【Welcome to the Doomsday Apartment!】

【This is a beginner’s apartment. On Day 1 of in-game time, 80 beginner players will be placed here, along with 80 randomly distributed Survival Stones.】

【On Day 8 of in-game time, 20 veteran players will be placed here, along with 20 randomly distributed Survival Stones.】

【This apartment will self-destruct on Day 11 of in-game time.】

【At that time, any player without a Survival Stone will be destroyed along with the apartment.】

【Players with Survival Stones will begin their official Doomsday Apartment journey.】

【In the Doomsday Apartment, players can exchange Survival Stones for Survival Points, which can be used to purchase supplies, abilities, tools—anything a player desires.】

【Rules for this Beginner’s Apartment are as follows:】

【1. All players will be randomly assigned an initial apartment. Rent will be charged based on the apartment’s level of luxury.】

【2. Rent is due at 00:00 in-game time. Any player who fails to pay on time may be eliminated by the Apartment Administrator.】

【3. Players may apply to the Apartment Administrator for lease cancellations, subleases, and other housing adjustments.】

【4. The Apartment Administrator may establish additional rules. Residents must comply.】

【5. Survival Stones can be exchanged for a large amount of game currency, but this currency is only valid in this beginner’s apartment.】

【6. Other methods of earning game currency must be discovered by players themselves.】

【Now… the beginner’s assessment begins!】

【Welcome, beginner players…】

【Assigning beginner players to apartments…】

【Each beginner player will receive a free ability awakening…】

【Awakening ability…】

【Ding! Ability awakened!】

【Wishing all beginners a fun game experience!】

Game… fun?

This is a game??

Hiss…

Jiang Ye pinched his arm hard and winced at the pain.

So this is a real game?

Then… does “destruction” and “elimination” mean actual death?!

But… why?

Just a moment ago, he was in the middle of an exam, furiously scribbling answers—how did he suddenly end up here?!

And wasn’t there just a notification in his head saying his ability awakening was successful?

Then why…

Jiang Ye summoned his Player Panel, only to see a simple display:

【Jiang Ye】

【Level: 0】

【Stamina: 0.6】

【Energy: 0.8】

【Combat Power: 0.5】

【Survival Points: 0】

【Ability: Awakening Failed!】

…Excuse me??

What kind of trash game fails ability awakenings?

And if it failed, shouldn’t he get another chance?!

Why should he suffer because of a bug in their damn game?!

Isn’t this just bullying honest people?!

While feeling utterly dumbfounded, Jiang Ye quickly noticed a “Apartment Chat Group”.

The right side of the chat displayed a members list (80/80).

On the left, messages were flying by at breakneck speed.

What shocked him the most was—

All 80 members were his schoolmates!

In fact, half of them had been in the same exam room as him just moments ago!

The other half were students from Class 2, who had taken the exam in the next room!

At this moment, his classmates were just as stunned:

【Holy sh*t?! Chen Yuchen, Xiao Likun, Gao Chang, Lu Shen… This entire member list is just classmates?!】

【What the hell?! Did someone just kidnap our whole class?!】

【Kidnapping? No way! This status panel and chat group are inside our heads! What kind of kidnapper can pull this off?!】

【So… our entire exam room got transported together?!】

【No! Both exam rooms! Class 2 is here too!】

【Holy sh*t, this is insane! I was scared at first, but seeing all these familiar faces, I feel way less nervous!】

【Holy sh*t, this is insane! I just conjured a fireball with my bare hands!】

【Holy sh*t, this is insane! I just threw out a wind blade like it was nothing!】

【Holy sh*t, this is insane! I just took a piss three meters high against the wind!】

【F***! Lu Shen, you are wild! But wait… if there was wind, does that mean you already left your apartment to explore?!】

【Can you guys please be more civilized? There are girls in this chat too!】

【Oh, oh, my bad, my bad, goddess. Next time Lu Shen pulls some nonsense, you can take a leak on him to wake him up!】

【GET LOST!!!】

Yep… same old classmates, same old chaotic energy.

But…

From their messages, Jiang Ye could tell—

Everyone else had successfully awakened an ability!

Some could throw fireballs.

Some could hurl wind blades.

These were clearly ability powers!

But no one mentioned failing their awakening.

So out of all 80 students, he was the only unlucky bastard who failed?!

Did they just force him into Hell Mode right off the bat?!

According to the earlier announcement, this beginner’s apartment had 100 players total and 100 Survival Stones scattered around.

But the rules also made it clear—

Survival Stones weren’t just about staying alive.

More importantly, they were the currency of the Doomsday Apartment!

Which meant… having just one wouldn’t be enough. The more, the better!

Even if all 80 of his classmates decided to be selfless and fair, taking only one stone each to ensure everyone survived—

On Day 8, 20 veteran players would arrive!

And who knew what kind of powerful, bloodthirsty maniacs those veterans would be?!

Would they really peacefully split the remaining stones with the newbies?

Not likely.

In fact, those veterans would probably start hunting the beginners for their Survival Stones!

And worse…

They might just slaughter them for fun.

So, in the first eight days before the veteran players arrived, this was clearly a crucial period for beginner players to grow stronger!

Yet, in this critical situation—he had no ability!

What the hell?!

Was he just going to die right here in this beginner’s apartment?!

Jiang Ye felt a growing sense of anxiety and had no mood to keep messing around in the chat.

He switched back to his Player Panel, furiously tapping on the "Ability" section while cursing in his head:

“Awakening failed! Awakening failed! If it failed, then just let me reawaken already!”

“What kind of garbage BUG is this?! You think I won’t leave a one-star review and report this game?!”

He was just venting his frustration.

But to his shock—a new notification suddenly popped up in his mind!

【Ding!】

【Player’s ability awakening failure detected. A reawakening has been arranged!】

【Congratulations! You have awakened a compensation ability: Infinite Replication (X)!】

…Wait, what?!

It actually let him reawaken his ability?!

So does this mean… threatening to leave a bad review actually worked?! (doge)

But… what’s with this “X” ranking?

Aren’t ability ranks usually A, B, C, D, or SSS?

Jiang Ye quickly summoned his Player Panel again to check his ability details.

【Infinite Replication (X)】

【Effect 1: Generates one replica per day.】

【Effect 2: Can generate an additional replica by paying a certain price.】

【Effect 3: At 00:00 in-game time, a designated replica can be fused into the original body.】

Huh?

What?

What exactly is the “certain price” for generating an extra replica?!

And how strong are these replicas? It’s not very clear…

Feeling a mix of nervousness and anticipation, Jiang Ye immediately generated his first replica of the day.

【Ding! Congratulations! You have successfully created a replica!】

As the notification sounded—

Jiang Ye suddenly felt a strange sensation in his mind.

It was as if, in an instant, he had two perspectives!

And in both perspectives… he could see himself!

Which meant—there were now two of him in this apartment!

He quickly adjusted to this bizarre state and shifted most of his focus to the replica.

Then, controlling the replica, he summoned its Player Panel.

And the moment he saw it—

He froze in shock!