Chapter 421: Mosaic and QR Codes

Hah.

Jiang Ye laughed.

Not a mocking laugh, but a genuine, hearty laugh from the heart.

He directly faced the punk’s murderous gaze and declared boldly:

“You look pretty pissed? Well then—”

“Come on, come kill me then?”

This damn…

It was simply a blatant provocation!

Liu Re desperately wanted to charge over right then and finish Jiang Ye off with one strike!

However, in this short time, he had already discovered—

After the entire black ice domain transformed, it wasn’t just the surrounding environment that turned into a vast expanse of white.

Nor was it just them players losing all their abilities and becoming ordinary people.

There was an even more crucial point—their bodies! They had become untouchable and uncontactable states!

In other words…

In this state, he couldn’t kill anyone, and no one could kill him!

So Jiang Ye’s words were nothing but pure provocation, right?

Liu Re felt deeply aggrieved and really wanted to rush over and slap this bastard hard, consequences be damned!

Even if he couldn’t actually hit his face, just the image…

He carefully pictured it in his mind.

Ultimately, he still felt—the image of slapping air looked pretty stupid…

So there was no choice;
he couldn’t take action, only engage in a war of words.

Liu Re took a deep breath, deliberately adjusted his mindset, then sneered coldly:

“Tch—You’re so tough, why don’t you come try killing me then?”

Actually, this kind of verbal sparring was rather low-level.

After all, Jiang Ye struck first, so Liu Re’s counterattack couldn’t possibly gain the upper hand no matter what.

But there was no helping it…

Liu Re’s usual personality was: if he can use force, he won’t waste words.

This resulted in his verbal sparring skills being truly unimpressive.

Sure enough, after this rather weak counterattack…

Jiang Ye laughed even more heartily.

“Tsk tsk…”

“So that’s what you’re thinking, huh?”

“Then I can only… graciously accept your invitation…”

As he spoke, Jiang Ye hooked his fingertip.

A piece of black cloth flew back from the punk’s body into his hand.

Instantly, familiar agonized screams instantly filled the entire pure white world!

When the punk screamed repeatedly earlier, many people present had already developed a physiological aversion to that noise.

Hearing it again now, aside from subconsciously frowning and feeling shocked internally…

Their gazes instead focused intently on the punk’s body.

Because, in this pure white world, the punk’s body suffering from Lightburn pain displayed an effect completely different from before!

Those who endured Lightburn pain previously mostly just screamed, with no visible changes to their bodies.

But now, in this pure white world, in this yin realm people state…

They saw with their own eyes—

The punk’s originally solid body actually appeared to be dispersing into scattered light points!

Visually, this felt like…

Everyone present was a clear image.

While the image where the punk was located turned into a somewhat blurry mosaic state!

This…

This was the secret of Lightburn?

Jiang Ye was also shocked;
his eyes flickered, and he casually threw the black cloth back again.

Then they saw that when the black cloth touched the punk’s unstable mosaic body, it was like an intelligent brush tool in a photo-editing app, instantly “decoding” the “unclear” “mosaic” pattern.

The punk’s body quickly returned to “high-definition” state.

Everyone present watched this scene, their minds reeling.

Only the punk himself was unaware of these changes.

He still thought Jiang Ye was just messing with him like before, with no real intention to kill him.

He quickly shut his mouth and hid behind Feng Cheng.

However, Feng Cheng’s gaze toward him was quite complex.

Sure enough…

Under those complex gazes, Feng Cheng slightly shifted his steps away from the punk.

And immediately after, Jiang Ye raised his hand grandly…

The black cloth returned to his hand again.

The punk’s pig-slaughter-like screams once again pierced their eardrums.

Jiang Ye, however, laughed freely and openly:

“Since we’re fortunate enough to witness such a miraculous scene, why don’t we all look forward together—”

“Let’s see what changes that mosaic-like body will undergo under sustained Lightburn effects?”

As he spoke, his gaze swept around, and naturally no one present dared to voice opposition.

Just then, the “moon” in the sky completely fell.

Lin Jing slightly shifted his steps.

The moon landed exactly where he had been standing.

Jiang Ye’s gaze naturally fell upon Lin Jing.

His eyes moved slightly, and he casually threw the black cloth toward the “moon.”

Then, raising his finger, a teardrop-like ice crystal gathered at his fingertip.

He suddenly smiled at Lin Jing: “We’ve all become ordinary people…”

“I wonder if my little worm has become an ordinary worm too?”

“Lin Shen, care to join me in an experiment?”

Jiang Ye really wanted to test it.

And he had two methods to try.

The Ice Crystal Tear Drops on him were divided into three categories.

The first category, original state, meaning Ice Crystal Tear Drops that only had freezing effects.

The second category, Cryptobiosis offspring larvae, meaning the black cloth state that could suppress Lightburn.

The third category, offspring larvae infected with Lightburn, which could directly transmit Lightburn to others.

And this “third category” was the key to maintaining his deterrence in this situation where everyone was ordinary!

Even the SSS-grade light-element clone couldn’t use light abilities.

But the Lightburn stored in the Ice Crystal Tear Drops might still work?

Jiang Ye wasn’t actually sure if it would work or not.

But, wouldn’t he know if he tried?

However, Lin Jing wasn’t the best test subject at the moment.

According to what Lin Jing revealed during their earlier confrontation.

This guy seemed to have obtained some special protection method that made him fearless of Lightburn infection.

Of course, in the current Forbidden Zone environment, perhaps that method had already become ineffective?

And such a “controversial” lab rat naturally wasn’t the optimal test subject.

As for Lin Jing, he should have realized the “controversy” about himself.

He didn’t dare gamble either…

So after taking a deep breath, Lin Jing followed Jiang Ye’s initial request and proactively extended his hand.

Simultaneously saying in a deep voice: “I don’t know either what exactly I caught…”

As his palm opened.

Various gazes turned toward his palm.

In that instant, those gazes stared dumbfounded!

Jiang Ye was absolutely certain that when the black ice domain was completely swallowed by the Forbidden Zone, Lin Jing had caught something…

He thought it was some small prop similar to the Luminox Larva and Blood Realm Worm, difficult to detect with the naked eye.

However…

What did he see?

On Lin Jing’s open palm, there was no prop at all!

But his palm was abnormal compared to ordinary people!

From a distance, it looked like a strange tattoo.

But when Jiang Ye leaned closer to look, using the nearby “moonlight” to see…

He clearly saw that strange “tattoo” also seemed to be in a somewhat unclear mosaic state!

In this vast white world, looking carefully, it even seemed like the tattoo resembled a…

miniature QR code??

What the hell?

QR code?

So this thing… can it be scanned??

The others also gathered around.

The White Coat, Zhao Dongliu, very bluntly said:

“How about we check the frozen version effect and Lightburn version effect on this strange tattoo?”

“I think perhaps under the frozen version effect, or even the Lightburn version effect… this tattoo might reveal more information?”

As he spoke, Zhao Dongliu’s entire expression became excited, and he further analyzed to Jiang Ye: “Anyway, you were going to experiment regardless…”

“And with your abilities, whether freezing effects or Lightburn effects, you can switch between them freely…”

“So, using Lin Jing as the test subject is most appropriate—guaranteed profit with no loss!”

Lin Jing: ???

You get guaranteed profit, he suffers no loss, and I’m the only one getting hurt, right?!

How can you be so capable?!

But there was no helping it…

Jiang Ye also felt—

Although this White Coat was cunning and treacherous…

What he said made so much sense!

Jiang Ye’s expression didn’t change, nor did he reveal any emotions.

However, Lin Jing was extremely perceptive.

Almost before Jiang Ye could act, his originally open palm suddenly shifted.

His entire palm directly pressed against the strange sphere that had already landed beside him, the one resembling the “moon.”

Just this action of his palm contacting the sphere instantly produced a sizzling sound, like something being dropped into hot oil.

Lin Jing frowned, unclear what he was feeling.

But the veins on the back of his hand clearly bulged.

Was it from pain, or from applying more force?

Jiang Ye’s brow moved slightly, and he said extremely quickly:

“You look like you got scalded, Lin Shen;
let me help you cool down…”

While saying this, his Ice Crystal Tear Drop not infected with Lightburn directly shot over.

To be honest, in that instant, Jiang Ye felt somewhat panicked internally…

After all, he was putting on a very impressive front.

But if the Ice Crystal Tear Drop couldn’t affect “yin realm people,” then this move would purely be slapping his own face!

Not only would he lose face, but more importantly, he would lose this powerful deterrent method!

Fortunately, the peculiar Luminox Larva ultimately didn’t disappoint him!

The moment the Ice Crystal Tear Drop merged into Lin Jing, they saw Lin Jing’s untouchable, impenetrable body instantly transform into an Ice Sculpture!

And the sizzling sound caused by his palm pressing against the “moon” also abruptly vanished.

Even more…

What surprised Jiang Ye as well was—

The freezing effect actually spread along Lin Jing’s palm all the way to the strange sphere!

The originally lustrous, translucent sphere mixed with human shadows instantly also transformed into an ice sphere!

Including the human figure inside, which had been faintly trembling before, now seemed completely frozen too!

This scene fell into the eyes of everyone present.

While Jiang Ye was pondering internally, Zhao Dongliu turned out to be quite bold.

He directly stepped forward and reached out to touch the Ice Sculpture-state Lin Jing.

However, the result remained the same: his hand passed through the ice sculpture, still unable to make contact.

Nevertheless, Zhao Dongliu seemed to have some thoughts about this phenomenon.

Jiang Ye thought for a moment and asked him: “What did you think of?”

Zhao Dongliu didn’t hold back either, stating directly:

“I was just thinking that Lin Jing’s current ice sculpture state is probably different from before.”

“Except before, he couldn’t be touched because he himself was untouchable;
“

“But now the ice sculpture him can’t be touched because I cannot touch others.”

It sounded convoluted, but wasn’t hard to understand, and was quite similar to Jiang Ye’s thoughts.

Thinking this, Jiang Ye focused his mind and also raised his hand toward the ice sculpture Lin Jing.

However, just as his hand was about to touch Lin Jing, his entire right hand also transformed into an ice sculpture.

But, ice sculpture to ice sculpture…

This time, it wasn’t the “passing through” of being untouchable!

Instead, it was visible contact!

Even upon contact, it emitted faint crystalline collision sounds!

This scene made Zhao Dongliu’s eyes light up.

Because this proved his earlier statement was correct!

Zhao Dongliu seized the moment and quickly analyzed:

“So the current situation is, all of us have become untouchable void states…”

“And this ice sculpture state is a touchable entity.”

“Void to void, cannot touch;
“

“Void to entity, also cannot touch.”

“Only entity to entity can produce collision!”

Basically, his summary was correct.

Jiang Ye cast an appreciative glance at him, then smiled slightly: “This void body is so inconvenient;
let me give you an entity too :)”

As he spoke, another ice crystal gathered at his fingertip.

Zhao Dongliu’s face instantly turned pale, retreating while waving his hands: “No no no no, that’s not necessary!”

Then he hurriedly explained:

“I’m sure everyone can see—the environment we’re in right now is absolutely not simple!”

“The Array Disks in our hands, our surrounding environment… all transformed into the whiteness of this special environment.”

“If I’m not mistaken… in this special environment, only our void state can survive!”

“All entities would be instantly annihilated, turning into the white we see!”

“And the reason Lin Jing wasn’t annihilated might be due to the QR code on his palm!”

“If I transform into entity, I might not be as unscathed as Lin Jing!”

He clearly analyzed the pros and cons.

However, Lu Fang nearby couldn’t help but stare at Jiang Ye’s ice sculpture hand and said:

“If it’s really as you say, Zhou Qiming’s hand also turned into ice sculpture, so it should have been annihilated too.”

“But it wasn’t…”

Lu Fang’s eyes held a hint of provocation.

After all, everyone was ordinary now, so he wasn’t afraid of this so-called “cross-region strong player” anymore.

Zhao Dongliu slightly frowned, his gaze toward Lu Fang rather unfriendly:

“Zhou Qiming? He’s obviously even less representative of the general situation than Lin Jing!”

“If you truly doubt my words, why not volunteer to be this lab rat?”

“Anyway, I believe my own survival still holds some significance…”

This last part seemed subtly directed at Jiang Ye.

Jiang Ye pondered internally, his gaze toward Zhao Dongliu somewhat inscrutable.

He had felt before that this guy had some special identity.

But for now, he didn’t press the matter.

In fact, Jiang Ye didn’t experiment on anyone else either.

He casually hooked his finger, and the ice sculpture state on Lin Jing quickly dissipated.

Lin Jing’s face was pale, but there were no Lightburn effects.

Lin Jing couldn’t help but ask Jiang Ye: “The ice crystal just now…”

Jiang Ye directly finished his sentence: “No Lightburn attached.”

Then he condensed another ice crystal and shot it toward Lin Jing again.

This time, Lin Jing dodged without hesitation, actually dove his entire body into the sphere that had also had its ice sculpture effect removed!

Thus, the ice crystal Jiang Ye shot directly hit the spherical moon.

Jiang Ye initially frowned, but then saw—

This time, the entire sphere rapidly froze!

Then, the human figure inside the sphere, including Lin Jing, also completely froze…

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