[{"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-44":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},949466,1242,"Chapter 44: Sun-Drying Stray Hairs on the Rooftop","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-44",44,"\u003Cp>It was plain to see—both Jiang Ye and the other classmates were going through a mindset shift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he first arrived at the apartment and learned that the rent was over 120,000, Jiang Ye immediately considered exchanging a Survival Stone for money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the others believed that Survival Stones were the key items for clearing the Beginner Apartment. Each one less meant one fewer person who could survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So unless it was an absolute emergency, they would never trade them for cash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After working themselves to exhaustion—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye had made money through the Duel Room, and instead of thinking about trading away a Survival Stone, he now just wanted to get one ASAP to ensure he could clear the Beginner Apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the flip side, the others had begun to think—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plenty of people had already died anyway, so there must be leftover Survival Stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So why not just cash in a Survival Stone early and improve their quality of life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, as soon as someone said they’d found a Survival Stone...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previously quiet chat group instantly blew up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【For real? You found a Survival Stone? @Yang Xiaoman】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Where’d you find it? Give us the details, how’d you get it? @Yang Xiaoman】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【What does a Survival Stone look like? When we all meet on the first floor for the Mutual Aid Group meeting, show us! @Yang Xiaoman】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right—the person who said they found one was a classmate named Yang Xiaoman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Jiang Ye had no memory of that name whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, a few Class 1 students asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Wait, is this Yang Xiaoman from our school? I’ve never heard of her. Could she be like those two new players, from another apartment?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that message was quickly shut down by Class 2 students:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Class 1, don’t be ridiculous! Yang Xiaoman is in our Class 2! She just transferred here less than a month ago, so she hasn’t had time to get to know many people!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few other Class 2 students who hadn’t remembered her at first also started to recall:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ohhh right! Now that you mention it, I remember—there really is a girl like that in our class! Super slow, like a sloth, kinda short, always sitting in the last row.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Yeah, I remember now too... but something feels off... emmm, did she really find a Survival Stone?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Ziyu:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Yang Xiaoman doesn’t seem to be part of the Mutual Aid Group. I don’t have her listed in the member registry.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Seriously? Now I’m really starting to doubt whether she actually found one!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Maybe she just wanted some attention since no one really notices her.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few guys with a habit of running their mouths started openly questioning Yang Xiaoman in the chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it was also possible they were trying to bait her into sharing more info about the Survival Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after that one message claiming she found one, Yang Xiaoman stayed silent for quite a while and didn’t respond to any of the buzz in the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, the classmates got even more suspicious, thinking she was just trying to make a scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The debate didn’t last long, though.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To everyone’s surprise, Wang Lingling suddenly spoke up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【I’ve talked to Yang Xiaoman before. She’s not the kind of girl who would lie just to get attention. So I believe she really did find a Survival Stone.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Wang Lingling backing her up, the doubters naturally quieted down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lingling then tagged her directly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Xiaoman, are you hesitant for some reason? Don’t worry—we’re not going to force you to hand over the Survival Stone you found on your own.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【I know you haven’t been here long and aren’t close with many classmates, so maybe it’s hard to trust everyone. But... would you trust me? @Yang Xiaoman】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【If you do, join the Mutual Aid Group. I’ll have your back. @Yang Xiaoman】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【And if you really don’t want to join, would you be willing to at least share some info about how you found the Survival Stone?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Or you could leave me a secret message—I’ll come find you. @Yang Xiaoman】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gotta say, when it came to calming girls down, Wang Lingling was way better than the bunch of clueless guys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just from her tone in the chat, you could feel her warmth and patience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others all stayed quiet, letting her take the lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye was also watching intently, hoping Yang Xiaoman would share the details of how she found it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But instead of spilling the info, Yang Xiaoman replied calmly and rationally:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Actually, I hadn’t planned to say anything about finding the Survival Stone.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【But now that over ten of our 80 Beginner Players have already died...】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【I feel like I need to remind everyone—】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【If we truly want to find as many Survival Stones as possible, we really shouldn’t keep killing people at random.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Because if I’m not mistaken—】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Each one of us who’s still alive corresponds to one Survival Stone.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【And finding the Survival Stones of those who’ve already died is extremely, extremely difficult.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【In other words, every time a player dies, the odds of locating their corresponding Survival Stone drop significantly.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that, her message ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chat went quiet again for quite a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone with half a brain could see—Yang Xiaoman’s message was clearly aimed at Yang Wenchao!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, no one in their apartment had killed more people than he had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right before this, he’d even killed several girls who had wanted to reunite with their families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from that perspective, some classmates started doubting again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe Yang Xiaoman never found a Survival Stone—maybe she just brought it up to send a warning to Yang Wenchao?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye, however, was more inclined to believe she wasn’t lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From her wording, it was clear she referred to everyone as “players” instead of “classmates,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which showed that, just as she said, she hadn’t formed emotional connections due to her short time at school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her logic made sense too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if she were lying, she’d have to consider—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if Yang Wenchao actually knew the real situation with Survival Stones?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Wenchao had already shown abilities and knowledge far beyond the rest of the class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Yang Xiaoman were bluffing, would she really dare assume her story could fool him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So most likely—she wasn’t lying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant, if she was right...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then each player corresponds to one Survival Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A living player has a much higher chance of finding their own stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once the player dies, it becomes much harder to locate that specific one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking from that angle...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where would a Survival Stone be hidden?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing that came to Jiang Ye’s mind—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was the apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More specifically, the initial apartment room assigned to each person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All 80 students had probably turned their initial apartments upside down when they first arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye had too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And none of them, himself included, had found a Survival Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, maybe it wasn’t the apartment? Could it be tied to each person’s identity info instead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or were there hidden mechanisms in the rooms they hadn’t discovered yet?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jiang Ye pondered this, the rest of the chat group was also murmuring with scattered discussions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were doubtful, some speculating, others directly calling on Yang Xiaoman to share more info.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how patiently Wang Lingling tried to guide the conversation, Yang Xiaoman didn’t post another word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, classmates were starting to head down to the 1st floor in small groups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jiang Ye’s Replica No. 1 had already followed the white-robed girl to the rooftop, carrying a huge water tank filled with exactly 10,086 strands of hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he returned to Room 2064, the ten-minute time limit had already passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the white-robed girl, that meant he’d get a bad review.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, a bad review was better than getting the order canceled and having to pay a Penalty Fee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And honestly, the “bad review” threat seemed more like an intimidation tactic than anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Replica No. 1 returned, the white-robed girl’s face mask was gone, and she had changed into a loose, white bathrobe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looked like she’d taken a shower during that ten-minute window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the robe was dry, she still looked like she was wrapped in a layer of damp mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her long, black, straight hair that had once resembled Sadako’s was now completely wrapped in a towel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she saw Jiang Ye return late, she gave him a sideways, blade-sharp glare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, she didn’t say much—just told him to bring the hair-care toolbox and the water tank, and follow her to the rooftop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, they didn’t take the Red Light Elevator up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she used the same ultra-wide-screen TV she had originally “appeared” from, like some horror movie ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time Jiang Ye got back earlier, the TV screen that had been shattered was already perfectly restored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she was ready to take him to the rooftop, she simply pressed her hand against the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then told him to place his Cleaner badge on the screen too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, Jiang Ye had been a little nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he had literally seen her crawl out of that TV like Sadako.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, this was just a C-tier Replica.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He mustered up some courage and pressed the badge to the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, it felt like a powerful suction pulled him in!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, he was surrounded by a forest of leafless, lifeless trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each branch had pure white bed sheets hanging from them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And some of those sheets were stained with eerie red splotches...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trees looked totally dead, radiating a cold, ghostly vibe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole place felt like something out of a horror film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, the white-robed girl was totally calm as she strolled among the creepy trees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She led him around until she picked out one particular white sheet that wasn’t stained red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she pressed her hand against it and gestured for Jiang Ye to press his badge to it too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gotta say, Jiang Ye was pretty bold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in that terrifying environment, he made a point to remember which tree and sheet she had picked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quietly cooperated and pressed the badge again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once more, he felt that suction sensation—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the scene around him shifted instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gloomy, horror-movie atmosphere vanished in an instant—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Replaced by a blinding, radiant sunlight that made him squint reflexively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the apartment, whether it was the brightly lit 1st floor lobby, the dim corridors, or the pitch-black Red Light Elevator,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you basically never saw any sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye hadn’t been in the apartment that long,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the sudden sensation of sunlight genuinely made him feel like he was alive again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even his main body—currently lying limp on the bed in Room 2025 from the strain of controlling three Replicas—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>felt an unexpected sense of comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wasn’t still holding that huge water tank full of hair, he would’ve loved to stretch out and bask in the sun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That creepy, ghost-like white-robed girl—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>now basking in the sun, looked totally content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She adjusted the towel wrapped around her head and looked up, sighing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This sunlight is so rare… My little hair strands, you’re in for a treat today!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That “little hair strands” nickname… yeah, that one gave Jiang Ye serious goosebumps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white-robed girl then pointed at him and instructed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Out here around the edge, apply hair oil to my 10,086 strands one by one, and lay them out in the sun. Once that’s done, your job’s complete.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye squinted into the light, finally adjusting to the sun, and took a good look at what she called the rooftop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was huge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the area he was in now seemed to be what she called the “outer ring.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole outer ring resembled a massive square corridor, with elegant marble flooring and plenty of sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center, surrounded by this outer ring, was what you might call the “inner ring.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floor there was pitch black, made from some unknown material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And all over the square-shaped inner ring were half-human-height black consoles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the consoles clearly had owners—random items lay scattered on top, or strange unknown objects were spread out to dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others looked untouched—clean and unused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye started to wonder:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this what Huang Qi had meant when he talked about transferring to other apartments via the rooftop?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really wanted to check out one of the unused consoles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the white-robed girl seemed to only want him to operate within the marble-floored “outer ring.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of thought, Jiang Ye decided to finish the cleaning job first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, while Replica No. 1 applied hair oil strand by strand under the sunlight—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Replica No. 3, still in Room 2025, began inspecting the TV in his apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Replica No. 3 was also a valuable asset,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he swapped it out for a cheaper Mirror Replica and had it poke and prod the huge screen in the living room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye wanted to see if the TV in his own apartment might also have hidden functions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was a key item in finding a Survival Stone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how much the Mirror Replica touched or pressed, the TV didn’t respond at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he thought of the work badge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the only badge he had in the apartment belonged to his main body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newly generated Replica No. 3 hadn’t gotten a badge yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And risky stuff—he definitely wasn’t letting his main body handle that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when he was still paralyzed and weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Replica No. 2 had finished eating and was heading toward the High-End Mall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to see if he could buy some stat-boosting fruits to raise his main body’s attributes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as the bald-headed Replica No. 2 approached the High-End Mall—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a figure in a black tactical jacket stepped in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hold up, classmate.”\u003C\u002Fp>",2348,"2026-06-03T07:17:35.776Z","2026-06-03T07:17:41.145Z",1,"novelbin.me","ec849f5d9e4aaba63ffa4c2d0844b5656c141fcd8d23cf6d2a6332196d4f9495","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-45","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-43",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]