[{"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-437":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},950009,1242,"Chapter 437: Blood Bonding?","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-437",437,"\u003Cp>Master... master?!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Jie, Qi Anlin, and the two underlings present were all stunned by this bizarre form of address, their eyes wide with shock!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they had noticed from the start that Jiang Ye was different from the other newcomers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had also guessed that he must have an unusual identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Jie had even personally said to him, 'You're not like us'...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem is...?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This old man isn't just someone with the strength of full beast transformation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that he's sitting here in charge of selling blood undoubtedly means he's the Boss's man!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then this old man in charge of selling blood, his authority surpasses the entire school system!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Song Jie's speculation, he should be someone who can meet the Boss's true form outside of \"Dreamland\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, he could be considered the Boss's \"trusted confidant\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such an existence who should be high and mighty...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He actually calls this newcomer... master?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, what? You call him master? How do you expect our Boss to feel about that?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Jie's brain was completely fried!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Anlin and the two underlings were equally shocked, questioning their very existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as the saying goes—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three cobblers with their wits combined equal Zhuge Liang the mastermind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While their minds were reeling with shock, they did think of one utterly absurd and ridiculous idea that sounded insane just hearing it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were wondering...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This \"Zhou Qiming,\" was he truly, from the very beginning, this old man's master?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or... after that precious, incredibly valuable blood of his, which the old man coveted and could sell for 1 day's worth of survival time per 10cc, dripped onto the old man's tongue...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did it directly cause the old man to... acknowledge him as master through blood-drip acknowledgment?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmmmmmm...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this line of thinking about blood-drip acknowledgment is quite novel and utterly ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But isn't this kind of plot common in novels?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piece of jade, drip a drop of blood on it, and a spatial realm appears?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So for a \"pet,\" feed it a drop of blood, and it calls you \"master,\" seems logically consistent, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, even though this idea is absurd...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, a similar thought was flashing through Jiang Ye's mind at that very moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From his first impression, this being who would call him \"master\" was most likely \"Xiao Hei,\" right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai's black snake could perfectly fuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this being that could transform into a giant serpent, even if it wasn't Xiao Hei, was probably one of those black snakes raised by Xiao Bai?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei, they aren't dead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were also teleported by the center of the Forbidden Zone to this Doomsday Prison environment, whether it's an illusion or real time travel...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, they entered the Doomsday Prison earlier than the batch of 25 clones including Zhou Qiming entered the prison?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That makes sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Jiang Ye's first thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He almost instinctively wanted to follow this train of thought and reunite with \"Xiao Hei\" or the \"little black snake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just before he could speak, he thought of another possibility regarding \"blood-drip acknowledgment of kinship.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if this blood-selling supervisor wasn't Xiao Hei or a little black snake at all, but just a \"pure passerby\" within this prison setting...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who simply, after sucking his two drops of blood, got \"blood-drip acknowledged as his subordinate\" by him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though this idea of \"one drop of blood making a senior call me master\" is as absurd as \"three sentences making a man spend 180,000 on me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it must be admitted—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye's blood is indeed very special!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, looking at the snake scales displaying that colorful black similar to the Blackened Funeral Crow...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't help but have a crazy thought—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let's just say, if it really is time travel, with his multiple clones arriving in batches at the most mysterious Day 1 and Day 2 in the historical process of the Doomsday Apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then could it be...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The legends about the blackened crow in \"later generations\"...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were all created by Jiang Ye himself?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it's not that his blood resembles blackened crow blood...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that the blackened crow's blood is inherited from him?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh damn...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He very appropriately acted out an expression of shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, looking at this old man, he asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master? Why are you calling me master? Did you get blood-drip acknowledged by me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When this ridiculous statement was voiced, Song Jie and the others fell into silence again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is freaking even more absurd than the Boss's trusted confidant calling you \"master\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood-drip acknowledgment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior, why don't you try blood-drip acknowledging our Boss too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or just turn the entire Doomsday Prison into yours with a river of blood?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These guys were already shocked to the point of numbness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But fortunately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"old man\" quickly clarified the misunderstanding...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flicker of his figure, his entire appearance suddenly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a hunched, weathered old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a youth of about 18 years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A handsome appearance, eyes as dark as night, a somewhat silly-looking expression, paired with the eerie smile curling at the corners of his mouth...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two underlings behind Song Jie just felt this youthful appearance looked very eerie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the more experienced Song Jie and Qi Anlin were once again shocked in their hearts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this youth's eerie smiling appearance...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Made them think of the monster infants!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players are categorized by age into human meat grades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Premium players with premium human meat generally appear in an infant state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Jie had the fortune of seeing a player in an infant state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That \"infant state\" was very similar to the state of this old man suddenly transforming into a youth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That seemingly silly expression perfectly resembled the innocent, worldly ignorance unique to infants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was precisely this kind of creature, who should be innocent and ignorant, revealing that kind of smile, that seemed especially eerie...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to describe it? Like the eerie smile of Si Nuo in \"Detective Chinatown.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An angelic face showing a devil's smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What should be the most innocent, pure child revealing a devilish, eerie smile...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the feeling Song Jie and the others had looking at this \"youth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jiang Ye's feeling was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It really is Xiao Hei...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, master, it's me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, from Jiang Ye's perspective, he and Xiao Hei hadn't been separated for that long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment, he clearly felt that Xiao Hei had changed quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not in terms of appearance, though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least the appearance he was presenting now was the same as when they first met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The characteristic of liking to suck his blood and the \"master\" form of address hadn't changed either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But whether it was possessing an \"aged form\" and a \"giant serpent form,\" or his own demeanor...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all vastly different from the Xiao Hei of \"back then\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Xiao Hei, although he could communicate normally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly felt like his brain wasn't fully developed;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when using language functions, he had a sense of innocent, worldly ignorance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, aside from an obsessive fascination with his master's blood, Xiao Hei basically had no emotional fluctuations, appearing just dumb and silly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the current Xiao Hei clearly seemed like a normal person now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words and actions were like a normal person's, his emotions even more so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye didn't have that clone connection with him anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This phenomenon made Jiang Ye retain some reservations in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncertain whether it was because, in the Doomsday Prison environment, he had indeed lost his clone ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or because...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Xiao Hei might possibly be an imposter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye kept this doubt, continuing to stare at \"Xiao Hei\" with shock, looking him up and down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was incredulous but also filled with joy as he said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you end up here? And you're in charge of selling blood? Also, why were you using an old man's form just now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had another question in his mind: why, in this Doomsday Prison environment, did the connection between him and his clones seem to be severed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because of his reservations about Xiao Hei's identity, he didn't directly ask this question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this was also his biggest secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone really was setting a trap for him targeting his clone ability...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye hadn't forgotten yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Lin Ling missing incident, that \"fake clone\" that walked out of the red-lit elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the possibly existing \"fake clone\" in the Soul Resting Mound environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, Jiang Ye and his clones shared consciousness;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>those impersonating clones were just clowns in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in this prison environment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really had to be cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Hei, as always like \"back then,\" answered his questions in detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And these answers were pretty much in line with Jiang Ye's speculations—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The environment currently called the \"Doomsday Prison\" seemed to truly be the Doomsday Apartment's Day 1 and Day 2, lost in the ancient history of the distant past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just that this Day 1 and Day 2 were not the same as what many later-generation players imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the Doomsday Apartment at this time was instead called the Doomsday Prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, survival stones at this time weren't as rare as in later generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, at this time, special classes like \"apartment boss\" and \"apartment administrator\" didn't exist yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this era also had its own characteristics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most notable were those mechanical eyeball-like Enforcers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And according to Xiao Hei...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many \"factions\" aside from the mechanical eyeballs had already been controlled by the \"master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including that mysterious Boss who commanded Song Jie and the others;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he was also Xiao Hei's \"master,\" meaning the same existence as Jiang Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning a clone...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Xiao Hei, Jiang Ye's clones did indeed enter the Doomsday Prison in different batches at different times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earliest should be that Pure Black Mutated Clone that fused with half of the shadow phantom's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second batch to enter were Xiao Hei and the little black snake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including the shadow phantom, and Xiao Bai, Xu Gou, Peng Gu, whom Jiang Ye thought were already dead...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even those mutated Defenders who seemed to have died in the Forbidden Zone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all seemed to have been sent to the Doomsday Prison!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third batch to enter was that desiccated corpse clone wearing the blood skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmmm...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Xiao Hei's introduction, Jiang Ye's afternoon \"sewing machine\" class was actually serving the blood skin clone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jiang Ye's batch, the players from the black ice domain, could tentatively be considered the fourth batch to enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This batch of players should have the most \"later-generation\" people mixed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black ice domain might just be one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mirror Palace secret realm side might have also used some special principle to come here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that, there's also the Court of Disorder...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Hei suspects...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh no, to be precise, it's Xiao Hei's \"master\" who suspects that the suspected true body, possibly Jiang Ye #0, should also be coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just that the timing can't be determined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might already be here, or still on the way...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the current Doomsday Prison environment, converted to the Doomsday Apartment, should only be \"Day 1.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye's earliest mutated clone to come here has already survived for several hundred thousand days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Converted to years, that's over five hundred years!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And these \"days\" spent over five hundred years were only judged based on the execution time on the prison watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mutated clone didn't experience that \"big day\" transition from Day 1 to Day 2.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the mutated clone actually isn't sure whether the \"Day 1, Day 2\" speculated by later generations truly exists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And according to Xiao Hei, the \"Boss\" in Song Jie and the others' minds is precisely that earliest mutated clone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over five hundred years of accumulation have made him the current \"Boss\" who controls the entire Land of Exile...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And whether it's \"recruiting newcomers\" or \"collecting blood,\" they are both methods to quickly identify \"comrades.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Song Jie and the others were present, Xiao Hei didn't speak too bluntly, also describing \"clones\" as \"comrades.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he suggested to Jiang Ye:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, there's no need to waste any more time in this school. I'll take you directly to Exile City to farm 「Merit」?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exile City? Farm... 「Merit」? Is that the 'merit' from merit and virtue?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, it's the 「Merit」 from merit and virtue, and also the 「Merit」 from 'using merit to atone for crimes'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Hei thought for a moment and explained simply: \"Master must have farmed 「Retribution」 before, right? The kind where Enforcers remind you 'good people get good retribution, evil people get evil retribution'?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Farming good 「Retribution」 can slightly extend execution time, with an extremely, extremely small probability of changing authority level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But farming 「Merit」 can extend execution time to a much greater extent and also has a higher probability of changing authority level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, the most important thing is to obtain 「Pardon」 as soon as possible, then enter the inner city of Exile City to live.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Jiang Ye quickly understood—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"events\" he triggered in the prison's empty rooms were essentially farming 「Retribution」.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But farming 「Retribution」 is very inefficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For players to quickly shed their criminal status, the fastest path is to farm 「Merit」.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After completely obtaining 「Pardon」 and shedding the criminal status, they can enter the inner city of Exile City...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye's eyes shifted, just about to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he heard Xiao Hei proactively explain further: \"From the inner city of Exile City, you can go to other normal 「cities」.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master doesn't have the scent of Exile Fruit on him, so from normal 「cities」, you can obtain a truly authoritative identity in the proper sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought for a moment and elaborated more: \"This world hasn't been completely swallowed by the mist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The location of the Land of Exile is where the mist is heaviest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whereas normal 「cities」 haven't been eroded by the mist and can even see the 'sun and moon'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, meaning the 'Boss,' he is very interested in the 'sun and moon' of normal cities, probably speculating that will be the origin of the 【Moon Phase Clock】?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Land of Exile might evolve into the Reincarnation Graveyard?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, this is just the mutated master's speculation...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Xiao Hei glanced at his watch and confirmed with Jiang Ye again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does master want to stay in this school for a while, or go directly to Exile City?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye didn't answer immediately, instead glancing towards Song Jie and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>",2464,"2026-06-03T07:17:36.056Z","2026-06-03T07:17:41.425Z",1,"novelbin.me","417ec4e82ce33bdc5a5bfb6af2c34ee7ab750d1f9ad718142765159874c0d3e5","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-438","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-436",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]