[{"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-235":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},949507,1242,"Chapter 235: Puppet Clones","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-235",235,"\u003Cp>He spoke those words casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Zhou Yuling was utterly shocked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, this kid...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually knew about her recruiting 9,999 followers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which obviously meant he'd also recognized her true identity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truthfully, her high-profile recruitment in the Doomsday Apartment couldn't possibly be a secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But wasn't this kid from the Novice Apartment?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he must have connections in the Doomsday Apartment too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After brief consideration, Zhou Yuling decided to drop pretense and stated directly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My target is the Court of Disorder.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye nodded while analyzing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've heard players say the [Court of Disorder] is like an intelligence-based challenge dungeon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rumor says the final reward is incredibly rich, but no player has ever obtained it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuling raised an eyebrow and corrected:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Court of Disorder's final reward isn't something you get just by 'clearing' it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This puzzle game's difficulty scales with participant numbers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"More players mean higher difficulty and richer rewards.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's why I gathered 9,999 followers—10,000 including myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought that would trigger the Court's maximum difficulty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it didn't. So...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze turned to Jiang Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued her thought: \"So you came to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it truly requires 100,000 people to trigger your desired maximum difficulty...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Controlling 100,000 alone would be impossible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if my clones provide 90,000...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You'd only need to control me along with your 9,999 followers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuling's raised eyebrow acknowledged his deduction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye mirrored her expression skeptically:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But how can you be sure you'll still control me after I create 90,000 clones?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuling chuckled lightly: \"Oh? Worried you'll lose control?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, you're welcome to try.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her confidence was palpable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye understood why—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Book she gave him recorded an A-grade skill: [Puppet Clones].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His limitation in controlling numerous clones stemmed from insufficient mental attributes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each clone he normally created possessed his full consciousness—living duplicates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But [Puppet Clones] generated \"mindless\" automatons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not entirely mindless, more like AI-driven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like game characters set to \"auto-play\" following preset algorithms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They'd likely behave like the [Mechanical Undead] versions of Yang Wenchao and Wan Xin in the Reincarnation Graveyard—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Extremely dumb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet stupidity had advantages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dumb puppet clones wouldn't strain Jiang Ye's mental capacity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though their actions could still be vaguely influenced, the control difference between puppets and true clones was vast—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like comparing command-driven AI robots to actual humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Zhou Yuling was confident—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What trouble could 90,000 dumb puppets cause?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her own strength probably contributed too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention having Lin Ling as backup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye wasn't foolish enough to directly challenge her confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon deeper consideration, a chilling realization struck him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze sharpened as he frowned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One question—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"While the Court's difficulty scales with player numbers...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't games usually reveal difficulty only after starting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you tested with 10,000 people in the Court...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You couldn't have exited so quickly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Ying's clone among her followers confirmed she'd never taken them inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So how did she know 10,000 wasn't enough?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she lying?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuling understood his suspicion and smirked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course I didn't actually enter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wasting time discovering insufficiency would be foolish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So I used an item to predict beforehand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The prediction showed—10,000 wasn't enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prediction?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye found this plausible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her method probably resembled his yes\u002Fno questions to the Silent Tombstone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would 10,000 people trigger the Court's maximum reward?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then he wondered—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly was her prediction method?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it could reveal more details...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would it foresee his potential betrayal with 90,000 puppets?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That level of foresight seemed absurdly overpowered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder she was so confident!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jiang Ye's clone frowned, his No.1 clone suddenly exhaled heavily—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the [Jade Book] in its hands shattered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disintegrating into glowing particles that vanished!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stunned clone raised innocent hands:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not my fault! I did nothing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuling's eye twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye realized: \"Oh right, I just mastered [Puppet Clones]...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So the book shattered?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One-time use item? Must've been valuable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her twitching intensified: \"This is your... mediocre comprehension?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye nodded seriously: \"Truly mediocre.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Must've gotten lucky with sudden enlightenment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enlightenment my ass!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuling nearly cursed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She'd given him 10 minutes hoping for basic progress—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enough to indicate eventual mastery within hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bastard mastered it in under 3 minutes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't mediocre—this was A-grade comprehension talent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could speak, Clone No.1 exclaimed excitedly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This feels incredible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Merchants told me only my main body could learn clone skills!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yet a clone just learned one!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't that insane?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuling deadpanned: \"Did you think that book was some common trash?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you ever seen skill scrolls that guarantee specific skills?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scrolls give random compatible skills. Books guarantee targeted learning!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"More absurdly—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Players with supreme comprehension can learn mismatched skills!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For example—hypothetically—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If light-element skill books existed...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An SSS-grade genius might learn light magic without affinity!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, that's theoretical.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In reality, no light books or SSS talents exist...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My point is—that [Puppet Clones] book was obscenely expensive!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You got an insane freebie!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye nodded eagerly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So helping you with 90,000 clones isn't optional.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Zhou Yuling smugly agreed, Jiang Ye suddenly gazed at her intensely:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But sis... I forgot to mention something—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Creating clones costs Survival Points...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One clone = 1 point :)\"\u003C\u002Fp>",873,"2026-06-03T07:17:36.055Z","2026-06-03T07:17:41.424Z",1,"novelbin.me","3c80d270e59da2aafa132b738cbd8e0de2534d175799fc98865aae85090be7e8","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-236","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-234",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]