Surviving the Doomsday Apartment—With Infinite Clones!-Chapter 107: Lin Jing Surrenders, Confirming the Fake Match!

“Is this Bald Guy out of his mind? When he fought Zhao Yudie, it was a random match—his Combat Power must’ve been around 50 or 60 back then...”
“A Small Fry like that actually dares to challenge the top player on the War God Ranking?!”
“What does it matter? The Quick Battle Card rule is to sync both players’ Combat Power downwards—if his is really only 50 or 60, then Lin Jing’s would be pulled down to 50 or 60 too!”
“But even if Lin Jing gets dragged down to 60, wouldn’t he still one-shot the guy like it’s nothing?”
“Maybe he just randomly matched with Lin Shen? The Quick Battle Card’s match range is super wide—anyone could end up against anyone!”
“But think about it—there was just that mysterious Bald Guy who matched Lin Shen five times, and now this OG Bald Guy suddenly shows up... Feels like it’s not random at all!”
“Could be this Bald Guy was sitting in Lin Shen’s audience section, heard us comparing him to that other Bald Guy, got pissed, and came here to prove himself!”
“But what’s the point of proving himself? He’s still gonna lose, right? What, he thinks he can actually beat Lin Shen?”
“True, but the previous Bald Guy also lost all five times, didn’t he? So even if this one loses too, it’s not shameful.”
“Maybe he’s just trying to show that, unlike the other one who got one-shotted five different ways, he won’t get insta-killed by Lin Shen?”
Most of the players were just here for the spectacle.
They figured this Bald Guy must’ve taken it personally and came to settle the score.
But aside from those familiar or semi-familiar players chatting...
There were some others, not too close, who were sitting in the audience looking dumbfounded at the Arena waiting zone...
The first time Jiang Ye entered the Duel Room, he was treated like a newbie and scammed by a Bald Guy and a schoolgirl in cahoots.
He hadn’t really taken it to heart.
But now, one of those scammers—the Bald Guy—was actually in Lin Jing’s audience section.
Staring at Jiang Ye’s bald-headed form with a stunned expression.
After a long moment, he frantically messaged his partner.
Xu Jingyao: 【Sister Nian! Nian-god!!! Holy sh*t!! Guess who I just saw on Lin Jing’s Duel Arena?!】
Li Nian’s reply was ice cold: 【Who got you this worked up? Zhan? Bo? Han? Kai? Yang? Xing? Don’t tell me it’s Kun?】
【Wait, did you somehow see the vanished Fanfan or Shuangshuang? No wonder you're freaking out :)】
【……】
Xu Jingyao’s initial excitement was instantly wrecked by that deadpan sarcasm.
Her emotions calmed a lot in one go.
She took a deep breath and coolly replied:
【Not some celebrity! I’m not a star-chasing fangirl!】
【It’s that Bald Guy who tried to scam us before!】
【He’s unreal! He actually dared to match against Lin Jing!!】
【Can’t believe it—the newbie we nearly scammed is now strong enough to stand here!】
【Or maybe it’s just a random match, and he’s about to get one-shotted...】
【Still, whether it was random or a Privilege Card match, just getting to stand on this War God Arena is already big face and high profile!】
She fired off the messages in rapid succession.
And only got three short replies back:
【Where are you?】
She paused:
【I’m in Lin Jing’s spectator section.】
Li Nian: 【I meant which part of the spectator section?】
【Oh, east side seating. This area’s massive, though—you think you can find me?】
【Didn’t you say watching battles was too expensive and not worth the cost?】
As they chatted—
The whistle on the Duel Arena had already blown.
Before the whistle, matched fighters already on the field would be shielded by a layer of light.
After the whistle blew, the light barrier would drop.
The start of a match was usually super intense.
Pretty much the second that whistle rang out, both sides would act instantly.
If a spectator even blinked, they could miss a key moment.
So every time the whistle blew, the stands would instantly fall quiet.
And the atmosphere on the field would tense up.
But this time, things were different—
Yes, the spectator section went silent.
But on the Arena, the air didn’t seem tense at all.
Instead, Lin Jing casually said to his opponent, “Wanna chat?”
Just those three simple words sent the audience into an uproar again!
So Lin Jing knew this Bald Guy?
Could it be that this Bald Guy was actually another War God Ranking powerhouse?!
Still, the atmosphere was that of a match.
Most spectators kept their eyes on the field.
Then—
The Bald Guy didn’t even answer Lin Jing. His figure suddenly vanished on the spot!
The audience quickly reacted:
“He switched the Disguise Mask’s effect to invisibility!”
“But that invisibility effect sucks. A little detection and you can find him easily!”
Of course, from the spectator area, they couldn’t actually scan the field, so they had no idea where he was hiding.
Based on experience though, they figured it should be easy to detect him from the Arena itself.
But only Lin Jing, standing on the stage, knew—
He couldn’t detect Jiang Ye’s presence anywhere on the field!
Lin Jing’s heart sank.
His brain was no worse than Ouyang Fan’s or Wang Chengjin’s.
And standing face-to-face with Jiang Ye’s aura and gaze…
He could tell clearer than anyone—
This guy was dead serious!
He really intended to beat Lin Jing in a fair Quick Battle match!
He might have planned this ever since he sold Lin Jing that Quick Battle Card!
Lin Jing’s chest grew heavier and heavier.
In an instant, a storm of blood-red eyeballs filled the sky above the Arena.
Those eyes swept around like lasers.
Jiang Ye, on the other hand, was marveling in his head—
He felt that the Dark-type Replica’s Shadow Body must be on par with the Light-type Replica’s Light and Shadow Escape as a survival skill.
Light and Shadow Escape made it nearly impossible to be caught;
Shadow Body made it nearly impossible to be found!
These two SS-tier abilities from Replicas weren’t just stronger than S-tier—they were in a whole different league!
There had to be a watershed between S-tier and SS-tier.
As he thought, he also savored the insane stealth from Shadow Body.
He had no interest in Lin Jing’s “chat.”
From the spectators’ point of view, all they saw was—
those blood-red eyeballs blanketing the sky suddenly vanish into thin air!
Lin Jing’s expression abruptly shifted to one of shock and panic!
Then, he swiftly raised his hand to grip his sword, and for the first time, his wide eyes showed an unmistakable look of panic that stunned the entire audience!
The stands were filled with gasps—no one had any idea what just happened.
Then they saw Lin Jing actually give up resisting completely and straight up…
surrender!
The audience, still confused by his panicked expression and too stunned to react, was caught totally off guard and left speechless!
It wasn’t until the system announcement declared Lin Jing’s failure in the Quick Battle match…
that many spectators were still in a dreamlike daze, unable to snap back to reality!
However, the “Four Heavenly Kings” led by Wang Chengjin from Apartment 9999 had long been mentally prepared for Lin Jing possibly throwing the match to cut his losses.
So when they saw him lose, they weren’t too shocked.
Still, the situation wasn’t quite what they expected—
“What’s going on? Did Lin Shen and Jiang Ye coordinate this? Or was Jiang Ye confirmed as the fake match pick?”
“But surrendering outright? Isn’t that a bit too fake??”
“This is weird! Something about this match feels off!”
“What really happened? Let’s ask Lin Shen later.”
On the other side, in the tail-end squad led by Ouyang Fan of Apartment 9999, everyone was just as dumbfounded—
“This… the fake match is already over? But that was so fake!”
“I heard even people who buy Win Streaks at least go through the motions… what kind of match is this if he just surrenders straight up?”
Even Ouyang looked totally confused: “Weird! Lin Shen’s reaction seemed off!”
They all thought it was strange, and the whole spectator area was even more relentless.
Once the audience snapped out of it, a flood of heated discussion nearly blew the roof off the Duel Arena!
“Fk?! Should we be yelling ‘refund’ right now? What the hll was Lin Jing doing? What the hll kind of match was that?!”
“What match? He didn’t fight at all—he just surrendered!”
“This bllsht! Total rigging! I just paid for a ten-match viewing pass! And this was the only one I watched! And it was fake?! Refund my fing money!!”
“I get it now! That mysterious Bald Guy who matched Lin Jing five times must’ve pressured him! Lin Jing knew if it kept going, he’d eventually lose to that guy, so he ended Quick Battle through a fake match to protect some of his gains!”
“Holy sht! That actually makes sense! So this Bald Guy was hand-picked for the fake match!”
“F***! Lin Jing, all righteous and noble-looking on the outside, turns out to be a real snake!”
“??? When did he ever look righteous to you? Was it the blood-red eyeballs? Or the fancy ‘Dance of Death’?”
“I didn’t mean his skills—I meant his appearance, he looks kind of upright…”
“That’s the thing—never judge a book by its cover! Anyone who’s made it this far as a powerhouse, who knows how much blood is on their hands!”
“I’m so done! I waited and waited, thinking maybe Lin Jing couldn’t finish Quick Battle, and wondering what kind of top-tier opponent would finally bring him down…”
“Never imagined he’d pull something like this. Crushed my hopes completely! Now I finally understand why people scream ‘refund my fing money’!”
“F me! I’ve been cutting back on everything—didn’t even buy a bottle of water from the Low-End Mall just to afford this ticket, and in the end I got to watch Lin Jing surrender in a fake match! F***!”
Complaints and curses like that echoed endlessly across the stands.
At this point, Li Nian had reunited with Xu Jingyao on the east side of the spectator stands.
Xu Jingyao’s face was just as complicated and speechless:
“Holy sh*t! Nian-nian, you really wasted your viewing fee!”
“At least I got to see some of Lin Jing’s techniques. You, though? You came in just to watch him surrender in a fake match…”
“But that Bald Guy—he’s unreal, right?”
“I’m sure when I saw him in the first-floor lobby of the Duel Zone, he didn’t even know who Lin Jing from the War God Ranking was!”
“And now? Not only does he know Lin Jing, he even earned his trust—enough to be handed the crucial job of a fake match…”
“Nian-nian, I’m actually a little scared now…”
“What if we run into him again someday and he comes after us for revenge?”
“People like that—who knows how many lives they’ve taken. He’s probably the type who kills without blinking!”
Li Nian stared at the now-empty Arena, her expression still a little dazed and disoriented.
It took her a while to snap out of it. Her mood wasn’t great, and she was just about to say something when Xu Jingyao tugged on her arm:
“Look! Over there in the stands—isn’t that Zhao Yudie?”
“She lost to that Bald Guy before too, and now she’s watching this match… Wonder what she’s feeling right now?”
“She lost on her ninth win, right? I heard she was so pissed she nearly lost her mind, swearing she’d hunt him across the world…”
“Wonder if she even dares to be mad anymore, haha!”
Li Nian followed her gaze to where Zhao Yudie was sitting.
It was like looking in a mirror—Zhao Yudie’s face mirrored the same mix of shock and complicated emotions.
Li Nian sighed, then after steadying herself, reached over and ruffled Xu Jingyao’s disguised bald head with a helpless look:
“You were just worrying about revenge, and now you’re gleefully watching Zhao Yudie suffer… You really are something.”
“Hahahahaha!” Xu Jingyao laughed out loud without a care.
“I mean, someone’s got it worse than us, that’s worth celebrating, right?”
“Life’s better when your happiness comes from other people’s misery! Feels amazing! Hahaha!”
Li Nian rolled her eyes, but truthfully, it was easier to relax around someone as carefree as her.
The Doomsday Apartment environment was already stressful enough—if you stayed bottled up every day and didn’t know how to enjoy life in the moment, you’d lose your mind sooner or later.
So she smiled too, her tone noticeably lighter:
“Alright, fine. You’re right. Let’s build our happiness on anything that makes us happy. Enjoy life while we can!”
“Exactly!” Xu Jingyao agreed with a grin.
“And as the saying goes—girls who laugh a lot are luckier!”
“I just know good luck’s gonna smack me in the face any day now!”
“Maybe that guy with the Global Kill-on-Sight Order on him will drop dead right in front of me, and I’ll snatch the final blow and skyrocket to the top! Bald Guy, Lin Jing—none of them could touch me!”
“Or—or maybe, while the whole server’s hunting down Huang Bo, when he’s abandoned by everyone, I step in and help him… and become his one and only white moonlight…”
“Every time he’s hunted, betrayed, and licking his wounds in some dark corner… he’ll remember—”
“There was once a quirky, cheerful girl who gave him warmth when the whole world turned its back on him…”
“He’d be willing to give everything he has for that kind and gentle girl…”
“Aiyama! Hahahahaha!”
Xu Jingyao laughed herself silly at her own wild fantasy.
Li Nian could only stare at her helplessly.
And yet, Xu Jingyao seriously turned her fictional romance plot into a real-world “what if,” and cheerfully asked Li Nian:
“Be honest, Nian-nian—if that guy with the Global Kill-on-Sight Order shows up all beaten and bloody right in front of us...”
“Would we save him and gamble on a life-saving favor and white moonlight status—or just kill him and take the reward?”
“I’m so torn right now, can’t decide…”
Li Nian, long used to her wild imagination, simply poured a bucket of cold water on her:
“What if the guy’s ugly as hell?”