Surviving the Doomsday Apartment—With Infinite Clones!-Chapter 125: Madman Mask Acquired

Such a great item obviously had to be put to good use.
The F-tier Replica would now always roll Skull.
So Jiang Ye passed the Dice of Fate to a Replica with A-tier Comprehension Enhancement through the Replica Shared Space, continuing the dice rolls.
At the same time—
In Room 6996 of Apartment 9669.
A flicker of light, barely visible to the naked eye, flashed by.
Right after, a low voice rang out:
“Symbiotic Reincarnated Eerie? Tsk tsk... so because it’s symbiotic, you’re not afraid of me?”
This was in response to Guan He revealing she had a Symbiotic Reincarnated Eerie.
And the sudden voice instantly froze the just-relaxed atmosphere of Room 6996.
However, people like He Yuliang weren’t Dark-type Beings.
So they didn’t have that instinctive fear of Light-type.
On the contrary...
They were all eyeing the Kill-on-Sight Order Reward.
Especially Lu Fang—his eyes were practically glowing red!
But they also knew very well—
Without Wang Hai and Wang Lin’s Dark Spirit Barrier, their chances of hitting the Light-form Huang Bo were almost nil.
And right now...
they didn’t seem to be the main players here.
Their eyes all drifted to Guan He, occasionally glancing at Jiang Ye.
Both Guan He and Jiang Ye stood stiffly, their expressions a bit unnatural.
Of course, Jiang Ye was just mimicking Guan He to keep up appearances, avoiding suspicion.
And more importantly...
At this moment, he was literally playing two roles in the same scene.
His real focus was naturally on the Light-type.
Guan He, likely due to the Symbiotic Reincarnated Eerie, still had an instinctive fear of the Light-type.
She was honest about it though.
While glancing around, she replied:
“Of course I’m afraid. That’s why we can keep each other in check.”
That statement sounded strange—then a voice from above drifted down: “We?”
Guan He nodded: “That’s right, we—”
“Me, Jiang Ye, and you.”
The Light-type Huang Bo let out a deliberate laugh, his tone faintly mocking:
“Keep each other in check, and then what? You want me to help kill the Apartment Boss?”
“But this kind of high-risk move has no benefit for me at all.”
Guan He still gazed upward as she wandered her eyes around, expression feigning confusion:
“How could it be no benefit?”
“Killing the Apartment Boss would help you get rid of the Kill-on-Sight Order, wouldn’t it?”
Kill the Apartment Boss to lift the Kill Order?
Jiang Ye hadn’t heard that before!
The Light-type companion had told him the way to break free was something like the Reincarnated Eerie’s Fake Death,
just more complicated, requiring rare and special items.
Was it possible those items came from killing an Apartment Boss?
As he was thinking, Guan He’s calm, cool voice continued:
“All you have to do is kill all 26 Apartment Bosses, and the Kill Order will be lifted naturally.”
“If you don’t believe me... I heard the Administrator of Apartment 9999 also issued a small Kill Order on you.”
“If you kill that one, the small Kill Order gets lifted—should be proof I’m not lying.”
“...”
Guan He made it sound so logical.
But Jiang Ye was speechless inside.
Is this seriously about whether I believe you???
Kill all 26 Apartment Bosses...
You’ve got some guts saying that!
Even the White-Clad Woman didn’t set him up with something this outrageous when she gave him a mission!
Not just Jiang Ye—
even He Yuliang and Lu Fang were mentally screaming that maybe they weren’t even playing the same game as Guan He.
Lu Fang could barely stop himself from shouting: “Have you read the stuff you’re saying?!”
Guan He wasn’t stupid.
In the eerie silence, she slowly spoke again:
“Actually, once we get started, we’ll realize—”
“There’s not that much difference between killing one Apartment Boss and killing twenty-six.”
“...”
Jiang Ye thought: Yeah, sure. Just like there’s not much difference between positive infinity and positive infinity :)
The thing is, if he really wanted to lift a Kill Order, he didn’t need to go through all that.
Hell, under the right conditions, he could even claim the Kill-on-Sight Reward himself.
So Guan He’s proposal didn’t really appeal to him.
Just as he was thinking about throwing out a snarky line to keep up his reckless persona—
Guan He suddenly raised her hand, holding a black mask-like item between her fingers...
His Eye of True Sight Replica had already entered the Personal Instance, so it couldn’t fuse or be used directly.
But skills possessed by the Main Body were still easily usable by Replicas.
So he cast Detection and immediately got results—
That black mask was actually the legendary Madman Mask!
Wait, what?!
No one in this zone had hit a 100-Win Streak, right? So how was the Madman Mask showing up??
Jiang Ye thought for a moment and quickly realized—
This Madman Mask probably belonged to the Symbiotic Reincarnated Eerie.
That thing had gone through who-knows-how-many Beginner Apartments.
It was possible it had gotten the item early.
In his Light-form, Jiang Ye’s eyes lit up.
He hadn’t even spoken yet when Guan He raised the Madman Mask and said:
“You should know very well—running away will never solve the problem.”
“Team up with us, go big—this is practically your only way out.”
“Because when Day Eight comes and the Veteran Players arrive... barriers like the one Wang Hai and Wang Lin used on you, the Dark Spirit Barrier, will flood in like a net.”
“And even if you survive those... what then? Go to Doomsday Apartment?”
“You think you’ll be able to do whatever you want once you get there?”
Guan He made a lot of sense.
If Jiang Ye were just a regular Light-type, yeah, chances of survival were slim. He might as well go all out.
But the thing was, Jiang Ye wasn’t a regular Light-type!
He had an entire army of Replicas backing him up!
Hell, if it came down to it, he could even sacrifice the Light-type to get a reward.
As he was thinking, Guan He suddenly glanced in his direction.
Then she swept her gaze through the air and said meaningfully:
“Also, if I’m not mistaken...”
“You and Jiang Ye already know each other, right? What’s your relationship?”
That question was aimed at Light-form Huang Bo,
but also subtly directed at Jiang Ye himself.
Neither of them answered.
Then a streak of light shot across Guan He’s fingers—
The Madman Mask in her hand vanished in a flash!
And moments later, the name “Huang Bo” disappeared from the Apartment 9669 Level Ranking!
Wait—
Did he just snatch the Madman Mask and run?!
What the actual—!!
In Room 6996, He Yuliang and the others were all dumbfounded!
This this this...
What the h*ll?! Did a Light-type just do that?
Snatched something and ran off... that’s seriously low, man!
Even Guan He froze a little, eyes wide as she stared at her now empty, delicate hand.
After a moment, she stiffly turned her head toward Jiang Ye.
Only to see Jiang Ye also looking shocked, cursing angrily:
“That Light-type... has no shame at all!”
“Isn’t there a phrase called ‘the righteous light of the path’? With behavior like that, he’s just disgracing the whole ‘righteous path’!”
After cursing, he cleared his throat and said seriously:
“He probably went to Apartment 4444.”
“I’m heading there too. See you all if fate allows.”
With that, he vanished with a flash.
Leaving behind the four players, confused and scattered like leaves in a windless storm.
While things wind down here...
the real show was just beginning in Apartment 4444.
The White-Clad Woman and the Blackened Replica had both arrived ahead of time.
When they first got there, they were each a little relieved—no Light-type in sight.
The Blackened Replica was fine. When Replica No. 1 swapped places with him, he automatically left 4444 and returned to his native Apartment 1010.
The White-Clad Woman, though, wasn’t so lucky.
To be precise—
When the Light-type arrived at Apartment 4444,
every Dark-type Being in the place was screwed!
That included Lin Jing!
Lin Jing, being a Dark-type with Glyph Pattern Ability, naturally had an instinctive fear of Light-type.
It hadn’t been obvious before due to no face-to-face encounter.
But now, with the Light-type landing in 4444, Lin Jing’s righteously firm face instantly turned pale!
He, along with Ouyang and other elites, was stationed right on the rooftop of 4444.
That’s also where the Teleportation Array between apartments was.
So they were confident—
No one could enter or exit 4444 without passing under their eyes.
Well, except the White-Clad Woman. She had her own Cross-Apartment methods.
When Jiang Ye showed up later, they didn’t catch him at the rooftop either.
But since they knew he was familiar with the White-Clad Woman, and that they arrived around the same time,
they assumed he’d borrowed her method and skipped the rooftop.
But now, Light-type Huang Bo suddenly appeared in the Apartment 4444 member list, and still hadn’t passed through the rooftop?!
The elite players stationed there all had varying expressions—
Dark-types like Lin Jing were obviously terrified.
But a few non-Dark-type elites actually looked a bit delighted.
Also on the rooftop were Wang Hai and Wang Lin, who had Crossed Apartments from 9669. When they saw “Jiang Ye” on the member list, their eyes darkened slightly.
But soon, Wang Hai spoke up:
“If the Light-type is here, should we set up another Dark Spirit Barrier?”
Among the rooftop players, Lin Jing wasn’t the leader.
But because he was connected to Jiang Ye, his status was different.
Before the actual leader could speak, Lin Jing replied seriously:
“Pointless.”
“So what if you set up another Dark Spirit Barrier? Jiang Ye can break through it anyway.”
“On the contrary, the two of you are already on Jiang Ye’s hate list. Staying with us might drag us down.”
“So my suggestion—leave 4444 ASAP.”
Wang Hai and Wang Lin actually wanted to bail.
The Light-type was tempting, but Jiang Ye’s pressure was no joke.
Especially after learning from Lin Jing—
Jiang Ye probably knew the Light-type.
Him suddenly heading to Room 6996 of Apartment 9669 was likely to break the Dark Spirit Barrier and rescue the Light-type!
If Jiang Ye and the Light-type joined forces...
That would be unbeatable!
Jiang Ye breaks the barrier with Dark-type might;
The Light-type crushes all Dark-type Beings with innate advantage.
Together, they’d be unstoppable!
Wang Hai and Wang Lin immediately leaned toward agreeing with Lin Jing.
But maybe considering something else, they looked toward the real leader among the rooftop elite players.
If Jiang Ye were present, he’d be shocked—
Among the gathered elites on the rooftop, the leader was someone he recognized!
It was the Mysterious Bald Guy who had matched with Lin Jing five times!
Because Jiang Ye had interfered, Lin Jing had surrendered, and the Bald Guy didn’t get a sixth match.
Back in the spectator stands during Lin Jing’s match, Jiang Ye had heard Ouyang say that Lin Jing had thrown a Fake Match, giving up Quick Battle Mode, perhaps to kill the Mysterious Bald Guy in real life.
But now, what a twist—
Lin Jing and Ouyang were standing with the Bald Guy!
And all the elite players seemed to treat this Bald Guy as their leader.
The Mysterious Bald Guy met Wang Hai and Wang Lin’s questioning gaze, thought for a moment, then didn’t echo Lin Jing’s suggestion for them to leave.
Instead, he suddenly removed the Disguise Mask he was wearing—
The Bald image vanished, replaced by a haggard young man with dark eye circles.
He looked like one of those urban legends—a “Sanhe God.”
Totally slouched, eyes half-lidded like he hadn’t slept in three days.
Expressionless, he handed the Disguise Mask to Wang Hai, and said lazily:
“Put on this mask. Find a corner in 4444 to hide. Just make sure the name ‘Wang Hai’ stays on the member list.”
“Then, hand me your Dark Spirit Compass.”
Wang Hai felt nervous at first putting the mask on.
But then he thought—
Anyone seeing that Bald image would hesitate to attack.
Even during match five with Lin Jing, this guy had been pulling out all the stops. No one dared take him lightly.
So wearing that Disguise Mask, others would think he was the Mysterious Bald Guy—nobody would mess with him.
With that in mind, Wang Hai put on the mask, handed over the Dark Spirit Compass, and disappeared from the rooftop.
As soon as he left...
The haggard young man held the Dark Spirit Compass, then waved his other hand across his face.
His face changed—he now looked exactly like Wang Hai!
His build and aura too—perfectly mimicked the middle-aged man.
Seeing this, Lin Jing immediately understood—
He’d told Wang Hai to leave because he feared Jiang Ye would come after him again.
But this guy wanted Jiang Ye to come after him!
Recalling all those duels with the Mysterious Bald Guy, Lin Jing’s expression darkened, eyes lowered, silent.
Ouyang, however, tried to flatter the man now disguised as Wang Hai:
“With things like this, the setup’s perfect!”
“If Huang Bo dares come, the Dark Spirit Barrier will trap him for sure!”
“If Jiang Ye tries to rescue him again and breaks the barrier...”
“Then we’ll finally know his secret!”
But “Wang Hai” only glanced at him coolly and corrected: “Not ‘we’—I.”
Ouyang chuckled awkwardly and edged closer to Lin Jing.
Lin Jing was now tense all over, and it took all he had to suppress his fear of the Light-type and squeeze out a line:
“The Light-type... is approaching... the rooftop.”