Chapter 211: Chapter 211
According to Zhou Qiming himself—
That voice sounded almost exactly like the announcement he heard when entering the Newbie Apartment.
It was a standard, emotionless mechanical voice.
So at first, he thought the voice had no owner.
He thought it was just because he was a “Chosen One” and had been given a “mission” that normal players didn’t have, so he could hear a personal announcement no one else could.
It wasn’t until later events that he realized—
That so-called “Chosen One” announcement he heard was most likely forged by the Apartment Boss.
Yes, Zhou Qiming used the word “most likely.”
After all, he was just a pawn.
And the forged announcement theory he deduced—Jiang Ye had actually experienced something similar.
Previously, the 1010 Administrator had faked their own death just to avoid Jiang Ye’s sharp edge.
So, it’s not impossible that those in power used false announcements to mislead players.
At that time, only two people were capable of forging an announcement for Zhou Qiming—
Either the Administrator of Apartment 4444 at the time;
Or someone even higher up, the Apartment Boss of the entire A-Zone.
Because the “Mission Quest” in the forged announcement involved deceiving the 4444 Administrator,
Zhou Qiming naturally assumed the announcement was faked by someone above the 4444 Administrator—
According to the contents of the forged announcement—
Zhou Qiming’s first “Mission Quest” was to leave the coffin.
Yes, get out of that sealed coffin.
For Zhou Qiming, who had been trapped in that coffin for who knows how long, it was like a drowning man grabbing a lifeline!
He was even so overjoyed that he doubted whether the announcement was just his imagination…
But as for actually leaving the coffin, he didn’t need to do anything.
At the time, he was released by the 4444 Administrator.
He knew nothing about his current situation.
But under the guidance of the “Mission Quest,” he pretended to be a Reincarnated Player who had already experienced the Newbie Apartment.
Luckily, he had some gaming experience, plus detailed prompts from the “Mission Quest.”
So, following the quest instructions to the letter—
From the moment he left the coffin, he began building a trust relationship with the 4444 Administrator.
Then, leveraging that trust, he gained quite a few benefits.
The most significant of which, naturally, was something Jiang Ye was also very familiar with—Resurrection!
And the resurrection process wasn’t complicated either.
The 4444 Administrator bound a “Survival Stone” to him.
That is, one of those red and green stones Jiang Ye dug up in the Reincarnation Graveyard.
Sure enough, those were Survival Stones.
The bound Survival Stone was tossed into an empty coffin and buried in the graveyard.
After that, Zhou Qiming no longer feared death.
In fact, he welcomed it!
Because as long as he died, he would resurrect!
And each resurrection made him stronger!
During that time, he frequently visited the publicly known underground graveyard of Apartment 4444.
It was then that he unearthed a group of followers, including Ge Ge, who had all resurrected from coffins.
If everything had gone smoothly, people like Yang Wenchao and Wan Xin should’ve been dug up by Zhou Qiming too.
But unfortunately, Zhou Qiming had more “Mission Quests” to complete.
After growing rapidly with help from the 4444 Administrator, he soon received his second “Mission Quest.”
Even though most of the benefits he’d gained came from the 4444 Administrator,
That forged announcement he heard before leaving the coffin had already planted deep trust in his mind.
Not to mention, he had killed the 4444 Administrator in the game before.
So instinctively, when choosing between the 4444 Administrator and the “Mission Quest,” he leaned toward the quest.
And so, behind the Administrator’s back, he carried out the second “Mission Quest.”
And that second “Mission Quest”…
Jiang Ye could probably guess—it was related to Yu Hu!
Of course, when Zhou Qiming first got the quest, he had no idea what “Yu Hu” was.
He simply followed the prompt and found a unique space.
A hidden room, where Yu Hu was located.
There, he found a crystal-clear jade pot.
Yes, Yu Hu the Eerie Being also looked like a jade pot.
At the base of the pot, the character “Lin” was engraved.
It wasn’t until later that Zhou Qiming realized—
That jade pot wasn’t just any wild eerie.
It was more like a small eerie that had been deliberately raised by an Eerie Nurturer!
Eeries like that carried less risk when invading a player, and had a higher chance of triggering a Glyph Pattern Ability.
So, with ease, he obtained the Glyph Pattern Ability brought by Yu Hu.
As for the jade pot itself, he didn’t care in the slightest.
Back then, he had no idea how important eerie beings could be to certain players.
All he knew was that the new “Mission Quest” felt like a cheat code the God of Fate had written just for him, the “Chosen One.”
Because the Glyph Pattern Ability Yu Hu gave him could be paired with death and resurrection!
So once he had that ability, he became even more eager to die!
Because after dying, not only could he use the Survival Stone the 4444 Administrator provided to resurrect,
He could also become permanently immune to whatever killed him!
And he had a chance of copying the fatal ability and using it himself!
This effect even worked inside the Virtual Duel Space!
So, in the Quick Battle against Lin Jing—
As long as Lin Jing killed him once, he would become completely immune to that killing method.
No matter when he encountered it again, it would never kill him.
That Glyph Pattern Ability was insanely strong!
Even at just Tier 1, it was already that powerful…
It was terrifying to imagine what would happen if it advanced further. The odds of copying fatal abilities after death might reach 100%!
At that time, Zhou Qiming was ecstatic.
He genuinely believed he was the Chosen One with all the cheats.
All the other players in the Newbie Apartment were nothing but supporting characters in his glorious life!
Back then, his arrogance was off the charts.
So much so that he failed to notice—
At some point, the 4444 Administrator’s attitude toward him had subtly changed.
Until later, when Apartment 0000 was opened ahead of schedule, and a Light-type Player suddenly appeared…
The 4444 Administrator’s attitude grew more irritable and gloomy by the day.
Sensing the danger, Zhou Qiming was even a little afraid to return to Apartment 4444 and face the Administrator.
He always felt that, if it weren’t for the restriction preventing Administrators from killing players…
The Administrator might have already killed him.
Zhou Qiming had confessed all this so far, and the Mask of Deceit on his face hadn’t fallen off.
He was about to continue—
But Jiang Ye’s Administrator Replica suddenly interrupted:
“According to the Mask of Deceit, you haven’t lied.”
“But there are two fairly important details that you seem to have intentionally left out.”
“Now, let me remind you—”
“First, in the game, I won’t blame you for not knowing more because of your coffin-bound, death-locked perspective.”
“But you seem to have overlooked something critical—”
“In the game, the 4444 Administrator should’ve possessed a Death-State, just like I do.”
“So how did your team manage to kill him?”
“Don’t tell me you were secretly a Light-type Player in the game?”
“Second, you said you heard a ‘Mission Quest’ from within the coffin, and based on that, you established trust with the 4444 Administrator after coming out.”
“Then here’s the question—why would the 4444 Administrator trust you? Why would he go so far as to invest a Survival Stone in you and help you grow?”
“Just because you said you were a Reincarnated Player? That reasoning doesn’t quite hold up, does it?”
Yes, Zhou Qiming hadn’t lied at all.
But he had deliberately concealed some facts.
Now that Jiang Ye had called them out directly, there was no way for him to continue dodging.
After a brief moment of thought, Zhou Qiming sighed lightly, then suddenly asked the Administrator Replica:
“That madwoman… she’s probably a member of the Defenders’ Alliance, right?”
The Administrator Replica nodded. That much was already beyond doubt.
Zhou Qiming was silent for a while, then suddenly looked up into the Administrator’s eyes and said meaningfully:
“Actually, in the game, I didn’t kill the 4444 Administrator under orders from the Apartment Boss.”
“It was because I was given a Light-type Item by a player from the Defenders’ Alliance.”
“Yes, you heard that right. That legendary Light-type Item, which supposedly doesn’t exist, is real!”
“It’s just that Dark-type Players can’t use Light-type Items.”
“So the team I built at the time was composed entirely of Non-Dark Players.”
“My game account back then didn’t have a Light-type Ability, but with my identity as a Non-Dark Player and the help of a Light-type Item, I easily took down the 4444 Administrator.”
“To be precise—I purified him…”
“As for the teammate who later killed me under the Kill-on-Sight Order, I still don’t understand how he one-shot me.”
“But what I’m sure of is—he would’ve killed me even without the Kill-on-Sight Order.”
“That guy must have secrets too.”
“Maybe he’s backed by the Defenders’ Alliance? Or supported by the Apartment Boss? Or maybe someone else entirely—who knows?”
“Anyway, it was a case of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. I was the mantis, he was the oriole.”
“After I died and was put back into the coffin, I had no access to outside information. So that’s all I know.”
That so-called “that’s all” actually meant—he had just revealed the existence of Light-type Items!
Jiang Ye was a bit surprised, though not entirely. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ N0velFire.ɴet
After all, not long ago, among the items Lin Ling let him choose from, there was, in a sense, a Light-type Item—Xiaoyao Dao Stone!
According to Lin Ling, injecting Light Blaze into the Xiaoyao Dao Stone would allow the player to gain an effect similar to Light and Shadow Escape.
An effect similar to Light and Shadow Escape…
Wouldn’t that be considered a Light-type Item?!
So now, one thing could be confirmed—
In the entire Doomsday Apartment, Light-type Items do exist!
The idea that they don’t exist is just a wishful assumption by Dark-type Players!
Just like how Dark-type Players still think all the Light-types are extinct…