This...

Could this be an additional effect of the [Salvation Domain]?

Jiang Ye didn't understand but was impressed, only feeling that the effect of this [Salvation Domain] was truly powerful!

The "Holy Light" it released actually directly illuminated this dark space!

It was also at this moment, by the light of these two "Holy Lights," that Jiang Ye finally saw clearly this eerie dark space located within Li Ku's crack eyes!

The reason for calling it eerie was because he only now realized—

This dark space clearly shared a remarkable similarity with the "White Light World" those two cannon fodders had fallen into!

That White Light World was completely white to the eye;

This dark space was completely black to the eye.

Whether it was the White Light World or this dark space, both were a void, having nothing at all.

There was no ground beneath his feet, no sky above his head.

Jiang Ye couldn't determine what the sensation was when inside that "White Light World."

But now, with the help of the Holy Light from the [Salvation Domain], he realized—this dark space was just like a universe without any stars, presenting as a dead, silent darkness.

Everything within the darkness was nothingness.

Jiang Ye couldn't help but wonder...

If viewed from the perspective of those Guan Gong Eyes, looking at him at this moment...

Would he appear as a white stick figure on a piece of black paper?

This conjecture made his mind inexplicably tense, giving rise to an indescribable, peculiar feeling.

And Li Ku also seemed astonished by the phenomenon of two "Holy Lights" descending into the dark space. He sent another message to "Ji Zixuan":

[This is the first time I've seen light appear in the dark space...]

[I always thought before that the entire dark space was filled with dark energy. Now, by the light of the Salvation Domain, it looks more like a black hole?]

[But I remember astronomy generally acknowledges the existence of 'dark matter' in the universe.]

[So perhaps dark energy is similar to 'dark matter' in the universe. Its existence makes this space look like a dark region within the vast cosmos?]

Jiang Ye couldn't judge the correctness of these viewpoints either.

However, following Li Ku's reasoning...

If the formation of this dark space was truly due to dark energy, similar to dark matter, filling the entire space...

Then was the formation of the White Light World caused by pure light energy filling the entire space?

Then...

Did the complete saturation of light energy or dark energy cause a dimensional collapse?

Or perhaps, the special arrangement and combination of these two energies distorted space? Compressing three-dimensional space into a two-dimensional plane?

Jiang Ye couldn't figure it out and didn't dwell on it excessively.

Right now, the Guan Gong Tattoo was frozen, and his own two clones were enveloped by the [Salvation Domain], in a state of absolute safety.

Thus, he could attempt the "clone revival" option of [clone kills clone].

He still felt somewhat nervous and uneasy inside.

After all, the light of the [Salvation Domain] only enveloped Jiang Ye's clone and Ji Zixuan's clone.

When the "Guan Ce clone" revived, he was essentially not enveloped by the [Salvation Domain] and could still very possibly be controlled by the Guan Gong Tattoo...

However, as long as he successfully became a clone, he could share this "Salvation Domain" through the Clone Fusion effect.

In fact, Jiang Ye couldn't help but ponder...

In the skill description of [Salvation Domain], the Salvation Domain must envelop two individuals to take effect.

If two individuals simultaneously within the Salvation Domain directly performed a [Clone Fusion], becoming one individual, what would happen?

He guessed it would most likely directly trigger the so-called "Salvation" judgment.

However, the "Salvation" judgment triggered by using [Clone Fusion] also seemed somewhat special.

After Clone Fusion, two people essentially became one person.

How could one person make two choices of trust and betrayal?

Probably... no matter what was chosen, it could only be "double trust" or "double betrayal"?

After briefly considering the possible situations and countermeasures after choosing "clone revival" for the killed Guan Ce...

Jiang Ye decisively made his choice.

When he confirmed the selection of [2. Clone Revival]...

The already dead Guan Ce indeed came back to life!

And directly came back to life with Jiang Ye's consciousness!

In that instant, Jiang Ye felt a new consciousness... or rather, his own consciousness, gaining control over Guan Ce's body!

He didn't become "dazed" like Guan Ce.

The frozen Guan Gong Tattoo also didn't lose control and run amok.

Everything was safe and sound, looking very smooth!

It was Li Ku who, noticing the wound on Guan Ce's neck healing and Guan Ce coming back to life, sent another message to "Ji Zixuan":

[This is... a successful body seizure?]

Jiang Ye replied: [It should be, it seems, yes...]

While shocked, Li Ku directly pointed out the key issue: [But the Guan Ce who was seized indeed doesn't have the Guan Gong Tattoo...]

Jiang Ye naturally understood the implication.

The reason Li Ku hoped the Witch Gui would seize Guan Ce was to use Guan Ce's Guan Gong Tattoo, or more precisely, use the "Guan Gong Eyes" effect of the Guan Gong Tattoo to reduce the difficulty of exploring the underground palace stairs.

But now, only seizing Guan Ce without mastering the Guan Gong Tattoo...

Then Li Ku's goal still couldn't be achieved.

Naturally, Jiang Ye also wanted to obtain this Guan Gong Tattoo.

But now, having obtained the Guan Ce clone, yet not obtaining the Guan Gong Tattoo...

What could he do?

Inexplicably, a bold idea popped into Jiang Ye's mind!

The inspiration for this idea came from obtaining the "Ji Zixuan clone."

The situation with the Ji Zixuan clone was also somewhat special.

That one body was equivalent to housing two of Jiang Ye's clones.

One was the physically visible Ji Zixuan clone.

The other was the completely out-of-control Witch Gui clone hidden within Ji Zixuan's body.

Although he couldn't sense the out-of-control Witch Gui clone, Jiang Ye knew of his existence; Ji Zixuan's out-of-control red eyes were evidence.

Then, since a "Ji Zixuan" could have the situation of a "physical body clone" and a "soul entity clone" coexisting...

Could such a situation be applied to "Guan Ce"?

Actually, Guan Ce's dazed state was like a pure physical body without a conscious soul body.

And this Guan Gong Tattoo...

It looked like a living creature with self-awareness!

It could rely on Guan Ce's physical body to exist, or directly break free from Guan Ce's body, drifting and flashing within this dark space...

So, overall, this combination of Guan Ce + Guan Gong Tattoo...

Very much resembled the combination of Ji Zixuan + Witch Gui!

Then...

Jiang Ye's bold idea was—

Could he, through another [clone kills clone] effect, completely transform the "Guan Gong Tattoo" into a clone as well?

Of course, besides the state of Guan Ce and the Guan Gong Tattoo closely resembling the combination of Ji Zixuan and Witch Gui, there was another reason for this bold idea...

The eyes of the Ji Zixuan clone and the Guan Gong Eyes both showed a similar red.

And not long ago, while exploring the underground palace, the perspective of the Ji Zixuan clone also seemed to share the Guan Gong Eyes' vision!

How exactly did this sharing form?

Other players didn't seem to have such an effect.

Jiang Ye even couldn't help but make a bolder guess—

Could this Guan Gong Tattoo itself also be one of his own out-of-control clones?

Due to the effect of the infant's crying and laughter, or some other reason...

Causing this clone, like the Witch Gui, to lose control and become undetectable?

Actually, this bolder guess also had basis—

At the apartment rooftop, the out-of-control red-eyed Ji Zixuan, even before being completely transformed into a physical body clone by the [clone kills clone] effect, never showed any intention to attack Jiang Ye from start to finish.

And just now, when Jiang Ye attempted to attack Guan Ce and the Guan Gong Tattoo directly detached from Guan Ce's body...

It only drifted and flashed in the darkness, completely without any intention to attack Jiang Ye!

This characteristic was exactly like the out-of-control Witch Gui!

So...

Synthesizing all these judgments.

Although this idea was bold enough, Jiang Ye decided to give it a try.

So, he used the Ji Zixuan clone again to reply to Li Ku:

[I understand what you mean, so next, I'm going to try to subdue this Guan Gong Tattoo.]

Li Ku didn't know what he was thinking, nor was he sure how much confidence he had.

He didn't say anything more, just watched quietly.

In Jiang Ye's idea, he originally planned to find a way to "kill" the Guan Gong Tattoo.

But according to the messages Li Ku sent earlier...

As the master of this dark space, he couldn't even "Erase" the Guan Gong Tattoo...

Then Jiang Ye wanting to kill this Guan Gong Tattoo was probably even more hopeless.

So, Jiang Ye's choice was...

He removed the [mimic mask] from the face of the red-eyed Ji Zixuan clone.

Using Ji Zixuan's most original appearance, and those red eyes that even the [mimic mask] couldn't conceal, he made eye contact with the Guan Gong Eyes frozen in the darkness.

At the beginning of this eye contact, the palpitations were far less intense than when he first explored the underground palace and met the gaze of the Guan Gong red eyes.

However, as he concentrated intently, even the consciousness from his other clones all focused on the Ji Zixuan clone.

All his attention was placed on meeting the gaze of those red eyes of the Guan Gong Tattoo...

That inexplicable feeling of palpitations grew stronger and stronger!

Until the vision of the red-eyed clone once again shared with the Guan Gong Eyes!

And this time's vision indeed matched Jiang Ye's conjecture...

The entire "dark space" seemed like an entire "black light world" opposite the "white light world"!

However...

What astonished him was—

In this "black light world"...

From the perspective of the red-eyed Guan Gong, he saw the red-eyed Ji Zixuan gazing back!

Originally, Jiang Ye imagined that from the Guan Gong red eyes' perspective, he might be reduced to a white stick figure on a black piece of paper...

Yet...

The actual situation was that he appeared far more detailed than that crude, simplistic stick figure.

Intricate details depicted all the facial features of "Ji Zixuan."

But this Ji Zixuan in this vision also didn't look like a sketch portrait outlined with white lines on black paper.

Rather...

He still looked flat overall.

But seemed to possess a bit more three-dimensionality than a simple plane.

This extra sense of three-dimensionality made him look like...

Like a white relief sculpture on a black wall!

A relief mural full of vitality, seemingly about to burst out of that black wall at any moment, breaking through from a two-dimensional being to a three-dimensional being!

Unfortunately, Jiang Ye had no memories related to relief sculptures.

However, unlike when sharing the white light vision before...

Back then, he only had a very vague feeling of sharing.

But now, he directly saw "himself" within this shared vision.

Saw "himself" that seemed to grow on a black wall, appearing in the form of a white relief sculpture...

This act of "seeing," like when he saw that "white paper" before, had a very obvious problem—

Previously, in the White Light World vision, the eyes performing the act of "seeing" were essentially outside the "white paper."

Now, in the Dark World vision, these eyes performing the act of "seeing" were also clearly outside the "black wall."

But this was actually somewhat wrong!

The Guan Gong Eyes were clearly within the dark space!

If the entire dark space was a "black wall" in the Guan Gong vision...

Then the Guan Gong Eyes shouldn't be outside the black wall, but inside it!

Then how could a perspective from inside the wall see the entire wall's relief mural?

Of course, it was also possible that this space, which overturned cognition, had its own special characteristics.

It was also possible that those "Guan Gong Eyes," while appearing to be at the location of the red eyes, actually had a global vision akin to a "God's-eye view"?

Jiang Ye couldn't figure these out, but since he was inside, he could try to explore—

His first step of exploration was to try striking a pose...

Through his own movement, he indeed saw the relief mural in the shared vision making the exact same movement.

And there was no time lag at all...

This seemed to prove that the "relief mural" version of him in the shared vision wasn't a copy based on the real him.

Then, Jiang Ye's second step of exploration was to try moving in a direction "away from" the black wall.

Previously, the stick figures moving in the "white paper," "they" seemed unable to see the world outside the "white paper," thus confined to moving on the "white paper."

But now, Jiang Ye had already judged through the shared vision that the perspective of the "Guan Gong Eyes" was outside the black wall.

Then, moving towards the direction of the "Guan Gong Eyes" should be the direction "outside the wall," right?

So, Jiang Ye tried walking towards the Guan Gong Eyes, that is, the direction of those red dots.

Of course, because he was sharing the Guan Gong Eyes' vision, he lost his original vision, so currently he couldn't see the red dots.

But he knew the red dots were right in front of his eyes.

Because he was gazing directly at them!

So, Jiang Ye slowly walked forward.

When taking this action, he had a guess in mind—

Perhaps the white relief mural in his vision would show a "magnifying" trend.

Like a picture on a phone screen, when two fingers stretch outward, the picture can be enlarged.

The size of the phone screen doesn't change, and the apparent size of the picture doesn't change either.

Only the central part of the picture enlarges, with the edges overflowing beyond the screen.

The visual effect Jiang Ye imagined after approaching the red dots in the shared vision might be like this.

However, in reality, it wasn't...