"Fuck him! Let's just go wild and trigger that SSS-grade skill another ten thousand times!"

The slightly chubby Kid Brother, breathing heavily with eyes bloodshot, was like a gambler on a losing streak, his entire state completely different!

He seemed impatient, eager to trigger the "Betrayer" effect 10,000 times and directly choose the "Rebirth state" on his own.

However, the mindsets of the other two Kid Brothers were clearly not right anymore...

What happened before was before, what's happening now is now, the situation is different!

Previously, the order in which they obtained the SS-grade [Salvation Domain] didn't matter much.

After all, this domain skill at the SS-grade was essentially only for self-preservation.

Even if forcibly dragged into someone else's [Salvation Domain], as long as one didn't foolishly choose "trust," there would basically be no negative effects.

In fact, if both sides chose betrayal, it would instead cause a negative impact on the skill user—prolonging the skill's cooldown.

So at the SS-grade, in their eyes, this skill only seemed special because it was so easily obtainable.

But now, the description of this SSS-grade skill is a different story!

If the "Rebirth state" truly allowed a Sun Person player to directly evolve into a "Newborn"...

Then the effect of this skill would be truly remarkable!

These three Sun Person players are currently at the "Infant" level of permission status.

Having the same permission status meant there was no pressure from a superior-subordinate hierarchy.

That's why they could hang out together.

But if one among them suddenly emerged with a "Newborn" level permission status...

That would be a huge problem!

Such a massive leap in class would inevitably create enormous conflict!

So...

Either they could all become "Newborns" simultaneously.

Or, they would inevitably become the crabs in the "crab bucket effect," preventing their peers from crossing the class barrier before them!

Therefore, they naturally disagreed with the slightly chubby Kid Brother's idea.

Especially since this talent and this skill weren't even discovered by that slightly chubby Kid Brother in the first place!

Jiang Ye could basically guess the thoughts in those two's minds.

Sure enough, he saw them raise objections, though in a relatively tactful way—

"If we really trigger it 10,000 times in one go, how much time, energy, and how many Sun and Moon People would it consume?"

"And aren't you afraid that during those 10,000 triggers, some betrayed Sun and Moon People might randomly get the 'Rebirth state'? Would a Sun and Moon Person in the Newborn state still obey the commands of a Sun Person?"

"Even if nothing happens to the Sun and Moon People, it's a full 10,000 times! What if other players stumble upon us during that period? I think we need to plan this 'Rebirth state' triggering carefully!"

One after another, the two analyzed the situation with clear logic.

The slightly chubby Kid Brother also gradually calmed down under their dissuasion.

It wasn't that he truly believed their arguments.

Rather, he realized the mindset of these two...

The temptation of a "Newborn," a legendary permission status, was simply too great, far beyond what the mere SS-grade skill could compare to before.

Just as he was thinking this, he indeed heard the two say in quick succession:

"This matter of frantically triggering the skill isn't urgent. Shouldn't you let the two of us also upgrade our SS-grade skills to SSS-grade first?"

"Now that you can use the SSS-grade skill, we can directly obtain the SSS-grade skill, much more convenient than triggering the SS-grade skill ten times to upgrade before!"

Just as they were urging the skill upgrade...

These three Sun Person players discovered again—

"Hey—look! The first Sun and Moon Person to fall into 'near-death'... has recovered to 'normal'!"

Sure enough...

As 100 minutes passed, the first Sun and Moon Person participating in the experiment recovered from the "near-death" state.

However, it was visibly apparent that its recovery to "normal" didn't seem quite normal!

Originally, the mechanical eyeballs of a Sun and Moon Person displayed normal whites and pupils, a state of white surrounding black.

Eyeballs in the "near-death" state continuously showed pure white.

But now, the eyeballs that should have returned to normal were showing pure black...

As if an extremely dilated pupil had squeezed out the white part, occupying the entire eye...

Causing the entire eyeball to appear pure black.

And this pure blackness inexplicably made one's heart sink upon seeing it...

As if these eyes were desperately widening, even to the point of the pupils bursting!

The three Sun Person players were also shocked seeing this!

They felt an inexplicable unease in their hearts.

However, when they ordered this Sun and Moon Person to transform from its primitive state into a flesh-and-blood human form...

They discovered that the flesh-and-blood human form of this Sun and Moon Person showed no changes at all.

The three Sun People conducted various experiments on this mutated version of the Sun and Moon Person...

The final result was—

Apart from the eyeballs in the primitive state changing from white-surrounding-black to pure black, the entire Sun and Moon Person had no other changes.

And just as they were experimenting on this Sun and Moon Person, the other "near-death" Sun and Moon People also gradually recovered to normal.

Of course, it was still the "normal" with eyeballs turned pure black.

Having failed to discover any special characteristics in the Sun and Moon People with blackened eyeballs, the three Sun Person players didn't dwell on it.

Their attention quickly returned to the research and development of the SSS-grade [Salvation Domain] skill.

Regarding the matter of helping the other two Sun Person players obtain the SSS-grade skill, the slightly chubby Kid Brother proposed a new perspective—

"If the 'Rebirth state' truly means 'Newborn'... then this SSS-grade skill concerns the fundamental interests of all Sun Person players!"

"So your concerns earlier were indeed very reasonable!"

"In my opinion, to avoid other Sun Person players discovering clues, we should change our experimental site..."

"Anywhere in the Qiankun Land could potentially be disturbed by other Sun Person players."

"So why don't we move the experimental site to the Forest of Oddities in the Land of Exile? We could even go straight into a dungeon within the Forest of Oddities to conduct experiments in peace?"

This proposal was also agreed upon by the other two.

Thus, very soon, this Mist Train loaded with Sun and Moon Person players, which should have been heading towards the Qiankun Land...

Under the permission manipulation of these three Sun Person players, directly turned around and started heading back towards the Moon River side of the Heaven and Earth Sun and Moon River.

And this time, Jiang Ye clearly felt—

The speed of the Mist Train was much faster than before!

By rough calculation, the time he had left the misty region was only about two hours.

After the train turned around, in less than 20 minutes, it had already entered the misty region of the Sun and Moon River.

Of course, before entering the misty region...

The three Sun Person players all put on the watches transformed from Sun and Moon People.

After all, Sun People must wear Prison watches to survive in the mist.

Jiang Ye originally thought he would regain his freedom.

But he was still worn as a watch on the wrist by that slightly chubby Kid Brother.

Naturally, the slightly chubby Kid Brother also transformed into the appearance of "Cheng Lin."

The other two Kid Brothers selected two other Sun and Moon People with pure black eyeballs, transforming them into watches worn on their wrists.

Meanwhile, during these 20 minutes, the slightly chubby Kid Brother in "Cheng Lin's" appearance summarized a plan that had a chance to obtain the "Rebirth state" faster—

"Actually, based on the skill description, perhaps we don't need to accumulate triggering betrayal 10,000 times..."

"We can completely first use the III-level Salvation Domain within this SSS-grade skill to obtain an 'SSS-grade Luck' BUFF."

"Then, under the effect of 'SSS-grade Luck,' we undergo another Salvation Domain event, this time choosing to become the 'Trusting One'..."

"Then, experience another 100 minutes of 'near-death' state..."

"After these 100 minutes, the 'SSS-grade Luck' effect lasting 10 hours would still be active."

"Then, under the effect of 'SSS-grade Luck,' we should be able to directly randomize into the 'Rebirth state,' right?"

This reasoning indeed made sense.

Generally, luck-type BUFFs were meant to make all "random" probabilities present favorable outcomes.

It wasn't hard to see that the "Curse of Despair" and "Rebirth state" that randomly appear for a "Trusting One" after "near-death"...

The Curse of Despair was the unfavorable effect;

While the Rebirth state was the favorable effect.

Then under the SSS-grade Luck effect, it was indeed highly likely to directly randomize into the favorable "Rebirth state"!

This way, there was no need for 10,000 experiments.

Only two experiments were needed—

The first experiment to obtain SSS-grade Luck.

The second experiment to randomize into "Rebirth state"!

Of course...

This shortcut of two experiments itself carried some risks.

Firstly, they couldn't be 100% certain—

Under the "SSS-grade Luck" effect, would they definitely randomize into the "Rebirth state"?

What if the "Rebirth state" was extremely rare, and even under the SSS-grade Luck effect, there was only a small probability of randomizing into it?

Then they would need to bear the risk brought by the "Curse of Despair."

Secondly, another risk was...

The 100-minute "near-death" state.

Based on observation, Sun and Moon People in the "near-death" state were almost no different from being dead.

For a full 100 minutes, they had no ability to act.

Therefore, if any accident occurred during those 100 minutes...

They would have absolutely no ability to fight back.

However...

These two risks weren't without ways to avoid them.

The simplest solution was to continue using Sun and Moon People for experiments.

This way, they could not only directly determine the probability of randomizing into the "Rebirth state" under the SSS-grade Luck effect...

But if they actually randomized into the "Rebirth state," they could immediately confirm what this "Rebirth state" actually was.

Simultaneously, if they randomized into the "Curse of Despair," they could also figure out what the "Curse of Despair" was.

So, continuing experiments on Sun and Moon People was clearly a pretty good choice.

However, this choice obviously also carried risks.

When a Sun and Moon Person was in the "Curse of Despair" or "Rebirth state"...

Would they themselves undergo some uncontrollable changes?

In short, the three Sun Person players researched a lot.

But ultimately, before the train re-entered the misty region, they activated the SSS-grade [Salvation Domain] twice.

The results of these two experiments were—

The other two Sun Person players also obtained the SSS-grade [Salvation Domain] skill and received the "SSS-grade Luck" BUFF lasting 10 hours.

Simultaneously, two more Sun and Moon People fell into the "near-death" state.

To control variables.

In selecting these two "near-death" Sun and Moon People...

The three Sun Person players chose 1 normal Sun and Moon Person who had never been "near-death" before, and 1 Sun and Moon Person who had experienced the "near-death" state, the blackened-eyeball version.

Of course, the results of this variable-controlled experiment would only be known after 100 minutes, when the "near-death" state ended.

Thus, during this waiting period for results, the 3 Sun Person players continued their frantic experiments—

Because the experimental consequences of the SSS-grade skill were temporarily unknown.

They still focused on SS-grade skill experiments, continuing to make more Sun and Moon Person players master the SS-grade [Salvation Domain]...

Jiang Ye was extremely grateful that he already possessed this SS-grade skill, which allowed him to escape becoming experimental material.

After all, if he experienced betrayal, then the SS-grade skill he possessed would be lost.

This would be a loss overall, so he, as a Sun and Moon Person, didn't need to participate in the betrayal experiments...

Of course, since he was already worn on the Kid Brother's hand, he naturally didn't need to participate in experiments either.

And so, the frantic experiments continued...

And the Mist Train also continuously accelerated, heading towards the Moon River side where the mist grew denser...

100 minutes quickly passed amidst the train's journey and the frantic experiments.

The two variable-controlled SSS-grade experiments also reached the moment of truth—

The first to recover from the "near-death" state was the mutated version Sun and Moon Person with pure black eyeballs...

Its recovery this time could no longer be described as "returning to normal" at all!

Because it was visibly apparent that this thing was clearly abnormal!

Previously, it was a watch with a pure black eyeball dangling at each end of the watchband.

But now, the entire watch, from the band to the face, seemed eroded by mist, forming a strip of mist!

So overall, it looked like—

A strip of mist, with two eerie black balls dangling at its ends...

This was completely unrecognizable as a "watch"!

It looked more like some gothic-style accessory!

The three Sun Person players, seeing such experimental results, immediately concluded—

"This should be randomizing into the 'Curse of Despair,' right? It looks like, apart from the form change, there doesn't seem to be any negative effect?"

The slightly chubby Kid Brother in "Cheng Lin's" appearance immediately commanded the cursed version Sun and Moon Person: "Transform into flesh-and-blood human form."

The good news was, the cursed version Sun and Moon Person still directly obeyed the command.

However, the eerie part was...

The flesh-and-blood human form it transformed into was clearly no longer the previous human appearance!

The clothing on it was still the same set as the previous flesh-and-blood human form.

But this "person" had no hair, no facial features...

Presenting as a featureless, bald-headed appearance.

The three Sun Person players were somewhat stunned seeing this.

Jiang Ye was even more greatly shocked!

This... what the hell is this?

Bald head? Mask Master??

Featureless? Nomadic Merchant??

You call this a curse?!

Oh right! It really does seem like a curse!