[{"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-539":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},950236,1242,"Chapter 539: The Death of Li Si","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-539",539,"\u003Cp>Holy crap?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This eyeball that suddenly detached itself and could talk truly startled Jiang Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he immediately sensed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The connection between clones was indeed caused by this eyeball!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it left Li Si's eye socket, Li Si was no longer a clone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, this eyeball alone became the clone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there was still no memory synchronization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Jiang Ye was merely startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Li Si, Li Ku, and the others were downright frightened!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His originally somewhat composed face now clearly showed a stiff, shaken expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku was also shocked, but he quickly regained his composure and asked the detached eyeball:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you Du Yuheng? Or... some strange thing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the eyeball did not respond to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only, the scenes reflected deep within the eyeball's pupil seemed to have strange dark glimmers constantly flashing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like light dancing on gold, like weaving some special pattern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire eyeball transformed into a pure black eyeball, no longer having any white!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Li Si, who was restrained by Li Ku's black threads, suddenly let out a cry: \"No!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cry was abrupt and accompanied by an emotion of extreme fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, Jiang Ye saw—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Glyph Pattern Tattoos on Li Si's body actually detached one by one from him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, surged into that pure black eyeball!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene was all too familiar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye remembered, when using the [Raven Feather] to extract the Glyph Pattern Abilities of dark-type players, the scene was exactly the same!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only, one [Raven Feather] could only extract one Glyph Pattern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that pure black eyeball, akin to a [Raven Feather], seemed to directly suck away all of Li Si's Glyph Pattern Abilities in one go!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sight...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deeply shocked Li Ku.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could recover from his shock, he heard that bizarre eyeball, having returned to a normal black-and-white state, emit that strange mechanical voice again:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, I've preserved your Glyph Pattern Abilities for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, you can die in peace... oh no, you can peacefully... change to a different way of living :)\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku, who indeed had reason to act, hesitated and did not strike at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt an indescribable fear...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because before this, he believed in Darkness, and naturally revered the Glyph Pattern Abilities granted by the Exile Fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the scars covering his body were Glyph Pattern Abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His current strength relied entirely on those Glyph Pattern Abilities all over his body...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now... what was he seeing?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An eyeball like that could directly absorb all of Li Si's Glyph Pattern Abilities!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it could absorb Li Si's Glyph Patterns...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, couldn't it absorb his as well?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if all Glyph Pattern Abilities could be stripped away...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku inexplicably felt a despair akin to his faith collapsing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly realized...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why Sun People players always looked down on Glyph Pattern Abilities, no matter how powerful they were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this kind of ability would never truly belong to a player!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like an item, something that could be plundered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So in this world, perhaps only talent abilities were the true path?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under extreme fear, worried about losing his own Glyph Pattern Abilities, Li Ku dared not directly defy what the bizarre eyeball said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, after just a few seconds of internal turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black threads entwined around Li Si instantly shredded him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, the black threads were almost entirely stained red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, not a single drop of blood dripped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if Li Si's flesh and blood were completely absorbed by those black threads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood-red threads soon returned to black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku retracted them back into his body of dark scars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tentatively called out to the surroundings: \"Li Si?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That bizarre eyeball, however, said: \"Monsters have their own rules of survival.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A monster that has just been born naturally won't appear here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku's heart tightened slightly, and he asked the eyeball in a deep voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... where would a newly born monster appear?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those monsters... are they truly, completely unable to die?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If turning into a monster truly meant completely escaping death...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then this \"change to a different way of living\" might indeed be a form of liberation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group of players including Lin Dong remained tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could hear the shift in attitude within Li Ku's two questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Li Ku's choice was truly to unify the world in a monstrous state...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the rest of them might have no choice at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, before the strange eyeball could answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battered, pained Lin Dong suddenly grabbed the iron chain in his hand and slammed it hard against the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That action clearly indicated he had something he wanted to say to Li Ku.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his destroyed throat couldn't produce sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku naturally understood Lin Dong's intention and was thinking about how to restore his voice...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw that strange eyeball fly straight towards Lin Dong's eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dong's originally pure white, stone-like eyes, after merging with the bizarre eyeball, both eyes returned to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, it seemed the bizarre eyeball had healed Lin Dong's throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The area of his neck eroded by the black hand gradually restored to normal flesh and blood...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even his physical and mental state seemed to have returned to normal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dong touched his eyes in disbelief, then touched his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku asked: \"You...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you Lin Dong? Or Du Yuheng?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dong looked at him, didn't answer, but instead used an extremely firm voice to say:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If your choice is to let monsters unify the world in a monstrous form...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I'm sorry, even if I am forced to die and become a monster... we can only go our separate ways!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firm eyes, firm tone...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku knew, this was Lin Dong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what he wanted to say by attracting his attention by hitting the ground with the chain earlier was exactly this...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dong continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't understand life, I don't understand death, and I'm not clear about what those monsters really are.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I know, I am me, you are you, and my teammates here, they are them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know the original form of life. You know it too, they know it too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although I read a saying since childhood... we will eventually become the person our former selves would hate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although this saying has also come true for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sometimes I even feel my former self was the one who was wrong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But—I cannot erase that former self.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So this world cannot be without the original form of life!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you understand what I mean? That is hope!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dong spoke these words with great force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared directly into Li Ku's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed besides these words, he had even firmer emotions he wanted to convey to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, even if I die and become a monster... I would not wish for the whole world to become monsters!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even less would I wish for the ultimate unification of the world to be a unification of monsters!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku seemed somewhat enlightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a moment later, that scar-covered, expressionless face also showed a strange kind of firmness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the initial Li Ku mentioning his \"dream.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly nodded, assuring Lin Dong: \"Yes, you are right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, even if I also become a monster, the unification of the world will not be a unification of monsters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hope...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He murmured these two words, then took a deep breath and exhaled it faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he faintly uttered: \"This world still has a bit of hope.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Li Ku looked at Lin Dong's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, his dialogue target became that bizarre eyeball: \"You think so too, which is why you haven't attacked us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the eyeball that had entered Lin Dong's eyes seemed to have lost its autonomous consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if not hearing his voice, it did not respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it was Lin Dong...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly showed Li Ku his right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, that hand turned into a pure black hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dong indicated: \"The Glyph Pattern Abilities the eyeball absorbed from Li Si seem to have appeared on me through the eyeball...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides these—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After demonstrating the Glyph Pattern Abilities, Lin Dong's right hand returned to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But above his palm now appeared some things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Densely packed dark purple crystal chips of [Target Anchor].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And several Exile Fruits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And one item...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That shocked Jiang Ye!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a bizarre accessory depicting two infants embracing each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like woodwork in texture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn't wooden in color; instead, it was a charred black as if burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two pitch-black infants, holding each other, presented a sleeping posture, exuding a strange sense of eeriness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye's shock lay in...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had seen this item before!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could even say he had obtained this item!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the bizarre item he got when he killed Huang Qi and obtained the Clone Replica Mirror, the one his Detection Technique couldn't analyze! (Refer to Chapter 63)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, because it couldn't be analyzed, this thing had been gathering dust in his Clone Shared Space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It appeared here!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye felt puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Li Ku asked for him: \"Is this... Li Si's item? Or does it belong to Du Yuheng's eyeball?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lin Dong shook his head: \"I don't know either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These were stored in the eyeball's space. They might belong to the eyeball, or maybe to Li Si?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Lin Dong tentatively asked Li Ku: \"After you killed Li Si, didn't any other items drop?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku was silent for a moment, then with a flip of his large hand, some items appeared on his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several stacks of talismans, a few strange Array Disks, and some other miscellaneous small things...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Jiang Ye recognized again—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among those stacks of talismans, there was clearly the special immobilizing talisman that had once appeared in Lin Ling's hands!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kind that could immobilize players into Small Wooden Dolls!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also the kind of talisman paper that immobilized Jiang Ye's ten thousand puppet clones when they acted as small wooden doll pieces on the giant chessboard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that, Jiang Ye saw another familiar thing—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clear Conscience Tea!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tea he and Lin Ling agreed to use to ask each other questions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling's talisman, Lin Ling's tea...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Li Si absolutely had some relationship with Lin Ling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, this conclusion wasn't that surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was known that Li Si had many connections with Chen Ji from the abandoned mental hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that Chen Ji was a Researcher from the Defenders' Alliance in later times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling also came from the Defenders' Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ling, who lost contact in the red-lit elevator, had likely also come to this era!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was even likely...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That so-called \"abandoned mental hospital\" was the predecessor of the later \"Defenders' Alliance\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Jiang Ye pondered this in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku and Lin Dong also sorted through their gains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those of Li Si's items whose uses could be determined, they divided between themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those that couldn't be analyzed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remained with whoever took them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That bizarre accessory of the two embracing infants naturally attracted their attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dong directly speculated: \"Could the two infants in this accessory be related to the sun infant and moon infant?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku shook his head: \"No idea. You keep it for now. If we encounter Li Si who has turned into a monster later, maybe we can ask him again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's leave this floor first and continue exploring downwards.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Li Ku looked at Lin Dong's other teammates:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your blindness is probably only temporary. Now, continue holding the iron chains and follow me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They naturally didn't dare question and followed Li Ku and Lin Dong, walking back the way they came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Dong could see now, so he took the opportunity to explain the environment of this place to his teammates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, there wasn't much to explain; it was just an empty hexagonal Ice Crystal Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This hexagon was quite similar to the hexagon of the Reincarnation Mirror Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there were no Ice Coffins here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye suspected...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"next floor\" Li Ku mentioned might also be a hexagonal space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought for a moment, then directly, in his state as a Conscious Soul Body, quietly followed this group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The direction they came from was one face of this six-sided space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the normal naked eye, ahead was a wall like ice crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the group holding the iron chains passed through that wall one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Witch Gui Jiang Ye originally wondered if he should also grab an iron chain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, thinking of those monsters scattering everywhere...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all seemed able to directly penetrate the walls of this six-sided space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried and found that as a Witch Gui, he could indeed pass directly through the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he thought again...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did those monsters, whose seals were broken, all uniformly leave this six-sided palace that sealed them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why didn't even a single monster choose to stay?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And why could he stay?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These doubts were temporarily stored in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passing through the wall, Witch Gui Jiang Ye found himself, along with Li Ku, Lin Dong, and the others, entering a familiar space—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red-lit elevator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked exactly the same as the red-lit elevator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only, the elevator button panel showed no numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until Li Ku pressed one of the buttons, a number lit up on it, displaying—19.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>19...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, that six-sided space just now, within the Blood Pool's red-lit elevator, was displayed as the 18th floor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye realized, if following the operation rules of the apartment's red-lit elevator from later times...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the 20th floor would be the 19th floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he seemed to have subconsciously used the opposite rule of the red-lit elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The apartment's red-lit elevator moved upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after entering the Blood Pool space, he subconsciously assumed he was moving downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he subconsciously thought increasing numbers meant down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning the 19th floor was below the 18th floor...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it might also be because he subconsciously felt that an environment of the dead reviving and monsters awakening would be more fitting with the number 18?\u003C\u002Fp>",2386,"2026-06-03T07:17:57.310Z","2026-06-03T07:18:01.092Z",1,"novelbin.me","dc29abeff30b2b0a6c4c4d378ecdb0a73682bfeaf05ad9e9865d2745a9603155","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-540","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-538",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]