This scene, for the amnesiac Jiang Ye, only stirred a strange, indescribable feeling in his heart.

Had he seen a similar image before? Or was it... a familiarity that transcended memory?

A familiarity that transcended memory?

Had he, before losing his memory, seen this image?

Or did he himself have some connection to this cross?

Jiang Ye couldn't explain it clearly.

Li Ku, on the other hand, had also seen this kind of giant cross.

However, he didn't think too much about it, only instinctively assuming—

This sudden enlargement of the cross was also a means of resisting entry into the Underground Palace.

It refused to approach within three meters of the Underground Palace entrance and had to be dragged over.

Finally dragged over, it deliberately enlarged itself, preventing him from entering the Underground Palace...

Li Ku was just thinking about whether he could shrink this cross and then forcibly drag it into the Underground Palace...

Suddenly, he noticed Li Hongbin and Gong Cheng's expressions showed an abnormal kind of shock.

That kind of emotion...

Li Ku directly leaped up, his entire body landing on the top of the giant cross, before looking down at the two and asking:

"You... do you know something?"

"K-know something??" Li Hongbin's personality was relatively arrogant, but his tone was even a bit stuttered now.

Jiang Ye also noticed their expressions were off and followed up by asking: "You... have you seen this kind of giant cross in the game, or somewhere else?"

Li Ku was even less polite, a strand of thread directly winding over.

He only controlled the person, not actually harming them.

But this domineering attitude was already intimidating enough.

Li Hongbin swallowed hard, speaking with difficulty: "No, I... I really don't know anything..."

"It's just that in the game, I heard the tombstone area of the Burial Ground was originally also a cross-shaped tombstone..."

"The entire tombstone area had only that one cross-shaped tombstone back then. And players didn't have the qualification to build new tombstones, nor could they explore the cross-shaped tombstone."

"Later, no one knows what happened, but the cross-shaped tombstone disappeared, turning into several ordinary tombstones."

"Initially, some players guessed a player had cleared the cross-shaped tombstone, but others refuted that, thinking if a player had cleared it, the player couldn't possibly be that low-key;"

"Later, it was speculated that maybe the exploration difficulty of the cross-shaped tombstone was too high, and the game secretly modified it, changing it to the later ordinary tombstones with reduced difficulty..."

"Of course, even those ordinary tombstones weren't something newbie players could handle. Many big spenders also perished inside..."

"The reason I'm shocked is that I think the cross-shaped tombstone you've brought out now looks very similar to the cross-shaped tombstone before the game modification..."

"That is, the one and only cross-shaped tombstone that originally stood in the tombstone area!"

Li Ku listened, slightly lost in thought.

"So, in the game, the entire tombstone area originally only had one cross-shaped tombstone standing..."

"Do you game players know where the later disappeared cross-shaped tombstone went?"

Li Hongbin instinctively wanted to shake his head, but feeling the thread wrapped around his neck, he stiffened, not daring to move, and said rigidly:

"I don't know, didn't I say? Players all thought it was modified by the game."

"Only now do we know it wasn't a game modification, it's a pity players back then didn't investigate deeply..."

After a moment of thoughtful silence, Li Ku suddenly asked:

"Among the people you know, do you know of anyone who has studied "Doomsday Apartment" particularly deeply?"

Li Hongbin fell silent for a moment, his face showing helplessness: "I do know a few, but those people aren't within our reach..."

Gong Cheng beside him, however, directly revealed: "That Administrator 4444 is actually a veteran player in the game."

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Hongbin looked at him with a hint of surprise.

Jiang Ye vaguely grasped the meaning of this "surprise."

This Li Hongbin probably didn't dare to offend Administrator 4444, so he wasn't so willing to directly reveal information related to Administrator 4444.

Thus, he was surprised that Gong Cheng actually dared to reveal this information directly on Administrator 4444's turf.

And this Gong Cheng... was indeed more aware of the current situation than Li Hongbin.

His revelation clearly carried a hint of trying to curry favor with Li Ku.

"After the Ninth Day Major Reshuffle, many privilege positions were vacant..."

"It seems those veteran players, through some unknown means, occupied many privilege positions."

"So now, many apartment administrators are mostly former game players."

"For example, the previous administrator of your Apartment 4869 should also have been a game player."

After directly revealing this information, Gong Cheng fell silent for a moment, then suddenly revealed: "About this cross, I might have seen a related post on the forum..."

This Gong Cheng really seemed to enjoy browsing forums.

Previously, that obscure post about the World Tree was also something he claimed to have seen.

Li Ku's crack eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, what other additional information do you know?"

However, at this moment, Gong Cheng looked up at the sky somewhat fearfully, seemingly afraid to speak.

Li Ku pondered briefly, then directly used a thread to drag Gong Cheng into his crack eyes.

This scene made Li Hongbin inexplicably stiffen all over.

Fortunately, he saw "the Boss" looking calm, even speaking to reassure him: "Don't worry, the space inside Li Ku's eyes is safe, see, I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?"

Li Hongbin then relaxed a bit, but to be honest...

He always felt that the Boss seemed a bit... different after coming out of Li Ku's crack eyes.

Was it an illusion, or...

Caused by the "loss of consciousness"? Or by losing the Guan Gong Tattoo?

Or...

Li Hongbin glanced at "Guan Ce" and silently nodded.

As for the Ji Zixuan clone, before he could even ask Li Ku, he received a message actively shared by Li Ku, information Li Ku had obtained from Gong Cheng:

[According to what Gong Cheng said, he saw a claim in a forum post—]

[That this 4444 Apartment actually has two Burial Grounds, one open and one hidden. This underground Burial Ground that players all know about is an open Burial Ground.]

[Besides this Burial Ground, there is another concealed one that players cannot enter.]

[And the tombstone area of that secret Burial Ground is a giant cross.]

[It's said the secret Burial Ground is the private property of Administrator 4444. And...]

Li Ku paused slightly, seeming somewhat hesitant.

But after glancing at Jiang Ye, he continued sending the message: [The cross I obtained on the 44th floor of the Blood Pool Elevator also seems to belong to Administrator 4444.]

[Because the Death State effect I gained through the cross is, in the game, Administrator 4444's ability.]

[And in the game, the only ability that can pierce through the Death State is also... that Taboo.]

Previously, when mentioning the Taboo, Li Ku was merely curious.

But now, mentioning it, he finally carried a deep wariness, along with a hint of something strange.

By this point, Li Ku had an inexplicable feeling...

That "Taboo" which players in the instance couldn't articulate...

Seemed to be specifically targeted against him, which was why it couldn't be articulated!

Then, was his inability to realize what that "Taboo" was also a result of being targeted?

Many guesses flashed through Li Ku's mind.

He even began to feel—

Guiwen's loss of control and amnesia might also be the result of being targeted in some way!

He didn't share these guesses with Guiwen.

But he could guess that Guiwen should also have some awareness.

After a moment of silence, Li Ku continued sharing with "Ji Zixuan":

[Regarding the one open and one hidden Burial Ground, there's another claim—]

[The open underground Burial Ground superficially has the ability to bury players and resurrect players.]

[But the true resurrection ability lies within that secret Burial Ground belonging to Administrator 4444.]

[At the same time, players in the post speculated that the cross-shaped tombstone in the secret Burial Ground might be the source of the entire Burial Ground's resurrection ability.]

[Including Administrator 4444's Death State ability, most likely also comes from that cross-shaped tombstone.]

[There were even players who guessed—perhaps within that cross-shaped tombstone hides an ultimate BOSS waiting for resurrection.]

An ultimate BOSS waiting for resurrection?

Jiang Ye looked at the giant cross-shaped monument that had stopped at the Underground Palace entrance in his field of vision.

After a brief moment of thought, he asked Li Ku: [Do you feel anything? Is there any creature waiting for resurrection hidden within your cross?]

Li Ku shook his head: [Facing the cross, I don't feel anything inside it. However...]

[I have suspected that the dark areas within the cracks in my body, those beyond my control, might be hiding something.]

As he spoke, he added: [That pair of red eyes you left in my dark space has already run off into the dark areas I don't control... I don't know what state it's in now.]

Jiang Ye was thoughtful, but he still couldn't sense that pair of red eyeballs.

He didn't request to go back into Li Ku's dark space to check. Instead, after a moment of silence, he used his normal speaking voice to say to Li Ku:

"All 90 routes probed down just now have reached the bottom of the staircase. The view is the same as the first route without taking a branch—a expanse of white light."

"Considering Guan Ce fell into a loss of consciousness state after his differentiated Guan Gong Eyes entered the white light, I'm now uncertain whether to directly charge in..."

All white light...

But surely it couldn't be that all those branching paths lead to the same endpoint?

At this moment, Li Ku released Gong Cheng from his crack eyes.

After a brief consideration, he said to Jiang Ye:

"I want to try blocking the Underground Palace entrance with this giant cross."

Jiang Ye was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Then go ahead and try."

So, Li Ku jumped down from the top of the cross to a spot several meters away.

The black threads emerging from his body once again grabbed the giant cross and began dragging it towards the Underground Palace...

These threads themselves contained special spatial rules.

So during the dragging process, Li Ku wasn't actually using "strength" in the physical sense, but rather his "spirit attribute."

This time, the strings in his mind tightened, emitting a warning-like buzzing sound.

However, once Li Ku decided on something, he didn't retreat.

Soon, the buzzing in his mind turned into buzzing in his ears.

As the giant cross-shaped monument moved towards the Underground Palace entrance, it seemed to cause the entire underground Burial Ground to tremble slightly!

Li Hongbin and Gong Cheng, along with those few Cannon Fodders, couldn't help but swallow hard.

Jiang Ye, however, realized that this slight trembling sound didn't seem to be the sound of the ground shaking, but more like...

He was still pondering what this sound resembled more.

Then he suddenly saw iron chains, like living iron snakes, abruptly drilling out from the ground of this tombstone area!

They rapidly climbed up the entire giant cross, firmly restraining it!

That's it!

The buzzing sound they heard wasn't ground vibration, but the sound of these "iron snakes" crawling!

And as the iron snakes crawled, Jiang Ye clearly felt—

The administrator hidden in some unknown branch of the Underground Palace, who was originally stationary, suddenly began moving at extreme speed towards the Underground Palace entrance!

Jiang Ye hurriedly sent a message to Li Ku:

[The administrator in the Underground Palace is coming out towards the entrance!]

And Li Ku's condition seemed somewhat off!

His face, covered in scars, even his eyes were scars, so nothing could be discerned from his expression.

The main issue was that he showed absolutely no reaction to the message Jiang Ye sent!

Until the administrator, reacting extremely quickly, flew out from the remaining gap at the Underground Palace entrance, landing on his butt on the ground, letting out a long sigh of relief like someone who had narrowly escaped death.

In an instant, the expressions of all players in the underground Burial Ground inexplicably tensed up!

There was no helping it; this was the suppression of authority.

Just as Moon People players instinctively feared Sun People.

The amnesiac Jiang Ye also felt a slight chill in his heart!

Mainly because Li Ku's current state was clearly not quite right!

Without Li Ku covering for them, these players probably weren't a match for this administrator!

Fortunately... the administrator seemed to think so too.

Once he recovered, his attention focused entirely on Li Ku.

Or more accurately... on the giant cross-shaped monument Li Ku was dragging with his threads.

Staring at the iron chains winding and flowing over the cross-shaped monument, the administrator's rigid, cold eyes looked as if he had seen a ghost!

After a long while, his gaze shifted from the cross-shaped monument, landing instead on... "Guan Ce."

This glance again looked as if he had seen a ghost; he almost unabashedly stared and asked: "Where's your tattoo?!"

Guan Ce, also Jiang Ye's newly acquired clone, once again displayed Jiang Ye's miraculous acting skills—

He appropriately showed a tense expression in the face of the administrator, his voice slightly stiff:

"The tattoo... I don't know..."

"After the Guan Gong Eyes probed into the white light of the Underground Palace, I lost consciousness..."

"When I recovered, the tattoo was gone..."

However, the administrator didn't accept this explanation at all.

He instinctively blurted out "How is that possible," then flashed over to the Guan Ce clone.

His large hand was about to press down on the Guan Ce clone's head.

At that moment, Jiang Ye didn't know what this administrator intended to do, but he instinctively felt fear!

Yet he seemed frozen in place, unable to move!

However...

Just as that hand was about to touch the Guan Ce clone's forehead...

Suddenly, a thread "whooshed" and wrapped around the administrator's wrist!

It even seemed to... restrain his movement!

Was it Li Ku?!

Had Li Ku not completely lost consciousness and was still paying attention here?

Jiang Ye was shocked, and Administrator 4444 was even more shocked than him!

He almost instinctively tried to use his Erasure privilege on the direction where the thread came from.

But the result...

The conditions for triggering the Erasure privilege were not met!

How was that possible?!

This thread had wrapped around him; didn't that count as an attack??

The administrator was utterly shocked, but he quickly speculated on two possibilities—

Either, due to the special nature of Li Ku's identity, he wasn't under this administrator's jurisdiction, making him unable to Erase Li Ku;

Or...

This thread that suddenly wrapped around his wrist... didn't belong to Li Ku?

Even this action of actively wrapping around wasn't commanded by Li Ku.

Therefore, this didn't count as Li Ku actively attacking an administrator!