This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous
Chapter 99 Time Passing By_1

Chapter 99: Chapter 99 Time Passing By_1

"In an instant..." Mu You was at a loss for words.

It indeed seems like an instant to others, but for him, it equates to spending more than forty years in an endless loop of time...

When time rewinds, his body will recover, but his memory will not. The fatigue accumulated from these memories will multiply with each rewind through time.

Just like when he first unlocked the door of the Witch’s House, he was lively and energetic. But after thousands of repetitions, even though his body stayed the same, his spirit had already turned into a clouded mush.

The hundreds of thousands of lock unlocking attempts, translated to real-time, were a mere seven or eight days.

And now, Vivian’s demand was for him to memorize seven notebooks in one day! Which means, he would need to spend seven years in the time loop in one day...

Mu You thought the number was horrifying. Moreover, he would need to spend these seven years constantly using his brain to memorize. What kind of concept was this?

"Well, I can memorize them. But can we rearrange the order? Could you teach me the formula for Evolution Elixir first? Once I’ve figured out the Elixir, I can get down to memorizing the content. Would that be okay?" Mu You tried to negotiate with Vivian.

"Hmph, do you think crafting magic potions is that simple?"

The Canary then sneered, "A lofty building starts from the ground. If you don’t lay a solid foundation, your hurried medicine-creating efforts will be for nought. All of your future achievements will be castles in the air, with a bottleneck reach and cease to improve. Moreover, do you think you can just use the accumulation of attempts to make every elixir? The Evolution Elixir is a medium-level potion, not as simple as the Spirit Summoning Potion. For medium and higher-level elixirs, if you don’t have a solid foundation, even if you try tens of millions or billions of times, you are merely wasting time!"

"Okay okay, I’ll learn it..."

Mu You retreated instantly. For some reason, even though he was faced with a bird not larger than his palm, he felt as pressured as dealing with a school principal.

Of course, he couldn’t start studying right away.

Next, he would need to find a bright and spacious place where he could loop for over seven years.

Afterwards, Mu You took Vivian back to his second-floor bedroom, opened his backpack, and jumped in.

The unicorn and Mandrake were frolicking by the creek. When they saw the biped walking over, they both quickly stopped. One obediently squatted down pretending to drink the water, and the other quickly dug a hole to bury itself.

"A Unicorn?"

The Canary saw the pure white pony by the creek and couldn’t help but be amazed. It turned back to look at Mu You, "You’re quite lucky."

"How so?" Mu You asked hurriedly.

"The blood of a unicorn has a high quality as a magic medicine material. It has a soft energy and it compatibility with many other magic potions makes it a versatile alternative material in the Magic Potions Study. Having a living unicorn can directly solve a quarter of your future magic medicine material needs."

"Is that so?"

Mu You was thrilled. No wonder when the unicorn first appeared, it triggered a fierce competition between the two major powers. This creature was truly important.

"Mandrake, Fwooper, Chocobo eggs, plus a Gluttonous Demon Spider...are you trying to build a zoo here..."

The Canary looked around the space and made such a comment quietly.

Then it looked at Mu You and suddenly exclaimed, "If you want to integrate the backpack’s space, you don’t necessarily need a Shapeshifting spell."

"Hmm?" Mu You was stunned.

"You’ve unlocked the door of the ’Witch’s House’, and you should have gotten unlocking spells, right?"

"Yes, I have an Unlocking Spell." Mu You nodded.

"Go to the Star Spirit World and find a blacksmith to help you disassemble your bag. Take out the space node inside and transform it into a lock core model. Integrate it into your body, and then use the Unlocking Spell to open the backpack." Vivian explained.

"That’s possible?" Mu You stared, astonished.

"Magic is just a tool, and there is never a fixed way to use it. As long as you understand its principles, many magic spells can be interlinked. Don’t limit yourself with your own imagination." Vivian began her instructive mode again.

"I see!"

Mu You was excited, planning to find the Drunkard Blacksmith in the game and give it a try.

But before that, it was better to finish today’s ’homework’ first...

"Activate your time backtracking tool and the Fool’s Card, and let me control the time. You just need to focus on reading," Vivian said.

"Alright."

Mu You didn’t refuse. Vivian already knew the secret of his Time Pocket Watch, and she seemed immune to the effects of time backtracking, so there was no need to hide anything from her at this point.

Mu You directly handed the Time Pocket Watch to Vivian, then sat cross-legged on the ground, arranging the first seven notebooks in front of him, holding the Poker Flying Card in his hand, inputting magic power, and throwing it out; the Fool’s Boundary automatically surfaced.

This boundary definitely has to be activated, otherwise just relying on the five-second time backtracking of the Time Pocket Watch would not even allow enough time to turn a page.

Mu You took a breath and opened the first page of the first notebook.

With Vivian helping him control time, he could immerse himself entirely in the books, which was indeed much easier.

Inside the infinite repeating boundaries, time passed like water.

One month, two months, three months...

One year, two years, three years...

The cycle of time kept repeating endlessly...

Mu You sat quietly on the grass, holding a notebook in his hands.

At this moment, he was filled with a sense of time-wasting desolation. His murky yet bright eyes were intently focused on the page, appearing deep and unfathomable like an endless river.

He sat there without moving, like a weather-beaten sculpture.

Until at one moment, he lightly flicked his finger and turned the notebook page, only to find nothing there.

It turned out this was already the last page...

Mu You exhaled and closed the notebook, placing it on top of the other six in front of him.

Looking at the seven books he thoroughly read, a hint of a smile finally surfaced on his undisturbed face.

As for exactly how much time he had spent, Mu You had long lost track. He only knew that ten minutes ago when Vivian flew in, she had reported the time to him, telling him it was the three hundred thousandth and nine hundred time he had backtracked.

300,000 times... Calculating each loop as half an hour, that added up to 150,000 hours, 6250 days, over 17 years...

Yes, Mu You had spent a full seventeen years in this sector of infinite time loops!

Vivian’s initial estimate of one book per year was much too optimistic.

The first hurdle was that these notebooks were all written in Star Spirit Language. Mu You’s grasp of Star Spirit Language was mediocre to begin with, and the notebooks were filled with specialized terms. It was extremely tough to even read the content, let alone memorize it.

With no alternative, Mu You spent a full half a year perfecting his understanding of Star Spirit Language before he officially began to read the notebooks.

And the following memorization process was not smooth either. He spent a year only to finish less than half of the first book.

This extremely slow pace made Mu You restless, and he instinctively began to force himself to hurry the process.

However, overexertion in studying would only backfire.

The more he wanted to speed up, the slower his progress became.

The setback in progress, the loneliness, frustration, and spiritual exhaustion accumulated through the continuous loops, had all caused Mu You to become irritable and prone to self-doubt.

These negative emotions led to a vicious cycle, which even brought Mu You’s reading to a standstill...

Drifting aimlessly for three years, as all his negative emotions reached their peak, Mu You gradually calmed down.

He vaguely understood the meaning of Vivian’s assignments, which might not just be about rote learning, but also to temper his temperament.

From his initial restlessness, misery, disgust, to his current calmness, his psyche, which was once nearly deranged due to the endless loops, was gradually smoothed and calmed by the passage of time, resulting in tranquility after weathering the sands of time.