A Scientific Urban Detective

The flow of subjective time only returned for a brief instant, and before Lin Wuming could react, he was once again dragged into the slow-motion world.

Taking this opportunity, Lin Wuming finally saw the situation before him clearly.

There were two Aureolus, but the one who had used the golden dart earlier had already turned into a golden statue—it was quite ironic.

And the Aureolus who was still alive—undoubtedly the real body—was reaching out towards him.

Without even thinking, Lin Wuming knew that this was the source of the new round of "bullet time"—the "instant alchemy" performed by Aureolus's real body.

Lin Wuming instinctively erected a psychic barrier to block it. But due to the flaw he had revealed earlier, the concept that "psychic barriers can be turned into gold" had already solidified in this world.

Lin Wuming could feel his psychic barrier being continuously turned into gold, and then pierced by Aureolus's fingertips…

The good news was that once he calmed down, Lin Wuming could "stack armor infinitely."

You should know that psychic barriers essentially have no thickness.

And in Aureolus's perception, the finger he extended touched an extremely tough barrier, which, although close at hand, gave him the feeling that he could "never touch Lin Wuming!"

In fact, that was indeed the case. At this moment, countless layers of psychic barriers were stacked in front of Lin Wuming—this was literally "countless layers."

As long as the fatal crisis was not resolved, Lin Wuming would not exit the "bullet time" state—that was the meaning of the so-called "passive state."

The most direct consequence was that, in Lin Wuming's subjective perception, his "time" could be extended infinitely…

Infinite time, coupled with psychic barriers that had no physical thickness, overlapped…

The enemy's attack might be able to penetrate countless layers of psychic barriers, but there would always be another layer of psychic barrier in front.

The enemy's attack could infinitely approach Lin Wuming, but could never truly touch him!

—Zeno's tortoise, Achilles paradox!

Because of the existence of "bullet time," this paradox, which only existed in thought experiments, became a reality in a sense.

At this moment, Lin Wuming finally realized the true value and significance of his "bullet time" golden finger!

You should know that the effect of "bullet time" as a life-saving skill was so good, especially when combined with Lin Wuming's psychic abilities, it could exert an effect greater than one plus one. As a result, Lin Wuming rarely encountered a "real fatal crisis."

That is to say, the vast majority of the so-called "fatal crises" could be easily resolved quickly after entering the "bullet time" state.

Strictly speaking, the last time he was closest to real death should have been when he was attacked by "Atom Smasher," right?

Thinking about it carefully, from that time on, he vaguely had this concept of "infinitely stacked barriers."

However, after that, he never encountered a predicament where he needed to use this trick again.

Until now…

Aureolus was stunned. He could finally confirm—it wasn't his illusion. His finger did touch an invisible but indestructible wall. Although there was less than a centimeter left to touch the target, the distance was insurmountable, and this distance could never be erased!

Aureolus couldn't understand this phenomenon. This was his domain, his world. In theory, there shouldn't be anything he couldn't understand…

Precisely because he couldn't understand, he, who held the authority of the world, couldn't eliminate this last centimeter of distance.

In the instant that hesitation arose in Aureolus's heart, Lin Wuming's fatal crisis was resolved, and he was awakened from the special state he was in.

However, even though he had escaped from the "Achilles paradox" state and returned to the initial situation, Lin Wuming was full of confidence and no longer panicked.

Because he had finally tested it out. His "bullet time" was "absolute"—before the fatal crisis he faced was resolved, the flow of subjective time would be infinitely extended until the crisis was completely resolved!

Equivalent to an "absolute" life-saving trump card!

In that case, even when facing the "creator god" of this world…

Lin Wuming raised his eyes to look at Aureolus in front of him, and a psychic shock instantly erupted, blasting him away—the establishment of confidence allowed him to regain full control of his psychic power.

"I will win. The current me is invincible!"

Surrounded by psychic power, Lin Wuming stood up from the wheelchair, suspended in the air, with twelve small steel balls orbiting around him like satellites, flying non-stop…

"Psychic power should have been a more free ability…" Lin Wuming murmured to himself, while estimating the distance between himself and Aureolus.

It was less than eight meters. Under normal circumstances, "psychic acceleration cannons" had almost no lethality at this distance.

If the newest novels are on 69shu bar, then the energy loss from orbiting and accelerating is too great, and the efficiency is very low, which is not suitable for the current fierce battle…

Then, there was only one option left—brute force. Within a limited acceleration distance, violently push the speed of the small steel balls to the extreme!

When he first developed the "psychic acceleration cannon," because his psychic output was limited and he was not good at precise psychic manipulation, he could only choose to lengthen the "acceleration track" to ensure the power of the "psychic acceleration cannon."

After that, because the power of the "psychic acceleration cannon" was excessive, as a finishing move, the actual opportunity to use this move in battle was actually very limited, so there was no motivation to optimize and improve it.

But now, Lin Wuming had sufficient reasons and needs to optimize and upgrade his finishing move, the "psychic acceleration cannon"…

The "cannon barrel" was directly pointed at the target, so there was no possibility of missing. Then, within a limited acceleration distance, he would push the speed of the small steel balls to the extreme in one breath!

If it was a "human body" or other soft target that was hit, it was estimated that not much debris would be found, right?

But Aureolus was safe and sound.

Without warning, Aureolus took a "step back," or rather, he inserted a thirty-centimeter space out of thin air between himself and Lin Wuming's "muzzle."

This space allowed him to dodge Lin Wuming's finishing move.

A droplet-shaped golden particle was quietly floating in front of Aureolus—it was the "psychic acceleration cannon" projectile fired by Lin Wuming.

"I am an alchemist," Aureolus raised his hand and picked off the "golden droplet." "All the gold in this world is governed by me."

"And as long as I am willing," Aureolus raised his hand again, opening his five fingers as if to grab Lin Wuming into his palm, "all the matter in this world can be gold."

In an instant, this infinitely extending corridor, this entire world, shone with golden light!