“……”
Ouyang stared at the ssaging orb, looking like he was badly constipated.
The few other Zhou Qiming followers nearby all had twitching expressions at the corners of their mouths.
Especially the one who’d argued with Jiang Ye multiple tis in the Duel Space earlier—he simply rolled his eyes in utter speechlessness.
Clearly…
None of them believed it.
It was already ridiculous enough for Jiang Ye to claim he solo-killed an Administrator.
But to boast that he solo-killed the 9999 Administrator?!
That was beyond over-the-top—it was like he’d inflated his bragging to the point of explosion!
What kind of joke was this?!
The 9999 Administrator—what kind of being was that?!
And so newbie player dares to say he soloed the 9999 Administrator…
Truly, ignorance is fearlessness.
So clueless, he didn’t even know how to properly make up a lie!
Still, despite what they were thinking, Ouyang and the others didn’t openly mock him.
On the contrary, Ouyang even played along nicely and deliberately flattered him:
“Soloed the 9999 Administrator? Then congrats to you.”
Jiang Ye wasn’t dumb. Just by tone, he could tell—
Ouyang didn’t believe a word of it and was just humoring him.
Jiang Ye let out a low chuckle through the ssaging orb, his voice carrying a faint, aningful undertone.
At the sa ti, the 4444 Administrator’s Replica had a rather amused expression.
With a raised brow, he handed the orb back to Ouyang and casually said:
“Since you’re on such good terms with the 9999 Administrator, why not teleport back to Apartnt 9999 and ask him yourself to send you to Apartnt 0000?”
That line made Ouyang and the others’ expressions darken slightly.
Sure, they could go back to 9999 and ask that Administrator to send them.
But doing that would cost them extra Survival Points—
And frankly, it wasn’t worth the trouble.
But then the 4444 Administrator added:
“Who knows, maybe the 9999 Administrator has so other instructions for you.”
Ouyang was just starting to frown when Jiang Ye’s voice ca again through the ssaging orb, light and amused:
“Exactly. There’s sothing I’d like to ask you guys.”
At this point, the ssaging orb had landed back in Ouyang’s hands.
He frowned even more.
Because if Jiang Ye really had been talking complete nonsense just now,
then going back to 9999 would an exposing his bluff on the spot.
But now, with Jiang Ye and the 4444 Administrator in such sync, like so coordinated act—
It was starting to feel off.
Like… if they went back to 9999, they wouldn’t be exposing Jiang Ye at all,
but rather confirming that he actually beca the new 9999 Administrator…
But the 9999 Administrator, though!
Jiang Ye… how could that possibly be?!
Even though his gut still scread “no way,”
Ouyang really started to waver.
He exchanged a look with Lin Jing,
and saw the serious weight in Lin Jing’s eyes.
In the end, Lin Jing took a deep breath and said gravely:
“Then let’s go back to 9999 and check it out. Who knows, maybe we can recruit a few more people too.”
And so he and Ouyang turned and left.
The rest of Zhou Qiming’s followers thought for a bit, then followed suit and left the 4444 Administrator’s side.
After all, you can’t win against soone way stronger than you.
They were just regular players—without a Madman Mask, they weren’t stupid enough to start trouble with an Administrator.
And seeing the whole group dismissed by the Administrator,
Zhang Jintian, who’d barely had a presence this whole ti, cautiously asked the 4444 Administrator:
“Um, Administrator sir… does that an Jiang… Jiang Ye actually beca the 9999 Administrator?”
Ouyang and the others were better inford, so they were sure Jiang Ye was full of crap.
But Zhang Jintian thought—
Jiang Ye was amazing!
He’d already one-shotted the 1010 Administrator (though sohow that guy ca back…)
And later, he beca the Rookie King!
Even if Zhang didn’t really know what the Rookie King ant...
It still sounded super aweso!
So soone that incredible becoming the 9999 Administrator?
Yeah, sounded totally legit to him!
Zhang’s worldview was too limited—he didn’t realize just how powerful 9999 was.
So he didn’t really question Jiang Ye.
But the 4444 Administrator didn’t answer.
After thinking for a mont, he simply ordered:
“From now on, if anyone else cos asking to go to Apartnt 0000, just call directly.”
Zhang Jintian had finally latched onto a powerful figure, so of course he obediently agreed.
anwhile, Jiang Ye’s Administrator Replica once again vanished.
—
Elsewhere.
In the Secret Graveyard, Jiang Ye, Yang Wenchao, and Wan Xin were digging faster than ever.
Especially Yang Wenchao—
his movents had beco incredibly practiced.
So much so that, aside from his face staying blank and dumb-looking,
his motions had lost much of their chanical stiffness.
From behind, he looked almost like a living person.
And just as the three chanical “people” were digging fiercely into another grave mound—
Jiang Ye was the first to notice sothing odd about it.
His brow twitched slightly, but his expression stayed neutral.
He simply kept pace with Yang Wenchao’s movents, digging rapidly.
This ti, the three had barely dug a few tis when—
Boom! The grave mound suddenly collapsed!
And with the collapse, a wave of rot and stench spread out from beneath!
It slled… like corpse rot?
Jiang Ye instinctively felt nauseated by the stench.
But right in front of him, he saw Yang Wenchao and Wan Xin in cha Undead Mode—
both of their eyes lit up like they’d just found treasure.
Sothing was clearly drawing them in.
Yang Wenchao beca even more aggressive.
Even as the grave caved in under him, he didn’t stop digging for a second.
Very soon, he pulled out a blood-red stone from the collapsed grave mound!
At first glance, it looked like a vivid pigeon-blood ruby.
But it was obvious the stench ca from this bright red stone.
Jiang Ye wasn’t in cha Undead Mode—he was still alive.
So slling that reek made him want to gag.
But to pure Undead like Yang Wenchao and Wan Xin,
this was like discovering a rare gem!
In fact, from Wan Xin’s dumb, vacant expression,
you could actually see a glint of desire—
like he wanted to fight Yang Wenchao for the red stone.
And Yang Wenchao clutched that red stone tightly.
His eyes, previously dull and lifeless in cha Mode, now lit up strangely.
He was clearly in a stance that said—no one was taking that stone from him.
The way these two acted—how did they look anything like mindless cha Undead?
Wan Xin was still alright—he stayed dull and robotic the whole ti.
But Yang Wenchao...
Everything he was doing now was way too much like soone with awareness and intelligence!
Could a deeply ingrained "last wish" from before death really cause a cha Undead to act so independently?
Jiang Ye was astonished.
Just as he was thinking, he saw cha-version Yang Wenchao grip the red stone,
rushing toward a previously unearthed coffin.
He pressed the red stone to his chest as he prepared to leap inside.
But the mont he jumped—
Bam! He caught a solid kick to the back.
Yep, Jiang Ye kicked him.
And while doing it, he cursed in his head: Screw you, dmn it!*
Even so, he kept his face blank and dumb like a proper undead.
Then, still playing the role, he grabbed the red stone from Yang Wenchao and stuffed it into his own pocket.
That move seed to totally dumbfound the cha-version of Yang Wenchao.
He froze there for a long mont, not reacting at all.
cha Wan Xin didn’t seem to get it either.
Apparently, the "last wish" Wan Xin had left his cha Undead self was simply: mimic Yang Wenchao.
So he jumped into the coffin as well, cramming himself right in next to Yang Wenchao...
Like they were trying to live and die in the sa bed and grave...
cha Yang Wenchao seed absolutely speechless at this,
and imdiately jumped back out of the coffin.
That jump—he looked exactly like a zombie.
He froze in place again for a mont, then suddenly turned around and resud digging other grave mounds.
It seed… he didn’t dare try to take the red stone back from Jiang Ye.
And cha Wan Xin, his faithful little shadow, imdiately leapt out of the coffin too,
and trotted off behind Yang Wenchao...
Jiang Ye kept up the undead act on the outside,
but on the inside, he was quietly observing the red stone.
He was just about to fuse in the Eye of True Sight to examine it—
When suddenly—
His Light-type Replica in Apartnt 9669 got kicked—hard!
That flying kick…
It felt like soone was imitating the exact sa kick he just gave Yang Wenchao!
Except this one was even nastier!
The Light Replica was launched straight into the air!
Ever since the clock hit midnight and Apartnt 0000 opened,
Light had been on high alert—
Worried that soone like the Apartnt Trader, an unfathomable existence, might suddenly appear and wipe him out.
He was already prepared for this new veteran player drop-in to be overwhelmingly strong—far beyond his expectations.
He had even ntally rehearsed scenarios where his Light Replica got surrounded or assassinated.
But he never imagined it would happen this fast!
How long had it been since 0:00?!
And he’d clearly hidden his aura!
So how the hell did soone find him this quickly?!
And more importantly—was it even a veteran player who found him?!
His mind was racing.
The kicked-flying Light Replica was a chaotic ss of thoughts, every nerve on high alert!
Almost reflexively, he activated Light and Shadow Escape—
At the sa ti, he prepared Replica Swap, ready to fully vanish at any second!
But then—
He only just managed to enter Light and Shadow Escape,
when the space around him seed to collapse inward toward him!
Even though Light and Shadow Escape removed all physical contact—
he could feel the crushing pressure.
In an instant, the space around him completely collapsed.
And he—still in Light and Shadow Escape form—
was compressed and trapped inside a transparent glass bottle?!
His Light-Shadow form had apparently been shrunk down by spatial compression.
From that miniaturized perspective, he wasn’t even sure if it was a glass bottle.
But there was no ti to think.
He imdiately tried to activate the previously interrupted Replica Swap!
And—
It completely failed!
He was dumbfounded.
Replica Swap… didn’t work!
It was like he’d been completely sealed inside that bottle!
Not only could Light and Shadow Escape not get him out—
Even Replica Swap couldn’t break free!
What kind of broken, overpowered thod was this?!
Could it be the Apartnt Trader, co to capture him?!
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