15 minutes...
Jiang Ye wanted to go straight for a 20-win streak, maybe even 30.
But he was also a bit worried—
If the Duoe Organization shalessly kept sending veteran players with Glyph Abilities just to target him,
It probably wouldn’t be so easy to handle.
Over on his No.2 Replica’s side, he didn’t waste a second and imdiately launched the 11-win streak matchmaking.
His main body, anwhile, was still deeply worried about being directly targeted by the Administrator.
His Room 2025 clearly wasn’t safe anymore.
So deep down, a bold idea began to take shape in Jiang Ye’s mind!
Only thing was, bold ideas were always for his Replicas.
His main body... was still a bit of a coward.
After a mont of contemplation, Jiang Ye had his No.1 Replica take the Blackened Replica and leave Room 2025 together.
And in the short distance between Room 2025 and Room 2064,
He was ambushed three tis!
All monster ambushes—two venomous snakes, one cockroach.
The whole ti, he was too worried it might be a trap set by the Administrator to dare fight back.
Luckily, the Blackened Replica had sharp senses and took care of each crisis.
None of the three attacks ca from the Apartnt Administrator.
But with ambushes happening this frequently, it was hard to believe the Administrator wasn’t involved at all.
Jiang Ye’s face darkened as he rang the doorbell to Room 2064.
The one who answered was still that cold little Personal Assistant robot.
Before Jiang Ye could even speak, the little bot flatly stated:
“The owner has not requested any apartnt services. Unauthorized individuals, please leave.”
Jiang Ye glanced toward the living room but didn’t see the White-Clad Woman.
He tried explaining to the robot that he was her friend and had sothing to discuss.
But the robot showed no trace of emotion, repeating the sa line:
“Please leave.”
Jiang Ye was helpless and just about to walk away in defeat—
When suddenly—
The Blackened Replica standing beside him suddenly transford into the White-Clad Woman!
Then “she” said to the robot, “He’s my friend. Let him in.”
The Personal Assistant robot hesitated for a second, then nodded, opened the door, and let Jiang Ye in.
Even as he followed this “White-Clad Woman” into Room 2064,
Jiang Ye was completely dumbfounded!
Holy sh*t?
His Blackened Replica... was actually the White-Clad Woman in disguise?!
Wait wait wait—this wasn’t right?!
Jiang Ye was filled with dread.
But the Blackened Replica seed to pick up on his thoughts and calmly said, “No.”
Then he shot a glance at the pint-sized Personal Assistant robot and added aningfully:
“These Personal Assistant robots usually have pretty low intelligence.”
Uh...
Jiang Ye got it.
So it wasn’t that the White-Clad Woman had been disguising herself as his Blackened Replica all along.
It was just that, right then and there, the Blackened Replica had changed into the White-Clad Woman in front of the dumb robot...
But Jiang Ye was still confused: “But your Glyph Abilities don’t include sothing like that, do they?”
The Blackened Replica responded calmly, “You don’t need Glyph Abilities for that. Most Eerie Players have the ability to change their voice, appearance, and form.”
“Didn’t the Apartnt Administrator just easily disguise himself as Ding Deng?”
Oh, right.
“So...” Jiang Ye swallowed nervously. “All Eerie Players can turn into ?”
The Blackened Replica didn’t understand why Jiang Ye was so shocked.
He corrected him matter-of-factly, “Not just you—they can impersonate anyone.”
“In fact, Eerie Players can create customized Disguise Masks for Human Players to use.”
Hearing that, Jiang Ye swallowed hard again, horrified: “You’re saying—”
“The Disguise Masks found in treasure chests all look like bald guys.”
“But the ones made by Eerie Players can look like anything—not just bald guys?”
The Blackened Replica nodded, “Correct. Disguise Masks created by Eerie Players are also known as Human Skin Masks. Human Players can custom-order Human Skin Masks in any appearance they want. They can be fictional or modeled after real people—both are possible.”
He made it sound so casual...
But Jiang Ye couldn’t help getting more and more excited!
His Infinite Replication ability really was f***ing insane!
It seed like, under this X-tier Ability, anything that looked exactly like him would be classified as one of his Replicas!
Which ant—
What Jiang Ye had just been thinking was...
If the Administrator hadn’t disguised himself as “Ding Deng” when he ca to the door,
But had co disguised as him, Jiang Ye—
Then what would’ve happened?
Could he have... triggered Replica Fusion with the Administrator,
And forcibly locked him down for three minutes?!!
Holy sh*t?!
What would it feel like to fuse with the Apartnt Administrator?!
The ntal image was insane—he didn’t dare keep thinking about it!!
And taking this logic even further, Jiang Ye couldn’t help imagining—
Killing the Apartnt Boss through normal ans might be impossible.
But what if...
The Apartnt Boss went insane and disguised himself as Jiang Ye??
Then... would the X-tier Ability also classify the Boss as one of his Replicas?
Then—Replica Fusion, or maybe by then he’d even have an even crazier skill like Replica Self-Destruct...
And he uses a Replica Skill on the Apartnt Boss—
Boom, Boss gone?!
Let’s go even more ridiculous...
What if, right at ga ti 00:00,
He lured the Apartnt Boss into taking on his form,
Then straight-up used Fusion on him?
F**k’s sake, wouldn’t that an—
He kills the Apartnt Boss and his main body skyrockets instantly?!
Hahahahaha...
Jiang Ye couldn’t help admiring himself—man, he really had guts!
Most people wouldn’t even dream of sothing this beautiful.
And here he was, just casually thinking it up...
Where the h*ll did he get this kind of confidence?!
Definitely not from Fish Leong.
It was the true weight of the X-tier Ability!
Jiang Ye seriously suspected that this so-called X-tier... was essentially a bug-tier!
If what he imagined really worked, then it was way too broken!
And the Blackened Replica had just said sothing about being able to make fixed-appearance Human Skin Masks.
So if this bug really existed...
Couldn’t he mass-produce masks of his own face and sell them in bulk?
And the players who used those masks—once they looked like him,
Would they also be identified as his Replicas??
F**k...
This idea was just too wild!
Jiang Ye’s expression was completely stunned.
The Blackened Replica looked confused and was about to say sothing,
When his expression suddenly shifted, and his gaze turned toward the TV screen in the living room.
At the sa ti, the White-Clad Woman’s voice ca from the screen:
“You’ve really gotten gutsy, haven’t you?”
“Daring to disguise yourself as and sneak into my apartnt!”
As she spoke, a white silhouette erged from the screen.
She glared at Jiang Ye with those beautiful eyes, then looked over at the one disguised as her, and coldly asked:
“That one’s your new Replica?”
Jiang Ye quickly shot a glance at the Blackened Replica, who then reverted from the White-Clad Woman’s appearance back to looking like Jiang Ye.
And the mont he returned to his true form, the White-Clad Woman’s eyes were clearly surprised.
A second later, she stared at the Blackened Replica and gasped:
“You…”
“You’re that creepy thing from my Blood Mist Space?! You’re still alive?!”
The Blackened Replica nodded obediently. A layer of Blood Mist then spread around his body, and he calmly replied:
“Yeah. I’m still alive.”
“How is that possible…” the White-Clad Woman murmured, then looked back at Jiang Ye, her gaze complicated.
At this mont, Jiang Ye himself was starting to doubt.
He’d originally thought this blackened version of the Mirror Replica was so unique because the Replica Reflection Mirror was special.
But now he felt...
This uniqueness might not co from the Mirror at all—
It might co from... himself.
Right, the Blackened Replica had even said, he could get stronger by following him…
Just as Jiang Ye was deep in thought, the White-Clad Woman’s lazy voice interrupted him:
“So, you ca all the way here—what do you want from ?”
Jiang Ye snapped out of it and sighed: “Didn’t I take that quest to kill the Administrator?”
“But now, before I even got the Madman Mask, I’ve already been targeted by the Administrator.”
“I wanted to ask if you had any good ways to help avoid being countered or harassed by him.”
“For example—can the Administrator just barge into this room of yours without permission?”
The White-Clad Woman looked surprised: “You want to live with ?”
???
Why did that sound so weird??
Jiang Ye quickly shook his head: “No, I an, do you have any safe place you can offer ?”
“Like that little forest of yours. There were tons of bedsheets there—shouldn’t they be connected to different spaces?”
“Is there a safe, secure one that could shield from the Administrator, just so I can lay low for a while?”
The White-Clad Woman stared at him and thought for a mont.
Not long after, she seed to think of a possible place.
But after giving Jiang Ye a quick once-over, she raised an eyebrow and said: “You’re talking about your main body, right? Aren’t you worried I’ll pull so trick on you and get you killed?”
That—Jiang Ye had indeed considered.
But at this point, he had more information in hand, and facing the White-Clad Woman, he was a lot more composed.
He even smiled a bit, relaxed and confident:
“Co on, we have at least one task-based connection.”
“Because of that bond, you don’t really have a reason to harm .”
“On the contrary...”
Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow and said with mock mystery,
“You probably really want to get out of this Beginner Apartnt, don’t you?”
The White-Clad Woman stared at him for a few seconds, then chuckled coldly, her tone odd:
“Looks like you’ve learned a few things.”
“Then take a guess—if I chose you as a parasitic host right now, what do you think your chances of survival would be?”
“Tsk tsk, an SSS-tier Ability—even among all the Beginner Apartnts I’ve reincarnated through, that’s a rare one.”
She smiled in that strange way, like she really had her eye on Jiang Ye.
But Jiang Ye wasn’t scared at all. He grinned right back: “Rare, but not unheard of.”
“If you didn’t choose to parasitize soone even with an SSS-tier, then I’ve got even less reason to be afraid.”
The White-Clad Woman laughed again.
She could tell this kid was actually super cautious about his life.
Even now, he’d co in a Replica, not his real body.
Which ant he definitely wasn’t as chill and fearless as he seed.
Still, under these circumstances, the fact that he was willing to show up in a Replica for a face-to-face talk
Was already a big show of trust.
So the White-Clad Woman didn’t give him a hard ti. She simply said:
“That little forest of mine—there are indeed one or two safe zones. You can use one for now.”
“But only for today.”
“The Administrator holds the Apartnt permissions. If you want to survive the next 00:00,
You’d better leave this Apartnt altogether.”
“For example—Apartnt 9999 would be a pretty solid choice.”
Jiang Ye nodded. He already had plans in that direction.
After thanking her, he added, “About that shelter you ntioned—can I use a Replica to check it out ahead of ti?”
The White-Clad Woman nodded and prepared to take him to her little forest.
Just then, Jiang Ye had a sudden brainwave and blurted:
“My Blackened Replica just told all Eerie can easily change their appearance and form...”
“So that ans—you can turn into too?”
The White-Clad Woman nodded. “Of course.”
“Then,” Jiang Ye tried to act casual, as if just asking out of curiosity, “Could you do a quick demo?”
The White-Clad Woman didn’t think much of it. She raised an eyebrow and transford into his appearance.
Afterward, she even pulled out a mirror, propped up her chin, and observed for a mont before comnting:
“Your face... average. I’d give you a 79. Still plenty of room for improvent.”
Then she smiled easily and added:
“Once you master Glyph Abilities, you’ll probably be able to change your appearance too.”
“And then you’ll realize—looks an nothing in the Doomsday Apartnt.”
“With modifiable faces, anyone can be a handso guy or gorgeous girl.”
The White-Clad Woman was just casually musing.
But Jiang Ye wasn’t listening at all.
Because at that mont, his focus was entirely on his main body!
And right now, his main body had as many as eight skill-operable Replicas!!
Four of them were Replicas he’d personally created—No.1 through No.4.
Two more: one was the Mirror Replica, one was the Blackened Replica in Room 2064.
The last two...
One was his current opponent on the 11-win streak battlefield of No.2 Replica.
And the other was the White-Clad Woman... disguised as him!!
“Holy sh*t!!”
Back in Room 2025, Jiang Ye’s main body couldn’t help but yell out loud!!
F**k’s sake!
That crazy idea of his had actually co true!!
The White-Clad Woman, disguised as him, had actually entered the usable range of his Replica Skills!!
This ti, though, he wasn’t in a rush. Jiang Ye could clearly sense—
These eight Replicas weren’t all the sa.
The ones that truly shared his consciousness were only the four he personally created.
The Mirror Replica could follow spoken commands.
The Blackened Replica, which had been invaded by an Eerie, could also be controlled via his consciousness,
But its own thoughts were independent of his.
As for the duel opponent and the White-Clad Woman—
These two had the weakest connection with him.
His main body couldn’t influence them ntally at all.
Even verbal commands would likely be ignored.
The only thing he could do was activate Replica Skills on them.
Whether or not he’d be able to fuse with them at 00:00 was still unknown.
After realizing all this, Jiang Ye didn’t actually use any Replica Skills on the White-Clad Woman.
After all, she had only taken on his appearance because he suggested it.
If anything weird happened now, she might get suspicious.
So for now, all was peaceful. She soon returned to her original appearance.
anwhile, on No.2 Replica’s battlefield...
Once again, Wu Ying, who had used his Phantasm Duplication to take on Jiang Ye’s form,
Was gripping a Soul-Calming Bell on the far end of the arena, eyes locked tightly on him.
Even with his body tense, Wu Ying’s tone was still arrogant as he shouted at Jiang Ye:
“If your ten-win streak one-shot thod ca from so subtle Soul-Attack Item...”
“Then this ti, I’ve prepared a Soul-Calming Bell. You—still think you can one-shot ?”
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