Chapter 174: Chapter 174
Once again having his secrets called out directly, Jiang Ye thought to himself: Don’t I f***ing have any dignity?!
But the Apartment Trader really didn’t care about his dignity. After a brief moment of thought, he said:
"An S-tier Skill? With the survival points you have, it’s far from enough."
"Also, your main body—is in your Personal Instance, right?"
"And that Personal Instance of yours is quite unique."
"Items from the outside can’t be brought in, right?"
"In other words—even if you redeem an S-tier Skill Scroll, you still can’t immediately give it to your main body inside the Personal Instance."
"And if you let another Replica use the S-tier Skill Scroll, even if they comprehend an S-tier skill, it will only be one aligned with that Replica’s corresponding Ability, not the skill 【Soul Link】."
The Apartment Trader explained it all smoothly, casually.
Jiang Ye felt completely exposed—like he had zero secrets in this guy’s eyes!
Did the Apartment Trader know his Ability was the X-tier 【Infinite Replication】?
Even if this guy knew almost all of his secrets, he clearly wasn’t the least bit afraid that Jiang Ye might grow powerful and become a threat someday?
Even more terrifying than the Trader knowing all his secrets was…
The Trader didn’t give a sh*t.
Jiang Ye took a deep breath, steadied his mindset, and said slowly:
"Yeah, this is exactly what’s troubling me the most right now."
However, the Apartment Trader let out a chuckle: "Heh, your biggest trouble?"
"Well, I suppose. For someone at your level, it’s worth being troubled over."
Jiang Ye picked up on the hidden meaning in his words and immediately pressed:
"What do you mean? Do you have a way to help me with this?"
But the Trader still looked indifferent as he replied calmly:
"What troubles you wouldn’t trouble me."
"The essence of it is—you’re just too weak."
"But I’m not obligated to help you."
"You’ve seen the Exchange List. If there’s nothing you want to trade for, I’m leaving."
Jiang Ye fell silent.
And the Apartment Trader really had no intention of helping him further.
With a wave of his hand, he sent the Replica of the 4444 Administrator back to the Secret Graveyard.
Then, he dismissed the space that resembled the Administrator PK Arena with another wave.
The surrounding darkness faded, returning to the appearance of the top floor of Apartment 9999.
The next moment, the Trader’s figure vanished completely.
Leaving Jiang Ye standing alone in that rooftop darkness, lost in thought.
He felt that the Trader’s words were actually a kind of hint…
Maybe turning the S-tier trial version skill into a permanent version wasn’t as difficult as he had thought…
External items couldn’t be brought into the Personal Instance;
External Replicas also couldn’t comprehend the S-tier 【Soul Link】.
So the only answer must lie with the main body inside the Personal Instance!
Maybe, there was a way to help the main body improve—right inside the Personal Instance?
Actually, after clearing the 【Classroom】 in the Personal Instance, you could directly get a treasure chest reward.
But the problem with the 【Classroom】 level was that no matter how he passed it, his score was always low.
So the rewards he got were always low-tier chests…
What if he got a higher score? Would the chest reward be higher-tier too?
Also, were there still benefits in the Personal Instance that he hadn’t discovered yet?
After thinking for a bit, Jiang Ye decided to send another batch of Replicas into the Personal Instance.
One reason was to synchronize everything he’d seen, heard, and been shocked by from his encounter with the Trader to his main body inside.
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Maybe the key to turning the S-tier Skill from a trial version into a permanent one was in the Personal Instance—on the main body.
As always, the task of creating Replicas was handled by the 4444 Administrator.
He also continued to factor in the Replica Fusion that happened at midnight.
So even if he was generating throwaway Replicas, they still had to go through the full process of consuming Attribute Fruits and leveling up to Level 10.
Grabbing all the available Attribute Points before entering the Personal Instance.
This process was becoming more and more routine.
Meanwhile, in Room 2064 of Apartment 4444—
Facing the White-Clad Woman, Replica No. 1 also didn’t hold back at all, giving her a full rundown.
Mainly sharing all the shocks and details he’d witnessed from the Trader…
So she could be shocked too.
Of course, the White-Clad Woman just listened to Jiang Ye’s description.
Her reaction clearly showed more question marks than shock.
She obviously didn’t quite believe it, and even questioned Jiang Ye:
"Captured an Apartment Boss barehanded, extracted Glyph Pattern Abilities barehanded, not afraid of Light, and even omniscient and omnipotent…"
"Why don’t you just say the Trader is the God of Apartments already?"
Jiang Ye: "Why didn’t I just let the Trader grab you too and let you play with him a bit…"
Deep down, the White-Clad Woman was still suspicious.
She could tell that Jiang Ye wasn’t joking.
But what he said was just too outrageous.
Leaving aside everything else—not being afraid of Light alone was absolutely impossible!
Because the Reincarnated Eerie had also come into contact with the Trader.
And she could confirm 100%—
The Trader was definitely a Dark-type Being, no doubt about it!
And a very legit one at that.
All his Replicas were Dark-type.
Yet now Jiang Ye was telling her that a Dark-type Being wasn’t afraid of Light…
That was just flat-out bulls**t—an insult to her intelligence!
The White-Clad Woman thought for a moment, then couldn’t help but throw out a conspiracy theory:
"Could it be that Huang Bo from the Light-type hid his Light aura and teamed up with the Trader to mess with you?"
"Or maybe—it’s just you messing with me, trying to get out of the ‘Kill the Apartment Trader’ mission?"
"A frog in a well can’t talk about the sea, a summer insect can’t discuss ice."
Jiang Ye saw that he really couldn’t reason with her and didn’t dwell on it.
He changed the topic directly and probed Little Bai:
"By the way, in your so-called Hundred Eerie Alliance, are there any other Privilege Items?"
"And also, among you Reincarnated Eeries, are there any Privilege Identities?"
The White-Clad Woman was still caught up in how outrageous Jiang Ye’s claims about the Apartment Trader were.
Suddenly hearing his question, she frowned instinctively and glanced toward Guan He.
Jiang Ye followed her gaze.
At this moment, Guan He had shifted back from a docile girl to her Reincarnated Eerie form, glowing red.
However, her attitude wasn’t as sharp and cold as before.
At the same time, she seemed to be seriously considering the outrageous things Jiang Ye had described about the Apartment Trader.
Seeing this, Jiang Ye followed the White-Clad Woman’s gaze and directly asked her:
"Are you one of the Reincarnated Eeries with a Privilege Identity? What kind of Privilege Identity?"
As he spoke, Jiang Ye thought—
This chick being able to pull off something like the 【Midnight Ring】 might very well be because of her Privilege Identity.
Moreover, he vaguely remembered seeing in the administrator chat group before—
Administrator 4869 had mentioned that Guan He, the Symbiotic Reincarnated Eerie, was kind of a known figure even among the administrators.
So while he questioned Guan He, he also dropped a message into the admin group:
4444: 【@4869, you there bro? Got a quick question—what’s the deal with that Reincarnated Eerie who made the Midnight Ring?】
Now, Jiang Ye already had two Administrator Privilege Identities.
But whether it was 4444 or 9999, his popularity wasn’t great due to his rather cocky behavior.
Of course, Jiang Ye didn’t really care about that.
After all, if he replaced all the administrators by himself—
Then naturally, he’d become the most well-liked person.
Right now, none of the other administrators had a clue what fate was coming for them.
A few replies popped up suddenly—directly mocking him.
1009: 【Oh? Scared now, buddy? Weren’t you acting all high and mighty before?】
2323: 【Who wouldn’t be scared? Wasn’t it already said—that person used a Synthesis Item to make a Special-Grade Madman Mask just to target 4444!】
4455: 【And that Light-type Player is still in Apartment 4444, right? Tsk tsk, 4444 bro really took one for the team!】
Jiang Ye thought about it, then tossed out a line—
4444: 【By the way, do you know why the 4444 Administrator is so popular? Why so many VIP Players are rushing to be friends with me?】
4444: 【Hmm? Why’s everyone so quiet all of a sudden? Don’t worry! I won’t do another Apartment Fusion with VIP Players! I’m not petty, really!】
4444: 【The key thing is, my 4444 Apartment is just too unique. If I did another Apartment Fusion, VIP Players would have to give up a lot—I’d feel bad owing them that much.】
Boom—just a few words, and the whole group chat went dead silent.
Of course, the 4869 he’d @-ed earlier now popped up obediently.
4869: 【I don’t know her full story either. Just that she’s reincarnated more times than I have. And I heard that in an earlier batch of Beginner Apartments, she went solo and killed over a hundred Apartment Administrators…】
Holy sh*t?! That badass?!
No wonder she acted all high and mighty—
Turns out she had serious strength to back it up!
Jiang Ye immediately followed up: 【So does she have a Privilege Identity?】
4869 responded with surprise: 【Reincarnated Eeries aren’t even considered Players—how could they have a Privilege Identity?】
In fact, that was exactly what Guan He said too.
She frowned instinctively, but her attitude toward Jiang Ye had improved significantly and she answered with surprising patience:
"You might not know—"
"Reincarnated Eeries don’t even count as proper Players."
"Without a Player Panel, there’s no way to have a Privilege Identity."
Jiang Ye believed that part.
"Aren’t you a Symbiotic Reincarnated Eerie? You don’t have a Player Panel, but Guan He does."
He even suspected now that these Symbiotic Reincarnated Eeries bonded with Players just to use their Player Panels and access Privilege Identities.
Plus, earlier, when he used the Eye of True Sight, he still couldn’t see Guan He’s Data Panel.
Hidden that deeply—wasn’t that obviously a sign of some secret?
Light-type Player. Privilege Identity. Tsk tsk…
Seeing that she clearly didn’t want to talk about it, Jiang Ye didn’t push further.
He’d get all the Privilege Identities eventually—one by one.
So he shifted the conversation and said to Guan He:
"Didn’t you ask me to probe Huang Bo earlier?"
"You wanted to find out whether the Reincarnation Key was in Huang Bo’s hands or with the 4444 Administrator, right?"
"Well, I just got back from meeting the Apartment Trader—"
"It’s with the 4444 Administrator."
"And the 4444 Administrator has already agreed to trade the Reincarnation Key to the Apartment Trader."
Sure enough, after he said that, a shadow passed over Red Guan He’s cold face.
She immediately turned to Jiang Ye and asked with urgency:
"Everything you just said about the Trader—you weren’t lying?"
Jiang Ye nodded: "I told you, there’s no reason for me to lie."
"I even managed to kill the 9999 Administrator—all thanks to the Trader’s help."
As expected, the expressions on both Guan He and the White-Clad Woman turned increasingly grim.
The two looked at each other through the TV screen,
their eyes filled with lingering shock and weight.
"Not afraid of Light… Omniscient and omnipotent… Can extract Glyph Pattern Abilities…"
"And now, about to obtain the Reincarnation Key…"
Guan He took a deep, heavy breath.
Moments later, a flicker of darkness flashed through her eyes.
Without saying a word, she vanished on the spot.
Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow indifferently, just about to discuss modifying the mission with the White-Clad Woman.
When suddenly—he sensed another Replica emerging from the Personal Instance.
And this time, it brought back some good news!