Zhou Qiming...

This... it couldn't just be someone with the same name, right?!

So...

Zhou Qiming... that's also Jiang Ye's clone!

So these two Reincarnation Players have had contact with Jiang Ye's clone!

And even their Pure Black Bodies were obtained through Jiang Ye's clone?

For a split second, Jiang Ye couldn't help but suspect...

Could it be that their so-called "Pure Black Bodies" from their "previous life" were also his clones?

But the problem is, they retained their consciousness. Wouldn't they know if they were clones themselves?

At this moment, Jiang Ye felt particularly keenly the necessity of sharing consciousness between clones.

Otherwise, if clones didn't share consciousness...

He might have directly started suspecting whether these two in front of him were also his clones!

After a wave of inexplicable emotion in his heart, Jiang Ye grew increasingly suspicious that these two guys likely really knew his true identity.

Not the identity of Sun Person or Moon Person.

But the identity of "Jiang Ye," this self-aware identity.

After all, this guy mentioning the name "Zhou Qiming" was too deliberate.

He probably also knew that Zhou Qiming was Jiang Ye.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Ye said in a deep voice:

"Explain in detail what happened between you and Zhou Qiming."

"And what exactly is this so-called exploding auditorium?"

Du Yuheng and He Yuliang seemed intimidated by his identity as a Sun Person.

They almost told everything they knew, recounting their interactions with "Zhou Qiming."

Of course, Du Yuheng secretly concealed the existence of his [Mind Reading] talent and reincarnation dreams.

Logically, it still mostly made sense.

He directly attributed some of "Zhou Qiming's" choices to He Yuliang's "previous life."

Because in He Yuliang's "previous life," the auditorium explosion triggered irreversible consequences.

So "Zhou Qiming" in "this life" didn't follow the path of He Yuliang's "previous life."

Thus the auditorium didn't explode, "Zhou Qiming" didn't die in the explosion, and Du Yuheng and He Yuliang didn't obtain Pure Black Bodies.

Oh right, and Li Ku also didn't obtain a Pure Black Body again.

During their voluntary confession, only Du Yuheng quietly hid some of his secrets, using [True Sight Eye] to cover up his SSS-grade [Mind Reading] talent.

Everything else was basically truthful.

Including He Yuliang's "previous life," which Jiang Ye interrogated in detail, learning from it...

That indeed, in the near future, definitely within 1 year, a crucial solar eclipse would occur!

Unfortunately, He Yuliang, during the initial partial phase of the solar eclipse, was constantly harassed by people sent by Li Ku to trigger all life-altering events...

Causing him to be overwhelmed and not access much key information related to the solar eclipse.

Later, he fell into a "Confusion state," his consciousness directly becoming confused, so he knew even less about what happened.

It was while He Yuliang explained his previous life that he mentioned the so-called "Confusion state."

Under Jiang Ye's questioning, he naturally explained in detail the skill [Paradox Protection] associated with the "Confusion state."

And the "Rebirth state" mentioned in the [Paradox Protection] skill was inevitably brought up.

Only then did Jiang Ye realize—

So it wasn't only [Salvation Domain] that was the unique skill capable of producing a "Rebirth state."

He Yuliang's talent skills could also produce a "Rebirth state."

Although the process was also quite difficult, it could indeed be achieved!

Thinking this, Jiang Ye couldn't help but suspect...

Could it be that all SSS-grade talents were equipped with skills capable of producing a "Rebirth state"?

If not, did it only mean that the player possessing that SSS-grade talent hadn't yet mastered the key skill that could produce a "Rebirth state"?

For example, "Cheng Lin's" [Salvation Domain]. At SS-grade, it had no description related to "Rebirth state."

It was only after upgrading to SSS-grade that two situations for producing a "Rebirth state" appeared.

And strictly speaking, among those two situations, only the one involving betrayal 10,000 times could likely produce it.

The situation involving random chances of "Curse of Despair" and "Rebirth state"—the "random probability" there was probably so low it approached zero!

So...

From this perspective, Jiang Ye naturally thought of historical development.

First, based on the information he currently possessed, it wasn't hard to deduce—

Sun Person players would likely go extinct in the near future.

It could be physical extinction, all dead.

Or extinction through corruption into Moon People.

In any case, those who later dominated the world became Moon Person players.

But the Moon Person players of later generations didn't wear prison watches.

To be precise, players of later generations wore neither prison watches nor mechanical eyeballs.

They were most likely free individuals, independent of Sun People and Moon People.

So, how did the transformation from "Moon People" to "free people" occur?

How did they destroy all prison watches and mechanical eyeballs, gaining the ability to live independently without any constraints?

Perhaps it was related to the disappearing sun and moon in Qiankun Land?

But at the same time, it was also possible...

That all Moon Person players underwent a transformation through a "Rebirth state"?

Meaning, they all gained rebirth?

Rebirth...

Could the transformation of the entire world also be related to this so-called "rebirth"?

When everyone gains "rebirth"...

Does that signify the birth of a new era?

Thinking this, Jiang Ye naturally became even more curious about the so-called "Rebirth state."

Of course, he was also very curious about that auditorium where the Zhou Qiming clone had been.

And why Zhou Qiming fell into a deep sleep from which he couldn't wake up...

Clearly, if given the chance, Jiang Ye wanted to visit that "Adolescent Personality Reconstruction School."

And now...

As time passed soaking in the Blood Pool, Jiang Ye clearly felt—

The pain-suppressing effect of this Blood Pool on his entire body was becoming increasingly obvious.

When he first entered the Blood Pool, he only felt the pain in his body was easing.

But during this period of conversing with these two...

It was like being slowly boiled like a frog in warm water—he gradually stopped feeling any pain at all.

And it really was like boiling a frog slowly; he didn't even know when he completely stopped feeling pain!

And not feeling pain meant he couldn't grasp the situation with Chen Cang over there.

Jiang Ye's brow furrowed slightly, his gaze falling on the two again. After looking back and forth between them, he asked He Yuliang: 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"In your previous life, under the influence of your [Luck] talent, you stumbled into this dungeon space by accident. Then you used your Pure Black Body to absorb the energy of this Blood Pool..."

"But in this life, you two no longer have Pure Black Bodies. How dare you still soak in this Blood Pool?"

"Aren't you worried that soaking a flesh-and-blood body in this Blood Pool might have negative effects?"

He Yuliang didn't answer directly. Instead, he glanced at Du Yuheng before speaking:

"After entering this space in this life, I indeed didn't plan to directly soak my flesh-and-blood body in the Blood Pool."

"This guy jumped in first, and then I followed. After all, he has [True Sight Eye]."

He essentially threw the question to Du Yuheng.

So Jiang Ye's gaze shifted to Du Yuheng, the questioning in his eyes very clear—

Why did you dare to jump directly into the Blood Pool?

And something else Jiang Ye really wanted to know—

Did this guy know Li Si?

And what was his relationship with Li Si?

Could Li Si also have guessed his identity?

Could he even have guessed that all those separately detached eyeballs that could still reflect images were "Jiang Ye"?

Before Du Yuheng could answer, a dark purple screen for [Target Anchor · Li Si] appeared again in Jiang Ye's field of vision.

Simultaneously, another line of text emerged from the screen—

[Have you entered the Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh? How is the pain suppression effect?]

[If the effect isn't enough, I can transmit some flesh and blood to you to feed to the largest skull in the Blood Pool.]

Huh?

Effect not enough?

Jiang Ye thought, the effect is more than enough! I've completely lost sensation now!

Of course, what he wanted to complain about more was—

How the heck do I use [Target Anchor]? I don't know!

Right now, I only know how to receive messages, not send them. What should I do?

Just as he was researching how to send a message to that dark purple screen...

Another dark purple screen appeared in his field of vision.

Two screens stood side by side.

The left screen displayed Li Si's appearance.

The right screen displayed "Cheng Lin's" appearance.

Jiang Ye studied the screen belonging to "Cheng Lin" and quickly figured out how to send messages.

So these two screens essentially formed a private chat box between friends.

What Li Si said appeared in the screen with his avatar.

What Jiang Ye said could appear in the screen with "Cheng Lin's" avatar.

The dialogue from both sides appeared simultaneously in both screens.

Jiang Ye tried sending a text message in the "Cheng Lin" screen:

[The effect of this Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh is too good. I've completely lost all sensation now.]

[But buddy, I'm curious—why don't you need to soak in this Blood Pool? Have you reached a point where you can't even feel pain in suppressing it?]

[Or is there something strange about this Blood Pool targeting me?]

He showed no courtesy, openly expressing his suspicion of Li Si.

However, Li Si might have attended the Beijing Film Academy, because he directly countered with doubt:

[You say you have no sensation now? That is indeed quite strange!]

[I remember the Blood Pool's effect was only to suppress some pain, not to make people completely lose sensation!]

[Could it be that, after being unmanaged for so long, my Blood Pool has undergone some mutation?]

[Why don't you tell me if you've noticed anything strange in the Blood Pool?]

Anything strange?

Jiang Ye thought, I met two people.

However, he could probably guess—

If Li Si was really acting...

Then the answer he wanted to hear was probably the smell of something burning.

Jiang Ye thought for a moment and gave an answer following Li Si's lead:

[I don't know if it counts as strange, but amidst the strong smell of blood, I caught a whiff of something burning.]

[Did your Blood Pool used to have a burnt smell?]

Sure enough, Li Si immediately said: [Burnt smell? The Blood Pool never had a burnt smell before!]

[It seems the Blood Pool has undergone some natural or man-made change?]

Jiang Ye clearly felt that Li Si wanted to guide him to explore that burnt smell.

Before Li Si could continue, he bluntly said:

[I see the Giant Toad doesn't seem intent on attacking us. Why don't you come to this Blood Pool too, and we can explore this burnt smell together?]

[And I think, given the Moon-Devouring Giant Toad's strength, if it really wanted to attack us... neither of us could escape, right?]

However, Li Si predictably refused to come to the Blood Pool. His explanation was—

[The earlier bamboo tube explosion destroyed my mechanical eyeballs. This has significantly impacted my strength.]

[You should have sensed it too. Choosing to split up with you wasn't just to avoid the Giant Toad; it's also because I myself am worried you might attack me.]

[Right now, I'm also encountering some trouble. An old enemy who tampered with my bamboo tube is hunting me, so I'm afraid I can't make it to the Blood Pool for now.]

Jiang Ye didn't believe a single word of this nonsense!

Based on his analysis of human nature...

Given the shallow relationship between him and Li Si...

If Li Si were truly being hunted, he would absolutely run straight to Jiang Ye, dragging him into facing the enemy together!

But here he was, acting as if he didn't want to involve Jiang Ye...

It was obviously fake at first glance!

However, since this guy refused to admit it, pressing further was pointless.

He directly ignored Li Si's screen messages and focused his gaze on Du Yuheng.

Because of the conversation with Li Si, the look he gave Du Yuheng unconsciously carried a chill:

"Well? Still haven't figured out how to answer?"

Du Yuheng was about to try to speak.

Jiang Ye suddenly interrupted forcefully again: "If you're going to fabricate lies, there's no need to open your mouth."

These words, this tone, felt quite familiar.

This version of Jiang Ye himself didn't know.

But He Yuliang and Du Yuheng knew. They had heard similar words and felt the same tone from Zhou Qiming.

So, Du Yuheng, who was about to speak, fell silent again for a moment.

When he finally spoke, his tone was somewhat helpless.

As if he had racked his brains to organize this statement:

"Have you ever heard this saying while browsing short videos—"

"Tell a lie, and you won't like it; tell the truth, and you'll really get angry."

"That's the situation I'm in now."

"Want to make up a lie? You tell me to just shut up;"

"But if I force myself to tell the truth, I'm afraid you'll kill me directly after hearing it..."

Hmm...

Although he was the one being complained about.

Jiang Ye had to admit, this guy's complaint was quite vivid.

After a few slightly awkward seconds, Jiang Ye put on a thoughtful expression, deliberately pondering:

"You have a point..."

"Although it's just a complaint, it also reveals—"

"That the truth you know is something that would make me want to kill you..."

"Since that's the case, how about... I just kill you directly?"

"..." Du Yuheng was speechless. "That's not how it works, bro?"

"Shouldn't a normal person say, as long as I tell the truth, you promise not to kill me? o(╥﹏╥)o"