[{"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-254":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},949626,1242,"Chapter 254: Chen Cang's Provocation","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-254",254,"\u003Cp>From this perspective of \"blood\"...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Void Mirror Puppets responsible for bloodsucking and the entire Mirror Palace that induces players to bleed are clearly one entity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with the newly obtained information about the \"conscious soul body\" of the [Eternal Witch Gui], Jiang Ye naturally had reason to speculate—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The principle behind those Void Mirror Puppets being \"indestructible\" might be somewhat similar to that of the conscious soul body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is to say, behind these Void Mirror Puppets, there exists something akin to \"cremains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the \"cremains\" remain intact, all Void Mirror Puppets will be indestructible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this situation where one set of \"cremains\" controls all Void Mirror Puppets, even utilizing players to generate more...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than saying there are \"cremains\" behind every Void Mirror Puppet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be more accurate to say there exists a \"main body\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Jiang Ye's main body remains unharmed, he can continuously generate clones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he had reason to suspect—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind these Void Mirror Puppets, there must also exist a \"main body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as this \"main body\" remains intact, the Void Mirror Puppets will be indestructible, and new puppets can be endlessly generated...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the \"main body\" behind these puppets might not necessarily be human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's highly likely to be the ultimate prize of the entire Mirror Palace Secret Realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this \"ultimate prize\" is precisely what Jiang Ye values immensely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the operational pattern between these puppets and their \"main body\" is incredibly similar to Jiang Ye's relationship with his numerous clones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could completely obtain the puppet's main body...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the speed at which he could assemble his clone army would reach new heights!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, this secret realm opportunity must be claimed by him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he specifically sent Guan He into the Mirror Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoping she could stir up trouble, and most importantly, suppress Chen Cang who possessed the [Protagonist Halo]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Guan He was of the light element, while Chen Cang with his Glyph Pattern Ability was of the dark element...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in the Reincarnation Graveyard,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye's conscious soul body, parasitizing a Void Mirror Puppet, rested upon the Life Stone, attempting to steal memories from the [Eternal Witch Gui].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, in the Void Mirror Palace Secret Realm...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time rewound to when the Void Mirror Puppet, the possessed version of Jiang Ye, and Chen Cang were crowded together in a single mirror grid, staring at each other in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that chaotic scene, it was the Void Mirror Puppet that first broke the stalemate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this thing seemed completely unaware of what \"awkwardness\" meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It grabbed the [Eternal Witch Gui]-possessed Jiang Ye, its eyes actually displaying a look of confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the [Eternal Witch Gui] possessing Jiang Ye was the most bewildered of all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn't comprehend at all how, after temporarily suppressing Jiang Ye's consciousness, she suddenly found herself in what appeared to be the Void Mirror Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key point was—hadn't the Void Mirror Palace in Novice Apartment Area A been completely destroyed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So how could she possibly be in the Void Mirror Palace?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this an illusion created by the Dream-Returning Stage?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had that brat Guan He betrayed her? Instead of creating the \"Reincarnation Graveyard\" illusion as planned, she made a \"Void Mirror Palace\" illusion??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that couldn't be right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dream-Returning Stage could only create scene illusions, not living being illusions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet there were two other people in this mirror palace!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was when noticing these two that the [Eternal Witch Gui] became even more shocked!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, this \"Lu Renjia\" grabbing her...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having parasitized Guan He, the [Eternal Witch Gui] naturally knew some information about the light faction organization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, she recognized the mimic mask bearing \"Lu Renjia's\" appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, the true identity beneath \"Lu Renjia's\" skin was Huang Bo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Huang Bo was a light player who hadn't joined the light faction organization!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy had too many unstable factors!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, this \"Huang Bo\" displayed information as a [Void Mirror Puppet]...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning it wasn't the real Huang Bo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should be some special secret realm gui?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then this special secret realm gui replicating Huang Bo... it shouldn't have light abilities, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the Void Mirror Puppet, when the [Eternal Witch Gui] scanned Chen Cang, her shock intensified!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, when she parasitized Guan He in Room 6996 of Apartment 9669, she had also encountered Chen Cang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that time, Chen Cang's data panel wasn't this outrageous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much time had passed since then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His talent upgrading from SS-rank to SSS-rank was one thing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what the hell was this [Protagonist Halo]??!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy shit?? Was she about to meet a terrible end any minute now?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing such an insane data panel, who wouldn't feel malice toward this Chen Cang?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keigo Higashino's \"Malice\" might as well have been written specifically for him!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Eternal Witch Gui] desperately forced herself not to feel malice toward this Chen Cang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Chen Cang also snapped out of his daze, unable to hide his surprise as he spoke to her:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jiang Ye?? You... is this mirror puppet looking for you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Eternal Witch Gui] version of Jiang Ye stiffly replied, \"I don't know anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, she attempted to attack Void Mirror Puppet No.1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, no matter what attack method she used against the Void Mirror Puppet, it could perfectly recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The [Eternal Witch Gui] immediately deduced—behind this \"indestructible\" Void Mirror Puppet, there must exist something similar to her cremains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the \"cremains\" remain intact, the puppet remains indestructible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hesitated about whether to share this information with Chen Cang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, since she was forcing herself to maintain goodwill toward Chen Cang, she should share her findings without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... why should she?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just because this guy had a [Protagonist Halo], everyone had to yield to him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the [Eternal Witch Gui] could reach a decision, she sensed something happening to Guan He.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flash, she returned to Guan He's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the scene where Red Guan He broke through the [Sun-Eroding Cocoon] from the administrator's perspective in the midst of battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the possessed Jiang Ye in the Mirror Palace regained consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the consciousness switched from [Eternal Witch Gui] back to Jiang Ye, his expression showed obvious confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cang noticed this detail and immediately frowned, demanding sternly, \"What did you think of?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before Jiang Ye could decide whether to answer,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Void Mirror Puppet No.1 suddenly brought its nose close to his face, sniffing...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The action was downright perverted!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye, speechless, directly slapped Void Mirror Puppet No.1 across the face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slap stunned the puppet for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, anger reappeared in its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then... it turned and ran away...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene wasn't new to Jiang Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chen Cang, witnessing it from the same mirror grid, was utterly baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought this thing was about to show its power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, its way of showing power was to run away??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How spineless can you get??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cang was speechless, but didn't immediately give chase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been led around by that thing, he gradually realized—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the environment of the Void Mirror Palace, that puppet held absolute advantage!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it truly wanted to escape, probably only light element users could catch it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Might as well stick to his original plan and head to the central area of the Mirror Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps there he could find a way to deal with these puppets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, while he wasn't chasing the puppet anymore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was still Jiang Ye in this mirror grid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cang had long disliked Jiang Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only due to his skill [Non-Action]'s effects was he unable to actively provoke other players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could forcibly create a pretext to turn passivity into initiative!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he directly seized the opportunity to coldly rebuke Jiang Ye:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How dare you slap my underling??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye: ???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whose underling??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn't that my underling? Since when did it become yours??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cang paid no heed—this was exactly how forced provocation worked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Apparently, when you checked my data panel in the underground graveyard, you already harbored malice toward me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, I should properly teach you a lesson...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't get to finish his sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be precise, even as he spoke these words about teaching Jiang Ye a lesson, he was already making his move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First came a [Wall of Thorns] trapping Jiang Ye to prevent escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately following was a sharp slap aimed at Jiang Ye's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The motion seemed intent on avenging the slap his \"underling\" had received.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That slap clearly didn't land on Jiang Ye's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in that instant, Jiang Ye—who was the administrator battling Guan He—utilized his clone swap for the second time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, this Jiang Ye trapped by Chen Cang's [Wall of Thorns] swapped places with the Void Mirror Puppet No.2 that had been exposed after the clone fusion effect was dispelled on the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Jiang Ye's clone side, he picked up the administrator who had been turned into a small wooden puppet by talisman paper and stored it away;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Void Mirror Puppet No.2 solidly received Chen Cang's slap while trapped in the [Wall of Thorns]...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Void Mirror Puppet No.2 was utterly bewildered—from the moment of the clone swap, it had no idea what was happening to it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally returning to the familiar mirror grid, only to inexplicably receive a slap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, clear anger surfaced on the confused puppet's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Chen Cang's utterly baffled gaze,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Void Mirror Puppet No.2 turned and ran away...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly like Void Mirror Puppet No.1 that had been slapped and run off by Jiang Ye earlier...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cang was... completely dumbfounded!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How was this Jiang Ye also fake?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the fake Lu Renjia, was this also a mirror puppet??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell is going on here?? Something feels really off!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cang truly couldn't make sense of this logic, so he could only set aside his confusion for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top priority was still solving the Mirror Palace secret realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took out a compass, determined the central area's location,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then once again used blood to break through a mirror surface, flashing toward the Mirror Palace's central region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he moved, he also contacted the real Lu Renjia via voice transmission bead:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How's your research going? Found anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real Lu Renjia was Jiang Ye's light clone. After some thought, he told Chen Cang about how staying too long in one mirror grid would generate Void Mirror Puppets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This information didn't surprise Chen Cang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He directly replied, \"I've already encountered the Void Mirror Puppets you mentioned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye pretended to be surprised: \"You encountered them? Any discoveries?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cang: \"Not exactly discoveries, but those things are truly indestructible—completely bizarre!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The key is that in this Mirror Palace secret realm, those things have innate advantages.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, they're products of the secret realm. So I suspect as long as this realm remains uncleared, those things will truly be indestructible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So now, I'm not planning to chase them anymore. I'm heading straight to the central area to see if there's anything special there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Chen Cang thought for a moment before instructing, \"You should head to the central area too. Staying in one grid too long just generates more Void Mirror Puppets for no reason.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainly, Chen Cang thought—since he had the Protagonist Halo,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only he could steal others' opportunities; no one could take his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if this Lu Renjia found something in the central area, it would just be paving the way for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he was curious—what would happen if the real Lu Renjia encountered the fake one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, each with their own hidden agendas, the two moved toward the Mirror Palace's central region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye, after converting the [Eternal Witch Gui] into a clone, sent Guan He into the Mirror Palace Secret Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>",1994,"2026-06-03T07:17:36.055Z","2026-06-03T07:17:41.424Z",1,"novelbin.me","7b75805c8d3b06c51af892af54e0c643370bbc18c7fb7dc3e4326ba859054a5b","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-255","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-253",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]