Li Ku said all this, clearly wanting to discuss this not-yet-mature plan of his with Li Si, and even the players present.

He also wanted to test whether the Birth of the Moon Infant could truly play a key role in annihilating the Sun People players.

However, everyone present was clearly a shrewd individual.

They all wore expressions of deep thought, following Li Ku’s line of thinking, but remained as silent as gourds with their mouths pursed shut.

In the end, it was Li Si who once again posed a guiding question to him: “Whether we can harness the Moon Infant’s power, I’m afraid no one can know. After all, the announcement also stated it’s the First Moon Infant born in the Land of Exile.”

“Something unprecedented naturally means no one knows exactly what abilities it has, or what use it might be…”

“However, accompanying the Moon Infant’s birth is also the Old Moon’s deviation, its shift towards the Land of Exile.”

“That is to say—the ‘moon’ originally located in the Qiankun Land will be transferred to the Land of Exile.”

“So, may I ask—do you know how the phenomenon of a ‘Solar Eclipse’ occurs?”

This single question made all the players present jolt with sudden shock.

How solar eclipses occurred in the Qiankun Land, they truly didn’t know, and couldn’t possibly know.

After all, they had never seen the Qiankun Land’s “sun” or “moon.”

It was even possible that some lower-tier Sun People players had never seen the “sun” or “moon.”

They could only feel the sunlight, sense the alternation of day and night.

But when they looked up at the sky, most of the time they couldn’t see the sun or moon.

So how solar eclipses happened in the Qiankun Land, many Sun People players themselves weren’t clear about.

They, being Moon People, naturally couldn’t be clearer.

But if they weren’t clear about the Qiankun Land, didn’t they understand “solar eclipses”?

Wan Xin, whose mind was simpler, directly tried to answer: “A solar eclipse, isn’t that just when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, just blocking the sun’s light…”

After saying this, he quickly realized: “Huh? Wait…”

“I roughly know that this world seems to be divided into the Land of Exile and the Qiankun Land by the Heaven and Earth Sun and Moon River.”

“These two parts are practically like two independent worlds.”

“The Land of Exile has no sun or moon, while the Qiankun Land simultaneously possesses both the sun and moon…”

“A solar eclipse can occur in the Qiankun Land precisely because it has both the sun and moon over there.”

“Then, when the Qiankun Land’s moon deviates towards the Land of Exile over here… wouldn’t the absence of the moon to block the sun make solar eclipses impossible?”

He originally posed this with a questioning tone.

But soon, belatedly, he looked at Li Si: “So, that’s what you meant—the Moon Infant is born, the Old Moon deviates… then the phenomenon of a ‘Solar Eclipse’ can no longer occur in the Qiankun Land!”

Indeed.

This was also a conclusion all the players present could reach, guided by Li Si’s words.

Chen Cang was especially alarmed by this problem.

Without solar eclipses, how was he supposed to complete his mission?

This question, of course, he couldn’t possibly ask everyone present.

Instead, it was Li Ku who followed up with a deduction:

“Although the trigger condition for ‘Solar Eclipses’ is gone, with the Qiankun Land lacking a ‘moon,’ might Sun People players still awaken Glyph Pattern Abilities?”

Li Si frowned and directly shook his head: “Obviously not.”

His answer was too definitive, clearly indicating he knew something.

The players present immediately cast inquisitive looks his way.

Li Si thought for a moment, then explained:

“If you think about it a bit, you’ll realize—”

“The Qiankun Land itself simultaneously possesses both the sun and moon.”

“The sun appearing alone, the moon appearing alone, or even both appearing simultaneously… none of these cause the phenomenon of awakening Glyph Pattern Abilities.”

“Only when the phenomenon of a ‘Solar Eclipse’ occurs do Sun People players have a Probability of randomly awakening Glyph Pattern Abilities.”

“And the essence of the ‘Solar Eclipse’ phenomenon is the sun and moon completely overlapping in the sky.”

“Remember that ‘Sun and Moon Sharing the Same Guilt’ theory? Most people interpret it as both Sun People and Moon People being guilty.”

“Actually, it has another layer of meaning.”

“In that other layer, this phrase is read as—’Sun and Moon Together, Guilt.'”

“‘Sun and Moon Together’ is the cause, ‘Guilt’ is the effect.”

“When the sun and moon overlap in the sky, under their combined influence, sin descends.”

“Thus, Sun People players incur guilt during solar eclipses, leading to their fall/corruption.”

Hearing this explanation, even Jiang Ye felt a surge of astonishment.

What was even more shocking was…

Wan Xin, this simple-minded guy, blurted out without thinking: “If that’s the case, then why doesn’t that ‘guilt’ appear during ‘Lunar Eclipses’?”

As soon as these words left his mouth, many of the gazes directed at him became complex.

Lin Jing was silent for a moment, then explained quite calmly: “Because of positional relationships.”

“During a solar eclipse, the positional relationship is Sun, Moon, Earth, with the moon in the middle.”

“During a lunar eclipse, the positional relationship is Sun, Earth, Moon, with the Earth in the middle.”

“Therefore, only during a solar eclipse, from the perspective of the ‘Earth,’ is it ‘Sun and Moon Together.'”

“During a lunar eclipse, from the perspective of the ‘Earth,’ it’s ‘Sun and Moon Apart.’ Because at that time, the sun and moon are on opposite sides of the Earth.”

Clearly, Lin Jing simplified the Earth to just “earth.”

Wan Xin did understand, realizing he had indeed spoken foolishly without thinking.

But soon, he couldn’t help his curiosity: “So, to put it that way, is the Qiankun Land also a giant sphere? Do the sun and moon orbit outside this giant sphere?”

“Then are the Qiankun Land and the Land of Exile two connected giant spheres? Is the Heaven and Earth Sun and Moon River where they connect?”

This assumption was actually somewhat naive.

But this question did carry significant weight.

Li Si fell silent for a moment, then seriously gave him an answer: “Regarding this question, those Sun People players at the peak of power have also desperately sought answers. They just never found one.”

“Theoretically, the Qiankun Land should be a sphere.”

“But in reality, it’s a plane. Moreover, this plane, disregarding any human factors, is like a sheet of paper laid flat, with almost no purely geographical undulations or elevations.”

Hearing this, Jiang Ye was shocked once again!

How could a normal geographical environment have no undulations?!

Unless this environment itself wasn’t naturally formed… but one shaped by external forces?

Thinking this, Jiang Ye’s gaze once again fell upon this Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh space.

After the black mist dispersed, the appearance this space presented was exactly that of the Doomsday Apartment Rooftop.

But it clearly wasn’t the “rooftop” of a tall building.

It was merely a plane viewed from a high-rise perspective.

Jiang Ye had previously thought of placing this Blood Pool space’s plane onto the apartment rooftop, thus forming the later Doomsday Apartment Rooftop.

However, now he was developing a different idea.

Remember before his main body’s first disconnection, when Jiang Ye sought the White-Robed Woman for refuge in a dark environment?

The White-Robed Woman pointed him to a spatial passage leading to the “Apartment Ruins.”

Regarding the so-called “Apartment Ruins,” the White-Robed Woman’s explanation was that they were what remained after the Novice Apartment was destroyed in 11 days.

And the situation of those “Apartment Ruins” was actually somewhat similar to this Blood Pool space.

Both were just the plane of a rooftop.

And how did Jiang Ye view those “Apartment Ruins” back then? (Refer to Chapter 85)

At that time, he viewed the apartment ruins through the lens of “apartment destruction.”

So he subconsciously wondered how exactly the Novice Apartment was destroyed.

Thus, he naturally concluded—

It was as if a tremendous force had flattened the Novice Apartment from the rooftop downwards.

So the original high-rise building only left behind the plane of the rooftop, forming the so-called “Apartment Ruins.”

Back then, Jiang Ye understood it as physical “flattening by a tremendous force.”

But now, having experienced far too much, he thought of another term—Dimensional Reduction Strike!

Speaking of which…

Do two-dimensional plane creatures living in a two-dimensional world know they live in a two-dimensional world?

At the very least, Jiang Ye truly didn’t feel he lived in a two-dimensional world.

The space he perceived was clearly three-dimensional!

Up and down, left and right, front and back, space in all directions, he could clearly perceive it all!

How could such a world possibly be two-dimensional?

But it’s like—

You can’t discuss the sea with a frog at the bottom of a well, for it is confined by its limited space.

You can’t discuss ice with a summer insect, for it is bound by its short lifespan.

Perhaps he, and everyone in this world, are frogs at the bottom of wells and summer insects.

Under the limitations of space and time, we use our own assumptions to understand this world.

Just as Jiang Ye once pondered—

How would an AI understand humans from its perspective?

Could an AI understand that human life resides in flesh-and-blood bodies?

Probably not.

AI processes data.

All it can understand is data.

So in its eyes, humans are also just a set of data, a set of data with fixed patterns.

AI can learn every detail of humans, from hair strands to blood vessels, and the entire history from prehistoric times to the present, by processing text and even image information.

But all the details it learns are data.

Hair is data, blood vessels are data, history is data too…

So from the AI’s perspective, humans are also just a string of data.

It is like the frog at the bottom of the well and the summer insect, confined to a specific time and space.

It can only see the sky presented by the “well.”

It can only perceive the flow of time within the scope of its own existence.

The world beyond, perhaps it can be aware of, but can only use itself as an analogy.

Just like the gods humans imagine inevitably have human forms.

So the humans imagined by AI are also, like AI itself, a string of data.

So assuming they are currently in a situation similar to the frog in the well, the summer insect, and the AI…

Then they might indeed be unaware that they live in a two-dimensional world.

Even now, Jiang Ye can only use the term “two-dimensional,” which he can comprehend, to understand this world.

But the actual situation might be completely beyond what he can analogize and imagine with his own cognition.

This is the blindness of being inside the situation.

Jiang Ye couldn’t help but ponder and doubt…

The Nomadic Merchant, or rather… himself.

Over and over, infinite Reincarnation…

Is it desperately seeking an answer that cannot be found—

Where exactly is his main body…

If endless Reincarnation never finds the main body.

Then does it mean…

The true main body is not within the Reincarnation?

Jiang Ye recalled again the Nomadic Merchant’s monologue, which seemed heavy or sorrowful, yet also extremely calm—

After all the “ifs”…

Choosing to “use Reincarnation to awaken you”…

Until you wake up.

But within endless Reincarnation…

What kind of trigger is needed to be awakened?

From the perspective of the Doll Jiang Ye at that time, his gaze unconsciously looked towards the distant horizon.

He even felt an impulse to question the heavens.

If the world truly was “two-dimensional” as he understood it…

Then, the act of questioning the heavens might also be questioning the earth?

While Jiang Ye’s thoughts drifted far away.

The players present were also thinking deeply.

Wan Xin, still saying whatever came to mind, couldn’t help but ask again:

“You mean to say, the Qiankun Land is a pure plane…”

“The sun and moon, they aren’t rotating or orbiting or anything, but are just floating on this plane?”

“Floating around, suddenly overlapping, forming a ‘Solar Eclipse’?”

Li Si didn’t answer, seeming to tacitly agree.

This gave Wan Xin an opportunity, and he immediately raised a challenge:

“If they’re just floating and shifting on a plane like that, then a ‘Lunar Eclipse’ should also be a state of ‘Sun and Moon Together’!”

“After all, in this world, the ‘earth’ is a plane, and the ‘sun and moon’ are above the plane!”

“Then both solar and lunar eclipses would be ‘Sun and Moon Together’! There wouldn’t be a situation of ‘Sun and Moon Apart’ at all!”

Because this argument essentially negated his earlier foolish, thoughtless remark, Wan Xin’s tone was quite excited.

The other players, hearing this, initially felt his point made sense.

But soon, someone frowned and said, “No! You’re being too presumptuous!”

“Whether it’s a solar or lunar eclipse, the reason they can occur is because the moon itself doesn’t emit light; only the sun does.”

“A solar eclipse is when the moon blocks the sun’s light.”

“A lunar eclipse is when the Earth blocks the sun, preventing the sun’s light from reaching the moon.”

“The essence of both is blocking sunlight.”

“So even if the sun and moon are just floating and moving on the same plane…”

“It’s impossible to have the ‘lunar eclipse’ you described, formed by the sun blocking the moon!”

“Because if the sun blocks the moon, wouldn’t that just be sunlight shining on the earth?”

Wan Xin pondered and realized that was indeed the case, instantly feeling embarrassed again.

However, he still couldn’t help but wonder: “If it’s not the sun blocking the moon… then what blocks the moonlight during a lunar eclipse in this world?”

“And actually, if the sun and moon are truly moving on the same plane… then there shouldn’t be a distinction between day and night; it should be perpetually bright, right?”

“The sun’s light would always shine on the ground. The non-luminous moon would never be seen.”

“But the Qiankun Land clearly isn’t like that, is it?”

“Correct.” Li Si nodded, taking the opportunity to explain, “Because the moon in this world, although it doesn’t emit light, can absorb light.”

“The distinction between day and night in the Qiankun Land actually depends on the interplay between the sun and moon.”

“When light is completely absorbed by the moon, the sky appears as night.”

“When the moon is saturated with light, excess sunlight is released, presenting the appearance of daytime.”

“Or perhaps putting it this way is more intuitive—”

“In our original world, only ‘light’ was a form of energy. Darkness was merely where light didn’t reach.”

“The daytime we saw was because ‘there was light.’ The night we understood was because ‘there was no light.'”

“Day and night were determined solely by the single factor of ‘light.'”

“But in this world, ‘darkness’ itself is also a form of energy.”

“So the day and night of this world are determined by two energies: ‘light’ and ‘darkness.'”

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