Time is always the most mysterious thing in this universe, more mysterious than space.

Space is a definite existence, visible, tangible, and perceivable.

But time is something everyone knows about, yet it always remains within the realm of knowing.

It is a concept.

Since ancient times, humans have speculated from countless angles about what time truly is.

Some say that time is the rising and setting of the sun.

Some say that time is the blooming and withering of flowers.

Others say that time is a long river, and the universe is a leaf boat in this river.

Einstein devoted his life to trying to reinterpret time with his theories, even attempting to depict the change of time in the way Newton analyzed the change of force. Einstein established a theoretical system at the time that could not be falsified and thus formed a series of serious social cognitions about time.

But in the Elliptical Star System named Ancient Disk, time is an absolute value, indestructible and unchanging.

Whether aboard a ship traveling at one-fifth the speed of light or in the high-speed orbit around a Black Hole, a second is just a second.

This is the truth of the Ancient Disk Galaxy.

But now this truth has been shattered, leaving Ren Zhong and Sun Ai baffled, growing more perplexed the more they ponder.

"Wait, Sun Ai, have you synced the time for everyone yet?"

Ren Zhong suddenly realized a serious issue and quickly asked.

Sun Ai shook her head, "Not yet."

"Hmm, that's good." Ren Zhong let out a sigh of relief.

If Sun Ai had indeed let the cat out of the bag, he might have to self-destruct and restart on the spot.

Since it's still hidden, with Sun Ai's control over the fleet and Source Star civilization's information, there's naturally no possibility of information leakage.

When the "Net" was the enemy, Ren Zhong was disgusted by this absolute information control.

Now, however, the Dragon Slayer has become a dragon himself, and Ren Zhong has come to appreciate the benefits of this absolute information hegemony.

After pondering for a while, Ren Zhong said, "If we want to correct the time, we should increase each second's clock speed by 0.0001 seconds, gradually correcting it over two years so the change goes unnoticed. By the way, you can control the electronic display of the atomic clock, right?"

Sun Ai: "As long as it's online, I can control it."

Ren Zhong: "That's good. Since there's a problem with time, we'll alter it ourselves."

Sun Ai: "But what about mechanical clocks? I can't control those. Although very few people on Source Star and within the fleet use mechanical clocks, they still exist. Purely mechanical timing devices are bound to have errors, but having a discrepancy of more than seven thousand seconds over just two years is too much. People frequently adjusting their clocks will become suspicious."

"That's reasonable." Ren Zhong stroked his chin, "So… confiscate all mechanical timing devices, whether wristwatches, wall clocks, or alarm clocks. Whether they are pendulum-based, spring-based, or battery-operated, as long as they don't auto-synchronize and correct the time, collect them all."

Sun Ai hummed an agreement, jokingly adding, "To quote ancient literary works, Uncle, you've become a Time Lord."

Ren Zhong shrugged, "Can't be helped."

Sun Ai then asked: "That's the approach for the fleet, what about Source Star?"

Ren Zhong: "The same, of course."

Saying this, he suddenly recalled something, "Wait a minute."

Sun Ai: "What's wrong?"

"There's someone; I need to think about how to handle him." Ren Zhong began pacing, "Let him keep it, but I should have a chat with him. Just tell him not to ask too many questions or think too much. Given his personality, he'll listen to me."

Sun Ai quickly checked through the false network avatar in Starfire Town, "Is it Wen Lei? He has a pocket watch for commemorating his first love."

Ren Zhong: "It's not his first love; it's the love of his life. It's actually convenient; we can check Wen Lei's time."

A moment later, Sun Ai had already peered through the camera to see Wen Lei's watch time, expressing surprise, "Really strange, Wen Lei's watch has an even larger discrepancy. It turns out to be 31 seconds slower than mine. Which means, according to Wen Lei's watch, the time would be 7658 seconds slower than Empire Standard Time."

Ren Zhong: "Connect me to Wen Lei; I'll have a chat with him."

Still remaining on Source Star, Wen Lei was considered a "dead man" in the eyes of Zheng Tian and others, and such communication could only be done by Ren Zhong and Sun Ai.

"Ren, how are you all doing now? Everything going smoothly?"

Wen Lei asked this via the communication system.