As he spoke, he casually raised his left hand.

At the same time, Jiang Ye’s left hand seemed to be pulled up in sync.

Immediately, the two left hands, perfectly synchronized, suddenly broke off simultaneously!

Jiang Ye’s eyes instantly widened!

Then he saw those two severed hands swap positions at a speed too fast for the naked eye to catch!

The Nomadic Merchant’s hand attached to his severed arm;

And his hand appeared at the Nomadic Merchant’s wrist!

This…

This scene was truly bizarre!

Mainly because the Nomadic Merchant was completely wrapped in a black robe.

That included his hands.

So the severed hand was also wrapped in black cloth.

A hand like that attached to Jiang Ye’s arm…

It looked as if he was wearing a pair of black gloves made from some special material.

Meanwhile, the hand with exposed skin connected to the Nomadic Merchant’s black-robed body…

Looked like a hole had been torn in the robe with a hand sticking out.

Wait!

Jiang Ye suddenly looked at the Nomadic Merchant’s left hand on his own arm, which looked like it was wearing a black glove…

This entire swapped Nomadic Merchant’s hand gave him no sensation.

But he could clearly feel—

That hand looked incredibly similar to a hand wrapped with the black ribbon Zhou Yuling gave him after being infected by Lightburn!

This “black glove” formed from the Nomadic Merchant’s black robe looked exactly like that black ribbon which suppressed Lightburn’s pain!

As Jiang Ye was suspicious and doubtful,

He saw the Nomadic Merchant across from him casually snap his fingers with the swapped left hand, his tone indifferent: “Like this…”

With that, the “black glove” on Jiang Ye’s numb left hand suddenly unraveled like a ribbon!

After the ribbon fully unfurled, what was exposed was not a normal human hand with flesh and blood…

But a hand of light!

The shape of the hand was faintly visible, but it was composed entirely of light particles!

Jiang Ye stared in shock, dumbfounded!

Wait, did he… forget something?

Damn it! It hurts, it hurts so much!! Lightburn pain, damn it!!!

Jiang Ye glared at that hand of light, his soul trembling from the pain!

Fortunately, the pain did not last long.

The Nomadic Merchant casually waved his hand again.

The two swapped hands quickly switched back.

Jiang Ye’s left hand returned to his original normal hand.

The Nomadic Merchant’s left hand was now a hand of light that broke out from the black robe!

Jiang Ye quickly recovered from the Lightburn pain, his heart full of suspicion and countless thoughts flashing through.

Then he saw the Nomadic Merchant slightly raise that left hand of light and casually stretch it outward.

As he stretched, the black robe covering his entire body, just like the earlier “black glove,” began to unravel layer by layer like ribbons!

It was as if his black robe was actually made of ribbons.

Now, the ribbons spread apart in layers, and Jiang Ye’s first reaction was—

Oh my god! Not safe for children! Someone’s about to go full frontal!

Of course, that didn’t actually happen.

Not because the Nomadic Merchant was wearing some “underwear” beneath the black robe.

But because…

His entire exposed body was made of light!

This light form was completely different from Light and Shadow Escape.

When Jiang Ye used Light and Shadow Escape, it was an “invisible” light state.

But the Nomadic Merchant’s light state solidly condensed into a humanoid shape.

It looked like a normal person wrapped in a layer of light…

Seeing the Nomadic Merchant like this, Jiang Ye was stunned.

Then he heard the Nomadic Merchant’s voice coming from the figure of light:

“How’s it look? Handsome or not?”

Jiang Ye swallowed and sincerely praised: “Oh my god, it’s so handsome!”

Nomadic Merchant: “Your mom’s been dead for a long time, hasn’t she?”

“…” Jiang Ye’s mouth twitched slightly: “No, I’m talking about you.”

“…” The Nomadic Merchant stopped arguing and said bluntly:

“You can swap in the main clone infected with Lightburn, and I’ll swap my hand with the one wrapped in the ribbon.”

“This way, the Lightburn will naturally transfer to me.”

His tone was matter-of-fact.

But Jiang Ye thought: ?? Isn’t that backwards?

Swap with your hand? But your light hand will hurt me even more!

Of course, the Nomadic Merchant saw right through his thoughts and said softly:

“My hand is no ordinary hand.”

Then the Nomadic Merchant’s left hand of light transformed into a normal hand.

Whether intentionally or not…

That normal left hand looked exactly like Jiang Ye’s left hand!

If they really swapped, it would feel completely natural without any sense of alienation.

More importantly…

It was the Nomadic Merchant’s hand!

He wondered if he would get stronger after gaining the Nomadic Merchant’s hand.

Jiang Ye was thinking this when the Nomadic Merchant urged: “Well? Will you swap or not?”

This simple prompt suddenly sobered Jiang Ye!

He suddenly felt…

Could Lightburn be something good?

Why did the Nomadic Merchant have no resistance at all to Lightburn and was even willing to swap hands to take the Lightburn?

If he agreed to swap hands, would he actually lose out?

Maybe not…

After all, if Lightburn were really something good, the Nomadic Merchant could easily help the dark faction big shots infected with Lightburn in Doomsday Apartment to transfer it.

But all the dark faction players in Doomsday Apartment were terrified of Lightburn.

That meant the Nomadic Merchant would not help them transfer it.

If Lightburn were truly a good thing, why wouldn’t the Nomadic Merchant transfer it proactively?

With these thoughts, Jiang Ye decided to swap hands with the Nomadic Merchant to transfer the Lightburn.

However, to keep a fallback, he tentatively asked:

“Can I pawn my Lightburn-infected hand temporarily, like a pawnshop, and later have a chance to redeem it back?”

“…” The Nomadic Merchant seemed to fall silent for a moment, and the light particles on his body flickered faintly.

Soon, he wrapped the black ribbon around himself again, reforming the black robe.

From the black robe, three characters slowly appeared: “Extra fee.”

“…”

Jiang Ye was silent for a moment: “What kind of extra fee?”

The Nomadic Merchant was straightforward: “Return my mimic mask.”

Alright, the Nomadic Merchant’s mimic mask was indeed with Jiang Ye…

So this Nomadic Merchant really was all-knowing and omnipotent, knowing everything.

But… the Nomadic Merchant’s mimic mask?

Wasn’t it easy for him to get one by just applying Skin Sand on his face?

Skin Sand wasn’t worth much.

Or could it be that in this light form, he couldn’t apply Skin Sand?

Or maybe, this Nomadic Merchant was just a clone.

And that mimic mask belonged to the Nomadic Merchant’s true body?

So this Nomadic Merchant clone wanted to retrieve the mimic mask belonging to the true Nomadic Merchant?

Many thoughts flashed through Jiang Ye’s mind.

He suddenly tested the Nomadic Merchant in front of him, who should be just a clone:

“By the way…”

“Do you know what your Nomadic Merchant mimic mask looks like?”

He was just probing.

Unexpectedly, the black robe actually shook openly, signaling no.

Just as Jiang Ye was shocked and wondering if even the Nomadic Merchant clone, like the mimic mask shop owner, couldn’t remember the Nomadic Merchant’s appearance…

He received an even more shocking answer from the Nomadic Merchant’s mouth.

Eight simple characters, said plainly:

“All beings to me are formless.”

Beings, formless…

Jiang Ye’s pupils suddenly dilated: “You mean…”

“You see me now but don’t know my appearance?”

“Even when you see any player, you don’t know their appearance?!”

The shadow of the Nomadic Merchant flickered as he arrogantly corrected him:

“It’s not ‘don’t know.’”

“But that the world I see is different from others.”

When he said this, he carried a sense of superiority.

As if the world he saw was more advanced than the world seen by ordinary people.

Jiang Ye tried to imagine the world through the Nomadic Merchant’s eyes.

But with his limited imagination, he barely pictured a thermal infrared imaging view combined with a “I can see hidden hints” cheat.

In any case, he seriously suspected the Nomadic Merchant’s near-omniscient ability was related to the different world he perceived.

Maybe in the Nomadic Merchant’s world, Jiang Ye’s head was covered in his full info…

Holy crap! And his suspicion that the Nomadic Merchant had mind-reading abilities, could it really be true?

Jiang Ye thought this and couldn’t help but sneak a glance at the Nomadic Merchant.

The Nomadic Merchant seriously said: “Not true, I don’t have mind reading.”

???

You don’t have mind reading…

You don’t have mind reading???

Really? Why did you suddenly say you don’t have mind reading?! Who asked you?!

Nomadic Merchant: “You asked, didn’t you? Didn’t you ask out loud?”

“Well, sorry. Maybe I’m just not good at distinguishing voice from thought :)”

???

What do you mean not good at distinguishing voice and thought?!

That’s called “no mind reading”?

You…

Jiang Ye’s inner cursing suddenly stopped.

He felt he was overthinking.

From now on, better to be a cold-hearted, emotionless person…

To prevent his thoughts from flying everywhere, Jiang Ye directly replaced his thoughts with voice:

“Anyway, let’s get back to swapping hands to transfer Lightburn.”

“When you said ‘extra fee,’ do you mean when I decide to redeem my Lightburn hand, I need to give you the Nomadic Merchant mimic mask as an extra?”

The Nomadic Merchant nodded: “Exactly.”

Jiang Ye thought about it and it was actually acceptable.

First, his plan to redeem the Lightburn hand was just a fallback.

And that fallback might never be used.

After all, if he wanted another Lightburn hand, he could just get infected again and ask Zhou Yuling for another black ribbon.

No need to necessarily redeem from the Nomadic Merchant.

Second, he had researched the Nomadic Merchant mimic mask and didn’t know if it had any special properties.

Compared to that, it was better to temporarily eliminate the risks from Lightburn and the black ribbon.

So Jiang Ye quickly made up his mind—

“Then let’s swap!”

Saying that, he decisively used a tool clone to swap in the main clone infected with Lightburn, namely the Eternal Witch Gui’s parasitic Void Mirror Puppet, into this special space opened by the Nomadic Merchant.

The Eternal Witch Gui had been sleeping on the Life Stone for a long time.

Now, it had been more than twenty minutes!

Including the sudden awakening just now, the memories flooding his mind were still very chaotic.

Jiang Ye guessed this was because—he had obtained two sets of memories during this sleep!

One set from the Eternal Witch Gui;

The other set from the Void Mirror Puppet!

Both sets of memories were quite lengthy!

The Eternal Witch Gui’s memories were long because that Reincarnation Ghost had existed for a very long time.

Almost since the birth of Doomsday Apartment, that Reincarnation Ghost had existed unconsciously in a wild ghost state in an extreme secret realm.

And it was in that extreme secret realm that she unexpectedly obtained the identity and authority of Eternal Witch Gui, then gradually evolved from an unconscious wild minor ghost to helping other monsters reincarnate and even founding the Hundred Ghosts Alliance!

Her experiences were epic and full of twists and turns!

The other set of memories belonging to the Void Mirror Puppet was not only the memories of the Void Mirror Puppet in the form of Lu Renjia, but seemed to include all memories of the entire Void Mirror Palace!

Yes, all the memories during the Novice Apartment period, all the Void Mirror Palaces!

Including the secret activities of Light-element reincarnation players in the Void Mirror Palace;

Including ordinary players training their comprehension in the Void Mirror Palace;

Even including Jiang Ye’s light clone’s actions in the Void Mirror Palace…

All presented in Jiang Ye’s mind as the Void Mirror Puppet’s memories.

The vast amount of information almost fried his CPU!

Because he was eager to find the Nomadic Merchant to transfer Lightburn, he hadn’t processed that huge amount of memory yet.

He planned to swap hands with the Nomadic Merchant first.

However…

To his surprise—

The Nomadic Merchant only glanced at the left hand wrapped in the black ribbon Void Mirror Puppet and bluntly said:

“This thing won’t do. Change bodies.”

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