[The many Scholars also chime in to persuade him, saying that the master has far too little contact with the outside world. There may be almost no such mad, disordered types in the Imperial Capital and auxiliary capital, but in rural villages and towns they are as common as can be.]

[If such people can be counted as True God’s Envoys, they can drag in a whole cart of True God’s Envoys for him tomorrow.]

[Coleman, never very good with words, finds himself completely at a loss, unable to figure out how to explain or refute them.]

[The Direct Vision Great Sage suddenly says that perhaps the master knows why he is so certain this man is not the True God’s Envoy.]

[Coleman of course knows the Great Sage is about to say something like star chasing heretic and other trumped up crimes. He is so angry that he points at the Great Sage, his finger trembling as he fails to speak.]

[But the Great Sage walks slowly up to him and only leans close to whisper a single sentence in his ear, causing Coleman’s expression to dramatically change.]

[Coleman asks in shock if the Great Sage truly has not lied to him.]

[The Great Sage smiles and nods.]

[Coleman’s face instantly fills with shame. He turns to the many Scholars and apologizes, admitting that in his momentary old age dimness he mistakenly took an evil heretic as the True God’s Envoy, and that he has truly shamed the true Lord.]

[The Scholars hurriedly wave their hands, not daring to accept Master Coleman’s apology.]

[…]

[The Direct Vision Great Sage walks over to you, opens the Book Containing Illusion, and pronounces sentence on you, saying, evil heretic, repent well in the Time Prison.]

[As he speaks, he raises his staff and the light of illusion instantly engulfs you.]

[A strange, inexplicable drowsiness slowly creeps up into your brain. You struggle desperately to keep your eyes open, but can only be dragged into an unknowable dreamland.]

[You have entered the Residual Illusion of Knowledge – Time Prison.]

[…]

[You open your eyes and everything you see is endless darkness.]

[There is no light here, no sound, no smell. All your senses seem to have lost their function in this place. The only things you can feel are the void and the cold stillness.]

[Ordinary people who enter the Time Prison are not even able to move their bodies significantly. The brain sends instructions to the hands and feet, but the limbs can only respond at a speed so slow it cannot be seen by the naked eye.]

[This is the terrifying effect of time flow slowed by hundreds and thousands of times. Those trapped can only silently endure the torment of the dark and dead silence.]

Lin Xun had not expected that one day this torture tool would be used on him.

He had thought the Beast of Disordered Knowledge would appear, but this was already the second time it had stood him up.

“What on earth is the Servant of Knowledge doing. When I do not need the watchdog, it keeps making it descend, and when I do need it, I cannot call it down no matter how I shout.”

[You try raising your hand and are shocked to find that you can move freely in the Time Prison.]

[But aside from being able to move freely, the surrounding environment is still endless darkness, with no sound and no light. You are trapped inside, unable to escape and at most able to engage in a few activities to amuse yourself.]

[The Great Sage’s whisper in Coleman’s ear just now, which instantly changed his attitude, is something you cannot figure out no matter how you think about it.]

[With nothing else to do, you try to recall that whispered sentence.] 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

[The senses of your body are incredibly sharp. Even though the Great Sage concealed it with spell power, you still caught a few fragments.]

[You vaguely remember that the Great Sage’s words included phrases like fake goods… the real envoy… the candidate has already been chosen… and so on.]

Lin Xun narrowed his eyes.

He had already more or less guessed the truth.

“Heh, I am the genuine True God’s Envoy. Is this Great Sage truly in the dark, or is he pretending to be.”

“If it is the latter, then this so called already chosen real envoy candidate definitely hides some enormous conspiracy.”

Although he still did not know why the Shell could move freely, being able to control the Shell meant Lin Xun could use the method of suicide to escape the Time Prison at any time.

In essence, an illusion of knowledge was a virtual instance. As long as the Shell died, he could leave the instance and wake up.

The people trapped in the Time Prison are affected by the slowing of perceived time.

A movement like raising the hand to cut the throat only takes two or three seconds, but if the flow of time sensed by their bodies is slowed, those two or three seconds of movement would feel like taking two or three days.

So those trapped have the illusion that they cannot move inside the Time Prison.

As Lin Xun thought this through, his eyes suddenly lit up.

If he could move freely in the Time Prison, did that mean he was not affected by the slowed perception of time here.

“Based on my previous experience, the in game flow of time is roughly the same as in reality.”

Lin Xun slapped his thigh, feeling that this was most likely the case.

Reality and the ongoing game share roughly the same time flow, which means the game cannot simulate text where perception time is slowed.

If an Apostle really did spend days like years in the Time Prison, the flow of game time and real time would be thrown into chaos.

When an Apostle spends an hour in reality, an hour must likewise pass in game time, whether he is inside the Time Prison or not.

The Time Prison clearly cannot violate the rules of the game, so Lin Xun is unaffected by the slowed perception of time and continues to experience one to one time flow, which manifests in his Shell as being able to move freely.

“So that is how it is. In that case, I do not need to rush to kill myself and return to town.”

Lin Xun stroked his chin in thought.

[…]

[After an unknown length of time, the dark illusion around you suddenly begins to tremble and the surrounding scene gradually loses its color.]

[You are rejected by this world and leave the Residual Illusion of Knowledge – Time Prison.]

[In a daze, the scene before your eyes changes. On leaving the illusion, you find yourself in the luxurious interior of a carriage.]

[As the carriage comes slowly to a stop, the Direct Vision Great Sage at your side also raises his head.]

[You have long since prepared yourself and put on a dull, idiotic face. Saliva runs down from the corner of your mouth as if the Time Prison has completely broken you.]

[The Direct Vision Great Sage shows not the slightest surprise at your state. After all, the journey from Coleman’s Workshop to the Direct Vision School Branch Association takes at least half an hour.]

[This means that you have spent at least five or six years in the emptiness and darkness of the Time Prison.]

[Aside from gods, no one can endure such terrifying torment.]

[Looking at your foolish and simple expression, he lets out a long sigh and mutters to himself that he of course knows you are the true True God’s Envoy and knows the prophecy the Great Prophet left behind.]

[But the Great Prophet only spoke the first major part of the prophecy to Master Coleman and did not tell him the last sentence.]

[The prophecy was that the arrival of the True God’s Envoy would likewise be the best opportunity for this world.]

[That would be the best opportunity to destroy this world and awaken Omniscient True Knowledge.]