Chapter 234: Chapter 234
Then you're definitely the wolf!
Isn't this the classic wolf-exposing speech pattern?
To be honest, this version of the "White-Robed Woman" had vaguely sensed it—
This Jiang Ye might have noticed something.
So, applying techniques she learned from "How to Win Arguments With Your Girlfriend," she struck first!
The principle being—when someone questions you, never explain yourself.
Instead, immediately turn the tables and question them instead.
But this tactic clearly didn't work on Jiang Ye.
The kid was too slippery.
Facing her accusations, he brushed them off with a few careless words.
Then redirected the focus back onto her...
This version of Xiao Bai suddenly narrowed her eyes.
After brief consideration, she snorted with amusement.
In that instant, accompanied by her light chuckle, the atmospheric pressure in Room 2064 plummeted.
A strange chill carrying oppressive energy materialized, surrounding Jiang Ye from all directions.
Simultaneously, while this "White-Robed Woman" still lounged lazily on the sofa, her aura explosively intensified!
She shot Jiang Ye a sidelong glance, her voice dropping several degrees colder:
"Knowing something's off yet still coming to your death..."
"Quite bold, little one :)"
Her words carried palpable killing intent.
Too bad Jiang Ye wasn't easily intimidated.
Despite the overwhelming pressure, he remained sprawled on the sofa, arms draped over the backrest, utterly unbothered.
Even raising an eyebrow, he returned her gaze with a casual remark:
"As I thought—you're not Xiao Bai."
The woman snorted again, smiling through narrowed eyes: "I'm not... am I?"
As she spoke, her already intense aura physically manifested!
Her black hair suddenly stood on end wildly.
Like Mei Chaofeng from legend, the strands bristled and writhed like living creatures.
The thrashing hair lengthened, sprouting serpent heads that hissed menacingly at Jiang Ye.
The *"hssss"* sounds were the type to give normal people goosebumps.
The serpent heads soon detached, slithering across the floor.
In moments, the apartment floor became a sea of black snakes wriggling everywhere.
Their movements were so arrogantly leisurely it could trigger trypophobia...
Jiang Ye did have mild trypophobia.
The snake-covered floor didn't scare him, but the disgust did give him goosebumps.
Yet the madness continued!
As if deliberately trying to frighten him, the mysterious woman made all snakes suddenly rise toward him.
Their slender bodies lifted the heads over a meter high.
Surrounding Jiang Ye, they loomed over him ominously.
Then with another *"hmph"* from the woman—
The upright snakes began morphing into humanoid shapes.
Soon, they truly became humanoid figures with limbs and facial features.
Rows of "people" now glared coldly at Jiang Ye!
While Jiang Ye had been slightly nervous from the trypophobia,
Seeing the snake-people's faces made him freeze in shock—
Because every single one...
If the snake swarm only triggered his trypophobia,
Now facing a room full of his own duplicates...
It was like trypophobia combined with the uncanny valley effect.
His soul felt assaulted, face paling slightly.
This version of the White-Robed Woman finally smiled in genuine amusement.
With another *"hmph,"* her tone turned sultry:
*"Tsk tsk, no need to fear—I won't eat you."*
Jiang Ye thought: Right, you won't eat me. But I might accidentally eat YOU.
So many "Jiang Ye"s! Tsk!
Complicated feelings indeed.
His gaze at this "Xiao Bai" was equally complicated.
Perhaps thinking she'd intimidated him,
She relaxed further, lazily lifting her eyelids to command:
"You're a clone, aren't you?"
"Show me your cloning ability."
Jiang Ye thought: The audacity!
Previously with Lin Ling, he'd noticed something—
Even she couldn't detect skills his clones synced from the original.
After obtaining the [Nomadic Merchant Mask] from the mask shop, he'd tested it.
While wearing it, he could see the merchant's absurd stats through his own view.
But when observed externally—even when another clone used detection or True Sight on the masked clone—
The X-tier Ability remained undetectable!
Thus Jiang Ye strongly suspected X-tier Abilities might inherently resist detection.
This suspicion had existed before but was now reinforced.
As Jiang Ye pondered,
The woman, assuming his refusal, compromised:
"How many clones can you currently create?"
Snapping back, Jiang Ye thought: However many Survival Points I have, basically.
With conversion clones, even more.
But currently, Survival Points aren't the issue.
The original body can't handle it.
When connected to the original, he could estimate limits based on its condition.
Now with the original missing...
He dared not recklessly create more.
This original-body limitation likely affected other cloners too.
After consideration, Jiang Ye ignored the sea of "Jiang Ye faces" and answered:
"Theoretically, unlimited clones."
"But my original can't handle it."
"Early on with just a few clones, the original nearly collapsed..."
"Though its strength improved, the controllable number remains low."
Quite an honest answer.
Zhou Yuling knew he wasn't lying.
This was common among cloners.
Tapping the sofa armrest twice, she stated bluntly:
"I might solve this for you."
Jiang Ye's eyes lit up.
Zhou Yuling produced a rectangular jade piece.
Palm-sized initially, resembling a miniature book.
But it soon enlarged in her hand—
Becoming a jade-carved tome.
After studying it, she suddenly tossed it to Jiang Ye while asking:
"How's your comprehension?"
Catching it, Jiang Ye replied: "Average."
His own comprehension was indeed mediocre.
But among clones training with Li Zhi (Vow) and Fu Xi (One-for-One), one retained A-tier comprehension.
To be precise, that clone was initially useless—
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Through merging with Li Zhi's clone and completing [Vow] tasks, it gained A-tier comprehension.
Additionally, Jiang Ye's "junk" clones had acquired numerous skills, abilities, and items via [Vow].
Making even his "trash" clones surpass average players.
Surpassing what average players considered "elite," actually.
Equipped with gear, his clone army truly felt like... an army.
Previously, Jiang Ye obtained a skill—[Clone Combo].
Unlike fusion, it pooled 10% power from multiple clones for combined attacks.
Back then, with few weak clones, the skill was neglected.
He'd preferred [Clone Fusion].
With elite clones, [Clone Combo]'s effects would be terrifying!
And if this "White-Robed Woman" truly solved his original-body bottleneck...
His elite clone army would explode in quantity and quality!
Making [Clone Combo] even more devastating!
Jiang Ye inhaled sharply, examining the jade book.
The woman seemed to believe his "average comprehension" claim.
After pondering, she frowned:
"I'll give you ten minutes to grasp what you can."
"If completely clueless by then..."
"We'll need to find a dojo."
She said so, but Zhou Yuling's frown deepened.
A dojo trip would waste more time...
And giving him skills was already generous.
Taking him to a dojo? Too much.
Naturally displeased, she considered pressuring him further—
Until noticing his complete absorption in the jade book, as if entranced.
Among the sea of "Jiang Ye"s,
One with a peculiar expression emerged, approaching her.
"Let that clone study your skill—let's discuss something else."
Zhou Yuling blinked, then glared: "You?? How'd you get in?!"
Jiang Ye shrugged nonchalantly:
"When you made all these 'Jiang Ye's, I hid a clone among them. Problem?"
Checking, Zhou Yuling found no missing snakes.
Frowning, she waved—the Jiang Ye copies reverting to snakes.
Then, eyeing the newcomer, she demanded:
This clone hadn't transformed from snakes—
It was a preexisting "junk" clone swapped in via [Clone Exchange].
Such clones operated more freely.
Plopping onto another sofa, it got straight to the point:
"That [Jade Book] must be valuable."
"Gifting it to solve my clone limitation..."
"9,999 followers plus your snake-people still aren't enough?"
"Needing not 10,000... but 100,000?"