CHAPTER 380: JIANG YE, SAVE ME

Everyone present didn't understand why the Old Woman's expression changed so drastically.

In Jiang Ye's heart, he actually had a vague guess.

Sure enough...

They saw the Old Woman's expression change repeatedly, as if she was using the private chat function to ask someone something.

Jiang Ye also took this opportunity to check his friends list.

Indeed, "Wu Ce," who he had added as a friend not long ago, was not dead.

That guy being instantly killed by the Old Woman was clearly a staged performance, all for the sake of obtaining a single Privileged Iron Sliver.

And after about a minute...

The Old Woman, whose expression had been shifting constantly, finally slowly let out a breath.

Her expression returned to calm, but her gaze fell directly on Jiang Ye.

At that moment, Tao Sheng, who had just had one of his hands crushed, even felt a bit fortunate.

He thought it was now Jiang Ye's turn to face misfortune.

But unexpectedly...

The Old Woman merely used her dry, hoarse voice to ask Jiang Ye:

"If I'm not mistaken..."

"When you came out, you should have brought some Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae, right?"

The simple phrase "Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae" didn't mean much to the others present.

But Jiang Ye knew perfectly well—

What she was referring to was clearly the Offspring Larvae of the Luminox Larva.

In the Formless Domain, due to the rule that "bleeding players are erased," players couldn't directly drip blood, so they had to rely on the Luminox Larva's Offspring Larvae, which were the Ice Crystal Tear Drops. Ꞧ𝔞𝐍О𝐁Εş

And now, Yuan Qiu's problem of being unable to bleed due to the Blood Poison Corpse Water could clearly also be solved using the Luminox Larva's Offspring Larvae.

This Old Woman should have originally had Offspring Larvae on her.

But after the transaction between Boss Q and Jiang Ye, the Luminox Larva was transferred to Jiang Ye...

Then all the Offspring Larvae previously bred from the Luminox Larva parasitizing Boss Q's body died overnight.

Even those Black Ribbons made from Cryptobiotic Offspring Larvae would completely lose their effect of suppressing Lightburn pain...

So obviously, following the transaction between Boss Q and Jiang Ye, the Old Woman also no longer had any Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae.

Fortunately, she should have learned from Boss Q that Jiang Ye had Offspring Larvae on him.

And Jiang Ye's discarded clone, which was only used to deliver messages, did indeed carry Offspring Larvae.

After all, breeding the Luminox Larva was much simpler than Jiang Ye consuming Survival Points to generate clones!

Almost immediately, hundreds of small Offspring Larvae appeared within the body in symbiosis with the Luminox Larva.

Jiang Ye naturally wasn't stingy with something that was destined to proliferate wildly.

And because his main body's focus was still on how to clear the Court of Disorder.

He simply didn't have the mental energy or time to study that Luminox Larva.

So, since a clone was going to take messages out...

He naturally gave some Offspring Larvae for the clone to bring out as well, so that the external clones could spend time studying those Offspring Larvae.

Jiang Ye's main body in the Court already placed great importance on the Luminox Larva's research value.

He already had some research ideas that, along with the clone's return, were synchronized to the external clones.

Jiang Ye had originally planned for this clone to find time to slip away, then reunite with the clone army and return to the Reincarnation Graveyard to attempt various experiments...

And just now, learning a new piece of information made him value the research on Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae even more!

This Old Woman was so certain about wanting Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae...

Then undoubtedly, she was very sure that—

Even if players were altered by the Blood Poison Corpse Water and unable to bleed...

They could still use the Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae to achieve Blood-Drip Acknowledgment!

In other words, the magical effect of the Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae was related to blood!

And Jiang Ye's two mutated clones, both inside and outside the Court...

Their mutations were actually both related to blood!

The mutated clone inside the Court needs no further explanation;

it was created using a fused, enhanced version of the Blood Poison Corpse Water to promote mutation...

And the effect of the Blood Poison Corpse Water originally acted on the blood.

As for the mutated clone outside the Court, although Jiang Ye, who was observing from the chess grid at the time, couldn't see the entire situation clearly.

But without a doubt, the mutation method mastered by the Shadow Phantom was also related to blood mutation.

Xu Gou, Tao Sheng, and Yu Mo, these mutants all had blood-colored patterns covering their bodies.

Although Jiang Ye's mutation was different from theirs, his completely pitch-black body seemed to no longer have blood...

In short, both mutated clones were promoted by blood mutation.

And the effect of the Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae precisely acted on the blood!

Furthermore, he had personally experienced the unique sensation brought by the Ice Crystal Tear Drop...

Even under the Holy Grail effect rolled by the Dice of Fate, that Ice Crystal Tear Drop even caused Jiang Ye's main body, which had fused with the mutated clone, to reveal its pitch-black "true form"!

Therefore, the research on this Ice Crystal Tear Drop might be closely related to the two mutated clones!

Jiang Ye was now impatient and wanted to thoroughly study those Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae.

Additionally, since this Old Woman knew about the Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae, she should be well aware that those things weren't valuable.

Jiang Ye also felt it inappropriate to demand outrageous prices, so he very sensibly nodded while taking out an Ice Crystal Tear Drop.

His attitude was quite polite: "If Senior wants it, I'll give you one drop."

This was exactly what the Old Woman wanted, so naturally she didn't refuse.

However...

Her attitude was quite friendly too, as she proactively said: "Although this thing isn't worth much, I won't take it for free."

"You can make a small request, and I'll try to fulfill it."

This surprised Jiang Ye a bit.

However, the Guiwen Master, that Little Old Man, had also been quite friendly toward him.

This Old Woman probably really had some connection with the Guiwen Master.

Jiang Ye thought about it;

there was no reason to refuse benefits gained for free.

But she did say "small request," so if he stubbornly demanded outrageous prices, it obviously wouldn't be good.

Jiang Ye thought for a moment, his peripheral glance sweeping toward the chubby guy's direction, then he very politely said to the Old Woman:

"I do indeed have one matter to ask for—"

"I want 10 incomplete versions of the Chaos Furnace, and 100 tubes of Blood Poison Corpse Water..."

"If possible, I'd also like to learn more information about the complete version of the Chaos Furnace..."

As he said this, Jiang Ye's voice grew progressively weaker.

Because he could also realize that this request really couldn't be considered "small"...

The incomplete Chaos Furnace and Blood Poison Corpse Water weren't a big deal;

in the eyes of such a big shot, they probably weren't worth much.

Just like how he wouldn't feel too heartbroken taking out 10 incomplete Clone Replica Mirrors.

The main issue was the latter part;

wanting to learn information about the complete version of the Chaos Furnace was a bit excessive...

No change in expression could be seen on the Old Woman's wrinkled face.

Only after the air fell silent for a moment did she glance at the chubby guy and say:

"Since I've already offered the Ghost Valley Soul Shepherd Formation Array Disk, I still have enough face to ask for 10 copies of the incomplete Chaos Furnace."

"But as for the information about the complete version of the Chaos Furnace..."

The Old Woman stopped there.

Clearly, this matter wasn't something she could decide;

the chubby guy had to speak for himself.

The chubby guy's eyes rolled, then he smiled at Jiang Ye:

"What you probably want to know are the pitfalls of using the incomplete Chaos Furnace, right?"

This chubby guy smiled with a simple, honest, and sincere-looking face, his tone also very genuine:

"The Chaos Furnace is generally only used for fusing items, so its pitfalls only lie with items."

"I won't go into the specific complete information. But I can reveal to you—"

"The items you fuse using the incomplete Chaos Furnace, I can see their detailed information here."

"Including the fused items, I can also obtain the most accurate information."

With that, the chubby guy finished his explanation.

But Jiang Ye fundamentally didn't want to believe it.

His Clone Replica Mirror clearly had such a huge pitfall.

So the pitfall of the incomplete Chaos Furnace was merely the exposure of fused item information?

He suspected the chubby guy was intentionally hiding something.

The chubby guy seemed to have guessed what he was thinking and meaningfully explained further:

"Your incomplete Clone Replica Mirror can repeatedly generate mirrored clones..."

"But my incomplete Chaos Furnace can only be used once."

"So, there are differences even among incomplete items."

"Not all incomplete items are as dangerous as you imagine, like floods and wild beasts."

This explanation sounded reasonable at first glance.

But Jiang Ye still suspected this chubby guy wasn't telling the whole truth.

And the more he didn't tell the truth, the more uneasy Jiang Ye felt.

But he couldn't very well challenge the chubby guy, so he pretended to accept it and nodded.

Seeing this, the chubby guy directly took out 10 copies of the incomplete Chaos Furnace and handed them to him.

Afterward, the Old Woman also took out 100 copies of the Blood Poison Corpse Water and gave them to him.

With that, Jiang Ye was ready to bid farewell to everyone and leave this Abyss Restricted Zone.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard the chubby guy say with a smile:

"You're probably returning to the 4444 Apartment, right?"

Jiang Ye hesitated slightly, then quickly nodded.

The chubby guy smiled again: "Then could you help me pass a message to Administrator 4444—"

"After I return from the Abyss Restricted Zone, I'll continue discussing the unfinished topic from last time with him."

"..."

The others had varied expressions.

Jiang Ye showed no emotional change, slightly nodding before quickly leaving.

The so-called "unfinished topic" was nothing more than... the Soul Thread Body Seizure Technique.

Jiang Ye had previously briefly discussed it with the chubby guy using his identity as Administrator 4444.

At the time, he had many guesses.

And now, having witnessed a true Reincarnator and learned about the Privileged One and "Rebirth Day"...

He had another guess about the chubby guy's purpose for wanting the Soul Thread Body Seizure Technique.

But it wasn't a big problem.

After all, who knew what situation the chubby guy would be in when he returned from the Abyss Restricted Zone.

And by that time, who knew how much Jiang Ye would have grown.

Jiang Ye didn't take the chubby guy's words too seriously.

After leaving the Abyss Restricted Zone, he directly used Clone Swapping to quickly return to the 4444 Apartment.

At this moment, the 4444 Apartment was already quite deserted.

In the member list, many names were grayed out.

Most of the lit names were old classmates who hadn't followed Gao Chang, Wang Lingling, and the others to the 0000 Apartment.

Of course, there were also a few slightly unfamiliar names.

Jiang Ye didn't pay too much attention. He went to the 1st-floor front desk to meet with Zhang Jintian. After learning that an unfamiliar man had approached Zhang Jintian asking about Administrator 4444 and Jiang Ye, Jiang Ye told him not to worry about it, then went straight back to the Reincarnation Graveyard.

He wanted to conduct experiments in the Reincarnation Graveyard.

After all, having witnessed Lin Ling's Water Screen Eye before, he felt nowhere was safe.

Only the Reincarnation Graveyard was relatively reliable.

However...

The moment this clone carrying the Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae returned to the Reincarnation Graveyard...

An unexpected situation occurred!

Those Offspring Larvae within his body had reproduced several hundred more in a short time.

Yet these Offspring Larvae...

Which had been living perfectly fine inside his body!

The moment he entered the Reincarnation Graveyard...

They all died!

What the hell?!

What's going on?!

Didn't they say it could survive in any extreme environment?

Could it be that this Reincarnation Graveyard is more terrifying than radiation and mist?!

Wait!

Jiang Ye quickly discovered that a layer of dark sludge had appeared on this clone's arm...

It looked like black engine oil.

Wiping it with a finger, it could even stain the finger.

This stuff seems to be...

The Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae's... corpses?

No!

According to Boss Q's explanation, this should be the Offspring Larvae's cryptobiotic state?

Thinking this, Jiang Ye focused his mind.

This clone immediately left the Reincarnation Graveyard again.

After appearing in the normal area of the 4444 Apartment, these Cryptobiotic Offspring Larvae indeed came back to life.

So, they weren't truly dead.

But rather, once they entered the Reincarnation Graveyard, these Offspring Larvae would directly enter a cryptobiotic state?

Jiang Ye pondered slightly, then transferred another portion of the Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae to other clones.

Next, this discarded clone carrying half of the Offspring Larvae entered the Reincarnation Graveyard again.

Sure enough, the Offspring Larvae instantly entered cryptobiosis again.

Jiang Ye wasn't disappointed by this.

On the contrary, originally, if he wanted to obtain Cryptobiotic Offspring Larvae, he had to wait for the Offspring Larvae to spend considerable time in extreme environments.

But now, he could directly obtain both the living and "dead" forms of the Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae as he wished.

This way, his research on the Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae could also be divided into two parts.

And just as he was eagerly preparing to research the Ice Crystal Offspring Larvae...

His other clone on the chess game above, and the Zhou Qiming clone located in the Black Ice Domain below the chess game, each discovered something unusual!

The Zhou Qiming clone, along with Wu Wang, Lin Jing, and Ouyang—four people in total—had repeatedly explored the chess grid where Jiang Ye believed the Three Life Stone Staff was located for a long time.

However, they never managed to achieve any results.

Jiang Ye had originally thought that Lin Ling would proactively use the Three Life Stone Staff as bait.

After all, according to Wu Wang, Lin Ling originally intended to use that Three Life Stone Staff to trap the Guiwen clone.

But the result was, even though he proactively delivered himself to her doorstep, he couldn't find the Three Life Stone Staff no matter what...

The group of four repeatedly tried various methods.

Jiang Ye even worried that Lin Jing was holding back, so he repeatedly separated from him during operations, giving him space to act alone.

But the result was...

They never gained any harvest.

Just as Jiang Ye was starting to feel somewhat disappointed...

He actually faintly heard a weak, restrained voice from within that chess grid hanging with a full moon—

"Jiang Ye... Jiang Ye... save me... save me..."

"No... kill... kill me... kill me... ah—"

A voice full of pain, struggle, and despair...

This was... Wang Lingling's voice!

Jiang Ye was shocked!

He had previously seen that Wang Lingling was imprisoned within the giant sphere atop the Three Life Stone Staff.

At that time, Wang Lingling seemed to be in a coma, her entire body curled up like a small baby in a womb!

How could she suddenly awaken?

And was calling out to him for help?

No...

This wasn't sudden!

Jiang Ye realized with a start—

The trigger for Wang Lingling's awakening might be because...

Boss Q transferred the Luminox Larva to him!

Then all the original Offspring Larvae died!

Including those Black Ribbons made from Cryptobiotic Offspring Larvae, which lost their effect of suppressing Lightburn pain!

So, was it the unbearable Lightburn pain that awakened Wang Lingling?

But the problem was...

Where was Wang Lingling?

How could this voice seem to be directly sounding in his mind?

Even more...

He was clearly using Zhou Qiming's identity, so why would Wang Lingling call out Jiang Ye?!