[{"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-547":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},950244,1242,"Chapter 547: The Tombstone Underground Palace","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-547",547,"\u003Cp>Having privileges really is great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling his previous experience of forcing his way into the underground burial ground with the [Entropy Reaper], Jiang Ye felt both nostalgic and a bit embarrassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Jiang Ye moving with such familiarity, Li Ku naturally followed along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This underground burial ground of the 4444 Apartment looked pretty much the same as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only difference might be...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye's gaze immediately went to the tombstone area of the burial ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku also looked in that direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, several tombstones that should have been standing upright seemed to have been destroyed, with stone fragments scattered all over the ground!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this... a grave robbery?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye had a thought and also approached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, there was no sensation at all, and he didn't hear any voices again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he had the opportunity to examine these seemingly destroyed tombstones more carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not only are the tombstones destroyed, but the space beneath them also seems to have been excavated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black iron wires directly flew out from the scars on Li Ku's face, deftly flipping over the remaining stone debris of those tombstones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the remaining stone debris, a blocked underground palace passage was clearly revealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entrance gap didn't look very large, barely enough to accommodate one person, and even then, someone a bit chubbier might not fit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the space below after passing through the entrance steps was somewhat unpredictable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku instinctively wanted to use the black hair strands seeping from his scars to probe into the pitch-black space beneath the steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before taking any action, he paused first and analyzed to Jiang Ye:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This space belongs to that administrator, right? And obtaining the acting administrator privileges allows entry here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If that's the case, then that administrator should have anticipated we'd discover this place...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His meaning was quite clear—he suspected this underground palace space hidden beneath the broken tombstones might be a trap deliberately set by the administrator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even if it wasn't a trap...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since this space belongs to the administrator, it has most likely already been explored by him, making it difficult to find anything good left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if there were still good things, they'd probably be things even the administrator couldn't obtain...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku didn't know much about this \"hidden world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he could vaguely sense that the administrator was probably not simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was he not simple, he definitely had powerful backing behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If such an existence couldn't take away benefits from the tombstone underground palace...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then others, even if they entered, most likely couldn't take them either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, Li Ku's thinking wasn't wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Jiang Ye was thinking...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku had the [Reincarnation Key].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the Reincarnation Graveyard didn't belong to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like someone holding a key but not knowing which door it opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye had a few suspicions...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this tombstone underground palace hide secrets leading to the Reincarnation Graveyard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His original plan was simply to dig graves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, previous experiences had confirmed that there seemed to be some kind of passage between the burial mounds of the underground burial ground and the Reincarnation Graveyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, following similar principles...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, the tombstone underground palace was equivalent to a higher-level grave compared to ordinary burial mounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If ordinary burial mounds could lead to the Reincarnation Graveyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then this tombstone underground palace most likely could too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Jiang Ye couldn't help but suspect...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did that Administrator 4444 really not know that Li Ku possessed the [Reincarnation Key]?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If other administrators, like that 4869 who was instantly killed, couldn't recognize the Death State, that could be understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Administrator 4444...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without the [Reincarnation Key]...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could recognize the watch moving through the mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even his [Time-Limited Instant Kill] had already failed on Li Ku...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such circumstances, as Administrator 4444, could he really not recognize Li Ku's Death State?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye was highly skeptical!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, assuming 4444 recognized the Death State, he naturally knew the [Reincarnation Key] was with Li Ku...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye didn't believe that, forget being Administrator 4444, even an ordinary player probably couldn't resist the temptation of the [Reincarnation Key], right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, thinking this way...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if this tombstone underground palace truly contained secrets leading to the [Reincarnation Graveyard]...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This secret itself was probably a deliberately set trap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Jiang Ye nodded along with Li Ku's words:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, this is after all that administrator's territory. If we explore without permission, we probably won't gain much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Jiang Ye turned and looked toward the burial mound area again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was pondering in his heart, while Li Ku, looking at the burial mound area, couldn't help but ask another question:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does this underground burial ground belong to Apartment 4869 or Apartment 4444?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye answered: \"Naturally, it belongs to Apartment 4444.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This answer was both within Li Ku's expectations and somewhat surprising to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded slightly and voiced his own view:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, from the numbers, '4444' sounds more related to 'death.'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But according to my speculation about the 'underworld'... this burial ground should exist more reasonably in the 4869 where we first appeared?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our appearance in 4869... shouldn't be random, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speaking of which, are there ten thousand apartments here, from 0000 to 9999?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye nodded, and after some consideration, said to Li Ku: \"I plan to go check another place. Will you stay here to explore this burial ground, or come with me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku glanced at the burial ground. He naturally maintained a strong desire to explore this place, which felt quite connected to his \"underworld\" speculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he understood clearly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place now belonged to that Administrator 4444's territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now was not the best time to explore here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He vaguely sensed that this Guiwen seemed to have means to deal with that Administrator 4444.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku quickly stated: \"I'll go with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Jiang Ye took Li Ku away from the underground burial ground and rode the red-lit elevator to the 22nd floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he found room number 2218 in the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the previous novice apartment that was reportedly destroyed by the anomalies of the Abyss Restricted Zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2218 of 4869 belonged to Guiwen's residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on Day 9 of the Doomsday Apartment, during the new novice apartment period...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theoretically, room 2218 of 4869 should accommodate new \"residents.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But another possibility existed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reincarnation Ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the White-Robed Woman, a Reincarnation Ghost, she could continue living in legally assigned housing of the newly born apartment from the destroyed novice apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Eternal Witch Gui was essentially also a Reincarnation Ghost...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Guiwen's situation was truly somewhat special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye wasn't entirely sure, with Guiwen himself wandering outside and not making any preparations for the novice apartment's reincarnation cycle...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether he could be judged as a Reincarnation Ghost and continue legally possessing room 2218 of Apartment 4869.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, even if he legally possessed room 2218, they had just experienced an apartment fusion...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current apartment changed from 4869 to 4444.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Room 2218 had obviously also undergone fusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye gave Li Ku a meaningful look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku then knocked on the door of room 2218 and skillfully called out: \"Delivery!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like this phrase was the new era's equivalent of \"checking the water meter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this time, there was no response from inside the room; it seemed truly empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye didn't mind, taking out the acting administrator's iron badge and swiping it against the door with a \"beep.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Result...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door actually didn't open!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye was somewhat surprised and went to the neighboring room 2217 to \"beep\" it too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Room 2217's door opened, and abnormal sounds came from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The acting administrator's work badge clearly worked on 2217 but couldn't open 2218's door!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku also instantly realized this problem and turned back to room 2218: \"This room... has something special about it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye glanced at him: \"Didn't you speculate that I'm a monster belonging to this hidden space?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this rhetorical question, Li Ku instantly guessed: \"So this...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye nodded: \"This is my room.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku thought to himself: As expected of a senior among monsters! The room he lived in can't even be opened by an administrator's work badge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye thought for a moment and said to Li Ku: \"I'll go in alone. You're responsible for handling that Ji Zixuan outside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Li Ku witnessed Ji Zixuan transform from a calm and composed senior demeanor one second to a completely bewildered expression the next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially upon seeing him, Ji Zixuan was so shocked he froze stiff, looking like he wanted to run away any second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the gaps in Li Ku's scars, very short black hair strands faintly emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus they looked just like body hair growing from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this poised and ready stance—Ji Zixuan naturally understood—he couldn't escape!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku didn't actually use the hair strands to tie him up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply asked questions, continuing to gather information about this \"hidden space.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He initially asked about prison watch-related questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to discover this newbie player knew nothing about prison watches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But other apartment common knowledge, he basically knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What shocked Li Ku even more was what Ji Zixuan revealed...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The game \"Doomsday Apartment\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean... before being drawn into this world, you played a game called 'Doomsday Apartment'?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Zixuan didn't know what was up with this senior, but being a game player wasn't some high-level secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded: \"I just played it casually, the novice apartment period of Doomsday Apartment...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku couldn't help but suspect whether the players in this \"hidden space\" were like prison players, drawn into the prison world from the real world? Or... were they just instance NPCs?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were they real people with independent personalities?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or just data-generated NPCs?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Zixuan thought Li Ku would continue asking him about the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn't expect this terrifying guy to suddenly ask him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know you're an NPC?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"NPC?\" Ji Zixuan was startled, \"Are you an NPC?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he shook his head, then said in shock: \"Or in an NPC's world, are we players the NPCs?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His shock seemed more like self-directed speculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku frowned and asked Ji Zixuan: \"Do you know about the Turing test?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Zixuan snapped out of his shock: \"Y-yes, I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku directly commanded: \"Then from now on, we'll ask each other questions to prove the other isn't human.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus the two of them, like two mental patients, asked each other strange and bizarre questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assuming the bathtub in front of you is filled with water, and you have a bowl and a spoon in your hand, what's the fastest way to empty the bathtub...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Jiang Ye knew nothing about the conversation between these two mental patients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering this 2218, he discovered not entirely surprisingly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This room was indeed still Guiwen's room 2218 in Apartment 4869!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, just like the tombstone area of the underground burial ground, seemed to have been deliberately destroyed by someone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old, musty scent once mixed with tobacco and chemical reagents was replaced by a choking dust smell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the furniture inside, including the chemical instruments placed on the desk, looked like they'd been ransacked by robbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floor was even more cluttered with various object remnants piled up, chaotic and messy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the large area spreading from the fireplace showed signs of being burned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the wall above the fireplace, originally densely pinned with letters, drafts, photos, and newspaper clippings, even connected with red threads to outline clues, forming a [Memory Wall].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That [Memory Wall] had become the most severely burned area!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything once hung there had disappeared, leaving only charred black marks after the burning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in this room, there was originally a dwelling place Guiwen prepared for his own Conscious Soul Body—an old puppet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the puppet had vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, vanished, not destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't leave any remnants of destruction, so it just disappeared into thin air!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was taken away by someone, perhaps...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye carefully observed every detail of this ruined 2218 room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, after clearing away the debris around the most severely burned fireplace area, he discovered that beneath this fireplace hid a space, just like the underground palace in the tombstone area, where only downward steps could be seen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this wasn't the underground burial ground, so spatially speaking...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space extending downward from 2218 would be 2118, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But would this space lead to 2118?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye didn't act rashly. Instead, he thoroughly investigated the room again, confirming there were no usable items left, then seized Ji Zixuan's body outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he heard Li Ku ask:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many 'fei' characters are in the sentence 'airplane flies over Tiananmen'?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye: \"Two... oh no, three?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku: \"You really are an NPC!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye: \"What? What are you guys talking about??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku realized and suddenly sounded a bit awkward: \"Uh, I was testing whether the players in this hidden space are real people or data-generated fakes...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye fell silent for a moment, then asked: \"Then, how many 'fei' characters are in the sentence 'airplane flies over Tiananmen'? How should a real person answer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2220,"2026-06-03T07:17:57.310Z","2026-06-03T07:18:01.092Z",1,"novelbin.me","b0a6c1133f959ae5aada8f05045a066525bec55fe9c48ef1c6a76740f06a7dc0","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-548","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-546",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]