The Glyph Pattern Ability appeared in reality...

And then he was arrested.

Jiang Ye briefly sorted out the entire thread of Du Yuheng's story.

How should he put it? The overall logic was indeed plausible.

But this kid was definitely still hiding some information.

For example—

Jiang Ye was the first to ask: "Have you counted how many times you've experienced the Reincarnation dream?"

This, Du Yuheng answered straightforwardly: "Counting the last different dream, it's eleven times in total. The first ten were the same dream, the eleventh had you two."

Jiang Ye asked again: "In your dream, which time did you live the longest, and for how long?"

"The longest I lived was the 8th time, I lived in the dream for..." Du Yuheng seemed to think again, "almost a year, but less than a year."

Jiang Ye, like an impartial and incorruptible judge, directly threw out a new question:

"In which dream did you obtain the [Mind Reading] talent?"

"Also the 8th time." Du Yuheng answered very directly.

But this very answer exposed a problem.

Jiang Ye smiled: "That is to say—"

"You only obtained the [Mind Reading] talent on the 8th day."

"Then according to this logic, for the first 8 days, you still thought you were being forced to undergo brain science research."

"Then on the 9th and 10th days, just two short days, you used the [Mind Reading] in reality to discover you weren't a lab rat, but the chosen one who mastered the Reincarnation dream?"

This suspicion was very deadly.

He Yuliang and Li Ku present, as well as the other 5 newcomers, also heard the problem.

Indeed, if Du Yuheng really only experienced 11 Reincarnation dreams.

Then the 8th time was the third from last.

Then he only had 2 days to discover he wasn't undergoing brain science research.

And only 2 days to actively seek benefits from the dream.

For a moment, clearly skeptical gazes fell upon Du Yuheng one after another.

Du Yuheng's expression turned slightly awkward.

Jiang Ye, meanwhile, stared straight into his eyes. After a moment of silence, he hit the nail on the head again:

"Putting aside this logical contradiction, there are two more fatal problems with you—"

"Who exactly put the Prison watch on you in reality? Did you really think it was just a simple positioning watch?"

"Secondly, how is it that you can have Reincarnation dreams in reality? Even the benefits from the Reincarnation dream can manifest in reality?"

"Just these two special features, why would they happen to you? Are you the protagonist of some novel, starting off with a golden finger?"

Once this wave of suspicion was voiced, those gazes looking at Du Yuheng became doubtful and uncertain again.

People like He Yuliang and Li Ku naturally had purely skeptical gazes, convinced Du Yuheng was hiding some information.

As for the 5 newcomers, their skeptical gazes at Du Yuheng subtly mixed with envy, jealousy, and a bit of a desire to Clutching Thighs.

Clearly, they could actually accept the setting that someone, for no reason at all, was simply cheating.

If there really was such a setting...

Then Du Yuheng really did seem like a destined protagonist with a halo!

However, the slightly brighter glasses-wearing youth quickly realized again...

If this Du Yuheng really was cheating, really awesome and overpowered...

Then he had no reason to obediently answer Jiang Ye's interrogation questions like a prisoner.

Du Yuheng's attitude towards Jiang Ye was clearly one of not daring to offend him.

And this attitude, on the contrary, seemed like he wanted to Clutching Thighs of Jiang Ye...

The glasses-wearing youth's gaze shifted between Du Yuheng and Jiang Ye, then he looked up again at the two small fish on the ceiling that had turned black.

When he withdrew his gaze, the look he gave Jiang Ye became even more wary.

Du Yuheng also noticed the glasses-wearing youth's little action and looked up at the two black fish.

Finally, he swallowed, slowly exhaling.

"Alright, I did tell a little lie, hid a little something."

"And the little lie I told was mainly to hide the way I obtained the Prison watch..."

"I put the Prison watch on myself voluntarily, and I wasn't sent to prison."

"So, from the very beginning, I didn't suspect I was being used for brain science research by anyone."

"Instead, almost from the 2nd dream, I started believing this Reincarnation dream was my golden finger."

"What I just said, only the parts about prison and brain science research were fabricated by me."

"The Reincarnation dream is real, and I really did obtain the [Mind Reading] talent on the 8th time."

Jiang Ye processed his new logic.

This way, there was no suspicion of brain science research from the start, treating the Reincarnation dream as a golden finger to explore from the beginning...

Then obtaining the [Mind Reading] talent on the 8th time, then continuing to explore the Reincarnation dream.

This logic was indeed more plausible.

However...

Looking at Du Yuheng's expression, Jiang Ye quickly reached a conclusion:

"So, you knew from the start that the Prison watch and Reincarnation dream were extraordinary. You simply didn't want to reveal the cause and effect of how you obtained the Prison watch and the Reincarnation dream golden finger."

Du Yuheng nodded, and his eyes revealed—even if Jiang Ye pressed him now, he was still unwilling to reveal it.

Jiang Ye thought for a moment and didn't press hard, just guessed: "The reason you obtained the Prison watch is still related to your murder in reality, right?"

"The one who helped you escape imprisonment wasn't your parents, but the Prison watch?"

Du Yuheng looked somewhat awkward and remained silent.

Jiang Ye thought about it: "When I randomly stole your memories, you didn't seem afraid I'd steal some secret?"

Du Yuheng's expression was still awkward: "Because you already stole my memories in the dream."

"I roughly know that the first time you stole my memories, you didn't get much useful information."

"...Alright." Jiang Ye thought about it and ultimately didn't ask much about Du Yuheng's specific experiences in those Reincarnation dreams.

Instead, he focused on asking about the previous dream, the one with himself and He Yuliang.

And these questions, from the moment Du Yuheng started talking about the Reincarnation dream, he hadn't planned to hide, so he explained them clearly one by one.

First, the previous dream was Du Yuheng's 11th dream.

This number itself was a bit special.

So when he discovered that among those enrolled with him, there was an extra He Yuliang.

He just thought this change was something that automatically occurred every 10 dreams.

He didn't think much about it, but he did pay some attention to He Yuliang because he was a new character.

Also, because he sold blood with He Yuliang, he discovered Jiang Ye, the second new character.

With two new characters in a row, Du Yuheng's initial mindset was quite good, just thinking that after the 10th dream, some new characters would naturally be added.

So he even deliberately paid attention to whether there were any other new characters.

But later, until his death, he didn't see any other new characters.

Then the process in the dream was actually not much different from the situation in reality this time.

Meeting while selling blood.

To the first afternoon forced labor class operating the Sewing Machine.

These two locations, dream and reality, were not much different.

It was the part about practicing the Blood Skin Coat patterns using ice skin that had a slight difference—

Because Du Yuheng had long memorized the Blood Skin Coat patterns by heart in the Reincarnation dreams.

And in previous dreams, he had also found a way to refuse the veteran players taking him to practice.

In fact, he knew the veteran players feared "authority," so from the start, he had a bit of an intention to pretend to be "authority," subtly acting not like a newcomer, making the veteran players suspect he might be a Superior Person from a normal city on an "incognito inspection."

In short, he had a perfect grasp of the veteran players' mentality.

So when Jiang Ye and He Yuliang were taken to the ice skin classroom by the veteran players, Du Yuheng, following past experience, went to get acquainted with the veteran players he could.

So in the dream, he missed the conversation between Jiang Ye and Li Ku in that practice classroom.

Later, seeing Jiang Ye and He Yuliang both successfully passed the Sewing Machine stage, Du Yuheng felt these two newly added characters had something to them.

Later, seeing Li Ku and Song Jie treat Jiang Ye differently...

Du Yuheng's first reaction in the dream was to suspect Jiang Ye was like him, pretending to be "authority" on an "incognito inspection" to handle the veteran players.

Of course, he didn't rule out the possibility that Jiang Ye really was on an "incognito inspection."

Later, after coming out of the Mine, he noticed He Yuliang talking to Jiang Ye, realized the two knew each other, and actively joined them.

This part was also not much different between dream and reality.

Including the later addition of the 5 newcomers, they also appeared in the dream.

Including the content of their "little meeting," it was also not much different from the dream.

Jiang Ye in the dream also had a separate little meeting with He Yuliang.

Later, he gradually focused his attention on the auditorium reliefs.

Also including using skills on the auditorium reliefs.

From here, the dream and reality had some differences—

First, Jiang Ye in the dream stepped on the shoulders of several newcomers to use his skill on the small fish located on the wall.

Second, the buzz-cut youth Zhou Qun did not appear in the dream.

After Jiang Ye used his skill on several fish in a row, he called Li Ku over and had Li Ku borrow a pair of wings from a veteran player.

Then Jiang Ye used the wings to fly in the auditorium, quickly using his skill on all the small fish.

Du Yuheng knew Jiang Ye wanted to get some information from his previous dream, so he explained in extra detail:

"I noticed, before you used your skill on each fish, your expression was very serious. Each time, your finger only touched the fish's eye, then you immediately withdrew."

"All the fish here were like that."

"Then finally, you still flew to the very center and touched the brow position of that Deer-Elephant relief."

"That one time, something weird happened—"

"Your hand didn't withdraw immediately, but the wings you were wearing started burning."

"Then you fell down, both your eyes were bloodshot red, as if reflecting flames inside."

"At the same time, the temperature of the entire auditorium skyrocketed, and those originally white fish started spreading black from their eyes..."

"The entire church's fish turned from white to black."

"While I was shocked, I felt the aura emanating from that black made me instinctively yearn for it."

"Plus, in the dream I could restart, so I almost didn't hesitate and went to touch those black fish."

"What happened later is like I just said—"

"I touched a kind of Black Ash from them, not sure if it's ash, but that black substance could infect me, then I smeared it on my Glyph Pattern, felt it was absorbed by my Glyph Pattern, and the Glyph Pattern Ability also became stronger."

"So strong that later when I returned to reality, the Glyph Pattern Ability could also be used in reality. This part I really didn't lie about."

This part, Jiang Ye didn't doubt he would lie.

Because whether it was true or not, he just needed to try it again now.

Jiang Ye's gaze fell on the auditorium reliefs again.

But this time, he focused on the giant beast relief resembling a Deer-Elephant at the center of the ceiling.

According to Du Yuheng, the key to the entire fish school turning from white to black seemed to be after he used his skill on the Deer-Elephant relief.

Even after that, the wings Li Ku gave him burned, and his eyes reflected flames...

Hiss...

Even though Jiang Ye hadn't experienced this scene yet at this moment.

But just recalling this scene in his mind...

He suddenly remembered two sets of coded messages.

One set, from Lin Ling, told to Huang Bo of the Light faction to pass on to other Light players.

That coded message said—

[The black tide floods the steps of the Holy Temple;]

[The crow snatches the weight from the scales;]

[The snow of Olympus is now stained with the ash of crow feathers.]

And the other set of coded messages came from his main body in the Prison, heard at zero o’clock, an additional prompt.

And that prompt said this—

[Ding!]

[Reincarnation small world time: First day 24:00!]

[Reincarnation small world time: Second day 0:00!]

[This is a sacred moment—the destruction of the old day, the birth of the new day!]

[The reliefs of the Holy Temple open a thousand stone eyes;]

[The burned-out crow feathers stand as spears of judgment;]

[The martyr's bones glow like steles in the abyss.]

[The sins of the old day shall be re-judged in the Court of Disorder!]

Clearly, both coded messages mentioned burned-out crow feathers.

At this point, Jiang Ye suddenly felt great regret.

If he had known he would be out of contact for so long later, he should have agreed to Lin Ling's tea-offering transaction back then, using that so-called [Clear Conscience Tea] to ask about this coded message.

Lin Ling definitely knew something.

After all, she had clear goals from the very beginning—

What she used Zhou Yuling to set up was the Court of Disorder;

What she used Xiao Bai to set up was the Abyss Restricted Zone;

Even the entire black ice domain became a giant teleportation array.

So this matter of "traversing time and space," Lin Ling was prepared for it long ago!

Even that coded message she had Huang Bo pass to other Light players might also be predicting this "traversing time and space" event!

So, that large group of Light players most likely also achieved "traversal" through the Mirror Palace secret realm?

So...

In Lin Ling's coded message—

The snow of Olympus is now stained with the ash of crow feathers...

Could it be predicting that these pure white, snow-like fish turn into the ash of crow feathers?

Then, what does "The burned-out crow feathers stand as spears of judgment" mean?

Spears of judgment...

Hiss.

Jiang Ye pondered left and right, suddenly asking Du Yuheng again:

"You said that buzz-cut guy named Zhou Qun didn't appear in the auditorium in the dream?"

Du Yuheng nodded.

Jiang Ye asked again: "Then was he a new character like me and He Yuliang?"

Du Yuheng shook his head: "Not that. I've seen him in the first ten dreams."