“Death level?”

The little old man raised an eyebrow: “You mean to say—”

“That physical body levels are classified according to death levels, and a physical body level higher than the death level can avoid deaths below that level?”

“However, this understanding is incorrect.”

“You can continue using the level concept to understand physical bodies…”

“But currently, the ‘physical bodies’ of all apartment players are at the same tier, sharing the same set of death level rules.”

This…

These words shocked Jiang Ye once again!

All apartment players, same physical body tier?

Then what about Wan Xin’s situation?

Why wasn’t Lin Ling’s transformation sensed by the clone ability?

And Mask Master’s face clearly didn’t conform to normal “physical body” rules either!

And Administrator 4869 who used large amounts of Skin Sand but couldn’t change faces!

Were their “physical bodies” also at the same tier as other apartment players?

Just as he was pondering these doubts.

The little old man seemed to see through his confusion and added:

“However, even at the same tier, there can be differences.”

“For example, the same S-tier abilities are divided into different types. Light faction S-tier abilities even surpass other S-tier abilities.”

“Another example: even among novice apartments, some can be recognized as ‘special apartments’ with unique structures. But essentially, they’re still novice apartments.”

Which meant…

The physical body tier hadn’t changed.

It’s just that some individual players’ physical bodies, like “special apartments” or “permission players,” had special circumstances.

Wan Xin was special, Administrator 4869 was special, Mask Master was special, Lin Ling was special…

Actually, from this perspective, Jiang Ye himself might also be special.

The uniqueness of his blood might originate from the uniqueness of his “physical body.”

And these “special cases” were all at the same “tier.”

So the implication was…

Above these “special physical bodies” at the same tier…

There existed physical bodies of higher tiers?!

Then undoubtedly, the Nomadic Merchant’s physical body should be a higher-tier physical body.

And Jiang Ye’s uncontrollable pure black mutated clone was also a higher-tier clone.

That’s why he couldn’t control that physical body.

Understanding it this way, although many things remained unclear, at least the logic made sense.

So, Jiang Ye’s most pressing question now was—

“So I need to elevate my ‘soul’ to a higher ‘tier’ to control that pure black mutated clone?”

He was about to follow up with how exactly to elevate soul tiers.

But the little old man preempted him with a glance.

His weathered voice was extremely gentle.

Yet it struck directly at Jiang Ye’s pain point:

“Elevating soul tiers is something your main body needs to consider.”

“But the question is, where is your main body?”

“…”

Jiang Ye felt like he’d been struck in the chest.

Thinking to himself that his main body was suffering terribly…

Currently missing and of unknown fate…

He could only hope Clone No. 1 in the [Court of Disorder] could quickly reunite with the main body and find a way to rescue it…

Honestly, Jiang Ye deeply regretted it now—

That damn exclusive instance!

He should have been cautious, cautious, and more cautious back then, treating it as non-existent!

He had been too careless…

If only his main body could return safely this time.

He would never let his main body take any risks again!

Even if his main body suddenly got adventurous again…

These clones of his, even if they had to fight between left and right brains, would intercept that restless heart of the main body!

Actually…

Jiang Ye was truly Jiang Ye.

Even after being disconnected from his main body for so long, their thoughts were surprisingly aligned.

The main body trapped in the time-stop prison also deeply regretted it, unable to understand why it had suddenly entered the exclusive instance back then.

Was it because he obtained the S-tier skill [Soul Link] and got carried away?

He was growing increasingly suspicious—

When Lin Jing gave him the S-tier skill, he might have secretly cursed him!

Actually, upon careful reflection, he might have been influenced by the eye-opening experience at Apartment 9999 back then.

Seeing Lin Jing and those powerful figures all acting decisively and efficiently.

While Jiang Ye alone hesitated and wavered, completely lacking the demeanor of a strong individual.

So, he too acted decisively once.

And in return got a disconnected main body and prolonged despair…

The most despairing moment was naturally when that manifested clone was drained into a desiccated corpse by the little red snake.

The main body, completely unaware of the outside situation and long imprisoned in the time-stop prison…

When fear struck at that moment, the despair Jiang Ye’s main body felt reached its peak!

The already taut string in his mind shattered completely at that instant!

Even his eyes turned bloodshot at that moment!

He could no longer sit idle, waiting for outside clones to rescue him!

Even according to information synchronized from clones sent in by outside clones—

The outside clones had already realized he might be trapped in the [Court of Disorder].

And the outside clones had already begun exploring the [Court of Disorder]…

But the outside clones had no idea—

His time to explore the [Court of Disorder] was limited!

According to the announcement at zero o’clock on the second day…

If [The Hour Has Come] and Jiang Ye still hadn’t accepted the court session trial…

Then he would directly “depart”!

Even if outside clones were approaching the court session stage.

They simply didn’t know about the time limit!

So…

Rather than waiting for outside clones to rescue him, Jiang Ye might as well…

Save himself!

Yes, he had to save himself!

At this moment, extreme fear and mental collapse brought an unusual clarity to Jiang Ye’s mind.

He realized—

The X-tier clone ability was indeed powerful…

Even because of shared consciousness and the Soul Link skill, he and his clones were essentially one.

But clones were ultimately clones, and abilities were ultimately just abilities!

He needed to make his true self genuinely powerful!

Right!

Stop thinking about how outside clones would rescue him…

He himself had to find a way to save himself from within this prison!

Moreover, terms like “court session” and “accepting trial” inherently placed him in an inferior position.

This situation was too passive!

He still had to rely on himself to break through from within!

The so-called personal exclusive instance…

Meant an instance exclusive to an individual.

Which meant this instance was tailored specifically for him.

And only he could solve this instance.

So, calming down to think carefully…

What special characteristics did he possess?

The most special was naturally the X-tier ability.

So outside clones could coordinate from within and without to rescue him from outside.

But besides the clone ability?

Jiang Ye thought very carefully.

Finally identifying three special aspects about himself.

First and most special was his blood.

When the light clone went to the void mirror palace, He Xingyue had mistaken his blood for Blackened Crow Blood.

Including the White-Robed Woman and Xiao Hei, they had all confirmed his blood was truly unusual.

Even the lucky bracelet soaked in his blood directly turned into an unlucky bracelet, badly screwing over Yang Wenchao…

However, during his time trapped in the time-stop prison, Jiang Ye had naturally already experimented.

He had tried to drip his special blood on the prison walls.

But due to the time-stop property of the prison, no matter how sharp the blade, it couldn’t break his skin.

So he simply couldn’t draw blood.

During his time in prison, he had tried and contemplated various methods, but none succeeded in drawing blood.

The second special aspect about him…

Came from information transmitted by outside clones—

His left hand had been exchanged once with the Nomadic Merchant’s left hand.

Although it was just a clone that exchanged hands at the time.

It seemed this exchange effect spread to all clones, including the main body.

Because the Lightburn had also been shared by all clones.

And the hand Jiang Ye exchanged had taken away the Lightburn effect.

So the main body’s left hand should also have become the Nomadic Merchant’s hand.

But how could this special aspect be utilized?

Jiang Ye had also tested it—in the time-stop prison, he still couldn’t leave marks on that special Nomadic Merchant left hand.

These two special aspects were directions Jiang Ye had painstakingly researched while imprisoned.

The third special aspect…

Only emerged after the outside self gained insights into “physical body” and “container” concepts.

The main body had just forcefully conceived this, unsure if it counted as special.

That was—

The crescent-shaped birthmark or scar on Jiang Ye’s left shoulder.

Previously (Chapter 105) when feeding blood to Xiao Hei, he had briefly wondered—

Why his blood was different from others.

At that time he had wondered what was special about himself.

Then he remembered the crescent-shaped birthmark or scar on his left shoulder that disappeared after the Doomsday Apartment.

Actually, he hadn’t thought deeply about it back then.

But according to the clones’ current understanding of “physical body”…

The disappearance of this birthmark could be completely explained as—

Because his physical body in the apartment wasn’t his real physical body.

Like Zhou Yuling said, other players’ illnesses weren’t brought into their apartment physical bodies.

So it was completely normal for Jiang Ye’s insignificant little birthmark to disappear.

But now that he remembered, he naturally wouldn’t overlook any detail and would research it.

Thinking this, the main body in prison pulled open his collar and repeatedly felt around his left shoulder.

Of course, no matter how much he felt, something that wasn’t there couldn’t be felt out.

However, Jiang Ye clearly remembered—

His crescent-shaped birthmark looked very much like a scar carved out by a curved fingernail.

And in this time-stop prison, no matter what he did, he couldn’t leave marks on his body.

So he began scratching his left shoulder with his fingernail, again and again.

Again and again, still leaving no marks.

He tried to locate the remembered position of the birthmark, constantly moving his fingernail.

Until…

The moment he pressed down hard with his fingernail again…

Jiang Ye’s eyes widened suddenly!

He felt… pain!

Looking toward that spot…

Hiss—!!

Blood!!

Tiny traces of blood seeped from the crescent-shaped wound scratched out by his fingernail!

Finally, some change had been created by him in this entire time-stop prison!

At this moment, Jiang Ye was ecstatic!

That excitement of seeing his own blood…

Probably even surpassed Xiao Hei’s joy and longing when seeing his blood!

But soon, Jiang Ye calmed down.

What could he do with this tiny amount of blood that defied the time-stop prison’s property?

Suck his own blood like he did with the dark clone before?

Or smear this special blood on the prison walls?

Or even…

He even thought—

What if he tried to smear this tiny amount of blood on the [Dice of Fate] summoned by the [Observer] clone?

Just as the main body was experimenting and making some progress.

Jiang Ye No. 1 in the 「Formless Domain」 was feeling troubled again—

He originally wanted to wait until after binding the 「Formless Leaf」 and confirming his participation in the court session.

Then he would still let the little red snake leave the Court of Disorder to deliver news about the court to outside clones.

So outside clones could focus on the Reincarnation Mirror Palace, perhaps coordinating with the court when necessary.

But now the problem was—

The little red snake was coiled around the pure black mutated clone…

And judging by the situation, if the pure black mutated clone left the little red snake’s restraint, it would probably explode instantly!

So, to preserve this mutated clone, the little red snake had to remain coiled around it motionless.

This way, the little red snake naturally couldn’t leave.

Of course, Jiang Ye could also abandon this mutated clone…

With plenty of time now, he could continue writing information on paper slips, telling outside clones how to create mutated clones.

Then outside clones could also manufacture mutated clones.

It was just a matter of ten tubes of Blood Poison Corpse Water and one [Chaos Furnace (Incomplete)].

Xiao Bai should still have these items.

But…

He was somewhat reluctant to abandon this mutated clone.

More importantly—

He couldn’t help wondering…

Would such an extremely special mutated clone play some special role in the Court of Disorder’s court session?

He remembered that during the chess game, according to information revealed by the chubby guy—

Mutated Heavenly Net members were more suitable for exploring the Abyss Restricted Zone!

The chubby guy had even invited him to mutate clones…

Although because he entered the Court of Disorder, Jiang Ye No. 1 didn’t know about outside clone mutations.

But if he really used mutated clones to explore the Abyss Restricted Zone…

Then wouldn’t it be better to arrange such a mutated clone to explore the [Court of Disorder]?

Jiang Ye couldn’t decide for a moment.

But he didn’t need to choose immediately either.

He found a hidden spot to settle the mutated clone restrained by the red snake and unable to move.

Soon after, he received a message from Zhou Yuling through the voice transmission bead:

“Around the 「Formless Tree」, I’ve lured away most of who I could…”

“But those VIP big shots mostly have eight hundred schemes each!”

“So around the 「Formless Tree」, there are probably still some deeply cunning schemers hidden.”

“Including those I temporarily lured away, they probably still left surveillance methods around the 「Formless Tree」…”

“Surveillance methods don’t matter—once you release the little white snakes and the milky-white gas spreads, those methods won’t be able to transmit messages outside.”

“It’s those deeply hidden schemers you need to find and deal with yourself…”

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