parts of their bodies. In a short while, it re-fused with their nerve tissue.

After it had completely subsided, Xin Lailai first took a deep breath and, like practicing Tai Chi, tried various warm-up exercises at an extremely slow pace before letting out a long sigh and abruptly adjusting her movements back to normal.

Great, there was no discomfort in terms of physical reaction speed, and the state was even more comfortable than when using the psychic acceleration. So, biological equipment is indeed much easier to handle than normal equipment and career path?

After briefly confirming that her speed was still the same as before, Xin Lailai nodded slightly, casually took out a piece of alchemical material from her storage space, and tossed it into the air. The next second—

[Hint: The equipment effect "True Recall" has been activated!]

Om-! !

In an instant, a massive amount of soul energy surged wildly into the pupils of the two in their combined state, and the world before them suddenly turned a grayish-brown color, with only the alchemical materials in mid-air retaining their original colors. This all happened almost the instant Xin Lailai focused her consciousness on the thin line of cause and effect flowing outwards—

Wow! ! !
In an instant, as if they had fallen into some kind of overlapping illusion, the alchemical materials that were just moments before were suddenly split into several overlapping images in their eyes. This caused Xin Lailai's pupils to shrink slightly, and her body, which had been instinctively moving forward, staggered due to the sudden change in her vision.

Pfft!
The next second, the gray world faded away, and the unclaimed alchemical materials fell to the ground with a thud. Xin Lailai covered her eyes with one hand, stared at the fallen alchemical materials, her eyes slightly lowered, and said nothing.

Indeed, it seems impossible to adapt to future vision without any prior experience.
The so-called true tracing is essentially about exploring upwards along the causal line. In other words, if they want to see a certain moment, they must receive and process all the content from the starting point of the tracing to the moment they need to observe.

Based on this principle, when this ability is used outside of combat, it may not seem like a big deal, but when its application scenario changes to the ever-changing battlefield, this principle of having to trace information all the way back becomes extremely deadly.

比如当他们在10:00时决定追溯9:50时发生的过去时，他们或许可以用足足20甚至30分钟的时间，也就是在10:20或10:30时才完成对9:50到10:00这10分钟里面发生的过去的追溯，并且这么做也不会给他们带来任何负面影响。

However, if they want to look back to 10:10 at 10:00, that is, 10 minutes into the future, the slow speed of information processing will be fatal. Taking the above situation as an example, if it takes 20 or even 30 minutes to process the information obtained 10 minutes ago, then this is equivalent to wasting 10 or even 20 minutes of your own time, because when you finish processing that information, you will already be in the more distant future of 10:20 or even 10:30.

Of course, this is just an extreme example. In reality, their current information processing speed is far from being that slow. However, the time they can spend processing information during combat is far less than that.

Taking their actions just now as an example, Xin Lailai originally wanted to try to see if he could trace back to the future 0.5 seconds after he threw the alchemical material. Judging from the results just now, in terms of brain computing power and thinking reaction speed, they are indeed capable of processing all the information within 0.5 seconds in an instant. The problem is that their bodies are obviously not yet able to adapt to this method.

To put it more bluntly, they were essentially simultaneously observing the 'future' at a speed a hundred times faster than normal, while also observing their current 'present' at a normal speed. This stark contrast caused their motor senses to malfunction on the spot. Is there a solution to this motor sense malfunction? The answer is, of course, yes, and the method is quite simple—

Train like crazy!
Ultimately, their mistake was simply because their bodies and brains were temporarily unable to adapt to the gap between the information of the 'present' and the 'future' at the same time, rather than because they were unable to process so much information like some technically unskilled barbarians who never use their brains for processing power or thinking speed.

So, all we need to do is let their bodies and brains experience the feeling of looking back into the future, and use an overwhelming number of them to make their bodies and brains develop an 'instinctive reaction' in this regard. This is also the most common method used by most people when they first acquire this kind of ability.

As for why it's only the majority, and not all?

Well... First of all, it's important to understand that looking back into the future can essentially be seen as a 'time-based' method, and in this world, there are geniuses whose time-based aptitude reaches S+ or even MAX level.

Secondly, just as a monkey might create a masterpiece, there will always be one or two technique-based individuals who, through sheer intuition, skip numerous steps and use some inexplicable "feeling" to inexplicably and directly master the knack for adapting to such abilities.

Incidentally, according to Xin Lailai's personal understanding, these two special cases can occur simultaneously in one person under certain circumstances.

Although this has nothing to do with them, for those whose time-related aptitude is only B- even after being upgraded five levels, the only way to quickly adapt to the ability of 'future retracing' is to push themselves to the limit...

[Ding! You have a new message to view. Sender: Sanshui Renyun]

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San Shuiren said, "Brother Black Sword, Aheng has returned. I asked him about the team skill cards for you, and he said he'd be happy to help you. He told you to just go to the headquarters of the Righteous God Cult to find him."

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The pioneer of the Church of Justice agreed?!
On the training field, Xin Lailai, who was immersed in matters related to future retrospection, suddenly saw the message pop up in front of her, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly responded on the channel:
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Black Sword: "Alright, thank you, Brother Sanshui! I'll be right there. By the way, could you tell me if Brother Aheng has any particular objections or words to him?"

San Shui Renyun said, "Pfft, Brother Hei Jian, you've thought this through far too thoroughly. Don't worry, Aheng is very easy to talk to. In fact, he's been looking forward to meeting you, Brother Hei Jian."

Black Sword: "Is that so? Then I'll gladly accept your offer. Please tell Brother Sanshui that I'll be there right away!"

A person from Sanshui said, "Hmm."

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Ten minutes later, at the headquarters of the Cult of Justice, in the outer area.

"One...two...three!" "Hah!!!"

"One...two...three!" "Hah!!!"

A deafening, booming roar echoed from the sky. On a vast plaza several kilometers wide, tens of thousands of figures were drilling in perfect unison. To those unaware of the situation, the sheer scale and spectacle might lead them to believe it was the training of a powerful army. But in reality…

'Do even the most peripheral employees have this kind of aura...?'

On the outside of the square, Xin Lailai, who was walking along the huge city wall that was over 500 meters high, glanced at the scene below out of the corner of her eye, her eyes flickering slightly.

For him in the past, seeing this scene might have simply been a reflection on the positive atmosphere of the Church of Justice. But now, having forged his own soul, he interprets it all differently:
—Those workers training in the square, even the weakest LV.1 level workers, all bear genuine traces of divine miracles!
This means that every one of these employees of the Church of Justice present here has truly come into contact with that God of Justice, heard his words, and received his blessings and guidance!
Normally speaking, for a god who has reached the highest level, there is absolutely no need to spend so much energy on these workers and believers who may not even be considered first-level.

But the reality is that along his journey, almost everyone who had a devout faith in the God of Justice showed signs of being blessed by the God of Justice.

Moreover, judging from the unusually positive and cheerful demeanor of these believers, who chatted and laughed about girls and food, they were not brainwashed by the god of justice, but rather genuinely and sincerely revered the god of justice.

'Seeing it with my own eyes last time only made me admire him more...'

Looking at the scene before her, Xin Lailai's eyes revealed a complex mix of emotions and感慨.

Even without seeing his body, one already knows his spirit.

The spiritual outlook and thoughts of believers are always the best reflection of the nature of a deity. And if we take into account all the impressions of the contractors from the Church of Justice that they have encountered along the way, the true character of the human god who has been subject to much criticism in the void is already self-evident.

"Hello, do you need to complete the visitor registration process?"

A melodious voice full of spirit rang out. As they walked to the end of the city wall, they saw a young woman dressed in knight's armor, looking dashing and heroic, standing behind the counter. She asked Xin Lailai, who was queuing at the entrance, a question. Her clear and powerful voice gave her a striking presence, completely different from the delicate girls outside.

"Excuse me, is Mr. Aheng from your sect here? I am here at his invitation to discuss a deal. This is my Paradise number; my companion here told me that he has already registered me."

"Senior Ah Heng's guest?! Okay, please wait a moment, I'll check for you right away..."

Upon hearing the name 'Aheng,' the young female knight at the entrance immediately showed an unusually admiring look in her eyes. Just as she was about to check if Xin Lailai's number matched the registration, a gentle yet solemn voice suddenly rang out:

“No need for all that trouble, Leah. Just let this Black Sword Brother in. He’s a guest recommended to me by Brother Sanshui, and he’s also Argo’s brother and a benefactor to A-Zheng. If we can turn away such a heroic figure, I think… there aren’t many people in this world who are qualified to step through this door.”

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(End of this chapter)