"It seems this trip to see the City Lord was truly worth it!"
Ye Ling discovered another secret of the light stones, and his mood brightened considerably.
If the Time Pit was truly the lair of the Primal Time King, or somehow connected to him, then Ye Ling would have a direct advantage in his game against the Primal Time King.
At Ye Ling's level, merely holding a slight advantage and seizing the initiative was often tantamount to victory.
However, no matter how bizarre the Primal Time King's methods, once covered by the Devouring Domain and rewritten by the Origin Script, even with a thousand skills, he would become a fish on a chopping block.
In the office, after releasing the light mist, the City Lord immediately opened the secret passage behind his desk and plunged into it.
"Hurry, follow!"
Seeing the City Lord fleeing, Ye Ling immediately grabbed Bai Lan and passed through the wall, tailing the City Lord.
The secret passage behind the City Lord's office connected to the underground tunnels of Evernight City.
Since it never rained in the Time Void Realm, Evernight City didn't need sewers, so the entire underground of Evernight City had been converted into tunnels for transporting light stones.
All the light stones produced by Evernight City were transported underground, and then shipped to various cities via underground trains, similar to subways.
After escaping into the underground tunnel, the City Lord climbed onto a train loaded with light stones and drove it away.
Watching the City Lord drive away in a train full of light stones, Bai Lan asked Ye Ling, "Where is he going?"
"I estimate he's fleeing to the Time Pit," Ye Ling replied, standing in the underground tunnel without any fear of losing the City Lord.
"But he already killed all the rebels, why is he still fleeing?"
"When you find one cockroach in your house, there are likely thousands hidden in the dark… The same applies to this City Lord and Evernight City."
"You only saw a few officials trying to kill the City Lord… you didn't consider what gave those officials the courage? It was the entire populace of Evernight City."
"That guy probably saw this too, which is why he's planning to go to the Time Pit for help with the light stones before more people storm the City Lord's mansion."
This Time Void Realm was a high-martial world, where a single powerful individual could easily obliterate millions of ordinary people…
In such a world, numbers were meaningless… Even if the entire Evernight City revolted, as long as the City Lord of Evernight City received support from the Time Pit, the resistance in Evernight City would only be a tragedy.
This was also the fundamental reason why the City Lord was willing to abandon the livelihood of the entire city to ensure the supply to the Time Pit.
Bai Lan nodded as if she understood, saying, "I get it… For us to resolve the predicament of Evernight City, the most important thing is to deal with the Time Pit. As long as the Time Pit is gone, the predicament of Evernight City will be easily solved."
"Yes, you've thought well, but your vision is still a bit limited. The Time Pit's influence extends far beyond just one city. But don't worry, I'll teach you more later. For now, let's follow that City Lord."
Ye Ling patiently explained to Bai Lan. Although Bai Lan hadn't officially become his disciple, Ye Ling had already begun acting as a teacher, diligently instructing her.
"Mm…" Bai Lan didn't dislike learning new knowledge. She nodded and followed Ye Ling, catching up to the train heading towards the Time Pit.
The entire train was hundreds of meters long. Apart from the driver's cabin at the front, all other carriages were packed with light stones. After Ye Ling and Bai Lan boarded, there wasn't even space to stand, so they had to stand on the roof, hitching a ride.
The trains in these underground tunnels looked like the old green-skinned trains on Earth, very ancient and simple, but their speed was incredibly fast, far exceeding the speed of sound.
If Ye Ling weren't protecting Bai Lan, she would have been blown off the roof long ago.
This train traveled in the underground tunnels for nearly an hour, passing through several checkpoints equipped with teleportation arrays before it began to ascend, reaching a vast plain.
Ye Ling and Bai Lan's vision instantly broadened.
"Wow… what beautiful scenery!"
Bai Lan sat on the roof, gazing at the boundless plain. The sky was filled with stars, and a giant full moon hung above the beautiful Milky Way, illuminating the vast land.
In the far distance, a sliver of dawn could be seen, with a massive sun hidden within the clouds.
This train had arrived at the boundary between eternal night and eternal day.
"I didn't expect the Time Pit to be so far from Evernight City. Is there only one Time Pit in the entire Time Void Realm?" Ye Ling looked at the boundless scenery and scanned backward with his divine sense, discovering that Evernight City was millions of light-years away.
Those teleportation arrays earlier had each allowed the train to undertake an interstellar journey.
Bai Lan was unaware of this. She sat excitedly on the roof, swaying her body, enjoying the wind blowing against her.
In this world where time was static, only by actively moving forward could one feel the caress of the wind.
"The Time Pit is almost here."
Ye Ling whispered, standing up from the roof. He could see a large number of trains loaded with light stones on the plain, coming from different directions, all heading towards a giant pit in the distance.
Those trains varied in appearance, from ancient steam engines to high-speed magnetic levitation trains, and even massive airships suspended in the air. However, they all shared one commonality…
They were all coming from the eternal night zone.
There were no trains coming from the eternal day zone.
"It seems… light stones are a mineral unique to the eternal night zone." Ye Ling realized this and looked at Bai Lan, intentionally or unintentionally.
Bai Lan, who had been suppressed by the light stones for countless years, clearly had a great connection with them.
Perhaps the light stones were born because of Bai Lan's special constitution.
"Brother Ye, look ahead, what a huge hand!" At this moment, Bai Lan stood up, pointed into the distance, and said excitedly to Ye Ling.
Ye Ling followed her gaze and saw a giant, semi-transparent palm, comparable to the sun and moon, extending from the Time Pit, absorbing all the light stones from the trains into its grasp.
"Primal Time King?"
Seeing the semi-transparent palm, Ye Ling's eyes narrowed slightly, then he shook his head, "No… not quite. Although that hand can also affect time in the Time Void Realm, its power is too weak, not even comparable to the weakest of the Seven Pillars. As one of the top three among the Seven Kings, the Primal Time King's strength could never be this low."
"This guy must be a subordinate of the Time King."
Although the Primal Time King had been sealed, he had defected to "Brain," and his strength was not only at its peak but might have even surpassed his former self.
Ye Ling had witnessed the power of "Brain." With "Brain's" abilities, making the Primal Time King stronger was not difficult.
"Even the Primal Time King's subordinate has strength close to a Seven Pillar… It seems I still underestimated him…"
Ye Ling looked at the giant palm in the distance, and Origin Script gradually manifested on his skin.