Jiang Ye’s face also changed drastically!

Because he had just seen the explosion of messages in the chat group—

【Holy sh*t! The new player Yu Xiangming just disappeared from the ranking board! His name in the member list also dimmed!】

【WTF?! Who?! Who killed Yu Xiangming?!】

Lu Shen: 【It was Yang Wenchao!】

【What the hell?! Yang Wenchao took down Yu Xiangming despite the level gap?!】

【Dude, are you blind?! Wenchao just hit Level 3!】

【WTF?! He’s already Level 3?! Even if it was a 3v3 fight, taking down a cross-apartment powerhouse is still insane!】

【And those two cross-apartment players clearly came here with bad intentions! Yang Wenchao taking them down is an act of justice! I fully support him!】

【Agreed! These two cross-apartment players were absolute scum! If not for Yang Wenchao, who knows how many more of our classmates would have died!】

Wang Qiang: 【I said it before—our apartment needs someone like Yang Wenchao, a true powerhouse! Some of you even wanted to kill him before… seriously, what were you thinking?!】

Xiao Likun: 【When is Wenchao going to deal with Huang Qi too? I feel like these two cross-apartment players came just to slaughter us!】

【Agreed, agreed! Wenchao, hurry up and take down Huang Qi too! Otherwise, I won’t even dare to keep running deliveries!】

【Wenchao is unstoppable! Wenchao is a god! Wenchao, you’re my hero!】

Right now, the entire chat group was filled with praises for Yang Wenchao.

It was as if taking down Yu Xiangming had instantly made him a hero of the apartment!

Meanwhile, those classmates who had previously accused him of being a killer had now gone completely silent.

Who knew if they had changed their minds about him, or if they were simply afraid of his strength and didn’t dare to speak out against him anymore?

At the same time, those who were hyping Yang Wenchao up were now all naturally hoping he would go and kill Huang Qi as well.

And at this moment, as Huang Qi read the chat, his face turned dark.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold, murderous aura flickered within them.

"These pathetic little insects, celebrating like this… how annoying."

"I much prefer seeing these worthless scum beg for their lives in their final moments."

Saying this, he turned his icy gaze toward Jiang Ye.

"And you?"

Jiang Ye pressed his lips together, his expression firm.

"I want to become strong too."

"Hmph! If you want power, you have to be ruthless!" Huang Qi said meaningfully before asking, "What’s your relationship with Yang Wenchao?"

Jiang Ye thought for a moment and answered almost without holding back:

"Before coming to this Doomsday Apartment, I only had an average relationship with my classmates."

"But there was one time I spoke up for Yang Wenchao. After that, when we got here, he had an opportunity to kill me once, but he let me go. Said we were even after that."

"Huh, is that so…" Huang Qi seemed a little surprised, his eyes shifting thoughtfully before he asked again,

"So technically, you and Yang Wenchao aren’t close? And you’re not close with the others either?"

Jiang Ye nodded. He felt like Huang Qi was leading up to something.

Sure enough, after getting his confirmation, Huang Qi’s eyes narrowed again, a dark glint flashing through them.

Then, as if nothing had happened, he returned to his relaxed demeanor and continued,

"Alright then. Now, finish answering my three questions."

Jiang Ye nodded and responded in one go:

"I don’t know much about the ‘mysterious bald guy,’ but since he can use the Duel Room, his original apartment should also be on the 20th floor."

"And… everyone assumes he’s the one ranked as Zhang Jintian on the ranking board."

"As for why my data panel level doesn’t match the ranking board…"

Jiang Ye paused, locking eyes with Huang Qi for the first time.

For once, his gaze wasn’t the nervous, timid one from before.

Instead, he was calm.

"Simple—"

"I’ve been holding back a little."

His tone was steady. Meaningful.

Huang Qi squinted at him and let out a low chuckle.

"Hiding your strength? Heh, not bad."

"Alright then—show me your real strength."

Jiang Ye remained silent for a moment before voluntarily displaying his data panel.

【Jiang Ye】

【Level: 1】

【Stamina: 7.4】

【Energy: 8.6】

【Combat Power: 75】

【Survival Points: 0】

【Abilities: Hard Work Pays Off (S), Gold Element Affinity (C)】

【Skills: Absolute Focus (A), Combat Stance (A), Golden Light Technique (D), Golden Cicada Shedding (D)】

That’s right!

Jiang Ye had used Replica Fusion once again—

But this time, he had no intention of attacking Huang Qi.

And Huang Qi’s eyes visibly widened when he saw Jiang Ye’s panel.

His gaze became slightly more intrigued.

"Dual abilities! No wonder you hid it!"

"Kid, you’re pretty good at playing the weakling, huh?"

Jiang Ye didn’t respond. Instead, he flipped the script and took the initiative.

"I fully agree with your plan of wiping out apartments one by one."

"But if you expect me to hand over 10 Survival Points per apartment, you’re going to have to show me something in return."

At this moment, he was nothing like the nervous wreck from before.

He carried himself like a real powerhouse.

This shift in attitude made Huang Qi chuckle again.

"Hah… so now that you’ve revealed your strength, you’re speaking with more confidence, huh?"

"But let’s get one thing straight—"

"Even now, your real strength still isn’t enough to impress me."

As he spoke, Huang Qi also voluntarily displayed his data panel.

However, for some reason, he only revealed three stats:

【Huang Qi】

【Level: 3】

【Combat Power: 88】

At the same time, with a flick of his hand—

A 2-meter-tall, bronze full-length mirror suddenly appeared in front of him.

He glanced at Jiang Ye and continued,

"A Combat Power of 75 at Level 1… not bad."

"But even without any equipment, my base Combat Power is already higher than yours. Do you really think your gear can compare to someone who’s already slaughtered two entire apartments?"

Jiang Ye immediately played along, responding without hesitation—

"No problem. I’ll pay 10 Survival Points per apartment."

Huang Qi seemed quite pleased with Jiang Ye’s cooperative attitude and casually gestured at him.

"Come here. Stand in front of this mirror and display your data panel."

Jiang Ye frowned slightly, hesitating.

Huang Qi rolled his eyes at him. "I already told you—if I wanted to kill you, it’d be easy. No need for tricks."

Jiang Ye thought for a moment, then stepped forward and stood in front of the mirror, showing his data panel as requested.

Huang Qi added, "Keep it up for 30 seconds."

Jiang Ye stayed silent.

But after 30 seconds…

He suddenly realized—his reflection in the mirror had started moving on its own!

A few moments later…

His mirror image actually stepped out of the mirror!

And the data panel it displayed was exactly the same as his!

What the f**k?!

What kind of item is this?! This is insane!

Did it just… create an exact copy of me?!

Huang Qi’s slow, smug voice broke his thoughts.

"Now, you can go back to your cleaning job."

"Testing Yang Wenchao’s strength—that job goes to this mirror replica."

His tone was completely relaxed.

Clearly, he was pleased with Jiang Ye’s shock and found it amusing.

But what Huang Qi didn’t know was—

Jiang Ye’s real shock wasn’t just because this mirror could create an exact replica of him!

It was because—

At that very moment, his real body in Room 2025 suddenly sensed something even crazier…

His D-rank skill, 【Replica Fusion】,

Could actually be used on the mirror replica Huang Qi had just created!

Holy sh*t?!

So…

Does this count as exploiting a game-breaking bug?!

If he were to immediately fuse this mirror replica into Replica One right now…

What would happen?!