I turned my head and saw that Old Du was the one who had spoken.

"What do you mean by 'image in history'? Isn't it in front of us right now?" asked Zhang Bao'er.

"From the moment I saw the supernova vestiges, I have been suspecting that this whole thing is a preserved chunk of time," said Old Du.

"Go on," Zhang Bao'er and Prince Toruse urged him to continue.

"The supernova vestiges are presented in a nebulous form of the debris thrown out of a star after an explosion. They will most certainly slowly fade away. What we saw was instead some sponge-like substance, which is essentially solidified time," Old Du said.

"Liquid and gas can both be touched and frozen, but how do you freeze time?" asked Zhang Bao'er.

"What is it that you have in your bag if it can't be touched?" Domo suddenly said.

Zhang Bao'er touched his bag instinctively before scolding, "Dwarf, what nonsense are you saying?"

'Don't tell me Zhang Bao'er stole some of the solidified time when going down the tunnel,' I thought.

"There is no proof that time can't be frozen. The...