No matter who it was—

if someone really wanted to kill a Light-type and claim the Kill-on-Sight Order reward…

Then with a heaven-defying method like this, they could’ve easily one-shotted him!

But instead of killing him, the attacker chose to trap him!

Jiang Ye instantly calmed down.

He still wasn’t fully used to the perspective of Light and Shadow Escape,

so he immediately switched back to human form.

Part of it was also to test—

if a glass bottle could compress light and trap his Light-form,

could it also trap his human form?

But once he returned to human shape, he was even more shocked!

Because from the human perspective, he could clearly see—

he really was trapped inside a glass bottle.

And that glass bottle, in the normal world, was roughly the size of an average person’s thumb.

Which meant…

that in his current form inside the bottle…

He’d been shrunk down to the size of a grain of rice—or barely bigger!

What the h*ll kind of technique was this?!

Too overpowered!

He then looked up, following the curve of the bottle, toward the person holding it—

Because of the distortion from the glass and his miniature size,

he could only barely make out that the “giant” holding the bottle seemed to be a woman.

She didn’t look that young, but also not past forty.

Probably one of those elegant, mature types—

But her face…

was cold.

Freezing cold.

She looked absolutely furious—

like she might crush the bottle in her hand at any moment.

Jiang Ye swallowed hard, unsure if he should try reasoning with the woman who’d just caught him alive.

But before he could speak—

that giant woman suddenly raised the bottle and shouted furiously into the air:

“Wang Hanmo! I know you’re nearby!”

“It was your person who broke the contract first!”

“So killing him is totally justified—not a breach of contract!”

The sheer volume of her voice, to little “mini” Jiang Ye,

was like a megaphone on steroids—it sent tremors through his whole body!

And what she was saying was even more baffling!

Wang Hanmo?

Who the hell was that?!

He’d never even heard the name!

And when did he become one of Wang Hanmo’s people?!

He had no idea!

Wait… does that mean he broke some kind of contract?!

What contract did he ever make?!

This furious woman who randomly kicked him and trapped him like a bug—

could she have gotten the wrong guy?!

A crazy theory even popped into Jiang Ye’s head—

What if someone named “Huang Bo” really existed in this world?

And his use of the Blackened Replica named Huang Bo had somehow impersonated that person,

which led to this woman hunting him down now?!

But even if he had stolen someone’s identity,

would it really lead to this level of hatred?

Besides, her method of trapping him was clearly aimed at a Light-type—

So more likely, she targeted him because he was a Light-type player.

Could it be that Wang Hanmo was the hidden leader of some Light-type organization?

And this woman assumed that, because he was Light-type, he was under Wang Hanmo?

But the question still stood—what contract had he violated?!

Could it be about killing the 4444 Administrator?

Was this woman the late 4444 Administrator’s wife?!

But even if she were seeking revenge, shouldn’t she go after the current 4444 Administrator first?

After all, the original 4444 had died on the Administrator PK Arena!

Jiang Ye racked his brain, trying to figure out how his Light-type identity had offended anyone—

When suddenly, a voice echoed from the sky in response to the woman:

“Technically speaking, he’s not one of mine.”

“But I still appreciate that you spared him for my sake.”

“So, if he didn’t cause too much trouble, please let him go… on my account.”

Whoa?

This Wang Hanmo guy… was actually defending him?

And even sounded like he had some serious clout?

Jiang Ye was just processing this—

When the woman let out another mocking snort, laced with fury:

“Ha! You think your face still carries weight?”

The sky-voice calmly replied:

“Our agreement still stands, after all.”

But the moment “agreement” was mentioned—

the woman’s fury exploded.

With another sharp scoff, she snapped:

“Ha! Agreement?”

“If the person I’ve been waiting for… is really gone…”

“Then even if your Defenders’ Alliance continues to exist,

your so-called agreement with me won’t mean sht* anymore!”

“I’ll tear him apart a thousand times over—and I’ll expose your whole Light-type organization to the world!”

She was truly enraged.

Just hearing her say she’d cut Huang Bo into pieces—

you could tell she hated him with every fiber of her being.

But from what she said…

she seemed to be from the Defenders’ Alliance?

At the very least, she definitely wasn’t a Dark-type player.

So why did she have such venom toward Light-type Huang Bo?

What exactly had he done to violate the agreement between her and the Light-type group?

Jiang Ye was just starting to piece things together—

wanting to hear more of their conversation—

When the furious woman abruptly put the bottle away.

He felt himself—glass and all—being stuffed into some pitch-black space.

No light.

Not a single sound.

And as long as the bottle remained,

Light and Shadow Escape and Replica Swap were completely useless!

Just like that, the Light-type Replica was sealed away!

Luckily, he hadn’t lost connection with his other Replicas.

All of them were now on high alert.

But if even the Light-type Replica could be caught so easily,

without a chance to fight back—

there was no way the others would go rushing in to die.

In fact, the other Replicas became even more cautious—

terrified that the next second, they’d be snatched one after another…

What the f**k?!

The Defenders were way too strong!

And also—!

Wasn’t it said that on the second day, veteran players couldn’t leave Apartment 0000?

That only when the Light-type entered Apartment 0000 would it be a death trap?!

So why, just after midnight,

did a veteran player already rush out to another apartment and make a move on the Light-type?!

What the f**k is this?!

So, rules really are made just to restrict the weak, huh?!

All his Replicas took a deep breath.

Meanwhile, in the White Tower with Zhou Yuling,

Wu Ying took the opportunity to ask Zi Sang Haoyun:

“I’ve had this doubt for a while now. Thought I’d take this chance to ask you, Brother Sang?”

Zi Sang Haoyun looked carefree and casual on the outside. He clapped a palm on Wu Ying’s shoulder and said:

“Come on, man. You’ve got a question, just ask. No need to be so polite.”

“But that name you’re using, it sounds really off!”

“Either call me ‘Zi Sang,’ or ‘Haoyun,’ or even ‘Brother Yun.’ This ‘Sang-ge’ thing just sounds wrong. Zi Sang is a compound surname—you can’t split it!”

Jiang Ye laughed awkwardly and quickly corrected himself:

“Alright, Zi Sang-ge it is!”

“…” Zi Sang Haoyun was speechless.

He strongly suspected this guy had figured out he hated the “Sang” part because it sounded like “funeral” or “loss” (丧),

and was deliberately messing with him.

Of all the options, why choose that one, huh?

Still fuming internally, Jiang Ye didn’t hold back anymore and asked directly:

“I’ve always been curious—

back when Light-types weren’t even a threat,

veteran players still seemed really obsessed with descending into the Beginner Apartments, right?”

“Sure, Beginner Apartments have low prices, great perks, you can stomp noobs and show off…”

“There are a lot of advantages, yeah.

But I always felt like the competition to get into the Beginner Apartments was just way too intense.”

“Not just back when there weren’t Light-types, either.

Even this time—

with a Light-type threat hanging over everything—

so many still forced their way into the Beginner Apartment just to follow someone like Zhou Yuling…”

“And among those tens of thousands,

there are players from top-tier factions who already had it good…”

“For players with that kind of status and position,

isn’t becoming Zhou Yuling’s follower too risky?”

“So I’m thinking… maybe the Beginner Apartments have some kind of hidden benefit that I don’t know about?”

He phrased it carefully to avoid raising any suspicion.

But as he kept talking, he noticed Zi Sang’s expression subtly shift.

Jiang Ye’s heart skipped a beat—had he said something wrong?

Then he heard Zi Sang suddenly ask:

“By the way… do you have any family?”

???

Jiang Ye reflexively cursed in his heart: Screw you, your family’s gone!

But he quickly noticed that Zi Sang wasn’t mocking him—

he was asking seriously.

So Jiang Ye thought it over.

As “Jiang Ye,” he technically did have family, but they weren’t close.

And as Wu Ying, the bitter wanderer from the Sanhe God-tier Squad,

he was basically alone.

So Jiang Ye answered based on Wu Ying’s background:

“Yeah… you could say I’m an orphan.”

Zi Sang nodded.

“Then that makes sense.”

“But, you’re a Eerie Player, right?”

“So you should’ve thought of this.”

“The so-called Eerie… means that even in death, there can still be life.”

Zi Sang gave him a deliberately mysterious look, clearly trying to sound profound.

Jiang Ye paused in surprise.

From that cryptic comment, he suddenly pieced together something important that he’d previously overlooked!

Back when he took on Wu Ying’s identity,

he had already learned this:

Eerie Players like Wu Ying—

they had already died before entering the Doomsday Apartment.

Their dead selves entered the apartment as Eerie beings.

But in that state, they were blank and mindless,

with no memory of their former lives.

Only after invading a human player and becoming an Eerie Player,

did they recover their memories from life.

He’d known this.

But he hadn’t thought much of it—until now.

Now, with Zi Sang specifically asking him about his family…

He realized:

While Jiang Ye had weak family ties, and Wu Ying had none—

most ordinary people did have emotional bonds.

Some had loved ones who had already passed before they ever entered the Doomsday Apartment.

Like Yu Hua once wrote—

the death of a loved one is never a downpour,

but a lifetime of lingering dampness.

Most of the time,

the dead are always quietly held in the hearts of the living.

There are always those left behind, still thinking—

She left with so many regrets.

She never got to see the world change, the beauty of life.

If only she were still alive, if only she could have seen what came next…

And so, for those who carry such deep attachments—

it truly does mean:

Eerie beings—may die, yet still live.

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