He Yuliang: ??

Huh?? Bro??

Isn't this a bit too abrupt?!

We were chatting just fine, how did it suddenly become my turn to [Reroll Life]??

Of course, He Yuliang wasn't stupid either. After a brief moment of confusion, he quickly realized...

He was being used as a tool?

Whose life was being rerolled exactly?

If this senior got pissed off in the future and just killed him directly, then everything would restart?

But this restart...

He Yuliang knew very clearly from the skill description that only *he* could restart!

Oh right...

He quickly realized something else.

Although only he could restart, he could give some warnings, just like Du Yuheng who had the reincarnation dream.

But the initiative for giving such warnings was entirely in *his* hands!

If He Yuliang was really killed by Jiang Ye later...

Then when he restarted, he naturally wouldn't want to warn Jiang Ye!

This was something He Yuliang couldn't understand.

But Jiang Ye knew very well in his heart that the future held infinite possibilities.

Including...

He Yuliang becoming his clone.

Then when He Yuliang [Rerolled Life], he would naturally warn the new Jiang Ye in the new if-line.

Besides, it was also possible that what Jiang Ye was about to do next would itself affect He Yuliang's fate.

So when loading the save file and restarting, he would have no choice but to confess to Jiang Ye and give a warning.

Anyway, in Jiang Ye's view, He Yuliang was a very handy tool.

And, he basically had no choice in the matter.

At this moment, Li Ku's mind was completely focused on obtaining the black energy from the burnt crow feathers to get stronger.

He Yuliang's confusion and hesitation were just a waste of time in his eyes.

Thus, a cold gaze, carrying a faint sense of oppression.

Pressure instantly fell upon He Yuliang.

Causing him to instantly realize that he truly had no choice...

But, He Yuliang hadn't been willing to use his one-time [Reroll Life] skill even when entering the Hidden Prison Room from the initial prison.

Now, being forced to use it, he naturally found it even harder to accept.

In the end, he still braved the pressure of Li Ku's gaze and asked Jiang Ye for confirmation, "You wouldn't..."

Jiang Ye knew his concerns and comforted him properly, "Don't worry, I won't actively kill you just to restart."

"After all, if I really offend you, then the restarted you naturally wouldn't proactively give me information beneficial to me."

"Right now, I'm just worried that the next operation might cause some irreversible situation, even dragging you into it..."

"You saw the footage from that enforcement eyeball just now, right? If those two mechanical eyeballs had directly erased you and me..."

"Wouldn't you regret not using this skill earlier?"

"And didn't we analyze it through [Paradox Protection]?"

"The skills [Reroll Life] and [Paradox Protection] complement each other."

"Since we're going to 'save the file' sooner or later, naturally the sooner the better."

"If your talent really downgrades to the point of losing the [Paradox Protection] skill, then in a way, that might actually be a good thing."

"And if your talent doesn't downgrade... then it basically confirms that the passive skill [Paradox Protection] has already taken effect on you."

After this round of persuasion, He Yuliang's emotions shifted from initial rejection and aversion to comfort.

Because one of Jiang Ye's arguments was indeed very reasonable—

The one-time SSS-grade skill [Reroll Life], you either never use it.

Or, if you are going to use it, naturally the earlier the better.

Just like a motivational quote says—

The best time to plant a tree was ten years ago.

The second best time is now.

So, for He Yuliang at this very moment...

The best time for him to choose [Reroll Life] was indeed now.

He quickly weighed the pros and cons in his heart, and finally said to Jiang Ye,

"Although what you say makes a lot of sense, senior..."

"No matter what, I'm using up my precious one-time skill for you, senior."

"So senior, I'm now on your ship, right? If I really fall into that so-called Confusion state later... senior, you'll take care of me a bit more?"

Jiang Ye immediately put on an expression of "good buddies honor and loyalty," swearing earnestly, "Don't worry, from the moment you [Reroll Life], the two of us are comrades who share our hearts!"

"You can safely turn your back to me, I will absolutely not let you down!"

To be honest, Jiang Ye's words...

He Yuliang didn't quite believe them.

But given that he had no choice, and Jiang Ye could still give such a promise...

He could only believe it.

Even if he was really let down, it could only be... accepting the loss after taking the gamble.

Thinking this, He Yuliang gritted his teeth and immediately used the precious one-time skill—SSS-grade Reroll Life!

And the moment this skill was used, even Jiang Ye was stunned!

Because under the gaze of many astonished eyes...

He Yuliang directly "ascended" on the spot!

Well, no, to be precise, he suddenly floated into the air four meters high as if weightless.

Then his whole body started spinning like a ceiling fan...

This scene looked...

In the eyes of those pure newbies, it was somewhat comical.

In Jiang Ye's eyes, it was somewhat familiar.

Back when he held the Dice of Fate...

He probably looked just as ridiculous.

But back then, he was holding the Dice of Fate with his hand, and his whole body spun along with the dice.

So at that time, his hand was the axis of rotation.

But the spinning He Yuliang now had his entire head as the axis of rotation.

His body spun wildly around his head.

The five clear-eyed and foolish newbies stared at this scene dumbfounded, their expressions a complete "me and my little friends are all shocked" meme.

Du Yuheng was naturally also shocked, but a thoughtful look clearly flashed in his eyes.

While keeping an eye on He Yuliang's spinning, Jiang Ye asked Du Yuheng, "Did you ever see this scene in your dreams?"

Du Yuheng naturally shook his head, answering straightforwardly, "No, that's why I'm a bit surprised..."

"What kind of skill is his [Reroll Life] exactly?"

"Listening to your conversation, it can't really be... directly saving the file at this moment, allowing a future load and restart, can it??"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone else present was also shocked.

This skill that looked so ridiculous actually had such an awesome effect?

And it can fucking load and restart? Are they trapped in a game?

Each person had their own thoughts.

He Yuliang's wild spinning lasted for about 1 minute before he seemed to regain gravity and fell from the air again.

This height wasn't enough to cause injury from the fall.

But the spinning just now made him look dizzy and disoriented, his face pale.

Jiang Ye went over to support him, patted his back, and asked casually, "You okay? Did the skill take effect? Did your talent downgrade?"

"Take ef-?" He Yuliang looked utterly shaken and confused, gasping for breath in big gulps.

After a good while, he finally supported himself on Jiang Ye's arm and looked at him.

His gaze shifted from dazed, to shocked, then to another level of astonishment.

He seemed to have experienced extremely intense inner turmoil in a short time.

Looking at his complex emotional changes, a rather bold idea suddenly popped into Jiang Ye's mind—

"You... couldn't possibly be..."

"Already back from loading the save file, could you?!"

Yeah!

Jiang Ye was surprised at his own slowness, only realizing it now...

Once He Yuliang decided to use the [Reroll Life] skill.

Then what Jiang Ye faced was like Schrödinger's cat in the box.

There were two possibilities!

The cat being dead or alive corresponded to—

He Yuliang after [Reroll Life]...

Could be the He Yuliang who just used the skill;

Or could be the He Yuliang who had already returned from the future after loading the save file!

And judging by his complex, changing expression...

He looked very much like the latter!

In an instant, it was Jiang Ye's turn for his emotions to churn complexly.

However, rest time was limited, he didn't have time to think more, so he directly asked He Yuliang, "You've already restarted and come back?"

When asked this, He Yuliang was still a bit dazed and didn't answer immediately.

Du Yuheng, however, listened in shock, "Already restarted and come back? How is that possible? Could this just be you foreseeing the future in advance, not actually experiencing the future?"

But, having experienced the reincarnation dream himself, he quickly switched to the perspective of those other people in his reincarnation dream...

They were indeed constantly reincarnating in his dream, yet completely unaware of the reincarnation.

Only he alone knew of the reincarnation dream's existence and explored within it.

This shift in perspective gave Du Yuheng a rather peculiar feeling.

So this...

People could be "ignorant" to such an extent.

Things that clearly happened, yet they themselves were completely unaware.

Only one person remained clearly remembering.

From the perspective of the reincarnation dream, he was the one who remembered, so it didn't feel like much.

Now, as a bystander to He Yuliang's [Reroll Life], he realized the terror of this kind of "ignorance."

Du Yuheng even couldn't help but speculate...

If his reincarnation dream could exist...

If He Yuliang's [Reroll Life] could exist...

Then in this world, does an even more terrifying "ignorance" exist?

Have certain things already happened countless times, only he, and everyone else, remain completely unaware...

For a moment, Du Yuheng fell into a daze.

He Yuliang, however, recovered his senses and slowly came back to himself.

He pressed his head, then asked, "I just... used the skill [Reroll Life]?"

Jiang Ye nodded, "Yes."

To prevent He Yuliang from hiding anything, he directly pointed it out, "But obviously, the you now is not the you who just used the skill."

"Tell us, Niohuru Liang, what did you experience?"

"..."

This "Niohuru Liang" completely stumped He Yuliang. He twitched his lips and said, "Didn't experience much, just a mere demise at Wuzhang Plains."

Jiang Ye was speechless, "Of course I know you died, how exactly did you die? Should have nothing to do with me, right? Did I give you any hints? Or do you have any hints to give me?"

"The hint is..." He Yuliang's gaze was complex. He paused, then changed his words, "I'd better just talk about what happened later."

"Let's call it the 'previous life' for now."

"In the previous life, after I used the skill, nothing happened. My talent didn't downgrade, no skill disappeared. Then we concluded from this that [Paradox Protection] had already taken effect."

"Then Li Ku reminded you that time was tight, hinting that you could operate according to Du Yuheng's dream."

"But you didn't immediately go operate those fish schools. Instead, you pressed that pair of black wings against your brow."

"Looks like you were using your memory-stealing skill on them."

Saying this, He Yuliang looked at the pair of black wings with a gaze full of horror and complexity.

And Jiang Ye was basically certain that, at least this part, he wasn't lying.

Because he indeed wanted to use his skill directly on these wings after receiving them.

It was just that he kept a bit of caution, which made him think of having He Yuliang [Reroll Life] to give himself a chance to recover.

"And then? What happened after I used my skill on the wings?"

He Yuliang's gaze was complex, his face speechless, "Then, it was a completely different development from Du Yuheng's dream—"

"These wings directly started burning the moment you used your skill on them!"

"Even you, your whole person, started burning! That flame was incredibly terrifying. Newbies like these five were directly burned to ashes."

"I probably relied on [Paradox Protection] and luck, clinging to the Fish School Reliefs to conduct the heat, barely surviving."

"Du Yuheng and Li Ku also survived by clinging to the Fish School Reliefs, but the entire church was burned pitch black at the time."

"Even the heat spread out, many veteran players died from the terrifying heat!"

"Anyway, the scene back then was much, much, much more terrifying than the dream Du Yuheng described!"

"If I had to describe it, it was like... an entire sun exploding inside the auditorium!"

"To be honest, the fact that the three of us survived is just absurd..."

Speaking of this part, He Yuliang's tone carried a clear sense of lingering fear, as if having narrowly escaped death.

And the "three of us" he mentioned obviously referred to himself, Li Ku, and Du Yuheng.

He glanced at these two with a complex gaze and continued under their shocked stares, "The three of us survived by clinging to the reliefs."

"But even though we survived, we turned into pure black versions."

"This pure black version means... our entire bodies, even our teeth, were black! The whole person looked like a mass of dense blackness, because it was so purely black that even our facial features were blurred..."

"Oh right, you two were a bit different." He specifically pointed at Li Ku, "Your mass of blackness still had some cracks in it, just like the scars on your body."

Probably having truly recovered his senses, He Yuliang's tone became increasingly relaxed as he recounted these experiences.

Li Ku and Du Yuheng, however, were so shocked they couldn't react.

As for those five cannon fodder newbies, their shock was mixed with more terror.

After all, in that if-line, they died directly!

But what gave them a little comfort was that now, knowing all this, Jiang Ye probably wouldn't use his skill on those wings again... right?

Jiang Ye thought for a moment and asked a key question, "You said the three of you survived? What about me?"