[{"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-544":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},950241,1242,"Chapter 544: The World as Understood by Li Ku","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-544",544,"\u003Cp>Li Ku still entered the elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time upon entering the elevator, he could clearly feel that there was indeed a difference between this red-lit elevator and the Blood Pool Elevator at the bottom of the Blood Pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from the different sense of space and its inherently somewhat gloomy and cold atmosphere, the most obvious difference was its button panel, which clearly displayed numbers for floors 1 through 99.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, Li Ku also felt it was highly probable that he couldn't return to the space at the bottom of the Blood Pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he still tried pressing the button for floor 50.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, the elevator dinged, and he emerged from the 50th floor. What he saw was indeed a long corridor very similar to the 49th floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference was that the room numbers displayed on the doors now started with \"50\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unwilling to give up, Li Ku walked all the way along the corridor towards its depths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He discovered that the further into the corridor he went, the dimmer the lighting became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This spatial passage... where would it lead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye actually knew—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the passage leading to various monster-fighting and leveling-up spaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Ku hesitate, he directly spoke up: \"Rather than taking risks yourself, it's better to return to room 4906 and get more information from the Cardboard Box Monster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku nodded, then turned back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this time...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just after emerging from the elevator on the 49th floor, he keenly sensed a black shadow flash past in the direction of the corridor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku instinctively switched to Death State and chased after the shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye was initially startled, wondering...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that the Nomadic Merchant had sent a Survival Jade Token?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, he also gave chase and discovered it was a player.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thought struck Jiang Ye, and he left a message for Li Ku: \"Don't worry about it, I'll go seize the body!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, Li Ku saw a thin young man dressed in black walking out from the depths of the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked towards Li Ku's direction, showing no surprise upon seeing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku then understood what had happened: \"Witch Gui?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He recalled what the Cardboard Box Monster had revealed about monsters seizing players' bodies...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And how Witch Gui had previously seized the bodies of Lin Dong and himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to suppress his shock and suspicion, Li Ku tentatively asked: \"Is it only you who can randomly seize any player's body? Or can all monsters seize players' bodies freely like you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye was currently checking the Data Panel and group chat messages of the player he had seized. After a short while, he finally replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My situation is special. Generally, a monster's seizure of a player is irreversible. Once seized, the monster completely transforms into a player and can no longer revert to being a monster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whereas my 'body seizure' is one of my own abilities. I can withdraw at any time and return the player's body to them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This explanation secretly shocked Li Ku.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But immediately after, Jiang Ye added: \"Of course, my body seizure isn't 100% successful either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Facing players with powerful spirit attributes, failure is very likely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, if you willingly accept my seizure, the probability of success is higher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Permanent body seizures by monsters other than me also have probabilities of success or failure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If a monster successfully seizes a body, the player's soul dies, and their body becomes the monster's shell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If a monster fails to seize a body, the player inherits the monster's Glyph Pattern Ability.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So theoretically, there are players who can become stronger by surviving failed monster seizures.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku's era had no monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or, more accurately, he had only recently witnessed the monster resurgence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he knew absolutely nothing about the situation regarding monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to Jiang Ye's explanation now, while gaining knowledge, Li Ku couldn't help but voice a suspicion:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Witch Gui, you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be that you were originally an existence from this hidden space?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You and that Cardboard Box Monster mentioned the 'Abyss Restricted Zone anomaly', which is clearly a feature of this hidden space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye wasn't surprised by this conjecture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after a moment's thought, Jiang Ye countered with a question:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of existence do you think this hidden space is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it like a dungeon space behind the Hair Tree? Or a space hiding secrets at the bottom of the Blood Pool? Or perhaps... some other kind of space?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku pondered for a moment, then gave his analysis and conjecture:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think both the bottom of the Blood Pool and the roots of the World Tree might align with our imagination of 'Hell'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the monster resurgence also happened precisely in the space at the bottom of the Blood Pool.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Plus, what Li Si mentioned about Sisyphus and death...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So I think this space hidden within 'Hell' might be specially set up for monsters!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we call the world above ground the 'world of the living'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then this hidden space located underground might belong to the 'underworld'!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So here, monsters aren't just resurging; they have always existed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Monsters here seize players' bodies; the 'veteran players' here even help Witch Gui seize new players' bodies...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then it's not hard to guess that a considerable portion, perhaps even over 80%, of the veteran players here are players who have been seized by monsters!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we connect these players seized by monsters with the situation of He Yuliang and Chen Cang randomly triggering the [Curse of Despair]...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then perhaps we can call this place the 'Cursed Land'!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because here, 'curses' happen far too commonly...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku's tone was quite serious as he said this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, his understanding of this \"hidden space\" was only spatial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He completely didn't consider the issue of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He probably thought this was another world on the same timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, his assumption wasn't necessarily wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the timelines of the two worlds could indeed be understood as being on the same line?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye experienced some things in the Doomsday Prison world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After returning to the Doomsday Apartment world, a period of time had also passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His understanding of the Doomsday Prison era as the era before the Doomsday Apartment was merely based on historical speculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if these two worlds were parallel lines?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the face of intangible, untouchable time, no one can say for sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans can only use their own cognition to understand the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And can never truly see the real world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, even though Li Ku's understanding differed from what Jiang Ye thought, he didn't correct him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he shared the information he obtained after seizing the body with Li Ku:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps what you say is right. However, the players in this world, though from the same civilization as us, are not wearing Prison watches.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, their Data Panels have an extra column called [Survival Points], which should serve a similar purpose to the time on the Prison watch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides that, the player I seized shares a Novice Apartment chat group with other players in this Novice Apartment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The reason this guy suddenly came to the 49th floor was because in the group chat, a new player named 'Li Ku' suddenly appeared, causing panic among the newbie players.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This situation was strikingly similar to when the new player Huang Qi appeared and caused panic among Jiang Ye's classmates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the players in this apartment didn't seem to be classmates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were residents living on the same floor of a certain residential complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy he seized was named Ji Zixuan, the strongest player in this apartment, so he was quite bold and came directly to check the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Jiang Ye's explanation, Li Ku immediately checked his own Data Panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some study and scrolling, he indeed found the chat group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a quick glance, he was speechless: \"These... these newbies, really, are just like the newbies in the school, stupid to the point it shows on their faces.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And this Ji Zixuan, he really is bold. He already guessed I'm a veteran player, yet he still dared to come deliver himself to death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku seemed very surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Ye stated: \"This apartment is clearly quite different from your school.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The players here have their own safe residences. As long as they don't actively provoke monsters, they aren't likely to be attacked by monsters either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the much stronger veteran players won't descend until the 8th day...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Their survival environment is much easier compared to your school.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So their mentality naturally can't compare to the newbies in the school.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku nodded in agreement. While checking the messages revealed in the chat group, he headed towards room 4906 again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These newbies in the group clearly didn't possess much information either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So to obtain information, they still had to rely on monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this time...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he went to knock, room 4906 simply didn't answer the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn!\" Li Ku belatedly realized, \"The rooms in this world seem to be safe as long as the door isn't opened.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye remained silent for a moment, then reminded: \"The apartment administrator on the 1st floor lobby should have a master key that can open all rooms.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dark glint flashed in Li Ku's crack-like eyes. As if harboring some mischievous interest, he suddenly sent a message in this apartment's chat group:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[May I ask, does the administrator have a master key that can open all apartment rooms?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as this message appeared, the previously lively chat group instantly went dead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a long while, not a single new message popped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku raised an eyebrow, then headed towards the elevator again, saying to Jiang Ye who had seized Ji Zixuan's body:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The 1st floor of this apartment might still have other players, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the two took the elevator to the first floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the entire first floor showed no sign of any players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, at the front desk in the lobby, sat a slovenly tattooed young man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That guy had small eyes and a flat nose bridge, his looks somewhat comparable to Jiang Ye's Huang Bo clone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't that he was particularly ugly, but he inexplicably gave off a very bastardly vibe that made people want to slap him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key point was, that guy seemed to have anticipated Li Ku and Jiang Ye's arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He directly squinted his eyes, looking at Li Ku with a disdainful, condescending gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even making a very rude sound with his mouth, like someone calling a dog: \"tsk tsk tsk\"...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene bore some resemblance to when the War God of Mang Village provoked Gao Qiqiang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Li Ku had long smoothed out his temperament in the Personality Reconstruction school, being so wantonly provoked now made him frown involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainly because his detection methods showed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This young man's attribute talents and abilities weren't particularly strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a one-on-one fight, he probably couldn't even withstand one of Li Ku's hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How dare such a small Calamity make \"tsk tsk tsk\" sounds at him?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku wasn't an emotional person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed there must be a reason for such abnormal behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy seemed to be deliberately provoking him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on his Data Panel, besides talent abilities, there was also a permission identity—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Administrator of Apartment 4869]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apartment administrator...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku quickly realized...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This identity might come with certain inherent permissions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And permissions...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately thought of the permissions of Sun People players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first one allowed Sun People players to directly Erase Moon People players!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this apartment administrator...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could he also directly Erase apartment players?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Li Ku instantly panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erasure...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Erasure!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This survival pressure forced him, while in Death State, to swiftly dash towards the direction of the apartment's 1st-floor main door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene directly dumbfounded the apartment administrator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh? Dude? You haven't even attacked me yet! What are you scared of?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the direction you're running towards...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's the apartment main door!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside that...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is the mist world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You rushing into the mist world is worse than letting me Erase you!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what shocked him was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that guy charged into the mist world...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't destroyed by the mist at all, and his entire form showed no signs of erosion whatsoever!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene completely baffled this newly appointed Administrator 4869!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He directly sent a message for help in the administrators' group:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Holy crap?! The 'suspected veteran player' I mentioned earlier seems to be more than just a veteran player!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That dude! Damn it! He charged into the mist!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The key point is! After charging into the mist, he was completely fine!!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Dare not open my eyes~ hope it's my hallucination QAQ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1049: [Are you sure that dude was fine after entering the mist?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4869: [Absolutely, positively, and definitely sure!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2023: [Does he have some item on him that can block mist damage?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4869: [How would I know what item can block mist? Speaking of which, do items that block mist even exist?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4869: [Seems like before the Great Cleansing, even those top-tier seniors couldn't be like nothing happened in the mist, right?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4869: [But that dude, when he finally ran, his form seemed to turn into a black shadow... I'm not sure if that shadow was an item or an ability. He ran too fast, as if someone was chasing him!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This 4869 had many more doubts in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a senior-level administrator tagged him in the group—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4444: [Did that dude have a watch on his wrist? @4869]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4869: [Yes! It seems he did have a watch! Is that watch the item that blocks mist for him?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just after sending this message, 4869's consciousness fell into nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Ji Zixuan beside him suddenly looked dazed and utterly shocked, completely unaware of what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, Jiang Ye directly switched to seizing the body of this Administrator 4869.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he naturally saw the contents of the administrators' group chat through this administrator's perspective.\u003C\u002Fp>",2344,"2026-06-03T07:17:57.310Z","2026-06-03T07:18:01.092Z",1,"novelbin.me","3a94737537751bc397738a3989c41f518972af9bfaea810dc5e468f47bccea8b","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-545","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-543",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]