Huh?
Whether Li Ku's Death State could pass through the elevator was sothing Jiang Ye wasn't sure about either.
However...
If he also chose to pass through the elevator to go to the hidden space, wouldn't that an separating from Lin Dong and the others as well?
Lin Dong and the others realized this point imdiately and confird with him:
"You an... we split up?"
Li Ku shook his head: "Not necessarily."
"What I an is, if I can pass through here while in my Death State..."
"Then, I would be splitting up from you guys."
"And if I can't pass through..."
His gaze swept across the elevator, unable to accurately land on the Witch Gui Jiang Ye.
So it was best to just address the air: "Then, the monster following us... are you willing to separate from us alone?"
Jiang Ye thought for a mont, then said to Li Ku: "If you want to try, I can try with you."
Li Ku seed thoughtful, and Jiang Ye made it even clearer:
"What I an is, let borrow your body to test your Death State."
"If your Death State can really pass through the elevator, then we'll go to the hidden space behind it together."
"If your Death State cannot pass through the elevator, then we'll stay together, temporarily not exploring the hidden space."
"In other words, I'm handing the choice to you—if you want to try, I'll accompany you in trying."
Li Ku pondered briefly, then spoke:
"Then I'll also leave the outco to the Death State. If it can pass, we pass; if it can't, we stay."
His words clearly carried an elent of gambling.
The others couldn't really say much, as whether they could actually pass through was still uncertain.
It was also possible that after all their persuasion and internal conflict, Li Ku's Death State might simply fail to pass through?
Thus, Lin Dong didn't say much more, just prepared in advance for the possibility of separating from Li Ku—
"If you do indeed go to the hidden space, I will record the ti of our separation as '0'."
"Then, our group will continue to the space on the 49th floor."
"After that, we will return to the elevator precisely when the recorded ti shows '180'."
Li Ku instantly understood the aning of this statent.
So he also said: "Then I will also record the separation ti as 0."
"If the hidden space isn't worth exploring, if we can smoothly return to the elevator..."
"I will also try my best to return to the elevator at the 180th second after separation."
This way, they could also test—
If they leave the elevator from two different directions and return to the elevator after the sa ti interval, will they et in the sa elevator space?
After agreeing on this, the Witch Gui Jiang Ye seized Li Ku's body.
It should also be because Li Ku offered no resistance to him, as the body seizure went quite smoothly.
However, Jiang Ye wasn't actually sure—
When he used Li Ku's body to transform into the Death State, would he still be in the state of having seized Li Ku's body?
After all, he felt that the "physical body" in the Death State might be like a kind of void existence...
Without the anchor of a physical body, the Witch Gui, a Conscious Soul Body, should find it very difficult to seize a body.
Just like how the Witch Gui couldn't seize the shadow phantom before.
But...
Perhaps because he had seized Li Ku in a non-Death State.
When switching to the Death State this ti, he wasn't expelled from Li Ku's Death State body.
So, Jiang Ye didn't overthink it and used Li Ku's Death State body to move toward the opposite direction of the elevator door.
His movent wasn't slow, his whole person seeming like he was about to crash into the elevator's rear wall.
And the mont he crashed into it, that smooth elevator wall seed to instantly transform into a mirror!
What was eerie...
This mirror reflected the image of the elevator door opposite it.
Yet, none of the players standing inside this elevator were reflected in the mirror!
That is...
The mirror seed to reflect an empty elevator!
Apart from that, from Lin Dong and the others' perspective, they also noticed...
The image of Li Ku in Death State passing through this mirror, because the mirror reflected the elevator door, looked as if he was passing through the elevator door!
Only after Li Ku completely disappeared from the elevator, and that mirror vanished from the elevator wall...
Did Zhang E and the others snap out of their shock, then exclaim:
"Crap! We were too shocked just now, we forgot to start the tir!"
Fortunately, Lin Dong said: "It's fine, I rembered."
Zhang E asked again: "Was what you saw with your eyes the sa as what we saw?"
"We saw this wall of the elevator turn into a mirror, but it didn't reflect us; instead, it reflected what seed like an empty, unmanned elevator!"
Lin Dong was silent for a mont, then said: "What I saw wasn't a door reflected by a mirror, but a real door."
"Of course, it did look like a mirror image compared to the real door."
"This might be the clever aspect of that hidden space."
"Thinking about this now is useless; let's go check the normal space first."
Thus, Lin Dong's group left the elevator from the direction of the normal elevator door.
And Li Ku and Jiang Ye did indeed arrive at a hidden space different from the previous 48 floors.
This hidden space wasn't shaped like a hexagonal palace.
Instead, it looked very much like the floors of the Novice Apartnt in the later era!
A long corridor, with neatly spaced, orderly arranged doors on both sides!
Jiang Ye imdiately released his seizure of Li Ku's body.
After regaining consciousness, Li Ku looked at this long corridor and exclaid in shock: "This is... that abandoned ntal Hospital built within the World Tree ruins?"
"Does that an... we've already passed through the space at the bottom of the Blood Pool and reached the roots of the World Tree?"
"Or... wait, no!"
After a mont of shock, Li Ku quickly realized again: "This place seems... it's not the abandoned ntal Hospital..."
"So, perhaps that abandoned ntal Hospital was modeled after this place?"
As he spoke, his gaze searched around again, asking the air: "Monster? Are you still there?"
Jiang Ye thought for a mont and corrected him: "You can call Witch Gui."
"Witch Gui..." Li Ku didn't mind, then asked again, "Did you record the ti we arrived in this space?"
Jiang Ye said: "If your Prison watch ti is correct, then the ti upon entering this place, displayed on your Prison watch, was 23 seconds."
Li Ku breathed a slight sigh of relief, then said: "We have 3 minutes; perhaps we can explore the rooms in this corridor?"
Jiang Ye thought the sa: "You explore on your own, I'll just follow by your side."
Li Ku nodded and walked toward a door near the elevator.
Its doorplate displayed 4900.
The following numbers were 4901, 4902...
Li Ku then looked at the doorplate numbers on the other side of the corridor, which showed 4999, 4998...
"Judging by the doorplate numbers, there should be 100 rooms here."
Li Ku walked past them one by one and finally decided: "I'll go check room 4949."
If not for the Death State effect, he probably wouldn't take such a risk.
But with the almost "immortal" Death State, and unaware of the Light faction's existence, Li Ku had beco much bolder.
Jiang Ye didn't stop him either, and watched as he directly reached out to knock on the door with the plate number 4949.
Of course, he was just knocking symbolically, not really expecting anyone inside to open the door for him.
However, just as he was about to switch to Death State to force his way in...
That 4949 door really was opened from the inside!
Even accompanied by a muttering voice: "Is it the delivery?"
Delivery?!
Li Ku was shocked!
Through the opened door, he saw what seed to be a luxurious apartnt room inside.
And standing at the apartnt doorway was a drowsy-eyed... monster?!
It really was a monster!
That thing's appearance looked like a grotesque creature pieced together from various kinds of trash!
A big mouth like a toad's, button-like eyes, a pitch-black head stuck full of keys...
Below the neck, a body wrapped with white bandages stained bright red with blood.
Besides the torso, it had barely managed to wrap out limbs too.
But beyond those limbs, the parts equivalent to human hands were two fruit knives.
The parts equivalent to human feet were two kitchen knives.
This bizarre thing, its button-like pitch-black eyes, seed to be looking at Li Ku.
Then, a slightly chilly voice repeated to Li Ku again: "Is it the delivery?"
Li Ku's brain went into overdrive.
He vaguely sensed that, seemingly because of his silence, this bizarre creature was getting angry!
The air at the doorway of 4949 was getting colder.
That kind of sinister cold.
Not knowing how to respond, he simply switched to Death State and forced his way in.
Thus, a black shadow, "whoosh," rushed into this 4949 room without permission.
The bizarre creature instantly flew into a rage, its pitch-black button eyes emitting red light, while the bandage-wrapped arm swiftly shot toward Li Ku's direction!
The cold silver fruit knife naturally stabbed straight at Li Ku too.
Of course, that fruit knife couldn't harm Li Ku in the slightest.
He used the fastest speed to tour the entire 4949 room.
Only to find...
This seed to be just an ordinary, luxurious apartnt!
Although there were so eerie presences, most of it looked like a normal apartnt.
And the monster living here, after discovering its attacks couldn't hurt Li Ku at all, seed to realize sothing.
It directly retracted its bandage arm and attack thods, its kitchen knife feet clacking on the floor as it dashed out of the 4949 room and ran toward the direction of the red-lit elevator!
Li Ku chased out from the 4949 room, staring at this scene, completely stunned!
"What the? The creatures in this hidden space actually ride elevators too?"
"By the way, what the hell is that thing? Is it a monster ford after a human's death? But how can a monster look so grotesque?"
As he spoke, Li Ku also chased to the red-lit elevator area.
Jiang Ye followed him, looking at that familiar elevator, a premonition rising in his heart—
Wanting to leave this hidden space as they wished within 3 minutes probably wouldn't be that easy.
Returning to the elevator now, or returning to the elevator at the agreed 3 minutes with Lin Dong...
Where they returned to might not be the original Blood Pool elevator anymore.
Li Ku vaguely had a similar premonition.
In the end, he temporarily didn't enter the elevator to chase that monster, but instead fixed his gaze on room 4900.
This ti, no one ca to open this door.
Li Ku switched to Death State but still couldn't enter.
No choice, he went to knock on other rooms.
While analyzing as if talking to himself: "That bizarre creature seed to want so delivery..."
"Should I go sowhere and find a delivery?"
Seemingly talking to himself, but actually sowhat asking Jiang Ye.
Jiang Ye didn't answer, nurous thoughts rising in his mind, unable to be certain for now.
And when Li Ku knocked on 4903...
Still no one opened the door, he was about to continue to 4904, when Jiang Ye reminded him:
"4903 has soone inside."
Li Ku was stunned, quickly understanding Jiang Ye's aning.
The being inside 4903 was probably afraid of him, so it pretended no one was there.
He didn't go back to knock on 4903, but continued to 4904, this ti shouting toward the inside: "Delivery!"
Result, no response.
4905, also shouted "Delivery," also no one.
When he got to 4906, he knocked on the door while shouting "Delivery," and sure enough, soone inside responded: "Coming!"
Then, another bizarre creature ca to open the door.
This ti, it was a monster shaped like a square cardboard box, with four wheels below replacing feet, and two pitch-black holes on top, looking at Li Ku like eyes.
It was also from these holes that the voice ca: "Where's the delivery?"
Li Ku, still disregarding martial ethics, directly switched to Death State and barged inside.
The cardboard box monster seed to freeze for a mont, then cursed "Damn."
The two holes on its top instantly rged into one, then aid in Li Ku's direction.
Result... nothing happened.
The cardboard box froze again, but it didn't run. Instead, its wheels chased after the black shadow running amok in its apartnt, directly questioning:
"Who the hell are you? Trespassing! Aren't you afraid I'll report you to the apartnt administrator?!"
Jiang Ye was instantly shocked!
Apartnt administrator?!
An apartnt administrator exists in this hidden space?
If so...
His guess was indeed correct!
The red-lit elevator on this floor probably wasn't the previous Blood Pool elevator anymore!
He and Li Ku might not easily return to the Blood Pool elevator either!
Taking the red-lit elevator would probably...
Lead to other floors of the apartnt?
Like the 1st floor... could it be the apartnt lobby, the service base for deliveries, cleaning, etc.?!
Holy crap! Jiang Ye even began to doubt montarily...
Could it be that this hidden space behind the 49th leads to another ti??
Had he and Li Ku traveled to the later apartnt era again??
Various speculations popped into Jiang Ye's mind.
Li Ku also finished touring the apartnt and returned in front of the cardboard box monster.
He directly asked: "What is an apartnt administrator? And what are you?"
The cardboard box monster seed to freeze again, its "eyes" reverting to two holes, glaring at Li Ku.
And still from these holes, the cardboard box monster made sound: "Are you a newcor? Didn't you hear the apartnt announcent??"
Yet the next second, the cardboard box monster refuted this statent itself: "Impossible! A newcor this strong couldn't possibly not have heard the apartnt announcent! You... what the hell are you?"
Li Ku fell silent for a mont, found an excuse to fish for information: "I seem to have lost my mory, can you tell what the situation is here?"
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