Chapter 168: Chapter 168
You were flaming someone else just fine—why the h*ll did you suddenly turn and start flaming me?
I didn’t even do anything to you, how’d I become a “piece of trash”?
Jiang Ye was speechless.
But based on the chat messages he’d just read, he could vaguely piece things together—
This guy named Yan Cheng was probably the Rookie King of the 307th Beginner Apartment?
Which explained why Du Dian, whose number was over 900, accused him of playing the seniority card.
And based on what that No. 307 Rookie King was saying, he clearly looked down on standard Apartments and was aiming for some kind of special Administrator post?
Jiang Ye didn’t understand a lot of what was going on.
So he asked curiously:
【By the way, how do you guys know I became Rookie King by killing an Administrator? And what’s the Hundred Eerie Alliance and these “Privilege Items” you mentioned?】
He figured—he was new, after all. A little humility wouldn’t hurt.
But what he didn’t expect was—none of these veterans gave him anything useful.
【Isn’t that obvious? We’ve all been through your stage!】
【You became Rookie King on Day One. If that’s not a Reincarnated Eerie handing you a Privilege Item, then what else could it be?】
【Don’t think being Rookie King is something worth celebrating. With your trash-tier combat power, who knows how long you’ll even survive with that title. 🙄】
【We’re not obligated to play mentor for someone who’s already half-dead. If you’ve got questions, ask the Reincarnated Eerie that handed you the Privilege Item.】
【Right now, I just need you to tell me: which Apartment Administrator did you kill? @Jiang Ye (1027)】
Yeah, Jiang Ye could see it now.
These guys weren’t taking him seriously at all.
And since they weren’t offering answers, he wasn’t going to be polite either. He fired back at the guy who’d randomly called him trash:
【Well then, good thing I’m also not obligated to explain anything to someone who’s already half-dead. :)】
The moment that message went out—
The whole group chat went quiet for a long while.
Until finally, that arrogant dude suddenly snapped:
【You little sh*t—are you calling me the one who’s about to die???】
【Tsk tsk, no wonder you’re the new Rookie King. Every generation really is more arrogant than the last. :)】
【Hahahaha! This brings me right back to when I first became Rookie King! Nostalgic!】
【What a cute little thing. Pity it won’t last long. Almost makes me not want to see you go :)】
Yeah right, Jiang Ye rolled his eyes. He ignored the veterans’ mockery and switched perspectives back to Replica No. 1, addressing the White-Clad Woman on the TV screen:
“What the h*ll is this Rookie King Privilege Identity supposed to be?”
“You call this a surprise? You trying to get me killed??”
“Ahem.” On screen, the White-Clad Woman cleared her throat awkwardly before trying to explain with a straight face:
“How could this possibly be me trying to harm you?”
“Didn’t I specifically ask if you were using a Replica?”
“A mere Replica becoming Rookie King—this has never happened before!”
“I gotta admit, even I was surprised. Your Replica is absolutely insane—not only does it have a full Player Panel, it can even enjoy Privilege Identities…”
“So doesn’t that mean each of your Replicas could potentially enjoy different Privilege Identities? Tsk tsk…”
“Normally, a Player can only have one Privilege Identity. But you? You get to enjoy multiple, thanks to your Replicas!”
She sighed in amazement, coughed again, then returned to the point:
“If you really don’t like the Privilege Identity, you can just let the Replica die.”
“Once the Replica that’s enjoying the Privilege dies, the Privilege Item it’s bound to will drop, and the Privilege Identity can be transferred.”
“Same way you can get the Administrator Identity by killing an Administrator.”
Now Jiang Ye understood why she’d sounded a little… mischievous when she first mentioned the “surprise.”
And why she’d been all cagey just now, making sure to ask if it was a Replica who’d gotten the identity.
She clearly figured he might not want this gift.
“So what does this identity actually do?”
“If you really cared, you could’ve waited till I was just about to enter the Doomsday Apartment before giving me the Privilege Item, right?”
“That way, I get the identity one second, enter the Doomsday Apartment the next—nobody would have a chance to covet or steal it.”
“Also, what’s this ‘Hundred Eerie Alliance’ I saw mentioned in the Rookie King group chat?”
“And how did you end up with such a clearly high-tier Privilege Item?”
At that, Little Bai actually looked confident for once:
“Of course I couldn’t give you the item on the final day.”
“Because the Rookie King Identity comes with lots of perks—even in the Beginner Apartment.”
“For example, your next task is to kill the Apartment Trader, right?”
“With the Rookie King Identity, you can summon the Trader directly!”
“Granted, you can only summon him three times per day.”
“On top of that, Rookie Kings get 20% off when buying items from the Trader!”
“You also get 10 free Cross-Apartment Transfers daily!” Latest content publıshed on N0velFire.ɴet
“That’s basically saving 10 Survival Points every single day!”
“As for the Hundred Eerie Alliance—it’s just an alliance of Reincarnated Eeries.”
“The destruction and rebirth of Beginner Apartments usually reset everything.”
“Typically, nothing from a previous Beginner Apartment can appear in a new one.”
“But us Reincarnated Eeries—we can break that rule.”
As she spoke, Little Bai even looked a little proud.
Jiang Ye picked up the thread:
“So this Privilege Item came from a past Beginner Apartment?”
The White-Clad Woman nodded: “Didn’t the announcement say so?”
“Only Beginner Players can become Rookie King.”
“And when a Rookie King is killed and drops the Privilege Item, the Player who gets it can choose whether or not to use it, and when to use it.”
“Just like you were thinking earlier—waiting until the last second before entering the Doomsday Apartment is totally viable.”
“So in the past, there were plenty of so-called ‘geniuses’ who got the item but didn’t use it.”
“That gave us Reincarnated Eeries an opening.”
“Unfortunately, we can’t actually become Rookie Kings ourselves. So this one’s a freebie for you.”
She gave him a you lucky dog kind of look.
Thinking it through, Jiang Ye didn’t feel so resistant to the identity anymore.
If nothing else—summoning the Apartment Trader three times per day was a pretty huge deal.
He’d just been wondering earlier whether he could try using the Trader’s spatial abilities to have Devouring Body swallow the Entropy Scythe before its timer ran out.
And the biggest problem in that plan was access to the Apartment Trader.
But now, as Rookie King?
He could summon the Trader directly!
Three chances per day.
And the day was almost over.
Jiang Ye’s mind turned. He looked at Little Bai again and asked:
“Wait—if I summon the Apartment Trader… he’s not gonna attack me, right?”
Little Bai raised an eyebrow: “Of course not.”
“Apartment Traders, like Administrators, are restricted from killing Players.”
“Well, not totally restricted. If they do kill a Player, they get hit with a 10,000 Survival Point penalty.”
Jiang Ye had learned that already from his time with the Administrator Replica.
“Administrators wouldn’t risk that penalty lightly—it’s a massive cost.”
“But the Trader? He’s loaded, so…”
“In short: be polite. Don’t p*ss him off.”
“If you really tick him off, he’s got money to burn—he won’t blink at losing 10,000 Survival Points.”
Jiang Ye couldn’t help but think—
He literally had a quest to kill the Apartment Trader…
No matter how polite he was, the moment that quest started, wasn’t it already a provocation?
Still, 10,000 Survival Points was no joke.
Even if the guy was loaded, he probably wouldn’t kill him immediately just for fun.
That thought gave him some peace of mind.
Replica No. 2—brave as ever—gripped the small iron chip and confirmed that it had the Trader Summon Privilege.
He stepped out of his room and headed for the top floor of Apartment 9999.
He was a bit nervous—it was his first time summoning the Trader.
But before he could even begin—
He spotted the group chat from the Administrator Replica’s side, where Players were already gossiping about it:
【That guy’s probably gonna try to kill Jiang Ye, right?】
【Yeah, I think so too. What’s 10k Survival Points to the Trader? He could probably flip the Rookie King Privilege Item for a few thousand anyway.】
【Hard to say. The Trader’s behavior is always super weird.】
【We’ll know soon enough. Jiang Ye’s already sneaking up to the rooftop—looks like he can’t wait to summon the Trader :)】
【Oho? This kid’s that bold? I kinda hope the Trader offs him—might cool down the Light-types a bit. Players need to learn: getting close to Light-types means becoming enemies with all Dark-type Players!】
【Jiang Ye has Replicas. If the Trader wants to kill him, he’ll be prepared. No way he wastes 10,000 points just to kill one Replica, right?】
Jiang Ye’s heart skipped a beat.
【I’ve always wondered… is the Trader’s identity truly unique? Does he really have that many Replicas, or is it just different people playing the same role?】
That message triggered a new thought in Jiang Ye’s mind—
Administrator is a Privilege Identity.
Trader also seems to be one. A unique Privilege Identity.
So… could the Trader’s “infinite Replication” not be a Talent at all, but another Privilege?
While he was still pondering—
Replica No. 2, up on the dimly lit rooftop of Apartment 9999, suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
A creeping, bone-deep dread.
A cold breath swept across his back.
And a voice whispered in his ear—
“That Replica Reflection Mirror… still working well for you?”