Let the system try to save the world

Controlling the flow of time is Zhu Jiuyin's forte.

After realizing his own identity, Lu Jingming also accepted this part of the inheritance.

He was not able to reverse time on a large scale like Zhu Yingxi, but slowing down the flow of time on a small scale was no problem for him.

The moment the flame touched the man, Lu Jingming watched it turn into a wisp of smoke where it touched the flame. Under the illumination of the flame, Lu Jingming saw a face without facial features.

It seemed to know the meaning of counting, but could not speak on its own initiative.

The human figure and the flames disappeared together, and the room became pitch black again.

"We have to leave quickly." Lu Jingming said softly, "... maybe it's useless to leave."

"Do you already know what that monster is?" Xiu Guo asked in a low voice. He paused for a moment, "...That thing seems to be in front of me."

"I smell smoke."

"Don't say anything." Lu Jingming said in a line, "It's Suanni."

"Don't say anything. Now its main body is just a ball of firework, and it moves with the flow of air."

Suanni, the fifth of the nine sons of the dragon, looks like a lion. He prefers quietness to movement, likes to sit, and likes fireworks. He is often used to decorate the foot of incense burners.

As early as the incense and candles in the Yan family ancestral hall were lit, the lion had already been awakened.

After hearing what Lu Jingming said, the group had no choice but to use the primitive method again, writing on the palms of the people next to them and then passing the message to each other.

"It would be better for us to go back to the room we were in just now." Jin Zuyi already felt that his brain could not keep up with these young people. He was always busy with work and never guessed that there would be such a thrilling situation.

"That's right." Cheng Yousi said, "Although there is a strange stone tablet in that house, there are no living things in it."

Gu Yugui nodded, expressing his agreement. The room they just came from might have been swallowed by the yellow sand by now. "Where is the passage?"

"It's right behind us." Lu Jingming said.

The group was very careful, trying not to make any noise and keeping their breathing as low as possible.

However, no matter how strong a person's willpower is, he cannot hold his breath for a long time against his instinct. One team member held his breath for too long and couldn't help it, so he took a deep breath.

A dark shadow suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking their way.

"It's that Suanni." Everyone realized it without Lu Jingming saying anything.

The Suanni opened its human-like mouth, and it seemed that it felt its mouth was not big enough, so it simply removed its lower jaw and pounced towards them with its bloody mouth.

Lu Jingming snapped his fingers and suddenly activated his time control ability, and everything around him seemed to slow down.

He quickly dodged to one side, signaling others to run. Everyone took the opportunity to bypass the Suanni, covering their mouths and noses and quickly moved to the side.

Suanni quickly came to his senses and chased after him.

It didn't need to use its legs and was extremely fast, and was about to catch up with them.

"What should we do?" Xiu Guo asked anxiously.

"Not so good, how about I fight it?" Lu Jingming said, "I'll hold it back, and you guys leave as soon as the door opens."

He turned to face Suanni, and clasped his hands to form a triangle. A stream of water shot out from the center of the triangle, breaking up the shape of Suanni.

It quickly took shape again, spun in circles in confusion, and flew toward the area where the air flow was most intense.

“There’s no need to fight it to the death.” Gu Yugui snapped his fingers, and an electric current as thin as a silver snake came out from his fingertips, causing bubbles to form on the puddles on the ground.

Suanni felt the surging gas in the water and flew over closely after it.

"Brother Gu, I've always been very curious." Lu Jingming's hands kept moving, and a water prison gradually formed, forcing the remaining soul of Suanni to have nowhere to escape, and gradually put it at a disadvantage. "Is your lightning magic direct current or alternating current?"

"Is this important?" Gu Yugui asked.

"DC can be used to charge mobile phones."

"I haven't thought about it."

"What? I thought your family stopped buying electricity after you awakened your lightning spirit root."

"Your family no longer buys water?" Gu Yugui was horrified. "Is this still possible?"

"Can you please stop talking about this now?" Jin Zuyi wanted to laugh but couldn't, so she could only interrupt them dryly.

"The work hasn't stopped yet." Lu Jingming said.

The space for the remaining soul of Suanni to hide in the water prison was getting smaller and smaller. Lu Jingming flicked it lightly, and a layer of ice shell formed on the surface of the water prison.

He picked up the ice ball on the ground and threw it to Li Ziche.

Li Ziche took out several pieces of talisman paper from his package and sealed the ice ball densely with them.

"The remnant soul of Suanni, confirmed to be contained."

"This thing is an antique." Lu Jingming controlled the water on the ground, rolled up the incense burner on the ground, and slapped it twice with regret, "It's a pity that the residual soul of Suanni is attached to it, so it has to be destroyed."

Lu Jingming swung his arm and threw the incense burner to the ground.

Lift it up, then drop it.

The incense burner can hold the residual soul of Suanni, so it is naturally a magical tool. Lu Jingming, with his spiritual energy, was panting from smashing it. Several people who were close to it also smashed and kicked it, but the incense burner only underwent slight deformation.

Seeing that the bottom of the incense burner was stubbornly producing a faint puff of smoke, Gu Yugui walked over and said, "You can't break it if you drop it like this."

"I know." Lu Jingming said, "If you want to corrode metal, salt water and nitric acid are better. Maybe there is also gold-melting water or something, but we don't have it right now."

"I have a plan." Gu Yugui took the incense burner, "It's called the electrocorrosion method."

A few minutes later, Gu Yugui handed Lu Jingming a weathered incense burner that looked like it would shatter if it was poked by a finger.

"Really..." Lu Jingming carefully took the incense burner and put it away. "Learn math, physics and chemistry well, and you won't be afraid to travel around the world."

After solving the not-so-small problem of Suanni, they were finally able to move to the new room.

"This is not the room you were in just now." Lu Jingming said.

Having temporarily escaped from Suanni's pursuit, everyone leaned against the wall, panting, and looked at the door vigilantly.

"So what should we do next?" Xiu Guo asked. Anyone who is not blind can see that the huge stone tablet is no longer in the house.

"We have to find a way out." The layout of the house is also very different, Cheng Yousi said.

"Show me what you found?" Lu Jingming asked, "How did you get into this secret room?"

"Okay." Xiuguo brought the box. The box was not locked, so they opened it easily. "We were originally searching the houses nearby, and we saw a fox-like creature jump into the well in the backyard, but we didn't hear any sound of water."

"We were at a loss as to what to do, but out of curiosity, we jumped in behind them."