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This deafening sound like a bell is not a real bell. If you listen carefully, you can hear the tail tone has a unique crispness of mechanical rotation. This is not a bell, but a special rhythm of the clock pointer turning.

When the three pointer turning sounds rang out, warm applause and cheers broke out in the square. The adults shouted "A new day has begun", and the children jumped around to eat breakfast. The same clock sound every day may not have a special meaning, but everyone in the square is happy for this moment.

Xu Huo followed the crowd and came behind several people standing at the edge of the square to adjust the clock facing the time tower.

Of course, the time is not calibrated by hand, but the clock on the time tower is selected with a calibration instrument first, and then the calibration instrument will start working, adjusting the new clock according to the time on the clock until it is exactly the same.

Of course, not every family's time is inaccurate. Some people just come for routine inspections. They will carry two clocks, one for adjustment and one as a reference - the slight difference in time is also an important data that needs to be recorded.

"What a coincidence!" Shi Potian followed the painter who bought breakfast. The two of them were in the same situation. Their arms were full of food bags, and their hands were not idle either, stuffing food into their mouths as they walked.

The painter could not spare her hands to type now, so she bit a piece of bread, then took the food off her arm and pushed it to Xu Huo, indicating that he should eat it.

Xu Huo took a look at the bag of food that was almost all bitten, "Have you tasted all these?"

The painter nodded, indicating that these were all delicious, and she didn't want the unpalatable ones.

"The unpalatable ones are all here with me." Shi Potian raised his hand to indicate that he also had a bunch of bitten ones in his hand, and volunteered to say: "Don't worry, these won't be wasted, I'll eat them all later."

Xu Huo was speechless for a moment.

Shi Potian didn't mind at all, "I often eat what my sister left over since I was a child. This sister is picky about food, but I am not."

Is this a problem of being picky about food?

But seeing that he really didn't mind taking the food that Hua Nu had bitten and stuffing it into his mouth, Xu Huo didn't say much.

"These things in Area 001 are so delicious." Shi Potian said, "Compared to my sister's cooking skills, they are simply a world apart!"

Xu Huo took a piece of bread and said as he walked, "Does your sister know what you said?"

"She knows," Shi Potian said, "Otherwise, why would she give me food after tasting it every time she cooks?"

"Your sister is so good to you." Hua Nu freed her hands and stuffed two more bags into his mouth, "I'm good to you too."

But Xu Huo stopped her with a look when she was halfway through.

"Eat it yourself." Xu Huo said.

Hua Nu took the food back quickly.

"It's okay, it's okay." Shi Potian was not angry at all, "It's normal for girls to be picky about food."

"Why is it normal for girls to be picky about food?" Hua Nu asked curiously.

"Generally speaking, women eat less than men. They are not qualified to be picky if they eat a lot. It's good to have something to eat." Shi Potian spoke with a strange train of thought.

The painter was very conflicted. She was not a common person. She had to slowly pick up the food she had bitten but didn't like and eat it.

"It's just a little food. If you really don't like it, forget it." Shi Potian said very considerately.

Xu Huo didn't bother to pay attention to them and walked around the square to visit nearby shops.

As expected of a district dedicated to clocks and watches, at least one-third of the shops in the square are dedicated to selling clocks and watches. The clocks and watches are different in shape, material, pattern and decoration. In addition to hand-worn and hanging clocks, there are also clocks made into hairpins, brooches and cufflinks. The advertising slogan is also very good, "I wish you to master your time anytime and anywhere."

"People in District 001 seem to be particularly obsessed with time." Shi Potian looked at the people coming and going, "Even children are wearing watches."

"It's terrible to have to keep time from a young age."

Having a sense of time is a concept. Some people like to use time to regulate everything, so they have high requirements for time. People who are more particular will even divide their daily life into minutes.

But for more people, the constant demand for time is stress. Those constantly rotating hands are like invisible whips, urging and reminding people what to do at what time.

Hua Nu and Shi Potian walked half a street and came out with pale faces. They said they never wanted to go into a watch shop again. The ticking sound made people feel goose bumps all over their bodies.

The two left Xu Huo and went to play video games together.

The sound of the clock has a special hypnotic effect, making some people who were not in a hurry to become urgent. When Xu Huo visited the largest watch shop next to the square, the clerks here were wearing clock masks.

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That's right, a clock mask, a carved golden vine mask covering half of the face, with a very small dial on the flower bud on it, and the hands on it rotated on time and second.

"What kind of watch would you like to see, sir?" The clerk welcomed him in and briefly introduced the main business scope of the store. They are boutique accessories, so they do not sell large watches. They specialize in small and miniature watches. What they are best at is inlaying dials with various gemstones. They have everything from hair accessories to necklaces, bracelets, and some small accessories that can be carried with you.

The clerk showed an emerald ring. This emerald was not big, but it was composed of three parts. The pointer was placed in the middle of the gem. There was no number marked on it, and it was very small, almost only for decoration.

"Mineral decoration has no effect on the prop timer?" Xu Huo asked after looking at it.

"The minerals used to make the timer are specially selected and will not have any effect on the material of the timer." The clerk said: "Besides, such gems generally have no special functions. They are selected to make accessories because of their special color and luster."

Seeing that he seemed to have no interest in the ring, the clerk showed some other things.

Xu Huo did not even take a second look at the daily decorations, but he liked a gem bookmark.

The clerk was very discerning, "Sir, you have a good eye. This set of bookmarks has a total of seven pieces. The gems inlaid on each piece are of A-grade quality, without any impurities, and are transparent and moist. They are also natural teardrop-shaped. They are the best of the best."

The gem looks very beautiful, so its dial is placed on the metal sheet under the gem. It is difficult for the designer to have a thin bookmark with inlaid pointers on it.

After buying this set of gem bookmarks, Xu Huo glanced at the words "Teacher Jingshi's Book Signing Event" on the opposite side, and then turned to walk into the mall.

Many people in the mall came for the book signing event, and everyone had a copy of "Time Never Stands Still". There were also shops selling it nearby.

Xu Huo picked up a book at random.