Chapter 106: The climax always comes quickly.

Half an hour ago, the three Tang Mo men arrived at the petrol station. Fu Wenduo got out of the car to look for petrol and Tang Mo decided to check out the bungalow across the road: they needed new supplies. Once they are officially in Beijing, the amount of food they can find will only get smaller. The trio's need for food and water is currently minimal, but not non-existent. Tang Mo will prepare everything in advance, to avoid any surprises.

"The ability to go back in time is definitely there, they must have gone back in time. Because there was a charred bookshelf at the back of that newsstand. The shelf was burnt to a crisp, but on that shelf ......" Tang Mo paused and said, "there was an intact magazine book."

The trio walked across the road and soon found the charred bookshelf.

From the position of the bungalow where the four stowaways had been ambushed, it was true that the bookshelf, hidden behind the newsstand, was not visible. But it was visible from around the newsstand. The shelf was charred, almost like a steel shelf. There was a yellowing magazine on it, not even a trace of charring.

It's a bizarre situation, but of course it doesn't rule out the possibility that someone was bored enough to burn the bookshelf and somehow put a magazine on it.

But that's enough.

What would be your thoughts on suddenly seeing a burnt bookshelf with an intact book on it in such an empty and deserted place ......?

Tang Mo didn't know what Fu Wenduo and Fu Wensheng would think, but he felt that someone had deliberately left himself some kind of hint.

As in many detective novels, the protagonist arrives at a certain place and sees something very perverse. He couldn't for a moment guess who had left the clue, what it was supposed to say. But one possibility occurred to him: "The book might not have been put up after the shelves had burned down."

Fu Wensheng was stunned: "What?"

The bookshelf had been burned to a skeleton and would have fallen off at the slightest touch. The magazines on the shelf showed no signs of burning, so they had obviously been put there later. It wasn't put there after the shelf was burnt, could it be that ...... was there before the shelf was burnt?

Fu Wenduo raised an eyebrow at Tang Mo's words and looked at him with a dark look. Tang Mo hadn't looked closely at the bookshelf because he had to take care of the four stowaways. He stepped forward and crouched on the ground, taking the magazine off the shelf. As he did so, the shelf quickly collapsed.

Tang Mo looked at the title and the date on the magazine, he turned around and waved the magazine, "It's quite a famous magazine, it's sold nationwide. The date on it is the 18th of November."

Fu Wensheng immediately thought: " The black tower is the official start date of the game?"

Tang Mo nods: "Yes. These shelves are usually filled with more popular magazines and books. The owner puts what sells well on the small shelf and takes it outside the newsstand so that people passing by can see it more easily. This magazine has probably been on the shelf for a long time, maybe five months before today, and it's been on this shelf."

Fu Wensheng still doesn't understand what's going on, but Tang Mo has it all figured out.

He had previously suspected that someone was ambushed nearby because the bookcase was so bizarre. He hadn't been sure from start to finish if someone was really ambushed and where. But he became suspicious. So after entering the newsstand he used a turkey egg to communicate with Fu Wenduo and told him about the bizarre phenomenon he had seen. The two men made a decision very quickly: one to search the bungalow and the other the restaurant at the other end of the crossroads. These were the two best places to hide.

Maybe there was no ambush, maybe the strange bookcase was just a prank by one of the players, but Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo are not above suspicion.

Fu Wenduo didn't know about it, but Fu Wensheng did. Tang Mo said, "Keep your voice down, you should know what burned down this bookshelf."

Fu Wensheng was stunned: "I know?"

"Yeah, you know."

The little boy looked down in contemplation for a moment, when suddenly he exclaimed, "...... that big match of yours?!"

Yes, it's Mosaic's Big Match.

Two months earlier, in the Queen of Hearts' Jewel Corridor, Tang Mo had lit Bai Ruoyao's arm on fire with a large match and told him mercilessly that if he didn't cut off your arm, you would be burned alive by the fire.

[Props: Mosaic's big matches]

[Owned by: Tang Mo].

......

[Function: An unquenchable flame. Can light a match at will; once the flame of the match ignites an object, the law of causality kicks in and the flame can only be extinguished when the object is burned clean; tougher than you can imagine].

This bookcase was destroyed by a large match.

Only objects that are lit by a large match are bound to be burned because of the law of cause and effect.

"Somewhere along the way back in time, I must have found this cycle of time, but didn't know how to alert myself that someone was ambushed. So just lit this bookshelf on fire with a big match and took one of the books on it." Tang Mo places the magazine on the charred remnants of the shelf, "Because the magazine was taken away, it was not lit by the flame of the large match. It was back on the shelf again after the time rewind. But the bookshelf was already burnt."

Fu Wensheng looks at the bookshelf and magazines on the floor: "That's why the charred shelf has an intact magazine on it."

Having established what had happened, the three returned to the petrol station to dispose of the bodies of the four stowaways.

Tang Mo reached out his hand and drew his book of powers out of the air. He turned to the penultimate page and looked at the words on it.

[Alien Energy: Orgasms Always Come Quickly]

[Owned by: Zhao Kewei (stowaway)

[Type: Atomic type].

【Function: Rewind the physical state of all substances within a certain area, can return the state of all substances to one minute ago】.

[Grade: Level 3].

[Restriction: Stamina boost space is 0. From the time the ability is used, you must experience a 60-second duration of material change before you can use the flashback ability. When using this ability, all living objects located in the area being used will feel an intense physical need. It can be used up to seven times per day, returning to the physical state while consuming the user's corresponding cellular life, or multiple times the cellular life for returning multiple living objects.]

[Remark: The climax always comes quickly, so savor it over and over again].

[Tang Mo Version Usage Note: Can be used up to once per day and consumes double the cellular life. There is a 5% chance of not being able to retrace the physical state of the lifeform. For Tang Mo, a one-minute orgasm ...... Wait, a Tang Mo orgasm can be a minute long? You've earned it!]

...... So the strange coughing urge he felt when he crossed the road was because of this psychic ability?!

Tang Mo, long used to the spitefulness of the powers book, darted his eyelids, his gaze lingering on the functions and limitations of this ability.

So it's not directly back in time, but back in the physical state of all matter for a minute?

Tang Mo thought, "That would explain better why the bookshelf wasn't restored and that magazine and other things were backdated."

It is not time that is returned, but the physical state of matter. So the magazine that was taken aside is back on the shelf, but the shelf cannot be restored because of the law of cause and effect.

"Got the man's powers?"

Tang Mo nodded, subconsciously trying to hand Fu Wenduo the power book to read, but just as he reached out his hand, he instantly retracted it. Tang Mo coughed and tossed the shamelessly put together book back into the air. He explained, "Not in the objective sense of going back in time, his powers ......" After a pause, Tang Mo sorted out his words, "His powers are to go back in time to the physical state of all matter within a certain area, with a The response time is one minute."

Take the rain in the sky, for example. A minute ago this drop of rain was a mixture of condensation nuclei and water vapour, it fell slowly from the clouds and snapped to the ground at the 59th second, merging into a puddle. Using this ability, however, everything reverses. The physical state of the drop of rain returns to that of a mixture of condensed nuclei and water vapour, while its physical position is restored and it returns to the dark clouds.

Tang Mo, who was never very good at science, carefully recalled the instructions in the powers book and eventually came to a general conclusion, "In short, it does count as a back-in-time power, but it can't go back in time to something that has been subjected to the effects of the law of cause and effect. For example, the bookshelf that was burned by a large match."

Fu Wenduo: "Is there a limit?"

Tang Mo: "There are quite a lot of restrictions, for example I can only use it once a day and it consumes lives."

Fu Wenduo frowned: "Consuming life?"

Tang Mo explains it briefly. He has one more of this ability that drains the life of the user - a very fast man. Tang Mo has tried not to use this ability as much as possible since he has possessed it. Because such a psychic ability is too powerful. Once he used it too much and developed a psychological dependency, he would not be able to help but keep using it.

Such powers are so powerful that Tang Mo cannot guarantee that he will be able to resist using them in the face of such extreme temptation.

"These powers are like drugs." Tang Mo lamented, "But I guess the players who use these psychic powers are probably unaware of their side effects. Just like you and Whisper both only know how to use psychic powers, without knowing the explicit functions and limitations of the powers."

Fu Wenduo: "I still don't know what my psychic powers are."

Tang Mo froze as he turned his head towards Fu Wenduo.

Fu Wenduo stands by the window, his head slightly bowed, the corners of his mouth curled up as he looks at Tang Mo.

Since their departure from Nanjing and their journey to Beijing, Tang Mo has first checked Fu Wensheng's powers. There was a three-day cooldown period for the private money powers, and Tang Mo was unable to check Fu Wenduo's powers again for three days. After that, however, he tried to touch Fu Wenduo's hand again while he was driving. After six hours of touching, Tang Mo finally gave up and never spoke of it again.

"If acquiring one's powers is so difficult, how did that woman manage to get yours in such a short period of time?"

Tang Mo was startled and looked up at Fu Wenduo.

Fu Wenduo's dark eyes stared intently at Tang Mo. Tang Mo had a vague feeling that his opponent might have guessed something, and with Fu Wenduo's powerful powers of association, he might actually have guessed the truth. But Tang Mo's expression remained unchanged as he said calmly, "All the powers I have copied will be weakened. It's her power, and she can use it more easily than I can."

"So." Fu Wenduo gave a long, meaningful "Oh", "I think I felt ...... that something was wrong, well, something was wrong, during the minute when that person was using the flashback time. Tang Mo, did you feel it?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Fu Wensheng said loudly, "Eh yes, brother, I also feel hot and strange in my body. Do you feel it too?"

Fu Wenduo said lightly, "You are only twelve years old."

Fu Wensheng: "Huh? What does this have to do with me being twelve years old?"

You're only twelve years old, probably not old enough to be able to generate pleasure.

Tang Mo silently added Fu Wenduo's words in his mind, then: "......"

...... Damn, is this guy a dog! How come when something is bad, he can smell it!

Tang Mo quickly changed the subject, "Examine their bodies, maybe we can find some useful clues."

Fu Wensheng was about to ask himself again what was wrong with being twelve when Fu Wenduo turned his head to look at Tang Mo at these words. He gave a low laugh and said nothing more.

As long as Tang Mo doesn't admit it, Fu Wenduo's guesses are just that: guesses.

Tang Mo didn't quite understand why Fu Wenduo, a straight man, had so many strange and weird guesses, and was always interested in his little bitchy book, and every time ...... guessed something that was very unfriendly to straight men. Thinking of the countless tirades against himself in that bitchy alien book, Tang Mo secretly decided: never let anyone see the contents of the book, not in this life!

Tang Mo doesn't think it's a coincidence that four unknown players have suddenly appeared to sneak up on him.

"These people are not low in strength, not ordinary players, and almost all of them possess psychic powers. There's a 70% chance that they were ambushed a long time ago and deliberately waited for us here, and it's even possible that they've been tracking us for a long time, they're just very powerful and none of us have noticed. There's also a 30% chance that they were really just passing through for a robbery." After a pause, Tang Mo said, "Fu Wenduo and I will check these three bodies, Xiao Sheng, you go and check the man's body."

Fu Wensheng nods his head.

The three men split up.

Tang Mo examines the body of a man with the ability to travel back in time.

On the cold concrete floor, the middle-aged man's eyes were wide open, staring at the ceiling in death. After Earth came online Tang Mo had seen many corpses, and had seen many with even more horrific deaths, he closed the eyes of this corpse with an expressionless face and began to search the other man's body for something.

Killing this person was actually an accident, but it was also inevitable. Without killing the man, the other man could continue to retrace his powers and everything would start all over again.

The four players were smart, and when Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo initiated the attack, they knew: their ability to rewind time must have been discovered. They made a straightforward decision to let three of them delay Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo while their other partner escaped.