The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　After a brief silence, Alvette suddenly reached out and pressed down on the ice coffin. The once incredibly hard ice coffin was now like tofu in her palm, easily collapsing under her pressure.

　Clearly, a qualitative change has occurred both inside and out.

　It must be because some special substance was extracted from it.

　This shows that there is indeed a special connection between the ice coffin and the "divine body". As the "divine body" disappeared, the ice coffin also decayed.

　But why did that "divine body" collapse and disappear?

　What are the decisive differences between ice statues that have been "resurrected" and those that have not?

　Suddenly, the number of incomprehensible mysteries increased even more.

　……

　Instead of just standing there thinking, Dak and the others took out several more ice statues, looking for a "divine body" with the same appearance, and then opened the coffins to conduct experiments.

　However, since none of the ice statues were revived, the final experimental results were no different from those of the first "Valkyrie" ice statue.

　However, through these subsequent experiments, it can be basically concluded that the reason why the armored "divine body" collapsed and disappeared was indeed due to the "resurrection" of the ice statue.

　The group gathered around the ice coffin used in the final experiment, pondering and discussing intently. Claire said, "In that case, to figure out why the 'divine body' disappeared, we only need to investigate the differences between the ice statue before and after its 'resurrection,' that is, what caused the ice statue's resurrection?"

　“It’s the ‘Snow Mountain Goddess’,” Dark said. “Or rather, it’s the divine power of the ‘Snow Goddess’.”

　Aquinita stated, "The 'Snow Mountain Goddess' is the deity who governs the authority of 'time and life,' and bestowing life upon inorganic ice statues is one manifestation of this authority over life."

　Claire said, "That is indeed a seemingly plausible explanation, but I have a different opinion."

　Arvit turned to her and asked, "How so?"

　Claire pondered carefully, "The 'Snow Mountain Goddess' holds the power over time and life, so perhaps what brought the ice statue back to life is another power that precedes life—time?"

　She circled the ice coffin once, then continued, "The solidification of ice and the cessation of time are not significantly different in appearance. Could the existence of these ice coffins and ice statues be closely related to time?"

　"Time?" Arvit pondered, looking down. "No wonder I've always felt that these ice coffins and ice statues are just other substances that look like ice."

　"They are not afraid of fire and do not melt, so they may not be ice," Dark said.

　"If it's not ice," said Arvit, "then what is it?" Claire replied, "A product of stopped time."

　Arvit frowned and said, "You have some knowledge of the power of time."

　Claire shrugged and spread her hands.

　Dark sighed, "If Professor Cazell were here, that would be wonderful." Among the adults he could rely on, only Professor Cazell and Professor Lily had studied the power of time. Excluding Professor Lily, that left only Professor Cazell.

　Unfortunately, Professor Cazell was not here.

　Moreover, the exploration of this "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple" is top secret. Even if he trusted Professor Kazel completely, he was not qualified to invite him over.

　Therefore, a sigh is just a sigh.

　They do lack research on time, but their reasonable speculations, combined with other knowledge, are not a big problem.

　Claire's argument was very valuable, opening up a crucial breakthrough for the entire line of thought.

　Following this lead, they continued their thinking and finally discovered some tangible clues.

　The key is "time".

　In this entire "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple", "time" is the factor that connects everything.

　The "disordered time flow" that randomly spawns inside the temple is actually proof that the "time" factor is omnipresent.

　If the "ice statue" was not formed by being frozen, but rather is a product of "time stopping".

　The "resurrection" of the "ice statue" can then be explained using a very intuitive argument.

　That is the state of "time stopped," which has been released. When time is no longer stopped, the "ice statue" will naturally "come alive."

　As for how the "time stop" state was lifted, that's another question altogether.

　In short, if this argument is correct, it means that those ice statues were originally "alive," but the "stop of time" froze them into stillness like ice blocks. When the "stop of time" was lifted, the ice statues naturally regained their ability to move.

　The difference between a "resurrected" ice statue and a "non-resurrected" ice statue lies in whether or not the "time stop" state has been lifted.

　Dark concluded, "When the ice statue is revived, that is, after the 'time stop' state is lifted, its fusion with the 'divine body' will cause the 'divine body' to collapse and crumble."

　Claire nodded slightly and said, "There are many reasons why this might happen, but the most likely one isn't hard to guess. If the 'divine body' was also in a state of 'time stop' inside the ice coffin, then the resurrected ice statue would exist in two completely opposite time states compared to the 'divine body.' Could this be the real reason for the 'divine body's' collapse?"

　Aylvit agreed, "It seems we're getting closer to the truth." Claire added, "If only we had more control groups." Midway through her sentence, she suddenly turned to look at the ice coffin with a corner cut off. Sealed within that coffin was the "divine body" with a ram's head and a black face. Aylvit had previously ordered Angry to use the special ability of the "Aquarius Saint Armor" to activate the blood of that "divine body," which was then poured onto the "Capricorn Saint Armor," ultimately leading to its deification.

　Since its blood has been activated, does this mean that its "time-stopped" state has also been broken?

　Claire suddenly looked at Alvitt, exchanged glances with her for a moment, and they both nodded at the same time.

　Although the reason is unknown, it seems that the special ability of the "Aquarius Saint Armor" can really break the state of "time stop" and make the time of the "divine body" flow again.

　If we could find an ice statue identical to that ram-headed, black-faced "divine body" at this point, we might be able to experiment with something new.

　However, even if there is no ice sculpture with the same shape, other experiments can be conducted instead.

　For example, let "Aquarius Saint Armor" use its special ability to try to revive the ice statue!

　The "time activation" of the "divine body" has already been tested through that ram-headed, black-faced "divine body".

　The fact that the "divine body" was still lying motionless in the ice coffin showed that it was just a "divine body," and even if the "time stop" state imposed on it was lifted, it did not "come back to life."

　Theoretically, it's impossible for it to "come back to life." After all, it doesn't possess a "soul" or "consciousness."

　The fact that the ice statue was able to "come back to life" indicates that the ice statue and the "divine body" are completely different creations.

　“I’ll go back the way I came and find a few more ice statues.”

　Without saying much, Alvette took several "Orbs of Truth" from Dark's hand and went back and forth to retrieve the ice statue herself.

　Within minutes, she had returned to the temple.

　At this moment, Dark and the others had just explained the theory they had just deduced to Angry.

　Angry held the "Aquarius Holy Armor" magic card in his hand, his brows furrowed slightly.

　The core ability of the "Aquarius Saint Armor" is "fluid manipulation," which ranges from river water to blood. One of its additional skills is "Divine Forgiveness," a healing-type ultimate skill.

　Angry used this ultimate technique, combined with his ability to "manipulate fluids," to activate the blood of that "divine body."

　Throughout the entire process, she always regarded the blood of that "divine body" as being in a "frozen" state, and the word "time" never even crossed her mind.

　Therefore, when Dark and the others told her that she had made time flow again in that "divine body," she was completely bewildered.

　—In fact, even Alvitt was unaware that the "Aquarius Armor" possessed such a special ability.

　This can only be described as a miracle achieved by sheer chance.

　Upon returning to the temple, Alvette retrieved a "Sphere of Truth." Amidst the onlookers, she released an ice statue sealed within it.

　The ice statue, with its human head and bear body, was extremely bizarre and terrifying. It looked as if a head had been forcibly grafted onto the neck of a giant bear, a bear that even Diana would dislike.

　Such a distinctive design is certainly not to be forgotten.

　There was no "divine body" in the hall that looked the same.

　Once everyone was ready, Angry immediately summoned and activated the "Aquarius Holy Armor," donning the costume and transforming.

　Then, she repeated the operation on the "divine body" and began to try to "revive" the ice statue with a human head and a bear body.

　At first, she wasn't sure if she could succeed. After all, there was a fundamental difference between an ice statue and a divine body. And activating blood was a process of transforming a solid into a liquid state.

　But if you transform ice from a solid to a liquid state, wouldn't it just become water?

　This is clearly different from the "resurrection" of the ice statue.

　However, as time went by, Angry gradually found his footing.

　Her attention was completely focused; the constellation of Aquarius appeared behind her head. The sound of surging tides suddenly arose, and an extremely peculiar aura emanated from the point where her power met the ice statue, drawing everyone's attention. "Crack!"

　A clear and abrupt voice suddenly rang out. Angrey abruptly focused his attention.

　All eyes were focused on the ice statue.

　In an instant, the divinity contained within the ice statue suddenly became active.

　Those who sensed this immediately knew that Angry's experiment had succeeded, and the ice statue had truly "come to life"!

　The "Aquarius Saint Armor" possesses the ability to "manipulate fluids." It can transform solid ice into liquid water, and vice versa, thus it also has the ability to freeze.

　However, when this ability is applied to an ice statue, theoretically it should only turn it into water, rather than "resurrecting" it.

　But the ice statue actually came to life!

　This clearly means that Claire's deduction is basically correct: the "Aquarius Saint Armor" can indeed make "time" flow again!

　What flows on that ice statue is not "water," but "time."

　When time began to flow again, the ice statue came to life.

　But even the "divine body" is "dead," so how can the ice statue be "alive"? What exactly is it?

　This thought flashed through everyone's minds in an instant.

　Arvit swiftly dismembered the ice statue, then shattered it completely, before taking out a second ice statue.

　The experiment continues.

　After eliminating the possibility of chance through multiple experiments.

　They essentially confirmed the correctness of the "time inference".

　The ice statues suddenly "came back to life" because the "time stop" state on them was lifted.

　The "divine body" within the ice coffin is also in a state of "time stop." The ice statue and the "divine body" will merge.

　The ice statue and the "divine body" in different time states may collapse and disintegrate when they merge due to time disorder or other reasons.

　Angry can make "stopped time" flow again. However, it is currently only confirmed to work on the "divine body" and ice statue inside the ice coffin.

　There are other uncertainties.

　The "divine body" after merging with the ice statue is indistinguishable in appearance, which may also involve the factor of time.

　In his subsequent research, Dak discovered the "divine body" after the fusion with the ice statue, and the ice coffin in which it was located was no longer as solid as before.

　Although the ice coffin wasn't so fragile that it would break at the slightest touch, it became much easier to open.

　This means that using the previously used excavation tools, it is now possible to completely free the "divine body" after it has been fused with the ice statue from the ice coffin.

　There are currently three "divine bodies" that can be freed!

Chapter 1691 Darkdemon and the Conception of the Gold Cloth (4k)

　Although a large area inside the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple" remains unexplored, the survey team plans to remain on-site to conduct further research and preparation before continuing their exploration of the unknown areas.

　After settling in, the group began their individual research. Alvitt had the clearest goal; she wasn't particularly curious about the secrets hidden behind the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple." So, after separating, she immediately turned to her own research project: the ascension of the "Golden Armor."

　The successful deification of the "Capricorn Saint Armor" was a crucial breakthrough, which showed her the possibility of venturing into the realm of gods.

　Therefore, what she needs to do next is to deify all the remaining "Golden Armor"!

　She currently possesses five "Golden Armor" sets. Excluding the "Capricorn Armor," there are four: the "Pisces Armor," the "Taurus Armor," the "Cancer Armor," and the "Gemini Armor."

　She first needs to find a "divine body" that can be compatible with each of the four "golden armors", and then rely on Angry's ability to activate its blood.

　But before she could begin her research, she discovered a small problem.

　Compared to Alvitt, Claire possessed a stronger curiosity and thirst for knowledge, and she intended to continue her research into the temporal mysteries involving the ice statue and the "divine body." The same applied to Dark Dimon.

　However, what Dak really wanted to do was to observe, record, and count the many "divine bodies" on site.

　He wanted to turn all these "divine bodies" into "trophies"!

　……

　The investigation team discovered the "divine bodies" quite some time ago, but so far they have not moved any of them out of the temple.

　Is it that they don't want to?

　Obviously not. It's that they can't.

　If the "divine body" could be moved out of the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple," Arvit wouldn't have to risk conducting the "Golden Armor" deification experiments inside the temple.

　It was precisely because they could not do it themselves that they could only experiment on it inside the temple.

　What prevented them from moving the "divine body" out of the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple" was the ice coffin.

　Those ice coffins were completely immobile.