[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c":3,"chapter-surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-164":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Surviving the Doomsday Apartment—With Infinite Clones!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},949586,1242,"Chapter 164: Buying a Little Eerie","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-164",164,"\u003Cp>This time, that round black head didn’t turn, it simply replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If your friend can get the Trader to make a move, then naturally he’ll know whether the Trader meets the requirements.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem was—Jiang Ye had taken on the mission to kill the Apartment Trader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back when he first accepted the Kill the Apartment Administrator mission, the 1010 Administrator immediately came up with a trap for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the mission had moved on to the Apartment Trader, there was no telling whether the Trader was already preparing to go after him too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such circumstances, how could he possibly convince the Apartment Trader to help him devour the Entropy Scythe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn’t the Trader lose face over that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Jiang Ye and the Administrator weren’t the same identity, and the Trader wouldn’t target his Administrator Replica...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now suddenly, the Administrator Replica wanted to use it for devouring—how could the Trader not get suspicious?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even just the suspicion that the Administrator and Jiang Ye were working together...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That alone would be enough reason for the Trader to refuse help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the 4444 Administrator was so unique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bunch of top players wanted him dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just because of that identity, the Trader probably wouldn’t help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even if he did agree, there was a good chance it’d be a trap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So whether the Trader was willing to help or whether Jiang Ye was willing to accept that help...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This path through the Apartment Trader seemed blocked on both ends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden idea flashed in Jiang Ye’s mind—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s say...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Trader disguised himself as Jiang Ye...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Jiang Ye fused with the Trader, and used the Trader’s top-tier spatial ability himself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would that give him the three minutes needed to devour the Entropy Scythe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, would he be able to manipulate the Trader into disguising as him before the Entropy Scythe’s time limit expired?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another issue—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Trader really had tons of Replicas...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If just one of them disguised as him, could Jiang Ye only control that one disguised Replica, or would he gain control of all of the Trader’s Replicas?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, this path seemed workable...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But actually pulling it off probably wouldn’t be so easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye sighed inwardly and even let out a sigh on his face, then said to the pitch-black scalp:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget it. My friend didn’t have much hope to begin with. Since it’s not meant to be, let’s just let it go. No need to force it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he said this, his gaze drifted to the nearby bookshelf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bookshelf had a creepy aesthetic—designed like a traditional Chinese medicine cabinet, with rows and compartments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye glanced over, then looked back and said to the head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Either way, thanks for your guidance on my friend’s matter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As a token of appreciation, I’ll support your business a little—buy one or two little eeries to play around with.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pitch-black scalp still showed no emotion. After knocking on the bar counter a couple of times, an aged and calm voice replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Same old rule—leave it to fate, random selection.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Ying knew the rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back when he came to this old guy to wash his Glyph Pattern and awaken a new ability, he’d also been forced to pick his little eerie randomly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, Wu Ying had felt—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Awakening a Glyph Pattern Ability was a life-changing event. There was no such thing as overthinking it. How could you just close your eyes and pick randomly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how much he reasoned, he couldn’t get the old guy to change the rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he had no choice but to compromise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, Wu Ying had pretty good luck and ended up with a decent little eerie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It really was fate—he managed to awaken Phantasm Parasitism smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that Glyph Pattern Ability not only had solid development potential, it was also fairly rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the entire Doomsday Apartment, players who had Phantasm Parasitism probably didn’t even fill up one hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, no matter the rarity, strength was still what mattered most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how rare, a trash ability was still trash compared to a common powerful one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But common abilities were easily replaceable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rare ones? Irreplaceable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why top-tier organizations were often willing to be flexible with rare abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also a key reason why Wu Ying, despite being stuck at Tier 3, had still been able to join the Duoe Organization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye had enough Replicas, and could own a huge variety of Glyph Pattern Abilities—just like his Talents, he could have as many as he wanted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he was kind of looking forward to it—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For most players, Eerie Transformation meant death, meant having their identity taken over by an eerie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Ye’s situation seemed... different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If his Replicas underwent Eerie Transformation during ability awakening...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would the Replicas truly lose consciousness?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even transformed, they were still his Replicas!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Jiang Ye had some doubts—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if his Replicas transformed from Human Player to Eerie Player...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the influence of Infinite Replication, they might still be under his control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At most, like Blackened Replicas, they’d stop sharing his consciousness but still be loyal to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, Jiang Ye just wanted to experiment with awakening a Glyph Pattern Ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the ability’s strength—that wasn’t his focus for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, of course, he had no problem following the Eerie Nurturer’s rules—random selection was fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He scanned the entire wall of shelves and went with his gut—pointed at two nearby compartments, then asked the pitch-black scalp:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How about these two?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, the scalp knocked twice on the counter again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two selected compartments opened on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the left one was a teacup, half-filled with clear water, and a nearly invisible, rice-sized water bug swimming inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked kind of like a jellyfish—surprisingly pretty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The right one held a rusted pushpin, its tip bearing a tiny, trembling red dot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye waved his hand and pulled out a white jade container from Wu Ying’s Spatial Item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carefully transferred both little eeries inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the pitch-black scalp reminded him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That white jade box can only store them for half an hour. Any longer will affect their vitality.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye nodded and asked, “Same old price?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Same old.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Jiang Ye pulled out Wu Ying’s Survival Jade Token and handed over 22 Survival Points to the old guy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still felt a bit of a sting in his heart—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just two little eeries cost 22 Survival Points?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was enough to generate 22 Replicas!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye thought—once he figured out how to awaken Glyph Pattern Abilities properly, he’d stop wasting money like this and try catching some wild little eeries for awakening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that in mind, and after exchanging a few polite words with the pitch-black scalp, he left the Eerie Nurturer’s shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he stepped out, he let out a breath of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, his first action under Wu Ying’s identity had gone smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced again at the room number plate—T-2025—then took a winding path and left on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back inside the Nurturer’s shop, the pitch-black scalp started spinning again, like a broken-down machine—left turn, right turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it knocked on the counter a few more times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the sound that came from the round, black head was no longer the aged voice Jiang Ye had heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a cold, mechanical tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what it said was a quote from Einstein—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“God does not play dice...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as that line echoed out,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint dice projection suddenly appeared above the round black scalp, spinning wildly and endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye knew nothing of this. It wasn’t until he returned to Wu Ying’s staff dorm that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed the two jade boxes into his Replica Shared Space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now, even Replicas back in the Beginner Apartment could directly retrieve them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, since this was just an experiment, it was safest to use a disposable Replica.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had a feeling—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little eeries bought from the mysterious Nurturer might not be so simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he didn’t want to waste them on a disposable Replica.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, right at that moment, a wild, crazy idea popped into his head—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could a Light-Type Replica truly not awaken a Glyph Pattern Ability?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would happen if he forced one onto Light?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no danger to the Light Replica.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the invading little eerie might get purified by light instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning the Light Replica wouldn’t even get the chance to awaken—the little eerie would die first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye wondered whether this kind of issue could be resolved through Replica Fusion or some other Replica Skill...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in any case, he had bought two little eeries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he decided to test the waters with a Dark-Type Replica first.\u003C\u002Fp>",1486,"2026-06-03T07:17:36.055Z","2026-06-03T07:17:41.424Z",1,"novelbin.me","b637d5535f3a40f0bc2704e0260adced001707fe28862d0384594654ee96a133","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-165","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-163",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]