[{"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-564":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},950086,1242,"Chapter 564: The Lost Watch","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-564",564,"\u003Cp>This scene, for the amnesiac Jiang Ye, only stirred a strange, indescribable feeling in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he seen a similar image before? Or was it... a familiarity that transcended memory?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiarity that transcended memory?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he, before losing his memory, seen this image?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or did he himself have some connection to this cross?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye couldn't explain it clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku, on the other hand, had also seen this kind of giant cross.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he didn't think too much about it, only instinctively assuming—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sudden enlargement of the cross was also a means of resisting entry into the Underground Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally dragged over, it deliberately enlarged itself, preventing him from entering the Underground Palace...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku was just thinking about whether he could shrink this cross and then forcibly drag it into the Underground Palace...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he noticed Li Hongbin and Gong Cheng's expressions showed an abnormal kind of shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That kind of emotion...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku directly leaped up, his entire body landing on the top of the giant cross, before looking down at the two and asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... do you know something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"K-know something??\" Li Hongbin's personality was relatively arrogant, but his tone was even a bit stuttered now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye also noticed their expressions were off and followed up by asking: \"You... have you seen this kind of giant cross in the game, or somewhere else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku was even less polite, a strand of thread directly winding over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only controlled the person, not actually harming them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this domineering attitude was already intimidating enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongbin swallowed hard, speaking with difficulty: \"No, I... I really don't know anything...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's just that in the game, I heard the tombstone area of the Burial Ground was originally also a cross-shaped tombstone...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The entire tombstone area had only that one cross-shaped tombstone back then. And players didn't have the qualification to build new tombstones, nor could they explore the cross-shaped tombstone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Later, no one knows what happened, but the cross-shaped tombstone disappeared, turning into several ordinary tombstones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Initially, some players guessed a player had cleared the cross-shaped tombstone, but others refuted that, thinking if a player had cleared it, the player couldn't possibly be that low-key;\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Later, it was speculated that maybe the exploration difficulty of the cross-shaped tombstone was too high, and the game secretly modified it, changing it to the later ordinary tombstones with reduced difficulty...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, even those ordinary tombstones weren't something newbie players could handle. Many big spenders also perished inside...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The reason I'm shocked is that I think the cross-shaped tombstone you've brought out now looks very similar to the cross-shaped tombstone before the game modification...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is, the one and only cross-shaped tombstone that originally stood in the tombstone area!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku listened, slightly lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, in the game, the entire tombstone area originally only had one cross-shaped tombstone standing...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you game players know where the later disappeared cross-shaped tombstone went?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongbin instinctively wanted to shake his head, but feeling the thread wrapped around his neck, he stiffened, not daring to move, and said rigidly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know, didn't I say? Players all thought it was modified by the game.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only now do we know it wasn't a game modification, it's a pity players back then didn't investigate deeply...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of thoughtful silence, Li Ku suddenly asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among the people you know, do you know of anyone who has studied \"Doomsday Apartment\" particularly deeply?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongbin fell silent for a moment, his face showing helplessness: \"I do know a few, but those people aren't within our reach...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gong Cheng beside him, however, directly revealed: \"That Administrator 4444 is actually a veteran player in the game.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as these words were spoken, Li Hongbin looked at him with a hint of surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye vaguely grasped the meaning of this \"surprise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Li Hongbin probably didn't dare to offend Administrator 4444, so he wasn't so willing to directly reveal information related to Administrator 4444.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he was surprised that Gong Cheng actually dared to reveal this information directly on Administrator 4444's turf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this Gong Cheng... was indeed more aware of the current situation than Li Hongbin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His revelation clearly carried a hint of trying to curry favor with Li Ku.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After the Ninth Day Major Reshuffle, many privilege positions were vacant...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems those veteran players, through some unknown means, occupied many privilege positions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So now, many apartment administrators are mostly former game players.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For example, the previous administrator of your Apartment 4869 should also have been a game player.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After directly revealing this information, Gong Cheng fell silent for a moment, then suddenly revealed: \"About this cross, I might have seen a related post on the forum...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Gong Cheng really seemed to enjoy browsing forums.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, that obscure post about the World Tree was also something he claimed to have seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku's crack eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked in a deep voice: \"Tell me, what other additional information do you know?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, at this moment, Gong Cheng looked up at the sky somewhat fearfully, seemingly afraid to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku pondered briefly, then directly used a thread to drag Gong Cheng into his crack eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene made Li Hongbin inexplicably stiffen all over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, he saw \"the Boss\" looking calm, even speaking to reassure him: \"Don't worry, the space inside Li Ku's eyes is safe, see, I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongbin then relaxed a bit, but to be honest...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He always felt that the Boss seemed a bit... different after coming out of Li Ku's crack eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it an illusion, or...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caused by the \"loss of consciousness\"? Or by losing the Guan Gong Tattoo?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongbin glanced at \"Guan Ce\" and silently nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Ji Zixuan clone, before he could even ask Li Ku, he received a message actively shared by Li Ku, information Li Ku had obtained from Gong Cheng:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[According to what Gong Cheng said, he saw a claim in a forum post—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That this 4444 Apartment actually has two Burial Grounds, one open and one hidden. This underground Burial Ground that players all know about is an open Burial Ground.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Besides this Burial Ground, there is another concealed one that players cannot enter.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And the tombstone area of that secret Burial Ground is a giant cross.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It's said the secret Burial Ground is the private property of Administrator 4444. And...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku paused slightly, seeming somewhat hesitant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after glancing at Jiang Ye, he continued sending the message: [The cross I obtained on the 44th floor of the Blood Pool Elevator also seems to belong to Administrator 4444.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Because the Death State effect I gained through the cross is, in the game, Administrator 4444's ability.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And in the game, the only ability that can pierce through the Death State is also... that Taboo.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, when mentioning the Taboo, Li Ku was merely curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, mentioning it, he finally carried a deep wariness, along with a hint of something strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By this point, Li Ku had an inexplicable feeling...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That \"Taboo\" which players in the instance couldn't articulate...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seemed to be specifically targeted against him, which was why it couldn't be articulated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, was his inability to realize what that \"Taboo\" was also a result of being targeted?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many guesses flashed through Li Ku's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even began to feel—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guiwen's loss of control and amnesia might also be the result of being targeted in some way!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't share these guesses with Guiwen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he could guess that Guiwen should also have some awareness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of silence, Li Ku continued sharing with \"Ji Zixuan\":\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Regarding the one open and one hidden Burial Ground, there's another claim—]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The open underground Burial Ground superficially has the ability to bury players and resurrect players.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[But the true resurrection ability lies within that secret Burial Ground belonging to Administrator 4444.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[At the same time, players in the post speculated that the cross-shaped tombstone in the secret Burial Ground might be the source of the entire Burial Ground's resurrection ability.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Including Administrator 4444's Death State ability, most likely also comes from that cross-shaped tombstone.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[There were even players who guessed—perhaps within that cross-shaped tombstone hides an ultimate BOSS waiting for resurrection.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ultimate BOSS waiting for resurrection?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye looked at the giant cross-shaped monument that had stopped at the Underground Palace entrance in his field of vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief moment of thought, he asked Li Ku: [Do you feel anything? Is there any creature waiting for resurrection hidden within your cross?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ku shook his head: [Facing the cross, I don't feel anything inside it. However...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I have suspected that the dark areas within the cracks in my body, those beyond my control, might be hiding something.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he added: [That pair of red eyes you left in my dark space has already run off into the dark areas I don't control... I don't know what state it's in now.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye was thoughtful, but he still couldn't sense that pair of red eyeballs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't request to go back into Li Ku's dark space to check. Instead, after a moment of silence, he used his normal speaking voice to say to Li Ku:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All 90 routes probed down just now have reached the bottom of the staircase. The view is the same as the first route without taking a branch—a expanse of white light.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Considering Guan Ce fell into a loss of consciousness state after his differentiated Guan Gong Eyes entered the white light, I'm now uncertain whether to directly charge in...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All white light...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But surely it couldn't be that all those branching paths lead to the same endpoint?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Li Ku released Gong Cheng from his crack eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief consideration, he said to Jiang Ye:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to try blocking the Underground Palace entrance with this giant cross.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye was silent for a moment, then nodded: \"Then go ahead and try.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Li Ku jumped down from the top of the cross to a spot several meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black threads emerging from his body once again grabbed the giant cross and began dragging it towards the Underground Palace...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These threads themselves contained special spatial rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So during the dragging process, Li Ku wasn't actually using \"strength\" in the physical sense, but rather his \"spirit attribute.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the strings in his mind tightened, emitting a warning-like buzzing sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, once Li Ku decided on something, he didn't retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the buzzing in his mind turned into buzzing in his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the giant cross-shaped monument moved towards the Underground Palace entrance, it seemed to cause the entire underground Burial Ground to tremble slightly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Hongbin and Gong Cheng, along with those few Cannon Fodders, couldn't help but swallow hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye, however, realized that this slight trembling sound didn't seem to be the sound of the ground shaking, but more like...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still pondering what this sound resembled more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he suddenly saw iron chains, like living iron snakes, abruptly drilling out from the ground of this tombstone area!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rapidly climbed up the entire giant cross, firmly restraining it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buzzing sound they heard wasn't ground vibration, but the sound of these \"iron snakes\" crawling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as the iron snakes crawled, Jiang Ye clearly felt—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The administrator hidden in some unknown branch of the Underground Palace, who was originally stationary, suddenly began moving at extreme speed towards the Underground Palace entrance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye hurriedly sent a message to Li Ku:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[The administrator in the Underground Palace is coming out towards the entrance!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Li Ku's condition seemed somewhat off!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face, covered in scars, even his eyes were scars, so nothing could be discerned from his expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main issue was that he showed absolutely no reaction to the message Jiang Ye sent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the administrator, reacting extremely quickly, flew out from the remaining gap at the Underground Palace entrance, landing on his butt on the ground, letting out a long sigh of relief like someone who had narrowly escaped death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the expressions of all players in the underground Burial Ground inexplicably tensed up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no helping it; this was the suppression of authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Moon People players instinctively feared Sun People.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The amnesiac Jiang Ye also felt a slight chill in his heart!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainly because Li Ku's current state was clearly not quite right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without Li Ku covering for them, these players probably weren't a match for this administrator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately... the administrator seemed to think so too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he recovered, his attention focused entirely on Li Ku.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or more accurately... on the giant cross-shaped monument Li Ku was dragging with his threads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the iron chains winding and flowing over the cross-shaped monument, the administrator's rigid, cold eyes looked as if he had seen a ghost!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, his gaze shifted from the cross-shaped monument, landing instead on... \"Guan Ce.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This glance again looked as if he had seen a ghost; he almost unabashedly stared and asked: \"Where's your tattoo?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Ce, also Jiang Ye's newly acquired clone, once again displayed Jiang Ye's miraculous acting skills—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He appropriately showed a tense expression in the face of the administrator, his voice slightly stiff:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The tattoo... I don't know...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After the Guan Gong Eyes probed into the white light of the Underground Palace, I lost consciousness...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I recovered, the tattoo was gone...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the administrator didn't accept this explanation at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instinctively blurted out \"How is that possible,\" then flashed over to the Guan Ce clone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His large hand was about to press down on the Guan Ce clone's head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Jiang Ye didn't know what this administrator intended to do, but he instinctively felt fear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he seemed frozen in place, unable to move!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as that hand was about to touch the Guan Ce clone's forehead...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a thread \"whooshed\" and wrapped around the administrator's wrist!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It even seemed to... restrain his movement!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it Li Ku?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Li Ku not completely lost consciousness and was still paying attention here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ye was shocked, and Administrator 4444 was even more shocked than him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He almost instinctively tried to use his Erasure privilege on the direction where the thread came from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the result...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conditions for triggering the Erasure privilege were not met!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How was that possible?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thread had wrapped around him; didn't that count as an attack??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The administrator was utterly shocked, but he quickly speculated on two possibilities—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either, due to the special nature of Li Ku's identity, he wasn't under this administrator's jurisdiction, making him unable to Erase Li Ku;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thread that suddenly wrapped around his wrist... didn't belong to Li Ku?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even this action of actively wrapping around wasn't commanded by Li Ku.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, this didn't count as Li Ku actively attacking an administrator!\u003C\u002Fp>",2512,"2026-06-03T07:17:58.030Z","2026-06-03T07:18:08.301Z",1,"novelbin.me","549e611990e97038a1a83488e095b2b78255156b6e3f88a0c6b5c68f58e54f83","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-565","surviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-chapter-563",575,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-doomsday-apartment-with-infinite-c-cover.jpg"]