Fourth Night, Scoreboard

The sleepless army gained another member.

Xu Lang slept on the outermost side of the bed, Cao Yaxuan lay in the middle in his embrace, and Tong Qi slept on the innermost side.

The two women stared wide-eyed at each other, both finding it hard to keep it together.

Back on the first day of the game, Cao Yaxuan would have had the courage to go out and take a chance.

Although the number of survivors had now dropped by more than half, things outside had been especially lively today.

But after lying low with Xu Lang for several days, that fighting spirit had faded away.

Lying low was just too comfortable!

In truth, over the past few days, she had imagined plenty of scenes where the two of them struggled to survive together, even storylines where they risked their lives to save each other...

She had even imagined plots that absurd.

But she had never imagined Xu Lang would be this horny!

With so little capital, did he really have enough for all that recruiting—uh, actually, he seemed to have plenty!

From what she had observed, water was still a scarce resource.

If Xu Lang revealed the information about that barrel of water, every student would definitely come knocking on Room 200's door!

Cao Yaxuan's eyes darted around as her thoughts ran wild, but Tong Qi did not have nearly as much on her mind.

Her big, innocent eyes looked at Cao Yaxuan as she suddenly sent her a friend request.

[200 Tong Qi: Hello]

Cao Yaxuan pursed her lips and reluctantly accepted the friend request.

[200 Cao Yaxuan: When are you planning to leave?]

[200 Tong Qi: Huh...]

[200 Cao Yaxuan: Now that we've found the zombies' weakness, it's not that dangerous outside. You can take a chance.]

[200 Tong Qi: Then why aren't you going?]

[200 Cao Yaxuan: Do you think Xu Lang would let me leave? He's so clingy.]

Tong Qi pressed her lips together and lowered her head to look at the stocking handcuffs on Cao Yaxuan's wrists, saying nothing.

Cao Yaxuan felt a little awkward too, and quickly found a new angle.

[200 Cao Yaxuan: Let me be straight with you. Xu Lang is really weak. If you stay here, sooner or later he'll die in bed.]

In an instant, Tong Qi's face turned as red as a boiled shrimp. She wanted to turn away, but she was afraid of waking Xu Lang.

Yet for some reason, discussing this topic made her a little excited.

[200 Tong Qi: No... I felt a little pain.]

[200 Cao Yaxuan: Silly girl, pain means he can't do it!]

[200 Tong Qi: It's okay. Three minutes is already great, and I don't really like that either.]

What is going on... Isn't classmate Cao Yaxuan a goddess... How come she feels so lewd...

Cao Yaxuan immediately looked indignant, lecturing Tong Qi on romance while putting Xu Lang down.

If Xu Lang found out, he would definitely give her a couple of smacks.

She could say anything else, but spreading sexual rumors was a no-go!

[200 Cao Yaxuan: I'm telling you... don't say you don't believe me...]

[200 Tong Qi: Go on... I believe you...]

And so, the two women began chatting enthusiastically.

When Cao Yaxuan got talking, she had the air of an old village man holding forth—one moment analyzing the origins of the survival game, the next sharply critiquing current events as she discussed the survival rates of other students, all with impressive confidence.

Tong Qi was completely bewildered. A rich girl really is a rich girl. She knows so much...

Seeing the fangirl-like look in Tong Qi's eyes, Cao Yaxuan felt unbelievably good.

It felt even better than drinking a cup of cool boiled water!

She couldn't help it—she had been holding it in for too long!

None of the girls in her social circle had entered the survival game, while Xu Lang was someone who did not like talking.

In this game of survival, loneliness was also a trial.

There might have been plenty of people in the chatroom, but hardly anyone was willing to make casual conversation.

An hour later.

[200 Cao Yaxuan: From now on, just stay here without worry. No one can drive you away. I said so!!]

When Xu Lang woke up, he found that both women had fallen asleep, their faint breathing audible.

Judging by the game countdown, he had slept for eight hours.

As soon as possible, he opened the chat room as usual.

Information was often the most important survival tool.

The first thing Xu Lang saw startled him.

At the top of the chat room was a glaring label: [Chat Room 153/400]!

Why had so many people died again?

From the chat messages, Xu Lang roughly figured out the reason.

The cause of death was simple.

Fighting over territory!!!

The cafeteria, equipment room, and teaching building were all rare locations!

The cafeteria was likely to yield food, the equipment room was likely to yield weapons, and the teaching building was likely to yield blueprints.

Skipping over the useless junk messages, the students had now mainly formed three groups.

First, the lower-floor residents led by Wang Yang, Jin Xin, and Zhou Tao occupied the equipment room.

Second, the super-male group led by Wang Ao occupied the cafeteria.

Third, Wu Huihui led a group of players with little strength, but they had the largest numbers and occupied the teaching building.

What Xu Lang found most unbelievable was that Wang Ao had risen to power again!

It had to be said that in an environment like the apocalypse, ruthless people like Wang Ao really had a certain personal charisma.

Most importantly, he was generous and willing to protect his underlings. When facing off against those lower-level players, he truly went all in!

This made some players who believed in the law of the jungle feel that following Wang Ao gave them the best chance of survival!

Humans were creatures best able to adapt to their environment. After several days of this apocalyptic game, everyone's mindset had long since transformed.

"They're no longer ordinary students!"

"They're players!"

"Players in a survival game!"

"This lesson should make everyone understand what kind of game this is!"

"But then again, zombies really seem to have become playthings now. A lot of people have actually started hunting zombies on their own."

"The supplies those people find are getting better and better. Many people have even upgraded their dorm room doors..."

"The scariest thing is Wang Yang's group. They actually found bullets in the equipment room. That signal is extremely dangerous!"

"But... none of that has anything to do with me. I just need to lie low!"

Xu Lang's expression shifted for a moment before he finally closed the chat room.

Dealing with people as little as possible was the best choice.

Humans could be truly unstable sometimes. Just think about team-based competitive games—if people could send machetes through the internet cables, who knew how many murders would happen in a single day.

Over eight hours, Xu Lang could obtain 40 basic Nightmare Coins. The combined conversion rate of the Nightmare Bed, Cao Yaxuan, and Tong Qi was 196%. Adding the 133 he had left over from before—

Xu Lang now had—

[Total Nightmare Coins: 251]

His Nightmare Coins had directly broken through the two-hundred mark!

Everything in sight could be upgraded!

Including the Nightmare Bed!

Xu Lang was hesitating over how to spend these Nightmare Coins when the dormitory broadcast sounded again, immediately helping him make up his mind.

[Dormitory Broadcast: On the fourth night, three new types of zombies with strong urges to attack have appeared!]

[The points leaderboard has opened. Killing zombies earns points!]

[When the game ends, the top ten dormitories on the points leaderboard will be upgraded, and the top three will receive additional special rewards!]

[Zombies are limited tonight and will not respawn!]

[Players, guard your dormitories well!]