If it were the Zhou Qiming version of Jiang Ye, seeing these two groups of figures barging in one after another, he would realize they were all familiar faces.

Unfortunately, the Zhou Qiming clone was still sleeping soundly in the Grand Auditorium.

His memories had not yet been shared with the other clones.

Therefore, the Cheng Lin version of Jiang Ye and the Witch Gui version of Jiang Ye currently did not recognize these two groups of Moon People.

These two groups of Moon People came from two directions.

One side was a team of 5, the other a team of 12.

For Witch Gui Jiang Ye, all 17 people from both sides were strangers.

However, the Cheng Lin version of Jiang Ye, with his unique perspective, vaguely felt that the aura emanating from that group of 5 felt particularly familiar...

He pondered this internally, choosing to watch and see how things unfolded.

The perspective borrowed by Witch Gui through Chen Cang also noticed—

Among that group of five Moon People, the two leading figures had a deeper, more restrained aura, looking somewhat like strong players.

The remaining three were a bit lacking in that regard, their expressions clearly tense.

In the other team of 12 Moon People, the two or three leading figures also appeared steady and reserved in demeanor.

Apart from that...

Jiang Ye noticed that this team of 12 Moon People seemed to know the opposing team of 5.

They even recognized He Yuliang, who was dying on the ground, and Du Yuheng, who was acting subservient.

Even more so, that Moon Person player with a face covered in pitch-black knife scars seemed to know Li Si!

Jiang Ye noticed their gazes seemed to meet.

It appeared that since Li Si's eyes were covered by black cloth, the eye contact wasn't obvious.

But from the doll-state Jiang Ye's unique perspective, he could see that exchange of glances.

And...

From the doll Jiang Ye's viewpoint, the player's face full of scars looked somewhat eerie.

It was as if those weren't simple knife scars, but rather fissures leading to destruction and nothingness, like abyssal crevices...

Jiang Ye's attention lingered on the scar-faced man for a long time.

He belatedly realized—

That guy was very likely the Li Ku that Du Yuheng and He Yuliang had previously described... the one who clung to Zhou Qiming's coattails!

So, this group of 12 was the Moon Person players from that "Adolescent Personality Reconstruction School"!

The leading strong players should be Lin Dong and Zhang E?

While pondering this, these two groups of Moon Person players, each with tense expressions, arrived before Qi Lin.

Their attitude towards Qi Lin was undoubtedly the instinctive fear Moon Person players felt towards Sun Person players.

In their stiff, tense state, they didn't even dare to speak.

The only one who seemed relatively normal might be Li Ku.

His face, covered in scars, looked as if it had facial paralysis, seemingly incapable of showing much emotional fluctuation.

Of course, perhaps knowing Li Si gave him some confidence for survival?

Jiang Ye watched all this with a purely spectating mindset.

Because of the previous incident with Du Yuheng and He Yuliang's heads, and because of the eerie nature of Li Ku's own appearance, his attention naturally focused more on Li Ku.

It seemed Du Yuheng and He Yuliang had also mentioned Li Ku's facial paralysis.

And Jiang Ye, following the thought of "facial paralysis," recalled...

In the Doomsday Apartment era, players who used their own faces to make more than a certain number of "mimic masks" would develop facial paralysis...

There was also that Administrator 4869 who, due to extensive use of Skin Sand, had his physical body become fixed, to the point where even mimic masks could no longer alter his appearance...

These details made Jiang Ye suspect—

Li Ku's facial paralysis might not be due to personality.

Perhaps there were other deeper reasons, like the connection to those abyssal fissure-like scars on his face?

While he was thinking about this, Qi Lin's gaze also focused intently on Li Ku.

What surprised him somewhat was...

The first thing Qi Lin said upon addressing Li Ku was: "I didn't expect you to still be alive."

Li Ku remained expressionless, looking straight ahead without glancing aside, not uttering a sound.

Qi Lin obviously had no intention of wasting words on a dead man.

He didn't say anything more, simply flicked his fingers, and a dark purple card appeared between his two fingers.

Then, with a casual toss...

[Time-Limited Instant Kill] descended upon Li Ku!

Thus, before everyone's eyes, Li Ku's body instantly turned into light points.

This process of being "instantly killed" looked no different from when other players were hit with [Time-Limited Instant Kill].

—At least, that's how it appeared to the naked eyes of normal players.

But from the doll Jiang Ye's perspective, he clearly captured...

Among the light points Li Ku scattered into, some were actually an eerie black color!

The same black as the densely packed abyssal knife scars on his face...

However, aside from the doll Jiang Ye, no one noticed.

Qi Lin, with a casual air, used a pair of mechanical eyeballs to take possession of the Prison watch Li Ku dropped...

Just like other Moon Person players who became Sun and Moon People.

Li Ku's body was replaced by the mechanical eyeballs that donned his watch.

The newly revived Sun and Moon Person still had that face covered in eerie scars, the same expressionless look.

Qi Lin stared at this expressionless Sun and Moon Person for a moment, then directly issued an order for Li Ku to switch to Primitive State.

Sun and Moon Person Li Ku strictly followed the instruction.

Qi Lin tried putting the Li Ku-brand Sun and Moon Person watch on his own wrist, personally experiencing Li Ku's body for a bit.

But it was just a test; moments later, he took off the watch and had Li Ku switch back to his flesh and blood body state.

Then, he continued issuing orders.

He also said to Du Yuheng: "The candidate to cooperate with my 'Salvation' judgment... will be him."

Du Yuheng appeared obsequious, his face even looking a bit pale from fright.

He said tremulously, "T-then, should I now use [Salvation Domain] on you, senior, and this scar-faced man...?"

"Yes," Qi Lin's tone was crisp and decisive.

Du Yuheng seemed not to dare delay, so he used [Salvation Domain] on Qi Lin and Li Ku.

Two beams of holy white light descended upon the two respectively.

This time, Qi Lin did not plan to directly use the 100-minute life-saving domain inherent to the Salvation Domain.

He directly shook hands with Li Ku, initiating physical contact.

Thus, the two beams of holy light instantly merged.

A prompt for triggering the 'Salvation' judgment sounded in both their minds—

[Ding!]

[Your partner who walks the path of salvation with you initiates a soul judgment upon you! Please face your relationship squarely and make a choice within 3 seconds—]

[1. Trust]

[2. Betray]

[3. Forgive]

Clearly, this announcement was also different from the skill description Qi Lin had seen!

The third option was extra!

However, Qi Lin, like He Yuliang, had not personally experienced [Salvation Domain] before this.

So he couldn't determine whether Du Yuheng's skill had mutated, or if the "Forgive" option was originally a hidden part of the skill...

But in his view, it wasn't a big problem.

Because a Sun and Moon Person following orders would inevitably choose "Trust."

And he only needed to choose "Betray" as planned...

The 3 seconds passed in the blink of an eye.

And before the result of this 'Salvation' judgment was announced, Jiang Ye had a vague premonition—

This Du Yuheng, who seemed completely cooperative, was probably still hiding something.

In fact, the result confirmed this.

Logically, after the 'Salvation' judgment ended, Sun and Moon Person Li Ku should have fallen into a dying state.

While Qi Lin would obtain the [Salvation Domain] skill and exclusively enjoy the Level III Salvation Domain...

However, the actual result was—

Above the head of Li Ku, who was still maintaining a handshake posture with Qi Lin, his originally short hair inexplicably began to grow wildly!

In an instant, it turned into long, wildly flying hair, like that of a madman who had escaped from an asylum.

Even more so, that head of hair stood on end and flew upwards as if electrified.

At the same time, the hands that Li Ku and Qi Lin were still tightly clasping, both their arms now trembled slightly.

As if there really was an electric current passing between their arms.

From the naked eyes of normal players, the trembling patterns of their arms didn't show any difference...

But Jiang Ye, from the doll's perspective, clearly saw—

It seemed like a surging black energy was continuously flowing from Qi Lin's body, through their connected arms, into Li Ku.

The abyssal scars on Li Ku's face appeared even deeper.

And that head of hair that had suddenly grown and stood on end was also distinctly, eerily black!

At this point, Jiang Ye was basically certain—

This Sun and Moon Person Li Ku... also had issues!

He probably hadn't lost his self-awareness either!

Even though Qi Lin had specifically worn his watch and used his body, that deliberate inspection hadn't revealed any clues!

If Jiang Ye could know the effects of the mutated version of [Salvation Domain]...

Then he could directly deduce—Li Ku had chosen "Forgive."

Unfortunately, he didn't know what changes had occurred to the mutated [Salvation Domain].

So he could only speculate that the current situation was probably within Du Yuheng's expectations!

The two groups of Moon Person players singled out by Qi Lin now watched this scene, new hope inevitably sprouting in their hearts...

They could also see—

This skill seemed to have malfunctioned!

This arrogant Sun Person player seemed, perhaps maybe... about to get himself killed?!

Feelings of joy and even schadenfreude almost spread among all the players present.

Even Chen Cang inwardly gloated—

He said so! A moment of glory meant nothing!

The one who laughs last is the real winner!

This Sun Person player's biggest mistake was probably provoking him!

Chen Cang even attributed the anomalies in Qi Lin's 'Salvation' judgment to his own [Protagonist Halo].

Daring to offend the "protagonist," this idiot villain really couldn't last ten minutes!

The schadenfreude in Chen Cang's heart was almost overflowing.

At the same time, his confidence in his [Protagonist Halo] grew even stronger...

One could say that Qi Lin's current abnormality was a welcome sight for all players present.

However, Jiang Ye noticed...

Li Si's expression also seemed excited, pleased... just like the other players...

At first, Jiang Ye thought Li Si was pretending.

After all, he hadn't revealed his relationship with Qi Lin.

But upon closer observation, he grew increasingly suspicious...

Li Si's excitement might not be an act.

This guy knew Qi Lin, that was true, but perhaps he and Qi Lin weren't complete and total allies.

On the contrary, he also knew Li Ku...

So perhaps, between Li Ku and Qi Lin, he actually stood on Li Ku's side!

Therefore, Qi Lin ending up in his current state might also have Li Si's assistance?

Was it truly... the popular will?

Indeed—

Almost under the expectant gaze of everyone...

Qi Lin's body visibly softened, almost relying solely on the hand holding Li Ku's for support.

His eyes were almost instantly filled with the whites, becoming a pair of pure white eyes.

The skin on his body surface gradually lost its color, turning an eerie, frightening white, as if he had developed Albinism.

Even his hair turned white strand by strand, falling out...

Finally, an unusual dark light burst from the depths of Li Ku's indifferent, almost cruel eyes.

Then he slowly released his hand, and Qi Lin's body, limp as mud, suddenly fell, collapsing onto the ground...

He stared with those white eyes, looking like he had died with grievances unredressed.

Li Ku directly crouched down, his palm wiping over Qi Lin's wide-open eyes.

It looked as if he was trying to close the eyelids of one who died with unclosed eyes.

In reality, he was extracting that pair of pure white eyeballs from their sockets.

The moment he lost the pure white eyeballs, Qi Lin's pallid body instantly turned into a milky-white gas indistinguishable from the surrounding mist, dispersing into the mist around them.

This scene sent shivers through everyone present...

Especially since one arrogant, terrifying Sun Person player had fallen, but another, even more eerie Li Ku had risen.

For a moment, the gazes the players present cast towards Li Ku couldn't hide their strange fear.

Only Lin Dong, relying on his friendship with Li Ku, managed to break the eerie atmosphere:

"This... this is the corpse of a Sun Person player?"

"So Sun Person players don't leave behind remains after death, but directly turn into mist?"

He was genuinely curious about this.

After all, Moon Person players had no opportunity to witness the death of a Sun Person player.

Li Ku, however, did not answer him. He pressed those two pure white eyeballs against the scars on his face.

The pure white eyeballs seemed to be sucked into the scar crevices, disappearing in an instant.

Li Ku, still with that expressionless face, addressed everyone: "Although it's still uncertain what caused the previous great fire, there's no doubt—this place is not safe to stay."

"Let's relocate first!"

"Relocate where?" Lin Dong, who had been quite opinionated before, now clearly intended to follow Li Ku's arrangements.

Li Ku's gaze turned to Chen Cang. With a wave of his large hand, the Bluish-Grey Long Tongue binding Chen Cang suddenly retracted into his sleeve.

It looked like...

He had completely taken over Qi Lin's ability?!

Chen Cang was inwardly shocked. Once his horn touched the ground, he heard Li Ku address him:

"Did you obtain a dungeon space from that previous eerie fire?"

Chen Cang, this time, wasn't as disrespectful as he had been towards Qi Lin, but his attitude was neither subservient nor arrogant. He asked in a deep voice, "What do you want?"

Li Ku's attitude towards Chen Cang wasn't as contemptuous as Qi Lin's either.

He also replied neither subserviently nor arrogantly: "Right now, the most dangerous place is the safest."

"What I mean is, we enter that dungeon space."

Hearing this, Chen Cang frowned.

He wasn't surprised that Li Ku wanted to enter the Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh space. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

But what did he mean by... the most dangerous is the safest?

With the Fire Chain in his hand, the Blood Pool and Forest of Flesh space couldn't possibly be "the most dangerous" for him.

Unless...

Sure enough, he heard Li Ku continue:

"What I mean is, we all enter the dungeon space, then leave the space key behind at this location."