Chapter 609: White Hair at the Temples! A Contradictory Conclusion!

"You look like it's been tough; you haven't run into anything, have you?" Lin Yang walked over, concerned.

"Um… there were two scumbags who claimed to be Old Era players, didn't treat me as a person, and I ended up slaughtering them both." Qin Weiyang said lightly.

It's the same old story.

Her combat power is extraordinary, and she's ruthless and decisive.

"Your game also has Old Era players?" Lin Yang asked, surprised.

"What's up?" Qin Weiyang looked at Su Yang with a strange expression, then glanced at Lin Yang, and asked in doubt, "Do such players really exist?"

Lin Yang licked his dry lips and said, "Before you returned, Su Yang was still telling me about this thing; I didn't expect you'd run into it too."

Qin Weiyang blinked her beautiful eyes, "I thought that guy was spouting nonsense, and I got so angry that I killed them all."

"Give me the details." Su Yang suddenly became interested.

"The survival game I'm in isn't that convoluted; it's just a single space divided into eighty‑one Cubes."

"Players stand on a Cube, use Luoshi to locate Safe Zones, and every hour one Cube drops."

"Below the Cube is magma; falling down causes instant vaporization."

"That dog couple at first pretended they didn't know each other, but in fact they had long been colluding in secret."

"When only three Cubes remained, they deliberately spread false information and, entering the game with their bodies, lured me onto the wrong Cube."

"At that moment I didn't think much and simply stood together with them."

"Who knew that when the time was up the Cube shattered, and the two, relying on their Innate Talent, jumped to a Safe Zone."

After listening, Su Yang roughly understood the Death Game process she was playing.

In short, it's gambling plus cheating.

Forming groups is a reasonable strategy for players.

"Luckily you had 'Light Feather' to dodge this disaster?" Lin Yang asked.

"Yeah, that dog couple didn't expect me to fly; in their shameful anger they tried to attack me, so…" Qin Weiyang tilted her head, the meaning obvious.

"They never imagined they'd crossed the wrong person, daring to set their plan against you," Lin Yang clicked his tongue, his words full of sympathy for them.

"The dog couple are both Second‑Order Gene Modifications; although I'm First Tier, they only know how to use Turtle Fist, which isn't my match," Qin Weiyang said lightly.

"Did they mention when they were 'kidnapped'?" Su Yang asked.

"It seems… no," Qin Weiyang tried to recall, then shook her head.

Su Yang frowned; if we follow her account, judging by evolution level, she might be from the same era as Zhu Xiang.

That is, five years ago!

"No wonder you spend more time on the game than I do; that's the reason," Lin Yang realized.

He was initially smug about his 'Thunder Hand Technique'.

He never imagined it was due to the game's increased difficulty.

"That means…" Lin Yang suddenly thought of something, exclaiming, "Did all the ones who haven't returned encounter Old Era players?"

"That's possible," Su Yang nodded slightly.

Jiang Chengyu and the others have not returned yet… three possibilities.

Either the game difficulty is high, and they're still searching for Hidden Achievements and rare Hidden Achievements.

Or they've met Old Era players and are still negotiating and battling them.

Or…

They're already dead!

"This isn't fair; they've accumulated so much game experience, their evolution level is higher than ours—how can we play like this?" Lin Yang said.

Hearing that, Su Yang looked him straight in the eyes and slowly said, "That's why I pushed you so hard this morning."

"Our competitors are constantly getting stronger, and at the same time we might encounter people who entered this world years, even decades, before us."

"To us, they seem more like players who entered the beta server."

"If we don't become stronger in every aspect, when we later face stronger players, defeat will be the only outcome."

Su Yang's intention was a reminder.

It wasn't because Lin Yang's joke made him angry.

His mindset hasn't become that petty yet.

But he never expected that Lin Yang hadn't encountered the Remnant Faction of the Old Era.

That was beyond his expectation.

"But… that doesn't add up," Qin Weiyang wiped the blood from her leg and asked, "If they entered five years before us, why are their Gene Modifications only Second‑Tier?"

"Exactly!" Lin Yang immediately nodded in agreement, "They've been playing for five years and are still alive, which shows they've been earning Faith Value all along."

"As for the 'Ascend God' Seed, how could it be so biased to this extent?"

"Not even willing to allocate a tiny bit of Faith Value?"

"Then the team would fall into chaos."

"Also the 'Curse'—a team is just those few people; if they don't secure first place in the Watch Warehouse, with a Death Game once a month, it will inevitably fall on their heads."

Su Yang also had doubts about this.

Zhu Xiang is an exception.

He was trapped in the 'Seven‑Day World' during his first year in this world, unable to leave.

Dong Qianqing and Cao An are the same.

Thus it's not hard to explain why their evolution level is low.

Meanwhile, He Chuan has been in 'Fake Death' within the game for a full twenty years.

And he only has Third‑Tier Gene Modification.

Su Yang guessed that he should have the same encounter as Zhu Xiang.

But the player Qin Weiyang met was only Second Tier…

It can't be that they also have an experience of being trapped in the game.

Lin Yang, seeing Su Yang remain silent, said, "Could it be that the cycle isn't as long as five years, maybe it happens once every one or two years?"

"Impossible, it must be five years!" Su Yang said firmly.

Lin Yang scratched his head, "Then it doesn't make sense."

Qin Weiyang looked at Su Yang, whose brow was tightly knit and whose face wore a tangled expression, and his Corner of Eye suddenly caught a white strand at Su Yang's temple.

Qin Weiyang couldn't help but gently pat his Shoulder, "Let's set it aside for now; we'll talk when the companions return."

"Look at you, so young and already have white hair."

Saying that, she reached out and pulled that white hair out.

Su Yang fixed his gaze, instinctively touched his hair, "It's fine; in this world you and I have endless lifespans, so shortening life won't happen."

"That still shouldn't be such a strain on one's body," Qin Weiyang insisted.

Su Yang turned his head, looked at her eyes full of concern, and smiled, "Alright, I'll listen to you."

Qin Weiyang gave a faint smile at the words, "I'm hungry."

"Come, I'll take you to eat!" Su Yang helped her to the dining table and sat down.

When Lin Yang presented a clean set of bowls and chopsticks, Qin Weiyang began to eat leisurely.

Su Yang looked at her profile, but his Brain was full of contradictory conclusions.

"Even a living pig, given five years, should evolve into a Superhuman-like being."

"But the opponent she met has such a low Evolution Level."

Thinking of this, Su Yang suddenly looked at the Screen.

"Could it be…"