Jiang Ye was completely stunned!

Let me just say...

The one who signed the Blood Prison Contract with the Moon Infant was clearly Chen Cang!

It should have been Chen Cang's blood that could nourish the Moon Infant!

So why did this thing end up absorbing Jiang Ye's blood, and seemingly grow mini limbs that looked like little fleshy bumps?!

Moreover...

Those mini limbs that looked like fleshy bumps... Jiang Ye had a feeling... he might have seen them somewhere before!

It's just that the thing hadn't fully grown yet, so for a moment, he couldn't pinpoint exactly where he had seen it.

However, upon second thought, he couldn't help but find it strange—

When Chen Cang previously tried to feed blood to this mini Moon Infant, his blood was diluted by that layer of "Ice Ore," which essentially meant it wasn't fed to the little Moon Infant.

And at this moment, Jiang Ye's blood didn't seem to be absorbed by the little Moon Infant inside the Ice Ore either, but rather...

It seemed to be absorbed by the Ice Ore itself!

And...

Actually, upon closer observation, one would notice—

Those fleshy bumps resembling limbs and a brain weren't growing from the "little Moon Infant" wrapped at the center of the Ice Ore.

Instead, it was more like the Ice Ore itself, after absorbing blood, grew fleshy bumps that simulated limbs!

This...?

Was he misunderstanding? Were those fleshy bumps not actually living creatures in essence?

Or was it that both Chen Cang and Li Si had misunderstood—that so-called Ice Ore wasn't a protective layer wrapped around the Moon Infant...

But was actually part of the Moon Infant itself?!

After this thought emerged, Jiang Ye quickly discovered—

That entire little fleshy tumor, now completely turned blood-red, had entirely covered the so-called "little Moon Infant" inside.

Previously, one could see the "little Moon Infant" through the "Ice Ore."

Now, looking through the "blood-red fleshy tumor," it was completely invisible.

If one hadn't seen the previous version of the Moon Infant and only looked at this current version...

Then, one probably couldn't imagine that inside that blood-red fleshy tumor, a mini little creature was still wrapped.

And as the "limbs" and "brain" extending from the "blood-red fleshy tumor" became clearer and clearer...

It became clearly visible that its "limbs" gradually differentiated into "eight limbs," visibly growing into a long, fleshy, worm-like creature with 8 legs and a brain as bizarre as a suction mouth...

It was only then that Jiang Ye suddenly realized where he had seen this kind of creature before!

He remembered that previously, the Pseudo-Main Body in the Court of Disorder traded with that Apartment Boss Q for a kind of eerie creature that could freeze players into "Ice Sculptures."

In the very beginning, Jiang Ye called that creature—Ice Crystal Tear Drop.

Later, when trading with Apartment Boss Q, Boss Q called that creature—Luminox Larva!

It was said this creature was immortal and indestructible; even in extreme environments, it would enter a death-like "Cryptobiosis" state.

It would only "revive" again when the time was right.

Including the black cloth that suppressed the Lightburn effect, it was also made from Luminox Larvae in the Cryptobiosis state.

And when Apartment Boss Q introduced the Luminox Larva to him, he also mentioned another creature—the Water Bear.

The Water Bear was also a miraculous creature that was immortal and indestructible, automatically entering the "Cryptobiosis" state in extreme environments where life couldn't survive.

And Jiang Ye remembered that the pictures of Water Bears he had seen...

Seemed to be exactly that kind of creature—a fleshy body with eight short little legs, and its entire head looking like a suction mouth...

Yes!

The "Moon Infant" that had seemingly evolved and mutated after absorbing his blood, its appearance was exactly similar to a Water Bear!

So...

Moon Infant? This thing... could it be the Luminox Larva of this era??

Or... is the Luminox Larva the Luminox Larva, and the Moon Infant is the Moon Infant? Is there just some connection between them?

However, since they are so similar in appearance...

Then perhaps this so-called "Moon Infant" also possesses the characteristics of immortality, indestructibility, and Cryptobiosis?

While Witch Gui Jiang Ye was deeply shaken and lost in thought, he almost forgot—he still had a T1-level clone that was being forced to bleed!

Fortunately, just as that "blood-red fleshy tumor" gradually grew into a shape resembling a Water Bear...

The thing directly shot upwards along the direction of the blood flowing from the Cheng Lin-version Jiang Ye.

If the blood dripping from Jiang Ye's fingertip was like a crimson ray, shooting straight towards the direction of the Blood Pool.

Then, the Moon Infant resembling a Water Bear was like the receiver of that blood-red ray.

Its suction-mouth-like "head" fully received all that blood.

Then its entire body, following the direction of the blood-red ray, shot all the way towards the spot on Jiang Ye's fingertip where the blood was dripping.

In the blink of an eye, that thing's suction-mouth-like head kissed the wound on Jiang Ye's fingertip.

At that moment, the Cheng Lin-version Jiang Ye's consciousness, somewhat hazy from excessive blood loss, suddenly felt like something had exploded in his mind!

In that instant, a thought abruptly emerged in his mind—

The world kisses me with pain!

Yes! Pain! So much pain!

That instant, the moment the Moon Infant kissed his fingertip, Jiang Ye's hazy consciousness was almost awakened by that intense sensation of pain!

All the flesh and blood in his body felt as if it was being sliced apart by countless sharp ice blades...

The bones inside his body seemed to be undergoing a terrifying torture that felt both cold and sharp!

What felt even more bizarre was—

He could feel with utmost clarity that what he was experiencing right now was clearly an extreme pain.

Yet, strangely, he actually seemed to derive threads of pleasure from this extreme pain??

It was an indescribable feeling.

It made his scalp tingle while simultaneously making him want to scratch his ears and cheeks.

Unfortunately, he couldn't move; all his surging emotions found no solace.

At that moment, he was almost on the verge of collapse!

Because of the clone's shared sensation, this bizarre feeling naturally synchronized with Witch Gui Jiang Ye who was on the scene, as well as with the Exile City Jiang Ye who was maintaining the video call.

Witch Gui Jiang Ye was right there on the scene. Besides being tormented to the point of scalp-tingling numbness by that extreme, bizarre pain.

His gaze remained fixed on the Cheng Lin-version Jiang Ye.

He saw with his own eyes—

That mini Moon Infant resembling a Water Bear, its fleshy body wasn't exactly small in volume.

Yet, it actually squeezed into his finger along Jiang Ye's injured fingertip!

What was even more bizarre—the originally bleeding wound not only stopped bleeding after the mini Moon Infant entered his body, but the wound also automatically healed!

And it wasn't just that local wound healing.

Originally, due to the continuous bloodletting, the Cheng Lin-version Jiang Ye's body, its flesh and blood, actually showed a state of rapidly recovering vitality!

Originally, due to excessive blood loss—

His skin gradually lost its color.

The flesh on his body also gradually withered.

His entire appearance was clearly transforming towards the state of a "Desiccated Corpse."

However, after merging with that blood-red fleshy tumor resembling a Water Bear...

It was visible to the naked eye—his withered flesh and blood grew back!

The skin surface also regained its color!

The entire person looked like a dying person gradually recovering vitality!

In fact, Witch Gui Jiang Ye, from this bystander perspective, both experiencing that bizarre pain and witnessing these physical changes...

He inexplicably felt—

That feeling of his entire skeleton undergoing bizarre torture...

Might actually be beneficial for him!

The blood in a person's body is essentially created by bone marrow.

At this moment, Jiang Ye seemed to feel with utmost clarity amidst that bizarre pain—

His bone marrow was becoming stronger!

It was also at this time that he suddenly realized a problem—

Most Moon Person players in this era "eat people."

Moreover, human flesh in this era is also graded according to different age groups.

The younger the human flesh, the higher the grade.

The older the human flesh, the lower the grade.

But...

The "people" in this world seem to have no bones, only flesh and blood?

No!

When alive, they clearly have bones!

Some Moon Person players who master strange Glyph Pattern Abilities can even extract their own bones to use as weapons.

What truly have no bones are the corpses!

In this era of the Doomsday Prison, after Moon Person players die, they turn into a pool of flesh and blood covered in blood-colored patterns.

That pool of flesh and blood no longer bleeds when cut.

At the same time, there are no bones inside it!

This itself isn't actually a particularly remarkable problem.

After all, in this bizarre apocalyptic world, the so-called "physical body" is just a "container."

Furthermore, as early as the Doomsday Apartment era, Jiang Ye had already learned that players' physical body containers have grades.

Previously, the Guiwen Master also revealed—

The reason his mutated Pure Black Clone couldn't move was because his soul grade and physical body grade didn't match.

So, with this understanding, the Jiang Ye of the past, or rather the Jiang Ye in Exile City, didn't dwell too much on the fact that player corpses had no bones.

But now...

Jiang Ye suddenly realized—

The corpses of dead players no longer contain bones...

Then, what about all those little skeletons and that Giant Skeleton that were all over this Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh?!

Was it because... they themselves hadn't died?

Or... did they have higher physical body grades, so their corpses displayed a different form from ordinary player corpses?

Both possibilities should make sense.

And now, the feeling Jiang Ye experienced—that his entire skeleton was becoming stronger amidst that bizarre pain...

Perhaps it wasn't an illusion?

But rather, the physical body grade of this body of his had been upgraded?

Then, the Blood Pool's inability to forcibly suck his blood anymore, could that also be related to his physical body grade being upgraded?

So... is the effect of the "Moon Infant" to upgrade a player's physical body grade?

But Jiang Ye felt that the Moon Infant shouldn't be an independently existing powerful creature?

Why is it now like a parasite?

And to be honest, Jiang Ye somewhat disliked this "parasite."

After all, this "Moon Infant" had quite the eventful history.

It had been used by Chen Cang with the Blood Prison Contract, used by Witch Gui with Nesting Inner Demons.

And Li Si's missing eyeballs were also suspected to be hidden inside its body.

How could one not dislike such an unlucky thing!

But regardless, it did seem to be this Moon Infant that saved Jiang Ye's current body.

Although this kind of "saving" could perhaps also be understood as compensation for absorbing so much of Jiang Ye's blood?

Anyway, as time passed, as Jiang Ye grew more accustomed to that bizarre pain.

His feeling of his bones becoming stronger also grew clearer and clearer.

His physical body completely recovered its vitality.

He also gradually regained control over his own body.

The Cheng Lin-version Jiang Ye tried to make a fist.

Such a simple action actually felt somewhat awkward to him.

This awkwardness felt as if...

A newborn infant was making a fist for the first time.

This peculiar feeling was as if he was using this body for the first time.

It also made Jiang Ye increasingly feel—

This time, his physical body grade had been upgraded!

For a moment, he even had a thought—

Should he try dying to see if his corpse would have bones?

Of course, this thought was just a joke for self-amusement.

He certainly wouldn't casually gamble with the life of such a T1-level clone.

After gradually adapting to this seemingly brand-new body, Jiang Ye's gaze turned towards the Blood Pool again.

He wanted to do some experiments, but he didn't dare to use this Cheng Lin-version clone for testing anymore.

So, after some consideration, Witch Gui Jiang Ye, using Chen Cang's body, first left this Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh dungeon space.

He first observed the situation in the outside Forest of Oddities.

Obviously, due to the birth of the Moon Infant, whether in the Qiankun Land or the Land of Exile, everyone was in a state of panic.

Causing the atmosphere of the Misty Forest of Oddities to be vastly different from before.

Not to mention, the Extra-Concentrated Mist previously dispersed by the Moon Infant's birth, as if capable of automatic reproduction, was still continuously spreading within the Misty Forest of Oddities...

Witch Gui Jiang Ye, using Chen Cang's body, could clearly feel that the atmosphere in the Misty Forest of Oddities was off.

However, after confirming there was nothing abnormal around that Hair Tree leading to the Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh.

Witch Gui Jiang Ye turned back, switching to let the Cheng Lin-version Jiang Ye come out.

This time, Jiang Ye planned to attempt binding the Formless Leaf outside the Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh.

He refused to believe that outside the Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh, the Formless Leaf could still vanish into thin air?

As long as he bound the Formless Leaf, he could generate a clone and use a discarded clone to conduct experiments.

However...

Whether it was Chen Cang's luck being too good, or Jiang Ye's luck being too bad.

Clearly, when Witch Gui controlled Chen Cang's body to keep watch outside the Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh, there was nothing abnormal in the surroundings.

But when the Cheng Lin-version Jiang Ye left the Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh...

He directly ran into a group of players!

Players in the Misty Forest of Oddities naturally had to wear Prison watches, otherwise they couldn't survive in the mist at all.

But even though they all wore Prison watches...

Jiang Ye could still distinguish from this group's demeanor and the look in their eyes at first glance—

They were not Moon Person players.

But should be Sun Person players wearing Prison watches made from Sun and Moon Person cards!

And this group of Sun Person players clearly had no intention of hiding their identities either.

Their leader was an Infant even younger than a Youth.

That Infant swept his gaze over Jiang Ye and frowned, saying, "Sun and Moon Person? Under whose orders are you appearing here?"

"Whose asset is this Hair Tree?"

This tone of taking things for granted...

Clearly, this group of Sun People mistook Jiang Ye for the kind of Sun and Moon Person who had no thoughts, no soul, and was merely controlled by other Sun Person players...