【Ding!】
【Beginner Apartnt Ti: Day Two, 0:00!】
As the 0:00 notification sounded—
No matter what the other Replicas felt,
Replica No. 1, who was with Yang Wenchao and Wan Xin, didn’t hesitate at all and went straight into the Secret Graveyard with them.
The so-called "cha Undead Mode" may have “cha” in the na,
but visually, it didn’t look chanical at all.
In fact, since they’d only just died, their bodies didn’t even look obviously dead.
The only thing that gave it away was the stiff, chanical way they moved their arms and legs.
According to Yang Wenchao, beings in cha Undead Mode no longer had the self-awareness of the living.
But Jiang Ye’s chanical Heart hadn’t activated.
So he wasn’t in cha Undead Mode.
Still, he was naturally cautious.
Even though Yang Wenchao and Wan Xin had lost their self-awareness, he remained wary of them.
He deliberately mimicked the chanical movent style, trailing behind Yang Wenchao and Wan Xin.
At this mont, Yang Wenchao in cha Undead Mode looked completely dull and out of it—
Even dumber than Little Black had seed when he first showed up.
However, Yang Wenchao had entered the Secret Graveyard countless tis in the ga.
So those mories still affected his undead self.
When he appeared in the Secret Graveyard, he didn’t panic.
He looked around like he was right at ho.
After a mont of scanning the area, he seed to freeze up.
Wan Xin's cha Undead just obediently followed him.
Clearly, his “last wish” before death had been to stick close to Yang Wenchao.
Wherever Yang Wenchao went, he followed without question.
So after glancing around, Wan Xin just quietly stayed put.
Jiang Ye, trailing behind, watched the scene with a strange feeling.
He had assud that cha Undeads, having lost human consciousness, wouldn’t think at all.
But the way Yang Wenchao’s cha Undead froze—it was obvious he realized sothing:
This Secret Graveyard was different from the one Yang Wenchao had experienced in the ga.
Yang Wenchao had experienced cha Undead Mode in-ga countless tis.
His undead self now didn’t just seem capable of thought—it was also surprisingly agile.
After that montary pause, he headed straight for the Grave Mound Zone.
Then, he began digging with practiced ease.
He dug, and Wan Xin followed.
To avoid standing out, Jiang Ye joined in.
Before long, a grave mound was fully dug out—
And beneath it was a coffin,
Very similar to the ones Jiang Ye had dug up in the Underground Graveyard for Wan Xin and Yang Wenchao.
Except these coffins in the Secret Graveyard looked darker.
And Yang Wenchao, skilled as ever, opened the coffin in one go.
Sure enough, the coffin in the Secret Graveyard was empty.
Just like in the ga, all the cha Undead Yang Wenchao had to do was seal himself in the coffin—
And that would count as “burying an account.”
That way, if Jiang Ye went to the Underground Graveyard later and dug him up,
he could be revived again.
But—
Yang Wenchao’s last wish probably wasn’t just to “bury an account.”
So, after opening the coffin, the cha Undead didn’t get in.
He just kept digging other mounds.
Wan Xin’s undead self followed right behind.
Naturally, Jiang Ye mimicked them to keep up the act.
Soon, they dug out another grave mound.
Inside, another empty coffin.
Yang Wenchao again opened it with ease, then kept digging.
The three cha Undeads dug faster and faster—
Basically, every grave they dug had a coffin.
While digging, Jiang Ye couldn’t help thinking—
In the ga, “burying an account” was done so it could be retrieved later.
But in reality, players who had “buried accounts” could use them for revival.
So now—
These coffins were clearly revival opportunities.
But how exactly did one use them to revive?
Was it really about sticking a corpse inside the coffin like Yang Wenchao was doing?
What a joke.
What kind of revival thod would require a dead body to complete it?
Normally, players prepared in advance.
Then, when they died, the revival would automatically trigger.
But these coffins required the body to be buried inside...
That didn’t seem reasonable.
Because in the Beginner Apartnt, once soone died, it was hard to preserve the corpse.
When Wan Xin and Yang Wenchao died, their bodies weren’t buried in coffins.
They had just “buried accounts” in the ga.
The “accounts” buried in the coffins and the living players could exist at the sa ti...
From that angle, Jiang Ye began to suspect—
Maybe Zhou Qiming’s revival used puppet-like revival items.
Those puppets were basically in-ga “accounts.”
They could bury them in coffins ahead of ti.
Then, after dying, they’d automatically revive inside the coffin...
Just as he was thinking about how Zhou Qiming might’ve used these coffins—
Back in the apartnt, a Replica checked the mber List—
And almost exactly one minute after 0:00—
Zhou Qiming’s na lit up on the mber List again!
Whoa!
That guy actually ca back to life!
Jiang Ye knew Zhou Qiming definitely had a revival thod.
But he hadn’t revived right after dying.
Plus, he died from the Dice of Fate’s 【Instant Death】...
Jiang Ye had been sure—
That guy had no chance of coming back!
But now—
That guy ca back to life at exactly 0:01!
Now that he's revived, could he be reporting sothing to the Apartnt Boss or another higher-up already?
Replica No. 1 in the Secret Graveyard continued diligently digging graves alongside Yang Wenchao,
not showing even the slightest sign of a slip-up on the surface.
As for the 4444 Administrator’s Replica, he had vacated the Graveyard space before Yang Wenchao entered it in cha Undead Mode.
He had already transferred to the visible Underground Graveyard.
While he was still pondering Zhou Qiming’s revival, he received a ssage from Zhang Jintian.
At exactly midnight, Apartnt 0000 fully opened.
And the thod of traveling to Apartnt 0000 was different from other apartnts.
It wasn’t through the teleportation array on the apartnt rooftop.
Instead, a player had to submit a request to the Administrator.
And currently, the Administrator of Apartnt 4444 was Jiang Ye.
The substitute on duty was Zhang Jintian.
Zhang Jintian, being a total newbie, naturally lacked decision-making ability,
so he reported it to the real Administrator.
Jiang Ye focused his mind and exited the Underground Graveyard,
appearing at the reception desk in the lobby with his official Administrator identity.
But to his disappointnt, the one applying to go to Apartnt 0000 wasn’t the revived Zhou Qiming—
It was Lin Jing and Ouyang, along with several of Zhou Qiming’s other followers.
These people hadn’t shown much respect when facing Zhang Jintian,
but once the official Administrator suddenly appeared, their expressions beca much more solemn and respectful.
Especially Ouyang.
This guy had sweet-talked several Administrators before.
Now it was his turn to step forward carefully and say:
“Hello, Administrator. We’ve co from Apartnt 9999 through Cross-Apartnt Operation,
and now that it’s 0:00, we’d like to explore the newly opened Apartnt 0000.
Could we trouble you to approve our request?”
This guy really knew how to play the ga.
Normally, just hearing the words “from Apartnt 9999” would make most Administrators raise their eyebrows a bit.
After all, players capable of getting into Apartnt 9999 usually did so via a housing reward from the War God Ranking.
That kind of housing beca the player’s outright, no rent required.
Also, most Administrators were well aware of the 9999 Administrator’s strength.
So they tended to show so respect to players from there.
However, that’s in most cases.
Jiang Ye, at the mont, actually responded quite pleasantly,
even with a faint smile as he looked at Ouyang:
“I’ve heard of you—
Word is, you’re personally acquainted with the 9999 Administrator?
You even have a Glass Orb to privately ssage him?”
Ouyang played the flattered role:
“Didn’t expect you to be in Apartnt 4444 and still know so much about the other apartnts—even that.”
That basically confird it.
Also felt a bit like he was borrowing so of 9999’s status to boost his own.
But Jiang Ye suddenly threw out a line:
“I wonder if you could lend that Glass Orb you use to contact the 9999 Administrator?”
Ouyang was caught off guard.
Though he’d never been an Administrator and didn’t know that the Administrator role ca with a group chat function between peers,
he still had a vague idea that all Administrators could communicate with each other.
This new 4444 Administrator, if he really needed to contact 9999,
shouldn’t he already have his own thod?
Why borrow a ssaging orb from him?
Though he couldn’t figure it out, Ouyang didn’t ask and obediently handed over the ssaging orb.
While handing it to Jiang Ye, he also carefully offered a reminder:
“The 9999 Administrator has a very lofty status. Normally, he’s the one contacting ,
and I don’t dare reach out to him first...”
The unspoken ssage:
If you insist on ssaging him first and piss him off, you’ll have to deal with the consequences.
Jiang Ye didn’t mind at all. He casually spoke into the ssaging orb:
“So, how’s Apartnt 9999? Easy to manage?
Maybe you should do what I do and get soone to sub for you?”
Ouyang and the others were all confused hearing that.
Then ca the shock—
the voice coming from the ssaging orb was... Jiang Ye’s!
“Hey! It’s not too bad, honestly.
Just sitting at the front desk is boring as h*ll.
Guess I really should find soone to cover my shift.”
???
Jiang Ye?!
That can’t be right.
Why would the 9999 Administrator’s ssaging orb be broadcasting Jiang Ye’s voice?!
Ouyang was still reeling from the shock—
when the orb’s next line dropped:
“Oh right, this orb was originally given to Ouyang by the forr 9999 Administrator, wasn’t it?”
“Ouyang’s next to you, right? Mind passing this on—”
“The forr 9999 Administrator is dead.”
“I’m the new 9999 Administrator now.”
“Hah, it’s actually a little embarrassing.
Originally, I was supposed to team up with Lin Shen to kill the Administrator together.”
“But Lin Shen’s Quick Battle run failed, didn’t even get a win streak…”
“No choice—I just solo-killed the 9999 one myself :)”
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