[{"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-534":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},950231,1242,"Chapter 534: Borrowing an Eyeball","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-534",534,"\u003Cp>\"......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Re's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was now thoroughly dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, Li Ku delivered another crushing blow to him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, perhaps my earlier statement wasn't wrong after all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhou Qiming... this Morning Star... might just be the key for us to dispel the darkness and achieve a Grand Unified world!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words were originally spoken by Li Ku with great conviction and without any sense of awkwardness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at the School, he had already latched onto Zhou Qiming's coattails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his heart, even if it was Zhou Qiming who ultimately unified the entire world, he didn't care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the sake of his dream, he could even sacrifice himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether he himself would ultimately ascend to the pinnacle of power...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku wasn't as obsessive about that as he was about his dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the moment he spoke these words just now, a sense of dissonance arose in his heart—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Morning Star... dispelling darkness?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only wanted to express that Zhou Qiming's name might contain some profound meaning of destiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's why he said such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem is...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dispelling darkness??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn't the very energy Li Ku believed in precisely Dark energy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So then, Morning Star, dispelling darkness?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn't this contradict his own faith??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku suddenly felt a wave of chilling horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the sense of destiny he believed in truly existed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then might it be that Zhou Qiming would indeed become the key to the Grand Unification...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while simultaneously overturning his faith?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Li Ku fell into extreme internal conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Jiang Ye, based on Li Ku's idea of inferring so-called \"destiny\" from a name, he also came up with some new speculations—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Zhou Qiming clone truly contained the meaning of \"Morning Star,\" just like the clone's name...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then this clone's current slumber might be equivalent to the darkness before dawn?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the timing of this clone's awakening...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>might also carry its own profound meaning?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly noticed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Yuheng, with whom he shared dual-soul fusion, had at some point fixed his gaze on the calm surface of the Blood Pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this gaze also caught Lin Jing's attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the very beginning, Lin Jing had never underestimated Du Yuheng, this seemingly low-key youth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he had noticed the red glint in Du Yuheng's eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just hadn't openly declared it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, seeing Du Yuheng's gaze fixed on the Blood Pool surface, but without any red glint flashing in his eyes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jing hesitantly asked, \"Did you see something from this Blood Pool?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This question also drew Li Ku's attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly snapped out of his conflicted thoughts and also looked at the Blood Pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not receiving a response from Du Yuheng, he didn't mind, instead directly asking Li Si, \"Well? What do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the current Li Si no longer had the black cloth over his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His deeply sunken eye sockets made his rugged face look extremely grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tone of his voice was also unable to conceal his gloom, \"The black cloth is burned. What else can I see?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\" Li Ku frowned, emphasizing, \"It wasn't me who burned the black cloth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Si took a deep breath, barely restraining his emotions before slowly exhaling, \"I know. I don't blame you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But right now, I truly can't see anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dong inwardly cursed, \"Serves you right,\" but outwardly showed confusion, \"Could the eyeballs from Glyph Pattern Abilities serve as eyeballs for you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as soon as he asked this, he belatedly realized, \"That black cloth of yours that got burned... could it still see something else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This question went unanswered by both Li Ku and Li Si.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of silence, Li Ku looked at Du Yuheng and asked, \"Did you see something? Do you know what the situation is beneath the Blood Pool right now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Yuheng didn't answer. Instead, he directly addressed Li Si, \"It's about time to bring the Fire Chain in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words shocked Lin Dong and the others—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did he mean, bring the Fire Chain in?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn't that Fire Chain... the key to this Blood Pool space?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you lock the key inside the space...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn't that mean they could never get out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if the bottom of the Blood Pool really led to that so-called World Tree ruins...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then there might indeed still be a way out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem is...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throwing the \"key\" to a dungeon space into the dungeon space itself—such a thing had never been done before!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only had no one ever done it in practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in theory, there was absolutely no reason to do such a thing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Yuheng was telling Li Si to bring the Fire Chain in...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn't that mean—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The player currently holding the Fire Chain key to this Blood Pool space...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was also in cahoots with this Li Si?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Lin Dong's gaze toward Li Si became filled with intense scrutiny and hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Li Ku had already established a consensus for them—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that this group of people were all comrades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet deep down, Lin Dong vaguely felt...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this Li Si... really be considered a comrade?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lin Dong didn't voice these suspicions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he noticed that Li Ku, faced with Du Yuheng's statement, wasn't overly shocked. Instead, he directly looked toward Li Si again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Si seemed to have truly lost his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And his face, twisted from losing his eyeballs, still looked grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone also couldn't hide his gloom, \"Without mechanical eyeballs, and without the black cloth's vision to replace the mechanical eyeballs...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I simply have no way to contact people outside!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he slightly turned his head in this near-blind state, as if trying to find something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, perhaps thinking of something, he soon fell into despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If even one of us could still produce a single mechanical eyeball, I could still try to contact the outside world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But right now, none of us possess any mechanical eyeballs!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The outside world can't receive my messages. Our messages can't be sent out either!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing these words...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dong belatedly realized:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, the reason you dared to enter the Blood Pool space was because even after entering, you could still maintain contact with the outside world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But now, we have completely lost contact with the outside world... or rather, only the Blood Pool remains as a channel?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Si didn't directly answer. Instead, he asked, unable to hide his irritation, \"Among you, is there anyone who can provide another mechanical eyeball?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer, of course, was no.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weren't the only three pairs of mechanical eyeballs all absorbed by the Blood Pool in front of everyone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if someone really still had a mechanical eyeball...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wouldn't it just get absorbed by the Blood Pool the moment it was taken out?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were they truly completely cut off from the outside world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dong, thinking of Wang Lingling's recent Glyph Pattern Ability awakening, couldn't help but suggest:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don't you try awakening a Glyph Pattern Ability too? Li Ku should still have some Exile Fruits, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Li Si shook his head with a dark expression, \"Eyeballs from Glyph Pattern Abilities are completely useless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if the Glyph Pattern mutates during awakening like Wang Lingling's did... there's no black mist left in this space to induce mutation anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dong was about to say: Shouldn't we at least try?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could speak, he keenly sensed that the atmosphere seemed off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't pinpoint exactly what was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after a brief moment of contemplation, he tentatively asked, \"Do you... already have an idea?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Si still appeared completely blind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to only be able to determine Lin Dong's location by sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved his ears, slightly turning his head toward Lin Dong's direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of silence, he said in a heavy tone, \"I do, indeed, have an idea...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As these words were slowly spoken, Lin Dong increasingly felt the atmosphere was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind grew tense, his heart on guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, he indeed heard Li Si say something shocking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to borrow a pair of eyeballs to try.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dong was startled, quickly realizing, \"You're not talking about borrowing mechanical eyeballs, but borrowing normal human eyeballs from our flesh-and-blood bodies?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, he suddenly realized, \"Whose eyeballs are you planning to... borrow?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he subconsciously asked this, the corner of Lin Dong's eye glanced toward the low-key and silent Du Yuheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one were to ask which player among their group had the most special eyeballs...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, perhaps one could have said Wang Lingling, or Li Ku.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wang Lingling's and Li Ku's eyeballs, along with that Doll's eyeballs...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had all sunk into the Blood Pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining players only possessed the most ordinary eyeballs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one absolutely had to pick the tallest among dwarves, who among these ordinary eyeballs was the most special?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would naturally be...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Yuheng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether Li Si, in his current state, was truly blind and could see Lin Dong's glance toward Du Yuheng remained unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after a moment of silence, he indeed, as Lin Dong expected, said in a heavy tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If possible, I'd like to borrow Du Yuheng's eyes to try contacting the outside world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it succeeds, then we can convey a message to the outside world to throw the Fire Chain into the Blood Pool space;\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it fails...\" Li Si deliberately paused, his eyeless head turning around as if trying to locate Du Yuheng's position, \"...then I'll return the eyes to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heh...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Jiang Ye couldn't help but inwardly complain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Li Si guy really had some nerve!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he asked Du Yuheng to display his [Salvation Domain] skill...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he wanted Du Yuheng to lend him his eyeballs?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, to his surprise...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like before, when Du Yuheng actually complied with his request and displayed the [Salvation Domain] skill description.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Du Yuheng, faced with such a rude request, didn't show any signs of anger or resistance either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only hesitated briefly before actually nodding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If placing my eyes into your eye sockets can really serve a purpose... then I'd be happy to help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, regarding the shared great cause, we've already reached a consensus.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Du Yuheng really didn't hesitate much and was about to raise his hand to remove his eyeball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He added in a rather relaxed tone, \"Luckily, I also have a Glyph Pattern Ability. Just an eyeball—removing it won't harm my body...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he said this, his palm pressed against his right eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he slowly moved his right hand, the right eyeball was indeed brought out from his right eye by his palm...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eye socket from which he removed the eyeball didn't bleed. Instead, it simply sank inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if a black vapor had dissipated the blood that should have flowed out...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a scene did indeed match what one would expect when a player with a Glyph Pattern Ability removed an eyeball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because he only removed his right eye,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Jiang Ye couldn't help but inwardly complain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye, sharing dual-soul fusion with him, also shared the perspective of his left eye. Through this perspective, he saw—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This right eyeball that Du Yuheng had removed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In its detached state, deep within the pupil of the eyeball... it could reflect images!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was going on?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weren't only Jiang Ye clones' detached eyeballs supposed to reflect images?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why could Du Yuheng's detached eyeball also reflect images?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be... Du Yuheng was also a clone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Ye couldn't sense this clone at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, hold on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, Jiang Ye seemed to have encountered a situation before where someone might be a clone, but he couldn't sense it...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namely, the original Nomadic Merchant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although through various detailed analyses, he felt the Nomadic Merchant was likely some kind of T0-level clone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from beginning to end, he had never used his clone ability to sense the Nomadic Merchant clone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, if Du Yuheng's situation was similar to the Nomadic Merchant's...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he truly was a clone, but Jiang Ye just couldn't sense him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then perhaps...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When a clone completely achieves \"self-forgetfulness,\" it becomes completely severed from other clones, no longer mutually sensing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye's earlier guess was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Detached eyeballs reflecting images wasn't unique proof of \"Jiang Ye consciousness\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There might even be a possibility...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That the reason Du Yuheng's detached eyeball could reflect images right now was simply because Witch Gui Jiang Ye had achieved dual-soul fusion with him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that eyeball also counted as Witch Gui Jiang Ye's eyeball?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, Jiang Ye thought of many possibilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he was also curious—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was Li Si truly blind right now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he seen that Du Yuheng's detached eyeball could reflect images?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Li Si's expression, nothing unusual could be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least outwardly, he seemed completely blind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Du Yuheng handed over the detached right eye, he proactively added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you just asked if anyone still had mechanical eyeballs, you said even one would be enough...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So my eyeball should also be sufficient if you borrow just one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I'll lend you my right eye and keep my left eye so I can see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Si didn't object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he even seemed somewhat surprised that Du Yuheng was so agreeable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dong and the others also felt that this Du Yuheng was really easy to talk to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tell him to do something, and he does it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When not told to do anything, he remains extremely low-key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed quite easy to bully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lin Dong naturally didn't dare to truly think he was easy to bully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched as Li Si took the eyeball Du Yuheng handed over, quite politely saying \"Thank you,\" then stuffed that eyeball into his own right eye socket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, for players possessing Glyph Pattern Abilities, this was just an ordinary, unremarkable scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players present, having witnessed many storms and waves, watched this bizarre scene without any particular feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Witch Gui Jiang Ye, sharing dual-soul fusion with Du Yuheng...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Du Yuheng's eyeball was stuffed into Li Si's right eye socket, he was slightly startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that instant, he sensed a new clone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Li Si clone!\u003C\u002Fp>",2416,"2026-06-03T07:17:57.310Z","2026-06-03T07:18:01.092Z",1,"novelbin.me","c806cc3d664fe03ce55a5a0fa5884a0e5e4ae60bffab9b5141aee1320e39df99","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-535","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-533",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]