Chapter 151: Chapter 151
This was said to the White-Clad Woman.
Sure enough, a deeply exasperated voice came from the glass orb:
“Why don’t you just ask if we can deliver the Light-type to the Apartment Boss’s bed?”
“Or maybe send you up into the sky to rub shoulders with the sun, how about that?”
Listening in, Yang Wenchao secretly gave the White-Clad Woman a thumbs-up in his heart.
Jiang Ye wasn’t surprised either.
What he was really worried about was—
Would having the 1010 Administrator directly fuse with Light expose anything?
All along, whenever he used Light-type abilities, it was under the identity of “Huang Bo.”
He’d originally never planned to use Light-type abilities under any other identity.
After all, Light’s very existence was a thorn in the side of all Dark-type Beings.
One more identity using Light-type abilities meant one more layer of risk.
He’d rather expose the Dice of Fate than expose Light.
After all, the one using Light-type abilities is “Luo Qi,” the 1010 Administrator, which has absolutely nothing to do with him, Jiang Ye!
Thinking this, Jiang Ye asked the glass orb again:
“By the way, if I know the 1010 Administrator, is there any way for me to exchange information with him while he’s in the Duel Arena?”
The White-Clad Woman assumed he just wanted to get more info about Apartment 4444 from the 1010 in the duel.
So she firmly said, “That’s absolutely impossible.”
“Administrator duels are completely fair and entirely free from outside interference.”
“In other words—outside messages can’t get in, and inside messages can’t get out.”
Hearing this, Jiang Ye’s eyes immediately lit up!
This made him feel a whole lot better!
So, on the Duel Arena,
the pitch-black 4444 who looked like a cross remained frozen in place.
He still looked at Jiang Ye with scorn and mockery.
As time passed, his smugness became more and more obvious:
“Still the same thing—”
“You listened carefully to the announcement, right?”
“If the PK battle has no result within 10 minutes…”
“Then I, the one with special privileges, will be declared the winner!”
“With privileges , combined with my unique ability! You really ought to think again—”
“Who exactly is the one throwing himself at death’s door!”
He was mocking Jiang Ye for saying that exact phrase earlier.
Mocking his ignorance.
Jiang Ye seemed truly helpless and defeated by the mockery.
As if finally accepting reality, he suddenly put away the Entropy Scythe.
Then he let out a long sigh and, as if breaking down, started cursing:
“Ugh… miscalculated…”
“F**k! It’s all that dmn Jiang Ye’s fault! That son of a btch screwed me over!”
“Hahahahaha!” 4444 saw his breakdown and couldn’t help but burst out laughing!
He even put on a “kind” face and said, “Don’t worry! I’ll avenge you if I get the chance!”
Jiang Ye still wore that bitter and broken expression, shaking his head with a sigh:
“I appreciate the thought…”
“But I still prefer—taking my own revenge.”
At first glance, this didn’t sound like a problem.
4444 didn’t catch on either and was just about to say, “Too bad you won’t get the chance.”
But the next second, his smile froze, and the smugness in his eyes shattered completely! Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on NoveI(F)ire.net
At the same time, the previously slumped and defeated Jiang Ye’s face lifted into a radiant smile!
What’s that saying—The smile didn’t disappear, it just changed locations!
And it literally did!
The smile on Jiang Ye’s face looked like a copy-paste of 4444’s grin.
As if he had stolen it right off his face!
And the reason behind all this was very simple—
Jiang Ye had gone into “pretty boy transformation mode”!
Once Light-type fusion occurred, the aura of “Light” couldn’t be hidden at all!
And that aura, to Dark-type Beings, was basically lethal poison!
Not only did the mockery and smugness vanish from 4444’s eyes,
his pupils practically exploded, filled entirely with—
Holy sh*t!!! That familiar aura!!!
This this this… this! Impossible!
“Holy sht! Holy sht! Holy sh*t! You! You! You!”
He glared at Jiang Ye so hard, he couldn’t even speak clearly!
It took him quite a while before his trembling tongue managed to form a full sentence—
“You… you think an illusion is enough to fool me?!”
Jiang Ye laughed heartily: “C’mon, you know better than I do whether you were fooled.”
Saying that, he directly activated Light and Shadow Escape, circling 4444.
While spinning, he kindly reminded:
“Yo? Don’t shake, stand still!”
“Otherwise, if you accidentally bump into me, I’ll sue you for faking injury!”
4444: Y’all fking kidding me!!
The h*ll kind of human talks ?!
Fking h*ll! Like I’d dare touch Light!!
In this Death-State, also known as pure Dark State,
he was at his most vulnerable to Light!
Forget Light using skills…
Even just a brush of contact might purify him instantly!
Of course he was scared!
He was more terrified than any other Dark-type Being!
So scared he was about to scream—
Stop flying around me already!!!
And amid that despair and terror, he felt a surge of shock!
How could Light appear on an Administrator’s Duel Arena?!
The f**k! This made zero sense!!
All of them—every Administrator, without exception—were Dark-type Beings!
How the h*ll could a Dark-type have control over Light-type powers!!
If it weren’t for the fact that you can’t fall for illusions in Death-State…
He’d really think this was just a hallucination!
Because this truth was even harder to believe than any illusion!
In that moment, the 4444 Administrator genuinely regretted it!
So, so deeply regretted it!
He clearly saw through the provocation tactic!
He had just charged in like a fool asking to die!
Regret! What he felt now was… full-on regret!
He didn’t want to die!
Especially since, under Death-State, getting purified might instantly trigger an SSS-tier death!
Which meant no possibility of resurrection at all!
He didn’t want that! No!
Driven by overwhelming survival instinct, 4444 forced down his fear of Light, his voice trembling:
“No! You can’t kill me!”
“Have you considered—”
“My Death-State secret is known by top-tier Administrators like 6666 and 9999!”
“If you kill me, the Administrator Announcement will say you’ve replaced me as the 4444 Administrator…”
“What do you think they’ll do then?!”
“They’ll definitely be shocked and wonder how you managed to kill me!”
“In that case, your ability to use Light will eventually be exposed!”
4444 was grasping at any straw he could to survive.
But Jiang Ye’s voice came lightly, casually, and with the same hint of mockery 4444 had used earlier:
“Which is worse, getting exposed for using Light, or losing this PK match right now?”
If he lost the PK match, he’d be dead—how could he care about any secret being exposed after that?!
4444 realized this and quickly said, “I’ll think of a way! I’ll find a way for both of us to survive!”
Jiang Ye smiled: “Alright, then take your time thinking.”
Just a stalling tactic—of course he wouldn’t believe it.
If he didn’t kill 4444 within the 10-minute time limit, then he—the Administrator Replica—would be the one dead.
The reason Jiang Ye hadn’t used Light-type power to one-shot 4444 right away was that he wanted to run an experiment—
Among the abilities of the Observer, besides the combo-use Dice of Fate and Prophecy,
there was also an SS-tier Ultimate called Fate Thread.
By forming a bond via Fate Thread, he could influence the target’s memory and cognition.
And cognition determines behavior.
What Jiang Ye wanted to try was—
If that really worked...
Then this ability would become his ultimate weapon!
Especially when combined with “Replica killing another Replica and then choosing to revive the killed one”—that’d be absolutely insane!
The Fate Thread ability could lock onto 4444 in Death-State.
But time-wise, it just wasn’t feasible.
Clearly, 4444 had a very strong sense of self.
Even forming a bond unilaterally was difficult.
Let alone trying to influence his cognition and control his behavior in just a few minutes...
And affecting behavior through cognition was inherently a subtle, gradual process.
Hard to achieve in such a short time.
No choice—the ten-minute PK time was almost up.
4444, in an effort to stall and survive, kept babbling non-stop.
But Jiang Ye wasn’t listening at all.
Once he saw the Fate Thread experiment fail, he didn’t hesitate any longer and finally unleashed Holy Light Judgement, granting 4444 release.
“Release” was the perfect word, wasn’t it?
Earlier, 4444 had said in the Chat Group that he’d help the 1010 guy get released.
And now? The one being released was himself.
Strangely enough—whether it was a coincidence or fate—
Holy Light Judgement’s effect was a cross of holy light.
And under that holy radiance, the “pitch-black cross” that was 4444 truly looked like darkness being purified by light...
The pitch-black color dissolved into pure light particles.
This was different from how regular Dark-type Beings reacted to Holy Light Judgement.
Jiang Ye was just starting to feel surprised when—
In the spot where 4444 had turned into light particles and vanished, a one-inch long pure black cross appeared!
Instinctively, he tried to pick it up, but realized—
His hand couldn’t touch the cross at all!
Even switching to the Giant Axe and Entropy Scythe, he still couldn’t leave a single mark on the cross!
This thing’s properties were apparently just like 4444 in Death-State?
And the real issue was—
If 4444 had truly been purified, an SSS-tier death should’ve triggered.
Then the system should’ve immediately announced that Jiang Ye had won the Administrator PK Battle.
Since the notification hadn’t triggered, did that mean 4444 wasn’t truly dead?
With this in mind, Jiang Ye tried casting another Holy Light Judgement on the untouched black cross.
But the result—absolutely nothing happened!
It was like the light hit thin air!
What was this creepy thing?!
It looked super ominous,
Yet it didn’t seem afraid of Light like 4444 had been?!
With no victory notification appearing, Jiang Ye grew more suspicious—
Could it be that if this cross wasn’t destroyed, it wouldn’t count as a win over 4444?
But right now, how the hell was he supposed to destroy this thing?!
The time he had left was running out!
Less than 30 seconds!
27 seconds, 26 seconds...
The tension in Jiang Ye’s mind immediately tightened!
In the A-Zone Administrator Chat Group, there was ongoing discussion about the match.
Earlier, 4869 had said the power difference was obvious, and there’d be a result quickly.
A full 10 minutes had nearly passed, and still no outcome!
Of course everyone in the group was discussing it.
But most of the chatter assumed 4444 had been interrogating 1010 for info about Jiang Ye, which caused the delay.
Some were even mockingly acting like they’d witnessed the PK firsthand:
【That 1010 guy probably regrets everything now! What’s the saying? Trash talk feels good for a moment, but you’ll regret it for a lifetime!】
【Bet he’s been a keyboard warrior too long and forgot that the guy on the other end can still beat him to death :)】
【If he had any backbone, he’d realize that stepping onto the PK stage meant certain death! In that case, he might as well die with dignity, refuse to leak info about Jiang Ye, and leave it to 4444 to deal with after the apartment fusion!】
【But clearly, this 1010 guy’s got mad trash-talk skills, but he’s not the “die-with-dignity” type. Otherwise, this match wouldn’t have dragged out for the full 10 minutes.】
Yet amid all these confident armchair takes—
A message suddenly popped up from the authoritative 9999!
9999: 【Things might not be as you all think.】
【That old turtle 4444—his specialty isn’t offense, it’s defense.】
【If I’m not mistaken, he’s probably just standing still on the stage. No matter how 1010 attacks, he can’t land a hit.】
【And since 4444's apartment has special privileges, all he needs is to last 10 minutes without losing and he wins by default.】
Since 9999 was a top-tier big shot, naturally everyone listened.
Very quickly, the other administrators changed their tone:
【If that’s true, then it’s even more hopeless for 1010, huh?】
【4444 just standing there, not even fighting back, and 1010 still can’t kill him!】
【That kind of false hope—thinking you might win, but actually just wasting energy in vain—is the most crushing kind.】
【Ugh, I almost feel bad for this 1010 guy now...】
The very next second after that sympathy post—
The 10-minute PK time ended.
Every Administrator’s mind rang out simultaneously with the system prompt—
【Administrator Announcement:】
【In this round of apartment fusion, Administrator 1010 successfully killed Administrator 4444!】
【Due to the special nature of Apartment 4444, Administrator 1010 is promoted to become the new 4444 Administrator!】
【Administrator privileges of Apartment 4444 are now transferred to the new 4444 Administrator!】
A simple, factual announcement.
Yet it silenced every single Administrator on the spot!
For a long, long time, the entire chat group was like it had been globally muted—no one said a word!
Until a sudden string of messages broke the eerie silence—
4444: 【Hey! My dear dumba**es! I’m back with a new name tag!】
【Wonder if you guys can still recognize me ^v^】
【Hmm? I saw someone in the chat say I was just trash-talking for fun?】
【Well then I gotta step in and set the record straight!】
【This wasn’t “trash-talking feels good for a moment,” it should be called—】
【Trash-talking feels good the whole d*mn time!】
【So? Any other little idiots wanna play this apartment fusion game with me? :)】