Of course, the terrifying nature of the milky-white gas aside.

But based on Zhou Yuling’s description, what gave Jiang Ye some slight comfort was—

This thing wasn’t specifically developed to target his clones going offline.

It had already existed before his time.

So, his two instances of clone disconnection were just “accidents.”

The person behind the scenes essentially seemed to want to use the milky-white gas to block all methods.

And the fundamental effect of the milky-white gas was indeed to block all methods.

At this moment, the three of them were within the milky-white gas, so even Lin Ling couldn’t detect them anymore.

So, from this perspective…

Could the glass bottle that Lin Ling initially used to trap the light clone contain something similar to the milky-white gas? That’s why when the light clone was trapped inside, it couldn’t use Light and Shadow Escape or perform clone swapping?

Including the cycle grid that trapped the light clone—could it also contain something similar to the milky-white gas?

Even further, could the exclusive instance space that caused the main body to lose contact also be trapped by something similar to the milky-white gas?

Huh?

Wait!

Following this line of thought, Jiang Ye suddenly had another idea—

His speculation was that the main body was trapped in the Court of Disorder.

Did that mean the Court of Disorder also contained this kind of all-blocking milky-white gas?

Very likely!

The White-Robed Woman and Zhou Yuling were assigned to explore the Abyss Restricted Zone and the Court of Disorder respectively.

The Black Snake raised by the White-Robed Woman happened to feed on the radiation unique to the Abyss Restricted Zone.

Zhou Yuling’s White Snake could be understood as feeding on mist.

So, the reason Zhou Yuling was specifically assigned to explore the Court of Disorder was most likely because the nature of the Court of Disorder was similar to the Abyss Restricted Zone.

Only, the Abyss Restricted Zone contained radiation, while the Court of Disorder contained mist that blocked everything!

Moreover, back when he could still contact the main body, Jiang Ye learned from the returned clone—

In the first level [Classroom] of the exclusive instance.

Outside that classroom was filled with “mist”!

Holy crap!

Thinking about it this way…

Jiang Ye had originally only speculated that the main body might be trapped in the [Court of Disorder].

Now that he’d sorted out his thoughts, he felt there was over an 80% probability that the main body was truly in the [Court of Disorder]!

With this realization, he directly confirmed with Zhou Yuling:

“The Abyss Restricted Zone has radiation, which is why Xiao Bai was sent to explore it…”

“Then the [Court of Disorder] you’re responsible for exploring—could it be filled with something similar to mist?”

“……” Zhou Yuling remained silent, not answering, but inwardly she was astonished by Jiang Ye’s sharpness.

Earlier, from just one sentence by Zhou Yinsu, he directly guessed that Xiao Hei’s origin was related to the Abyss Restricted Zone.

Now, after learning about her White Snake, he directly guessed the special characteristics of the Court of Disorder…

Zhou Yuling didn’t really want to continue talking with him anymore. Her expression slightly stiffened as she said:

“That’s enough already. We should complete the Clone Replica Mirror transaction quickly and hurry to the [Court of Disorder].”

Almost certain that the main body was indeed in the [Court of Disorder], Jiang Ye was naturally eager to go to the Court of Disorder too.

However, he still had one more idea and couldn’t help but ask:

“Speaking of which, is there any way to break through this milky-white gas that can block all methods?”

Zhou Yuling directly said expressionlessly: “No.”

Jiang Ye pressed further: “Not even the Black Snake on Xiao Bai’s head can break through it?”

“……” Zhou Yuling’s face inexplicably stiffened again.

Jiang Ye smiled and didn’t continue with this question. He just looked at the Black Snake that had fused with Xiao Hei and found it particularly familiar.

After affectionately examining it like a treasure for a while, he suddenly asked the White-Robed Woman:

“Speaking of which…”

“Do you ever have that kind of… special impulse to drink my blood?”

???

The White-Robed Woman looked completely baffled: “The hell! I’m not some pervert!”

Jiang Ye was silent for a moment, then said meaningfully: “Who knows, maybe your Black Snake is the perverted one?”

The White-Robed Woman instantly understood what he meant.

After thinking for a moment, she plucked another hair that instantly transformed into a Black Snake, coiling around Jiang Ye.

The Black Snake circled around Jiang Ye, hissing and flicking its tongue, appearing quite normal.

However, after a moment of silence, Xiao Bai suddenly said: “It is indeed more active than usual…”

“Want to try letting some blood?”

Jiang Ye unceremoniously rolled his eyes at her.

What a joke! His blood was extremely precious!

Back when Lin Ling asked him to drip blood on the [Three Life Stone Staff], he refused.

Naturally, he wasn’t willing to do this experiment now.

Of course, he was already about 90% sure of the experimental results.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Ye didn’t ask anything more and directly traded the two Clone Replica Mirrors to Xiao Bai and Zhou Yuling.

The two used their replica mirrors and each generated mirrored clones.

They looked identical, so the mirrored clones they generated naturally looked exactly the same too.

However, aside from identical appearances, these two mirrored clones didn’t have any special characteristics.

Since Jiang Ye had already demonstrated the full capabilities of the replica mirror during the chess game, he didn’t hesitate to try fusing the two identical-looking mirrored clones.

However, the fused mirrored clone didn’t seem to have any special characteristics either.

Eager to get to the Court of Disorder, Jiang Ye didn’t spend more time researching this.

So, not long after, Zhou Yuling dispersed the milky-white gas surrounding them.

The sisters exchanged a few brief instructions, then went their separate ways.

Xiao Bai, following Lin Ling’s earlier instructions, sent her a message to report, then headed directly to the Abyss Restricted Zone.

And Jiang Ye finally, finally, finally was going to the Court of Disorder with Zhou Yuling!

To facilitate managing everyone in the [Court of Disorder].

Zhou Yuling kicked Xu Gou and Peng Gu out of the ten-thousand-person group.

Then Zhang Minghan and that Defenders youth joined the group.

Jiang Ye only learned from the join notifications that the Defenders youth was named Wang Cheng.

Later, Zhou Yuling identified the player who had invaded with Yu Mo’s Jiang Ye appearance, kicked them from the group chat, then invited Jiang Ye to join.

This way, the entire ten-thousand-person group had exactly 9,999 people besides Jiang Ye.

Then adding Jiang Ye’s 90,000 clones, it exactly met the maximum limit of 99,999 people.

Everything, everything was ready.

“Speaking of which, is there any way to crack this milky-white gas that can block all methods?”

“The [Court of Disorder] is on the 18th floor.”

“The moment we exit the elevator, we’ll enter the pure black waiting space I described earlier.”

“To ensure all players see the countdown time with minimal error, I’ll release all followers from the White Tower at that exact moment.”

Jiang Ye pressed further: “Not even the Black Snake on Xiao Bai’s head can crack it?”

“When the elevator is about to reach the 18th floor, I’ll count down from three to ensure our player release actions are as synchronized as possible.”

Doing this could indeed prevent mistakes caused by timing differences.

Jiang Ye took the exploration of the [Court of Disorder] extremely seriously, so he nodded earnestly.

Jiang Ye smiled and didn’t continue with this question. He just looked at the Black Snake that had fused with Xiao Hei and found it particularly familiar.

Fortunately, when he suspected the main body was in the Court of Disorder, he didn’t go there alone but continued cooperating with Zhou Yuling.

After all, Zhou Yuling’s White Snake transforming into milky-white gas was clearly related to the Court of Disorder.

So most likely, her very existence was the key to clearing the Court of Disorder.

By following her, Jiang Ye could avoid a lot of trouble.

And so, with everything explained clearly and everything prepared, Zhou Yuling used the Red Light Elevator Card to summon the red-lit elevator of 0000 Apartment.

The two entered the elevator together.

Then, they waited nervously as the floors climbed.

When the elevator display showed “17,” Zhou Yuling held her breath and began counting down.

As she counted to “two,” they heard a “ding” sound as the elevator doors opened.

The White-Robed Woman looked completely baffled: “The hell! I’m not some pervert!”

In that instant, Clone No. 1 lost contact with the other clones!

Jiang Ye was silent for a moment, then said meaningfully: “Who knows, maybe your Black Snake is the perverted one?”

Zhou Yuling beside him also didn’t seem to have anticipated this situation.

However, the milky-white gas didn’t seem to affect her.

She quickly composed herself, just completing the final number of her countdown…

Jiang Ye suddenly grabbed her wrist, saying urgently:

“Wait! I’m not sure if I can generate clones in this milky-white gas environment!”

His words threw Zhou Yuling into complete chaos!

Her brain froze for a moment.

But during that moment, Jiang Ye quickly reassured: “Let me test it first!”

“If there’s no problem, I’ll count down from three extremely quickly!”

He spoke rapidly but without panic, instead carrying a sense of reliable steadiness.

Plus the feeling of strength from his grip on her wrist, Zhou Yuling quickly calmed down: “Alright!”

Jiang Ye unceremoniously rolled his eyes at her.

So, Jiang Ye tried generating a puppet clone in this milky-white gas environment.

Originally, according to what he said, if he could generate clones, he would count down from three…

However, after this puppet clone was generated, Jiang Ye directly froze.

Including Zhou Yuling, whose wrist he was tightly holding, also froze momentarily.

However, no matter how shocked they were internally, both clearly understood that the current priority was entering the Court of Disorder!

So, Jiang Ye quickly suppressed the shock and astonishment in his heart and rapidly counted down “three, two, one”!

As his “one” landed.

The two almost simultaneously left the elevator, simultaneously releasing large numbers of players.

What Zhou Yuling released were her follower players from the White Tower.

What Jiang Ye released were the 90,000 puppet clones he generated in one breath!

He had tested this before—

Puppet clones could be generated in fixed quantities according to the number of survival points.

There would be no time gap between generating a fixed number of clones.

However, because the entire waiting space before entering the Court of Disorder was like a bizarre pure black void.

All their players were scattered.

All the followers, plus Zhou Yuling, plus all of Jiang Ye’s clones, were not together…

Originally Jiang Ye thought that even if the clones weren’t together, he could sense this pure black space serving as the waiting area through the connection between clones…

Since Jiang Ye had already demonstrated the full capabilities of the replica mirror during the chess game, he didn’t hesitate to attempt fusing the two identical-looking mirrored clones.

So Jiang Ye’s 90,000 clones were all in a disconnected state!

That is, scattered throughout the pure black space, unable to contact each other, unable to sense each other!

However, Jiang Ye was mentally prepared for this.

Following Zhou Yuling’s earlier instructions, he directly focused his attention on the prompt in his mind and the countdown in his vision.

The prompt, as Zhou Yuling had said, displayed—

＜Please player choose: Participate in this court session?＞

＜Yes＞

＜No＞

And the countdown in the upper right corner of his vision showed: 【06:27】

Fortunately, it wasn’t any special situation.

And this waiting time wasn’t particularly long either.

Jiang Ye breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Then, with a thoughtful look in his eyes, he mentally recited again: Generate clone!

This time, it wasn’t generating a puppet clone.

But properly generating a clone that shared consciousness.

This newly generated clone, just like the one in the red-lit elevator earlier, didn’t get separated from Clone No. 1.

But stood right near him.

And when Jiang Ye’s gaze fell on the new clone, shock and astonishment once again flashed through his eyes.

Because…

This new clone’s talent…

Was the same as the clone he generated in front of Zhou Yuling in the elevator earlier…

Both were SS-grade light-element affinity!

And this bizarre phenomenon…

Naturally made Jiang Ye’s mind suddenly generate a premonition that he didn’t know whether to call “bad” or “good”…

Speaking of which, what were the odds of him generating two light-element clones in a row?

Then adding Jiang Ye’s 90,000 clones, it exactly met the maximum limit of 99,999 people.

But from the two clones generated right before his eyes… both were light-element!

So, just saying…

Could it be that the 90,000 puppet clones he just generated were all fucking light-element??

What the hell??

If this were the case when formally entering the Court of Disorder and sitting at the same table with those follower players…

Wouldn’t this scare the shit out of all the follower players??

Ha, haha…

Ninety thousand light clones…

Damn, forget about those dark-element followers being scared shitless.

Even Jiang Ye, who was anticipating this situation, felt somewhat terrified!

Of course, to confirm his speculation.

He generated two more new clones nearby.

Then, without any surprise…

Two more light-element clones!

Ha, haha…

For a moment, Jiang Ye felt his entire brain spinning dizzily, actually feeling a bit at a loss…

He even felt like he didn’t know how to face Zhou Yuling once they entered the Court of Disorder later…

As for the followers, he could trick them saying those light clones were all fake NPCs, just treat them as fake.

But Zhou Yling wouldn’t be so easy to fool…

At the same time, he felt quite fortunate—

This Court of Disorder would probably be Zhou Yuling’s burial place.

And just as Jiang Ye was shocked by the “batch production of light clones” situation.

The countdown in his vision gradually went from 【06:27】 to 【03:48】.

And because of the three additional light clones, Jiang Ye inexplicably felt an impulse to use Light and Shadow Escape to freely roam around this pure black waiting area.

However, the “guide” Zhou Yuling provided had emphasized—

After all players enter the pure black waiting space, don’t move around, just obediently wait for the countdown.

These clones of his were extras, not participating in the Court of Disorder exploration.

He planned to have these clones choose ＜Yes＞ during the “blank 30 seconds” after the countdown disappeared.

Then, perhaps these clones not in Zhou Yuling’s plan could be free from Zhou Yuling’s guide restrictions?

Using Light and Shadow Escape to roam around a bit should… be fine, right?

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