"Time Pit? Where is that?" Bai Lan asked, seeing the red document in Ye Ling's hand.
"I'm not sure. The City Lord knows very little about the Time Pit. He's only responsible for transporting the light stones to that place." Ye Ling had searched the City Lord's memories, and from his fat brain, this was the only useful piece of information he could get. Although this City Lord was the ruler of the City of No Day, ninety percent of the memories in his mind were related to women, and the remaining ten percent were about the Time Pit. As for the livelihood of the city's people, he had never cared. If it weren't for the special environment of the Time Void Realm, where people wouldn't die even without eating or drinking, the City of No Day would have long become a dead city. Although Ye Ling had no intention of reforming this city, he didn't have a good impression of such incompetent people. When he was soul-searching earlier, he had naturally been a bit rough. By the time the City Lord woke up, he would probably be impotent when it came to matters concerning women. Of course, Ye Ling didn't tell Bai Lan about this. After getting the information he wanted, he planned to take Bai Lan to the Time Pit. However, before Ye Ling could leave, he sensed that the female secretary was leading a large group of people towards them.
"Exposed? Impossible..." Ye Ling frowned slightly as he saw the group approaching, but he didn't choose to leave. He used his spiritual power to move the unconscious City Lord back to his chair, and then he and Bai Lan hid in a corner of the office.
"Brother Ye, what is this..." Bai Lan asked, seeing Ye Ling suddenly pull her to hide in the corner.
"Someone's coming. Let's see what's happening first." Ye Ling signaled Bai Lan to be quiet, then focused his gaze on the door of the office. Since there was no sound in this world, the door lit up with a red light and flashed a few times, as if it were knocking. Ye Ling took this opportunity to wake the City Lord, and the secretary outside the door pushed the door open with a large group of people. The City Lord, who had just woken up, was stunned for a moment when he saw the secretary and a large group of people entering, and then he asked with sign language: "What does this mean?" The secretary replied with sign language: "Lord City Lord... another mine was attacked by the Time Birds, and the light stones we need to send to the Time Pit are not enough."
"What's the big deal? Just use the reserve light stones in the city to make up for it," the City Lord replied lazily with sign language, not caring about the matter.
"But the light stones in the city are barely enough to keep the entire city running. Once they are used up, the city will likely fall into darkness on a large scale... and then, without a light source, the ominous might attack," the secretary reminded him. Seeing the secretary's sign language, the City Lord's brow finally furrowed, as if he realized the seriousness of the matter. However, soon, the City Lord quickly replied with sign language: "Then abandon the outer districts. Even if the sky falls, the supply to the Time Pit must be prioritized!"
"But this might cause dissatisfaction among the public," the secretary replied. The people behind her were all officials managing various affairs of the city. Their joint arrival at the office now indicated that the problems of the City of No Day had become so severe that they could not be resolved. This entire city, except for the City Lord who had a slight understanding of the Time Pit, no one else knew what the Time Pit was, nor did they understand why the City Lord was spending a large amount of finances to transport light stones to the Time Pit. The quantity of light stones transported to the Time Pit had already accounted for almost half of the City of No Day's output. If the transportation of light stones to the Time Pit stopped, this half-dead City of No Day could instantly come back to life.
"You don't understand anything! No matter what, prioritize the supply of light stones to the Time Pit!" Seeing the obvious resistance from everyone, the City Lord's emotions also became agitated, and his sign language became faster and faster. Ye Ling frowned as he saw the scene in the office and transmitted to Bai Lan: "I'm afraid... something is going to happen."
"Ah?" Bai Lan looked at Ye Ling. "Aren't they just arguing normally? What could happen?"
"Those people clearly have killing intent in their eyes. If the City Lord continues to insist on transporting light stones to the Time Pit, they will probably make a move... The City Lord probably saw this too, and fear clearly appeared in his eyes."
"Then why doesn't the City Lord stop transporting light stones to the Time Pit? Anyway, the Time Pit doesn't pay, and if they don't transport them, this city can still come back to life," Bai Lan asked naively.
"Things are not as simple as you think..." Ye Ling shook his head slightly. "Although I didn't get much information about the Time Pit from the City Lord's memories... I could clearly feel that the City Lord has immense fear of the Time Pit." "It's probably more terrifying for this City Lord not to transport light stones to the Time Pit than for the City of No Day to be destroyed. He would never agree to the officials' requests. The conflict between the two sides is irreconcilable, and a war is imminent."
"Then should we intervene and help?" Bai Lan asked. She was ultimately a kind student who hadn't experienced the harshness of society and was quite naive, only wanting to get blood whenever there was a conflict. She couldn't stand this. Ye Ling simply shook his head in response to Bai Lan's question. "Our intervention is only a temporary solution. The root of all this lies in the Time Pit, and that Time Pit may even be related to the Primordial Time King. The people here, whether they are the officials or the City Lord, are just ants under that sky-covering giant hand."
"Is that so..." Hearing Ye Ling's words, Bai Lan's eyes clearly dimmed. "Why is it like this." While Ye Ling and Bai Lan were talking, the conflict between the officials and the City Lord finally erupted. A few officials could no longer hold back and drew their weapons from behind them, rushing towards the City Lord. The City Lord seemed to have anticipated this, and immediately pressed a button under the table. The entire office was sealed with a bang, and then a large amount of white mist sprayed from the four corners of the room. The officials, including the female secretary, instantly aged upon contact with the white mist, and then turned into withered bones at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Can this white mist affect time?" Ye Ling's pupils contracted slightly as he saw the people in the room rapidly aging after contact with the white mist. He immediately used his divine soul to inspect the mist sprayers, wanting to find the source of this white mist. As Ye Ling's divine soul invaded the sprayers, he quickly discovered that there was a large amount of light stone powder in the wall cavity of the office... The temporal white mist was not produced by anything else, but by these light stones!
"This light stone can actually affect time... It seems I've really discovered something extraordinary!" Ye Ling discovered another special use of the light stone and suddenly realized that the Time Pit, which required a large amount of light stones... was likely the nest of the Primordial Time King!