Chapter 323: Chapter 323

The persona Jiang Ye displayed in front of Lin Ling was relatively bold.

Previously, in the underground cemetery, when others dared not speak, he was the one with the sharp tongue.

At this moment, if he shamelessly demanded to stay, it wouldn’t break his established image.

But the problem was, this was clearly a meeting of the “Three Giants,” and he was just a weak small Calamity; forcibly butting in would be asking for death.

So, although he was still concerned about the follow-up of the chess game, this discarded clone still followed Zhou Yuling and left.

However, although he left on the surface, he could still peek at some information from two perspectives.

One was the perspective of Yu Mo, who was sealed by the chubby guy inside a mirror and was unconscious.

Through the Guiwen clone, he could directly gain control over Yu Mo’s body;

Because of the previously agreed deal, Lin Ling had used a damaged version of the Clone Replica Mirror to generate the mirrored clone as promised.

Right now, Lin Ling’s mirrored clone was still on the chessboard.

Naturally, Jiang Ye could use the full version of the Clone Replica Mirror to spy on Lin Ling’s mirrored clone’s view.

Of course, although there were these two backup perspectives, the initiative of these backups was not in Jiang Ye’s hands.

Yu Mo’s condition was too bad, looking like he could die any moment...

How much information he could get depended on how much the chubby guy allowed him to see.

And Lin Ling’s mirrored clone was controlled by Lin Ling herself.

If Lin Ling realized and didn’t want to reveal more information to Jiang Ye, she could simply send the mirrored clone away.

After all, according to their contract, Lin Ling’s mirrored clone only needed to supervise Jiang Ye’s ten thousand puppets...

However, when Jiang Ye left the chessboard and focused his attention on the Court of Disorder, he felt—

Compared to the possibility of his main body being trapped inside the Court of Disorder, watching the chess game might not be that important.

So, he didn’t dwell on it. After following Zhou Yuling away from the chess game, the discarded clone immediately said:

“Shall we go directly to the Court of Disorder now?”

But Zhou Yuling’s figure stopped above the Twilight Sands near the Black Ice Domain.

She raised her hand and used a purple silk hood to cover her face, restoring the previous official Zhou Yuling’s appearance.

Then she raised her hand again and took out a skull-shaped tool.

Jiang Ye looked closely and felt that the tool resembled a skull but also a bit like a wooden fish monk’s percussion instrument.

Sure enough, Zhou Yuling then flipped her hand and took out a small white bone hammer, knocking on the skull-wooden fish repeatedly.

The rhythm she struck seemed to follow a specific pattern.

And she appeared very skilled at it.

While knocking, she explained to him:

“I’m calculating whether one hundred thousand people can reach the maximum limit for a single court session in the Court of Disorder.”

She had mentioned this calculation before.

She originally thought ten thousand people would be enough, but after calculating, it was insufficient, so she sought out Jiang Ye.

Therefore, it was normal to recalculate with one hundred thousand people now.

However, Jiang Ye was puzzled: “Why didn’t you calculate it all at once before?”

“Do you have to wait until you meet the condition of one hundred thousand people to calculate?”

At this moment, Zhou Yuling finished knocking on the skull-wooden fish and took out a talisman, sticking it onto the skull’s forehead.

Suddenly, she took out a thin syringe and stabbed it into her chest, near the heart.

She drew about 30ml of blood and dripped it directly onto the talisman.

Jiang Ye watched and asked, “This blood drawing... does it have to be fresh blood taken on the spot?”

He thought that if fresh heart blood was needed every time for the calculation, it might be better to store some in advance.

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After all, they had used the Life Stone three times; at this point, Jiang Ye naturally knew that fresh blood and stored blood were different.

Zhou Yuling seemed too focused and didn’t explain.

She used the syringe filled with 30ml of blood, using the needle tip as a brush, drawing a specific blood-colored pattern on the talisman.

Finally, the whole talisman caught fire, emitting black smoke tinged with blood color.

The black smoke directly entered the skull-wooden fish.

Then, from inside the wooden fish, a rhythmic knocking sound emerged out of thin air.

Zhou Yuling gestured for Jiang Ye to keep quiet and listened carefully to the knocking.

When the knocking stopped, she tapped the skull-wooden fish again with the bone hammer.

Jiang Ye felt this knocking sound was noticeably deeper and richer than before, as if something blocked the inside of the wooden fish, making the sound less crisp.

Thus, after Zhou Yuling finished a series of operations he couldn’t quite understand,

She seemed to have gotten the answer from the wooden fish’s response, her eyes slightly thoughtful, then she said gravely:

“One hundred thousand people is indeed enough, but the exact maximum limit for the Court of Disorder is 99,999 people.”

“That is to say, one less than one hundred thousand...”

She explained while pondering:

“I previously thought the court’s maximum was ten thousand people because each Newbie Apartment district’s numbering was exactly 0000 to 9999, ten thousand people...”

“Unexpectedly, the Court of Disorder’s maximum isn’t four nines, but five nines.”

“So, does it still have a connection with the Newbie Apartment numbering?”

Zhou Yuling muttered to herself as if thinking aloud.

Jiang Ye also couldn’t help but think—

If his main body was really trapped inside the Court of Disorder...

Could it be that the main body’s involvement forcibly increased the Court of Disorder’s difficulty, meaning the court’s maximum was raised?

Normally, the Court of Disorder would only require 9,999 people, corresponding to the apartment numbering?

Or even, the apartments numbered from 0000 to 9999 actually meant ten thousand apartments.

So the number shouldn’t be 9,999 but exactly 10,000.

Now Zhou Yuling’s calculated maximum is 99,999. Could it be because the trapped main body was already counted as one person?

Of course, these were just his wishful speculations.

Whether the main body was really trapped in the Court of Disorder, he was only guessing.

Seeing him thinking, Zhou Yuling took the initiative to ask: “Did you think of anything?”

Jiang Ye shook his head: “No, I’m just thinking, if now only 99,999 people are needed, does that mean I only need to deploy 89,999 puppet clones?”

“Or do you want to exclude a certain follower?”

When mentioning followers, Zhou Yuling’s eyes flickered slightly.

After a moment of silence, she said solemnly: “Exclude one follower.”

“At that time, your main clone will join my ten-thousand followers group chat.”

“You alone will represent ninety thousand people. All actions inside the court will follow my commands in the ten-thousand group.”

Then she asked Jiang Ye, “Are you going to enter the Court of Disorder with this clone as your main clone?”

But it didn’t really matter.

He could swap clones anytime.

And when two clones dressed identically swapped, outsiders would hardly notice.

Also, when arranging ninety thousand puppet clones, he would naturally mix in some important powerful clones.

So it didn’t matter if this discarded clone acted as the main clone.

Eager to enter the Court of Disorder without unnecessary steps, he nodded directly.

Then, Zhou Yuling waved her hand and summoned the White Tower.

Next, two thin threads shot out from the White Tower, pulling her and Jiang Ye inside the tower.

The previous turmoil had left nearly all follower players severely injured in spirit.

Though the interior of the White Tower was no longer in rebellion, it was still a scene of widespread misery.

Zhou Yuling’s sudden appearance instantly quieted the entire White Tower interior.

She hovered in the air, emitting a cold snort that reverberated everywhere!

Thus, the already quiet space fell into deeper silence.

Only Peng Gu, the former rebellious leader, stubbornly shouted at Zhou Yuling:

“Sister Zhou, you really are imposing!”

“We agreed that as followers, we would only cooperate with you to clear the Court of Disorder...”

“But how have you treated us?”

“You clearly broke the promise first, and now you turn things around and blame us?”

“Hah, I broke the promise?” Zhou Yuling laughed lightly.

Her tone was extremely disdainful.

Her posture restored that towering superiority she had when first appearing, above all follower players.

“So you mean I brought you all to descend into the Newbie Apartment and have to act like a nanny protecting your safety?”

“Don’t you think if you ventured into this 0000 Apartment on your own, you wouldn’t encounter any disasters?”

“You saw the situation before—”

“Although the one who sealed you was indeed a top expert from the Defenders’ Alliance.”

“But it was never my decision, nor was it my subjective will to harm you!”

“And you should realize afterwards—”

“Although you lost consciousness for a while, essentially, you weren’t harmed at all!”

“So, essentially, I did not wrong you!”

“This matter could have been explained clearly!”

“Even because the one who sealed you was from my Defenders’ Alliance, I was willing to explain and compensate you...”

“But you? Without any losses, you act as if you suffered a huge injustice and even caused trouble for me?!”

In the last sentence, Zhou Yuling sounded very angry.

But Jiang Ye knew clearly, she was just pretending!

What do you mean it wasn’t her decision? It wasn’t her subjective will? What a lie!

She and Lin Ling were clearly on the same side!

Even the fact she led these people to explore the Court of Disorder was essentially Lin Ling’s plan!

Jiang Ye believed these clever follower players probably didn’t believe Zhou Yuling’s lies either.

But whether they believed it didn’t matter.

What mattered was that the situation was stronger than the people!

Now they were battered and exhausted.

Plus, as followers, they definitely couldn’t fight Zhou Yuling.

And since Zhou Yuling appeared here, it meant Xu Gou had lost...

These fence-sitters naturally knew which side to take.

Moreover, the smarter ones, or those used to being fence-sitters, immediately realized—

Since Zhou Yuling still wasted words with them even while holding an absolute advantage, and said things that not everyone might believe,

It meant she didn’t want to tear apart the relationship completely.

So soon, some players from the minion camp spoke up:

“Sister Zhou, it’s not fair! Actually, I didn’t resent you at all since I didn’t suffer any loss!”

“It was that Xu Gou. He was the first to attack the White Tower and also instigated us!”

Once one voice spoke, others started blaming Xu Gou.

They were just panicked after losing consciousness for a while and were incited by Xu Gou...

In short, the law doesn’t punish the crowd, an innocent man is not blamed, Xu Gou is guilty.

For a while, voices denouncing Xu Gou arose one after another.

Even Peng Gu was scolded a few times.

This situation did not surprise Peng Gu.

After a grim silence, he also admitted:

“I was also deceived by Xu Gou...”

“I didn’t have strong resentment toward Sister Zhou at first; it was Xu Gou’s promise to release me from the follower relationship that convinced me...”

This situation was no surprise to Zhou Yuling herself.

She could even say she had seen too many such cases.

It was simply the victor being king and the loser being the outlaw.

If the White Tower had really been breached and she couldn’t defeat Xu Gou...

These people would have directly supported Xu Gou and called him a hero.

But now Zhou Yuling was standing here, so she was the “hero.”

Since Zhou Yuling still needed these people, she could only “let bygones be bygones.”

Her anger visibly dissipated somewhat because of the crowd’s remarks.

It was all an unspoken understanding; Zhou Yuling didn’t bother to put on a show anymore.

She directly summarized: “Xu Gou’s assault on the White Tower was for selfish reasons.”

“You all were indeed instigated by him.”

“Let the past be the past; I’m too lazy to pursue it.”

“Now, what everyone cares about next is the exploration of the Court of Disorder!”

At these words, noisy voices arose from the crowd.

Soon, a surprised voice asked Zhou Yuling:

“So the boss means we are going to explore the Court of Disorder immediately?!”

“Yes,” Zhou Yuling answered decisively.

After scanning the whole scene, she suddenly became serious and her voice grew stern:

“What I’m about to say next is very important.”

“In a moment, I will send this information as a file to our ten-thousand followers group.”

“Now, to ensure everyone clearly understands this information, I will explain it to all of you. Please listen carefully!”

“Even those who are unconscious, whether faking or truly unconscious, wake up immediately!”

“If you don’t wake up, the people beside you must wake you up!”

Inside the White Tower, indeed some players pretended to be unconscious to avoid Zhou Yuling’s questioning.

Of course, some were genuinely unconscious.

But after Zhou Yuling’s order, whether real or fake, they all woke up.

Jiang Ye’s Wu Ying clone had been pretending to be unconscious.

Now it had to obediently wake up.

Once everyone was awake, Zhou Yuling continued:

“The important information I’m about to say concerns whether all of us can enter the same Court of Disorder!”

“Whether or not you understand the rules of the Court of Disorder, I will explain them to you—”

“The entire Court of Disorder holds a court session every 30 minutes.”

“Each court session corresponds to a different court.”

“All those I arrange who want to enter the same court must strictly follow what I say next!”

When she said this, she glanced meaningfully at Jiang Ye.

After all, Jiang Ye alone represented ninety thousand people, which was crucial.

Zhou Yuling’s gaze clearly meant for Jiang Ye to listen carefully...