But… did he actually have the strength to one-shot this tattooed punk?

This guy had the guts to cross into another apartment, which meant his strength had to be exceptional.

And he probably had a companion.

Were they acting separately, or was his partner lurking in the shadows, waiting for the right moment?

Jiang Ye wasn’t completely confident he could kill him in one hit.

As he wavered between waiting for the right moment and making the first move—

The tattooed young man spoke again in a relaxed tone:

"Relax, man. If I really wanted to kill you, you’d already be dead. You wouldn’t even have time to react."

Damn, this guy was cocky.

Jiang Ye remained indifferent inside but kept up his nervous, on-edge act.

The tattooed youth casually twirled a small knife in his fingers as he continued,

"My name is Huang Qi. That guy, Yu Xiangming, and I aren’t from the same apartment."

"So why are we working together?"

"It’s simple—we have the same goal."

"To get stronger!"

"To reach an unimaginable level of power as fast as possible."

"So, let me ask you—what do you think is the fastest way to get stronger?"

Jiang Ye had no idea what this guy was playing at,

But he played along and answered with two simple words:

"Killing people."

“Bingo~” Huang Qi cheerfully blurted out in English, even snapping his fingers.

Then he quickly corrected himself,

"More accurately, it’s killing—but supercharged."

"In other words… mass slaughter!"

"Emmm… though in our case, I guess you’d call it ‘apartment slaughter.’"

"Now you should get where I’m going with this—"

At this point, Huang Qi let out a sinister grin, his tattooed forehead shifting with his expression, making him look like a devil straight out of hell.

His next words were just as cold-blooded and devoid of humanity:

"In my apartment, aside from me, no one else is alive anymore."

"Next, Yu Xiangming’s apartment was the second."

"And now, your apartment is the third."

"Jiang Ye, right? You're lucky."

"You're not particularly strong, but you were placed on the 20th floor from the start."

"And that… is the reason you're still alive."

"You have two choices—become my dog, just like Yu Xiangming did."

"I’ll lead you guys, apartment by apartment, harvesting Survival Points."

"This kind of growth speed is way faster than grinding duels or doing menial jobs!"

"I'm going to build a powerful organization. And those who follow me will be its founding members!"

"Of course, I don’t keep freeloaders. If you want in, you have to pay the price."

"For now, my rule is simple—"

"After each apartment slaughter, my followers must hand over 10 Survival Points to me."

"Of course, if you kill enough people and exceed the 10-point quota, you can keep the extra for your own growth."

"Once I have at least eight followers, I’ll refine the rules and establish a more structured system."

"Oh, right, before I go on—" Huang Qi arched an eyebrow, still sounding relaxed.

"You do have a Survival Jade Token, right?"

Jiang Ye’s mind was reeling.

He had assumed the two new players in their apartment were just ordinary Level 3 powerhouses who had somehow figured out how to teleport between apartments.

But he never expected this—

They had wiped out two entire apartments!

This…

Jiang Ye suddenly felt extremely grateful.

Good thing he hadn’t acted rashly just now!

If he had… given how many Survival Points this guy must have gained from killing hundreds of people…

His strength was probably far beyond what Jiang Ye could handle!

Forget one-shotting him—

Jiang Ye might not even be able to beat him!

Realizing this, Jiang Ye felt a genuine wave of tension.

He stiffly responded, "I… I have a Survival Jade Token."

Huang Qi grinned. "Then that makes things easy."

"In at most two hours, we’ll end this apartment, then move on to the next one."

End this apartment…

This guy was completely ruthless and arrogant!

He didn’t see human lives as anything at all!

At this point, Jiang Ye gave up on the idea of trying to one-shot him. Instead, he continued to act nervous and muttered,

"I-I was actually heading to Room 2064… to do some cleaning work…"

But before he could even finish his excuse—

Huang Qi scoffed.

"You kidding me? Bro, are you playing some kind of international joke on me?"

"Killing just one person earns you 100,000 in an instant! And you’re talking to me about cleaning work?"

"Hmph!" Huang Qi toyed with his knife again and mocked coldly,

"Let me ask you again—"

"Are you going to keep doing your little cleaning job, or are you coming with me to kill?"

Jiang Ye’s heart was pounding.

Without any hesitation, he firmly responded with two words:

"Killing people!"

He even said it loudly, as if he had made up his mind—

As if he had decided to become just like Huang Qi.

A cold-blooded, merciless monster who killed without blinking.

Huang Qi seemed pleased with his answer and immediately praised,

"Now that’s what I like to hear!"

"Alright, answer a few more questions for me—"

"First, that guy Yang Wenchao from the 20th floor—do you know how strong he is?"

"Second, the so-called ‘mysterious bald guy’ people were talking about in the chat—he should also be on the 20th floor, right? Do you know his strength?"

"Third, and this one again—"

"Why does your data panel show you as Level 0, while the ranking board lists you as Level 1?"

Just hearing the first two questions, Jiang Ye immediately understood—

This guy was planning to either recruit Yang Wenchao and the mysterious bald guy into his organization…

Or, if their strength was beyond his control—

They’d be his next targets.

Jiang Ye didn’t ask anything in return. Instead, he answered the questions one by one.

"Yang Wenchao is very strong. He…"

He paused for a moment, then took the initiative to add,

"During a fight with a monster, he seemed to use a ‘Resurrection’ ability."

"Afterward, he claimed in the chat that it was the Survival Points that brought him back to life."

"But I find that explanation very questionable."

"Boss, do you know if Survival Points can actually be used for resurrection?"

Hearing this, Huang Qi’s expression grew more serious.

"Resurrection? Survival Points don’t have a resurrection function."

"That means Yang Wenchao’s resurrection ability must come from his talent."

Then he asked, "Can you roughly guess his ability rank?"

Jiang Ye thought for a moment and answered cautiously,

"Our apartment has an S-tier ability holder, Wang Lingling. And Yang Wenchao seems to be even stronger than her!"

"But whether his talent is higher than S-tier, I can’t say for sure."

"After all, Wang Lingling doesn’t live on the 20th floor, while Yang Wenchao does. That gives him a clear advantage…"

As he spoke, he suddenly acted like he just remembered something and added,

"Boss, since you can see my data panel, you should be able to check Yang Wenchao’s too, right?"

Huang Qi shot him a glare and replied impatiently,

"I can only inspect the data panels of players three levels below me. Yang Wenchao is Level 3 right now—I can’t check his."

So that’s how it works.

Jiang Ye realized it was simply because his level was too low that this guy had been able to inspect his panel.

But he also suspected—

Aside from being unable to check Yang Wenchao’s data, Huang Qi probably didn’t want to confront him directly.

He was likely worried that Yang Wenchao was too strong and that underestimating him could get him killed.

This guy was more cautious than he looked.

Jiang Ye was about to answer the second question—

But suddenly, he saw Huang Qi’s expression change drastically!