[{"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-220":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},949492,1242,"Chapter 220: Defender Zhang Minghan","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-220",220,"\u003Cp>Stick… together?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye thought, well, that’s unexpectedly kind of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t even mind how ugly I look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he had some reservations in his heart:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sticking together like that—nothing weird’s gonna happen, right? Like, you won’t take advantage of me or something?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Xingyue: “???”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Me, take advantage of you? Have you even looked at that disaster of a face? I should be the one worried you’ll take advantage of me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...No, no.” Jiang Ye quickly explained, “Big Sis, you misunderstood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t mean that kind of ‘taking advantage’ between a man and a woman. I meant—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Or maybe, will you have the right to use my abilities?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was mainly worried that sticking together would work like fusing with a clone, and that He Xingyue might be able to borrow his abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Xingyue was speechless: “Come on, that’s obviously not possible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If just merging two beams of light could also merge abilities, wouldn’t all Light-type players become invincible by fusing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye thought: well, not exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with all my clones fusing, I only get a little stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still far from invincible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But yeah, thinking it through—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fusion of light and light should only be on a physical level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not quite at the “chemical reaction” level. No way abilities would stack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he didn’t press further. He activated Light and Shadow Escape and shifted his form into a beam of light, merging into the other beam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was his first time getting so up close with a girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in light-form, he could phase through walls—there was naturally no physical sensation toward another beam of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, He Xingyue knew there’d be no feeling either, which was why she allowed him to stick close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with a simple “Stick tight,” she indeed used her Light and Shadow Escape to take Jiang Ye flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While enjoying the ride, Jiang Ye thought—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This light-fusion method wasn’t a bad way to save energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His other clones were all busy: fighting opponents, grinding monsters, leveling up… overall, their stamina usage wasn’t too bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this particular Light-type clone had really high consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After analyzing the reason, it all came down to Light and Shadow Escape using way more energy than typical skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the five bottles of Moonlight Essence He Xingyue had given him earlier, he’d already sipped through four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was being super frugal—now he only had one bottle left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If, moving forward, other Light-type clones used Light and Shadow Escape to carry him, then the main Light clone’s energy drain could drop significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While thinking about that—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye suddenly realized He Xingyue had brought him to a new location, a space that resembled a Mirror Palace in the Void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like a Mirror Palace because all six surfaces of this space were mirrors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they zipped through in light-form, rays bounced and scattered everywhere, dazzling and disorienting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Xingyue quickly returned to her physical form and took a sip of Moonlight Essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she waved her hand and brought out three items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first two were the tools she’d promised to give Jiang Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third was Human-Skin Sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Spread this on your face. It’ll sting a little, but nothing you can’t handle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye thought, pfft, easy. One of my clones already has facial paralysis from raw pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was quite practiced by now. He quickly scooped a handful of Human-Skin Sand and rubbed it onto his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a brand-new Huang Bo–style 【Disguise Mask】 was freshly made.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye casually asked, “Can I keep the leftover Human-Skin Sand?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Xingyue didn’t care: “Sure, no problem. That stuff’s cheap.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But here—this one you’ll have to wear.” As she spoke, she handed Jiang Ye another 【Disguise Mask】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t the one he just made, obviously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She explained: “Since someone’s going to impersonate you, you’ll need to disguise yourself too—to prevent any complications.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye thought, wait a sec…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This disguise mask—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Am I supposed to disguise as Jiang Ye?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disguising as myself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he put the mask on, he just looked like an ordinary middle-aged bald guy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, guess it was the default version of a Disguise Mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye put it on and promised to stay undercover—not showing up again as Huang Bo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Xingyue nodded and reminded him, “Same reason as before—don’t use your Light-type abilities lightly either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye nodded again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then He Xingyue couldn’t help but jab at him: “You actually look a bit handsome now with that bald head.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Handsome my a**!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bald head ain’t even remotely good-looking!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye was speechless. He didn’t snap back. After a brief moment of thought, he passed along a message for He Xingyue:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That Defender player who tied me up earlier—he told me to deliver a message to the Light-type organization—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Black tides drown the steps of the temple,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The raven steals the weight from the scales,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow of Olympus is now laced with ashes from the crow’s wings.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s how it goes, I think. Do you know what it means?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Xingyue seemed lost in thought. After a long pause, she simply said, “I’ll pass it along for you,” and vanished with the Huang Bo–style Disguise Mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Jiang Ye standing there dumbfounded, thinking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell… Where even is this place? You could at least let me out, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the mirrored walls around him disintegrated into dust with a rustle, and he realized he hadn’t gone far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still within the ruins of the Mirror Palace in the Void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wearing the Disguise Mask and now appearing as a bald man, Jiang Ye stepped out of the ruins and returned to Room 6996.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he noticed something surprising—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Disguise Mask… actually wasn’t the default version after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must’ve been modified by the 【Mask Master】?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because now, when he appeared in Apartment 9669 wearing this mask, his displayed name was no longer “Huang Bo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a completely fake name—Lu Renjia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Reincarnation Graveyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Defender clone, resting atop the 【Stone of This Life】 to recall his memories, gradually absorbed the memory of that Defender player through his “dream.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those vivid memories instantly made the usually pure-hearted Jiang Ye feel thoroughly… tainted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been mentioned before—this Defender was a “handsome young man.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his looks? Yeah, genuinely handsome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he raided the newbie apartment to surround and eliminate the Light-types, that was still him without makeup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in his daily life at the Doomsday Apartment, this guy showed up to every occasion in full glam…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when he was fully made-up, his face was easily on par with any pop idol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes—where there are beauties, there are always men’s gazes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, for a man who meticulously maintained his handsome looks, it was only natural that there were always women around him too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Defender player’s original name was Zhang Wei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, he felt that such an ordinary name didn’t match his stunning looks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he changed his name to Zhang Minghan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In real life, Zhang Minghan was a model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, modeling was just his current occupation. His real dream was to become a celebrity idol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could chase that dream, he got swept into this Doomsday Apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy had it rough during his time in the newbie apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t have great talent, and his combat power was weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because he was good-looking, he became a target for other guys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Stone of This Life was much more effective than when Jiang Ye had previously stolen Wu Ying’s memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the point that Jiang Ye felt like the things that happened to Zhang Minghan had actually happened to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the particularly tragic experiences in those memories made him deeply uncomfortable—he’d never been beaten down like that before...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gave him a glimpse into what it felt like to be a powerless weakling in a world where strength was everything—how utterly devoid of dignity it could be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the kneeling, all the bootlicking—just to survive…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Zhang Minghan really was the kind of guy who could throw everything away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things that others would rather die than do—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could let go of all pride, just to stay alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was exactly that kind of do-or-die mindset that allowed him to survive the newbie apartment while stronger players around him died one after another…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But still—without power, no matter how much pride he swallowed or how much he begged the strong, it wouldn’t help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he entered the Doomsday Apartment, his life was far worse than Wu Ying’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Ying had already thought his life was miserable, constantly being toyed with by fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his suffering was mostly psychological—betrayal and manipulation by others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Minghan’s suffering? That was real, physical, mental…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly the kind of pain a powerless weakling would go through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, as they say—where there’s life, there’s hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Minghan’s days of misery finally reached a turning point because he’d survived long enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d been scraping by in the slums of the Doomsday Apartment’s lower hive levels for who knows how long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one day, after saving up enough money, he hired a Spirit Nurturer to help him awaken a Glyph Pattern Ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right—a Glyph Pattern Ability!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Jiang Ye saw the memory of Zhang Minghan awakening it, he was stunned!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Zhang Minghan was a Defender!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defenders were non-Dark-type players!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They only had innate abilities, no Glyph Pattern Abilities!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on Zhang Minghan’s data panel that Jiang Ye checked, there wasn’t any Glyph Pattern Ability listed either!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, as expected…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Minghan must’ve had some experiences afterward that turned him from a Dark-type player with a Glyph Pattern Ability back into a normal non-Dark-type player!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Zhang Minghan gained that Glyph Pattern Ability, his growth sped up dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had clawed his way up from rock bottom—making him far more resilient than the average person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d gotten used to treating people with constant groveling, with zero dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after slowly growing stronger did he begin to reclaim his long-lost pride bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And during that process, he also quickly figured out a survival path that suited him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You know what they say—like repels like, opposites attract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That face of his? When teaming up with male players to explore dungeons, he was always the one getting targeted—unless he ran into a gay guy...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he teamed up with female players, he’d often be treated more favorably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Zhang Minghan began actively mingling among female players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t necessarily about flirting or harassment. More like he played the role of a “gay best friend,” and won a lot of women over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, when the bond got close enough, some emotional comfort was only natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that handsome face of his, and all those carefully tailored personas for his female friends, he managed to rake in quite a few benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like that—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Step by step, Zhang Minghan started climbing higher and higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His regular female teammates were constantly changing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as his strength and status rose, so did the caliber of women he could get close to—more powerful, higher standing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until one day, he came into contact with a female Defender…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s when his life began to change direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Wu Ying’s memories, it was clear—most Dark-type players naturally looked down on Defenders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They saw Defenders as self-righteous and weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most Defenders didn’t bother to argue back and kept a deliberately low profile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Minghan, deep down, used to look down on Defenders too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when it came to women, he went out of his way to show respect and attentiveness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with all his prior experience, he could quickly figure out targeted ways to win over different women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through this process, he gradually came to realize—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defender players… might not be as aloof, stubborn, or weak as he had assumed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he keenly sensed that—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defenders might be hiding some kind of secret!\u003C\u002Fp>",2000,"2026-06-03T07:17:36.055Z","2026-06-03T07:17:41.424Z",1,"novelbin.me","1a73e029bb9a31c0f0734a631a41e8cd7c71a5e95c6cf762959c4288d23471d7","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-221","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-219",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]