The secret is a fascinating vortex.

When every operator first met Ash, they all thought he was a mysterious bad man.

After all, Ash has a mysterious trump card, he is suspected to be the resurrection of an ancient soul, and he has an inseparable and complicated close relationship with the Four Pillar Gods. This is simply... the deluxe collector's edition of Ghost Prophet!

In the early days of being pulled into the team, Sword Lady, Witch Silver Lantern all had a sense of anticipation of going astray. They always felt that they had joined an evil organization hidden under the secular world, and that the audience's help in making them stronger was just an initial investment to prepare for the future subversion of the world. When they were exposed to the world, the horn of war would be blown. They would seize the power of the country, destroy the pillars of the world, fight with the army, clash with the gods, and get involved in the supreme power...

If you think about it carefully, it seems that they have already done all the big things that an evil organization should do.

However, as their relationship became closer, they were completely disenchanted with Ash. They realized very clearly that Ash was... indeed an evil bad man!

His evilness lies in the fact that he recruited them into the team not for power, but for... them!

Although Ash can now guarantee that he did not have any impure thoughts at first, and if you really want to be serious, besides Sword Lady becoming close to him in the virtual world, Witch and Silver Lantern actually upgraded their bond with him for practical reasons, and as for Vichy, she does not even have a level 4 bond now, and she almost held back when she was promoted to demigod. Therefore, except Sword Lady, no one can accuse Ash of having bad intentions by teaming up with the female magician.

Ash might also feel wronged. He is not a fool who cannot distinguish the important from the unimportant. Between a team of relatives and friends who trust each other and make progress together and a milk tea team that is scheming and thinking about how to kick others out every day, he certainly prefers the former.

Until he discovered that he liked Fiora, he was still fantasizing that he could secretly date Fiora in reality, while in the virtual world he had to maintain a normal comradeship so as not to affect the atmosphere in the team.

But no one in this world will stop with you. You are satisfied with the current situation, but others are all thinking about making progress. Apart from anything else, if you ask Vichy to be a prisoner bound by chains, she will be very unlikely to be willing to do so.

Although Ash's "bad guy" attribute gradually changed to "a bad guy whose fate is a recycling station", the label of "mysterious" has never been removed from the minds of the operators.

Not to mention that he can always break into various legendary events, nor that he can take out various unique resources, let alone that he shared the virtual wings with four operators in the demigod promotion ceremony, but the fact that he can team up with the operators to log in to the virtual realm (and it is mandatory) means that he is hiding unimaginable huge secrets.

When she was young, Sonia thought that this was a miracle that only a legendary magician could perform. But now that she is a demigod, she still cannot fully understand Ash's methods. It's like the same thing that an outsider may think is amazing, but an insider will find out how outrageous it is.

The same goes for everyone else, including Vichy.

Compared to the Ruby Chains, which are a traceable "control of the soul", Ash's act of forcibly summoning her to the virtual world from a distance can actually subvert the Ghost Prophet's worldview.

You can grab the Soul Heaven, after all, you have the Silver Lamp to help you;

You can grab the Supreme Holy Grail, after all, you have the help of the Firefly Princess;

You can ask Silver Lantern and Firefly Princess to help you, yes, after all, you risked your life;

But why can you team up with others?

All magicians in the world play single-player games, but you are the only one who can play multiplayer games with a female magician! ? Even if you are a long-lost illegitimate child in the virtual world, you can't be so excessive!

Now they were vaguely aware that Ash was about to confess his most precious secret to them.

Almost at the same time, Sword Lady, Witch, Silver Lantern, and Vichy all took a step closer to Felix and Deda Rose, vaguely forming a circle around them. Not to mention Silver Lantern and Vichy, Sword Lady and Witch were a little hesitant, but when it was time to make up their minds, they would not hesitate at all.

Felix's face turned pale, but Deda Rose remained as calm as a lake.

However, Ash waved his hand and sat down at the wooden table next to him. The operators were a little confused, but they all sat down, and Felix and Deda Rose naturally had to stay as well.

"You saw... my future self?"

Sonia propped her chin up and asked curiously, "How many years later? Is she still beautiful?"

"Have you seen my future self?" Diya clenched her fists and almost stood up from the table: "Will I become mature and sexy in the future!?"

Is there something wrong with the area you are focusing on... Ash asked, "Don't you think I'm going crazy now?"

Everyone looked at each other, and Sonia stepped on Ash's toes under the table: "We all know what you did with Vichy last night."

Ash was startled for a moment, then reacted: "God of Good News?"

Let alone the tent, even if Ash set up a miracle barrier, it would be impossible to stop the penetration of the power of the Gospel. Although the witch did not condense the fifth virtual wing, nor did she have the source of power to drive the gods, she originally used Nabistin's legendary magician battery to drive the gods. Now she is no longer threatened by the Gospel gods, and can also support the Gospel gods in the magic temple. As long as the witch is willing, the whole world will be transparent to her.

“You would rather trust a woman you’ve only known for less than half a year than believe that we would trust you.” The Sword Saint stepped hard on his toes with his claws and pouted, “We just have doubts, but we don’t really distrust you…”

Diya thought that Sonia had known Ash for less than a year, and that she had only been in the virtual world. Minus the six months he had been locked up in the Star Kingdom and spent day and night with Vichy, it was hard to say whether Sonia or Vichy had a longer play time. But of course she would not point this out, after all, her play time was shorter than that of Sword Princess.

"I actually have doubts about my memory, so I asked Vichy to check it. I don't want you to know because I don't want you to worry-"

"Then you just trust Vichy more!"

"I don't care whether Vichy is worried about me or not!" Ash was a little helpless: "What if you are right and I am wrong? Do I have to drag you into being wrong too?"

"Why not?!"

Sonia slammed her fists on the wooden table, bit her lower lip, and stared at Ash: "If we are wrong together, then we are wrong together. Am I the right partner? And what if you are right and I am wrong, what should I do? Do you want me to admit my mistake to you?"

"I didn't think so—"

"But you did it! As long as we are on opposite sides, there must be right and wrong!" Sonia kicked Ash hard: "I can admit my mistakes to the professor, to my mother, and to everyone, but don't expect me to admit my mistakes to you! Not even once! I don't want to be inferior to you!"

Ash made a bitter face: "Why..."

"Because others," Sonia lowered her head and drew circles on the wooden table with her fingers, "will not be with me forever."

Ash was startled, and felt the place on his calf that had been kicked just now being rubbed gently by the sheepskin boots.

"If there is a disagreement, I can doubt you, but you can't distrust me." Sonia seemed to have just gotten up and hadn't done her hair. Her bangs hung in front of her eyes, cutting her unruly eyes into a series of twisted glances. "Whether you act like a spoiled child or beg or fight, you have to do everything you can to make me stand on the same side with you."

What an unreasonable and double-standard woman.

I can't give her absolute trust, and I feel uncomfortable when I see others trust me. I also need me to do everything I can to get her approval. When there is a disagreement, we must both be right and wrong together. I will never allow her to be right without my malicious intention.

But for some reason, Ash just couldn't do anything to her.

"Alright," Ash smiled, "even if I have to fight and beg, I will convince you to stand on my side in the future."

Acting like a spoiled brat?

Sonia raised her eyes and saw that the corners of Ash's mouth were slightly raised.

He knew what Sonia wanted to hear, but he wouldn't say it.

Sword Girl bit her lower lip lightly, a little angry but also a little amused. Her sheepskin boots rubbed lightly against Ash's steel-soled boots, and they were playing a game under the table that no one knew about.

"In fact, the master did the right thing," Vichy covered his chest with his hands and said elegantly, "Because I have never been worried. I have always unconditionally believed in the master's decision--"

Weisser's mouth twitched: "Who was it in the bathtub who systematically analyzed that Ash was sick?"

"Speaking of this, maid, is there something wrong with the way you check memory?" Diya said faintly: "Even if physical contact is required, there seems to be no essential difference between holding hands and kissing, right?"

"Okay, back to the topic."

Ash clapped his hands lightly, his expression becoming serious: "The only person I met was the Death Mad Sword Princess from the future. But she is not the only one who returned from the future to the present."

"The End Watcher, the Death Mad Sword Lady, the Black and White Witch, the Silver Lamp Mirror Master, the Ghost Prophet. Assuming she is not lying, this group of time and space walkers from the future are the future incarnations of the five of us."

"It is because of their arrangement that the five of us are connected together."

"In order to help us form a better team, they even personally guided us to prevent us from letting real things hinder our exploration of the virtual world."

Ash glanced at his teammates: "You may have seen my future self."

Sonia and Diya were stunned, and their dusty memories gradually surfaced.

"The phantom that urged me to practice swordplay..."

"The person who spoke to me when I escaped from the tower..."

"Before I entered the virtual world for the first time, I had seen the phantom of Sword Lady in Broken Lake Prison. She taught me the most basic knowledge of magicians." Ash said: "On the first night of coming to Gospel, the phantom of the witch also came to visit me. They appeared to guide me to better contact you."

"But Visser and Vichy's phantoms have never appeared. Vichy, needless to say, the way she joined the team is different from yours." Ash looked at Visser, "Have you seen my phantom?"

Weisser thought for a long time and shook her head: "I haven't seen your phantom, but..."

"I may have seen my future self."

"The Mirror Dragon allows me to summon avatars from different world lines, and then I share my magic realm with them through memory sharing and other means. My magic faction also relies on this method to learn from others. Before officially joining your team, I met an avatar who claimed to be from a similar world line to me. She reminded me that I would be pulled into a magician team, and the captain was named Ash Seath."

"No wonder you integrated into the team so quickly." Diya suddenly realized: "But weren't you still hostile to Ash at that time?"

"Yes, I planned to gather intelligence from the beginning to see if I could set a trap to catch these lingering pursuers." Weisser spread her hands, crossed her legs and smiled, "I didn't expect that I would get trapped in it."

"It seems that I am the only one who has not seen it." Wei Xi gritted his teeth and said, "But if I am not mistaken, this ruby ​​chain... I am afraid it is the 'gift' prepared by my future self for myself!"

In fact, Vichy had long suspected this possibility. After all, as a demigod of the soul, even if she could not resist the miracle of control at the level of the God Lord, she could at least find out the traces of the spell. But there was no trace of the ruby ​​chain, as if Vichy was born to wear this chain and become Ash's prisoner.

The Lord God definitely cannot achieve this level, only she can do it!

Shit, you put a dog chain on yourself, but you don't wear it, and you use it to trick me! ?

Weisser suddenly asked, "Is the personality of the Viewer Phantom you saw very different from Ash's?"

Sonia and Diya looked at each other and shook their heads: "There is not much difference."

Ash was a little surprised: "But I remember that the Sword Princess Phantom and the Witch Phantom I saw before were actually somewhat different from you. It's just that I didn't think of this possibility at the time, so I didn't delve into it."

"That is to say, the phantom Ash saw might be his true personality, but the phantom you saw was definitely a role-playing." Weishi analyzed, "If they really were reborn, it would be at least several years or even decades later. You are still young, and your personalities are far from being finalized. It is impossible for you to remain true to your original intentions after decades."

"And if I'm not mistaken, the mastermind behind this multi-person rebirth should be the future Ash. Only in this case can I explain why my future self would prepare a chain for Ash to control me."

Although she was so angry that her belly was burning, Vichy had to admit that if she were reborn and used her former self, she would definitely create a chain that could control herself.

No one understands better than her how unruly and unscrupulous she is. No reason, inducement or coercion is of any significance. Only an absolute dog leash can ensure that she will be obedient.

Even if "Future Vichy" appeared in front of Vichy, Vichy would never listen to her nonsense. She would first try to restrain the other person's soul and slowly search his memory. Because even she herself knew that she would not help others - even her past self - the only possibility for her to be reborn was to seize the body of the past and challenge the path of the highest magic again!

"If you in the future are reborn," Felix, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interrupted, "Why didn't they just replace you? Just like the Ghost Prophet."

That's right, the main reason why everyone was able to accept the situation of "the future self reborn" so quickly was because of Wei Xi - she was truly reborn! If you count the resurrection, she has already lived a third life!

Vichy had some guesses in his mind, and looked at Ash. Ash nodded slightly: "Each of us is a drop of water in the golden river. Our flow direction is the so-called destiny, but our flow direction is uncertain because the "future" has not happened yet. Even if it is a prophecy, it can only guess our possible trajectory."

"But the reborn are different. They return to the past with their own trajectory. In other words, in the eyes of time and fate, the direction of the reborn has already been determined. If weaving the future of all living beings is a test, then the magician's rebirth in the past is equivalent to bringing a 'reference answer' to fate."

"The rebirth of a magician not only represents herself, but also the millions of people she has come into contact with. It can even be said that if a magician returns from 100 years later, then through her experience, fate can directly weave the direction of everyone in the next 100 years."

"If the reborn person does not act according to the original flow, fate will make her unable to obtain, unable to let go, separated from loved ones, and reunited with haters, just to turn her back into the 'reference answer'."

"Fate can be lazy too. Since it has finished its work 100 years in advance, it will not allow you to destroy the correct answer."

"Regarding this point." Ash glanced at Vichy: "Ghost Prophet, you should feel it the most deeply."

There was no more smile on Vichy's face, and it was as calm as a lake.

Although her second life was smoother in the early stages than her first life, her achievements in the second life were not even as good as those in the first life. In her first life, she was able to find the "second round of gods" to be reborn, but in her second life, she was never able to get her hands on any god.

On the contrary, after being resurrected after thousands of years, the Lord of Wind, Rain and Snow immediately gave her the opportunity to steal the gods' spirits, and was almost successful, downgrading the God of Fire to a magic spirit.

It was when she was preparing for the resurrection steps that she realized that rebirth was not a shortcut, but a detour. If rebirth could really make up for all regrets, then Liuli Shizhu should be the most powerful god, and the time faction should be the most powerful magic, but the reality is not so.

“No wonder…” She murmured, “After my rebirth, the number and strength of prophecy masters increased significantly. It turns out that my rebirth made the future easier to predict…”

"Nothing can be changed even if I'm reborn." Deda Rose said softly, "It's like a predetermined fate. This kind of thing is too unmiraculous."

"Destiny, the power to correct fate, you have heard of it by many aliases." Ash said, "But there is no such thing in the normal world. It is a byproduct of rebirth. When you choose to be reborn, you are bringing the fate of the future to the past world."

"Everyone is unknown at the beginning, until someone brings back fate from the future."

The witch suddenly realized: "So the reason why the viewers don't replace us directly is because they don't want us to be restricted by fate?"

"It feels a bit strange," Sonia said, "I might get confused when I hear the viewer..."

"Watcher, Death Maniac, Black Demon, Ghost Demon, Mirror Master, these are the names they call each other, let's call them that too." Ash smiled: "The End Watcher is the code name given to me by the Four Pillars Gods, I don't miss it at all."

"But I still like to call you Sword Princess."

"But I still want you to call me Sword Princess."

Ash and Sonia were slightly startled when they spoke at the same time, and looked at each other with amusement. Diya, who was sitting next to Ash, immediately raised her hand and said, "I want you to call me Her Majesty the Queen!"

Ash looked at her helplessly, bowed his head and nodded respectfully, saying: "Yes, my queen."

Diya didn't expect that Ash actually did it, but she was not happy at all when she saw Ash's respectful attitude. She had no shortage of subjects who called her Her Majesty, and she was back to the gospel everywhere. What she really wanted was...

"…You should just call me daughter."

"Hmm?" Ash glanced at her subtly, "Are you sure?"

Diya immediately recalled that chaotic and evil dream. Her face instantly turned red to her ears and she shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, no, you should just call me a witch."

Weisser asked, "So, what is the purpose of the Death Maniac appearing in front of you and confessing the secret that they are reborn?"

"I don't know about the others, but if I were to be reborn again, my goal would definitely not be to help my past self reach the top." Wei Xi tugged at his collar, not hiding his resentment at all: "There is no better evidence than this chain."

"In short, when the six levels of hell completely disappear."

Ash said word by word: "They will replace our existence."