Thursday, January 4th, the weather is clear.

After a day of work, Martin did not go home, but turned around and came to the hall of the Temple of Time.

Today he is going to go out for a long trip.

Although the diamond ring that I had divined some time ago knew one of the clues was in Charles II's tomb, there was actually a hidden clue in the picture I divined...

The first thing that appeared in the picture was the statue in Annu Fortress.

It was a work that was still being carved.

Although it is close to completion, it is only possible to paint.

If nothing unexpected happens, Martin believes that the author should still be in Annu Fortress.

The carving is very vivid and vivid. Although the last coloring process is missing, Martin can also see that it is an exquisite work of art.

Such things naturally should be written by masters, and the author can be called an artist.

Moreover, being able to accurately carve a character from a thousand years ago and extending it to details, Martin suspects that the other party also has some unknown secrets.

The most important thing is that the ring in the statue, Charles II, was the diamond ring!

This artist is very likely to know about the information about the diamond ring!

So, Martin planned to go to Annu Fortress to find this unknown artist and ask questions about the diamond ring.

However, Annu Fortress is hundreds of kilometers away from Faralin.

If you ride a horse, you have to spend at least four or five days on the road.

In addition, there are potential threats, Dream Maker, Maloney, the Immortal Cult...

Therefore, Martin cannot stay outside Faralinburg for too long.

However, Martin has better transportation.

Tiya's ability.

As long as Tiya helps, he can fly directly to the Annu Fortress!

Although it is difficult to achieve the speed of a real aircraft because air resistance and thrust are provided entirely by people, it is far faster than riding a horse on land.

Martin calculated that the pushers were running at full strength and they could reach the Annu Fortress in just a few hours.

The empty hall was very quiet, and there were still a few minutes before the appointment of six o'clock.

Martin browsed under these pope statues, which recorded a brief introduction to the popes.

There are fourteen in total, and each pope has been in office for more than one hundred years.

Just when Martin saw the fourth pope, the bell rang.

The bell at the top of the bell tower came to the hall with echoes, which looked particularly ethereal.

Martin's heart also calmed down in the bell.

“Just as we are born, as we die, eternity will follow in my footsteps.”

"This is the epitaph of the fourth pope, the grip of Tiros of Time."

Bishop Aslan's gentle voice rang beside him.

Martin turned his head in the direction of the sound and looked, wondering when the old man appeared behind him.

After Martin nodded and greeted him, he heard Bishop Aslan continue to ask: "You cannot step into the same river twice. Did you think of this sentence?"

Uh... this sentence was seen by Martin in his previous life. He really doesn't remember who said it.

Of course, even if you remember it, it is useless. It is impossible to tell the other party the real answer!

There is no way, he can only be a thief in this world.

As her student, Tiya also asks some questions from time to time, mainly related to time.

When discussing with Tia, Martin used this sentence to explain the question she raised.

"It's barely true!" Martin replied without blushing.

Anyway, he is already used to this kind of thing.

"What do you think of time?" Bishop Aslan looked at Martin, with a calm expression on his face and asked again.

Martin was stunned for a moment, a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes.

This kind of question is difficult to answer, whether from a philosophical or physical level!

Martin was quickly conceiving and organizing the language in his mind, and he heard Bishop Aslan speak again: "Be more accurate, why do you think time keeps moving forward?"

Martin looked up again and looked at the old man.

At this moment, the light in his eyes was deep, and the focus seemed to be on the statue of the fourth pope in front of him, and it seemed to be outside of a certain time and space.

After a moment of silence, Martin then explained: "This has something to do with entropy."

"Entropy?" The old man chewed the word, waiting for Martin's explanation.

"Simply put, entropy is the degree of chaos in a system. The more chaotic the entropy, the greater the entropy." Martin explained the concept as clearly as possible and gave a conceptual definition, then continued:

"For example, these stone sculptures in front of you are regarded as a system alone. If there is no external management and repair, their surface will gradually loosen and peel off in a few hundred or thousands of years."

"This change continues to move inward until the entire statue becomes grains of dust, which may last tens of thousands of years, but this is the entropy increase process of the stone sculpture."

"Another more obvious example, put a handful of salt into a pot of water. Even if you don't boil the water, the salt will dissolve and make the water in the pot salty."

"From a large time scale, things always move from order to disorder."

Aslan was about to ask a question, but Martin had already predicted what he was going to ask, so he took the lead and continued:

"I know you want to propose a counterexample for us humans, but in fact we humans also comply with the law of entropy increase."

Bishop Aslan's eyes were suddenly filled with curiosity, and he was no longer as calm as before.

Just listen to Martin continue: "The simplest example is that we eat food and excrete feces, which is a process of entropy increase."

"Although we humans have obtained energy from it and have shown that we have reduced entropy in a short period of time, for food, the process of entropy increase has been greatly accelerated. In general, entropy has increased."

"For example, when we make a fire and cook, although the rice is cooked, the wood turns into ashes..."

Martin kept giving examples to explain that Bishop Aslan quickly absorbed these contents, frowned slightly, thinking about something.

"So generally speaking, in large systems, entropy is always increasing, so time keeps moving forward." Martin also felt that Bishop Aslan could almost understand, so he made the final summary.

Aslan lowered his head slightly and said in a pondering voice: "So if you want to go back time, you have to reduce entropy, and the energy consumed must be provided by us?"

Martin smacked his lips, not knowing how to explain it at that time.

The topic of time rewinding basically has little room for discussion in previous lives, but here, this world with extraordinary abilities is completely different.

You know, Bishop Aslan in front of you is a powerful existence that can erase a person from this timeline.

"It's theoretically." Martin nodded slightly and replied.

The old man put his hands behind him and stood in front of the statue.

In the hall, the quiet atmosphere became even more intense.

The light coming in from the door seemed to have been affected by something and became particularly weak.

After a long time, Bishop Aslan spoke again: "Do you think the future has been confirmed?"

This time, Bishop Aslan's voice became very calm, as if he had no feelings.

Martin also sensed that the entire bell tower was wrapped in a unique fluctuation.

That comes from the power of Bishop Aslan.

He seems to be...advanced?!

Although Martin hopes that he can help the other party, he cannot answer such questions casually.

He shook his head slightly and said slowly: "I'm not sure, but I personally think that the future is impossible to determine. From a small perspective, there are countless possibilities in the future, but for the human race as a whole, it also follows a certain law."

An unreal feeling came from the old man.

His figure wearing a light white sacrificial robe gradually became very illusory.

The fluctuations in time have become more obvious.

Things in the hall also became unreal.

Martin felt this power and suddenly saw scenes.

Before he could tell carefully, a gentle but irresistible force sent him out of the hall in a blink of an eye.

Ding, ding, ding, ding...

Before Martin could come to his senses, the continuous bells came into his ears before Tiya could recover.

Unlike the bells in emergencies, the bells are now very long intervals, sound very smooth and make people feel at ease.

In the square, the construction workers who were renovating stood up and stared at the top of the bell tower with unspeakable respect.

Tiya didn't say anything, but just stared quietly into the hall.
To be continued...