[{"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-204":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},949476,1242,"Chapter 204: Twelve Tombstones","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-204",204,"\u003Cp>That Protagonist Halo effect…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was honestly too tempting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were someone else, it wouldn’t matter. Tempted or not, they couldn’t do anything about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Ye was tempted—because he had a way to turn Chen Cang’s Player Panel into his own!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he not start scheming against Chen Cang?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that, if he had an item with deduction abilities, he wouldn’t have to act so cautiously all the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like just now—getting the Defender’s Replica...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, the process of eliminating the Defender seemed smooth on the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only Jiang Ye knew the anxiety and self-doubt buried deep inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he had to summon a lot of courage to even send Qu Xing to sneak attack from the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being able to pull it off so smoothly was pure luck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though his endlessly spawning Replica Abilities did play a big role in the fight...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye knew very well—his victory wasn’t because he was strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because—the Defender was weak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not in strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his weaknesses were obvious, his mental toughness poor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t handle things calmly, but let his emotions mess with his state of mind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From start to finish, the Defender not only underestimated Jiang Ye,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but although he seemed to have the upper hand, he was actually led by the nose the whole time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the battle—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Light-type used a Glyph Pattern Ability, he was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Jiang Ye traded one-for-one with him—he revived but felt pained and even more shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering the Reincarnation Graveyard, he was completely confused, emotions fluctuating wildly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole time, everything he encountered—he actually had the means to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even that one-for-one trade—he could revive from it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purely in terms of power, he was definitely above Jiang Ye!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Glyph Pattern Ability Qu Xing risked his life to use barely controlled him for a few seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Jiang Ye, who was clearly weaker, won effortlessly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Defender's emotions were entirely under Jiang Ye's control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that emotional turbulence, he completely overlooked a seemingly trivial detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that detail—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that the Defender’s appearance had turned into Jiang Ye’s!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This key detail, buried beneath layers of shock, was totally ignored by the Defender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even at the moment of his death, he still looked like Jiang Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, it triggered the Replica Substitution's built-in resurrection effect…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this resurrection effect was superior to all other revival methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the real reason Jiang Ye won!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after he checked the precious items the Defender had—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye realized even more how unbelievably lucky he was in that fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That guy had all kinds of resurrection methods—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were practically endless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the highest-level one even came with a Spatial Transfer revival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the Giant Man-Eating Flower, which revived at the same spot...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one would bring him back to the Doomsday Apartment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Replica Resurrection priority hadn’t triggered first—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Defender hadn’t kept Jiang Ye’s appearance...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, if the Defender really did revive back at the Doomsday Apartment, Jiang Ye would’ve been screwed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything that happened afterward would’ve spun out of control!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignorance breeds courage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Jiang Ye understood, the more chills ran down his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even started to wonder—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he gotten reckless because Chen Cang triggered him too hard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or had he gotten a little too arrogant with his slight increase in strength?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, how could he have made such an impulsive move back then?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Getting that Defender’s Replica was all down to luck. Pure fluke!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, luck counts as strength too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn't rely on luck to get Replicas forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, making calculated moves ahead of time was absolutely necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his ability to gather intel was pitifully limited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye really wished he had an item—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That could scan an opponent and instantly give him something like:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Victory Chance: 20%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Replica Conversion Chance: 80%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clean, clear, intuitive data!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With something like that, he'd never need to take reckless risks trying to turn people into his Replicas!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, with such information, he might even “scoop up bargains” when powerful Replicas slip through the cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the Defender’s Replica he just got—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he summed it up, it would be:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Victory Chance: 0%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Replica Conversion Chance: 99%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Undefeatable, yet convertible into a Replica!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that was a real steal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye couldn’t help but fantasize—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe someday, even the Apartment Trader’s data would read:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Victory Chance: 0%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Replica Conversion Chance: 90%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that point…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he couldn’t beat them, he could still grab the Replica!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, these were just Jiang Ye’s fantasies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a convenient item...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Lin Ling, still holding onto a sliver of hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though more than anything, he was expecting her to hit him with another mocking line like:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How about I give you a longevity elixir and let you ascend to godhood?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to his surprise—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he mentioned the Soul Searching method before, Lin Ling looked at him like “are you dreaming?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, this request—which he thought was even more over-the-top—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling actually blinked, rested her chin on her hand and thought for a moment, then said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it were anyone else asking for that kind of item, I’d say it’d be tricky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But for the 4444 Administrator, I happen to have just the thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wave of her hand, she pulled out three—what looked like—white jade sticks covered in bizarre runes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye didn’t recognize them and was about to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Ling explained on her own: “These are three Human Bone Divination Sticks from the Corpse Whisper Bone Divination Set.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the Administrator’s Reincarnation Graveyard, there should be twelve tombstones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One of them is the Silent Tombstone, which can be used together with the Bone Divination Sticks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The three sticks represent: [Yes], [No], and [Cost].”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Administrator can ask the Silent Tombstone a true-or-false question.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Silent Tombstone will determine the difficulty of the question, then return a price on the [Cost] stick.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once the price is paid, it’ll give the answer via the [Yes] or [No] stick.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling’s explanation was fairly easy to understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye, listening to it, couldn’t help but feel shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were twelve tombstones in the Reincarnation Graveyard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t seen a single one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he saw in the Tombstone Zone was that cross-shaped tombstone that he couldn’t even look straight at—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>let alone approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This matter of the twelve tombstones was definitely worth looking into.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Corpse Whisper Bone Divination Sticks...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it’s about true-or-false questions,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just imagine—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I hand over the Reincarnation Key to the Apartment Trader, can I still monopolize the Reincarnation Graveyard?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are the odds of turning Lin Ling into a Replica—can they exceed 90%?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I try to convert Chen Cang into a Replica, will the Protagonist Halo ensure I meet a bad end?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the right angle, even true-or-false questions might yield valuable intel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, Jiang Ye hadn’t seen the Silent Tombstone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, he had no idea what sort of “costs” these true-or-false questions might demand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he didn’t know if the Bone Divination Sticks could be used right away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, not wanting to raise suspicion, he didn’t ask too directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s thought, he tentatively asked Lin Ling:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss, you said before the 4444 Administrator would never let you into the Reincarnation Graveyard...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So how do you know there are twelve tombstones in there? You even seem to know them really well?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, Lin Ling gave him a lazy sideways glance and replied coldly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quit your sneaky probing. That’s none of your business.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye wasn’t surprised. He just tried again, sincerely:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, I get along quite well with the 4444 Administrator. I’ve even had the chance to enter the Reincarnation Graveyard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But based on my observations of both the Graveyard and the Administrator…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t see any twelve tombstones, and the Administrator—maybe because he’s newly appointed—seems completely unfamiliar with the Graveyard. Like he’s still figuring things out…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did his best to sound like a neutral observer, sharing updates on the Administrator’s situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling listened thoughtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then suddenly snorted and said with a cold smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like the original 4444 Administrator wasn’t too stupid after all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Must’ve made ‘arrangements’ before the Administrator PK Battle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original 4444 Administrator’s… final arrangements??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye’s heart skipped a beat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew it! That old 4444 Administrator was hiding something!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dropped dead on the PK Arena without dropping anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And once Jiang Ye entered the Reincarnation Graveyard,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could feel something was off—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Raven Egg he’d been obsessively searching for was nowhere to be found;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t a single trace of the original 4444 Administrator having lived there!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it really had been cleaned up in advance by the original 4444!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Jiang Ye couldn’t help but feel alarmed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the original 4444 had arranged his “final affairs” in advance...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it possible... he still planned to resurrect in the Reincarnation Graveyard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could that even happen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, wait—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That guy’s fear of Light back then had been completely genuine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way he could’ve foreseen being Purified by Light on the PK Arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had the Death-State, making him nearly invincible against another Administrator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, he shouldn’t have had to arrange any “final affairs” ahead of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about it now, Jiang Ye suddenly realized—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he misunderstood the whole thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original 4444 Administrator’s preparations in the Reincarnation Graveyard might not have been to guard against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Wu Ying’s memories afterward—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The destruction of Apartment 4444 happened ahead of schedule,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even the Apartment Boss found it extremely troublesome and didn’t know how to handle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what happened in the end?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One Apartment Fusion, and that supposedly tricky issue was easily resolved!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did the Apartment Boss not know he could use VIP players to carry out a fusion for 4444?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably not the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More likely—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VIP players with the ability to perform a fusion on Apartment 4444…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even the Apartment Boss might not have been able to get them to act!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the 4444 Administrator did!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, it seemed like a casual announcement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But behind it, who knew how many ties existed between the 4444 Administrator and that VIP player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now Jiang Ye believed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original 4444 Administrator’s preemptive moves in the Reincarnation Graveyard...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>might not have been about wrapping up his affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could have been part of a deal with that VIP player—Mo Chayuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe the price of convincing Mo Chayuan was agreeing to let him into the Reincarnation Graveyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so he had to hide certain secrets inside the Reincarnation Graveyard in advance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye’s mind was spinning in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on the surface, he showed nothing, and simply followed Lin Ling’s line of thinking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re absolutely right, Boss. I also feel like this new 4444 Administrator seems to have no idea how to handle the Reincarnation Graveyard...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In that case, maybe the bribe for the third coffin can be tailored to that? You provide a few options, and I’ll choose one?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling gave him a sideways glance and sneered, “Hmph. You do have a bit of wit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for that little episode about him not meeting a good end,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling had originally planned to tailor her bribe offers based on her own assessment of the 4444 Administrator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Ye’s suggestion just now clearly forced her to lay out all the options she had prepared—for him to choose from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he made the final choice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he was still using Lin Ling’s knowledge of the Administrator’s identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t that just being cunning?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Lin Ling’s priority was getting Zhou Qiming as soon as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she didn’t argue with him. She waved her hand, and a row of items appeared for him to choose from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, she asked, “So for the second coffin, are you sticking with the Corpse Whisper Bone Divination Sticks?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye countered, “You got anything better for deduction?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling didn’t answer. She just summoned a shadow puppet and wrote a line inside the second coffin:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Three human bone divination sticks from the Corpse Whisper Bone Divination Set.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then her eyes fell back on Jiang Ye, who was browsing the items, and she added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides these tangible items, there’s also an information-based option—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I could provide the 4444 Administrator with contact info for VIP player Mo Chayuan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That did sound like a legitimate offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Ye thought to himself—what would I even do with Mo Chayuan’s contact info?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Invite that big shot to the Reincarnation Graveyard for tea?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have him compete with the Apartment Trader over the Reincarnation Key?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those kinds of top-tier players were way out of his league. Jiang Ye wasn’t about to make contact with them this early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing a powerful player while still weak—it was just too suffocating!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better to find ways to improve his own strength first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So naturally, his focus stayed on the items Lin Ling had revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing he saw was an item also possessed by the Defender’s Replica.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like nothing more than a square white jade box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But inside the large outer box was a smaller square box nested within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The outer box was engraved with elegant patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inner one was covered in strange glyphs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that his Eye of True Sight no longer showed up on his Player Panel,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling explained on her own:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This thing’s called the Witchbone Life Casket.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You store a sliver of your soul in the outer box, and carry the inner box with you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you die unexpectedly, the inner box dies in your place, and you revive at the location of the outer box.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Items like this, which let you revive elsewhere, are far more valuable than those that revive you on the spot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all, reviving at the original location makes it easy to get corpse-camped and killed again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Plus, the Witchbone Life Casket has high resurrection priority and is very convenient to use.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People like Lin Jing and Ouyang would probably drool over something like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Ye wasn’t impressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he already had Replica Substitution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, the loot he got from the Defender’s Replica included a Witchbone Life Casket already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this item didn’t appeal to him at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye had already moved past the phase of blindly prioritizing survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he wanted now—was power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True, overwhelming power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or at least, methods to help him gain power…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he shook his head and said, “The 4444 Administrator has Death-State. I don’t think he really cares about revival items.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling raised her brow. “And how long does he think that Death-State is going to last?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True, after handing the Reincarnation Key to the Apartment Trader, it seemed the Death-State no longer worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Jiang Ye wasn’t interested in revival items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze shifted to a flawless piece of white jade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling didn’t mind and kept explaining:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the Carefree Dao Stone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Administrator can’t leave the Apartment due to rule restrictions, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With this, those rules no longer apply. He can travel across Apartments at will.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye blinked. Whoa, so that’s what it did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And, turns out, this was another item the Defender’s Replica had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that the Defender and Lin Ling, though both veteran players, were able to ignore the rules and leave Apartment 0000 early using this Carefree Dao Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Ye had already gotten one from the Defender’s Replica,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so there was really no need to take another one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was shaking his head and about to look at the next item,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling added, “This item can also be used by regular players.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With it, cross-apartment movement no longer consumes Survival Points.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And more than that...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice suddenly turned a little meaningful:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you pair this Carefree Dao Stone with a grain of Light Burn...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then even regular players can replicate the effects of Light and Shadow Escape.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, Light Burn still poses a threat to Dark-type Players.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So this method of use is limited to non-Dark-type players.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she said that, everyone present was shocked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Wang Lingling, who had long suffered from Light Burn, immediately thought—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had Light Burn in her body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could she transfer the one tormenting her into that Carefree Dao Stone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were that easy to remove Light Burn, Dark-type Players wouldn’t be so terrified of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that Wang Lingling lacked knowledge and didn’t know any better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Ouyang, who had previously eavesdropped on Lin Ling’s conversation with the Apartment Boss alongside Jiang Ye,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>couldn’t help but wonder—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An item that required Light Burn to activate...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this crazy woman actually connected to some Light-type organization?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d already had a lot of suspicions while eavesdropping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his intel was so limited, he couldn’t make sense of everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye, on the other hand, was quite certain—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Defenders’ Alliance was indeed connected to a Light-type organization!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, he only knew that the Defenders provided rare materials that could mask Light-type aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t know what the Light-type organization offered in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he knew—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light-type Players could provide Light Burn to the Defenders!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Light Burn could actually be paired with items for new effects!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he was wondering—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the Carefree Dao Stone, were there other items that could be used with Light Burn?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What about that black ribbon Lin Ling used to wrap around Wang Lingling’s feet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what kind of item was that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she really so kind-hearted to let Wang Lingling go?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or would that item tied to Wang Lingling’s feet later offer Lin Ling something in return?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye pondered all this, but still had no interest in the Carefree Dao Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he looked at the next item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strictly speaking, it wasn’t just one item—it was a stack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six masks, piled together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling began explaining them one by one:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These six masks aren’t a set, and each has a completely different effect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This one, Mourning Mask of the Dead, lets you randomly absorb part of a player’s memory after killing them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh? That’s a solid effect!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it’s only partial and random—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, Lin Ling had only given him five fragments of the Stone of This Life (Incomplete).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this Mourning Mask of the Dead had no usage limit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future, when Jiang Ye has his Replicas kill one another, revive, and kill again,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could use this item to acquire parts of their memory each time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that to himself, he remained expressionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling continued her explanation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This one is the Plague Doctor Mask. It grants immunity to disease, poison, and some curse effects.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For example, some Dark-type Abilities come with curse effects that seal Glyph Pattern Abilities.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As long as the curse level isn’t too high, this mask can grant immunity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, it can’t block Light Burn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even though Dark-type Players all see Light Burn as a curse, it’s not technically a curse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This mask’s effect…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye immediately thought of something and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I saw one of Chen Cang’s skills earlier called Shadow Curse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One of its curse effects can seal a player’s Glyph Pattern Abilities and S-tier or lower talents...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So would this Plague Doctor Mask be able to block that curse?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling raised a brow. “It can.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made this mask quite valuable too!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, Defender Players could directly extract Glyph Pattern Abilities from others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But curse effects that seal abilities weren’t limited to just that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Doomsday Apartment, veteran players had developed all sorts of curses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Wu Ying’s Phantasm Parasitism,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which failed to advance due to some unknown curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he’d had a mask like this back then, maybe he wouldn’t have spiraled so badly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Jiang Ye thought this, Lin Ling moved on to the next mask:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This one is Soul-Stealing Demon Mask. It has two effects.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, if you make eye contact for three seconds, you can mentally control a player.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Second, if you maintain eye contact for ten seconds, you can temporarily steal a random ability.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, the actual effect depends on both players’ Energy attributes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the gap is too large, it likely won’t work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn’t much of a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qu Xing’s Shadow Puppet could cultivate extremely high attributes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most interesting part to Jiang Ye—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was how this item’s effects resembled Qu Xing’s Glyph Pattern Ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, Qu Xing’s ability was only Tier 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But maybe once it leveled up, it too could temporarily steal other players’ powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if an item could have an effect on par with a Glyph Pattern Ability...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then maybe Jiang Ye’s earlier theory was correct—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Glyph Pattern Abilities were, in essence, also a kind of item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d already gotten the Tooth Crow Feather from the Defender’s Replica,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which could extract Glyph Pattern Abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye now suspected the entire Defenders’ Alliance had a method\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to extract players’ Glyph Pattern Abilities and refine them into items!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If all Glyph Pattern Abilities could be replaced by items…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then wouldn’t all those players who risked their lives to awaken them be nothing but jokes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye silently pondered this, keeping his expression blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Lin Ling continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The last three masks are Enforcer’s Mask, Faceless Mask, and Deceiver’s Mask.”\u003C\u002Fp>",3602,"2026-06-03T07:17:36.055Z","2026-06-03T07:17:41.424Z",1,"novelbin.me","31f0674c84c6ffd7ad46fc4101a6ca8ee1c40fa52ded0a84c155a142163ca359","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-205","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-203",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]