Ash's listening experience is completely different from the other two operators. If Sonia and Dia's listening experience is "what the heck is what you said", then his is simply too clear.
"o(*≧▽≦)ツI'm coming~~~Let's take it slow. Tonight will definitely be a night to remember..."
"Hey wait wait! Stop talking!"
"Someone is listening. Is it the angel of prophecy? Or the Lord God? No, this feeling is more pure, as if it is the power of the one on Ruby Mountain... I remember now, it's the Question of Fate!"
"But that's not right. How could Fate Questioner see me as I am now?"
“Don’t move, don’t move. We are being listened to. Be serious…hiss!”
"Hmm? Don't talk, write on my palm... Yeah, I had a secret avatar for a while before. These conceptual avatars are the best anchors, no wonder Ruby Mountain can connect me to the past, and the secret avatar has a 'hiding' effect, Ruby Mountain didn't even notice that I had noticed the spying!"
"The answer is ③. I can't say anything more, or else Fate Questions will delete this recording."
Perhaps out of intuition, or perhaps because he felt it would affect his image, Ash concealed the first and fifth paragraphs. But the rest of the self-narration alone was enough to open the eyes of Sword Lady and Witch.
"'Don't talk'?" Sonia opened her eyes wide: "Based on the options, you are with at least three people, right?"
Diya suddenly asked: "Viewer, have you ever revealed your secret incarnation in reality?"
"No, at least not yet."
"But in this passage, someone wrote on your palm to remind you of the secret incarnation. In other words, that person is me or Sword Princess?"
Ash quickly explained: "It could also be a new operator in the future!"
"Isn't it the same? They are all members of the team." Sonia blinked. "So options ①②③ refer to us? This question is asking, who is the person in the team you are closest to?"
"...I can't rule out this possibility." Ash spread his hands and said, "But it's also possible that I will reveal the secret incarnation in the future--"
"Are you crazy? The secret incarnation is a conceptual incarnation, which is related to the survival of the relevant magic faction. If you tell others, it will do more harm than good!" Sonia said immediately: "This secret can only be known by a few of us, and we cannot tell it even if the new operator comes!"
"Okay, okay." Ash just wanted to end this topic quickly: "What we should focus on now is that my future self can actually perceive the fate question--"
"Viewer, what will you do with the three team members?" Diya asked curiously.
"Play games or chat." Ash said calmly, "What else could it be?"
The village girl looked at the cult leader suspiciously: "Are you hiding something?"
"It's obviously my future self who is hiding something!" Ash forced the subject back: "He clearly knew that he had become the listening material for the fate quiz, but he didn't take the opportunity to pass on some information to me!"
He must be hiding something!
But Sonia glanced at the witch and knew that now was not the time to ask further questions, so she said, "Didn't he say that? If he reveals other information, the Fate Question and Answer will definitely not use this recording."
"But you in the future are surprised that you are being listened to." Sonia thought, "Are you already strong enough to block all prophecy detection? But my strength and the witch's will rise synchronously with yours, why don't I and the witch in the future have this strength?"
"Could it be that the time is different?" Ash said, "The future you hear may only be a few years later, but the future I hear may be more than ten years later."
"And when you realized you were being listened to, your first reaction was that you were being eavesdropped by angels or gods." Sonia murmured, "Have you grown to the level of angels or gods in a dozen years? And you also mentioned Ruby Mountain... You are at least a legendary magician!"
"What is Ruby Mountain?" Ash asked curiously.
"The fourth level of the Void Realm is called Ruby Mountain, also known as the Legendary Mountain, Half a Step to Heaven, and Near the Forbidden Zone of Gods." Sonia said, "In the future, you are very familiar with the power of Ruby Mountain, and you can even infer that you are being recorded by fate... You have become so strong."
"We are strong." Ash emphasized, "We will climb the virtual realm together and enjoy the magnificent view of the peak together."
The village girl quickly suppressed her inferiority complex and nodded, saying, "It must be that my future self is too strong, so the fate question can't listen to me and can only choose the time when I was weaker!"
"Wait." Diya suddenly noticed something: "The viewer from the future said that the secret incarnation has a hidden effect, so it can detect the spying of the virtual world, which means..."
"That's right!" Ash nodded excitedly: "If the fate quiz keeps picking the distant future, then my future self will definitely help cheat!"
"Congratulations, you answered one question correctly. Do you want to continue?"
"Let's start with the second listening material—"
"...Hmm? Has it already started?"
"I just remembered after the last time that there was indeed such a fate question, but it was too long ago, and I was a bit confused at the time... so I didn't remember it in time."
"The Void Realm won't let you take advantage forever. The Fate Questioner should have noticed something is wrong by now... The answer to this question is ①."
"The self at different times is not myself. So I won't reveal any future to you, lest I murder your present."
"Secret incarnations are useful."
"Question: Viewer... (noise)?"
"① garter stockings ② glasses ③ battle suit ④??? (noise)"
Ash briefly described the situation of the second question. Sonia looked at him suspiciously: "You can only hear noise in the question and the fourth option? If you don't want to say it, we don't mind. We don't care about your privacy that much."
Diya nodded repeatedly and asked in confusion: "But why do the three options of garter stockings, glasses, and battle suit appear together? What kind of question would ask this?"
Ash shook his head and started directly with the third question, but soon put down his headphones and said to the operators: "The third question was all noise. The only word I could hear clearly was 'question'. Even the question and options were confusing. I randomly chose one, and it was wrong."
Seeing that his expression didn't seem fake, Sword Lady and Witch also believed him - if Ash could really use this loophole to keep answering correctly, they would be scared instead.
Many magicians are not afraid of offending the Lord, but they all have awe for the virtual world. For example, the Lord is like a company CEO. Although he is in charge of his own job, he will not care much even if you secretly embezzle the company's assets; the virtual world is a bank. Do you dare to take advantage of the bank's loopholes to sabotage it?
The fate quiz is over, and the next step is naturally the question-and-answer session.
Originally, Ash and his friends had already prepared questions - just like the first time they had a quiz, they wanted to ask for information about the Seven-Colored Tail.
Although their golden wings have not yet unfolded, with the absorption speed of the "Alchemy Throne" and the training increase brought by the sports car, it is likely that they can complete the process that other magicians take a year in less than a month.
However, the unfolding of the golden wings is only the basic requirement for the promotion to the three wings. Countless magicians have been stuck in the faction realm for years and decades, and cannot break through the holy realm. Although the sword princesses and witches are geniuses, they want to upgrade their main faction to the holy realm level within a few months or even a year, unless they can eat experience beads like crab roe beans every night.
Ash estimated that only by wiping out the Fish-Slaying Dragon Clan in the Continent of Time would it be possible to feed Sword Princess to the Sanctuary level.
Therefore, it is definitely worthwhile to look for the rainbow fish. In addition, they have had successful experience with the golden fish, so of course they want to experience the joy of smuggling again.
However, in Ash's second listening material, 'him in the future' had already clearly hinted at how he would use this fate quiz.
"'Future You' emphasizes the importance of secret avatars." Sonia said, "But our current utilization rate of secret avatars is close to zero. The conceptual avatar itself is a secret poison. I don't dare to ask, and I can't find anything in the data... If you want to know how to use the secret avatar, you can only use this opportunity."
Ash nodded. "Now we have two chances to ask questions. We can ask once about the usage of the secret incarnation and once about the information of the Seven-Colored Tail."
After a brief discussion, it was decided that Diya, who answered correctly once, would ask about the Colorful Tail, and Ash, who answered correctly twice, would ask about the Secret Incarnation - the Colorful Tail must be knowledge at the level of a secret poison, and no matter who asked the question, Xujing would definitely give a vague answer; however, the usage of the Secret Incarnation was not a secret poison, and the more questions Ash answered, the more useful information he would definitely obtain.
Of course, they still had to pay attention to their questioning skills, otherwise they would be dumbfounded if Xu Jing answered, "The best use of the secret incarnation is to give it to the Heroic Soul Commander."
Ash asked, "With our current resources, how can we effectively develop secret incarnations?"
Xujing gave a detailed answer: "① Use the 'Water Line' to bind the necromancer, and then use the 'Wrath Sword' and 'Evil Light Slash' to target the necromancer. The threatened secret incarnation will share the first power. ② Kill a Spider Tower commander, activate the Spider Tower troops, and the secret incarnation will share the second power."