As Lin Yi's fingers touched the completely frozen corpse.

Scenes of fragmented memories began to surface before his eyes.

Lin Yi saw a corner of the campus after a summer rain, where he was talking to another girl whose face was already blurred.

Then, Lin Yi saw the day he swore in for military service, with a red flower pinned to his chest.

Lastly, there was a sharp pain from his back, and his consciousness plunged into boundless darkness.

These experiences were scattered and chaotic.

But compared to creatures like sandworms, which have little intelligence and brain capacity, they were far more logical.

At least Lin Yi was able to piece together a story of someone who had just graduated from high school, enlisted in the army, left loved ones, and guarded the frontier.

Even buried by wind and snow, Lin Yi could vaguely make out the facial features from when he was alive.

It was a young face, just like his.

No time to sigh, Lin Yi already had a deep suspicion about the truth of this incident.

The last scene he experienced was a sharp pain from his back, followed by a complete loss of consciousness.

Rather than dying from a Descent Energy eruption, it seemed more like something had stealthily attacked him from behind.

[Ding! You've relived a reincarnation previously experienced by the target; you've received a standard reward.]

[You've gained 8 points in Constitution, 5 points in Strength, 7 points in Endurance.]

When Lin Yi touched the corpse again, the [Touch of Reincarnation] could no longer be triggered.

Yet, with a heavy heart, Lin Yi had little interest in what new rewards he might receive from this SSS-level talent.

Now, he only wanted to reconstruct everything that had happened here.

Standing up again, Lin Yi began using the Touch of Reincarnation on the fallen corpses to extract their pasts and experiences.

As the investigation deepened, Lin Yi gradually confirmed one thing.

These Xia Professional Alliance Army stationed here could not have died from a Descent Energy eruption.

Because Lin Yi explored the pre-death memories of at least dozens of people.

None died struggling due to a Descent Energy eruption.

Most deaths occurred in an instant.

Right before death, it seemed as if some bizarre skill had completely deprived them of all five senses.

Eyes unable to see, ears unable to hear.

Then, either pierced directly through the back or had their throats slit.

At this point, Lin Yi was almost certain their deaths were deliberate, followed by a Descent Abyss appearing here, with Energy eruptions causing secondary damage to their corpses.

But such secondary damage was not the true cause of death.

The only regret was, perhaps because these soldiers were not very powerful and had their senses obscured before death, Lin Yi could not discern any clues about the real culprit.

Lost in thought, Lin Yi arrived at a collapsed military tent.

With a flick of his finger, an invisible gravitational field spread out.

Subsequently, the poles of the tent, along with a large amount of snow and rubble that covered it, floated up.

Manipulated by Lin Yi with the Weightlessness Spell, they were moved aside.

A corpse clad in armor, looking valiant, appeared before Lin Yi.

Judging by the attire, this person clearly had greater power and a higher rank.

Maybe he was the commander of these troops.

Lin Yi bent down and placed his palm against his forehead.

This was knowledge Lin Yi had gained after using the [Touch of Reincarnation] dozens of times.

Touching the part storing the target's soul and consciousness revealed more complete and abundant experiences and reincarnations.

But this method didn't seem to affect the nature of the rewards.

The amount of attributes and quality of skills extracted.

Entirely depended on the target's power in life and his own luck on the day.

As the talent activated.

A memory, clearer and more detailed than before, began to play before Lin Yi's eyes.

It was nighttime.

The wind howled outside the tent, while inside, a campfire was burning.

A middle-aged general by the fire rubbed his hands and took a deep breath, seeming somewhat nervous.

Finally, he picked up a special Spirit Crystal communication device, a solitary smile spreading across his weathered face.

Soon, the communication connected.

A light screen emerged.

"Daddy!"

On the screen, a cute little girl appeared and sweetly called the middle-aged general.

"Ah!"

The wrinkles on the middle-aged general's face completely relaxed at that moment.

"Daddy, my 9th birthday is next month, when will you come back!"

"My 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th birthdays were all with Mom."

"Daddy, I miss you so much. Can you come back this year to celebrate with me?"

The little girl counted her birthdays on her fingers.

Behind her was a woman, seemingly the girl's mother.

Listening, she was on the verge of tears.

The middle-aged general's nose stung, and he forcibly suppressed the yearning for his daughter and wife in his heart, smiling: "Soon, Yuanyuan, be good!"

"Daddy will have a three-day holiday soon."

"This year, Daddy will definitely be there for your birthday!"

Seeing this, Lin Yi.

Felt as if his heart was pierced with a knife.

There are knives in this memory!

The reincarnation image was cut off halfway here.

When it resumed, Lin Yi found that the girl named Yuanyuan seemed to have been coaxed to sleep by her mother.

On the other end of the Spirit Crystal screen, the woman's eyes were red, speaking softly: "Jiahao, can't you stay a little longer?"

"Yuanyuan's classmates always ask why it's always Mom at the parent meetings, don't you have a Dad?"

The middle-aged general also spoke softly: "Xiuqin, I know it's hard for you to take care of Yuanyuan alone, but it's almost over, really soon."

"In five years, I'll retire. They said I've made merits, and after returning home, I can transfer to a small official position. Then, we can be together."

The woman on the other end of the communication seemed on the verge of breaking down: "Five years, another five years!"

"Five years later, Yuanyuan will be fourteen!"

"Can't you change careers? I just want to live a stable life with you, raising our daughter! Sob sob sob!"

Seeing his wife so emotional, the middle-aged general could only comfort her while saying: "Some things, someone has to do them, right?"

"Alright, honey, today's communication time is almost up, I'm hanging up!"

"I'll be home to see you and our daughter soon!"

The communication ended.

A violent tremor struck, instantly extinguishing the campfire in the tent.

The middle-aged general immediately became alert.

Quickly stepping out of the tent, he saw that the wind and snow had somehow stopped, and a thick purple fog pervaded the entire camp.

Li Jiahao immediately covered his mouth and nose.

But it was already a moment too late.

The next moment, he felt himself losing his hearing.

His vision also began to blur.

A hand reached out from behind him, followed by a blade piercing through his throat.

The memory ended there.

Lin Yi opened his eyes.

This was probably the most complete pre-death experience he had obtained through the [Touch of Reincarnation] so far.

[Ding! You've relived a reincarnation previously experienced by the target; you've received a rare reward!]

[You've acquired the target's passive skill: Iron Will!]

[It has been detected that this skill conflicts with your occupation series, and the skill has been converted into a special passive skill!]

[You've gained a new universal passive skill: Great Wall Will!]

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