[1 Jin Xin: Cao, the difficulty's gone up again. Good thing I upgraded my door and stocked up enough repair materials.]
[88 Cao Bin: Same here, but I wonder if a level-one door can hold up.]
[5 Zhu Yan: A leaderboard? Does this mean the Survival Game thinks we're qualified to survive until the game is cleared?]
[6 Wang Yang: Not clear it, just survive this round.]
[12 Wang Zhiwei: I'll definitely survive and return to see my parents. Definitely!]
Many people's conviction was simply to survive this round of the Survival Game, then return to the real world.
But Xu Lang felt that was impossible.
If the one who created the Survival Game truly was a god...
When you were little, would you return an ant you had played with to its nest?
"Xu Lang..." Cao Yaxuan's frightened voice rang out.
Tong Qi pursed her lips as well, her face filled with worry.
Both women had been awakened by the game notification.
"It's fine." Xu Lang shook his head and walked over from the room door.
Suddenly, Cao Yaxuan stared wide-eyed and pointed at the door, stammering, "The door, the door, the door!"
Tong Qi rubbed her eyes.
She wasn't seeing things, was she?
Why had the door changed?
She wanted to inspect the door's information, but failed.
Others could not inspect an owned item's information unless its owner willingly shared it.
[Shiny Steel Door] [Type: Facility] [Level: 2] [Defense: 30/30] [Durability: 50/50] [Effect (Shiny): Those who attack the door have a chance of having their attack reflected back at them.] [Can be dismantled for: Steel x19, Steel Lock Core x1] [Upgrade requirement: 300 Nightmare Coins] [Description: Waiter, bring me ten hammer-wielding men for a massage.]
"Enough looking. Turn off the lights and stay quiet." Xu Lang smiled faintly, his words brief and clear.
The steel door's defense had directly doubled, and its durability had doubled too. If they still could not make it through this, then this game was completely unreasonable.
The instant he switched off the power—
Crack~
The hallway lights suddenly came on.
Immediately afterward, zombie roars echoed out one after another.
Almost every Player adopted the same strategy: keep the door shut and remain quiet.
During the day, many people had set up obstructions in the stairwell, piling up miscellaneous items and the like.
To some extent, this slowed the zombies' advance.
Yet in less than three minutes, casualties began to appear.
"So fast!"
Xu Lang's heart skipped a beat.
Many people in the Chat Room noticed this as well, and it instantly erupted into chaos.
The first casualties appeared among the residents of the First Floor.
One had to know that Players on the first and second floors had almost all upgraded their doors because of their first-mover advantage!
[1 Jin Xin: Fuck, there are so many zombies on the First Floor! (Image)]
[12 Wang Zhiwei: Who can lend me some wood?!]
[89 Wang Han: Players on the Fourth Floor, don't panic. Check the number of zombies through the peepholes. The zombies in our stairwell seem to have a specific configuration.]
[80 Zhou Ye: There seem to be ten of them, and three appear to be special zombies.]
[186 Wu Huihui: There are only ten zombies on the Tenth Floor too. Three are special zombies.]
[1 Jin Xin: What the hell, why?!]
Everyone saw the image posted by the First Floor Player. Special zombies were scarce, but ordinary zombies had nearly packed the entire stairwell.
There were several zombies scratching at nearly every resident's door!
[6 Wang Yang: Hurry up and clear out the zombies in your stairwells, then come help us! Otherwise, once the First Floor zombies go upstairs, everyone will die. The night is still long!]
[147 Wang Yazhi: But nighttime zombies are completely different from daytime ones, and there are special zombies with unknown abilities too.]
[5 Zhu Yan: Stop dragging your feet at a time like this. The First Floor is the priority. Send over some wood first—I'm willing to trade supplies for it. I've already listed offers on the Trading Network!]
Xu Lang hurriedly opened the Trading Network and found that Zhu Yan had indeed put up many supplies. The prices were unexpectedly reasonable.
And everything he wanted to buy was raw material for repairing doors!
Zhu Yan's actions immediately created a herd effect, and all Players on the first and second floors began following suit.
If the First Floor was breached, the second floor would be the first to suffer!
So the second-floor Players had to prepare for the worst as well.
[88 Cao Bin: Hahaha, I'm fucking dying. Spit out everything you ate earlier!]
[1 Jin Xin: What the fuck are you laughing at? Believe it or not, if I survive this, I'll come up there and chop you to death? Hurry up and trade your iron!]
[190 Zhao Hong: Sister Huihui, can you save me? Zombies are scratching at my door. That Big-Bellied Zombie can spit venom, so be careful!]
The Chat Room immediately displayed every facet of human nature.
Whether there were great opportunities amid life and death was unknown, but there was certainly great terror!
Everyone had seen the First Floor residents' true colors. At this moment, they were all gloating over their misfortune.
Xu Lang stared greedily at the high-quality goods being frantically listed.
Unfortunately, he did not have a single piece of iron on hand. Otherwise, he would not have minded trading some away.
"Xu Lang, what's going on with that door?" Tong Qi tugged on Xu Lang's arm and asked curiously.
Xu Lang opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Cao Yaxuan cut in, "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask!"
Xu Lang immediately chuckled.
Cao Yaxuan was becoming more and more perceptive.
In a few quick motions, he removed Cao Yaxuan's stocking handcuffs.
Tenants being unable to attack the landlord was probably an absolute rule. That included poisoning and setting traps; otherwise, after so many days, there would definitely have been related news.
Cao Yaxuan was overjoyed and became even fiercer as she lectured Tong Qi. "From now on, if you see anything strange in this room, don't ask about it, and don't tell anyone about it either. Understand?"
Tong Qi said pitifully, "Oh."
Xu Lang smiled. "You two should hurry up and sleep. You'll still need to guard the door during the day."
With those horrifying sounds outside, who could possibly sleep?
Yet both women obediently curled up under the blankets.
The sight made Xu Lang secretly pleased.
"Upgrading the water dispenser to level three only costs 150 Nightmare Coins, but upgrading the door again costs 300 Nightmare Coins. There's still quite a gap between the upgrade requirements for major facilities and these secondary ones... The Nightmare Bed is the most expensive. It costs 200 Nightmare Coins just to upgrade it to level one."
With that in mind, Xu Lang took out the whole wheat bread.
[Upgrade requirement: 5 Nightmare Coins]
The jump from level zero to level one was the easiest. Back then, upgrading the door had only cost 10 Nightmare Coins.
Xu Lang did not hesitate and chose to upgrade it.
It was only 5 Nightmare Coins anyway. He might as well see what it would be like after the upgrade.
[Tasty Whole Wheat Bread] [Type: Food] [Level: 1] [Satiety: 50 (Slightly accelerates stamina recovery)] [Upgrade requirement: 20 Nightmare Coins] [Description: If you ration it carefully, one loaf of bread can last three days. Spread some cheese on it and you'll make children cry with envy.]
"Although the upgrade price increased fourfold, it's still so cheap. And higher-grade food really does have special effects."
After gaining a rough understanding, Xu Lang did not continue experimenting.
The time that followed was rather boring.
Xu Lang also learned about the three types of special zombies from the Chat Room.
They were the Big-Bellied Zombie that could spit corrosive liquid, the fast-running Sprinting Zombie, and the tall, muscular Giant Strength Zombie. Although they were all level one, they were immensely powerful and fundamentally different from ordinary zombies.
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