Honestly, the changes in the numbers on the dial were indeed counterintuitive.
Based on Lin Xian's earlier speculation, the changes in the space-time curvature displayed on the Space-Time Clock should have been without any transition... just a swish, and the numbers would instantly change to new ones.
However, that was not the case.
[The change in space-time curvature was a process; the leaps and climbs of the world lines were also stepwise.]
Lin Xian witnessed the rapid jumps of the numbers on the Space-Time Clock:
0.0000084,
0.0000126,
0.0000168,
...
...
0.0000294,
0.0000336.
Just like that.
Roughly every half second, a reading would jump, just like that, at a smallest interval of 0.0000042, in a matter of seconds it jumped directly to the newest world line curvature, then stabilized and ceased to change.
"This means that the changes in my Dream World must be very significant; I estimate I will leave the wasteland backdrop behind, right?"
Lin Xian guessed.