He stared at "Zhou Qiming" lying on the central seat, his eyes wide open.

This Zhou Qiming...

is Jiang Ye?!

Under the shock of this revelation, the second shock about "the Boss being the Nomadic Merchant" was significantly diminished.

Of course, the shock about "the Boss being the Nomadic Merchant" also made He Yuliang realize with absolute clarity...

Du Yuheng's [Mind Reading] talent was definitely not as useless as he claimed!

This guy, whether in the Reincarnation dreams or in reality, had probably used his [Mind Reading] talent to steal quite a bit of information!

The information about "the Boss being the Nomadic Merchant" was likely obtained by reading his and Jiang Ye's minds.

Then, the information about "Zhou Qiming being Jiang Ye"...

With the enhancement of Du Yuheng's [Mind Reading] talent, its credibility was actually quite high!

Hadn't Du Yuheng hinted at it before?

He had read the words "Jiang Ye" from "Zhou Qiming"!

At the time, He Yuliang thought it was because "Zhou Qiming" viewed "Jiang Ye" as a sworn enemy, so Du Yuheng read Jiang Ye's name from his inner thoughts.

Looking at it now...

It turns out this "Zhou Qiming" was simply Jiang Ye impersonating someone!

But that doesn't make sense either, right??

What kind of impersonation method could even fool the Prison watch?

The name clearly displayed on Jiang Ye's Prison watch was "Zhou Qiming"!

Could it be the effect of some SSS-grade talent?

Speaking of which...

Is Jiang Ye's talent really just SSS-grade?

He Yuliang recalled the terrifying disaster in the auditorium in his previous life, comparable to a solar explosion.

That terrifying heat, even thinking about it now, still made him shudder with lingering fear...

Just as he was feeling shocked and suspicious, Du Yuheng replied with a look of surprise, "Didn't I tell you in my previous life?"

He Yuliang was slightly stunned for a moment before replying vaguely, "In your previous life, you always seemed to refuse to believe Zhou Qiming was dead. But you really never said Zhou Qiming was Jiang Ye..."

Du Yuheng fell silent for a moment, then casually changed his words, "Oh, then maybe I remembered wrong."

"..." He Yuliang thought: I don't believe a word you say!

But since Du Yuheng wouldn't admit it, he didn't press further. He just continued asking, "Did you learn about the Nomadic Merchant by reading our inner thoughts?"

"So why did you suddenly think of the Nomadic Merchant?"

"Or did that 'Boss' from last night give you some additional instructions?"

"Zhou... Jiang Ye can't wake up. Does the Boss, or rather the Nomadic Merchant, know something about it?"

"I don't know if the Nomadic Merchant knows anything either," Du Yuheng shook his head.

His expression seemed somewhat dazed, as if he was still trapped in some kind of contemplation.

After a moment of silence, he said meaningfully to He Yuliang:

"I just read from Jiang Ye's inner thoughts a passage spoken by the Nomadic Merchant."

"This passage says—"

Du Yuheng suddenly shifted his gaze, looking at the unconscious Jiang Ye, and slowly continued:

"Everything you have experienced is meant to awaken you."

"If love cannot awaken you, then use pain to awaken you;"

"If pain cannot awaken you, then use greater pain to awaken you;"

"If greater pain cannot awaken you, then use loss to awaken you;"

"If loss cannot awaken you, then use life to awaken you;"

"If life cannot awaken you, then use reincarnation to awaken you..."

"Until—you awaken."

This passage served both as an answer to He Yuliang and seemed specifically recited for the currently sleeping Jiang Ye.

He Yuliang remained stunned for a long time, carefully pondering this passage.

Suddenly, he muttered, "I feel like I've heard this passage somewhere before?"

Du Yuheng's eyes lit up, "You've heard it? Where did you hear it?"

"Uh..." He Yuliang felt a bit awkward under his gaze, "Not sure, might have been a short video I randomly scrolled past."

"..." Du Yuheng was speechless for a moment, then asked, "Then based on this passage, in the 'movie' we experienced together, what were you awakened by?"

He Yuliang pondered for a moment before saying thoughtfully, "I was probably awakened by... 'life'?"

Du Yuheng, however, frowned and said, "I was forcibly awakened by external interference, so I have no answer..."

As he said this, his eyes glanced at the glasses-wearing youth among the five newbies.

The glasses-wearing youth felt a bit awkward, afraid the seniors would punish him. He proactively said, "According to your explanation, senior, I was probably awakened by 'pain' or 'greater pain'..."

The other four newbies nodded in agreement, "I was probably awakened by 'pain' too."

Du Yuheng wasn't surprised and offered a speculation, "If the 'ifs' in that passage are progressive layers..."

"Then, those who wake up later correspond to the later 'ifs'."

He Yuliang continued his line of thought, looking at Jiang Ye with shock and suspicion:

"You mean, to awaken Jiang Ye, 'reincarnation' is needed?"

"And it might even be that 'reincarnation' alone can't awaken him, but continuous 'reincarnation' is required?"

Du Yuheng shook his head, "No, what I mean is—"

"Why did I wake up?"

Upon hearing this, the glasses-wearing youth who had forcibly awakened him shrank his neck again, timidly.

He Yuliang's instinctive reaction was also to say—

Weren't you just forcibly awakened by this glasses-wearing youth?

But soon, he speculated, "You mean, you shouldn't have been awakened by external means?"

"No," Du Yuheng still shook his head, "I'm not talking about the sleep during this 'Ideological Reform,' but my Reincarnation dreams."

"If the Reincarnation dreams I experienced were also using 'reincarnation' to awaken me..."

"Then can it be understood that the first ten times failed to awaken me."

"Until the 11th time, the appearance of you and Jiang Ye, or the injection of black energy, 'awakened' me? So I suddenly ended my Reincarnation dreams?"

Continuing, Du Yuheng added, "To be honest, before returning to the dormitory and entering the Dreamland last night, I was still hesitant—"

"After all, whenever I fall asleep in reality, I enter a Reincarnation dream."

"So last night, I also wondered whether I would enter the Dreamland or experience the 12th Reincarnation dream."

Hearing this, He Yuliang was also slightly surprised, but soon said, "In my previous life, you didn't seem to trigger any 12th Reincarnation dream."

Du Yuheng nodded, "Yes, last night, I didn't experience a 12th Reincarnation dream either..."

"And based on your previous life's situation, it's likely that I won't experience any more Reincarnation dreams in the future."

"That is to say, I have completely and thoroughly 'awakened'."

Listening to his explanation, He Yuliang fell into deep thought.

After a good while, he looked at Du Yuheng somewhat hesitantly, "You want to find a correct way to awaken Jiang Ye?"

Du Yuheng remained silent for a long time, but still shook his head, "I don't know. Perhaps there is no correct way at all..."

"Didn't the Boss already convey his meaning? For us, not to worry about him."

Not to worry about him...

He Yuliang pursed his lips in thought.

With his experience from the later Doomsday Apartment and the extra lifetime from his previous life, he was certainly no simple newbie.

In his heart, he vaguely guessed something...

Why did Du Yuheng in his previous life refuse to believe Jiang Ye was dead?

Why did Du Yuheng, who possessed Reincarnation dreams, treat Jiang Ye with such a particularly special attitude?

It really was too special.

Du Yuheng dared to put on a "Superior People" attitude even when facing a Student Council president like Lin Dong.

But when facing Jiang Ye, he completely adopted the strategy of playing dumb and eating the tiger.

You have to understand, for Lin Dong to become the Student Council president...

Regardless of his strength, at the very least, it meant he worked directly for the Boss!

And in Du Yuheng's mind, Jiang Ye's status seemed even higher than Lin Dong's!

A thousand thoughts raced through He Yuliang's mind, and when he looked at Jiang Ye again, his gaze became exceptionally complex.

Originally, he had been somewhat worried about Jiang Ye.

But after figuring this out, he felt that bit of worry was unnecessary.

If the Nomadic Merchant said not to worry, then why bother worrying?

He Yuliang felt calm and composed. As time passed, Jiang Ye indeed still did not wake up.

Around 6:20, He Yuliang sighed and said, "Around this time, we should probably go to the monster forest to earn survival stones, right?"

"Especially since I haven't eaten anything from yesterday until now, and I even sold 800cc of blood... If I don't farm some survival stones, I'm afraid I really won't be able to hold on when I step on the sewing machine again this afternoon."

With the experience from his previous life, He Yuliang was clearly no longer a newcomer.

He had a thorough understanding of this school's lifestyle.

At the same time, for him, compared to the afternoon's Labor Reform and Ideological Reform, the morning's monster forest work mode was quite advantageous for him.

Of course, the price of this advantage was constantly triggering probability events...

His life modification degree would inevitably accumulate continuously during these probability events.

But this was unavoidable anyway.

Rather than being forced to trigger probability events like in his previous life, it was better to use probability events to continuously grow stronger himself.

And this school's monster forest work mode was his opportunity to earn survival stones and grow stronger.

After all, with the [Luck] talent enhancement, he held an absolute advantage in triggering probability events.

Just by looking at He Yuliang's expression, Du Yuheng knew what he was thinking.

After pondering for a moment, he suddenly raised an eyebrow and said, "When stepping on the sewing machine this afternoon, you can continue using my blood."

He Yuliang's eyes lit up upon hearing this, but soon he became suspicious again, "Your blood probably isn't for me to use for free, right?"

Du Yuheng nodded, "I want to ask you for some more information."

He Yuliang thought for a moment, then glanced at his watch again, "Shall we talk while walking? Or... do you want to stay here?"

Du Yuheng looked at the unconscious Jiang Ye again, a flash of red light suddenly appearing in his eyes.

After another moment of silence, he said to He Yuliang, "Let's talk while walking."

So the group left the auditorium and headed towards the school's monster forest.

The five naive and foolish newbies naturally followed. As soon as they left the auditorium, He Yuliang couldn't help but ask Du Yuheng, "The red flash in your eyes just now, did you use [Heart's Voice Externalized] on Jiang Ye again?"

"So when did you read that passage about the Nomadic Merchant's awakening theory? Does your [Heart's Voice Externalized] really only have a 2-hour cooldown?"

Of course, Du Yuheng wouldn't answer these questions.

After leaving the auditorium, he directly said to He Yuliang, "You probably guessed it. The information I want to ask about is related to your previous life."

The two exchanged a look, as if some silent information passed between their eyes.

Du Yuheng continued, "Your description of Jiang Ye in your previous life was just a general outline of his life."

"What I want to know is—"

"After the auditorium incident in your previous life, among the new people introduced to the school, besides the large number of robots, did you notice any other newcomers worth paying attention to?"

Upon hearing this, He Yuliang's eyes flickered.

However, the next second, before he could carefully consider how to answer, he saw another rapid flash of red light in Du Yuheng's eyes!

Damn it!

He Yuliang's face instantly turned ugly.

However, he held back from cursing out loud. After a moment of silence, he asked in return, "What did you read from my inner thoughts?"

Du Yuheng raised an eyebrow, saying nonchalantly, "What I read is probably exactly what you were just thinking—"

"In your mind, there are two newcomers worth noting."

"One is named Chen Cang. The reason he's worth noting is because you had contact with him back in the Doomsday Apartment."

"That is to say, like you and Jiang Ye, he is also a 'comrade' from the future."

Du Yuheng stated this information in a calm tone. He Yuliang was once again shocked beyond measure!

He couldn't help but marvel again at how Du Yuheng's [Heart's Voice Externalized] was definitely not as useless as he claimed!

The information this method could steal was simply outrageous!

Any thinking being could potentially leak certain information to him through their inner thoughts at any time, anywhere!

And his background of being from the "future"...

Judging from Du Yuheng's so casual tone, it was obvious he had known since the Reincarnation dreams!

He Yuliang took a deep breath, constantly warning himself in his heart that in front of this guy, he must empty his mind, think less and ponder less.

To avoid having his heart seen through again and information stolen!

Thinking this, he asked in a deep voice, "And then?"

Before Du Yuheng could answer, the five newbies clutching thighs were also shocked beyond measure!

They were practically questioning their lives! 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

They had long known that pure newbies like them and the seniors were simply not from the same world.

But the result, the truth of the matter, was far more outrageous than their understanding!

Reincarnation dreams, previous life...

And now, on top of that, coming from the future!

They were numb! Amidst various emotions of questioning their lives, the five pure youths actually began to feel somewhat accustomed to this sense of shock...

He Yuliang and Du Yuheng were also accustomed to their shock.

Du Yuheng hesitated for a moment, then didn't continue talking about the information regarding Chen Cang. Instead, he spoke about the person he was truly concerned about:

"The second newcomer worth noting is named Cheng Lin."

"You noticed him because he was very close to me."

"To be precise, I deliberately approached him, and my attitude towards him was different."

What Du Yuheng said was merely what He Yuliang had thought in his heart.

So after knowing his inner thoughts had been stolen and hearing this, he wasn't that shocked anymore.

After taking a few deep breaths to adjust his emotions, he confirmed:

"What you really want to ask me about is probably Cheng Lin, whom you paid extreme attention to even in your previous life, right?"

"So, he must be someone who appeared in your Reincarnation dreams?"

"Cheng Lin... what's so special about him?"

Du Yuheng thought to himself: He's not that special. It's just that his inner heart is also called Jiang Ye.

But of course, he wouldn't reveal this information to He Yuliang.

He just said straightforwardly to He Yuliang, "I want to know all the information about Cheng Lin from your previous life."