Li Ku: "Two, or three."
Jiang Ye: ????
"Then what makes you think I'm an NPC?"
"Uh..." Li Ku explained, "The question itself isn't the key point; the key is the subsequent questioning and self-verification..."
As he spoke, he lightly coughed twice, looking sowhat awkward: "Ahem, well, it seems we don't need to dwell too much on this issue."
"......"
Jiang Ye was speechless and was just about to say sothing when Li Ku directly asked again:
"By the way, Witch Gui, do you know of a ga called 'Doomsday Apartnt'?"
Jiang Ye nodded: "So players in the Novice Apartnt had played a ga called 'Doomsday Apartnt' before being drawn into the Novice Apartnt."
"However, that ga had already shut down before they were pulled into the apartnt."
Following this information, Li Ku said in a serious tone: "But the problem is..."
"None of the players in the Prison have had any contact with the 'Doomsday Apartnt' ga."
"That's why I just suspected that Ji Zixuan might be a fake person."
"Could it be that he was originally an NPC in a ga, and after prolonged ga debugging, gradually ca to believe he was a real player..."
"And then, even after being drawn into this hidden space instance, he still thinks he's a player who played the ga?"
Hmm...
Jiang Ye, following Li Ku's train of thought, was just about to say sothing when Li Ku suddenly asked again:
"Witch Gui, you... have you played that ga called 'Doomsday Apartnt'?"
His words were filled with probing intent.
Clearly, he already seed to have a certain inclination towards his own speculation.
Jiang Ye didn't hesitate much before shaking his head: "I truly have not played the 'Doomsday Apartnt' ga."
Li Ku let out a slight sigh of relief.
However, Jiang Ye imdiately followed up: "But in reality, I have co into contact with people who played the ga, real people like ."
Li Ku was slightly taken aback: "aning that..."
"There exists a social connection between those who played the ga and those who didn't."
"Through the existence of this social link, it indeed seems impossible to continue understanding those who played the ga as NPCs within the ga..."
"But..." Li Ku still seed reluctant to overturn his hypothesis.
He thought about sothing, and finally challenged Jiang Ye again:
"Then why is it that only players in this hidden space instance include those who played 'Doomsday Apartnt,' while players outside this instance, not a single one has played 'Doomsday Apartnt'?"
Jiang Ye also didn't know how to answer this question.
Li Ku didn't dwell on the answer either. Instead, he looked towards the tightly closed door of room 2218 and changed the subject:
"How did the exploration go?"
Jiang Ye was quite candid: "Just like the tombstone area of the Burial Ground, everything inside looks like it was looted by bandits and robbers. At the sa ti, a downward staircase appeared, identical to the underground palace in the tombstone area, suspected to lead to an unknown space."
Li Ku fell into thoughtful silence, then asked: "So when do we go explore the unknown?"
This question carried hidden implications.
Both the unknown space in the tombstone area and the one in 2218 awaited exploration.
And the prerequisite for exploration was eliminating the potential threat—Administrator 4444.
Jiang Ye already had the Administrator's mimic mask in his possession.
He also had a Skin Sand item that could be used to create a mimic mask of Li Ku.
However, when Administrator 4444 was in the mist zone, Jiang Ye's clone senses couldn't detect him either.
So, they still had to wait for Administrator 4444 to return before they could use the 【clone kills clone】 bug exploit on him.
Moreover, how to kill 4444 was also a problem.
But actually, compared to Administrator 4444, compared to the unknown spaces in the tombstone area and 2218...
Jiang Ye was more urgently hoping to et the Nomadic rchant again.
In this world of Day 9, the Novice Apartnt was operating normally.
Ji Zixuan also had a Survival Jade Token used to store survival points.
That was clearly given to him by the Nomadic rchant.
Therefore, the Nomadic rchant was still roaming between Novice Apartnts, exercising his privileges and duties.
If he could et the Nomadic rchant again...
Jiang Ye might receive more guidance.
But as he and Li Ku wandered around the apartnts, the Nomadic rchant never appeared.
Jiang Ye wasn't sure if it was because the Nomadic rchant didn't want to see him, or...
Because he wasn't alone?
Actually, he could also acquire an administrator identity and try to summon the Nomadic rchant again.
But...
Jiang Ye thought about it and finally decided to split up with Li Ku for now.
So, after so consideration, he took out the Survival Jade Token from Ji Zixuan's spatial equipnt and explained to Li Ku:
"This is a key item for this hidden instance, called the Survival Jade Token."
"It cos from a mysterious black shadow. The fact that we've been together all this ti might affect your chances of getting a Survival Jade Token from that shadow."
"So next, let's split up and act separately for a while."
"On one hand, we wait for Administrator 4444 to return from exploring the mist; on the other hand, you can try wandering around to see if you can bump into the shadow."
As he spoke, Jiang Ye also kindly reminded: "The shadow is very powerful. You'd better not offend him."
This kind reminder startled Li Ku: "So strong he can break my Death State effect?"
Jiang Ye thought about it and politely stated: "Strong enough to take away your Death State effect."
?!
Li Ku was even more shocked, instantly not very keen on wandering alone and bumping into the shadow!
However, Jiang Ye explained further: "The shadow is also a privilege holder. He won't just snatch things from you."
"Even if he takes a liking to sothing, he'll choose to trade. And it's the kind of trade that will make you willing."
With this explanation, Li Ku finally relaxed: "Alright, then after we split up, when and where do we et up?"
Jiang Ye thought about it, then used Ji Zixuan's player panel to add Li Ku as a friend.
He also conveniently created a Heart Demon Nest for Ji Zixuan.
"If you see the shadow and get a Survival Jade Token, rember to send a ssage."
"If you never see the shadow, then wait until the Administrator returns and gather in the lobby on the 1st floor."
Li Ku nodded, then frowned again: "When the Administrator returns, can we detect it imdiately?"
Jiang Ye smiled: "I can detect it imdiately. I'll send you a ssage when the ti cos."
Li Ku seed thoughtful and continued nodding.
Afterwards, Jiang Ye gave a few more instructions, and the two temporarily went their separate ways.
Not long after they split up, Li Ku directly sent him a ssage:
[Can I freely kill the players in this instance?]
Seeing this ssage, Jiang Ye instinctively glanced at the Apartnt Chat Group.
As expected, after the apartnt fusion, almost all the ssages in the chat group ca from players of the 4444 Apartnt.
Due to the special nature of the 4444 Apartnt—ga players who had buried their accounts could resurrect in the Burial Ground.
Therefore, the entire 4444 Apartnt had quite a few experienced and powerful ga players.
The overall player strength far exceeded that of the ordinary players in the 4869 Apartnt.
Correspondingly, the powerful players of the 4444 Apartnt naturally had slightly more arrogant personalities.
It wasn't hard to imagine that so unlucky fool with no sense had probably accidentally provoked Li Ku.
But...
Jiang Ye thought about it and replied to Li Ku:
[Theoretically, yes. However, most players from the 4444 Apartnt are ga players, and there's a Probability they still carry resurrection chances.]
[Rather than directly killing them, you could try to gather more information from them, such as their experiences resurrecting in the underground Burial Ground...]
He originally intended to leave it at that.
But after thinking again, he added another reminder: [For example, after they resurrected in the coffins in the underground Burial Ground, who used what thod to release them from the coffins.]
This series of ssages surprised Li Ku quite a bit. He directly replied: [So that underground Burial Ground is actually a resurrection point for ga players?!]
Jiang Ye: [You can ask the players yourself.]
After saying that, Jiang Ye entered the red-lit elevator and pressed the button for floor 99.
ssages couldn't be received in the elevator, and the chat group couldn't be viewed either.
His gaze rested on the elevator button panel as he absentmindedly pondered the doubts in his heart.
And when the elevator floor display jumped from "49" to "50"...
Jiang Ye suddenly felt an inexplicable tremor.
It was as if the elevator had suddenly malfunctioned!
Accompanying this malfunction tremor, a strange infant's crying sound suddenly rang in his ears.
In the empty elevator, this crying sound echoed continuously, making it sound even more bizarre!
Soon, the crying was even mixed with infant laughter.
The two sounds intertwined, echoing back and forth within the elevator...
Jiang Ye only felt his nerves instantly tense, an inexplicable feeling of suffocation as if he couldn't breathe!
What the hell is this?!
Triggered a strange secret realm within the red-lit elevator?
But...
The elevator only stopped at the 50th floor for about 1 minute before resuming its upward journey as if back to normal.
The floor number quickly jumped from "50" to "51."
The subsequent floor numbers also increased normally one by one.
But that eerie infant crying and laughter continued to reverberate in the elevator, tornting Jiang Ye's mind!
He took a deep breath, pressed his hands against his temples, forcing himself to calm down.
Holding on like this, the elevator normally made a "ding" sound at the "99th" floor, and the doors opened.
Jiang Ye thought that stepping out of the elevator would make the strange sounds disappear.
But they didn't!
Even after stepping out, the sounds beca louder, as if coming from above the entire 4444 Apartnt, constantly stimulating his eardrums, destroying his ntal will!
For a mont, Jiang Ye's eyes turned red, nearly collapsing out of control!
Almost by instinct, he detached from Ji Zixuan's physical body.
He originally thought this would dispel this inexplicable ntal tornt...
However, contrary to expectations—
After detaching from Ji Zixuan's physical body, his Conscious Soul Body felt like a dark-type creature directly exposed under Lightburn, nearly collapsing on the spot!
Once again, survival instinct made him rapidly seize Ji Zixuan's body again.
Only this ti, he didn't directly occupy Ji Zixuan's physical body. Instead, he hid inside the Heart Demon Nest he had constructed on Ji Zixuan.
This way, Ji Zixuan's physical body was still controlled by Ji Zixuan himself.
The man was utterly bewildered.
But after so many experiences of being seized back and forth...
He wasn't a fool, so he naturally realized—
He had been targeted by a terrifying "Portable Old Grandpa"!
And this "Portable Old Grandpa" was probably a villain!
He showed absolutely no respect for his will, just seizing his body!
Fortunately, this body seizure didn't seem permanent...
From ti to ti, he could return the body to him.
Feeling fortunate about this, Ji Zixuan imdiately heard the "Portable Old Grandpa's" voice filled with extre pain:
"You... can you hear... infant crying and laughter..."
"Infant crying and laughter?" Ji Zixuan nodded, "It's so obvious, of course I can hear it."
Simultaneously, he belatedly realized: "Is it this sound that's causing you pain, Senior?"
Jiang Ye originally wanted to confirm what Ji Zixuan felt upon hearing the sound.
Now, judging from his reaction, it wasn't hard to conclude—
Ji Zixuan seed to have no reaction to this sound!
What the hell is going on?!
A sound specifically targeting him?
Who was it? Administrator 4444? Or so ga player from the 4444 Apartnt?
Or perhaps the existence that destroyed his room 2218?!
Jiang Ye felt extre pain, his mind on the verge of collapse.
He originally wanted to ask Ji Zixuan so questions.
But in this state, he couldn't utter a complete sentence!
However...
This Ji Zixuan, whether out of schadenfreude or sothing else, suddenly blurted out:
"I saw in the chat group that all players can hear this infant crying and laughter!"
"At the sa ti, so players said—all the monsters in the entire apartnt seem to have fallen into an out-of-control state upon hearing this sound!"
Clearly, Ji Zixuan was genuinely taking pleasure in others' misfortune.
Because he had realized that this "Portable Old Grandpa" seizing him was so powerful monster!
This powerful monster suddenly returning his body wasn't due to a guilty conscience.
It was because the infant crying and laughter suddenly echoing through the apartnt caused ntal damage to all monsters!
Jiang Ye could certainly hear the schadenfreude in Ji Zixuan's tone.
However, he couldn't even remind this guy about the effects of the 【Heart Demon Nest】.
He only felt that his consciousness seed on the verge of completely losing control the next second!
No!
Can't just sit here and wait for death!
Since it was confird that staying in the 【Heart Demon Nest】 and staying in Ji Zixuan's physical body provided almost the sa defensive effect against this ntal attack.
The Witch Gui Jiang Ye directly surged out from the 【Heart Demon Nest】 and once again seized Ji Zixuan's physical body.
The pain remained terrifying and profound.
His consciousness felt like it could collapse at any mont!
Jiang Ye, clinging to this last shred of consciousness, used Ji Zixuan's physical body and survival points to generate a clone!
He didn't even have ti to check this clone before his consciousness completely fell into collapse!
Almost the mont the Witch Gui Jiang Ye's consciousness collapsed...
A Jiang Ye clone materialized out of thin air.
He hadn't chosen the 【mutated clone】 effect, so this clone appeared in Jiang Ye's own likeness.
And because the Witch Gui Jiang Ye's consciousness instantly collapsed...
This newly generated Jiang Ye clone was like an isolated island, without any shared consciousness.
Just like when Li Ku tricked the Cardboard Box Monster about "amnesia"...
He, as a person, was in an "amnesiac" state.
From the mont of his birth, there were no mories in his mind, only—
Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?
And upon seeing the out-of-control Ji Zixuan, who looked like a red-eyed monster, his instinctive reaction was a cry of shock:
"Holy crap?! Senior, spare my life!"
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