This way, he could not only openly watch the show here, but also officially become a piece on this chessboard. Though whether joining this game was good or bad remained uncertain…

On the other side, within the White Tower, Zhou Yuling once again calmed her followers before using the voice transmission bead to apologize to Jiang Ye’s Clone No. 1. The woman was quite magnanimous—though using the transmission bead, she didn’t avoid the 9,999 followers, making it a public apology.

Her tone and attitude were quite sincere. She didn’t even make any excuses, stating directly: “I really shouldn’t have tested you repeatedly. I promise you—the last test was definitely the final one.”

Honestly, Jiang Ye didn’t care much for superficial apologies. After all, as the classic saying goes: if apologies worked, what would we need police for? But with this promise, at least during future verbal confrontations, he could bring up past grievances to appear more justified.

Jiang Ye urgently wanted to enter the Court of Disorder, so he coldly replied: “I hope so… I genuinely hope the exploration of the Court of Disorder goes smoothly, and you don’t cause any more trouble for me.”

“……”

Zhou Yuling was left speechless by his retort, momentarily feeling like—shouldn’t those be her lines? After all, she was the one exploring the Court of Disorder… But it didn’t matter. Zhou Yuling truly hoped to resolve this major concern quickly.

But deep down, she still couldn’t completely trust Jiang Ye. Though they had signed a contract, Jiang Ye had included some supplementary clauses favoring himself. If they encountered conflicting interests within the Court of Disorder… And this guy was downright sinister. Without understanding his true capabilities, she couldn’t feel at ease.

In fact, Zhou Yuling had originally envisioned… She even fantasized about trying to make Jiang Ye, or one of his clones, become her follower. Exactly replacing Peng Gu with Jiang Ye. Of course, she only dared think about it—in reality, she didn’t even dare mention it. After all, Jiang Ye had reacted so strongly just asking for ten thousand puppet clones…

Moreover, the key point was that Lin Ling, her backer, didn’t dare directly break with Jiang Ye either. So… making Jiang Ye a follower was clearly unrealistic.

Zhou Yuling felt inexplicably uneasy deep down. But there was no choice—everything was prepared now, she had to enter the Court of Disorder… Holding the transmission bead, Zhou Yuling looked somewhat distracted.

Then she glanced at Lin Ling’s mirrored clone and suddenly sent a message to Lin Ling on the distant chessboard: [Before officially entering the Court of Disorder, I want to see Yinsu one more time…]

Lin Ling replied quickly: [Haven’t we already calculated it’s clearable? Why suddenly act like this is some final farewell?]

Zhou Yuling responded: [I just feel inexplicably uneasy…] Then added: [I’m not sure if this unease comes from me or from Yinsu. Maybe something will happen with the Abyss Restricted Zone exploration? Can you still control the Left Alliance?]

On the chessboard, Lin Ling glanced at the chubby guy and the shadow phantom reaching its giant hand toward the Square Mirror. Even Jiang Ye, staring intently at the Square Mirror… She thought to herself: Control my ass. Zhou Yuling’s premonition might actually come from the Abyss Restricted Zone…

Thinking this, Lin Ling waved to Zhou Yinsu and asked quietly: “Do you feel that uneasy premonition too?”

After the White Tower restored, taken away by Zhou Yuling, the black snake had turned back into Zhou Yinsu’s long black hair. She resumed her White-Robed Woman appearance, white clothes with black hair, and nodded solemnly to Lin Ling: “Yes.”

Only those two simple words. Actually, Zhou Yinsu’s feeling of unease was extremely intense. She even inexplicably felt something indescribable… If forced to describe it, this unease made her filled with fear and suspicion toward the entire world. So much so that even facing Lin Ling now, she couldn’t help suspecting she might harm her… So much so that she couldn’t fully describe this unease to Lin Ling.

Moreover, the key point was, Lin Ling, her backer, didn’t dare directly break with Jiang Ye either. So… making Jiang Ye a follower was clearly unrealistic.

After some thought, she told Zhou Yinsu: “Yuling is about to enter the Court of Disorder. She wants to see you.” Just saying this made Lin Ling frown. Because she almost inexplicably said—she wants to see you one last time… Goddamn last time. Could it be… this uneasy premonition might actually come true? Lin Ling instinctively frowned.

Zhou Yinsu, reading her expression, initially thought she agreed to their meeting. But then Lin Ling’s frown confused her. She tentatively asked: “Left Alliance?”

Lin Ling seemed to snap out of her thoughts and gestured: “You may go. After meeting Zhou Yuling, send me a message, then go wait at the Abyss Restricted Zone.”

Zhou Yinsu nodded and vanished. Lin Ling watched the white-clothed, black-haired figure leave the giant chessboard and inexplicably frowned.

On the other side, when Zhou Yuling met Zhou Yinsu, she naturally left the White Tower. They met in the Twilight Sands and quickly confirmed each other’s uneasy feelings. However, Zhou Yinsu discovered Zhou Yuling’s unease was different from hers.

Because Zhou Yuling’s unease was pure—just a premonition that something bad would happen. Without Zhou Yinsu’s feeling of needing to confront the entire world. Thus, Zhou Yinsu speculated… Her unease might be related to the Abyss Restricted Zone.

But with so many players exploring the Abyss Restricted Zone, why did she specifically have such peculiar unease? She didn’t share this strange feeling with Zhou Yuling, only discussing their mutual unease between sisters and comforting each other.

Then she suddenly blurted: “I suddenly thought of a bold idea…”

“……”

Zhou Yuling felt this sounded familiar, like she’d heard it before. She felt a headache coming and said tactfully: “If it’s really too bold, maybe don’t think about it?”

However, Zhou Yinsu blinked, her clear bright eyes clearly saying: If I don’t say it, I’ll feel uncomfortable all over!

Zhou Yuling had a headache but could only indulge her: “Fine, say it.”

Zhou Yinsu’s bright eyes dimmed slightly now, her voice softening as she tentatively suggested: “How about we… swap?”

“……”

Zhou Yuling’s mouth twitched: “You mean—you explore the Court of Disorder while I go to the Abyss Restricted Zone?”

Zhou Yinsu didn’t dare look Zhou Yuling in the eye. Sure enough, she immediately received an overwhelming response: “You don’t understand the Court of Disorder’s clearance process at all! And I’m not a dark-type creature… Plus those 9999 followers are bound to me! We could swap for classes and tutoring before, but how can we be willful with life-or-death matters! The key point is, do you think the Left Alliance is blind? Wouldn’t she notice we swapped?”

But Zhou Yuling’s tone, though starting strong, quickly calmed. After all, as she said—the tasks they were about to undertake were life-or-death matters. This meeting was truly rare. And as she lectured, both remembered the days before entering the Doomsday Apartment.

In their real-world lives, Zhou Yinsu had passed away… So her mentality was younger than Zhou Yuling’s. Now she was also in a Reincarnation Ghost state. Thinking this, Zhou Yuling’s tone softened considerably.

She continued comforting: “I’ve already calculated—this Court of Disorder can be cleared. As long as it’s theoretically possible, then I can definitely do it! I’ll clear the Court of Disorder quickly, then come find you at the Abyss Restricted Zone.”

Zhou Yinsu nodded. But after a moment of silence, she suddenly proposed: “Then if we exclude that ‘bold’ idea, I have a more ‘timid’ idea…”

“……”

Zhou Yinsu, reading her expression, initially thought she agreed to their meeting. But then Lin Ling’s frown confused her. She tentatively asked: “Left Alliance?”

“I want to buy two Clone Replica Mirrors from Jiang Ye. One for you, one for me. While exploring the Court of Disorder and Abyss Restricted Zone, we can have each other’s mirrored clones accompanying us.”

“……”

Honestly, Zhou Yuling wasn’t thrilled with this “timid idea” either. After all, the pitfalls of defective items were evident. But compared to Zhou Yinsu’s previous “bold idea,” this “timid idea” was relatively acceptable.

Moreover, she’d already seen information about the complete Clone Replica Mirror with Lin Ling. The clones created by defective replica mirrors still had most of the initiative in their own hands. The only thing to guard against was the replica mirror’s yet-unlocked ninth function.

But as Jiang Ye said—if even the Nomadic Merchant couldn’t unlock it, Jiang Ye probably couldn’t either. And the sisters would only use the mirrored clones during their Court and Restricted Zone explorations. From all these angles… this timid idea might be acceptable.

However, Zhou Yuling quickly analyzed: “If we directly buy Clone Replica Mirrors from Jiang Ye, he’ll definitely demand outrageous prices. Let’s approach him differently to bargain down the price.”

Zhou Yinsu naturally had no objections. So Zhou Yuling took out the transmission bead connecting to Jiang Ye’s Clone No. 1.

Because Zhou Yuling’s unease was pure—just a premonition that something bad would happen. Without Zhou Yinsu’s feeling of needing to confront the entire world. Thus, Zhou Yinsu speculated… Her unease might be related to the Abyss Restricted Zone.

“……” Zhou Yuling choked up, remembering Jiang Ye’s hope to enter immediately without further trouble… Feeling somewhat guilty momentarily. But as someone who’d weathered many storms, she quickly stabilized and said seriously: “The ‘White-Robed Woman’ you mentioned is with me now. While chatting, we suddenly remembered something and want to ask for your help. Don’t rush to complain or refuse—this favor would be mutually beneficial for you too.”

“……” Jiang Ye was indeed preparing to complain, even ready to curse. Hearing this, his sarcastic remarks got stuck, and he directly asked: “Fine, say it. What help?”

Zhou Yuling and Zhou Yinsu exchanged glances before she continued into the transmission bead: “You should know already—Zhou Yinsu and I, the White-Robed Woman you mentioned, look exactly alike. So aren’t you curious whether there might be something special when identical twins like us create mirrored clones?”

This, Jiang Ye was indeed quite curious about. But honestly, he was more curious about—if he turned one of these identical twins into his clone… Would the other automatically become a Fake Clone? If only he could conduct some experiments on this…

Ahem, of course, experimenting with Clone Replica Mirrors would be good too. So he said seriously: “Curious is one thing, but most likely there’s nothing special about it. I won’t give you two Clone Replica Mirrors for free just to satisfy curiosity.”

Zhou Yuling had anticipated this and smoothly said: “Of course we won’t take advantage, so I thought we’d buy your Clone Replica Mirrors with survival points, while you also research whether two identical mirrored clones have any special features. But you have to give us a 50% discount on the mirror price.”

50% discount? That would be one hundred for two mirrors… Jiang Ye would net 98. Actually quite acceptable. But then Jiang Ye thought—who set the price at 100 per mirror? Had he ever said the replica mirror price was 100 each? He’d only thought it in his mind. So…

Zhou Yuling felt this sounded familiar, like she’d heard it before. She felt a headache coming and said tactfully: “If it’s really too bold, maybe don’t think about it?”

“……”

Zhou Yuling felt very fortunate she’d fabricated a reason to buy mirrors from Jiang Ye. Otherwise, if she’d directly said it was Zhou Yinsu’s “idea,” this guy would definitely demand higher prices! Now, she dared guarantee her story about twins creating identical mirrored clones had intrigued Jiang Ye. So she still had bargaining room.

Thus, Zhou Yuling held the voice transmission bead and said: “Too expensive. Forget it.”

“……”

Jiang Ye knew this was a bargaining tactic. But experienced veteran players willing to buy defective items were rare. Such players using replica mirrors would naturally be more valuable than newcomers. So Jiang Ye didn’t mind bargaining and took the initiative to concede: “Forget it, considering the White-Robed Woman took good care of me before, I’ll knock off another 20 survival points.”

Zhou Yinsu’s bright eyes dimmed slightly now, her voice softening as she tentatively suggested: “How about we… swap?”

120… Jiang Ye couldn’t help sarcastically: “Heh, quite sincere apologizing earlier, but now bargaining so hard—no sincerity at all.”

“……”

Zhou Yuling took a deep breath: “Fine, consider it supplementing my verbal apology with some action-based sincerity… 121!”

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