This was phrased as a question.

But it was obvious—

Since Lin Jing had taken the initiative to ask, he clearly already had the answer.

Looks like he had gained some understanding of Jiang Ye’s background.

He probably even knew—

There were two Jiang Yes existing simultaneously in Apartment 1010 and Apartment 9999.

But that didn’t matter.

Jiang Ye didn’t have the [Blackened Replica] skill early on, so the Replicas he generated were bound to be exposed sooner or later.

Besides, both the White-Clad Woman and the Apartment Administrator hadn’t reacted much to the existence of “Replicas.”

In fact, whether it was Wang Lingling’s Talent Skill, Wu Ying’s Glyph Pattern Ability, or items like the Replica Reflection Mirror or Phantom Lantern…

They all indicated that Replicas weren’t uncommon in the Doomsday Apartment.

You could even say—they were quite common!

Even in Jiang Ye’s duel against Zhao Yudie, Zhao Yudie had used a Replica ability.

In such an environment, Jiang Ye’s Replicas didn’t have to stay hidden.

He directly replied: 【Whether he’s my classmate or not, you’ve probably found out even better than I have, haven’t you?】

Lin Jing replied again: 【Don’t worry, I mean no harm. It’s just that, if you don’t trust me…】

【Then maybe you’d be more willing to trust a former classmate?】

【If you come to Apartment 4444, maybe you’ll get to catch up with your old classmate.】

【And you’ll also be more certain—we’re not lying to you.】

【As for your doubts about “such a coincidence,” like why a Light-type just happened to go to Apartment 4444…】

【I don’t think it’s a coincidence. That special-numbered apartment, 4444, just happens to be better suited for Light-type growth.】

【How much do you know about the Eerie Graveyard?】

【In the Doomsday Apartment game, players usually go to the graveyard to dig up graves.】

【Every grave mound could yield good or bad things.】

【The good ones might give overpowered items; the bad ones might release powerful Eerie Beings.】

【Ordinary players treat the graveyard as a gambling game—high risk, high reward.】

【But for a Light-type, there’s almost no risk.】

【After all, no matter how strong the Eerie Being is, it’s no match for Light-types!】

【So those grave mounds, a Light-type can open them freely without a care.】

【I think that might be why he ended up in Apartment 4444.】

It all sounded logical.

If Jiang Ye weren’t a Light-type himself, and didn’t know that the Light-type had hidden away in the Void Mirror Palace, he might have actually believed it!

Of course, there were still holes in this argument.

But Jiang Ye understood—

If Lin Jing wasn’t on his side, no amount of questioning would get anything useful.

So, seemingly accepting the explanation, he replied to Lin Jing: 【The White-Clad Woman hasn’t responded to me yet.】

Lin Jing quickly replied: 【Try to hurry. After all, the Light-type player isn’t under our control. The longer this drags on, the more likely things will change.】

Jiang Ye didn’t reply again.

He furrowed his brows deeply.

But it wasn’t because of Lin Jing’s secrecy or deception.

It was because—

Inside the Void Mirror Palace.

The [Dice of Fate] had fallen a second time, and the symbol it landed on was still…【Skull】!

At the same time, Jiang Ye had lost another Replica!

Based on Ability Rank, it should have sacrificed the weakest D-tier Replica.

But the unspoken rule of Replica Substitution wasn’t based on Talent Rank, but on attributes.

So this time, it was the C-tier Spatial Affinity Replica that got wiped out!

Thank goodness the Skill Scroll hadn’t been used early, or that would’ve been a massive loss!

But rolling 【Skull】 twice in a row…

Made Jiang Ye seriously wonder if the item itself was faulty, or if his Light-type condition was somehow special?

He thought for a while, then decided to try a third time.

The result? Still【Skull】!

This time, his C-tier Wood Affinity Replica was sacrificed!

Of all the Replicas created by his Light-type, only one D-tier Stamina Enhancement Replica survived.

Because the Stamina Enhancement raised his Stamina attribute, it ranked lower on the list of candidates for Substitution.

After losing three Replicas in a row, Jiang Ye had a moment of going off the rails.

It was like a desperate gambler thinking he was bound to win next round.

A thought suddenly popped into his mind—

That he’d definitely roll something good next time.

But he quickly forced himself to calm down and decided not to be stubborn.

That strange [Dice of Fate] was promptly returned to the Replica Shared Space.

Since he couldn’t forcibly raise his Luck, his Light-type went ahead and generated three more Replicas.

But again, three duds—

C-tier Keen Instinct, D-tier Energy Enhancement, E-tier Combat Mastery.

That C-tier Keen Instinct was at least passable—it made him more aware of danger and killing intent, even hidden gazes and the emotions within them.

A kind of enhancement to Combat Instinct.

Unfortunately, despite being C-tier, its base stats were low at level 0.

It ranked high on the Substitution list.

Even the E-tier Combat Mastery had higher base stats.

Three more junk abilities in a row left Jiang Ye speechless.

So he just went ahead and generated ten more Replicas.

And finally, he got two decent ones—

One A-tier Comprehension Enhancement;

One S-tier Eye of True Sight.

No need to say much about Comprehension Enhancement.

His old classmate Xiao Likun had awakened a Comprehension ability too, but had no skills to use.

Now that Jiang Ye had this ability, any future Skill Scroll usage would fuse with this Replica, increasing the chance of learning advanced skills.

As for Eye of True Sight, it seemed like the top-tier version of the F-tier Talent “Vision Enhancement.”

At first, Jiang Ye felt pretty disappointed—

Finally got an S-tier Talent, and it was just a visual enhancement type? Useless!

But he quickly realized—

Once this visual enhancement Talent reached S-tier, it had a qualitative leap!

The effect of the Eye of True Sight let him see clearly even in extreme environments.

For example, in the pitch-black Abyssal Zone, where regular players’ vision would be severely affected…

With Eye of True Sight, darkness wouldn’t impair his vision at all.

And the skill that came with the Replica of this Talent let him directly access environmental data, item info, and even some hidden details!

Compared to the D-tier [Detection] that often returned “???” results, this was on a whole other level!

The key was, Jiang Ye wasn’t a game player to begin with—he didn’t recognize many items, and didn’t understand many scenarios.

Even though he later got a walkthrough from Wan Xin, it was all just text.

But with this [Eye of True Sight], when he encountered something unfamiliar, he didn’t need to ask anyone—he could rely on his Insightful Eye to figure it out himself.

All in all, this S-tier Ability didn’t boost combat power, but it was incredibly practical.

By now, Jiang Ye had finally surpassed 20 Replicas!

Six generated by the Main Body, the remaining fourteen all created through his Light-type.

Among them were two SS-tier Abilities—one Light-type, one Dark-type;

Three S-tier Abilities—one Ice-type, one [Hard Work Pays Off], and one [Eye of True Sight];

Three A-tier Abilities: besides [Comprehension Enhancement], there was one Earth and one Water, both considered trash Replicas by him.

As for anything below A-tier, he regarded them all as trash Replicas.

Even if they died via [Replica Substitution], he wouldn’t feel bad.

What was unfortunate was that he didn’t get another Spatial-type Replica.

Of course, with the Survival Points held by the Light-type, he could do another “Ten Draws.”

But after organizing the current Replica situation, one thing was very clear—

Luck absolutely had a huge influence on Replica generation!

No doubt about it!

First of all, the two SS-tier Abilities had only been generated under the Lucky bonus effect of the [Dice of Fate].

Second, the reason his S-tier count was on par with his A-tiers was because two of those S-tiers were also rolled during Lucky boosts.

So rather than generating a bunch of useless trash Replicas under normal conditions…

He’d rather wait and do another mass generation under a Luck boost to get stronger ones.

And so, the Replica generation effort paused for now.

Jiang Ye began planning how to allocate his Replicas.

First, the Main Body’s [Personal Instance]—he’d only feel safe sending in a few more Replicas.

Second, the various Apartments…

His ultimate goal was to place a Replica in every one of the 9999 Apartments.

That way, he’d have a grasp on the overall situation of the Beginner Apartment.

And with [Replica Swap], he could travel freely between Apartments without loss!

Of course, his current number of Replicas was far from 9999.

For now, he couldn’t implement a full layout—he’d have to focus on a few key Apartments.

The first ones worthy of attention were the two flanking the [Void Mirror Palace], Apartments 6996 and 9669.

Conveniently, both were in chaotic periods, so player activity in and out wouldn’t be suspicious.

Plus, the special environment of the Void Mirror Palace could serve as a kind of cover.

So, his Light-type Replicas escorted the A-tier [Comprehension Enhancement] and S-tier [Eye of True Sight] Replicas toward the Mirror Palace sections of Apartments 6996 and 9669.

Just like that, the two Replicas remained inside the Void Mirror Palace…

But were now classified respectively as members of Apartment 6996 and 9669.

And they didn’t draw any attention.

This way, two fairly valuable but non-combat Replicas could safely monitor two different Apartments.

At the same time, Jiang Ye assigned one of his weakest F-tier trash Replicas to roll the [Dice of Fate] again at the center of the Mirror Palace.

Meanwhile, two B-tier Replicas were transferred to Room 2025 in Apartment 1010 through [Mirror Replica Swap].

After that, both B-tier Replicas immediately entered their [Personal Instances].

At the same time, Replica No. 1 received further information from the White-Clad Woman through the glass bead:

“Looks like this might be a scheme by the Apartment Boss targeting me…”

“Or maybe it’s killing two birds with one stone—to wipe out both of us rebellious types at once.”

Jiang Ye still had a lot going on. It took Replica No. 1 a second to respond:

“So, is this about the mission to kill the Apartment Boss?”

The White-Clad Woman’s voice sounded heavy and tired: “Pretty much.”

Jiang Ye had a vague feeling that her condition wasn’t great, so he said bluntly: “So we’re not going to Apartment 4444 then?”

“No. I’m going.” Even though her voice was tired, her tone was firm. “Running won’t solve the problem.”

“The Administrator of Apartment 4444—I need to take him out.”

“Because even if I don’t, he can still trigger [Apartment Fusion]—fuse Apartment 4444 with 1010 and raid me directly.”

“And you too—you should hurry and complete the first phase of the mission. Kill an Apartment Administrator.”

Jiang Ye was a little surprised and double-checked: “Actually go kill an Administrator? You’re sure it won’t backfire?”

“Don’t worry, I’ve got a plan. Just pass the message on to those two.”

Alright then.

The White-Clad Woman seemed confident.

And Jiang Ye really did want the third part of the reward from Lin Jing and the others’ Contract.

So, Replica No. 2 replied to Lin Jing.

Lin Jing responded cautiously, saying that since the White-Clad Woman hadn’t signed a Contract, he didn’t dare contact her directly.

To verify the video evidence of the Raven Egg, it had to be traded to Jiang Ye first, and then passed on to her.

Jiang Ye agreed to this.

And the video trade didn’t require a meeting.

It was done through the [Player Trading] function in the Apartment’s [High-End Mall], where Jiang Ye spent 1000 Apartment Coins to buy a [Recording Talisman].

The [Recording Talisman] was a Black Iron-tier Item and had some value on its own.

It could record, store, and replay a video, and could be reused after deleting the current recording.

Since the White-Clad Woman had already agreed, Jiang Ye just needed to go through the motions.

He didn’t think much of it at first.

But now that he had just generated an S-tier [Eye of True Sight] Replica, of course he was going to put it to use.

So the Replica with [Eye of True Sight] in the Void Mirror Palace fused into the 2nd Replica that was receiving the [Recording Talisman].

Thanks to the innate effect of [Eye of True Sight], he didn’t even need to activate a skill—

Information simply surfaced on its own:

【Recording Talisman (Black Iron-tier)】

【Effect: Record video; store video; play video. Can be reused after deleting the video.】

【Note: This Talisman has been enhanced with runes. The enhancement disappears once the video is deleted.】

Enhanced processing?

Enhancement disappears after deletion?

That meant—the enhancement was applied to the existing video?

Heh!

So Lin Jing had done something to the video?

But he’d signed a Contract, and the Raven Egg was clearly specified. That couldn’t have been faked, right?

Jiang Ye checked the Contract again, but didn’t find anything suspicious.

Time with the fused Replica was limited, so he played the video in the High-End Mall right then, using [Eye of True Sight] to carefully observe.

A floating image appeared on the Talisman like a projection—pretty clear.

The scene was indeed the Eerie Graveyard.

More precisely, a close-up of a specific grave mound.

A dark green, egg-sized oval object was half-buried in the top of the mound, with the upper part covered by a special dome.

The dome’s material was unknown, covered in moss-like dark green markings.

Additionally, the dark green hue of the egg itself looked like it had been applied.

And to Jiang Ye’s surprise—

His [Eye of True Sight] could extract data even from this kind of virtual video!

When he focused on the dark green egg, information surfaced before his eyes:

【Raven Egg (Mythic-tier)】

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