Chapter 419: A Ghostly Being Suited for Forbidden Zone Survival

A very abrupt action, one that didn’t even request Jiang Ye’s permission in advance.

It was also an action that didn’t quite match Wu Wang’s usual habits.

Most of the time, this guy would use his strange flames to attack, rather than taking direct action.

However, this abrupt action that didn’t fit Wu Wang’s character quickly revealed its purpose—

The suddenly extended robe sleeve actually “passed through” Lin Jing’s body!

Yet Lin Jing remained expressionless, as if completely unaware!

It was as if the long sleeve hadn’t touched him at all!

At this moment, Jiang Ye spotted the anomaly.

Then he saw Wu Wang’s black robe sleeves sweep through the bodies of Ouyang, Lu Fang, and the other six fake chess pieces one after another.

Just like with Lin Jing, the sleeves “passed through” their bodies!

Yet it seemed to pass through air, causing no effect on them!

In this Hanging Moon Chess Grid, aside from the seven players holding Array Disks, only Jiang Ye under the identity of Zhou Qiming and Wu Wang remained.

Wu Wang tested it, waving his sleeve toward himself.

Same result—

He was also “passed through”!

Finally, Wu Wang’s sleeve swept toward Jiang Ye.

The result remained the same!

Their bodies…

Though they appeared no different from normal people.

But when actually touched, they discovered they had become like “nothingness,” untouchable “projections”!

Because the phenomenon of the chubby guy and old woman turning into “projections” in the Forbidden Zone hadn’t been transmitted to Jiang Ye outside.

So this phenomenon was essentially the first time Jiang Ye had encountered it.

Though surprised, he wasn’t hard-pressed to guess—

The appearance of this phenomenon should be related to the changes in the entire black ice domain.

Perhaps it was caused by the formation jointly operated by those thirty-two people.

Or maybe it was some inherent effect of the chessboard layout Lin Ling had arranged?

And this effect…

Gave Jiang Ye a more intuitive feeling—

As if they had become the so-called “yin” existence in the phrase “separated by yin and yang.”

Like the souls of dead people in many movies and TV shows who can’t touch the living.

They now resembled those… “souls of dead people”?

So this strange phenomenon might originate from some kind of yin-yang transformation ability?

And they had achieved transformation from yang to yin?

While Jiang Ye speculated internally, he also had clones located in other chess grids test this out.

Indeed, the other clones had also become untouchable “yin realm people.”

Simultaneously, this quickly concluded experiment made Jiang Ye suddenly notice a detail—

Logically speaking…

The entire black ice domain was in a disconnected state.

Then his clones located in different chess grid spaces should also be disconnected!

But actually, the twenty-six clones weren’t disconnected!

So…

Jiang Ye couldn’t help but speculate—

Either this disconnection situation in the black ice domain was different from the mist gas.

So within this entire unified environment, his clones wouldn’t disconnect.

Or, there was a problem with the space of the entire black ice domain.

Clones that appeared far apart might actually be quite close.

And in disconnected environments, clones that weren’t far apart could still maintain contact.

Of course, besides these possibilities, there was another—

Perhaps this “yin realm people” state enhanced the connections between clones?

So even when far apart in disconnected environments, they could still maintain contact?

As Jiang Ye pondered, he felt all three possibilities were plausible, and it would be difficult to determine the answer immediately.

Yet in reality…

He quickly got his answer!

Of course, not necessarily the correct answer, but the more probable possibility!

Because, on the basis of originally sensing only twenty-six clones sharing consciousness, he suddenly sensed the existence of two more clones!

Appearing as “two.”

Actually, one real clone, one fake clone!

And through the synchronized consciousness of this “real clone”…

The twenty-six “yin realm people” versions of Jiang Ye instantly understood the situation!

This “real clone” with synchronized consciousness…

Was precisely the mutated clone listening to the strange bell sounds!

And according to the synchronized information…

That “fake clone” was actually the shadow phantom!

In an instant, everything the mutated clone understood about what was happening in the Forbidden Zone.

Was completely shared with the twenty-six clones represented by Zhou Qiming!

In this moment, Jiang Ye confirmed—

The entire black ice domain…

Had indeed been transported into the Forbidden Zone!

And this untouchable “yin realm people” state of the players in the domain was exactly the same as the state of the chubby guy and old woman!

Simultaneously, because of this clone sensing…

Jiang Ye basically determined—

This “yin realm people” state indeed could enhance connections between clones, allowing him to sense other clones that should be disconnected regardless of distance! ℞𝘈ŊỗΒĚs

Like the mutated clone and shadow phantom, their essence might also be a kind of “yin realm people” state.

So the twenty-six clones, also being yin realm people, easily sensed them!

Of course, in this state, Jiang Ye also discovered a peculiar phenomenon—

His clone consciousness sharing…

Could actually be achieved through a “medium”!

To be precise, not exactly a “medium”…

The specific situation was—

Jiang Ye’s twenty-six clones didn’t sense that desiccated corpse clone covered in blood skin!

Meaning, the twenty-six clones in the black ice domain and that desiccated corpse clone remained disconnected.

But the desiccated corpse clone and mutated clone were in a mutually sensing consciousness-sharing state.

Meanwhile the mutated clone, because of the “yin realm people” characteristic, maintained sensing and consciousness sharing with the twenty-six clones.

So…

The mutated clone seemed to become the medium communicating between the twenty-six yin realm people clones and that desiccated corpse clone!

These two parties, clearly unable to sense each other’s existence due to disconnection…

Yet through the mutated clone as this “medium,” shared consciousness!

According to clone disconnection characteristics—

The reason the twenty-six clones and mutated clone could sense each other should originate from the “yin realm people” characteristic.

Jiang Ye’s clones in this “yin realm people” state, within a specific disconnected environment, were no longer restricted by distance.

Even when far apart, as long as in the same disconnected environment, they could still maintain contact!

As for between the mutated clone and desiccated corpse clone…

The desiccated corpse clone clearly wasn’t in the “yin realm people” state!

So their sensing didn’t meet the conditions for enhanced “yin realm people” connection.

Then most likely it was because these two were spatially very close!

Through their mutual sensing, it wasn’t hard to see—

They weren’t just spatially close.

They were practically spatially overlapping!

Yet in this state, they didn’t “encounter” each other!

Jiang Ye quickly organized all the shared information from the twenty-six black ice domain yin realm people clones, the lone mutated clone, and the strange blood-skinned desiccated corpse clone—all the Forbidden Zone clones.

First he discovered—

Between the twenty-six clones in the black ice domain and the space where the mutated clone was located, there existed vertical distance.

Simply put, the entire black ice domain should currently be located directly above the mutated Jiang Ye and desiccated corpse Jiang Ye.

And the position should be quite far.

Additionally, regarding the desiccated corpse clone’s speculation that the mutated clone might be undergoing a “time travel journey” in the strange bell sounds…

Jiang Ye ultimately felt this possibility wasn’t very high.

After all, he felt the sensing between his clones probably hadn’t reached the level of crossing time…

Letting his current clones sense the consciousness of clones from other times?

This seemed quite impossible no matter how he thought about it!

So, the mutated clone that could be sensed was most likely still in the same spacetime.

The reason they couldn’t see or touch each other might still relate to certain characteristics of the Forbidden Zone.

After all, Jiang Ye could also see…

This yin realm people state in the black ice domain should be more suitable for survival in the Forbidden Zone.

The chubby guy and old woman were in this state.

And in this state, they wouldn’t directly die in the Forbidden Zone.

Additionally…

Although neither mutated Jiang Ye, desiccated corpse Jiang Ye, nor the twenty-six yin realm people Jiang Ye in the black ice domain could see the shadow phantom, chubby guy, and others.

Jiang Ye deduced it himself—

This Forbidden Zone space where his clones were located should be special.

The Formation Master had clearly intentionally transported the desiccated corpse and the entire black ice domain here.

Basically, Jiang Ye had vaguely guessed—

Perhaps the Formation Master was searching for the mutated Jiang Ye.

More accurately, he was searching for the opportunity the mutated Jiang Ye was experiencing!

Perhaps he had already reached where the mutated Jiang Ye was.

But he didn’t hear the bell sounds.

Just like the desiccated corpse clone also didn’t hear them…

Then calculating this way, Jiang Ye’s mind formed a strange composition—

The mutated clone, desiccated corpse clone, the Formation Master’s Array Disk…

These three were all in the same location!

But these three couldn’t see each other!

Jiang Ye even suspected…

Even if the entire black ice domain descended from above…

It might also be unable to see the other three!

And this was clearly the strange aspect of this Forbidden Zone!

Jiang Ye had previously made many speculations about the Forbidden Zone environment.

He had analogized it to televisions losing signal, and the Beyond the Heavens setting in cultivation novels…

So now, combining this strangeness with the characteristics of the Forbidden Zone environment…

He suspected that where his mutated clone was located, what the Formation Master was searching for, this special place in the Forbidden Zone might have effects similar to the cycle grid in the Mirror Palace secret realm.

Only, this special effect wasn’t “reincarnation.”

But rather…

Jiang Ye somewhat suspected it was dividing these players based on their different arrival times at this location.

This was a division beyond their cognition.

Under this division, creatures arriving at different times, though in the same space, couldn’t see or touch each other.

Of course, following the desiccated corpse clone’s previous thinking, this division might relate to time somehow.

For example, arriving at different times placed them in different times?

Of course, Jiang Ye still didn’t believe the sensing between his clones could cross time.

So, temporarily excluding the guess that this place “divided” players by time.

Then…

Because it was beyond cognition.

Clearly it couldn’t be thought about from the perspective of someone inside the situation.

Thus, Jiang Ye could only diverge in analogies, imagining himself as someone detached from this place, not belonging to the current moment.

Under this divergent thinking, the first thing he thought of was the “layer” concept encountered in digital painting.

When drawing on electronic devices, multiple layers are often created.

Each layer is a separate sheet of drawing paper.

But they can be stacked, using the superimposed effect to obtain the final displayed image.

So, from this perspective, combining the current situation…

It easily made people think of—four-dimensional space!

Yes, four-dimensional space, not four-dimensional spacetime!

Jiang Ye understood the concept of four-dimensional spacetime.

Usually it’s “three-dimensional space + one-dimensional time,” obtaining four-dimensional spacetime.

Meaning, four-dimensional spacetime just adds the time dimension on the basis of three-dimensional space.

Which was the possibility Jiang Ye had first excluded.

As for four-dimensional space…

It exists in mathematical and physical derivations of space.

But in reality, it’s difficult to imagine and correspond to.

Jiang Ye had briefly understood theoretical derivations of four-dimensional space.

Actually, the derivation principles aren’t hard to understand.

It’s based on some patterns from two-dimensional space to three-dimensional space, to speculate about the evolution from three-dimensional space to four-dimensional space.

In this derivation process, objects in four-dimensional space are generally called hyperbodies.

For example, objects called “circles” in two-dimensional space are called “spheres” in three-dimensional space, and “hyperspheres” in four-dimensional space.

Of course, according to common understanding, it’s not hard to discover—

What we define as “circles” in two-dimensional space aren’t equivalent to “spheres.”

Simply put, “circles” in two-dimensional space aren’t sufficient to be directly derived as “spheres.”

Because they could also be the top view of a cylinder.

But from “spheres” in three-dimensional space, they can be directly derived into “circles” in two-dimensional space.

So it’s not hard to see—

Ascending dimension derivation, because of missing one dimension’s information, inevitably produces errors.

Descending dimension derivation, because it only erases one dimension’s information, is basically accurate.

And the derivation from three dimensions to two dimensions…

The commonly used method is—projection!

This method shared some similarities with Jiang Ye’s concept of “yin realm people”!

So, perhaps the “untouchability” and “unselectability” between yin realm people and yang realm people was because they existed in different dimensions?

Generally, the second dimension refers to virtual worlds, the third dimension refers to the real world.

There’s also the “fourth dimension” existing in fantasy… perhaps sharing similarities with “four-dimensional space.”

Humans live in the third dimension world.

Naturally, derivation of the fourth dimension world is difficult to achieve.

Just like deriving from two dimensions to three dimensions, because of missing one dimension’s information.

So the “circle” seen in two dimensions could actually derive countless three-dimensional possibilities!

Humans live in the three-dimensional world, so they can perform this kind of derivation from descending dimension worlds to the real world.

But for the fourth dimension world beyond cognition…

We can’t even perceive that missing dimension, so how can we derive it?

At most, we can only use descending dimension thinking to consider our real world selves as some “projection” of the four-dimensional world.

Projection…

In Jiang Ye’s mind, he continuously used the descending dimension thinking from three dimensions to two dimensions, imagining—

What kind of hyperbody world would project the three-dimensional world he currently perceived.

And during this imagining process, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration!

Yes, literally a flash of inspiration.

Because he thought of…

Light!

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