[{"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-267":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},949639,1242,"Chapter 267: Summoning the Nomadic Merchant","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-267",267,"\u003Cp>\"......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jintian swallowed hard, thinking to himself that he had truly never seen such a \"bear the consequences yourself\" performance before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just as he was marveling at the corpse puppet's shocking actions, something else happened that truly opened his eyes—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning! Warning! This apartment is under unknown attack!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning! Warning! This apartment is under unknown attack!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sharp alarm might not be unfamiliar to players who experienced 4444 Apartment's devastating destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhang Jintian had been in Apartment 1010 at that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this was the first time he was hearing such an alarm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crucial point was—along with the alarm, he could clearly feel—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, a terrifying pressure engulfed everything, making his legs tremble uncontrollably!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sudden turn of events left Zhang Jintian utterly dumbfounded and completely stunned!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now when he looked at that corpse puppet again, what he felt was genuine soul-deep terror!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also noticed the corpse puppet's hollow gaze directed back at him—cold, authoritative, contemptuous...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a supreme deity looking down upon an insignificant ant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jintian's entire body trembled uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, without needing any further threats from the corpse puppet, he frantically began sending messages to Administrator 4444 with shaking hands!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Room 2064 of 4444 Apartment, Zhou Yuling and Jiang Ye's Clone No. 1 naturally heard the warning alarms too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuling remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes flickered slightly as she thought for a moment before saying to Jiang Ye: \"This 4444 Apartment is truly no place to stay for long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since you're going to capture Qu Xing alive, I'll go investigate the ruins of the Void Mirror Palace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's keep in touch via the voice transmission bead. If we need to meet again, we'll do so at Apartment 9669.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye showed no expression outwardly, but inwardly he was experiencing rare genuine anger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His anger wasn't about 4444 Apartment being attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But rather—his true body was still inside the exclusive instance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After 1010 and 4444 merged, it was equivalent to being in the exclusive instance connected to Room 2025 of 4444 Apartment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his true body was his reverse scale!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That corpse puppet attacking the entire 4444 Apartment was equivalent to attacking his true body!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the apartment's destruction time being moved up affected his true body completing the exclusive instance...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then that corpse puppet and the Administrator 0000 behind it deserved to die ten thousand times over!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clone No. 1 Jiang Ye unusually didn't respond to Zhou Yuling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flash, he disappeared on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuling didn't dwell on it either, similarly vanishing in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she said, she directly crossed over to Apartment 9669.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the warning alarm sounded five full times in 4444 Apartment, just like during the previous destruction of 4444 Apartment, the warning content changed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Warning! Warning! This apartment is under unknown attack! Apartment destruction time will be moved up by 2 hours!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost simultaneously with this warning...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clone No. 1 Jiang Ye appeared in the first floor lobby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From afar, he could see that the last remaining corpse puppet had actually levitated into the air!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hovered high up, arms stretched stiffly forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its two palms seemed to be pressing down on two deep blue \"eyeballs\" on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, its empty eye sockets that had lost their eyeballs took a moment to glance in Jiang Ye's direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That glance—despite having no eyeballs and thus no actual gaze—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow carried an overwhelming, imperious aura looking down from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That arrogant, naturally superior attitude was extremely reminiscent of Administrator 0000!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clone No. 1 Jiang Ye locked eyes with those empty sockets from a distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't launch any attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he directly flipped his hand and took out the authority token of the Rookie King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After quickly binding his Rookie King identity...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately—summoned the Nomadic Merchant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he summoned the merchant...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere in the shaking first floor lobby suddenly transformed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A black shadow seemed to tear through space itself, solidly manifesting in 4444 Apartment's first floor lobby!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as its feet touched the ground—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire apartment's shaking abruptly stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharp, piercing alarm also ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if the previously massive \"unknown attack\" had been completely suppressed in this instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the levitating corpse puppet suddenly dropped stiffly from the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if slapped down by an immense force...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the corpse puppet seemed to have lost its soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though its appearance hadn't changed, all its previous dominating aura was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, the newly arrived black shadow radiated an overwhelming superior presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with the black shadow's arrival came an openly angry voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of nonsense dares to summon me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, as the shadow landed and its gaze fell upon Jiang Ye,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to pause briefly before impatiently adding:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do it again and I'll slap you to death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait what? Buddy? If I don't summon you how can I trade with you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye felt slightly speechless inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow seemed to read his thoughts and retorted bluntly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to trade or see me, just call out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among all Rookie Kings, you're the only one who's ever used the summoning privilege.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye got the sense this implied—you're the only one who used it and lived...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine, his bad for not knowing the rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye's gaze quickly swept over Zhang Jintian in the lobby and the soulless corpse puppet on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said firmly to the shadow: \"I want to trade with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A seemingly simple statement, but his glance at Zhang Jintian and the puppet carried hidden meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if mind-reading, the Nomadic Merchant understood perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a casual wave of its hand—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye felt everything around him instantly darken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew it wasn't the environment changing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and the shadow had simply moved to another space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other Jiang Ye clones in 4444 Apartment noticed the alarms didn't resume after the spatial shift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye sighed in relief internally as the shadow addressed him directly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moving up our 12 o'clock trade?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, Jiang Ye nodded: \"Because the current situation is special...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he produced the talisman-sealed Administrator 4444.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inch-long wooden doll fit entirely in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow didn't seem surprised, merely murmuring: \"Ah, special circumstances... Administrator 4444 is sealed...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After what seemed like a glance at Clone No. 1 to confirm his intent, it casually raised its right hand, flicking and hooking with its index finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Jiang Ye witnessed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The talisman on the wooden doll fluttered off like worthless paper,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Burning to ashes mid-air as it fell!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, the doll-form Administrator 4444 rapidly returned to normal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Clone No. 1 and the administrator clone's eyes widened in shock!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Jiang Ye didn't know was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment that talisman burned,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away in Apartment 0000, Lin Ling—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing her giant chessboard—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly lost control of her mind and spat out a mouthful of blood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face turned deathly pale in that instant, her expression dazed, eyes swirling with disbelief!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye was unaware of this, but seeing how easily the merchant removed Lin Ling's talisman—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without even using any \"talisman knowledge\"—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly realized with crystal clarity—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why players in that card game liked saying \"Enough with the fancy tricks!\"—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because before absolute power,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All elaborate methods were indeed just fancy tricks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought, Jiang Ye mustered his courage to ask:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um, great one, there's another special situation...wondering if you could help...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he even specified what it was,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow seemed to read him again, replying directly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You want to ask if I can completely remove Lightburn effects?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye's eyes lit up instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the shadow's tone sounded completely relaxed, as if Lightburn meant nothing to it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before Jiang Ye could speak,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow seemed to catch something from his excited look and added bluntly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Complete removal is impossible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I can transfer your Lightburn to myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like this...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1324,"2026-06-03T07:17:36.055Z","2026-06-03T07:17:41.424Z",1,"novelbin.me","2a44a8f0eaefa48fde914f7323a18bedce1860eb3745861cee517c3628b49104","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-268","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-266",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]