Ethan had been here for six days.
He discovered that the length of each day here was different. It wasn't like the original world, where every day was fixed at twenty four hours.
Time in this world was sometimes very long, with a day reaching around twenty hours.
Sometimes it was short, with a day being only about sixteen hours.
As for exactly how long a day was.
It was mainly calculated based on the duration of sunrise. If the sunrise lasted a long time, the day would become longer along with it. If the sunrise was very short that day, then the length of the day would also be shortened accordingly.
Moreover, after night fell, people would start to feel sleepy and naturally want to go to sleep.
When it got light, they would naturally wake up.
It was simply like magic. Truly living by sunrise and resting at sunset. Aside from the irregular length of time, life itself had become unbelievably regular.
These situations were things Ethan only began to notice after being here for quite a long time.
At the beginning, Ethan had only vaguely sensed that time in this world was strange. It wasn't until the night he set up a stall to sell goods at the Traveler's Inn that he finally realized that time in this world wasn't on a twenty four hour system.
He even deliberately asked the dwarves who were setting up stalls nearby. From them, he learned that time in this world was unstable.
It would change according to the lunar tides. Sometimes it was twenty hours. Sometimes it was even shorter.
As for why the past two days had such long daylight hours, Ethan believed it was probably a blessing before the trial.
The Extreme Cold Night was about to arrive. Anyone who couldn't gather enough materials to upgrade their wooden hut into a stone house would find it very hard to survive.
Therefore, the mastermind behind the scenes had left the days with the most sunlight to the players, as a final sprint.
"Lord, have a cup of tea before you head out!"
Cook Four carried a cup of tea and walked up to Ethan.
Ethan took the cup in surprise and said, "This is dandelion tea? Where did it come from?"
"Reporting to the lord, it was brought back by Herb Three yesterday," Cook Four said respectfully, "Herb Three not only brought back some dandelions and some queen of the night flowers, neutralizing grass, night vision fruit, and also… also…"
Cook Four propped her head with her hand and thought for a long time. She couldn't seem to remember the remaining items.
But that was normal, after all, they were all names of medicinal herbs.
Glug~ Glug~ Glug~
Ethan lifted the teacup and took a big gulp. Then he suddenly remembered something and said, "Right, where is Daji sleeping? I'll go take a look at it."
"Daji?", Cook Four tilted her head in confusion and said, "Lord, didn't Lady Daji go out with you? Just now, only you and Lord White Eagle came back. Nobody else has returned."
"Daji didn't come back?", Ethan was shocked.
The cup in his hand fell straight to the ground as he exclaimed in disbelief, "How is that possible? I clearly told Wood Eight and Herb Three to send Daji back!"
"Wood Eight and Team Leader Herb Three haven't come back either," Cook Four shook her head.
Hearing this, Ethan's heart trembled violently, "This is bad!"
"Lord, what's wrong?"
"I separated from them more than an hour ago. Logically speaking, that short stretch of road between the ruins and the villa shouldn't take over an hour to return," Ethan took a deep breath and said, "They probably ran into danger."
"Ah? Then what… what should we do?", Cook Four panicked, "Lord, do you need me to call people?"
"No need. I'll go save them myself."
After saying that, Ethan immediately ran out of the villa building, mounted the bone horse, snapped the reins, and shouted, "Hyah!"
The bone horse seemed to sense Ethan's anxious emotions as well. It actually took off at a full sprint, even accidentally knocking over the scarecrows planted along the garden path.
Blink! Blink!
The scarecrow lying on the ground blinked frantically at Ethan.
Ethan thought it was because he had knocked it over and made it resentful. He could only shout from the horse, "I don't have time to talk to you right now. I'll explain when I get back…"
Blink! Blink! Blink!
But the scarecrow was still blinking desperately, as if it had something it wanted to say to Ethan.
If Ethan had paid closer attention, he would have noticed that the scarecrow's position had already jumped all the way from the garden to the only road leading out of the villa.
Unfortunately, Ethan was anxious to save people and simply didn't have the time to slowly deal with the scarecrow. In just a few words' time, Ethan had already reached the villa entrance.
This was all thanks to the bone horse being fast enough.
"Bone horse, east!"
Ethan pointed in a direction, and the bone horse immediately ran even more joyfully.
And when he glanced toward the eastern ruins, he discovered that the hint about the east had actually changed.
[East: An opponent you once offended has come looking for you. The opponent's strength is extremely powerful and unpredictable, and they possess the ability to conceal their true body. Be extra careful.]
"What kind of hint is this supposed to be?", Ethan frowned.
It only said an opponent he had once offended. He had offended plenty of people. Who knew which one it was?
And according to the limited hints given, this opponent was very powerful, unpredictable, and had the ability to conceal their true body?
Ethan began to guess who this so called offended opponent could be.
After coming to this world, there were four types of people he had offended. First were players. For example, the player Kathy whom he had killed definitely had relatives or friends. Could someone have come to seek revenge?
Second were lords. Because Ethan had taken first place in the Lord Competition, many lords should regard him as a mortal enemy.
Third were buyers. Especially the ones who had come to him last time wanting to cooperate, but were instead fooled by Ethan's passive skill "Talk You Into a Limp," getting tricked out of a pile of stuff. They probably hated him to death.
Fourth were the monsters of this Mist World. After all, people are born of their mothers, monsters are born of monster mothers. Who knows whether those monsters have brothers, sisters, parents, or relatives?
If they did, it would be perfectly normal for them to come seeking revenge.
At this moment, the further forward Ethan went, the more panicked his heart became.
He didn't know why, but his eyelids were twitching violently. He had a strong feeling that something bad was about to happen.
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[Villa, Garden]
The fallen scarecrow stared fixedly in the direction Ethan had left, then blinked again.
The attendant who had been tending the farm nearby saw this and hurried over. She helped the scarecrow up and said, "Mr. Scarecrow, do you have something to say?"
Blink!
The scarecrow's eyes blinked once.
The attendant understood immediately and had someone bring over a piece of parchment covered in letters. This was an idea she had come up with after learning that Mr. Scarecrow could blink his eyes.
That was to use the scarecrow's reactions to the twenty six letters to determine some key words.
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