Looking at the first Wheel that appeared before him, Chen Ye knew all about baiting the hook.
He used three pulls to bait it, watching three white rewards appear alongside the system's notification.
[Congratulations, you have obtained 1,000 years of Soul Ring Age. Congratulations, you have obtained...]
Chen Ye scratched his head and opened the second Reward Pool. He only had three chances for this pool, and he hesitated as he looked at it.
"Pretty unlucky so far. I finally got three chances—could they all be white rewards?"
"But I've used three pulls to bait it. Maybe I'll get something good!"
As he thought it over, Chen Ye went ahead and tapped for three consecutive draws. The enormous Wheel spun, its white, yellow, purple, black, red, and golden lights flashing as the random pointer came to a rapid stop.
When he saw the first pointer land in the white area, disappointment showed on Chen Ye's face.
Then the second pointer also landed in the white area.
A rare, wry smile crossed Chen Ye's face. Besides disappointment, he felt something else as well.
What surprised him, though, was that the third pointer slowly came to rest in the red area.
Red light flashed, and words appeared in the Diary.
"The black area should be pretty good too, right?" Chen Ye thought as he opened the Diary.
[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained 10,000 years of Soul Ring Age. Congratulations, Host, you have obtained 10,000 years of Soul Ring Age.] [Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a Time Fragment. A Time Fragment can be used to observe changes in the recent timeline.] [The Time Fragment can currently be used five times. For every additional 100,000 years of Soul Ring Age, you will receive one extra use.]
Chen Ye raised an eyebrow, curiosity in his eyes, and glanced at his roommates.
Tang Wulin was lying on the lower bunk nearby, reading a book on forging.
Xie Xie lay silently on the upper bunk, fiddling with a Soul Tool.
Zhou Changxi had left the dormitory, and no one knew where he was.
After looking at the three of them, Chen Ye opened the door and left the dormitory.
He found a secluded, empty corner and slowly opened his Time Diary. A faint white light shimmered.
A white dial appeared in Chen Ye's hand, its pointer turning slightly.
"This thing can really tell me about recent changes and how they differ from the original timeline?"
Chen Ye frowned. After a moment's hesitation, he slowly closed his hand around the dial.
A blinding white light flashed, and his figure vanished on the spot.
About a minute later, Chen Ye reappeared.
A thoughtful look crossed his face. He stared at the dial in his hand, then put it back into the Chronospace Diary.
"Gu Yue plans to observe Tang Wulin and wants to make a move against him early. I'll remove the Golden Dragon King Bloodline from Tang Wulin, but not now."
"Xu Xiaoyan actually joined Class One too, while Yuanen Yehui went straight to the Genius Youth Class."
"Sure enough, under my influence, the fates of all three of them have changed to some extent."
Chen Ye's eyes flickered. He gently touched the Chronospace Diary.
He modified a large amount of information, then sent it out again.
In various places, several girls felt the Chronospace Diary in their minds flip open. They all froze for a moment.
They read the new Diary entry, surprise in their eyes.
Eastsea Academy, girls' dormitory.
Xu Xiaoyan raised an eyebrow. "The Chronospace Diary really does update the Time Trajectory automatically."
"But if it updates along with everything else, have our fates changed or not?"
Confusion filled the girl's eyes, but it was clear no one could answer her question.
She turned her head slightly and looked at the cool, composed girl sitting beside her.
The other girl was pretty, though not as pretty as Xu Xiaoyan. But she had an aloof, noble bearing that made people reluctant to offend her.
"Gu Yue, you're in Class One too. Let's go to school together tomorrow."
Xu Xiaoyan smiled. Gu Yue looked at her, then nodded.
Shrek Academy, Genius Youth Class.
Yuanen Yehui raised her hand, gathering terrifying power, and brought her fist down hard.
Facing her was a golden-haired girl. Stars swirled along the long sword in her hand, and countless beams of light burst forth.
"Not bad. You're the strongest person I've met in the Genius Youth Class."
"Yuanen Yehui! You're finally qualified to be my opponent."
The golden-haired girl spoke and slashed with her sword. Stars swirled along its blade, but Yuanen Yehui briefly lost focus.
That momentary lapse was all it took. Yuanen Yehui failed to react in time and lost the match.
Ye Xinglan frowned as she looked at Yuanen Yehui. "You can't afford to lose focus in a fight. If this were a real battle to the death, you'd already be dead!"
"Sorry, sorry. I have a bit of a headache. I'll be going." Yuanen Yehui smiled apologetically, then went straight back to the dormitory.
She was older than Ye Xinglan, but the two of them had joined the Genius Youth Class at the same time.
They were also the most talented students in Shrek Academy's Genius Youth Class.
After reading the new Chronospace Diary, Yuanen Yehui let out a long breath. "The Chronospace Diary really does change. Under these circumstances, the information it gives me should be even more accurate."
"It looks like my fate has probably changed! With the Chronospace Diary, I should be able to avoid most dangers."
Excitement showed on Yuanen Yehui's face. Ever since the Chronospace Diary had saved her mother, she had started to believe in it.
But after her father and grandfather had tried to brainwash her, she had become less convinced—until the Diary revealed her fate.
When she learned that in the original timeline, her grandfather and family would abandon her, Yuanen Yehui began to trust the Chronospace Diary a little more.
Now, seeing the Diary change, she trusted it even more.
At that moment, Chen Ye sat in the grass, his figure concealed by the weeds around him.
As he read the information in the Diary, excitement filled his eyes.
[Yuanen Yehui's favorability toward you has reached Level 6. Congratulations, you have received two draw chances.] [Xu Xiaoyan's trust in you has reached Level 3. Congratulations, you have received three draw chances.] [Mu Xi's trust in you has reached Level 6. Congratulations, you have received two draw chances.]
Chen Ye blinked. The increase in trust this time wasn't unexpected. No one else's trust in him had changed besides those three.
Mu Xi's trust had risen so quickly because Chen Ye had predicted she would enter Shrek Academy.
He didn't understand the details behind the increases in Yuanen Yehui's and Xu Xiaoyan's trust, but any increase was a good thing.
As soon as the Diary entry was published, he received three chances to draw from the first Reward Pool and four from the second.
However, considering how unlucky he'd been today, Chen Ye wasn't planning to use them.
After using the Diary to boost his mood, he got to his feet and hummed his way back to the dormitory.
What Chen Ye didn't notice was that not far away, Zhou Changxi was watching him, curiosity and puzzlement in his eyes.
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