[{"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-562":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},950084,1242,"Chapter 562: Searching for the Administrator","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-562",562,"\u003Cp>Li Ku shook his head, instinctively about to say something, but ultimately sent a private message instead:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【To be precise, I didn't see those reliefs.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Only Lin Dong, who fused with Du Yuheng's eyeballs, can see those reliefs.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Oh right, the Guiwen also saw those reliefs after seizing Lin Dong's body.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【So if you can recover your memories, you'll naturally know what those relief images look like.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing these messages...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye couldn't help but confirm: 【Reliefs invisible to the naked eye... only Du Yuheng's eyeballs can see them?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku: 【Yes.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye immediately asked again: 【Who is Du Yuheng? Are his eyeballs also red?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halfway through speaking, Li Ku stared at the words \"red\" and suddenly remembered the peculiarities when Du Yuheng used his skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a slight hesitation, he still shared the special aspects about Du Yuheng:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【As I mentioned before, I only heard the word \"Jiang Ye\" from Du Yuheng and Lin Dong.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【And essentially, they both saw the two characters 'Jiang Ye' on Zhou Qiming and the Guiwen through their special eyeballs.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【According to Du Yuheng's own description, he possesses the ability of Mind Reading. And whenever he uses this ability...】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【A flash of red light appears in his eyes!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Could that flash of red light share some similarities with your red eyeball...?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mind Reading?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye's heart trembled upon seeing these two words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this \"similarity\" made him suspect...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this Du Yuheng also be one of his clones?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He directly asked again: 【What about Du Yuheng then? Did he enter this Instance World?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku: 【Uncertain. We lost contact in the Blood Pool while exploring it.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Come to think of it, he should have been with the Guiwen.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Later, we witnessed the monster's revival on the 18th floor of the Blood Pool Elevator, thus reuniting with you, Guiwen, but we never saw Du Yuheng again.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【If you, Guiwen, can recover your memories, perhaps you'll know some information about Du Yuheng.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, another issue of lost memories...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Jiang Ye already had some speculations about Du Yuheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Du Yuheng himself, his unusual eyes possess the ability of \"Mind Reading.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his \"Mind Reading\" sees \"text\"?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, a flash of red light appears in his eyes when using the \"Mind Reading\" ability...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This inevitably made Jiang Ye suspect—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Yuheng's so-called \"Mind Reading\" might be a special perspective similar to Guan Gong Eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world he sees when using \"Mind Reading\" should be different from the world seen with normal vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And through that special perspective, he can obtain some information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then disguises this additionally obtained information as the so-called \"Mind Reading\" ability...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Du Yuheng's whereabouts, Jiang Ye also had a speculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Li Ku's revelation—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On every floor of the Blood Pool Elevator, what they saw with the naked eye was almost an empty hexagonal palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Du Yuheng's eyeballs could see the reliefs on the palace walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then based on this information...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called palace \"walls\" probably aren't walls at all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They are spaces of another dimension!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku thought he visited every floor of the Blood Pool Elevator...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, what he saw was probably just the elevator foyer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning, he never actually entered the real \"rooms\" of each floor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The relief walls visible in Du Yuheng's eyeball vision are the true worlds the elevator transports to!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku and the others merely glanced from outside the door without ever stepping in!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conversely, the missing Du Yuheng might have entered the world of the relief walls?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this moment, the Instance World he and Li Ku are in might also be considered them stumbling into a real room accessible through the Blood Pool Elevator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Li Ku's dilemma about how to clear the instance and leave the Instance World...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps can also be translated as—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to leave this \"relief wall\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems this shares similarities with how the Stick Figure walks out of that white paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply searching on a map is probably useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, the multi-dimensional staircase in the Underground Palace faintly points the way—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gaps causing spatial \"branching\" in the staircase are precisely spatial passages!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this instance of theirs might also have a passage!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this passage isn't as simple as the spatial passages in the staircase, fixed at one point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The passage they need to find might be mobile, or have activation conditions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stumbled upon that spatial passage, or fulfilled its activation conditions...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and thus came from the Blood Pool Elevator to this Instance World.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to return, they probably need to find that spatial passage again, or re-trigger its activation conditions?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this contemplation, Jiang Ye gained a relatively clear understanding of his situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing he still dwelled on was his amnesia, and his original body whose rescue necessity remained unknown...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But worrying was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After briefly exchanging some more information with Li Ku, they discussed exploring the Underground Palace staircase again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, it was certain that in a short time, they absolutely could not explore all branches of the Underground Palace staircase!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finding useful information among infinite branches would be like searching for a needle in a haystack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku's idea was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, explore the 100 already mapped routes using the red differentiated eyeballs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Primarily to see if their endpoints are all like the most primitive route, a white light of nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, Jiang Ye's idea was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the assistance of the red eyeballs, he might be able to find the route where Administrator 4444 is located within the branch routes of the Underground Palace staircase!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he finds the administrator...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he can't kill him immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Underground Palace route where the administrator resides likely hides secrets!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, Jiang Ye had no memories and knew nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he grasped more and more information, he developed new speculations about the administrator's behavioral motives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, like Li Ku, he thought the administrator hiding in the Tombstone Underground Palace harbored some conspiracy against them...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking about it now, perhaps not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye speculated—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The environment at the endpoint of the Underground Palace route where the administrator resides might be filled with entities similar to the mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before obtaining the Prison watch, the administrator simply couldn't explore alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long ago, Li Ku's appearance allowed the administrator to obtain the Prison watch...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's why he used the Prison watch to explore that route in the Underground Palace!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't hesitate to merge apartments...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even agreed to give out the administrator proxy badge and his own mimic mask, all for that one Prison watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then perhaps, the Underground Palace route the administrator went to hides benefits he has coveted for a long time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it's basically certain that before Guan Ce became a clone, he was a pawn obeying the administrator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, guiding Li Ku to explore the Underground Palace was also the administrator's goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then perhaps...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after obtaining the Prison watch, the administrator still hasn't acquired what he covets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still needs to utilize Li Ku's abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku's black thread ability?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or... Li Ku's cross?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both are possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this way, Jiang Ye increasingly felt...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The secrets hidden in this Underground Palace truly seem tailor-made for Li Ku!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black threads' ability to explore the Underground Palace...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Prison watch's ability to survive in the White Light World...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the cross, possibly a key to some secret...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The secrets of this Underground Palace clearly belong to Li Ku!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the administrator probably didn't realize this, daring to harbor greed and covet secrets belonging to Li Ku.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Jiang Ye didn't share these speculations with Li Ku.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps Li Ku already had his own speculations without being told.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After both had everything settled, Li Ku, relying on his Super Brain, forcibly memorized the 100 branch routes they had already walked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, the 100 threads carrying the recording orbs were retracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the 100 threads, no longer carrying recording orbs, were instead carrying red eyeballs to re-explore the Underground Palace staircase!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongbin and Gong Cheng no longer participated in this cooperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, Jiang Ye and Li Ku, one acting as the eyes, the other as the feet, cooperated to \"walk\" within the Underground Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 100 threads were quickly redistributed among the branch routes of the Underground Palace staircase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ninety of them directly explored downwards along the staircase routes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining ten, following Jiang Ye's instructions, continued searching for gaps between the staircases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this time, the goal wasn't strictly recording every branch of the staircase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it was to explore the route branch where the administrator is located, based on Jiang Ye's sense of the administrator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the perspective of clone-to-clone sensing, he still thought this exploration shouldn't be difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he clearly and definitely knew where the administrator was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, during actual operation, he discovered this process wasn't simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is akin to a complex pitch-black maze; he knows where he is and where the target red dot is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the route from himself to the target red dot isn't a straight line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, there are various possibilities of complex routes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he can do is continuously grope within the pitch-black maze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, a distance that doesn't feel far in terms of sensing isn't an easy journey to traverse within the terrifying, intricately tangled tree-like branch space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this process of blindly groping and bumping around in the \"maze,\" Jiang Ye thought of another problem—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the administrator truly wanted to lure Li Ku to explore the Underground Palace, then go pick the ripe fruit himself...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then how could he be sure Li Ku would precisely find him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye vaguely speculated—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps the solution to this maze itself also lies with Li Ku!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black threads are just one part; Li Ku's body holds another part!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Jiang Ye finally shared his thoughts with Li Ku and asked him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Do you have any other means on you that you've overlooked but could be effective against this Underground Palace staircase?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku also followed this line of thought...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this maze-like staircase is truly tailor-made for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the exploration means of the threads, another puzzle-solving means is also on him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Li Ku thought of something, flipped his hand, and took out the cross he subdued on the 44th floor of the Blood Pool Elevator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He obtained this cross also by relying on the dark space and dark energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>44th floor, 4444 Apartment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cross, this Tombstone Underground Palace, and even himself, might inherently share some connection!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought, Li Ku wanted to bring the miniature cross in his palm closer to the Tombstone Underground Palace...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with this thought, he unexpectedly discovered—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cross in his hand couldn't approach the Tombstone Underground Palace!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even within a 3-meter radius around the Underground Palace, it couldn't get close!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perplexed, Li Ku integrated the cross into his body and tried approaching again, encountering no issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is the cross, when separated alone, unable to approach this Tombstone Underground Palace?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would happen if it approached?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku suddenly remembered the process of subduing the cross, and a bold idea surfaced in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, with a thought, a few more strands of black threads emerged from the cracks on his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black threads once again wrapped around the cross layer by layer, just like when Li Ku subdued it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only this time, Li Ku wasn't using the black threads to pull the cross into the cracks on his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood at the edge of the Tombstone Underground Palace, manipulating the black threads to pull the cross from over 3 meters away towards this Tombstone Underground Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't say much during this process, but Jiang Ye vaguely understood and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Your cross... can't approach the Tombstone Underground Palace entrance area?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku nodded slightly: 【It seems there's a mysterious force resisting it... and this force seems very similar to the force that bound it when I subdued the cross.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye couldn't help but complain: 【Isn't this... a bit too bold? Aren't you afraid something unexpected might happen?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Unexpected?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku raised an eyebrow: 【You've probably guessed it too—】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【This Underground Palace probably inherently has some connection with me.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Without my black threads, other means would likely find it difficult to traverse those staircase gaps.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【The Prison watch the administrator borrowed was probably also used by him as a bargaining chip for exploring the staircase.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Besides these deducible answers... I myself have an indescribable, peculiar feeling.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【So I think, nothing unexpected should happen.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Li Ku had his own judgment, Jiang Ye said no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an amnesiac, the information he possessed was naturally far less than Li Ku's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Li Ku's black threads truly did pull the cross, which couldn't approach the Underground Palace entrance, towards that direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the cross was pulled to about 1 meter from the Underground Palace entrance...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It suddenly began to enlarge from a miniature cross less than a finger's length!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the base at the very bottom of the entire cross reached a width of one meter!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to transform into a giant Cross-shaped Tombstone, standing right at the entrance of the Underground Palace!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku stood on the opposite edge of the Underground Palace entrance, the black threads still binding this giant cross.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this state, the giant cross simply couldn't enter the Underground Palace!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, continuing to pull it would cause the cross's base to completely block the Underground Palace entrance!\u003C\u002Fp>",2267,"2026-06-03T07:17:58.030Z","2026-06-03T07:18:08.301Z",1,"novelbin.me","b4c7d3eee3b28f9a395412a640f688c0ae43741a48b61569ab31e9a29501ba66","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-563","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-561",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]