On the surface, it seems like time has stopped, but in fact, it's not so. He is merely in a state of temporal displacement.

More accurately, it's Zhang Xiaoman and Morris who are truly temporally displaced.

This is a zone akin to a crevice in time, where everything around is static.

This is a state of true stillness, unable to be interfered with or destroyed.

The events happening here, to the outside world, occur in just the blink of an eye.

Everything will return to its original state at the moment the quicksand between fingers stops.

In other words, it's like a dream realm here.

When this dream ends, everything will return to its original form.

The reason Zhang Xiaoman keeps performing the quicksand between fingers without stopping is purely because he just learned this ability and wants to test his limits.

Beside him, Morris saw the Star Lord silently observing the monster, and curiosity rose in his heart.

He tried to walk to the other's side, scrutinized the mutant's ugly face, and then cautiously stretched out a finger to poke it.

But an astonishing scene unfolded.

He found that no matter how hard he tried, his finger always remained a faint distance from the other's skin, unable to touch it.

Even though this distance was infinitely close to zero.

Even to the naked eye, he seemed to have touched the mutant's green skin.

But Morris clearly perceived that no sense of touch was transmitted from the tip of his finger, he hadn't truly touched the other.

"What is happening..."

With curiosity, he reached out to poke a piece of stone that was splashed nearby.

As before, Morris was still unable to touch those stones.

It was only then that he belatedly realized that he could not interact with any objects around him.

Even he himself seemed to be "suspended" above the ground.

"When time is stripped away, naturally you cannot touch it."

Zhang Xiaoman's voice timely sounded in his ear.

He didn't bother to explain what the quicksand between fingers was, but used this simplest and clearest way to make him understand the current situation.

Morris was briefly stunned and then nodded in sudden realization, saying:

"I see... then, Star Lord, are we ourselves affected by all this... Is what we see an illusion... just like when I was recalling earlier...?"

Zhang Xiaoman didn't expect him to think this far so quickly and looked at him with some surprise, then said:

"After I end this period of time, things will return to their original state, including your position and the injuries on your body."

"But what you see now is not an illusion. Relative to us right now, everything here is happening for real. But relative to the entire timeline, all of this is false and non-existent."

He casually answered one of his questions and then sensed his own Dark Energy.

In just less than two minutes, the upper limit of his over five thousand Dark Energy had shown signs of being emptied.

"This really is an advanced divine power, with my current strength, if I bring one person, I can only maintain it for less than two minutes..."

Zhang Xiaoman thought to himself.

He had experimented when he was alone and could sustain it for about an hour.

But when he pulled Morris into it as well, the time was reduced to two minutes.

Such a gap surprised him somewhat.

"I see... Star Lord, you mean... this is actually an independently existing domain, where everything that happens is real. But relative to the main world, it doesn't exist, so after leaving, we'll turn back to how we were before...?"

Beside him, Morris finally had a reaction after pondering for a long time.

"Then... if that's the case... might the reality world we live in be a temporal crevice of a higher dimension... where everything that happens is real, but there is truth beyond truth..."

His expression suddenly changed, and his face showed some fear.

"You don't need to think too much. Higher dimensional matters cannot be easily explained. Regardless of whether it's true or false, you just need to live in the moment, protect all that you need to protect, and that's enough."

Zhang Xiaoman slightly shook his head, not expecting this guy to get caught up in such a mind loop.

"Alright, we've been here long enough, it's time to leave."

Without waiting for the still-thinking Morris, after giving him a reminder, he waved his hand and dispelled the effect of the quicksand between fingers.

In an instant, everything around them reverted.

The mutant's pouncing motion, the mournful cries of teammates, the scattered stones on the ground, the whole world seemed to be pressed play again.

Morris only felt the surrounding environment change abruptly, one moment he was standing unscathed in front of the mutant, the next, he was sitting on the ground covered in wounds.

Aside from the memory of that time crevice, everything else seemed as if it had never happened.

Even knowing the truth, facing this sudden transition, he still felt as if everything that just happened was an illusion.

"Captain! Watch out!"

Andrea's shout rang in his ears.

Morris suddenly snapped back to reality, but just like before, he couldn't do anything.

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