If it were before, during those aimless times...

He might have still had some leisure to deal with these Sun People players to obtain more information.

However, now...

It's all unnecessary!

Jiang Ye couldn't be bothered to deal with them, so naturally, he didn't answer. Instead, he directly made a "please" gesture towards that Hair Tree.

This posture clearly said—please explore on your own, everyone.

However, the arrogance of the Sun People players is almost ingrained in their bones and blood.

Especially that leading Infant.

His appearance looked even more youthful than Li Si's image when he was a Sun People player, and more childlike than the three Kid Brothers from the Mist Train before.

The younger the age, the higher his Authority Level, and naturally, the higher his pride.

The aura emanating from him was naturally even more overbearing.

He was clearly very dissatisfied with Jiang Ye's reaction.

Those childlike, clear eyes instantly shot out a red beam of light, targeting Jiang Ye.

Immediately, within the vision provided by the mechanical eyeballs, an instruction text automatically appeared in Jiang Ye's view:

[Transform to Primitive State.]

Obviously, this was an instruction issued to him by this Sun People player.

Originally, Jiang Ye indeed didn't plan to waste time putting on a show with these Sun People.

But soon, he thought of the effect of the "Primitive State" Sun and Moon People watch...

His mind shifted, and he decisively obeyed the command, switching to the Primitive State.

That is, the appearance of a Sun and Moon People brand watch: one Prison watchband with two mechanical eyeballs.

And that Sun People player, with practiced ease, raised a hand and put the Sun and Moon People brand watch he had transformed into onto his wrist.

Thus, in an instant, this guy possessed the new identity of "Cheng Lin."

His first action, naturally, was to check the Data Panel, and then the whole person fell into shock!

Stunned speechless, he couldn't help but mutter—

"This [Salvation Domain]... this Rebirth state?!"

"This... this time's Birth of the Moon Infant... could it be related to this Sun and Moon Person?!"

"No! It should be related to the Sun Person behind him, the one controlling him!"

"Even... this [Salvation Domain] can actually spread like a virus! Continuously allowing more people to possess this skill!"

"Perhaps by now, quite a few players already have this outrageous skill!"

"And if the Birth of the Moon Infant is truly related to this skill..."

This Sun People player clearly experienced an internal storm the moment he saw the skill description of [Salvation Domain]!

Such shock disrupted his state of mind!

Meanwhile, Jiang Ye, while sensing this freshly produced TX-level clone, silently responded to this guy's shock in his heart—

Yes, that's right! The Moon Infant you're so fixated on... is currently parasitizing on me right now!

Thinking this, he suddenly became curious again—

For a Sun People player like this, who obtains a brand new body through the Sun and Moon Person's Primitive form...

Is this "Cheng Lin"-looking body he's presenting also a body that has had its physical body level upgraded?

Or is it that the physical body level upgrade only affected Jiang Ye himself.

So when he switched to the Primitive form, it only affected that Sun and Moon People brand watch?

Speaking of which, he hadn't had time to properly research whether the Primitive form Sun and Moon People watch showed any changes after the physical body level upgrade...

Just as he was thinking this and pondering how to convert this guy into a TX clone...

One of the underlings behind this guy spoke up:

"Brother Su! This Prison watch transformed from a Sun and Moon Person... seems different from other watches!"

"Hmm?" The Sun People player called "Brother Su" paused his gaze, suddenly snapping out of his shock. He raised his hand to look at that Sun and Moon People brand watch.

A normal Prison watch has a very minimalist style.

Its watch face has no hands; instead, a light screen displays the player's information.

Just like the initial prison's light screen displaying name, Crime, and Sentence.

This Cheng Lin version Sun and Moon People brand Prison watch is basically no different in appearance from other watches.

Except that on the light screen displaying the player's basic information, a faint background image of a crescent moon is vaguely visible!

That crescent moon is very thin. According to moon phase terminology, it should be called a New Moon, or a New Moon.

And the entire New Moon image is not conspicuous in the light screen background.

It's like a light screen background with the transparency turned exceptionally high.

And it's also... a dynamic background.

That New Moon seems to be moving extremely slowly within the light screen background.

The degree of slowness is such that players without mechanical eyeballs definitely couldn't see it.

But Sun People players all come with mechanical eyeballs, so they clearly captured it.

And this unique watch scene indeed caused these Sun People players to be shocked one after another.

That Brother Su even directly declared:

"Indeed! My guess just now was absolutely correct!"

"This... this Sun and Moon Person with [Salvation Domain] is indeed somehow connected to the Birth of the Moon Infant!"

After this shock, a flash of wild joy clearly passed through Brother Su's eyes.

The other Sun People players beside him, however, had complex looks in their eyes, with dark glints flickering in their depths from time to time.

At the same time, that Sun People player who first pointed out the abnormality of Jiang Ye's Sun and Moon People brand watch suddenly spoke again with a terrified expression:

"Wait! Brother Su! There's another problem!"

"Look at the two eyeballs at the end of this watch's band... those eyeballs can clearly reflect visual scenes!"

Upon hearing this, that "Brother Su" stiffened all over.

He raised his hand again, rotating the watch on his wrist.

Previously, the watch face was upward; now he changed it so the two mechanical eyeballs at the end of the band faced upward.

The mechanical eyeballs at the end of the band are slightly smaller than normal mechanical eyeballs.

They look like two decorative spheres.

Brother Su looked closely at those pitch-black spheres and indeed saw his own reflection in their pupils...

Like looking into a mini mirror.

At that moment, Brother Su personally watched as his own expression in the eyeball changed from joy to stiffness.

Because he knew—

Players whose eyeballs possess this characteristic, even if they are Sun and Moon People...

Are no longer the kind of Sun and Moon People without thoughts.

This kind of Sun and Moon Person...

Are basically Running Dogs of the Exile City Boss!

Those unusual eyes are the mark left by the Exile City Boss!

Actually, many Sun People players during this period haven't had contact with the Exile City Boss.

They've only heard rumors about how the Exile City Boss has such and such heaven-defying methods.

Actually, they don't even need to hear about his outrageous heaven-defying methods.

Just knowing that guy, ages ago, forcibly transplanted the entire Qiankun Land's "World Tree" to the Land of Exile...

This one outrageous feat is enough for all Sun People players to deeply understand how outrageous that guy is!

After all, the ruins of the World Tree still remain in Qiankun Land.

That piece of land, broader than over a dozen cities combined...

That place was actually the land once occupied by the "World Tree's" root system.

It's not hard to imagine how terrifyingly colossal the former World Tree must have been.

Yet, it was forcibly moved by a single player...

With just this legend, many Sun People players still harbor doubts.

Because it's truly, too unbelievable!

But even while maintaining a skeptical attitude...

Most Sun People keep a respectful distance from that mysterious and unpredictable Exile City Boss.

And this Brother Su, he also knows a secret that most Sun People players are unaware of—

It's said that besides the outrageous feat of moving the "World Tree," that Exile City Boss has another heaven-defying method that chills people to the bone.

He can mark any player without them knowing.

Turning players into his Running Dogs!

Here, "any player" doesn't just refer to Moon People, but also Sun and Moon People, and even Sun People!

So...

At this moment, seeing his own reflection in that eyeball...

How could Brother Su not be terrified!

Not just terrified, he was somewhat despairing!

He even began to suspect whether he himself might already have been marked as a Running Dog?!

In an instant, this Brother Su, like throwing away a hot potato, ripped off the Sun and Moon brand watch and hurled it fiercely into the mist.

This was almost an instinctive reaction of a creature under extreme fear.

However...

That Sun and Moon brand watch, which should have been thrown far away by him, was caught by that Sun People player who pointed out the watch's problem.

Jiang Ye had noticed this Sun People player long ago.

His appearance was that of a Youth.

Even older than the average Youth. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to understand him as an adult.

He was the one who looked the oldest among this batch of Sun People.

And such a relatively large "age" meant his Authority Level within the Sun People group was not high.

Jiang Ye noticed him, of course, not just because of his relatively large age.

But because this guy had a somewhat uncanny power of observation.

The dynamic background image on the watch's light screen was actually very faint.

The color of that New Moon was very close to the light screen's own color.

Even with mechanical eyeballs, it could only be discovered by looking with exceptional focus.

Moreover, when people look at a light screen, their attention is on the information displayed on it.

If their attention is diverted by the information on the light screen, then the Probability of noticing the peculiarity in the background naturally becomes even lower.

Just like when readers read a novel, their attention is on the text.

They rarely notice extremely subtle changes in the novel's background image.

That Brother Su, even with close contact with the watch, didn't notice.

That adult Sun Person, however, discovered the clue before Brother Su.

Then there was the detail about the mechanical eyeballs reflecting scenes.

From Brother Su's posture wearing the watch, that adult Sun Person's perspective shouldn't have allowed him to see the eyeballs' pupils.

For him to directly point out that the eyeballs could reflect scenes was truly suspicious!

Not to mention, at this moment, he caught the watch that Brother Su reflexively threw.

This scene left Brother Su both shocked and furious, and he warned him:

"Don't think that just because these eyeballs are related to the Moon Infant, you've picked up a treasure!"

"Do you know what this kind of eyeball that can reflect scenes means?!"

"The Exile City Boss! That's an existence even the old things in the Sun and Moon Tower have to keep at a respectful distance!"

After angrily retorting, this Brother Su seemed to realize something again.

Although Qiankun Land isn't as cruel as the Land of Exile.

It's also not a place that "reasons" with you.

Between Sun People players, what matters is authority.

So...

After the wasted-breath warning, Brother Su spoke sternly again:

"Qi Lin! I order you—throw that thing away!"

However, that Sun Person called Qi Lin clearly didn't plan to obey the order.

Of course, he also didn't directly resist a Sun Person with higher authority than him.

Holding the watch, he said earnestly, "To avoid inviting disaster, I'll personally throw this watch far away."

"Brother Su, you all can explore this dungeon space first."

"This Sun and Moon Person suspected to be related to the Moon Infant came out of this dungeon space... so this dungeon space might also hide clues related to the Moon Infant."

As he spoke, Qi Lin made as if to leave with the watch.

After throwing the watch away, Brother Su resumed his Infant appearance.

At this moment, his brows furrowed deeply, and the look he gave Qi Lin was clearly filled with dissatisfaction.

But in the end, he actually didn't say much, silently allowing Qi Lin to take the watch and leave.

Just from this scene, Jiang Ye became convinced again—

This guy called Qi Lin is probably not simple!

And his watch was taken by Qi Lin. With a series of swift movements, they quickly distanced themselves from that Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh dungeon space.

Now, the Cheng Lin version of Jiang Ye and the Guiwen version of Jiang Ye were out of contact again.

Fortunately, he still had the Exile City version Jiang Ye's [Target Anchor] crystal chip.

Teleporting the "Formless Leaf" was still very convenient.

Just as Jiang Ye thought this guy would take him to some hidden place to do something...

He never expected that after moving away from the Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh's Hair Tree, this guy suddenly turned back!

And when he turned back, that batch of Sun People led by Brother Su were naturally no longer there.

Obviously, they had most likely entered the Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh dungeon space.

Just as Jiang Ye again thought this guy was going to do something to him here...

He suddenly saw black smoke billowing out from between this guy's fingers.

In an instant, the thumbnail of his thumb grew continuously to several centimeters wide and dozens of centimeters long, looking as sharp as a sickle!

This guy directly removed his sickle-like nail and began vigorously chopping at that Hair Tree that led to the Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh dungeon space!

This scene directly stunned Jiang Ye!

Not just because this guy turned back to chop down the Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh's Hair Tree...

The key point was, if he wasn't mistaken—

That method of using the nail like a sickle that you take off and use... is clearly a Glyph Pattern Ability!

Glyph Pattern Ability is a symbol of "sinners"!

How could a Sun People player possibly possess a Glyph Pattern Ability that only Moon People players can have?

The moment this doubt arose, Jiang Ye suddenly realized—

This Sun People player called Qi Lin...

Has a very high Probability of being related to the abandoned Mental Hospital in the World Tree ruins, or rather, to that Chen Ji!

And the batch of Sun People players with him probably didn't just happen to pass by.

Their initial target was likely this Hair Tree connected to the Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh!

The other Sun People, including that Brother Su, were probably all guided here by Qi Lin.

And this Qi Lin's goal might have been, from the very beginning, to chop down that Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh Hair Tree!