LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 198 - Siblings (Part 2)
When Mai Zixuan mentioned that his aptitude for ability cultivation was S-level and his aptitude for martial cultivation was 2A, Mai Dongzi was genuinely thrilled.
The martial cultivation aptitude was inherited from the original host’s potential, while the ability cultivation aptitude was Zixuan’s own.
In his previous life, Zixuan had been a gold-element ability user. The original host had no such ability, which meant that the gold-element power was something Zixuan had carried over from his past life. At that time, his cultivation had already reached the mid-stage of level six.
If Zixuan’s ability cultivation aptitude could be raised to 2S-level and his martial cultivation aptitude to 3A-level, Mai Dongzi was confident that within a year, Zixuan’s gold-element ability could advance to level seven, and his martial level could at least reach mid-stage level five.
Although, in the original timeline, Jiang Zixuan had not only survived the Great Purge of the apocalypse but had also gained significant opportunities, that was the life of the original host—not the life of the reborn Mai Zixuan.
Therefore, Mai Dongzi maintained her perspective: the higher the cultivation level, the greater the protection.
Just as she was about to tell Zixuan about their shared rebirth into a book and warn him about the impending apocalypse, Zixuan spoke first:
“Big sister, we suspect our rebirth wasn’t a coincidence.”
This statement was very significant. Mai Dongzi stared at Zixuan and said, “Explain clearly.”
“A month before the incident in my previous life, do you remember my mercenary team being trapped in the library? You were the one who came and saved us,” Zixuan asked.
Mai Dongzi nodded. Of course, she remembered that incident. Zixuan and his team were in a very dangerous situation, and fortunately, she arrived in time. Zixuan had already been seriously injured by then.
However, when Zixuan mentioned the library, a strange feeling arose in Mai Dongzi’s heart. As expected, Zixuan continued, “When I was resting in the library, I happened to flip open a book.”
Again…
“What is it?” Mai Dongzi asked calmly.
“The protagonist in that book is Prince Arthur, and there’s also a supporting character named Jiang Zixuan. After I was reborn, I discovered that the information about the original host was almost identical to the Jiang Zixuan in that book. The country in the book is also called the Blue-Black Empire, and there’s a Prince Arthur who matches exactly with our Prince Arthur,” Zixuan said, his expression filled with disbelief.
“So…” Mai Dongzi asked.
Mai Dongzi didn’t remember the name of the country the original host was from in the book, but she was sure the protagonist was Prince Arthur.
“So, sister, we most likely reincarnated into a book. But I’ve never been able to believe it’s true. How can someone be reborn into a book, which isn’t even a real world? But I’ve checked everything, and many of the people in reality match those in the book,” Zixuan said, clearly very confused.
He couldn’t believe it was true, yet there was too much evidence that suggested it very well could be.
“We both died and were reborn, so what’s impossible? I’ve read a book like that too, and it was before the apocalypse, back when I was still in college,” Mai Dongzi said, her expression unchanged.
Zixuan wasn’t a sensitive person, but when Mai Dongzi said that, he immediately realized that there was something off about what she had said.
Mai Dongzi briefly explained the plot she remembered, and Zixuan’s face wrinkled into a frown.
“These two books are very strange,” he concluded.
The siblings then detailed the plots they remembered. Their main storylines were quite similar, with only a few differences in character details.
In the version Mai Dongzi read, the male lead was Prince Arthur, and the female lead was Lucy, who joined Prince Arthur’s battle team after the apocalypse.
In Zixuan’s version, the male lead was also Prince Arthur, but there was no female lead, and there were no women in Prince Arthur’s battle team.
However, there was a famous female supporting character who kept trying to get close to Prince Arthur. Her name was Erica. Zixuan vaguely remembered that Erica was the daughter of the person who had saved Prince Arthur’s life, which was why Prince Arthur treated her very well.
As for whether Lucy appeared in Zixuan’s version, he had no recollection of her at all.
Whether it was the version Mai Dongzi read or the one Zixuan read, the responsibilities of the male lead, Prince Arthur, and the main storyline around him were roughly the same.
The parts about Jiang Zixuan in both versions were also similar.
Another very coincidental detail was that when Zixuan read the book, he only got through half of it, and the progress of the plot he saw was similar to what Mai Dongzi had seen. He didn’t know what happened afterward.
The two siblings looked at each other in silence. If they had read the same book and the plot had been identical, they could still claim it was a coincidence.
But in their case, the main storylines were the same, but the details of the plot differed. It was clearly not the same book, which made them believe it was a coincidence, unless they were both fools.
“So, our rebirth is probably not a coincidence, and even the things we saw in our past lives may not have been coincidences either,” Zixuan concluded.
Mai Dongzi couldn’t help but think of Prince Arthur. If he really was Li Ruiyou, he had watched this book with her back then.
In that case, could it be that everyone who read this book would be reborn into it?
But wait, Zixuan’s version was different from hers. They weren’t reading the same book…
Since this could be the key to their reincarnation, the siblings discussed it for a long time but couldn’t make sense of it, so they reluctantly put the matter aside for now.
The conversation fell silent, and the siblings exchanged a glance, both understanding each other’s thoughts.
“We’ve both been reborn into this world. Maybe Mom and Dad have been reborn here too. What do you think, sis?” Zixuan said, unable to hold back.
Zixuan knew his sister had completely regained her spiritual power from her previous life, so he hoped she might sense something.
“I can’t be sure. I don’t know if it’s just my longing or if I really have a premonition, but I do feel that they might have been reborn into this world,” Mai Dongzi replied.
She had felt this way ever since she found out that Zixuan had also been reborn into this world, but she couldn’t be certain if it was right. After all, when it came to her parents, it was hard for her to stay clear-headed.
Zixuan, however, immediately became excited, his eyes shining. He knew his sister’s intuition was very strong.
“Then I’ll post a search ad on the star network, under both our names,” he said eagerly, almost impatient.
The sea of people was vast, and trying to find their reborn parents through investigation would depend on luck. Posting an ad on the star network was undoubtedly the fastest method. If it hadn’t been for Mai Dongzi participating in the survival live game, Zixuan wouldn’t have known for who knows how long that she too had been reborn into this world.