[{"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-260":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},949632,1242,"Chapter 260: Borrowing Blood for Research?","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-260",260,"\u003Cp>As Chen Cang spoke, his eyes darted around rapidly, as if his brain was working at lightning speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because each cycle only lasted three minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time was tight, and all three of them were in a state of extreme mental tension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cang quickly declared: \"Time is pressing, we can't just cower here waiting for death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter what, I'll go try first!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, a black cape suddenly billowed behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flick of the cape, his entire body soared into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, he reached the height of the hourglass image in the upper right corner of the mirror surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood there, seemingly suspended in mid-air!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, that guy had the Protagonist Halo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He should... be fine, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After brief consideration, Guan He used Light and Shadow Escape to fly up beside the hourglass image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The release of her light-based skill made Chen Cang, who was floating with his cape, shudder violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nearly fell from his high position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his mental resilience was strong, and he quickly stabilized himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flourish of his hand, a bone-white candle-shaped object appeared in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snapped his fingers with some flair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wick of the bone candle spontaneously ignited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the flame wasn't normal in color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it burned with an eerie dark red, resembling magma or blood...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The melted wax dripping from the bone candle also looked like dark red blood, sinister and terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan He watched with mild surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not at the item's creepiness, but because—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a light-type creature, she typically felt slight discomfort around dark-type items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bone candle was undoubtedly dark-type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she felt no discomfort!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the candle special?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was it something about the cycle grid...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, Guan He still found it hard to comprehend—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, Lightburn's effects were extremely terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some dark-type experts had tried everything to eradicate Lightburn—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Treatment, death, resurrection, even voluntarily entering prolonged sleep to mitigate its effects...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet nothing could completely remove Lightburn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence, all dark-type creatures reached a consensus—if they couldn't eliminate Lightburn, they'd eliminate light-types!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in this cycle grid, her killing of Chen Cang had been easily reversed by his full resurrection...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time reset...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This might be the only effect capable of eradicating Lightburn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But time-related abilities...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weren't they supposed to be nonexistent in the entire Doomsday Apartment?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan He had many doubts and conjectures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cang, however, didn't overthink it. Holding the burning bone candle, he slowly approached the lower part of the hourglass image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, there were about a hundred ordinary sand grains mixed with two blood sand grains at the bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then something strange happened—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two blood sand grains seemed to vibrate as the bone candle approached!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cang's eyes lit up as he carefully moved the candle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two vibrating blood sand grains actually appeared to be drawn to it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally stationary in the hourglass, they now seemed inclined to follow the candle's movement!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a light-type being unfamiliar with dark-type items, Guan He couldn't help asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What exactly is this bone candle? How can it actually affect the blood sand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cang smiled calmly: \"I obtained this during a fortuitous encounter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's nothing extraordinary—just two effects—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, it attracts blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For example, if you had a bleeding wound while this candle burns...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All your blood would uncontrollably gush out to be absorbed by this candle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second, it attracts monsters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some wild minor monsters without awakened consciousness will approach the candle's scent and enter a killing frenzy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So it's also useful for pitting wild monsters against each other.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Chen Cang didn't mention was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't an item obtainable from treasure chests or shops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was personally developed and refined by a powerful special monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning, in the entire Doomsday Apartment, he might be the only one possessing it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, this unique bone candle could actually influence the blood sand...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reinforced Chen Cang's belief—the Mirror Palace's opportunity was tailor-made for him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Chen Cang used the candle to slowly guide the blood sand upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unbeknownst to the two focused on the hourglass—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Chen Cang even took out the bone candle,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye had been staring intently at the two blood sand grains while deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as he stared...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His dark eyes seemed to lock gazes with the blood sand, gradually losing focus!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To an observer, he might appear lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had lost consciousness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just his light clone's consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All his external clones could no longer sense the light clone's presence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This state eerily resembled when his discarded clone had been possessed by the [Eternal Witch Gui]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if now, his light clone had been taken over by something!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning Jiang Ye missed everything that happened afterward in the cycle grid!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bone candle moving the blood sand? He saw none of it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The external clones panicked, unsure what had occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His first suspicion was whether Chen Cang or Guan He had secretly done something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he quickly dismissed this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cang had just allied with him in the previous cycle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no motive for subterfuge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan He likely lacked both ability and motive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His earlier suspicion was correct—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was another extreme monster hiding in the cycle grid!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That third force influencing the blood sand came from it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This extreme monster wasn't afraid of light?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because only their consciousness was trapped,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster didn't fear light, but rather consciousness-trapped players?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it had replaced him to prevent him from breaking the cycle?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was happening inside now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Jiang Ye's consciousness disappeared?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was the monster impersonating him, continuing to work with Chen Cang and Guan He undetected?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If so, those two might be led astray!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse still, Jiang Ye considered an even grimmer possibility—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the three in the Mirror Palace, he and Guan He were light-types.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Chen Cang was dark-type.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Chen Cang special to the extreme monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could Chen Cang ultimately claim the opportunity thanks to this??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the [Protagonist Halo] really that overpowering?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Losing control over the Mirror Palace situation unsettled Jiang Ye's external clones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this time it was his precious light clone that had gone offline!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, during the twenty-plus minutes of seven cycles inside,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His other clones hadn't been idle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clone No. 1 perfectly explained his Lightburn infection when questioned by Zhou Yuling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His story was plausible and investigation-proof—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply that before acting against Huang Bo, he'd visited Administrator 4444 again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There he witnessed Huang Bo fighting Administrator 4444.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He got caught in the crossfire and contracted Lightburn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clone No. 1 confronted Zhou Yuling directly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Strangely, the Huang Bo I saw was in Apartment 4444's lobby...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the blood drop you gave me suggests he's in Apartment 9669's void mirror palace ruins?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's going on? Does Huang Bo also have clone skills, with one in 9669 and another in 4444?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feigning confusion, he said meaningfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are there other light-type players in the Novice Apartment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuling didn't answer directly, seeming lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye guessed she was using some item to consult with Lin Ling behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Lightburn infection was probably being reported to the Defenders' Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Changing tactics, he asked proactively:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knowing I have Lightburn, do you still want me in the Defenders' Alliance?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuling remained silent until, perhaps receiving a message, she suddenly comforted him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"While Lightburn is fatal, consider—who escapes death?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even the Doomsday Apartment will perish eventually...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So dying sooner or later makes little difference. You might survive with Lightburn until the Apartment's end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this consolation, she adopted a friendly tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since light-types are nearly extinct here, few dark-types survive with Lightburn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So could I trouble you... to lend some blood for the Alliance's research?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lend blood?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You're joking!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye hadn't even used his own blood when breaking mirrors earlier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised an eyebrow meaningfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My classmate Wang Lingling also has Lightburn, but Lin Ling showed no interest in her blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why the sudden research interest in mine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuling had a ready explanation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With Wang Lingling, our Left Alliance was preoccupied with the Jade Flask matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Plus her eccentric personality made details easy to overlook.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her blood will also be studied.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We want to compare Lightburn from different light-type players.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1396,"2026-06-03T07:17:36.055Z","2026-06-03T07:17:41.424Z",1,"novelbin.me","c7991a9671a7be55ba4e99cd5fd956e7360831492b32d0828b68f3abd3de68df","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-261","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-259",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]