Huh?

Wait??

This "senior"...

Seems a bit strange!

The new Jiang Ye without memories was completely clueless about the current situation.

But he still possessed some instinctive common sense and judgment.

This eerie environment...

The bizarre infant laughter and crying coming from the gloomy sky above...

And this red-eyed, out-of-control senior right before his eyes...

This was clearly not a normal world!

In such circumstances, with Jiang Ye knowing nothing, logically he should be in extreme danger, at risk of dying on the spot at any moment.

However...

After he shouted "Senior, spare my life," he keenly noticed—

This out-of-control, insane senior seemed to harbor no ill will toward him at all, showing absolutely no intention of attacking him.

He was simply going mad, sometimes clutching his head in agony, sometimes raising his head to roar at the infant laughter and crying in the sky, sometimes stomping his feet fiercely, looking so irritated and furious he seemed ready to kill...

In short, this insane senior was clearly not normal.

But he didn't seem like he would harm him.

Thinking this, Jiang Ye tentatively waved his hand in front of the insane senior's bloodshot eyes, testingly calling out, "Senior? Are you okay?"

The senior let out a beast-like roar, his bloodshot eyes devoid of any human emotion.

Jiang Ye was frightened by this reaction and took half a step back, but still mustered his courage to test further, quickly discovering—

This insane monster really didn't seem like it would harm him!

But was this "no harm" temporary or permanent?

If it was only temporary, then this monster could hurt him at any moment.

Jiang Ye realized that although he had no memories, he seemed to be a rather cold and selfish person.

He seemed to value his own safety highly.

After making this judgment, Jiang Ye soon made another decision—

He directly delivered a hand chop to the back of the insane senior's head.

Originally thinking this would knock the insane senior unconscious.

But the senior remained completely insane and unaffected!

So Jiang Ye mustered his courage again, targeting a ring hanging around the senior's neck.

He reached out, pulling the ring out from inside the collar.

Such impolite behavior would be impossible to use on a normal person.

Fortunately, this senior was insane and offered no resistance.

Thus, Jiang Ye tentatively removed the ring.

After some investigation, he discovered it was actually a spatial storage item!

Most of the things inside were unfamiliar to him.

However...

Jiang Ye soon hardened his heart, took out a sharp knife, and directly stabbed it into the insane senior's heart.

While committing this evil act, he kept thinking to himself—

Although I don't know what relationship we have...

But since you're in such pain, I'll just have to help you find release. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

If you truly have grievances, I hope you won't blame me; blame the bastard who caused my amnesia!

Thinking this, Jiang Ye rationalized killing the insane senior as helping him find release, making him feel increasingly justified as he twisted the sharp knife embedded in the senior's heart.

Of course, he still felt some unease, uncertain whether this knife could truly kill the senior...

But soon, the insane senior's out-of-control movements gradually stopped.

Those monster-like bloodshot eyes quickly grew dull.

Clearly, with Jiang Ye's dangerous actions, life force was draining from the insane senior inch by inch...

Jiang Ye had truly killed this insane senior.

Before he could process what emotions he felt...

Jiang Ye's mind suddenly heard a notification sound—

[Ding!]

[Clone kills clone, you may choose:]

[1. Convert clone to survival points]

[2. Clone revival]

What?

The sudden voice startled Jiang Ye, making him shudder!

His first reaction was that the wronged senior was coming to trouble him after death...

After calming down a bit and listening carefully to the prompt's content, he was again utterly confused—

What?

Clone kills clone... What does that mean?

Breaking it down literally, it seemed to mean...

He, killed, the insane senior;

Equals—

Clone, killed, clone.

So...

He was a clone, and the insane senior was also a clone?

Of... the same person's clone?

But where was this "same person"?

One clone went insane, another lost memories; shouldn't the clone's owner have some reaction?

Or perhaps...

Jiang Ye's mind instantly conjured up a more plausible scenario—

The clone's owner might have encountered an unprecedented crisis.

So severe that the owner's clones were also in danger.

And in that unknown peril, two of the owner's clones, one went insane, one lost memories...

The owner themselves was also in grave danger.

With this mental scenario, Jiang Ye instantly turned pale—

This is terrible! Isn't this a guaranteed death situation?

The clone owner awaits rescue;

The powerful clone is insane;

Leaving him, this clueless weakling clone, to shoulder the fate of saving the clone owner...

After this reasonable analysis and mental scenario, Jiang Ye had no choice but to refocus on the prompt in his mind—

Choose survival points? Or revive the clone?

What are survival points? Literally they seem to be for survival, maybe some kind of currency?

Revive clone should mean resurrecting the insane clone he just killed...

Although Jiang Ye himself was the one who killed the insane clone.

But that was because he was afraid of death.

Now it was basically confirmed that the insane clone's characteristic of not harming him stemmed from them both being clones.

Then this "no harm" shouldn't be temporary.

So the insane clone might be trustworthy.

Thinking this, Jiang Ye quickly made a decision—

He chose option 2: Clone revival!

Thus, the insane clone that had just been stabbed through the heart returned to normal.

And...

The revived insane clone, though his eyes remained as red as a monster's.

He no longer screamed and shouted like a ghost, but began to completely share consciousness with the amnesiac Jiang Ye!

Of course, the shared consciousness was also the amnesiac Jiang Ye's consciousness.

No additional information.

However, after complete consciousness sharing, the amnesiac Jiang Ye could now check this insane clone's status.

First of all, the insane clone didn't look like Jiang Ye.

So his name wasn't Jiang Ye either, but—

[Ji Zixuan]

[Level: 10]

[Physical: 100]

[Spirit: 100]

[Combat Power: 1808]

[Survival Points: 7]

[Talent: Dark Element Affinity (S)]

[Skills: Biochemical Mutation (S), Shadow Veil (A), Shadow Pulse (A), Shadow Clone (A), Shadow Step (B)]

[Glyph Pattern: Flesh Weaving (Second Stage), Flesh Worm Curse (First Stage)]

This level 10 data panel, compared to the amnesiac Jiang Ye's initial level 0 panel, could already be considered quite strong.

Yet strangely...

Perhaps it was because he was too unsatisfied.

The amnesiac Jiang Ye's combat power had just passed 5, but when he viewed this "senior" clone's data from the clone's perspective...

He inexplicably felt...

It was just okay, not particularly strong.

Could it truly be... human greed knows no bounds?

Jiang Ye silently despised his own greed.

Incidentally, while checking the data panel, he also learned some information from the level rankings and chat groups.

First, this Ji Zixuan clone was indeed considered a senior.

Before the apartment fusion, he was the level ranking first in Apartment 4869, and a player widely acknowledged as quite strong.

Other players did indeed respectfully call him senior.

However, not long ago, Apartment 4444 and Apartment 4869 underwent a fusion.

Compared to Apartment 4444's players, this Apartment 4869's widely acknowledged senior Ji Zixuan didn't seem that strong anymore.

From the chat group, it was clear that Apartment 4444's players were noticeably arrogant in tone, not putting Apartment 4869's players in their eyes at all.

Naturally, they didn't put Ji Zixuan in their eyes either.

Their target seemed locked on a player named Li Ku.

And this Li Ku...

Seemed to be the main reason for the sudden fusion of Apartment 4444 and Apartment 4869.

This Li Ku, who knew where he came from.

Maybe he carried some treasure?

The administrators targeted him, and Apartment 4444's strong players targeted him too.

Of course, those Apartment 4444 players might also be acting on the administrators' orders.

Jiang Ye was continuously organizing information from the chat group, trying to understand his situation as quickly as possible.

Then suddenly found himself in the gossip—

The chat group actually had messages from his Ji Zixuan clone specifically @Li Ku!

And...

Jiang Ye soon discovered—

This Ji Zixuan clone had actually added Li Ku as a friend!

Moreover, the tone in their private chat clearly indicated the two were quite familiar!

Even this Li Ku actually used a consultative tone, asking Ji Zixuan if he could kill players...

This...

Clearly, in the eyes of Apartment 4444's players, this Li Ku should be much stronger than Ji Zixuan.

But Li Ku's attitude toward Ji Zixuan didn't seem strictly based on who was stronger.

So...

Could it be that Li Ku knew Jiang Ye clone's original body?

Although the Ji Zixuan clone and Jiang Ye clone weren't very strong, their original body was strong?

So Li Ku was this friendly and even respectful toward the Ji Zixuan clone?

Seemed... plausible.

But...

Some thoughts arose in Jiang Ye's mind to refute this viewpoint.

He suddenly noticed the chat group's topic had somehow focused on him.

Specifically, on "Jiang Ye," himself.

The first to mention Jiang Ye was an Apartment 4444 player, saying they found the name "Jiang Ye" in the member list.

Then other Apartment 4444 players wondered what was special about this name.

Then others explained—

This "Jiang Ye" was a very fierce newcomer who appeared on Day Eight of the Doomsday Apartment.

Legends about him circulated among the audience seats of the Player Battle Room.

It was said that on Day Eight of the Doomsday Apartment, even though the Novice Apartment session Jiang Ye was in hadn't ended yet, many veteran players already regarded him as the fiercest Newcomer King!

Even many high-level forces in the Doomsday Apartment were very interested in and optimistic about this newcomer.

However...

Perhaps it was heaven envying talent?

The Abyssal Cataclysm at the end of Day Eight completely destroyed that entire Novice Apartment session!

That Novice Apartment session was completely wiped out, not a single newcomer survived...

Including that fiercest Newcomer King.

Therefore, the name "Jiang Ye" made many veteran players sigh with regret.

Of course, whether it was genuine or feigned regret, who knew.

Anyway, "Jiang Ye" became a name veteran players in the Battle Room occasionally mentioned.

And now, this fused Apartment 4444 suddenly had the name "Jiang Ye" appearing...

Those Apartment 4444 game players naturally couldn't help but speculate:

[This Jiang Ye... Could he also have been resurrected from the underground Burial Ground?]

[Impossible, right? The final Novice Apartment session on Day Eight was completely wiped out! If game players could really be resurrected from the underground Burial Ground, how could it only be Jiang Ye?]

[I think it's just the same name! @Jiang Ye, come out and tell us yourself, are you the Jiang Ye from Day Eight?]

The @'ed Jiang Ye didn't dare make a sound.

More importantly, he didn't know if he was that person!

From the perspective of being a clone...

It was possible.

But how did he survive the "Abyssal Cataclysm" mentioned by the players?

Maybe relying on clone ability?

Then was the original body in his imagination trapped by the danger of the "Abyssal Cataclysm"?

Strangely, Jiang Ye had no memories, but seemed instinctively inclined to save the original body.

Even though he didn't know if the so-called "original body" truly existed.

So, saving the original body might be an instinct engraved in his bones?

The @ in the group, Jiang Ye ignored.

Instead, Li Ku sent another message to "Ji Zixuan":

[The monsters in the entire apartment seem to have truly gone out of control! Eternal Witch Gui, you should be fine, right?]

[And that Jiang Ye... Do you know what's going on?]

Huh?

This Li Ku...

Jiang Ye repeatedly pondered these two sentences, trying to deduce Li Ku's psychology.

The apartment monsters going out of control seemed to have happened a while ago.

When it first happened, Li Ku didn't ask.

Now asking, probably caring about "Eternal Witch Gui" was just incidental; asking about "Jiang Ye" was the real purpose.

And Li Ku seemed certain "Eternal Witch Gui" would be fine.

Then who was "Eternal Witch Gui"? Was it the original body Jiang Ye imagined?

Just as he thought this...

Jiang Ye suddenly sensed something unusual from the Ji Zixuan clone.

The Ji Zixuan clone instinctively pressed against his heart area.

The thumping heartbeat sounded normal.

But Jiang Ye just sensed something was off.

From the amnesiac Jiang Ye's perspective, looking at the Ji Zixuan clone's perpetually bloodshot eyes...

He suddenly suspected—

The source of the insanity might still be within this body!

Was it Eternal Witch Gui?

All the apartment monsters went out of control, Eternal Witch Gui also went out of control, causing the Ji Zixuan clone's insane loss of control?

After [Clone kills clone], Eternal Witch Gui retreated to the heart area, sharing this clone with the amnesiac Jiang Ye to control?

Seemed... for now, he could only understand it simply like this?

After having a general understanding of his own situation, Jiang Ye tried to imitate the "Ji Zixuan" tone from the chat records when replying to Li Ku:

[How much do you know about Jiang Ye's situation?]

Though "imitating," this tone didn't seem inconsistent with his own.

This should be the bond between clones.

Jiang Ye was trying to probe for information about the original body from this Li Ku.

However, Li Ku's reply was:

[I've only heard that name once when Lin Dong mentioned it in the Blood Pool Elevator, and earlier once at Du Yuheng's place too.]