[{"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-491":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},950063,1242,"Chapter 491: An Encounter in a Sea of Blood and a Forest of Flesh","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-491",491,"\u003Cp>These questions...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Si did not answer any of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, he was deliberately avoiding them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression was grave. With the black ribbon covering his eyes, he looked around at the sky, then spoke in a heavy tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it really was the Giant Toad who made a move...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then have you forgotten? The Giant Toad previously directly attacked the 'Newborn' that was born here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, staying here might no longer be safe for us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he raised both hands, revealing two dark purple crystal chips the size of fingernails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them bore the likeness of Jiang Ye... oh no, to be precise, \"Cheng Lin\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be precise, not Li Si's original appearance, but his current appearance: wearing a wig, with a black ribbon covering his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He handed the dark purple crystal chip labeled [Target Anchor · Li Si] to Jiang Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he casually tucked away the [Target Anchor · Cheng Lin] chip himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then spoke urgently: \"Let's split up and flee separately to avoid being caught in one fell swoop by the Giant Toad!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, his whole body flickered, like a pixel in a lagging video frame, and abruptly vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He left Jiang Ye behind, holding the [Target Anchor · Li Si] chip, utterly speechless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the oppressive sensation from Chen Cang's [Pain Sharing] still persisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a few moments, Jiang Ye really wanted to remove the [Pain Sharing] mark he had placed on Chen Cang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering the loss of contact with the Guiwen, and also out of trust in Chen Cang's [Protagonist Halo],\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ultimately endured this shared pain...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After stowing the chip, Jiang Ye also flashed away from the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He directly switched to the Primitive State of a Sun and Moon Person, that is, the state of two eyeballs carrying a watch, and sped through the misty Forest of Oddities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, over 20 hours had passed since he arrived in this world of the Doomsday Prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the time he arrived at the initial prison wasn't zero o'clock...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he might have already passed one zero o'clock and moved to the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if the time he arrived at the initial prison was exactly zero o'clock...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it shouldn't be long before he crosses a zero o'clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye was somewhat curious about whether crossing zero o'clock in this era would trigger any strange events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when he traveled from the Inner Forest of the misty Forest of Oddities to the Outer Forest area, he quickly discovered—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time point, the number of Moon People players appearing in the Outer Forest area had significantly increased!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on this phenomenon, it wasn't hard to deduce that the current time was likely after 6 AM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between 6 AM and 12 PM was the fixed time for ordinary Moon People players to run instances in the Forest of Oddities to earn survival stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, if it's past 6 AM now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he might have already crossed a zero o'clock six hours ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, crossing zero o'clock in this era seemed to be uneventful...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, another bold idea arose in Jiang Ye's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This [Target Anchor] chip given by Li Si felt quite miraculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By anchoring a player through the chip, it was equivalent to forcibly locking onto that player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, using a skill on the [Target Anchor] chip at any moment was equivalent to using that skill on the locked player...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Jiang Ye was thinking was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he target-anchored \"Jiang Ye\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And multiple \"Jiang Ye\"s existed simultaneously in the world...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would the [Target Anchor] effect still only act on the one specific \"Jiang Ye\" it locked onto?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or would all \"Jiang Ye\"s be simultaneously affected by the anchoring effect?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason he had this thought was mainly because this fingernail-sized chip clearly recorded the appearance of the anchored target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't know if the anchoring effect was determined by \"appearance\" or if some kind of mark was placed on the anchored target's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was the latter, then Jiang Ye's bold idea was obviously wrong...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While pondering this, Jiang Ye suddenly felt again—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain that originally felt like his body was being squeezed into a paper-thin sheet...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly changed into a pain that felt like his body was being filled with something, swelling wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if Chen Cang had turned into a balloon, inflating madly, about to explode at any moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a deep breath, finding it really hard to endure such pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was hesitating again, considering whether to retrieve the [Pain Sharing] mark from Chen Cang's body and end this pain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right at that moment, the [Target Anchor · Li Si] chip he had stored in his eyeball appeared in his field of vision, floating in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is to say...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chip hadn't been taken out of his eyeball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, a square dark purple light screen suddenly appeared in his vision, displaying the image of Li Si recorded on the dark purple chip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye was marveling at this sudden phenomenon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he saw the Li Si in the dark purple light screen seem to come alive and speak to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye didn't directly hear a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, just like a Sun and Moon Person player receiving an instruction, a line of dark purple text appeared before his eyes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I have an asset in the Forest of Oddities. The blood pool and forest of flesh inside can help alleviate your pain.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Li Si also felt the shared pain becoming more intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was probably worried that Jiang Ye would retrieve the [Pain Sharing] mark from Chen Cang, hence he sent this message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the [Pain Sharing] skill itself belonged to \"Cheng Lin\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only could the marked player actively remove the mark at any time,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skill user, \"Cheng Lin\", could also actively retrieve the mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this retrieval could be done easily without needing to lock onto the target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Si had probably seen that Jiang Ye had no intention of clinging to the protagonist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he might very well disregard the protagonist and directly retrieve the mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To soothe his pain, he sent this message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, the dark purple light screen in his vision directly began to guide him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called \"asset\" was actually an instance space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When a player perfectly clears a Forest of Oddities instance, there is a chance to claim the instance space as their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the original instance space becomes an exclusive personal space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, generally, a player can only own one exclusive personal space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, somewhat powerful strong players would choose more precious spaces to claim as their exclusive personal space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This leads to a situation—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A certain instance space is perfectly cleared by a player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this player doesn't want to claim this low-value instance space as their personal exclusive space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then this instance space has a certain probability of being managed by the player as their \"asset\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This concept of \"asset\" is actually somewhat similar to the board game \"Monopoly\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It means the first person to perfectly clear the instance \"assetizes\" this instance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other players who want to enter this already \"owned\" instance need to pay a price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, spending 1 Heavenly-grade survival stone, or directly consuming 1 day of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, among Moon People players, very few would manage \"assets\" in the Forest of Oddities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the Forest of Oddities was vast, immensely vast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instances players could choose from were as numerous as the hairs on an ox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's like, free instances are everywhere, who would be so foolish as to play a paid instance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, free instances mean they haven't been perfectly cleared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, players have a chance to be the first to perfectly clear them, turning them into their personal exclusive instance or private \"asset\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, while the existence of assets seems to allow players to make money,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, other players mostly don't buy into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, the security of private assets isn't as guaranteed as that of personal exclusive instances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Personal exclusive instances belong to the individual permanently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Private assets only nominally belong to a certain player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this \"asset\" is essentially still located within the Forest of Oddities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other players can see it, can barge in...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They can even... annihilate your \"asset\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the \"hair tree\" that stands for an instance that has already been perfectly cleared can be cut down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although, rashly cutting down someone else's \"hair tree\" equals making an enemy for no reason, and one might accidentally provoke some powerful being...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So most players don't dare to easily destroy others' private assets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the number of Moon People players is as numerous as the hairs on an ox, and their turnover rate is fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inevitably, some troublemakers appear who take pleasure in annihilating others' private assets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, this \"private asset\" thing is something only the top-tier Moon People players would bother managing one or two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Li Si, being someone who evolved from a Moon Person to a Sun Person...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no doubt that when he was still a Moon People player, he was obviously among the top echelon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was normal for him to have a few assets on hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, he had previously revealed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had deliberately trained his ability to endure pain...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, it wasn't surprising that his private asset contained something that could suppress pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood pool and forest of flesh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The name itself sounded very dark-aligned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye's current \"Cheng Lin\" clone wasn't essentially dark-aligned yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't very willing to let this clone be tainted by dark-aligned aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, it didn't matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief thought, Jiang Ye followed the direction guided by Li Si in the dark purple light screen to find his so-called private asset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, in the Primitive State of two mechanical eyeballs carrying a watch, his movement speed was extremely fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, following the guidance, he arrived before an utterly ordinary-looking hair tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When forcing entry, he was required to pay \"10 days\" of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye felt a bit of a sting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, back in the initial prison, among the players who crossed over in the same batch as him, many had initial time of less than a day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one go, entering an instance required paying \"10 days\" of time upfront!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, anyway, this clone had plenty of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he could probably get Li Si to reimburse him later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or even...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he got unhappy, he might directly annihilate this asset of Li Si's!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye also thought that since Li Si wasn't afraid of him forcibly annihilating his asset...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he probably wouldn't try to trick him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he paid the 10 days of time and entered this instance space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the teleportation array appeared beneath his feet, he switched from the Primitive State of a Sun and Moon Person to the flesh-and-blood version of Cheng Lin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, in the form of a Moon Person, he entered Li Si's asset space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What met his eyes was a scene of hazy black mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air was cold, damp, and permeated with a strong smell of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the smell of blood, there seemed to be another smell mixed in... a burnt, scorched smell, as if something was charred?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This burnt, scorched smell, mixed with the strong smell of blood, wasn't very noticeable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye's mechanical eyeball vision directly penetrated the eerie black mist, revealing a blood pool surrounded by dry bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Visually, it looked like rows upon rows of dense, fleshless Skulls, sitting around the blood pool with their feet soaking in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very front of the blood pool stood a Skull as grand as a mountain, also in a sitting posture, with its feet immersed in the blood pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This giant Skull wore a creepy smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From its mouth, to be precise, from between its teeth, blood was continuously gushing out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This giant Skull was like a small fountain, constantly dripping blood from its mouth, nourishing the blood pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the water in the blood pool looked red, so red it appeared black, inexplicably eerie!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Jiang Ye was no longer the Newbie he once was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such eerie scenes hardly stirred any emotional fluctuation in him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What truly surprised him was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that red-turning-black blood pool water, two people were already soaking!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be precise, two Youths!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the appearance of one of those Youths...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looked quite familiar?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the black mist obstructed vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Jiang Ye, with his mechanical eyeballs, could see the two Youths in the blood pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the two Youths didn't seem to have noticed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Youth who looked very much like He Yuliang, while smearing the blood pool water on himself, sighed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As expected... without the pure black version body, this thing can't be absorbed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure black version body?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye was startled upon hearing this!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pure black body could absorb this blood pool?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key was, why would words like \"pure black body\" come out of He Yuliang's mouth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had seen a pure black body?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And isn't the pure black body precisely Jiang Ye's mutated clone?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Jiang Ye had two pure black version mutated clones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from his main body, what he was eagerly wanting to understand was the situation of those two pure black mutated clones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Jiang Ye almost wanted to directly pull He Yuliang up and ask him where he had seen the pure black body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, he thought again...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, he was Cheng Lin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Yuliang didn't know him at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This era was too bizarre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Youth who looked exactly like He Yuliang might not necessarily be the real He Yuliang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While pondering this in his heart...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw the Youth beside He Yuliang, as if having also gone through a period of contemplation, speak with a hesitant look in his eyes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Without a pure black body, you can't absorb the blood pool here... but your SSS-grade [Luck] still brought you here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Yuliang possesses SSS-grade [Luck]??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he experience the [Salvation Domain]??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So is he a Sun and Moon Person?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not necessarily...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps he obtained the SSS-grade Luck effect through other means?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His SSS-grade Luck isn't a BUFF, but a... talent?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Jiang Ye was shocked and suspicious, he heard He Yuliang speak again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know... maybe it's because we can still encounter Cheng Lin here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye: Huh???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Encounter who??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What's going on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have I been exposed??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that these two guys are pretending not to see me, but have actually seen me, deliberately saying these things to lure me out??\u003C\u002Fp>",2467,"2026-06-03T07:17:36.056Z","2026-06-03T07:17:41.424Z",1,"novelbin.me","d1b5179da2fa6d293f7f12db6e40c481b8cad4897a9b8412bff94f3ebb219122","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-492","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-490",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]