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Chapter 1200: The Power of Time
🕑 Added 2024-08-16 05:18:37 +0000 UTCCompared with the bustling Obelisk Hall, the entire excavation area No. 3 seemed particularly desolate, with hardly anyone around.
The upper layer of sand in this area had been cleared, and a section of high wall not far away that had been cracked by the sun and eroded by sandstorms was particularly eye-catching.
Inside the high walls were many half-excavated tombs, with long-corroded bones scattered everywhere.
There was a terrifying silence in the cemetery area, and the clattering sound of the small cart carrying Evan was particularly jarring.
"The resting place of the deceased should not be disturbed by the living."
As Evan got off the small cart, this thought popped into his head.
In fact, apart from him, Evan did not see any other staff members who were supposed to be stationed in this area.
There should have been an excavation team of about twenty people working here, along with Ministry of Magic wizards to prevent adventurers from entering.
But now, Evan didn't see a single person.
He shouted a few times and then gave up. Perhaps there was another new discovery, and those guys had gone over there.
Following the path that Rawya told him about this morning, Evan walked towards his intended destination.
It was a very inconspicuous tomb, or rather, just a burial pit.
It was very small, insignificant compared to the secrets it hid. There were no luxurious decorations; the walls inside the tomb did not even have murals. There were only some deeply carved words on the rock with a sharp tool.
Although blurry and hard to recognize, Evan still found many words representing the god Horus.
It was clear that the owner of the tomb had an important relationship with this deity.
Just as recorded in the information that Rawya helped to find, the owner of this tomb might have been a priest or fanatic of the god Horus during their lifetime. The secret passage below the tomb was privately dug and was not originally included in the plan of the Ruins of Amun Ra.
The secret passage was where the coffin had originally been placed, in the center of the tomb.
This was a yellow granite sarcophagus. Although the remains and burial objects inside had been removed, Evan had an indescribable strange feeling when he crawled inside.
Speaking of which, he had crawled into a dead person's coffin twice in the past six months!
Previously, to enter the secret passage under the vampire castle, he had to go through a coffin, and it was the same this time.
This was not a good sign. Why did these ancients always like to build secret passages inside coffins...?
The passage curved downward, with a steep slope supported by a few simple stone pillars. Many ancient bones and scarabs crawling out of crevices could be seen. It was evident that several places had collapsed and had been recently cleared.
Even though this secret passage had been repaired, it was still difficult to traverse.
Evan struggled forward for about half an hour, and the pale yellow earth walls around him turned into cyan rocks.
This was the rock of the main building of the Ruins of Amun Ra, indicating that he had entered the interior of the ruins.
What caught his attention was the change in the surrounding scenery. The first thing he saw was the cracked rock walls. Like other places in the Ruins of Amun Ra, they had begun to weather over time. But as he walked forward, the color of the walls changed, appearing as if they were newly constructed, adorned with exquisite lavender curtains and tapestries.
On some of the pillars, there were unfamiliar and inexplicable decorations hanging.
These decorations were mere illusions; when Evan reached out to touch them, his right hand passed right through, hitting the rough rock wall behind.
He stopped and watched the constantly changing illusions before him, realizing that this was a manifestation of time distortion...
Time was affecting this area, causing the walls to change through different timelines, much like the repetitive cycle he had seen at the Ministry of Magic, where a hummingbird continuously transformed from an egg to a bird and back to an egg.
This was the power of time magic. It didn’t cause direct harm, but it could alter the time you were in, thus having an impact.
This unknown influence was far more terrifying than the conventional magical damage.
He didn’t know what time magic item was inside the secret chamber, but this area was already under its influence.
Although the current impact was minimal, only creating some illusions, as he moved forward, the power would undoubtedly increase.
Evan took out his Time-Turner and saw the three hands on it moving back and forth within a small range.
Because the hands did not stop, the Time-Turner did not activate to transport him to another point in time.
Evan concentrated his mind. Facing the mysterious and unknown time magic, he had to be careful.
Theoretically, as long as he held the Time-Turner, any time magic that hit him would ultimately act on the Time-Turner, eventually taking him to a different timeline without causing any harm, but he still summoned a few stone men to walk ahead of him to explore the way.
The further he walked, the stronger the magic effect became, and the faster the scenery and the hands on the Time-Turner changed.
The changing surroundings became clearer, no longer mere illusions; he could see the intricate patterns and decorations on the curtains.
Evan's pace slowed, and he cast several protective spells on himself. After about ten more minutes of walking, he was able to touch the decorations on the walls. These were no longer illusions caused by time changes but had become tangible objects.
If these objects were touched by others, they would vanish instantly.
But because Evan had a Time-Turner, anything he held that existed in his hand detached from the chaotic timeline and came to the present, thousands of years later.
It was a pity that there were only simple decorations here and no other precious items, otherwise Evan could have obtained something very valuable.
The golems scouting ahead of him also began to undergo various changes.
Some of the rocks became darker and more solid, while others turned more fragile, seeming ready to crumble at the slightest touch.
These changes were rapid and fleeting.
What troubled Evan wasn't the change in the rocks’ texture, but the fact that his magic was rendered ineffective as time fluctuated. In this area, time was shifting back and forth by hundreds or even thousands of years in an instant, and naturally, his spells couldn't last that long.
After several attempts at casting Transfiguration spells, only for them to fail almost immediately, Evan gave up. This place was indeed bizarre. He paused to check himself thoroughly, ensuring there were no issues, before continuing forward.
Because the scene in the secret passage changed so dramatically, Evan felt an overwhelming sense of unreality. Imagine that scene: In the blink of an eye, the time in front of him changed by a thousand years, either back to the past or forward to the future. One moment, it was a magnificent ancient Egyptian temple; the next, it was an ancient ruin that had been sealed for a thousand years...
In this place, Evan clearly felt the power of time.
When he entered the room behind the secret passage, his eyes suddenly opened up and he saw an even more shocking scene...
