The sunlight poured into the room, mixed with the scent of books, trying to create a cozy and comfortable atmosphere - but it didn't work.
The atmosphere on the scene had nothing to do with the bright sunshine, and the warmth sprinkled on them could not dispel the silence and solemnity here.
Although Jiang Yiyi had expected that this conversation would not be that simple, the fact that the other party gave her the correct answer as soon as they met still exceeded her imagination.
Li Yihe paused for a few seconds, of course not out of consideration to give Jiang Yiyi time to react, but to obtain enough information from Jiang Yiyi's reaction.
Those micro-expressions, the body's subconscious reactions, and even breathing, heartbeat, and blood flow will reveal the body's owner's true thoughts hidden under disguise.
Humans often think they can control everything, but in fact, they cannot even control their own instinctive reactions.
And the information these can give Li Yihe is far beyond everyone's imagination.
Li Yihe's world is extremely simple, because those faint existences that others cannot observe, those details that flow through thousands of words, present all the information and doubts in front of him, and combine them into answers to all questions - and he can get them at his fingertips.
Li Yihe had enough information and broke the silence: "Obviously, I am always right."
“Only I can do this.”
Li Yihe's tone was not so much pride as calmly stating the facts: "Even if it's just an endgame, it's enough to confuse everyone's judgment."
"Besides, even a paramecium should be very clear about my importance."
Li Yihe spoke faster unconsciously: "If time really does reset, then only if I join, can I find the only chance of survival in the endless cycle of reincarnation."
Jiang Yiyi: "In fact, you were the one who took the initiative to find us."
"Great, I'm getting interested."
Li Yihe sat upright, his eyes fixed on Jiang Yiyi's eyes and nose, and asked, "Who else is there besides you?"
"Bai Cang?"
"Without him?" Li Yihe got the answer from Jiang Yiyi's reaction: "Then there is only one reason..."
He tapped his fingers subconsciously on the table to accompany his rapidly jumping thoughts. He came to a new conclusion: "Indeed, Jiang Yi and you are very different. He is at the bottom, and you came down from the first floor..."
"If he is another you, then he doesn't have the ability to ease the loss of control of the ability user?" Li Yihe looked at Jiang Yiyi: "Or, the last you, you didn't have this ability."
"This is the only reason why Bai Cang might not be involved. He is completely out of control."
Jiang Yiyi looked at the time in silence. Only three minutes had passed since they started the conversation. It seemed that he didn't have to worry about how to tell the other party that long story, because the other party could completely restore everything by talking to himself.
This is the true meaning of what Jian Si said: you only need to tell him everything you know, and then you will naturally learn the things you don’t know from Li Yihe’s mouth.
Li Yihe obtains information from others that he does not know, and then infers things that others do not know from that information.
Li Yihe didn't care about this surprising conclusion that even gave rise to more doubts. He came to it casually, then threw it aside and continued to guess with great interest: "Kong Yueze?"
Jiang Yiyi blinked.
Li Yihe paused for a long time this time, and then skipped this point directly: "But they are not the key," he said firmly: "In this whole plan, I need a key that can affect the next reincarnation of time reset. Without him, all the arrangements will have no meaning..."
Li Yihe said to himself: "Of course, Jiang Yi's existence is indeed another key point that can affect this time reset, but before we start the time reset, can we confirm that you in the previous time cycle will exist in the next time cycle?"
He glanced at Jiang Yiyi and denied it: "It seems the answer is no."
"Since the other party is not in my plan?" Li Yihe nodded and said, "Then we can now be sure that the time has been reset twice at most."
If time had been reset many times, he would not have been unaware of it - Li Yihe was very sure of this.
Unless there is no change every time the time is reset - but this has been denied, since they who have reset the time this time can be extremely clearly aware of the existence of the previous time reset, and can even face another Jiang Yiyi who is inextricably linked to the previous time reset.
That is enough to prove that this so-called time reset cannot be truly "exactly the same".
Jiang Yiyi was not at all surprised by Li Yihe's quick conclusion, and even helped him correct his words: "First round, second round."
Li Yihe thought for two seconds and gave Jiang Yiyi an exceptionally bright smile: "So, this is indeed a game."
His eyes lit up, and in an instant he changed from rational to urgent, and he kept asking, "I like it. If you don't like it, can you give it to me?"
The other party's usual eagerness made Jiang Yiyi subconsciously lean back and keep a safe distance from him.
Although Jiang Yiyi had seen all kinds of crazy people, she had never seen this kind of person: "Do you like this game?"
Li Yihe showed a patient look: "Such an obvious thing..." He struggled to restrain the urge to finish this sentence: "Of course, I can understand, after all, you are just an ordinary paramecium."
How on earth did I control myself the last time we met
Jiang Yiyi had this doubt again.
Li Yihe shook his head and explained: "I'm talking about the game system that can enter the game, or the ability to materialize the game, not this game."
"What's the fun of this game?" Li Yihe seamlessly switched between excitement and criticism: "It's nothing more than the two themes of survival and evolution..."
"This game planner definitely doesn't want to make money." Li Yihe spoke quickly: "If it's about survival, then the Star Prison environment is too bad for players, unless he gives players cheats..."
Li Yihe's words came to an abrupt end.
Jiang Yiyi, who was listening with great interest to Li Yihe's criticism of that stupid planner, subconsciously looked towards Li Yihe and met his gaze.
Li Yihe repeated: "Player."
Actually, I want to hear you finish what you just said...
But obviously, Li Yihe's attention was completely focused on this word. He muttered to himself: "Player, yes, any game has players. Then who are the players of this game?"
He looked at Jiang Yiyi: "You are a player."
"What about the NPCs that were originally controlled by the players in the game?" Li Yihe's thoughts jumped back and forth: "Of course, Jiang Yi can be that NPC, Jiang Yiyi can also be that NPC..."
He paused and laughed, "But neither of you are."
Jiang Yiyi uttered a single syllable to express her doubts about his conclusion: "Hmm?"
Li Yihe doesn't mind his perfunctory performance. To be more precise, he doesn't care whether there are audiences or not. To him, he is just solving a very interesting problem, and he enjoys the process of getting the final answer from the layers of fog.
"Because of this plan, there must be another key point, a key point where I confirm that he is special enough and even believe that he can make an impact in the next round."
Li Yihe looked at Jiang Yiyi: "He should be the protagonist of this game, the NPC that should be controlled by the player, and the reason why the game plot can continue to advance."
"Who is he, then?"
Li Yihe took a deep breath, immersed in the joy of unraveling the mystery: "First, as another key point of the plan, he will definitely interact with you. Secondly, as an NPC that is supposed to be controlled by the player, he must be special enough."
He snapped his fingers: "The answer is out."
Jiang Yiyi poured herself a drink and drank it while enjoying the other person's showtime.
"All the people with special abilities who were originally at the bottom can be eliminated," Li Yihe said quickly: "A small piece of advice, if the game wants to have a long enough life, it's best not to let the story start from the bottom."
Jiang Yiyi interjected: "Are you interested in the gaming industry?"
"There are enough books at the bottom of the Star Prison." Li Yihe said casually: "And I have read them all."
Jiang Yiyi satisfied her curiosity and picked up the drink again.
"Then, there is only one person who meets the requirements..." Li Yihe paused: "Of course, the special caretaker also meets the first requirement, but he is not special enough."
"An undercover?" Li Yihe's state changed seamlessly again: "Who would want to play an undercover?"
Jiang Yiyi corrected him: "Pay attention to your wording. You are playing this game as an undercover agent."
"How boring is that?"
Li Yihe didn't pay attention to his words: "For ordinary players, this identity cannot generate a sense of immersion, and for players who like excitement, the identity of a prison guard is destined to insulate them from most excitement."
"So, unless the game planner doesn't have the ability to plan a game at all, he wouldn't come up with such a stupid design."
Jiang Yiyi poured Li Yihe a drink and pushed it in front of him.
Li Yihe ignored it and continued with great interest: "Then there is only one left..."
Jiang Yiyi asked, "Aren't there still crazy people?"
"Madman?" Li Yihe searched for this unfamiliar word in his mind. After pausing for two seconds, he remembered who the other person was: "A former Starfleet Army member who I have no impression of?"
He restrained himself and glanced at Jiang Yiyi: "If I have no impression of him, it only means that he has never done anything worth remembering..."
"Of course, this is not the main reason why I deny that he is the protagonist. He is just not special enough." Li Yihe emphasized: "In other words, in Xingyu, no one is more special than Jian Si."
"That innocent, stupid, weak, incompatible with the Star Prison, but the lucky guy who survived in the Star Prison unscathed until now." Li Yihe spoke quickly: "He has put suspicious labels all over himself."
"How did he survive? Luck?" Li Yihe said sarcastically, "Ha, then he must be the luckiest boy in the world."
Jiang Yiyi put down the cup in her hand: "Just as you guessed..."
Li Yihe had no interest in hearing the answer. He interrupted Jiang Yiyi and continued, "Of course, this could be a special setting of the game - let him be lucky enough."
"But there is another possibility." Li Yihe looked at Jiang Yiyi: "Last week's plan affected this round, causing the other party's current abnormality."
Jiang Yiyi closed her mouth and poured another drink.
Li Yihe's brain was working rapidly, combining those doubts one by one: "It's hard to be sure, but considering that this is more likely to be a survival game..."
Li Yihe paused, and his tone suddenly changed: "Star Prison is indeed an excellent place to survive, enough to make the game time extremely long."
Jiang Yiyi couldn't help but nodded in agreement.
"Does a survival game require the protagonist to be extremely lucky?" Li Yihe sneered, "The omnipresent death is the essence of it."
Jiang Yiyi couldn't help but ask, "What if this isn't a survival game?"
"Impossible." Li Yihe was very sure: "All your reactions prove that my guess is correct."
Jiang Yiyi repeated: "But if not, how do you come to this conclusion?"
"There is no such thing as if." Li Yihe said firmly: "Facts are facts. Assumptions are meaningless."
Even so, Jiang Yiyi was more interested in pure IQ deduction, while the deduction process of seeing the answer from his micro-expressions at a glance was slightly inferior - after all, the former was the crystallization of pure wisdom, while the latter...
Of course, you can’t say that it is not a product of intelligence, it’s just that it makes people feel more like a “superpower”.
Li Yihe's gaze paused on Jiang Yiyi for a moment: "I can understand that you don't understand the world I see. After all, the difference in IQ objectively exists, but this kind of mortal curiosity is meaningless."
"Whether it's an answer derived from pure wisdom or an answer directly derived from observation," Li Yihe tilted his head and said, "there is no difference."
"It's just that the former is more in line with society's mainstream assumptions about the limits of IQ."
"But does anyone here care about this?" Li Yihe laughed briefly: "We have never belonged to mainstream society."
"My wisdom will not lose any of its luster just because it is not recognized."