A figure appeared as if summoned out of thin air.

And the very moment "she" appeared...

Wu Wang, that dark-type creature, immediately swept his cloak and vanished without a trace.

Even in the chaotic arc of the fluttering cloak, one could still make out a flooding sense of panic...

Alright.

Same temperament as Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai before.

Distant through the light screen, Salvation felt the light faction less directly.

Because he was already infected by Lightburn, he should in theory have a bit of immunity against light players.

Yet at this moment, Salvation's astonishment was no less than Wu Wang's.

The eyes that belonged to Xing Xiu nearly popped out of their sockets!

In fact, don't just say Salvation...

Even Jiang Ye, who had long expected that he might generate a light clone, was stunned right now!

After all, light clones are the kind most likely to cause trouble...

So when Jiang Ye generated a clone, he naturally chose a mutated clone.

In other words, this clone would not grow into Jiang Ye’s usual appearance.

Instead it would randomly take on the look of an ordinary person, like Huang Bo and Qu Xing before.

However, the "ordinary person" appearance of this new clone was genuinely surprising!

Not only because "she" was unmistakably female...

But more crucially...

This—this clone...

Jiang Ye swallowed hard, then stepped forward to stand before this female mutated clone.

Then...

he stretched out one finger...

and stiffly poked that female clone's big belly...

Afterward, stiff and awkward, he forced a laugh:

"Ha... haha... what a big beer belly..."

This female clone, of course, was still Jiang Ye—sharing consciousness with all of Jiang Ye's clones.

But "she" was the first female mutated clone Jiang Ye had ever produced...

And that belly...

That belly...

Yes, Salvation on the light screen had his eyes widened in shock, staring at that belly.

Clearly, his astonishment wasn't because of the light faction.

It was because of that female clone's big belly...

When Jiang Ye labeled it a "beer belly," Salvation's mouth twitched noticeably.

He still collected himself for a long moment before swallowing and offering a more plausible guess:

"Young miss..."

"Let me put it this way—"

"Is it possible that—"

"that's not a beer belly, but a pregnancy belly?"

"Your cloning skill is pretty good, buy one get one free..."

"Looks to me like it's ready to give birth. Should we just have it give birth right here?"

"......"

Give birth my ass!

Jiang Ye was being cornered until his face twisted!

Although his mental fortitude was strong and he had long prepared to use a female clone...

This whole "buy one, get one free" situation was truly unexpected!

Moreover, none of his other mutated clones had turned female.

This female clone was especially strange.

On top of that, it was a "buy one get one" situation...

That made it even eerier!

Jiang Ye ignored Salvation’s teasing and immediately checked the female clone's information.

But the clone's information shocked him just as much!

[Jiang Yue]

[Level: 0]

[Stamina: 1 New Moon]

[Spirit: 1 Full Moon]

[Combat Power: 2 Full Moon]

[Survival Points: -∞]

[Talent: Light Element Affinity (SSSs)]

[Skills: Divine Punishment · Day of Divine Retribution (SSS), Light Prism Refraction (SS), Memory Exposure (SS), Flare Eruption (SS), Holy Link (SS), Mirror Flower, Water Moon (S), Light Erosion Curse (S), Backlight Stealth (S), Light-Shadow Swap (S), Light and Shadow Escape (S)]

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!!!∑(ﾟДﾟノ)ノ

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I...

You...

What the—???

Not sure...

Look again...

Jiang Ye rubbed his eyes hard.

Of course, rubbing his eyes did nothing.

The data panel appeared directly in his mind.

He couldn't help but suspect whether Salvation had cast some illusion on him, causing such absurd information to appear in his head.

But...

Jiang Ye had always positioned himself as a big shot.

He forcibly restrained that amateurish stunned expression.

He swallowed hard several times, crushing the shock inside.

He directly asked Salvation, "You didn't trick me with some illusion, did you?"

Salvation answered plainly, "No. And I'm very certain—there are no illusions inside this barrier."

So...

not an illusion.

Jiang Ye asked again, "You didn't see this clone's info?"

Salvation remained polite: "If you don't mind, may I take a look?"

Jiang Ye actually did mind a little.

Light clones he could produce again...

But this pregnant-female clone...

was bizarre to an outrageous degree.

Maybe he should keep her and study her himself?

Then he thought it over: he was determined to bind Salvation to the same boat with him.

He figured Salvation, wanting to cure Lightburn, wouldn't dare attack his light clone.

So Jiang Ye agreed.

Salvation's gaze, through the light screen, looked at the pregnant female clone.

In an instant, using Xing Xiu's face, he displayed that same unpresentable stunned expression...

He couldn't restrain himself and inhaled sharply from shock!

"Hiss..."

"Level 0, with 2 Full Moons of combat power..."

This alone wasn't that surprising.

After all, long-standing big shots had long since converted combat power units into moon phases.

If you don't know much about moon phases, the basics at least are clear—

New Moon is the smallest unit.

Full Moon is the largest unit.

The preceding number indicates scale.

This new clone using "Full Moon" as a unit at level 0...

That was freakishly impressive!

But the clone had another, very obvious oddity...

Sure enough, Salvation asked next:

"Survival points negative infinity... are your generated clones' survival points negative numbers?"

Of course not.

Jiang Ye's newly generated clones always show zero survival points!

Negative infinity had never appeared before!

He didn't know exactly what it meant, but he had an inkling.

Jiang Ye didn't answer Salvation directly, only shook his head a little.

Salvation drew the same conclusion:

"So it's because this clone is too special that the survival points are negative infinity..."

"Meaning this clone will live at most until the Ninth Day..."

When the Ninth Day arrives, players with negative survival points are erased by the apartment's mechanism.

Moreover...

"And if this clone stays in the Novice Apartment, she won't even survive until 'tomorrow'..."

"So you really must hand this clone over to me..."

In the Doomsday Apartment, a clone could survive longer.

But even then, it would still die at the next zero o'clock...

Salvation's mood turned slightly strange at this thought.

He had worried that Jiang Ye might not be willing to tie his fate to Salvation's.

After all, Salvation had no choice, but Jiang Ye did.

However now, with this clone...

He believed Jiang Ye would willingly want this extra time before the Eighth Day ended.

Only then could this clone live a little longer!

And...

Salvation squinted and asked Jiang Ye:

"You wouldn't want such a precious clone to die when the Ninth Day comes, would you?"

"Also, using such a clone as a blackened Crow is too extravagant, right?"

Of course!

Damn it!

By initial stats, this clone was perhaps the single most badass clone Jiang Ye had ever generated!

Observer clones were potent too, but they were grown later.

Without any interference, this clone was the strongest from the start!

Jiang Ye ranked his clones by type and talent into tiers.

This top-tier clone was naturally incredibly precious!

If it weren't for the survival points being negative, and the fact she couldn't survive a day in the Novice Apartment...

He would never hand her to Salvation.

But because of the negative survival points...

As Salvation said, this clone would survive longer only inside the Doomsday Apartment.

And honestly, the Novice Apartment had limited high-level players meddling there.

Placing such an awesome clone in the Novice Apartment would be a waste.

Jiang Ye thought for a moment and tried sticking a talisman onto the female clone's head.

Fortunately, although strange, the clone could still be sealed by talisman paper.

Yet Jiang Ye, seeing through the female clone's perspective, could tell...

That talisman's seal could be broken by "her" from within!

Jiang Ye inhaled deeply, picked up the mini small wooden doll, and generated another clone.

This time, as in the Court of Disorder, it was just an ordinary SS-level talent light clone...

This new clone could be used as a blackened Crow.

But why...

Jiang Ye pondered whether the female pregnant clone's generation was simply random luck or triggered by something...

When he suddenly heard Salvation's voice:

"Did my released mist gas set the condition for you to generate the light clone?"

It wasn't hard to guess.

Jiang Ye didn't mind and kept silent.

Then Salvation continued:

"Now you're thinking why this clone named 'Jiang Yue' is so bizarre, right?"

Only then did Jiang Ye finally look up at Salvation.

They exchanged a glance. Jiang Ye's eyes brightened: "You know why?"

Salvation's pupils flickered. After a moment of silence, he answered:

"Not certain. But I have some guesses."

"Although you didn't feel any change in the surrounding mist gas, on my side—"

"At the very instant you generated 'Jiang Yue,' the milky stone I used to produce mist gas shattered."

!

So it was related to the mist gas?

Could generating Jiang Ye's light clones consume mist gas?

While thinking this, Salvation, after some thought, suddenly said to him:

"Also, I'll show you a picture..."

At that, Jiang Ye focused intently on the light screen.

Salvation's fingertip pointed straight at the screen.

The next moment, the screen shifted from Xing Xiu's face to...

an overhead image.

The picture showed an ice coffin.

Whether it was truly ice was unclear, but it had an eerie ice-blue color.

The coffin lid was open.

So it was obvious to see—

Inside the coffin lay a... female corpse?

It was uncertain whether the woman was still alive.

But one thing was visible...

Her abdomen was also swollen!

However, the corpse's facial features were not similar to Jiang Ye's female clone.

Still...

Although the looks differed, the skin tone was similarly pale.

Jiang Ye stared at the corpse for nearly a minute, imprinting the details in his mind, before the screen shifted again.

Xing Xiu's face reappeared on the screen and he couldn't wait to ask:

"Who is that corpse? Where did you see it? Wait, is that picture even real?"

Salvation thought and didn't hide the truth:

"I'm not sure if it's real. I spent countless shared views to capture that image from the Moon Phase Clock."

Jiang Ye was stunned: "You actually went into the Moon Phase Clock?"

Salvation shook his head: "It's hard for most people to enter. I have many clones sharing viewpoints and the Crow's help;

only then could I barely obtain that picture."

"Now the Moon Phase Clock is unstable, and I've lost the Crow, so it will be even harder to get back in..."

At this, Salvation's gaze fell on the small wooden doll in Jiang Ye's hand.

The wooden doll sealing a player doesn't reveal the original appearance.

Yet Salvation stared intently and carefully.

After a long while, he solemnly said: "Your new clone might be different."

Of course it was different, but Jiang Ye knew what that "different" meant.

He placed the black cloth and the doll together and said to Salvation:

"You can take these two items for now."

"Once you've taken care of Jiang Yue and return the talisman to me, I'll hand over this clone too..."

While speaking, Jiang Ye transferred a Luminox Larva offspring larva onto the second light clone.

Just then, Salvation replied: "No need to be so troublesome."

With that he produced a black talisman paper floating out of the light screen.

"Lin Ling's talisman—I have a copy here."

Alright then, Jiang Ye sealed the second light clone away as well.

When he looked at Salvation again, he spoke earnestly:

"Since you sincerely want to eradicate Lightburn, I assume you won't take advantage of me?"

Salvation nodded, thinking he couldn't even if he wanted to.

Both clones belonged to Jiang Ye and carried Jiang Ye's consciousness;

Salvation didn't think he could fully control them.

As for the black cloth, Jiang Ye could retrieve it anytime.

Salvation naturally wouldn't pick a fight with Jiang Ye.

So—

"One black cloth, two clones. Name what you want."

Jiang Ye nodded.

Since the junior said "ask freely," as the senior he wouldn't be polite.

"First, give me ten Salvation mecha clones..."

"Then ten of those milky stones that generate mist gas..."

"A few Mist Trains if you have them..."

"Oh, and Lin Ling's Three Life Stone Staff—it's not too much for me to ask for, right?"