Chapter Twenty-Six: Return to the Dream (Part II)
In the twenty-seventh minute, Zhou Yuan still failed. This also means that nearly thirty minutes of hard work has been wasted – and the reason is easy to explain. Although Zhou Yuan had already extremely saved the amount of his Remnant Armor, at the twenty-seventh minute, all of Zhou Yuan's Remnant Armor energy had been completely consumed. Although Zhou Yuan, who had no way to use the Remnant Armor, knew that the attack was coming, he didn't know where the attack was coming at all, and after barely dodging two attacks, he was directly killed by the third attack that didn't know where it came from. Because he had completely lost his five senses, Zhou Yuan didn't even know the type of attack, the direction or even how he was killed—and then, he appeared in the middle of the temple.
And at this time, Zhou Yuan's mind also produced a voice that was just right for Zhou Yuan to hear.
Just like before, after Zhou Yuan lost his memory for a few seconds, he found that he was still standing in the center of the temple.
Zhou Yuan believes that he has done his best. Although he didn't have five senses, Zhou Yuan knew that there were a few attacks that were definitely dodged by Zhou Yuan after he was on the verge of death. In other words, Zhou Yuan must have eaten a few attacks, but he just dodged in time and didn't die directly. This is the absolute limit of the way to save the Remnant Armor - but there is still not enough time.
So, what's the difference in these three minutes?
In fact, Zhou Yuan has the answer in his heart. In the absence of the five senses, it is better to notice the subtle differences in the values - when using the ability of the Remnant Armor, it is not simply a matter of consuming energy according to time, and when activating or ending the Remnant Armor, it will consume a small amount of additional energy - therefore, two consecutive attacks in a very short period of time can avoid this very small amount of sudden consumption by continuously releasing the Remnant Armor compared to continuously activating and revoking the Remnant Armor. As long as you can avoid this very small part of the sudden consumption, you should be able to last the time of the Remnant Armor until the end of thirty minutes.
But this is just a simple theory. In practice, there are two major difficulties in this situation. The first of these is that, in fact, there is only a very small disparity in between. How close it is to be between two attacks to determine the time period when continuous use is less energy-intensive than separate use, the difficulty coefficient is definitely not ordinarily high.
In addition, the difficulty of sensing two attacks in a row is not at the same level as the difficulty of sensing a danger. Zhou Yuan's own guess is that he probably needs to completely concentrate his mental power on his own ability, and even the release of the Afterimage Armor has to rely on instinct.
In the past three minutes, it was like a moat in front of Zhou Yuan. It's only three minutes, but every minute you get up can be extremely difficult.
"So...... It's all up to Kirito.,Let me experiment again.。 ”
Zhou Yuan raised his feet and walked towards the Remnant Armor Jia's temple again.
Twenty-seven minutes later. Zhou Yuan once again died in the Remnant Armor Jia Temple—only this time, Zhou Yuan threw his phone outside the temple.
If the phone wasn't in the temple, it wouldn't have been regenerated, right?
Although it is not equipped with a highly intelligent system, the mobile phone also carries a certain degree of AI. Zhou Yuan set the time on his phone to stop the timer when he reappeared in this space.
After the resurrection, Zhou Yuan went to his pocket as soon as he went through the daze period.
The phone is not in the pocket. Take another look at the entrance of the temple of the Remnant Armor, there is indeed a mobile phone placed at the entrance of the temple.
It's your own, that's right. The final time recorded above is, twenty-six minutes and thirteen seconds.
This time, I've tried to use the Remnant Armor in two consecutive attacks with a short time interval, but because I'm not proficient at all, I haven't increased the amount of time I can hold on. The only thing that can be judged is that the time node of these two methods is probably less than a second, but more than half a second. No matter how specific it is, Zhou Yuan can't judge it in a short period of time, after all, he is in a state of complete loss of his five senses, and he can only rely on repeated experiences to determine this time period.
Besides...... Inducing two attacks was a little more difficult than Zhou Yuan had imagined. The two attacks that were almost completely synchronized were okay, the kind with a slight time gap, Zhou Yuan's instinct would be slightly confused by whether he chose to continue to use the Remnant Armor or use it separately - several times Zhou Yuan was almost killed because of this, but the duration of the time was reduced a little.
So next...... I have one more chance. After doing it again, Kirito who is outside of the dream should be able to see the red color that spreads to his body and wake himself up......
If there is only one person, then this dream is simply deadly. But if there is someone outside to help, this will become a stage for Zhou Yuan to train himself - Zhou Yuan even thought that maybe after he completed this test, he would be able to complete the conditions for changing jobs, or...... At the very least, I don't know how to change jobs.
"It's one last chance. Try again...... I can't finish it, but let's try hard......"
Zhou Yuan threw his phone at the door of the temple and walked towards the temple again.
"I hope Kirito can give me a little time, let me pick up my phone, see the time, and wake me up...... So, so be it and try again. ”
Another twenty-seven minutes passed. However, this time Zhou Yuan did not appear in the center of the temple - it was obvious that Zhou Yuan was called back to the real world in time by Kirito this time.
"Hah...... Has the red color spread over my right eye......"
Zhou Yuan rubbed his eyes. After returning to reality, his body suddenly returned to the state of not waking up, and his head was still a little dizzy.
"Hmm...... But as soon as you wake up, the red color fades. ”
Kirito replied.
"So...... Keep please, after an interval of about an hour and a half, I'll be in that state again...... Okay, I'll sleep a little longer......"