Chapter 291: Chapter 291

Jiang Ye deliberately made himself exude a strong aura, full of that big-shot style.

He had already planned in his heart how to con such a true big shot.

But unexpectedly, before he could even get a word out,

This chubby guy actually snatched his line right away.

The chubby guy frowned, his expression unusually serious, and said bluntly:

“The risky method you mentioned, could it be referring to...”

“The main soul’s annihilation, and the soul thread’s revival?”

Jiang Ye was stunned for a moment, reacting genuinely: “Huh? You know about it?”

“...” The chubby guy sighed somewhat helplessly, “Not only do I know, I’ve also tried it.”

But soon, the chubby guy added, “Of course, I didn’t try it on myself, but used ordinary players as lab rats.”

If Jiang Ye were still the newbie who hadn’t obtained the memories of the Eternal Witch Gui and the previous Administrator 4444, he might have actually believed this.

But with the support of big-shot memories, he was very clear—

A player who can split a soul thread from the main soul is absolutely not an “ordinary player”!

At least, Zhang Minghan couldn’t do it, and neither could Wu Ying.

Even many of the so-called “big shots” in their eyes probably couldn’t do it!

This Card Grandmaster actually treats the “big shots” in ordinary players’ eyes as lab rats for experiments...

Such an advanced permission player is truly not to be underestimated.

Fortunately, Jiang Ye had opened his eyes through Zhou Qiming’s memories; otherwise, facing this Card Grandmaster, he would have been exposed immediately.

To display his own big-shot style, he continued along the chubby guy’s line:

“If I’m not mistaken, your experiments on lab rats showed that—”

“After the main soul’s annihilation, the soul thread can indeed be reborn, awakening the original consciousness.”

“But such a soul thread still finds it very difficult to manipulate the physical eyes like the main soul.”

He seemed to consider carefully and gave an analogy:

“It’s probably as hard as Grandfather Ring trying to rebuild his physical body and restore his strength.”

“No, it’s even harder than that.”

His tone was very confident.

Seeing that he spoke convincingly, the chubby guy became even more certain—

This Administrator 4444 really masters this path!

So, the chubby guy nodded along and bluntly said:

“Indeed. If the main soul must be annihilated as the price to allow the soul thread to be born with consciousness... then that is totally putting the cart before the horse.”

“So even if it can be successfully experimented on lab rats, I would never attempt it.”

Then he looked at Jiang Ye, extremely certain:

“I believe you wouldn’t really annihilate your main soul just to awaken the soul thread’s consciousness... unless you’re infected by Lightburn.”

“After all, annihilating the main soul is basically the same as suicide.”

The “soul thread” itself is a last-ditch lifeline left by players to revive.

The general process is—main soul dies, soul thread awakens, seeks survival chance, ultimately revives.

Forcibly annihilating the main soul to awaken the soul thread is indeed putting the cart before the horse, mistaking the means for the end.

Jiang Ye realized that this Card Grandmaster truly had research in this area.

After explaining the difficulties he encountered in his own research, he asked Jiang Ye again:

“So... how exactly did you do it?”

It was clear this Card Grandmaster wasn’t easily fooled.

However, Jiang Ye, with the memories of three outsiders and broadened horizons, had a lively mind.

He maintained his big-shot demeanor and said lightly:

“It’s actually very simple.”

“Even all your research is already very close to success.”

Receiving this compliment, the chubby guy’s expression moved slightly, and a faint excitement appeared.

For someone passionate about research, nothing is more thrilling than having their research recognized.

So the following words Jiang Ye said, the chubby guy was almost subconsciously willing to believe.

“Just like you said earlier—if the main soul is annihilated, the soul thread is reborn.”

“But truly annihilating the main soul just for the soul thread’s rebirth is indeed putting the cart before the horse.”

“So, what if the annihilated main soul could be resurrected after the soul thread’s rebirth?”

As soon as he said this, the chubby guy’s eyes suddenly lit up.

It was like clearing the fog to see the moon, opening the door to a new world!

His gaze toward Jiang Ye became even more eager, and he said with certainty:

“You did it... resurrection after main soul annihilation?”

Then his eyes darted around, quickly analyzing:

“It must not only be done, but done at a relatively low cost!”

“Otherwise, if the cost is too high, it’s not worth it.”

Jiang Ye let him analyze, smiling without speaking.

Seeing this expression, the chubby guy knew the deal was promising.

He thought briefly and said bluntly:

“You propose the conditions, and if I can accept, then we trade.”

Jiang Ye listened, his smile growing even more uninhibited.

To know, previously when the chubby guy traded with Lin Ling, he always took the initiative to propose “first, second, third” conditions.

But here, he was letting Jiang Ye take the lead in proposing conditions.

This attitude could be said to give Jiang Ye a lot of face.

Of course, the main reason might be that he was indeed very interested in this soul thread possession method, or the “soul thread rebirth” method.

Suddenly, some thoughts arose in Jiang Ye’s heart.

After a moment of silence, he raised his brow and said: “We’ll talk about the trade later. What I’m more curious about is—”

“Why are you so interested in the soul thread possession method?”

“Not only spending a lot of time researching it yourself but also specifically coming to trade with me for this method...”

“But even if you learn such a method, what good does it do you?”

“As far as I know, in the Doomsday Apartment, there are many ways to create clones, such as my Clone Replica Mirror.”

“If you just want to increase combat power, you shouldn’t have to go down the road of soul thread possession, right?”

The chubby guy seemed caught off guard and fell silent.

Jiang Ye didn’t give him time to organize words or make up lies, instead bluntly said:

“You’re interested in the soul thread possession method... probably because of Reincarnation, right?”

Upon hearing this, the chubby guy’s pupils trembled, and he suddenly looked at Jiang Ye with a gaze full of suspicion and doubt!

Jiang Ye indeed gave a light laugh and uttered two words: “Exactly.”

Just a test, who doesn’t do that :)

The chubby guy stared deeply at him for a while, then lowered his voice:

“You have contact with the Reincarnation method? But where did you get it? Could it be... Salvation? Or maybe... the Nomadic Merchant??”

Jiang Ye looked calm on the surface, but his heart stirred like a storm.

Because the chubby guy’s reaction showed his guess was correct—

The fact that Administrator 4444 achieved reincarnation was not only known by Lin Ling before she obtained Zhou Qiming’s memories.

Even this Card Grandmaster knew about it!

Of course, the version they knew might be different from what Jiang Ye learned from Zhou Qiming’s memories.

Maybe they obtained it by other means;

Or perhaps the other two soul strands of the previous Administrator 4444 became top big shots in this round of the Doomsday Apartment.

It’s even possible that besides Administrator 4444, other permission players also achieved reincarnation!

In short, truly powerful permission players possess far more information than Jiang Ye imagined!

That mysterious Guiwen Grandmaster is also quite problematic!

Jiang Ye had directly obtained Zhang Minghan’s memories, but this Card Grandmaster could immediately see that Zhang Minghan had problems...

So when Wu Ying’s clone went to see the Guiwen Grandmaster, it was probably already exposed, but the other party just didn’t expose him!

These grandmaster-level permission big shots are really not to be underestimated.

Jiang Ye grew increasingly cautious but still showed a calm smile.

He said casually, “Since we’ve laid everything out, then what we can agree on is—”

“The ‘soul thread possession’ method you seek isn’t, as you said, something where paying a huge price would be ‘not worth it.’”

“Rather, it’s a method worth any price.”

“So, how much do you think you need to pay to obtain my soul thread possession method?”

The chubby guy’s expression grew heavier and heavier.

After a moment of silence, the chubby guy said seriously:

“I still say—the conditions you propose, I’ll decide.”

The words were the same as before.

But after Jiang Ye clarified the effect of the soul thread possession method, he gained most of the initiative.

No matter how outrageous the demands, they would all seem reasonable.

Of course, no matter how outrageous the demands, they were useless.

He actually didn’t have any soul thread possession method!

But that didn’t matter.

He could still get something for nothing!

After some scheming, Jiang Ye still maintained that big-shot posture and leisurely said:

“To be honest, if I had to propose conditions, I think no condition is more outrageous than something involving reincarnation’s soul thread possession method.”

“But I can give you a chance to prove your sincerity in trading with me.”

The chubby guy wasn’t stupid; hearing this, he vaguely guessed something.

He frowned and said, “You mean... I have to give you some benefits first to qualify for trading with you?”

Jiang Ye nodded: “Exactly.”

As expected, suspicion appeared on the chubby guy’s face, clearly unwilling.

But Jiang Ye smiled again:

“Actually, I want you to assist me in doing one thing.”

“It should be very simple for you.”

“At the same time, I can use this thing to prove that I truly possess the soul thread possession method.”

Hearing this, the chubby guy caught the flavor and said:

“You don’t mean you want me to help you kill someone so you can possess them, do you?”

Jiang Ye’s smile grew even brighter: “Yes, that’s exactly what I mean.”

The chubby guy considered for a moment and thought that just helping to kill someone shouldn’t be a big problem.

However, he raised an eyebrow and couldn’t help but tease:

“But Zhang Minghan praised you to the skies. How come you need my help to kill someone?”

Jiang Ye shrugged casually: “No way around it. My methods focus on defense and core protection. In combat, I might not be better than others.”

“Honestly, I don’t know much about other players and can’t be sure if I can do a solo kill.”

“With your assistance, I naturally have a better chance.”

His explanation was reasonable.

The chubby guy calmly corrected:

“If I assist, it’s not that the chance is ‘better,’ but that it’s ‘completely guaranteed.’”

Quite a confident tone.

Jiang Ye almost couldn’t resist saying: Then help me kill Lin Ling, okay?

But before he could say it, the chubby guy suddenly said:

“You don’t want me to help kill the Rune Grandmaster, right?”

Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow: “What if I do?”

The chubby guy said bluntly: “Then I won’t agree.” Fınd the newest release on N()velFire.net

Then he added: “At least, not outside of the Ninth Day Major Reshuffle.”

Jiang Ye was secretly delighted—

That meant during the Ninth Day Major Reshuffle, he might agree?

This Card Grandmaster actually dared to move against Lin Ling?

Then how strong must he be?

Makes sense. Since he can access the Reincarnation method, his strength naturally wouldn’t be weak.

However, the Ninth Day Major Reshuffle would only come at zero o’clock on the ninth day in the Doomsday Apartment.

That was still too far away for Jiang Ye.

So he said straightforwardly: “You don’t need to kill Lin Ling.”

“I want you to help me kill the Nomadic Merchant Mask’s... Mask Master.”

“The Mask Master’s permission identity is only master-level. Killing him should be easy for you, right?”

Jiang Ye was very confident, thinking this condition should be acceptable to the chubby guy.

Unexpectedly, the chubby guy still frowned and said: “That also, I can’t agree to.”

After seeing Jiang Ye’s face darken slightly, he pondered for a moment and then explained:

“This isn’t about strength, but about identity.”

“You should have experienced the Eighth Day Major Reshuffle. As Administrator 4444, you were assigned to the ‘Apartment-related’ category of permission identity, right?”

Jiang Ye had heard about the categories of permission identities from Lin Ling.

But after hesitating briefly, he confessed:

“Actually, I didn’t experience the Eighth Day Major Reshuffle.”

The chubby guy instantly glared: “How is that possible?”

“If you didn’t experience the major reshuffle, how did your identity advance? If your identity didn’t advance, how could you leave the permission domain?”

Jiang Ye thought to himself, I advanced by merging with the Silent Tombstone.

But after some thought, he decided not to tell the truth.

Instead, he raised an eyebrow and smiled: “That involves the Clone Replica Mirror.”

“The clones I make with the Clone Replica Mirror won’t be erased even if they leave my permission domain.”

Hearing this, the chubby guy was shocked again, clearly unwilling to believe it:

“The Clone Replica Mirror has that effect? That’s hard to believe.”

“Why not?” Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow and seized the chance to say, “If you still want the Clone Replica Mirror, I can still sell you one for 50 Survival Points.”

“But once I leave this little shop, if you want it again, it will be back to the original price of 100 Survival Points :)”

“...” The chubby guy was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: “Then, give me one.”

Jiang Ye was somewhat surprised and immediately traded a damaged version of the Clone Replica Mirror to the chubby guy for 50 Survival Points.

He also figured that since the chubby guy knew the trap of damaged items, he probably wouldn’t reveal any important secrets from the clone’s perspective.

But even if he couldn’t steal secrets, he still netted 49 Survival Points!

This earning speed was incredibly fast!

Selling it to other players for 100 Survival Points would be even faster!

Of course, if he got a clone of the Mask Master...

His assets would skyrocket like a rocket!

Maybe then, he wouldn’t need to kill all the clones to have a hundred thousand Survival Points!

After the trade, he asked the chubby guy again:

“So, your inability to kill the Mask Master, how does it relate to the Eighth Day Major Reshuffle?”