With that explanation, all the players present suddenly understood.

Right.

The solar and lunar eclipses in the real world, which they used as analogies for understanding, indeed could only treat "light" as energy.

And darkness was merely places where light did not reach.

But in this world, clearly, that was not the case.

In this world, darkness was a form of energy opposite to light.

Although Moon People players in this era were unaware of the existence of light-type talents.

Players from later eras, such as Lin Jing, were very certain—

Among player talents, there was indeed an opposition between the light and dark factions.

So, in this world, just as Li Si said, "darkness" was a form of energy.

Then, following this perspective, treating "light" and "darkness" as two forms of energy to understand solar and lunar eclipses...

Wan Xin quickly reached a conclusion: "So, simply put—"

"The sun in Qiankun Land possesses light energy; the moon possesses dark energy."

"When the sun overpowers the moon, Qiankun Land appears as daytime; when the moon overpowers the sun, Qiankun Land appears as nighttime."

"The moonlight during the night is actually sunlight absorbed by the moon..."

As he spoke, Wan Xin suddenly had a startling realization: "Hiss... but..."

He seemed to think of something unbelievable and suddenly confirmed with Li Si:

"You just said the moon can absorb light?"

Li Si nodded.

Wan Xin immediately followed up with a question: "But if that's the case..."

However, halfway through his sentence, Lin Jing suddenly tugged his sleeve, giving him a cold warning look.

Wan Xin's heart skipped a beat, belatedly realizing... had he said something wrong?

Or, was he about to say something wrong and was stopped?

He didn't know why Lin Jing stopped him, but he truly didn't know much about this world.

Lin Jing had warned the four of them before that when interacting with players from this era, they needed to be cautious with their words and actions.

It was best not to speak if possible, to just stand quietly behind him as background decoration.

But Wan Xin was a chatterbox...

Plus, Li Ku's attitude towards them was relatively friendly.

He had somewhat forgotten Lin Jing's previous warning.

Now, receiving such a clear signal, he naturally obediently shut his mouth.

Li Si frowned and said bluntly, "Is there a problem that cannot be asked?"

Wan Xin was momentarily at a loss for how to recover.

Fortunately, Lin Jing explained for him: "Sorry, this teammate of mine isn't very bright. Many words come out without thinking."

"I was just warning him that some irrelevant questions aren't worth wasting everyone's time. It's better to think them through clearly and bring them up all at once later."

"..." Wan Xin was called not bright but didn't dare show any temper, nodding repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, I'm really sorry for wasting the time of all you seniors..."

His attitude was quite humble, as if it really was as Lin Jing said.

However, the players present were all shrewd and obviously wouldn't easily believe this explanation.

But since the other party wasn't willing, and they had chosen to cooperate for a common goal, it obviously wasn't appropriate to force the issue.

Thus, the question Wan Xin didn't finish could only be left unresolved.

However...

Jiang Ye probably knew what Wan Xin wanted to say.

It was also the doubt that arose in his own mind after learning the rules of the sun and moon.

According to Li Si's explanation—

The moon in Qiankun Land could absorb sunlight.

Further, based on the principle of "sun as light" and "moon as dark"...

This was equivalent to dark energy absorbing light.

Dark energy absorbing light!

For players in this era, who had no concept of light-type talents in their consciousness, this naturally meant nothing.

However...

For players like Wan Xin, who had witnessed the power of the light faction in later eras, a problem would immediately become apparent!

Jiang Ye guessed Wan Xin probably wanted to ask—

Since dark energy can absorb light...

Then why can the light-type abilities of light-type players inflict nearly crushing damage on dark-type creatures?

This question, of course, could not be asked.

After all, in this era, there was no so-called "light-type ability."

As for the answer to this question, Jiang Ye had his own speculations.

The absolute dominance of light over dark occurred in later eras.

And the situation in later eras was—

The sun had disappeared.

The moon, suspected to have transformed into the Moon Phase Clock, was locked on the rooftop of the Doomsday Apartment.

That is, the moon was in a state of confinement.

Perhaps it was this confinement that sealed its "light-absorbing" ability?

Coupled with the disappeared sun, which might have empowered light-type players in some special way...

Thus, among players, light-type's absolute dominance over dark-type emerged?

Or perhaps...

Jiang Ye couldn't help but delve deeper into conspiracy theories, giving rise to a new speculation—

Maybe there was a powerful dark-type player who stole the moon's "light-absorbing" ability?

That's why the moon was confined to the rooftop of the Doomsday Apartment...

And why all other dark-type players were indirectly weakened, becoming extremely afraid of light?

If there really was such a powerful dark-type player capable of stealing the moon's ability...

Jiang Ye had a guess about who that might be.

That would be, the Mysterious Existence in the tombstone area of the 4444 Apartment underground burial ground.

That is, the mastermind behind Lin Jing, Yang Wenchao, and the others.

That Mysterious Existence's claim back then was that he feared no light.

Moreover, he possessed a considerable number of SSS-grade talents...

At the time, Jiang Ye thought it was utterly absurd.

Now, in this era where SSS-grade talents weren't so rare, it didn't seem so outrageous anymore.

So...

Could the one in the tombstone area be the one who stole the moon's ability, thus directly fearing no light?

But why would such an existence be sealed in the tombstone area?

And what was he instructing Lin Jing to do in this era?

Thinking this way, Jiang Ye couldn't help but feel...

There was a considerable probability that the Mysterious Existence of the Reincarnation Mirror Palace and the Mysterious Existence of the underground burial ground were not the same person.

But rather, two different Mysterious Existences.

The Reincarnation Mirror Palace attracted a large number of light-type players;

While the underground burial ground was practically a paradise for dark-type players.

So these two Mysterious Existences in these two locations... might be opposing factions.

Even if not opposing, their goals should likely be one focused on the sun, the other on the moon.

And regardless of whether their goals lay with the sun or the moon...

The period of sun-moon overlap during a "solar eclipse" seemed to be the crucial timing they focused on for taking action.

Of course, these were just speculations.

What Jiang Ye cared more about was...

The concept of "sun-moon overlap" proposed by Li Si.

That is, the sun and moon coinciding.

To be honest, he, like other players, had previously used the solar eclipse phenomenon in the modern natural environment to understand the "solar eclipse" in this world.

But as he grasped more and more information...

Jiang Ye suddenly felt that the "solar eclipse" in this world might be quite different from what they understood based on solar eclipses in the natural environment.

The "solar eclipse" in this world might not be the moon blocking the sun's light.

But rather, literally, the moon eating the sun!

He had this idea because in his mind, based on Li Si's concept of "sun-moon overlap," he extended it to the concept of "sun-moon fusion."

And this extension wasn't a wild, baseless imagination on his part; there were clues to follow.

The first traceable "clue" lay in the Glyph Pattern Ability Wang Lingling just awakened—Yin Yang Eyes.

Her eyes alone simultaneously possessed the dual abilities of the sun and the moon!

Then there was the deceased Qi Lin...

When alive, his eyes appeared as mechanical eyeballs, which was Wang Lingling's "Yang Eye" state;

When dead, his eyes appeared as Pure White Eyes, which was Wang Lingling's "Yin Eye" state.

The abilities of the sun and moon could appear simultaneously on the same player, and the states corresponding to the sun and moon could also appear simultaneously...

That's why Jiang Ye logically extended it to a scenario of "sun-moon fusion."

Another traceable "clue" lay in...

His strongest light clone.

That female-version pregnant clone that directly possessed SSSs-grade light-type ability, while her survival points displayed as "negative infinity."

That clone's talent broke through the SSS grade, adding an extra small 's'.

That clone's skill included an SSS-grade divine skill—Heaven's Punishment · Divine Punishment Day.

Based on these two points, that clone seemed to qualify as a representative of the "sun"?

But the problem was, that clone's name was Jiang Yue!

A representative of the sun, yet named Jiang Yue?

Of course, the names Jiang Ye generated for his clones seemed completely random.

But it was just too coincidental for that particular clone!

First, "she" shared Jiang Ye's surname.

Second, "her" given name was "Yue" (moon).

Both the surname and given name carried special meanings.

Was this really just a completely random name?

And also...

That clone was a pregnant woman.

Her belly was swollen into a ball.

Her survival points were negative infinity...

Jiang Ye somewhat suspected...

Could this mean she had swallowed a moon, hence her belly was swollen into a ball and her survival points were negative infinity?

Of course, what she swallowed might not necessarily be the moon in the sky.

Maybe it was also some kind of representative of the moon?

In any case, the situation with the Jiang Yue clone also resembled a case of "sun-moon fusion."

That's why Jiang Ye came up with the idea that solar and lunar eclipses weren't merely sun-moon overlap, but sun-moon fusion, or even mutual consumption.

That is, the literal meaning—

Solar eclipse: the moon swallows the sun;

Lunar eclipse: the sun swallows the moon.

He even suspected that this phenomenon of mutual consumption might not be entirely adversarial.

But perhaps a form of cooperation to achieve some goal?

What was rather unfortunate was...

Jiang Ye wasn't very sure if that "Jiang Yue" clone had also traveled to this era.

But even if it appeared in this era, it seemed it would also be formatted?

The key was, during this period, the clone in Exile City had already confirmed—

Even while within the mist, he temporarily couldn't generate light clones.

So perhaps he needed to wait for the right moment.

Wait for light-type players to appear in this world...

Then he could generate light clones?

Actually, Jiang Ye couldn't help but suspect...

Was the reason he could stably generate light clones in the mist environment also related to the disappeared sun?

According to Salvation's revelation, when Jiang Ye generated that "Jiang Yue" clone, Salvation directly shattered a piece of mist milk stone.

That is, the "Ice Ore" of this era...

So perhaps within the Ice Ore of later eras hid the secret of the disappeared sun?

The other players present didn't think as much as Jiang Ye.

They only reached a clear conclusion based on the information Li Si provided—

If the Old Moon truly deviated from Qiankun Land and descended upon the Land of Exile...

Then in Qiankun Land, the phenomenon of "solar eclipse" might never appear again?

So, was Li Ku's idea of using a "solar eclipse" to strip Sun People players of their identity wrong?

However, Li Ku himself stated: "I still think there's a considerable probability that the approach targeting the 'solar eclipse' is actually the most correct one."

"Because in He Yuliang's previous life, I seemed to have frequently taken action during the next 'solar eclipse' period."

Saying this, Li Ku looked at He Yuliang.

He calculated the time; He Yuliang had about ten more minutes before waking up.

He was about to say, after He Yuliang woke up, maybe there was hope of asking him...

Suddenly, Du Yuheng spoke up, his tone certain:

"I guess in He Yuliang's 'previous life,' the unexpected situation of 'Birth of the Moon Infant' did not occur."

"Because in my Deduction Mode, I have also never deduced the birth of a Moon Infant."

"Therefore, I strongly suspect that whether it's the so-called previous life, the so-called Deduction Mode, or any means of foreseeing the future, none can predict the Moon Infant."

"That is, the Birth of the Moon Infant is an extremely unique, independent event in this world."

Hearing this, Li Ku frowned slightly.

Chen Cang, watching the exchange between the two, couldn't help but add: "Moreover, after He Yuliang wakes up, he probably won't be able to directly answer your questions either..."

"If he truly randomly gets the 'Rebirth state,' then he will be directly swallowed by the Moon-Devouring Giant Toad!"

Chen Cang was about to suggest they all make some preparations for the situation He Yuliang would face.

But Li Ku said: "You can rest assured about that—"

"This special space, that Moon-Devouring Giant Toad you mentioned, probably won't find it so easy to intervene here."

Hearing this, Chen Cang couldn't help but frown: "You don't even seem to know what the Moon-Devouring Giant Toad is? Where does your confidence come from to say such a thing?"

Li Ku didn't argue with him, stating bluntly: "Then let's wait and see the result in over ten minutes."

"After all, in your eyes, He Yuliang is just an experimental subject. Do you really care that much about his life or death?"

Chen Cang fell silent.

Indeed.

Even if He Yuliang was really swallowed by the Giant Toad, it seemed fine.

Chen Cang wasn't planning to follow him into the toad's stomach for an adventure.

He just wanted to know if He Yuliang might possibly successfully be born by utilizing his SSS-grade [Luck] on his own.

If he could...

Then relying on his [Protagonist Halo] to replicate He Yuliang's path would give him more confidence.

So, Chen Cang stopped arguing.

And Jiang Ye thought—

If what He Yuliang enjoyed during the [Salvation] judgment was already the mutated version of the [Salvation Domain] skill...

Then his recovery from near-death might not necessarily result in either the "Rebirth state" or the "Curse of Despair."

The situation with the mutated version of [Salvation Domain] might be different...

However, he wasn't in a hurry; he'd just wait and see.

But at this moment, Li Ku proposed another idea—

"Since the Old Moon's deviation towards the Land of Exile prevents Qiankun Land from forming a solar eclipse..."

"Then, what if we take that newly born Moon Infant to Qiankun Land?"

"Could it... replace the original Old Moon of Qiankun Land and form a brand new 'solar eclipse' phenomenon?"