The time in the Sand of Time Dream is only ten minutes.

After ten minutes, the world resets.

This is the true reason why no matter which direction Gu Shen starts from, he will eventually return to the original place... even if he is swallowed by quicksand, as long as the time reset is triggered, he will return to the original place.

If a person enters this dream alone, it is very likely that they will mistakenly think that they have come to an endless desert.

In fact, no matter how far you walk, you will be pulled back to the starting point by the "time reset".

"The reset time of the Sand of Time is ten minutes... is it because the hourglass in reality is made to measure ten minutes?" Gu Shen thought of Chu Ling's first words.

If he goes all out, he can solve the Sand of Time dream in ten minutes.

"I see... so the key to breaking the Sand of Time is not space... but time."

"Then, where is the exit of the Sand of Time?"

Gu Shen squatted down again.

He pinched the sand and looked deeply at the sand pit under his feet.

"600... 599..."

Gu Shen began to count down silently again.

...

...

"The Sand of Time and the Blue Dice are completely different types of seal objects."

Wu Mengbai, the chief judge of the Redwood District, asked with concern, "If the 'pattern' is not found, it is impossible to come out of the Sand of Time even after traveling for ten thousand years. It has been almost an hour... Lin Beizhu, how many times has the Sand of Time dream been inverted?"

This person named "Lin Beizhu" is a member of the review team in charge of the Sand of Time seal object. He is an old man with white hair and a youthful appearance, looking spirited.

He stared at the hourglass in Gu Shen's hand, his eyes flickering with brilliance, as if he could penetrate the seal object and see the dream.

"Old Wu, ever since Gu Shen unlocked the 'Blue Dice', you seem to be very concerned about him." Lin Beizhu smiled and said, "The time ratio between the Sand of Time and the flow of time in reality is one to one. This little guy indeed has extraordinary talent and quickly discovered the 'reset' feature. He is now trying to solve the dream... he should be able to complete it soon. Judging by this speed, he is about an hour ahead of the fastest record."

Hearing this reply, Wu Mengbai breathed a sigh of relief.

He did pay a lot of attention to Gu Shen.

The fastest record for the Blue Dice is three hours and one minute.

The record for the Sand of Time is two hours and eighteen minutes.

It's not that the difficulty of these two seal objects is significantly different... the characteristics of the Sand of Time are relatively softer compared to the Blue Dice, more like a chronic "torture". The faster you understand the pattern, the easier it is to break the Sand of Time.

The Blue Dice is different. Even if you know how to twist the trajectory, you still need to concentrate and complete each necessary rotation!

"This result is very good... it's another new record..."

Wu Mengbai looked at the chief judge and said seriously, "I believe that solving the dream of the Blue Dice has consumed a lot of Gu Shen's mental power, otherwise this record could have been faster. Considering his outstanding performance, I think the review can be terminated after solving the Sand of Time. If you are worried about the negative impact of that report, we can wait for Han Dang's investigation results before giving the final evaluation."

"..."

Facing the proposal of the chief judge of the Redwood District, Tang Qingquan showed no signs of backing down, "I understand your proposal, but... I disagree. I insist on the original view that Gu Shen should complete the dream of the three seal objects. If he fails the test of the 'Cage of Ghosts', I will not give him an 'S-level' rating."

Wu Mengbai's face looked unpleasant.

"The characteristics of the Cage of Ghosts are too intense..."

Lin Beizhu, the owner of the Sand of Time, began to mediate, saying seriously, "After unlocking two nightmare seal objects in succession, Gu Shen's spirit should be very tired. Touching the Cage of Ghosts again may cause him great stimulation and he may get injured."

"Whether it's the Blue Dice or the Sand of Time, they are both dream seal objects that lean towards the nature of 'insight into patterns'." The chief judge said seriously, "Since Gu Shen has already demonstrated unparalleled mental potential, our assessment should be more comprehensive..."

The chief judge of the Redwood District wanted to say something more.

At this moment, Gu Shen woke up from the dream of the Sand of Time.

All the voices of the review team's arguments also disappeared at this moment...

"One hour and three minutes."

Lin Beizhu smiled and said, "Congratulations. Your dream-solving result is very good. How did you find the 'exit' in the end?"

The young man handed the hourglass back to the old man with both hands, nodded politely, and smiled, but his face was visibly pale... even with Chu Ling's assistance, he still consumed a lot of mental power during the process of solving the dream of the Sand of Time.

"I was lucky."Gu Shen modestly smiled and said, "I accidentally fell into quicksand... I thought I was done for, but then I triggered 'Time Reset'. Otherwise, it would have taken longer. As for the final 'exit'... I figured that since this world isn't as big as I imagined, the direction doesn't matter. So, I started looking for clues from the seal itself. I guessed that the characteristic of time reset corresponds to the narrow mouth position of the hourglass resetting the sand. So, I stuck at the last second of the time reset and dived into the deepest part of the sand. Sure enough, that's where the final dream solution exit is."

"Indeed, you're lucky to have found the pattern through 'drowning in sand'." The old man nodded in approval, "If you're even luckier, you could have solved the dream the first time you 'drowned'. It's not impossible."

The key to this seal is to reach the deepest part of the Sands of Time at the moment of time reset.

The hourglass is inverted.

The deepest endpoint becomes the initial exit.

Gu Shen scratched his head, "Lucky, very lucky, it was a fluke."

Compared to the Green Dice, the dream solution of the Sands of Time indeed involves luck. And without Chu Ling's help to relieve the pressure of drowning in sand, he wouldn't dare to try such a suicidal act.

Normally, solving the dream would take longer than it did now.

But it should still be faster than the previous fastest record.

After completing two dream solutions in a row, Gu Shen felt a sensation of "palpitations" in his chest. This uncontrollable emotion was his body reminding him to rest and not to continue.

His mental strength is still weak now.

Touching too many of these nightmare-level seals at once is not a good thing.

As for the third seal... which also looks like the most dangerous one, Gu Shen knew that with his own strength alone, it might be difficult to solve the dream like before.

"Gu Shen."

The Redwood Judge spoke up. When Gu Shen chose to touch the Sands of Time, he faced moral condemnation.

Now he chose to stand up.

Wu Mengbai said solemnly, "Listen to me, the review should stop here. You don't need to continue, I will fight for an 'S-level' rating for you."

Gu Shen was somewhat surprised. He saw the encouraging and appreciative looks from the other bigwigs in the review team.

Only one person's gaze was an exception.

"No... the review is not over yet."

The Chief Justice Tang Qingquan stared at the young man and calmly said, "Gu Shen, in this review exam, I am the chief examiner. The final grade will be determined according to my opinion."

"You now have two choices—"

"One, choose to touch the third seal, solve the dream, and end the review!"

"Two, choose to give up, end the review, and fail!"

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Tang Qingquan's face showed neither joy nor sorrow, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him, "You have a minute to rest and think about it."

"No need to think."

Gu Shen's answer came quickly, without even a second's hesitation.

He bowed deeply to the examiners who showed goodwill, then straightened his back, looked at the Chief Justice without expression, and said, "I choose to continue."