A Secret Unveiled Amidst Battle

After successfully navigating the BOSS’s skill attack, the team collectively relaxed and began to chat while fighting. Meanwhile, Lin Shenyue privately messaged Ye Jue, asking,

“Is this dungeon supposed to take so long?”

Ye Jue effortlessly parried an incoming attack, as the BOSS’s attack speed was quite slow. After noticing Lin Shenyue’s message, he pondered for a moment before replying,

“A normal dungeon usually takes about an hour in total. For this hard-mode dungeon, a single BOSS fight can take roughly that long. Level 15 dungeons can only be cleared twice a day. Later on, higher-level dungeons might only be available once every few days. Of course, clearing them typically takes several days’ worth of effort.”

Lin Shenyue frowned upon hearing this, her movements halting. Her voice sounded somewhat strange as she spoke,

“What are you trying to tell me with all this?” Though she had suspected something for a while, it was merely speculation. Now, based on Ye Jue’s actions, it seemed he was directly revealing this secret to her. If so, under what identity was he doing it?

Ye Jue remained silent for a long moment before stating calmly, “Though I don’t know how, Yue’er, you aren’t from this timeline either, are you?”

Indeed, after several days of observation, Ye Jue had noticed that the game’s progress was largely similar to his previous life, and reality showed no discernible changes. He himself was proceeding at his own pace in the real world. However, Lin Shenyue had inexplicably appeared outside the新手村 (Newbie Village) at the beginning of the game, something that had never happened in his past life. This suggested that Lin Shenyue was likely the one who had influenced this timeline.

The subsequent appearance of Exquisite Heart was probably also a ripple effect of Lin Shenyue’s influence, drawing them into the game. Neither of these two women could have been unknown in the previous life, yet he had never encountered them again, even after entering the game a month late, whether on forums or elsewhere. It was simply not plausible for female players possessing both beauty and skill to remain so obscure.

Of course, the larger reason he could discern this was because he himself was a reborn individual. It was like a normal person seeing only a crowd of ordinary people. But if you were a doctor, you would see the various ailments that might affect these ordinary people. If he hadn’t been reborn, he wouldn’t have considered this possibility at all. Even if he had, he would have likely been mistaken.

Lin Shenyue was startled at first, then realized Ye Jue had only said she wasn’t from *this time*, not that she wasn’t from *this world*. Her conjecture was entirely correct.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Shenyue cast another healing spell on Ye Jue and messaged him privately, “So, you aren’t either?”

Ye Jue dodged the giant’s attack once more. At his level, while multitasking was impossible, he could certainly manage two tasks simultaneously. He replied, “That’s right, I’m from five years in the future. What about you?”

Ye Jue had deliberated for a long time about admitting this truth, ultimately deciding to be honest with Lin Shenyue. He felt it could bridge the distance between them, making it easier to pursue her, didn’t it? However, what Ye Jue couldn’t have known was that even revealing his greatest secret would only earn him a degree of recognition from Lin Shenyue. How long it would take to actually win her over remained anyone’s guess.

Upon hearing Ye Jue’s words, Lin Shenyue indeed felt a sense of camaraderie. After all, both of them could be said not to belong to this timeline—and Lin Shenyue wasn’t even from this world. Piecing together everything Ye Jue had done, she instantly understood.

However, she found it difficult to reveal her own origins. Her intuition told her that claiming to be reborn from the future would likely cause trouble. Therefore, after some thought, she decided to disclose the fact of her transmigration, simply omitting the detail about her transformation.

“I’m not from the future; I’m from another parallel world.”

Ye Jue, in the midst of fending off the BOSS’s assault, stumbled when he saw this message. He failed to mitigate the next attack’s damage, instantly losing nearly 800 health. Nevertheless, he quickly recovered, sliding his feet to evade the subsequent strike, all while finding the presence of mind to send Lin Shenyue a private message.

“So, before you transmigrated, your original body had already died?” Ye Jue knew about transmigration; though he didn’t read novels, he was familiar with the concept.

“You could say that,” Lin Shenyue replied.

Ye Jue finally understood why Yue’er had never appeared in his previous life. The reason was likely that Yue’er, due to real-world problems, simply couldn’t appear in the game. But in this life, with the arrival of another person, subtle changes had occurred within the game. This made everything easier to explain.

Divine Wind, within the party, sensed a hint of abnormality. Unlike Xu Linglong and Embracing the Moon, Clear Breeze, he had been grouped with Lin Shenyue and Ye Jue for a long time. In the past few minutes, Ye Jue had made two mistakes, and Lin Shenyue had been slow with healing several times. While this didn’t affect the overall situation, Divine Wind knew they were definitely discussing something. He turned to look at Lin Shenyue, and after noticing her strange expression, he confirmed that the two were privately chatting. Divine Wind chuckled, not exposing them, but instead informed Embracing the Moon, Clear Breeze. Because Divine Wind had spoken in a hushed tone, no one else besides Embracing the Moon, Clear Breeze had heard him.

Embracing the Moon, Clear Breeze glanced at Lin Shenyue and Ye Jue, then at Divine Wind, immediately understanding. He raised his eyebrows, gossiping with a mischievous look.

Xu Linglong, who was dishing out damage beside the BOSS, frowned. Why did she feel the BOSS’s health was dropping slower? She opened the damage meter and, unknowingly, her damage had surpassed the two slacking players, reaching the top spot. What was going on? While a berserker’s damage was indeed slightly higher than other classes of equal skill, this was only true if both players had similar technique and equipment. Just a few minutes ago, her output was the lowest of the three.

She finally noticed Lin Shenyue and Ye Jue, who were clearly distracted, and couldn’t help but frown deeply. After glancing at Embracing the Moon, Clear Breeze and Divine Wind, who were exchanging glances, she muttered ‘perverts’ under her breath and unleashed all her frustration on the BOSS before her.