“……”
Little Black went silent for a mont, then said seriously:
“This isn’t just difficult—it’s straight-up impossible.”
“Light-type Ability ans the person is fundantally light-elental.”
“The mont a Little Eerie tries to possess them, it’ll instantly die from exposure, which ans Light-type Players don’t even have ti to awaken their Glyph Pattern Ability.”
“Besides, even in theory, there’s no reasonable explanation for what it would an if a Light-type Player awakened a Glyph Pattern Ability.”
“Because once a Player awakens a Glyph Pattern Ability, they automatically beco a Dark-type Being.”
“So if a Light-type Player awakens a Glyph Pattern Ability, how do you explain that? Are they both a Light-type Being and a Dark-type Being? That’s a complete contradiction.”
Jiang Ye understood the logic too.
But—
“I did hear a term once in the Tombstone Zone of the Underground Graveyard. It was ‘Light and Dark in One Body.’”
“Also, I’ve co into contact with a Symbiotic Reincarnated Eerie. That guy seed to be a Reincarnated Eerie parasitizing a Light-type Player.”
???
Those two pieces of information completely stunned Little Black!
“Light and Dark in One Body… That… that really is beyond my knowledge…”
“But if you’re saying a Symbiotic Reincarnated Eerie parasitized a Light-type Player, I guess it’s not entirely impossible.”
“For example, if a Light-type Player managed to completely hide their Light attribute and acted just like a normal Player…”
“Then the Reincarnated Eerie could naturally overco the physical repulsion.”
“After all, in a symbiotic relationship, there isn’t true possession, so the Light attribute wouldn’t really affect it.”
Jiang Ye nodded. As expected.
The idea that Guan He was a Light-type Player who had hidden her Light attribute—yeah, that made sense.
But then another question popped into his head—
Did Guan He get told by the Reincarnated Eerie how to hide her Light-type aura?
Or had she already hidden it before, and the Reincarnated Eerie just happened to find her by accident?
In other words—
Was she really just a pure newbie Player who awakened a Light-type Ability?
Or… was she already one of the Light-type Reincarnated Players?
Thinking along those lines, he asked Little Black again:
“If soone becos a Reincarnated Player, when a new apartnt is created, would they beco an extra Player in the Beginner Apartnt? Or would they replace an existing Player?”
“For example, my original Apartnt 1008—if there was a Reincarnated Player, would there be 81 new Players? Or still 80?”
“Well…” Little Black hesitated, then shook his head. “Like I said before, almost no Human Player would willingly choose to beco a Reincarnated Player.”
“All I know of are Reincarnated Eeries.”
“And Reincarnated Eeries trying to cycle through Beginner Apartnts usually need to prepare a Substitution Eerie.”
“In other words, in a newly created Beginner Apartnt, a Reincarnated Eerie replaces an original Eerie slot. It doesn’t beco an extra.”
“So from that perspective, a Reincarnated Player also probably wouldn’t be an extra either.”
“A normal Beginner Apartnt starts with 80 people, so even if there’s a Reincarnated Player, it should still be 80.”
Little Black wasn’t certain—this was mostly his analysis and speculation.
Still, Jiang Ye found it pretty convincing.
So that ant—
There might be a Light-type Reincarnated Player around Jiang Ye right now, and he wouldn’t even know?
And what about that He Xingyue…
What if “He Xingyue” wasn’t her real identity?
What if, in this round of the Beginner Apartnt, she had taken over soone else’s spot?
And as for Guan He…
If she really was a Light-type Player…
Jiang Ye was more inclined to believe—she was a Reincarnated Player, not a fresh-faced newbie!
After all, a Reincarnated Eerie knowing how to hide Light attributes? That just didn’t sit right.
So the more likely scenario was—
In Apartnt 4869, that powerful Reincarnated Eerie set up a whole “Midnight Ring” plot.
Maybe it had just picked out a relatively strong Player as its host.
But it didn’t expect that soone in Apartnt 4869 was actually a hidden Light-type Reincarnated Player!
As a Reincarnated Player, she’d naturally be stronger than others.
So Guan He, logically, beca the final survivor of the “Midnight Ring.”
And only then did she form a symbiotic bond with the Reincarnated Eerie…
So don’t be fooled by Guan He’s appearance—looking all sweet and innocent like a Little Bai.
She might just be a tiger in sheep’s clothing!
And honestly, there might be other tigers in sheep’s clothing right around Jiang Ye too!
Even though Jiang Ye acted like he wasn’t afraid of Light.
The truth was, he wasn’t afraid of Huang Bo’s Light-type Replica.
But if he encountered other Light-type Players…
Then his Dark-type Replica could still be hard-countered!
That thought made Jiang Ye unconsciously more cautious.
—
anwhile, in Room 2064.
Replica No. 1 also turned to the White-Clad Woman and said:
“When I took on that mission earlier, you said after I completed Phase One—killing the Administrator—you’d give a surprise?”
“So, what’s the surprise?”
At that mont, Little Bai still hadn’t shown herself.
As usual, she was communicating with Jiang Ye through the giant TV screen.
She obviously hesitated for a bit, then asked Jiang Ye:
“The identity you’re using right now… it’s a Replica, right?”
Jiang Ye nodded.
It wasn’t exactly a secret anymore that he had Replicas.
Little Bai continued, “I rember your Replica is pretty special—it has full Player functions and access to your Player Panel, right?”
Jiang Ye nodded again. “So this surprise you ntioned… does it have sothing to do with my Replica?”
On the flickering screen, Little Bai’s figure appeared.
She shook her head slightly. “Not really.”
“I’m just not sure if you’ll actually like this surprise.”
“But if your Replica can enjoy it, then even if you don’t like it, it shouldn’t matter too much.”
That instantly got Jiang Ye super curious. “So what exactly is the surprise?”
He watched as Little Bai made a grand sweeping motion.
Then, a small iron chip flew out from the screen.
“Even though you completed the first-phase task in a pretty weird way, and then lost your Administrator identity afterward…”
“You did get Administrator Privileges at one point—did you happen to notice?”
“Your Data Panel at the ti should’ve added a line: [Privilege Identity: A1010 Administrator].”
Little Bai said it all very matter-of-factly.
Jiang Ye thought: Actually, I didn’t notice that.
But when he had the Administrator Replica, he did see that kind of Privilege Identity listed on its Data Panel.
Still, what did that have to do with the “surprise”?
Without Administrator Privileges, could he not enjoy the surprise?
But he didn’t have those privileges now.
Also, there was one thing Jiang Ye was really confused about:
“I asked a Ga Player about killing Administrators before…”
“According to him, killing an Administrator doesn’t give you Administrator Privileges.”
“In fact, the apartnt whose Administrator gets killed will be destroyed at midnight that day…”
“Was that Player lying to ?”
Little Bai wasn’t surprised by his question. She raised her brows and said:
“That Ga Player you asked—he probably participated in a team kill against the Administrator, right?”
Jiang Ye had actually asked Xing Man.
And that Small Fry Xing Man obviously hadn’t ever killed an Administrator.
He didn’t even reply before Little Bai continued explaining:
“In team kills like that, the privileges definitely can’t be directly transferred to one person.”
“Normally, in that case, the team gets one chance at Administrator Identity Verification.”
“That verification is basically like a solo challenge.”
“Only if you pass the verification will you get Administrator Privileges.”
“And if you don’t succeed by midnight, then yeah, the apartnt really will be destroyed early.”
“But your situation is different—you solo-killed the Administrator. So you got the privileges directly.”
So that’s how it worked.
In other words, Xing Man was just too short-sighted and didn’t know the full picture.
Of course, maybe no Player in the ga had ever actually succeeded in verifying Administrator Identity.
And speaking of Administrator Identity…
He glanced again at the little iron chip that Little Bai had tossed out.
Jiang Ye had a hunch what the “surprise” was going to be.
But holding the chip in his hand, he couldn’t figure out how to use it.
That’s when Little Bai gave him a tip:
“If you’re sure you want to use this Replica to enjoy the surprise, just drip your blood on the chip.”
Jiang Ye thought for a mont.
Replica No. 1 might’ve been his first, but it only had a C-tier Golden Light Technique Ability—not much potential for growth.
So he stored the iron chip into the Replica Shared Space.
After a brief hesitation, he had Replica No. 2, stationed at Apartnt 9999, drip blood on it.
And the mont the blood touched the chip—
A prompt sounded directly in Replica No. 2’s mind:
[You are about to gain a Privilege Identity. Do you accept?]
[Yes/No?]
Sure enough, it was a Privilege Identity—just like [Administrator]!
Jiang Ye’s eyes lit up with surprise, and he imdiately chose: [Yes!]
Then another ssage echoed in his mind:
[Ding! You have obtained the Privilege Identity: Rookie King!]
[Please check your Panel for details!]
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