Chapter 197: Chapter 197

Lin Ling furrowed her brows when she heard that.

She stared at Jiang Ye with a strange look in her eyes for a long time.

After quite a while, instead of responding to Jiang Ye, she suddenly asked,

"I heard you awakened your Light-type Ability later on. So, Light-type is your second Ability?"

Jiang Ye hesitated and nodded.

Lin Ling asked again, "But I looked at your Data Panel, and it clearly shows only one Light-type Ability."

Jiang Ye thought to himself, That’s because I haven’t performed Replica Fusion yet.

But this madwoman’s methods are too bizarre.

Jiang Ye didn’t even want to perform Replica Fusion in front of her, afraid she’d discover more than he wanted her to. Orıginal content can be found at novelꜰire.net

He was about to come up with an excuse when suddenly, he saw the skill list on his Data Panel—those Replica Skills granted to all Replicas by the S-tier Skill Soul Link from the Main Body.

Namely, Replica Fusion, Replica Swap, and others.

If this madwoman detected these Replica Skills…

Then also found the exact same skills on Ge Ge…

Wouldn’t that expose the secret of the Blackened Replica?!

In that case, this madwoman would sooner or later realize that Light-type Huang Bo and Jiang Ye are the same person!

Not just her—any player with powerful detection skills could uncover it!

Jiang Ye felt a chill run through him, but another thought flashed through his mind.

Forcing himself to stay calm, he asked Lin Ling,

"You can see my Data Panel?"

Lin Ling raised her brows. "Clear as day."

Jiang Ye didn’t notice anything odd in her expression, so he probed,

"Then… you don’t find anything strange?"

"As far as I know, generally speaking, Skills and Abilities correspond to each other."

"You saw Skills on me that don’t match my Ability—don’t you think that’s strange?"

That startled Lin Ling. "Skills that don’t correspond to the Ability?"

"You mean, aside from Holy Light Judgement, Holy Purification, and Light and Shadow Escape, you have other Skills??"

Hearing that, Jiang Ye finally relaxed—

Indeed, the Skills shared by the Replicas via the Main Body’s Soul Link couldn’t be detected!

That meant no need to worry about being exposed.

Just as he let out a breath of relief,

Lin Ling seemed to have thought of something. Her eyes widened and she exclaimed in surprise,

"Your first Ability is a Hidden Ability?!"

Thanks to Wu Ying’s memories, Jiang Ye had a rough idea of what a Hidden Ability was.

It seemed to refer to an Ability that couldn’t be detected by others.

But Hidden Abilities were extremely rare.

They might even be rarer than SSS-tier Abilities.

Even Wu Ying didn’t know much about them—he’d only heard about them in group chats.

Jiang Ye didn’t know what special traits a Hidden Ability had, so he didn’t dare admit it rashly.

But Lin Ling stared at him for a long time, her eyes growing more peculiar.

In the end, she said seriously,

"The voice in the Tombstone Zone is nothing but an illusion—it means nothing."

"Different people hear different voices."

"Many people resonate with the voice, firmly believing it’s real and following its guidance…"

"Those instructions usually reflect a person’s current inner needs."

"For example, maybe you were thinking about killing the 4444 Administrator at the time, so the voice told you to kill the 4444 Administrator…"

"But using phrases like ‘Light and Dark in One Body,’ ‘Multi-Souled Body,’ ‘dozens of SSS-tier Abilities,’ and ‘dozens of Ninth-Tier Glyph Pattern Abilities’ to resonate with you…"

"You really have quite the imagination, kid."

Lin Ling sounded completely serious.

But Jiang Ye felt a bit doubtful—

Was that voice really just an illusion?

Or was Lin Ling’s explanation the one that was wrong?

He was about to ask her more.

But Lin Ling’s face turned cold as she said, "Since you don’t believe me, why bother asking me questions?"

"Instead, let me ask you—how much do you know about Zhou Qiming?"

"That kid should be in Apartment 4444, but why did he suddenly vanish without a trace?"

If she wasn’t going to answer his questions, Jiang Ye certainly wouldn’t answer hers.

He shook his head directly. "I haven’t had much interaction with Zhou Qiming. When I attacked Apartment 4444, I just scared him into hiding."

"As for how he died and came back, I have no idea."

"Didn’t you catch his followers? They probably know more about Zhou Qiming than I do."

Lin Ling could see now—they weren’t going to have a proper conversation.

She thought for a moment, then sighed and said,

"Alright, you can go. I won’t try to capture you again."

"Also, do me a favor and pass a message to the other Light-type Players—"

"The Black Tide has swept across the steps of the Sanctuary.

The raven has taken away the weight from the Scales.

The snow of Olympus is now stained with the ashes of raven feathers."

Jiang Ye had thought this woman was going to tell him something straightforward, like: Hey bro, the Apartment Boss has you guys marked!

But instead, her message was so… cryptic and hard to understand.

He was completely at a loss and could only grumble,

"Come on, that’s way too long. And all that flowery language—I suck at memorizing poems, how am I supposed to remember this?"

Lin Ling shot him a cold look, then suddenly pulled out a glass bottle and asked,

"Can you remember it now?"

Jiang Ye sighed and mentally repeated her message, then said, "Got it," before flashing away.

And almost immediately after the Light-type Replica left,

The group that Lin Ling had assigned to do the grunt work of digging graves ended up with quite a haul.

They dug up more than fifty grave mounds. Nothing else seemed particularly special.

But they uncovered no less than three coffins.

The coffin appearance rate this time seemed slightly higher than when Jiang Ye previously dug up Yang Wenchao and Wan Xin.

However, Jiang Ye already knew in advance who would be inside these three coffins.

Most likely, they were the ones who had buried themselves in coffins at the Secret Graveyard—Yang Wenchao, Wan Xin, and Replica No. 1 of Jiang Ye.

Those three Mecha Undead Modes later dug up a green stone.

Then, Jiang Ye forcefully snatched it away.

So now, both a red and a green stone ended up in Jiang Ye’s hands.

Yang Wenchao simply stopped digging altogether and directly jumped into an empty coffin.

Wan Xin followed his lead and jumped in too.

Afterwards, they closed the coffins from the inside.

The coffins then seemed to sink slowly like quicksand, eventually disappearing completely into the soil of the Secret Graveyard.

Replica No. 1 of Jiang Ye also picked a coffin and jumped in.

Now it looked like the three coffins they dug up had just been transferred over from the Secret Graveyard.

Using the perspectives of Replica No. 1 and Ge Ge’s Replica, Jiang Ye observed the two graveyards separately.

He couldn't help but speculate—

If coffins from the Secret Graveyard could really be transferred to the Underground Graveyard…

Then could the coffins in the Underground Graveyard also be sent back to the Secret Graveyard?

Thinking deeper, maybe it was possible.

Coffins from the Secret Graveyard were originally empty and only transported to the Underground Graveyard after being filled with bodies.

Coffins in the Underground Graveyard seemed to be the ones holding revived people.

Once they became empty again, perhaps they could be transferred back to the Secret Graveyard.

If the transmission worked that way—

Players could use coffins to teleport from the Secret Graveyard to the Underground Graveyard.

But not the other way around.

Because for a coffin to be sent from the Underground Graveyard to the Secret Graveyard, it had to be empty.

If it held a person, the transmission mechanism wouldn’t activate…

Was there any way to bypass that restriction?

Jiang Ye was only able to think of this thanks to his dual perspectives from the two graveyards.

Lin Ling, with her vast experience and knowledge, immediately thought of the same thing.

Since they had three coffins here, maybe they could run a test later.

With that in mind, she waved her hand.

The Puppet Shadow that had previously been monitoring Ouyang and Ge Ge checking the registry reappeared beside the three coffins.

It moved toward one of the coffins, raised its index finger, and its nail suddenly elongated.

With that blade-like nail, the Puppet Shadow slashed open all three coffins in one go.

Jiang Ye’s Replica watched in shock—he hadn’t expected this seemingly ordinary Puppet Shadow to be one of Lin Ling’s Concept-Level techniques!

As the coffins were opened, three living people emerged, surprising him even more—

Three coffins, three living people.

But Jiang Ye only recognized two of them.

One, of course, was Replica No. 1 of Jiang Ye.

The other was the revived Yang Wenchao.

But Wan Xin, who had shared a coffin with Yang Wenchao…

What the h*ll? What happened?!

Jiang Ye couldn’t help wanting to check Yang Wenchao’s coffin again, to see if Wan Xin was still inside.

But before he could act, Yang Wenchao, with a face as horrified as if he’d seen a ghost, completely disregarded the fact that they were surrounded by a gathering of “top players,” and blurted out,

“Wh-what the f**k?!!”

Right after that, he switched to another shocked expression and let out another stunned curse,

“What the f**k?! I-I-I…”

As he cursed, he looked at his hands and pinched his own face…

His expressions changed so rapidly it was like he was putting on a mask—utterly unpredictable.

Among the onlookers Lin Ling had pulled over to dig graves, only Wang Lingling recognized Yang Wenchao, and even she didn’t know what the heck was going on with him.

Watching this "off" Yang Wenchao, Jiang Ye suddenly had a crazy idea pop into his head…

Ge Ge’s Replica remained still, but Replica No. 1 of Jiang Ye climbed out of his coffin and shouted in Yang Wenchao’s direction,