Chapter 11: Time Stasis_1

[Name: "Time Stasis"]

[Quality: Extremely Rare.]

[Status: Can be used once more (Integrity 29%).]

[Energy Level: Class A.]

[Effect: After activation, this miraculous card can make objects freeze for 5 seconds. Except for the user, no one else can move within the static field. Its absolute effective range is within 10m, with an influenced range of 15m+.]

[Negative Effect "Time Cognition Disorder": After the use, for a period, there may be instances of time cognition disorder. The intensity of this negative effect will increase with the number of uses in a short period.]

[If not used more than three times in an hour, the negative effect will remain within a controllable range and will reset after an hour.]

[Note: One of The Seventeen Gold Cards of the "Kingdom in Cards". It can be combined with other "Time" series cards to produce a combined effect...]

[A "Kattu" inventor from Bonfire Company, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: "I know what you want to say when you see this card because I want to say the same thing—Za Warudo!"]

[The condition for status repair: Expend Three Thousand Points, and the duration and effect range of the card will be enhanced.]

[This item has been transferred to the "Storage Room"; please check.]

"Holy shit, a golden legend!"

Colin was thrilled and opened the Storage Room, where he saw a somewhat familiar card sitting inside.

After examining it for a while...

It was about the size of a palm, with a black vortex on the back and a pale gold clock face on the front, its hour, minute, and second hands all pointing to midnight.

There was a line on the card: "no.17—Time: Stasis".

Also, at the bottom of the card was another line: "Five seconds, five seconds is still too short...".

"Within ten meters, time stops for five seconds, what a divine artifact, but..."

Colin looked at the card in his hand, "I was wondering why it looked so familiar; aside from the card's ability, isn't this the format of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards?"

He couldn't help but internally criticize, did Bonfire Company not fear lawsuits?

Just then, a fluttering sound came from outside the window. Colin turned his head and saw a pigeon that kept staring at him while flitting about the window.

Making coo-coo-coo sounds.

"This damn pigeon's here to beg for food again?"

Colin was speechless. How come his neighbor's spotted pigeon always seemed to think about mooching off his food every day?

It's not like his rice came for free, right?

Wait a second... he suddenly thought of something and picked up the card in his hand.

The engine roared in his ears, and it felt as though the world, in an instant, was dragged into a standstill by an invisible force.

Tick-tock, tick-tock...

Amid the sound of the clock hands moving, the spider in the corner web, the droplet of water falling in the kitchen, dust particles in the sunlight, the pigeon's raised claw outside the window that hadn't yet fallen...

Everything within a ten-meter radius around him had come to a halt—

Time Stop!

Then, another pigeon flew from afar. However, upon entering the fifteen-meter range, it suddenly slowed down, just like slow motion in a movie.

It was affected but had not entered the "absolute effect" area. Five seconds had already passed.

Everything began to move again.

The spider in the corner and the two pigeons seemed to have no awareness of what had just happened.

However, downstairs in the neighborhood, a young man who was passing by looked up at the pigeons almost hovering midair above, his whole person in shock.

Hovering?

Since when could pigeons fly like this?

"What happened?"

But after rubbing his eyes, he realized it might have just been an illusion.

He sighed in relief, thinking he might have been hallucinating due to too much indulgence recently. He quickened his pace home, planning to give up alcohol from that day onwards.

"Pure bystander, no hype, no hate, very strong."

Colin gave a fair assessment. Five seconds might not seem like much, but in the Other World, combined with his own "Beast Transformation Syndrome" powers, it was almost an instant kill ability within a ten-meter radius.

Of course, if he met something whose size alone exceeded ten meters, then it's just better to run.

"But speaking of which, if I had this card in the Other World at that time, I might have been able to attempt a counter-kill at the door... wait, even with this card, it seems impossible?"

Colin furrowed his brows as he thought about the description on the [Book of Fate Fragment]. It said that he believed he was fully prepared and ready to fly, but in the end, he was slashed to death before he even saw anyone outside the door.

He wondered if the Book of Fate had taken this golden card into account.

If it had...

Then that thing at the door was indeed too powerful.

Even Time Stop couldn't beat it.

"I still need to be careful."

Colin shook his head, not sure if it was an illusion...

After using it once, he always felt time was slowing down, experiencing an uncomfortable feeling as if days were dragging on like years.

It must be the so-called "time perception disorder" negative effect.

It's indeed just like they said.

If you don't use it continuously and only use it once, it's almost as if it never happened.

Colin put the "The World" card in his pocket.

Then, he opened the trade interface to take a look.

There were two options inside, one was "Mall" and the other was "Auction"."

It's all set up like a game...

Colin took a quick look, and in the "Mall," one could buy special items through the official channels within the company. However, with Level F Authority, there were very few items he could buy—only two...

"F Level Gene Compensation" and "Points to Currency Exchange."

The compensation's price was one "Silver Task Certificate" plus "1000 Points"... Is it that expensive? I can only afford one..."

Colin really wanted another dose, but after hesitating a bit, he decided against it.

You can only inject three doses of this stuff, and it seems you can get it from missions as well. Buying more seems like a waste of money.

The exchange rate for points to currency was such that 1 Point could be exchanged for 164.71 Yuan.

"2100 Points, I could directly exchange them for over three hundred thousand, nearly four hundred and forty thousand... So, does that mean I made over three hundred thousand just by doing one mission?"

Colin felt it seemed a bit unreal...

But then again, if you can exchange Points for money, can you exchange money for Points?

Uh, it seems not.

Colin didn't see that option, and although he was short on cash now, he felt there was no need to make the exchange.

Because if he really wanted money, it seemed there were quite a few ways to get it.

And more than money, he valued that "Gene Compensation" more.

After closing the "Mall," he casually opened the "Auction," where there were many more items.

It seemed that these were "special items" listed by other company employees after completing missions. Colin glanced over them quickly, his eyes almost blurring, then his face wrinkled up like a chrysanthemum—

What the hell are these things for sale?

["Three-legged toad mummy" for sale: 5 Points.]

[Quantity: 1.]

[Note: This item cannot be taken out in the real environment without prior application.]

[Remark: I don't know what it can be used for, maybe anglers can buy it to try as bait?]

...

["Mature Brain" for sale: 30 Points.]

[Quantity: 1.]

[Note: This item cannot be taken out in the real environment without prior application.]

[Remark: The brain of a monster's corpse, seems to have some sort of magnetic field, interested parties may purchase.]

...

["A crow that breathes fire but has an extremely annoying mouth" for sale: 100 Points.]

[Quantity: 1.]

[Note: This item cannot be taken out in the real environment without prior application.]

[Remark: Sweet-talking, very well-behaved, up for a quick sale at a low price, swipe right if interested...]