Chapter 517
Recently, Charles has become one of the most talked-about figures in high society. The Russell family, once merely seated at the dining table, now seems to be on the verge of claiming a slice of the pie. Vita's visit this time appears to be aimed at securing Charles's support.
Charles and Vita's conversation was not something Xiar and Aivina participated in; in fact, Xiar hadn’t even had a direct encounter with Vita. However, he later heard Charles mention that this Princess Vita seemed intent on inheriting the power of the Strong Sound... the Royal Melody and the Queen's Sword.
Charles alone could not swallow the power of these two large organizations, and a queen, being an ordinary person, would only be reduced to a puppet in controlling them.
Vita, who directly exhibited the power of the third tier and possessed both royal and Strong Sound bloodlines, seemed like a promising candidate for collaboration. However, she needed to demonstrate her capability to suppress these two organizations.
No one wanted to see a second Strong Sound emerge. At least for now, Vita's views aligned with those of Charles and William on many issues.
In the following days, Xiar entered a state of focused study.
Aside from his regular piano lessons with Master Krola, Xiar locked himself in the studio, continuously creating artwork—meanwhile, he was also waiting for the system upgrade to complete.
Three days passed, and on July 25th, as Xiar got out of bed as usual, the system's "upgrading" interface finally disappeared.
Propping himself up, his hair still a bit messy, Xiar looked at the still rudimentary system interface and couldn’t help but mutter, “What have you upgraded since the 17th? The font?”
「Fixed the occasional bug where I couldn't accurately mock the host and when I smiled, my mouth wasn't crooked enough^^_」
「Of course, there’s still an update compensation^^_」
Seeing the system's usual cheekiness, Xiar decided not to continue his complaints.
If the system was expressing emotions, it meant there was nothing serious to worry about.
Xiar opened various interfaces one by one, quickly scanning through to check the system's changes.
Unfortunately, most of the functions showed no significant changes.
When Xiar clicked on the "Simulation" interface, he paused slightly.
There was indeed a change in the "Simulation" interface.
The three options—"Future," "Past," and "Old Days"—remained, but unlike before, a new option appeared after the simulation dates.
"Anchor Point."
“What’s this?” Xiar asked silently.
「Just click it and you’ll find out^^」
Just as Xiar was about to mentally touch the "Anchor Point" option, a new system message popped up.
「Hey, wait! Don’t click it yet! Let me show you the introduction!」
「Anchor Point: Thanks to the fusion with the 【Kiss of Time Erosion】, the host can choose a time node to anchor.」
「Once anchored, the host can travel back and forth multiple times between: 1. The anchored simulation time node and the current time node; 2. Any anchored simulation time node and any other simulation time node; 3. The anchored current real time node and the next anchored real time node.」
「Each use of the "Anchor Point" can only anchor one real node, and each round trip will consume the host's mental energy.」
「Note: The cost for each anchoring is fixed at 100 Fate Points, and the anchor point lasts for 24 hours.」
Xiar glanced at the system's explanation and quickly noticed a problem.
“Do I need to anchor two nodes in reality to travel back and forth? That means using the ability twice? Consuming 200 Fate Points?” Xiar questioned in his mind.
「Yes^^」
So expensive...
“After using the anchor point, do I still need to deduct the Fate Points required for the simulation?”
「The first time still requires deduction^^」
What a rip-off...
Xiar roughly understood this new function.
The first option was the simplest: determine a simulation time node, and the new function would automatically create a closed-loop circuit between that simulation time node and reality, allowing Xiar to freely traverse between the two times.
For instance, if he wanted to accomplish something significant in a particular simulation time node, he could drop an anchor in advance. Even if he nearly died in the simulation, Xiar could quickly return to reality and then back to the time node where he hadn’t died, starting over.
It was equivalent to spending 100 Fate Points to gain infinite lives within the same simulation.
The second option, understood literally, allowed Xiar to set two anchor points within the simulation, enabling him to continuously backtrack within it. However, there was one point Xiar wanted to confirm.
“The second point has two descriptions regarding ‘any simulation time node’... Does that mean I can simultaneously enter a ‘Future’ simulation and a ‘Past’ simulation? Would that require two anchorings?”
Xiar directly inquired in his mind.
「Yes, a single anchoring is sufficient.」
So that means I can enter both the Past and Future at the same time...
As for the third explanation, it resembled the incomplete ability that Strong Sound obtained from the Serpent Chain.
Creating a switchable time loop in reality, cycling within it...
So expensive... 200 Fate Points to anchor once in reality. Why is Strong Sound's cost so low?
「He can’t retain memories, and there are side effects from the 【Kiss of Time Erosion】. In any time and space, he will suffer the most genuine harm... Is the cost really that low?」
“Was that demonstration you showed me earlier... the effect of anchoring reality?” Xiar asked in his mind.
「No, that was another ability of the 【Kiss of Time Erosion】. Anchoring is just one of them... Of course, you can’t use it yet; you need to perfect it in the Old Days...」
There are more abilities?
Xiar recalled when he obtained the gears...
The ability of the Overlimit Gear was directly reflected in the pocket watch.
Moreover, the fusion of the Overlimit Gear had also upgraded other abilities of the pocket watch.
Xiar raised his right hand, the silver pocket watch shimmering in her grasp, the delicate silver chain wrapping around her hand.
A phantom silver interface unfolded before Xiar's eyes.
「【Echo of the Silver Timebinder (Damaged)】: A dedicated sealing object, already bound, can gain more abilities as the sealing object is repaired.」
「Current abilities: 【Echo of Time Lv.3】【Overlimit Gear Lv.2】【Kiss of Time Erosion Lv.1】」
「Echo of Time Lv.3: Records the host's current individual time and position, allowing the host to flicker back to the first recorded time and position within 30 seconds or after life is threatened, removing all negative states. Within 30 seconds after returning, the host can flicker back to the second recorded point.」
「Side effect: Within 30 minutes after use, the host's individual time and space will become chaotic, causing the host's state to jump between different saves, with an accelerated jump speed.」
「【Overlimit Gear Lv.2】」
「Overlimit Overload: Rotate the gear to put the specified skills, items, or sealing objects the host possesses into an 【Overlimit Overload】 state, allowing them to exert abilities beyond their limits and ignore side effects for 1 minute and 30 seconds.」
「Side effect: Skills, items, or sealing objects enhanced by 【Overlimit Overload】 will enter a 48-hour 【Overload Damage】 state and cannot be repaired.」
「【Kiss of Time Erosion Lv.1】」
「Thorns of the Timebinder: Activate the Kiss of Time Erosion, adding a layer of 【Thorns】 effect to the host's attacks. When the same position in three different time spaces is covered by the 【Thorns】 effect, the overlapping objects will be erased from all timelines.」
「Side effect: The host will be affected and entangled by the causal laws of the erased time remains.」
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PS:
The champagne opened early, the computer has indeed arrived, but the monitor was delivered separately! No monitor! I still have to write in an internet café!!!
The monitor should arrive tomorrow! Tomorrow! I will definitely be able to write at home and update more!!!
Good night!!!
【Leave Request 3/3】Last leave request to adjust my schedule.
Good news, the computer is set up, bad news, I’ve been awake since finishing writing last night, my schedule is completely wrecked.
I might as well take a day off, pull an all-nighter, and adjust my schedule back by tonight.
Sorry, I’ll try to update earlier tomorrow, and write more.
Good night——
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