However, based on Jiang Ye's previous speculation—

All SSS-grade talents inherently possess special skills that can trigger the "Rebirth state".

Even talents like "Cheng Lin's" SSS-grade talent can not only allow the talent holder themselves to trigger the "Rebirth state", but can even help other players trigger the "Rebirth state".

So logically speaking...

In the history of the Land of Exile, there should have been cases where Moon Person players triggered the "Rebirth state", right?

But those triggered "Rebirth states" probably all failed to successfully give birth to a "moon infant"?

Thus, it's not hard to conclude—

The Rebirth state and the moon infant are two different states.

Going from the "Rebirth state" to the "moon infant" step requires a certain incubation period.

And during this incubation time, a player in the "Rebirth state" is completely defenseless against everything in the outside world.

On top of that, there's also a moon-eating toad, constantly devouring players in the "Rebirth state"...

This also leads to the journey from the "Rebirth state" to becoming a moon infant becoming exceptionally difficult.

And this is probably the reason why the Land of Exile has only just now finally given birth to its "first" moon infant.

Moreover, the Rebirth state should be able to branch off into two paths—

When a Moon Person player triggers the Rebirth state, what's born is a "moon infant".

Then when a Sun Person player triggers the Rebirth state, what's born should be a "sun infant".

The "moon infant" born in the Land of Exile is the first one...

But in Qiankun Land, there should have been sun infants born.

Heck, maybe even moon infants have been born in Qiankun Land?

After all, based on the prompt—

It seems that because a moon infant was born in the Land of Exile, the Old Moon shifted towards the Land of Exile.

If this cause-and-effect relationship holds...

Then based on the current situation, we can deduce—

The reason why the current "sun" and "moon" only appear in Qiankun Land might be because Qiankun Land gave birth to sun infants and moon infants, causing the former "sun" and "moon" to shift towards Qiankun Land.

Of course, if the shift of the Old Moon has no causal relationship with the birth of the moon infant...

Then this speculation doesn't hold water.

However...

Within this series of logic, Jiang Ye has one point he can't understand—

Back in the Forest of Oddities, the one who triggered the "Rebirth state" with the help of Chen Cang's [Protagonist Halo]...

Wasn't, in essence, a pure Moon Person player.

It was a mindless Sun and Moon Person!

An experimental subject controlled by three Sun Person players!

Logically speaking...

A Sun and Moon Person belongs to both Sun People and Moon People.

So why did its triggered Rebirth state only give birth to a moon infant?

Could it be Jiang Ye speculated wrong, and in this world only "moon infants" exist, with no such thing as a "sun infant"?

Or was it because of other reasons that caused that Sun and Moon Person to ultimately trigger the "Rebirth state" as a Moon Person?

Jiang Ye thinks it's probably the latter—there were other reasons that caused the Sun and Moon Person at that time to trigger the "Rebirth state" as a Moon Person.

Because he clearly remembers the situation when the "Rebirth state" was triggered back then.

At that moment, all the mechanical eyeballs on the scene seemed to be controlled by something, automatically sinking into the ground.

It wasn't until that giant sphere of "Rebirth state" was snatched away by the moon-eating toad that the Sun Person players' mechanical eyeballs returned.

At that time, it seemed even the eyeball of that Sun and Moon Person who triggered the "Rebirth state" automatically sank into the ground.

So, perhaps it was because they lost their mechanical eyeballs at that time, causing that Sun and Moon Person to be judged as a pure Moon Person, thus giving birth to a pure moon infant...

Although he doesn't know the principle behind why all the mechanical eyeballs sank into the ground back then.

But perhaps it's because of such a mechanism that the "Rebirth state" only has two branches—sun infant and moon infant.

And there's no such thing as a Sun and Moon infant.

Just as Jiang Ye thought this, he suddenly remembered a detail with a jolt!

Li Si!

He transmitted his own mechanical eyeball to Chen Cang's side through that Bamboo Tube.

Then, taking advantage of the chaos from the bamboo tube's explosion, he claimed his mechanical eyeball was also destroyed in the blast...

But Jiang Ye doesn't believe that a mechanical eyeball with "enforcement" authority could really be destroyed by a mere explosion!

So that mechanical eyeball that disappeared in the explosion...

Could it have some kind of connection with the newly born moon infant?

Jiang Ye always feels...

Li Si isn't the type who would sincerely cling to someone's thigh.

He definitely has ulterior motives.

And his ulterior motives have a very high probability of being related to that moon infant!

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Jiang Ye's mind.

Meanwhile, He Yuliang, who was holding up the Funeral Feather to illuminate the pure black flesh and blood for the giant skeleton, trembled all over the moment he heard the prompt sound.

He didn't know there was an experimental subject on Chen Cang's side that had already triggered the Rebirth state.

He only knew—

He had just illuminated the pure black flesh and blood for this giant skeleton...

And the very next second, the prompt sound rang out!

So in his view...

This giant skeleton... was the moon infant he revived!

As for why the giant skeleton had no reaction when Du Yuheng and Jiang Ye used the Funeral Feather.

Isn't it obvious? Of course it's because he, He Yuliang, possesses SSS-grade Luck!

In this moment, He Yuliang even felt he was the destined Moon God!

The moon infant was born because of him...

Even the moon shifted for him!

Perhaps, once he uses that so-called [Salvation Domain] to randomly roll the "Rebirth state"...

He will become the Moon God?!

At that moment, He Yuliang's eyes shone frighteningly bright!

He didn't even bother seeking Du Yuheng and Jiang Ye's opinions anymore, directly aiming that Funeral Feather at the normal-sized small skeletons surrounding the Blood Pool, sweeping over them one by one.

This time, something truly bizarre really happened!

First of all...

Logically, when the Funeral Feather moved away, the pure black flesh and blood "illuminated" on that giant skeleton should instantly dissipate, right?

But it didn't!

Instead, after the root of the feather shifted away, it still maintained its pure black body!

Including those normal-sized skeletons around the Blood Pool...

They also should have only presented the appearance of their living flesh and blood bodies in the instant they were "illuminated" by the Funeral Feather.

Yet they were the same as the giant skeleton—

When the feather's aim shifted away from them...

They also still retained the appearance of having grown flesh and blood!

This scene was quite shocking to Jiang Ye.

But He Yuliang didn't think much of it...

He just thought it was his own SSS-grade [Luck] that caused this extraordinary result.

Almost in the blink of an eye, all the skeletons surrounding the entire Blood Pool grew normal flesh and blood...

Even more, they opened their eyes, looking at the three people in the Blood Pool...

They didn't look like corpses "illuminated to show their living appearance", but more like... living people who had been completely resurrected!

In an instant, Jiang Ye inexplicably felt a chill run down his spine.

He Yuliang, however, felt extremely excited, unable to contain his excitement as he said,

"The giant skeleton was revived by me into a moon infant..."

"Have these dead players also been revived by me?!"

"..."

Jiang Ye didn't even know what he was so excited about.

Before he could muster the energy to retort, he heard those skeleton people who had grown normal flesh and blood actually open their mouths in unison, responding to He Yuliang—

"Ye—s—"

Their enunciation was a bit slow, but these two words spoken sounded very uniform.

Uniform, like sounds emitted simultaneously by a machine.

Jiang Ye only felt increasingly creeped out.

He Yuliang, however, grew even more excited!

He looked at that group of so-called "resurrected" skeleton people as if looking at the kingdom he had conquered.

He directly asked again, "Your resurrection didn't trigger another system announcement..."

"Is it because moon infants beyond the 'first' one no longer generate announcements? Or is it because you all are no longer moon infants?"

This time, the unnaturally grown flesh and blood on the skeleton people surrounding the Blood Pool revealed eerie, gentle smiles.

They didn't answer directly.

Instead, after showing those eerie smiles...

Behind them, a voice seemed to drift across the void—

"Of course... they are not moon infants."

This sudden voice finally made He Yuliang feel like a bucket of cold water had been dumped over his head, his feverish excitement instantly cooling down.

Inexplicably, he too began to feel a creeping sense that something had spiraled out of control.

This belated fear made him unconsciously tense up all over.

The hand holding the Funeral Feather trembled once more.

And it was this tremble that caused the black-and-white feather to be snatched away as if by a gentle, weightless force.

It quickly disappeared into a patch of black mist.

Immediately after, under He Yuliang's horrified gaze...

Those eerie skeleton people he had "resurrected" and who had grown flesh and blood actually rose to their feet one by one, slowly.

He Yuliang was scared to death, thinking his "conquered kingdom" was starting a rebellion.

But that wasn't the case.

These skeleton people who had grown flesh and blood did not target him.

Instead, still as if controlled by something...

They stepped into the Blood Pool one after another, heading towards the direction of the giant skeleton.

Then, one by one, they personally cut off pieces of "flesh and blood" from their own bodies and threw them towards the mouth area of the giant skeleton.

Of course, at this time, the giant skeleton still maintained its pure black body.

Its "mouth" wasn't obvious.

But that didn't prevent the pieces of flesh and blood cut off by the skeleton people from being successfully fed into the giant skeleton's pure black body...

Watching this scene, He Yuliang secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

After all, these creepy things didn't attack him, which was good news for him.

However, Jiang Ye couldn't help but look at Du Yuheng.

That look clearly said—

Didn't you say this giant skeleton only eats the flesh and blood I feed it? What the hell is happening now?

Du Yuheng's expression was somewhat strange. After a long while, he lowered his voice and slowly uttered a sentence:

"In all my 'Deduction Modes'... I never heard the announcement 'Moon Infant Born'..."

Which means...

This anomaly might be related to the birth of the moon infant.

And "Moon Infant Born" might be a situation that changes history?

Or perhaps, this situation itself cannot be predicted or deduced?

Moon infant...

Even the moon shifted for it.

Then, how terrifying an existence must it be?

That voice that just sounded, responding to Du Yuheng...

Was it from the moon infant?

And now, the skeleton people with flesh personally cutting off their own flesh to feed the giant skeleton...

Is that also because of the moon infant?

Speaking of which... if the moon infant is this awesome, then... what about Chen Cang?

What's Chen Cang's current situation?

The moment this thought arose in Jiang Ye's mind, he clearly sensed—

The [Pain Sharing] mark he placed on Chen Cang had been erased!

This... could only have been erased by Chen Cang himself!

And the reason he would erase this mark...

Is most likely a case of burning bridges after crossing the river!

His pain has already ended.

And he judged that in the future, it would be difficult for him to face danger and pain again.

So in this situation, continuing to [Share Pain] with others would give others a chance to take advantage of his good fortune!

Therefore, he erased the [Pain Sharing] mark!

Then Chen Cang most likely gained immense benefits from the event of the "moon infant's birth"?

Just as he thought this, Jiang Ye sensed again—

The [Pain Sharing] mark on Li Si had also been erased!

For a moment, Jiang Ye was utterly speechless!

He felt like a tool who had been used!

Chen Cang and Li Si were the ones crossing the bridge.

And he was the bridge that got dismantled after they crossed?

Thinking this, he directly used the dark purple screen in his field of vision to send a message to Li Si:

[What's the meaning of this?]

This time, it was Li Si's turn to give him the cold shoulder—no reply at all!

Jiang Ye narrowed his eyes, his gaze falling on Du Yuheng again.

Du Yuheng tensed up all over.

He perceived the killing intent with crystal clarity!

That seemingly casual look clearly said—

My curiosity has probably grown to the point where I can't wait until the [Salvation Domain] cooldown ends!

Du Yuheng swallowed hard, sweat inexplicably beading on his forehead.

Soon, however, he calmed down and said to Jiang Ye,

"You can contact Li Si, right? How about sending him a sentence?"

Jiang Ye remained motionless, his gaze cool.

Du Yuheng continued, "—Killing by day, killing by night. The sun and moon are like knives, leaving no blood mark."

Jiang Ye remained silent for a moment, then sent this sentence word for word to Li Si.

At the same time, he gave Du Yuheng a cold sidelong glance, "What does that mean?"

"That is..." Du Yuheng hesitated slightly, "Something Li Si told me."

"He said this sentence can persuade him."

"It's like... have you seen 'The Beginning'?"

"In the bus loop, when the protagonist tells Lu Di 'Lu·Cat's Apostle·Asthma Conqueror·Chosen by the Light·Di', he will believe the protagonist, even if he hasn't entered the loop, doesn't have memories from previous loops..."

"..."

Jiang Ye felt this guy's example was quite vivid.

So, this sentence should be some kind of code phrase unique to Li Si.

Like in some sci-fi movies, where the protagonist, to make his past self believe he's his future self, would reveal a secret only the protagonist knows...

That indeed seemed to be the case.

Li Si, who hadn't replied before, almost immediately sent back a message:

[What does that mean?!]

Jiang Ye, of course, didn't answer, instead throwing back a question: [That question seems to be the one I asked you first.]

[What's the meaning on your side?]

[You and Chen Cang canceling Pain Sharing one after another... are you cutting me out or what?]

[Also, the birth of the moon infant... you probably know more than I do?]