Same kind?

Same kind… as in…

Another Light-type ability user?

No way—

Wait, for real?

Yes, for real!

Because Jiang Ye could actually sense it!

Back when he was causing chaos, he’d already noticed—

Light-types had a unique reaction toward Dark-types.

It was an instinctual sense of disgust.

That disgust seemed to mirror the fear Dark-types had toward Light-types.

In other words, Light and Dark could sense each other.

And now, for the first time, he felt a sense of kinship—like meeting one of his own.

It felt… a bit like the connection between his Replicas.

But not as strong.

So…

Light-types could sense other Light-types too?

But then…

Why would another hidden Light-type show up here, in the Void Mirror Palace?

Did they follow him here?

Or had they been hiding here long before he arrived?

More importantly…

Jiang Ye was still exhausted, hadn’t recovered yet.

But he didn’t cancel Light and Shadow Escape. Instead, while circling through the Mirror Palace, he responded to that familiar feeling:

“I can believe you’re one of my kind.”

“But with the bounty on me so high, aren’t you tempted too?”

At those words, the voice seemed to chuckle softly: “To be honest, I’m tempted to the point of drooling.”

But then the voice shifted tone:

“Unfortunately—”

“In the Doomsday Apartment, Light-types are doomed to stay in the shadows.”

“That kill-on-sight reward? Other players can have it—Dark-types, non-Dark-types, doesn’t matter. But Light-types? Never.”

“Because what Light-types need is to keep a low profile—not to go crazy like you.”

Jiang Ye instantly got it.

Yeah, made sense.

The kill-on-sight order was aimed at Light-types.

Whoever claimed the bounty would get a ton of attention.

And if people found out they were a Light-type too, they’d just get slapped with another bounty.

It was already hard enough surviving as a Light-type.

Trying to claim that reward was just asking for it.

Thinking that, he lowered his guard a bit toward the other Light-type.

Still, he didn’t show himself. After thinking a moment, he replied again:

“Judging by your tone, you sound really familiar with the Doomsday Apartment… Don’t tell me you’re…”

Before he could finish, the voice interrupted:

“Yep, you guessed it.”

“It’s not even hard to guess—I’m what corresponds to the Reincarnated Eerie—A Reincarnated Player!”

“And that’s exactly the path you’re about to walk too.”

A Reincarnated Player, huh.

Back when he first learned about the Reincarnated Eerie from the Blackened Replica, Jiang Ye had already considered that such a thing as a Reincarnated Player might exist.

At the time, the Blackened Replica had said human players didn’t need to reincarnate within the Beginner Apartment.

For most players, that was true.

But clearly, Light-types were the exception.

So hearing that somewhat world-weary voice, Jiang Ye instantly guessed—the other person was a Reincarnated Player!

And if what they said was true, he, too, would eventually have to take that path.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Ye couldn’t help asking:

“So you came to find me—to guide me onto the path of the Reincarnated Player?”

“Are there more Reincarnated Players like you in other Beginner Apartments?”

“As Light-types, is it just you, hiding alone as a Reincarnated Player? Or is there already a whole organization?”

“Is our fate to stay hidden forever, barely surviving—or have we formed a force that will one day launch an all-out war against the Doomsday Apartment and its Dark-type residents?”

He even started imagining an epic Immortal vs. Demon battle from a cultivation novel.

At the same time, he thought—since some of his Replicas were Light-type and some were Dark-type, if such a “Heaven vs. Hell” showdown did happen, whose side would he be on?

Besides that, another question came to mind—

The White-Clad Woman, a Reincarnated Eerie, could leave the Beginner Apartment by killing the Apartment Boss.

Then what about Reincarnated Light-types?

If one day, they wanted to escape too, would they also have to kill an Apartment Boss?

Wouldn’t his quest to kill the Apartment Boss count as killing two birds with one stone?

Or… would killing the Apartment Boss actually cause trouble for the Light-type Reincarnated Players?

A million thoughts and questions spun through Jiang Ye’s mind.

However—

That voice, his mysterious “kindred,” didn’t really answer most of them.

They only replied to his first question:

“As a fellow Light-type, I guess I’m sort of here to nudge you toward the Reincarnated path.”

“But don’t you think that, compared to choosing reincarnation, your bigger problem right now… is that kill-on-sight bounty you’re carrying?”

Jiang Ye’s mind shifted gears. He immediately asked:

“You mean there’s a way to remove it?”

“Of course.” The voice answered casually, “The simplest way to get rid of a server-wide kill-on-sight order… is to die.”

Sounded like a dumb answer.

But Jiang Ye had studied death tiers before.

And he also knew the Reincarnated Eerie’s method was to fake death and revive later.

So instantly, from those words, he caught the real hint:

“You mean… use Fake Death to shake the bounty?”

The other Light-type paused, seemingly impressed, and finally said: “Looks like you actually know a fair bit.”

“I thought you were just some reckless lunatic, running around like a madman.”

“……”

Who the hll are you calling a lunatic?!

Jiang Ye grumbled inwardly: I was saving people, okay?!

After that little jab, the voice softened and continued:

“Since you already thought of Fake Death, then you probably also know about Death Priority, right?”

“To shake the kill-on-sight order, you’d have to go through an A+ tier death—between Soul Erasure and Will Erasure.”

“This level of death is extremely deep. Resurrection is extremely difficult.”

“And the key thing is—”

“Death at this level would wipe out all your abilities, including your Talent.”

“In other words, you’d lose your Light-type ability.”

At that point, the voice fell silent.

Jiang Ye just stared blankly.

No Light-type ability? Then what the hll was the point of playing anymore?

If avoiding the bounty meant giving up his entire ability, then he didn’t even need to think about resurrection—

Just ditch Replica No. 6 and be done with it.

So with that, Jiang Ye firmly rejected the offer:

“Then forget it. Thanks for the advice, but I’d rather keep being a rampaging lunatic.”

At that, the mysterious voice chuckled again.

Jiang Ye was still in Light and Shadow Escape, not visible, and hadn’t seen what the other Light-type looked like.

He could tell the voice had been modified—it wasn’t natural.

He couldn’t tell if they were male or female, old or young.

But the personality didn’t seem like someone crushed by long-term suppression.

On the contrary—they sounded rather upbeat.

After laughing, the voice spoke again with a lighthearted tone:

“Not bad—you’ve still got some spine.”

“If you were really willing to give up your Light-type ability just to shake the bounty, then our conversation would probably end here.”

“But since you’d rather be hunted than lose your Light-type ability, then I’ll give you a few more pointers—”

“A typical A+ tier death will indeed make you lose all your abilities and powers.”

“But there are methods to preserve your Talent Ability even through that.”

“Of course, the path of fake death and revival becomes much, much harder.”

“Especially with the Beginner Apartment only giving you 10 days…”

“And if veteran players descend, your situation will become unimaginably dangerous.”

At this point, the voice of the other Light-type sounded a bit heavy.

But a moment later, they added with a comforting tone:

“Still, give it a try.”

“First of all, you’ve cleared your Personal Instance, right?”

“……”

Ugh, that again… Jiang Ye helplessly corrected, “No, I haven’t cleared it…”

The voice went silent for a second, then said, slightly annoyed: “Then hurry the h*ll up and clear it!”

“A Light-type Personal Instance is aligned with Light.”

“For you, it shouldn’t be hard.”

“Once you clear it, you’ll receive a Light-type Fated Item.”

“At the same time, the entire space where your Personal Instance exists will become your Personal Space.”

“And that Personal Space is the key to your fake death and revival.”

Then, the voice gave him a pointed reminder:

“When you run your Personal Instance, don’t cause too much destruction.”

“After all, once you clear it, it becomes yours.”

“And Light-type Personal Spaces usually come with a built-in resource zone.”

“You can trade those resources with me later.”

“Once that’s done, I’ll teach you the next step for fake death and revival.”

At this, Jiang Ye finally understood—

This so-called ‘help’ with his bounty…

What this “same kind” really wanted was to trade for Light-type resources, huh?

But the problem now was…

Jiang Ye wasn’t even sure if his Personal Instance was Light-type!

Back when he was trying to find an extreme Dark-type environment for Replica No. 5 to raise the Shadow Puppet, he had asked Wan Xin.

Wan Xin had said, based on his characteristics, his Personal Instance would most likely be a high-grade Dark-type environment.

And now this fellow was saying it would be Light-type…

Jiang Ye was growing more and more curious about his Personal Instance.

Meanwhile.

Back in his Room 2025 of the initial Apartment.

The weird silence between Replica No. 1 and Yang Wenchao dragged on for a moment.

Yang Wenchao tapped the armrest of the sofa a few times.

He reined in his expression and said solemnly:

“You’re right.”

“A mountain can fall. A person can leave.”

“So deep down, I’ll always rely on myself.”

“Talking about ‘backing’ is just another way to say ‘more allies, more paths.’”

“But your attitude clearly makes building trust between us impossible.”

“And that’s fine. Trust isn’t that reliable anyway.”

“So let’s build something more reliable—mutual interest.”

“Now that everything’s out in the open, no need to go in circles anymore.”

“I’ll ask you one more time—”

“Do you want the kill-on-sight bounty or not?”

At this stage of the conversation, Jiang Ye no longer needed to pretend there was any classmate bond between them.

His expression was calm as he nodded slightly: “A reward that generous—who could say no?”

Yang Wenchao continued methodically: “But on your own, even if you had personal ties with Huang Bo, he wouldn’t sacrifice himself just to make you stronger.”

Jiang Ye nodded again, signaling him to go on.

“But I have a plan that could convince him.”

Yang Wenchao tapped the sofa arm again, then said in a low voice:

“As long as you can find a way to get the message to Huang Bo.”

“The three of us can form a Contract.”

“You get the kill-on-sight bounty, but the Stellar-Tier Dojo—I get three usage rights.”

“And out of the 100,000 Survival Points, I take 10,000. Fair enough, right?”

Negotiation time.

From a neutral standpoint, Yang Wenchao’s demands weren’t outrageous.

But…

Jiang Ye muttered inwardly, then suddenly asked: “This method of convincing Huang Bo you mentioned…”

“You’re not talking about faking his death to get rid of the bounty, are you?”

As soon as he said that, Yang Wenchao’s eyes widened.

His eyeballs darted quickly before he suddenly asked, “Did Huang Bo tell you that? He knows about faking death to remove the bounty?”

Jiang Ye nodded, casually making things up: “He has some idea, but doesn’t know the details. So now he’s looking for Reincarnated Eerie, trying to learn their fake death method.”

Yang Wenchao listened, his eyes spinning with thoughts.

Just then, a knock came from the door of Room 2025.

Jiang Ye’s eyes flickered.

Yang Wenchao frowned and guessed, “Blood Mist Guy came back?”

Definitely not.

Now that the main body was back, he was reconnected with the Blackened Replica.

So he knew the Blackened Replica wasn’t at the door.

He had a hunch—

This might be the summons from his Personal Instance!

The one he hadn’t been able to find… might finally be calling him now…

Jiang Ye instantly focused hard, trying to trace the source of the knock.

And maybe it was due to his enhanced Energy stat—

This time, he actually did feel a strange pull, like something was summoning him!

Following that sense of pull, he walked to one of the most secluded storage rooms in the Luxury Apartment.

That room only held cleaning supplies—

Floor scrubbers, vacuums, all kinds of tools.

He’d been here before while searching for his Personal Instance, but found nothing.

This time, guided by the sensation, he moved all the cleaning gear aside,

and reached toward the back panel of the storage space.

The more he searched, the stronger the sensation grew—

That knock… it felt like it was coming from behind the back panel!

Click!

A small fingernail-sized recess depressed under his hand.

A secret panel slid open behind the back wall.

Behind that panel was a complex, six-pointed star sigil!

This had to be… his Personal Instance!

Just as he was filled with joy, the knocking stopped,

and the six-pointed star pattern vanished!

He wasn’t sure if touching that spot directly would activate the instance.

So he closed the panel and exited the narrow storage room first.

Back in the living room, Yang Wenchao was still on the sofa, looking a bit dazed.

After a long pause, he came to and looked at Jiang Ye, asking:

“Your Personal Instance?”

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