Iron Door Upgrade, Shiny Steel Door!

[1 Jin Xin: Cao, they raised the difficulty again. Good thing my door was upgraded, and I've stocked up enough repair materials.]

[88 Cao Bin: Same here. I just don't know if a Level 1 door can hold up.]

[5 Zhu Yan: A leaderboard? Does this mean the survival game thinks we're qualified to live until we clear the game?]

[6 Wang Yang: Not clear it—just survive this round.]

[12 Wang Zhiwei: I'll definitely survive and go back to see my parents. Definitely!]

For many people, their faith was simply to survive this round of the survival game and return to the real world.

But Xu Lang felt that was impossible.

If the one who had created this survival game really was a god...

When you were little, would you return ants you had played with to their anthill?

"Xu Lang..." Cao Yaxuan called out nervously.

Tong Qi pursed her lips as well, her face full of worry.

Both women had been awakened by the game prompt.

"It's fine." Xu Lang shook his head and walked over from the doorway.

Suddenly, Cao Yaxuan stared wide-eyed and pointed at the door, stammering, "The door, the door, the door!"

Tong Qi rubbed her eyes.

Was she seeing things?

Why had the door changed?

She tried to inspect the door's information, but failed.

Others could not inspect the information of an owned item unless its owner chose to share 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 own 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 muscular men with hammers for a massage.]

"Alright, stop 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 so had its durability. If they still could not get through this, then the game was completely unreasonable.

The instant after he switched off the power—

Crack~

The corridor lights suddenly came on.

Then, zombie roars rang out one after another.

Almost every player adopted the same strategy: close the door and stay quiet.

During the day, many people had set up obstacles in the stairwell, piling up miscellaneous items and the like.

This slowed the zombies' advance to some extent.

Yet in just three minutes, players had already begun to be eliminated.

"So fast!"

Xu Lang's heart jolted.

Many people in the chatroom noticed this too, and it immediately erupted into chaos.

The first casualties appeared among the residents on the first floor.

It had to be said that, thanks to their head start, players on the first and second floors had almost all upgraded their doors!

[1 Jin Xin: Damn it, there are so many zombies on the first floor! (Image)]

[12 Wang Zhiwei: Can someone 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 fixed lineup.]

[80 Zhou Ye: Looks like there are ten, and three of them seem to be special zombies.]

[186 Wu Huihui: There are only ten zombies on the tenth floor too, and three are special zombies.]

[1 Jin Xin: What the hell? Why?!]

Everyone had seen the pictures posted by the players on the first floor. There were few special zombies, but ordinary zombies had nearly packed the hallways full.

Almost every resident's door had several zombies clawing at it!

[6 Wang Yang: Hurry up and clear the zombies in the hallways, then come help us. Otherwise, if the zombies on the first floor make it upstairs, we'll all die. The night is still long!]

[147 Wang Yazhi: But the zombies at night are completely different from those in the daytime, and there are also special zombies with unknown abilities.]

[5 Zhu Yan: Stop dragging your feet at a time like this. The first floor is the priority. I need some wood resources first—I'm willing to trade supplies for them. I've already listed offers on the trading network!]

Xu Lang hurriedly opened the trading network and found that Zhu Yan had indeed listed plenty of supplies, and the prices were unexpectedly reasonable.

The items he was seeking were all raw materials for repairing doors!

Zhu Yan's actions immediately created a bandwagon effect, and all the 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!

That was why the players on the second floor also needed to prepare for the worst.

[88 Cao Bin: Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter. Spit out everything you bastards ate before!]

[1 Jin Xin: What the fuck are you laughing at? Believe me, if I survive this, I'll go up there and chop you to death. Trade your iron already!]

[190 Zhao Hong: Sister Huihui, can you save me? There are zombies clawing at my door. That Big-Bellied Zombie can spit venom, so be careful!]

The chatroom was a direct display of all the different faces of humanity.

Whether there was some great opportunity between life and death was unknown, but there was definitely great terror!

Everyone had seen the true faces of the people on the first floor. At this moment, they were all taking pleasure in others' misfortune.

Xu Lang's eyes practically burned as he looked at the valuable goods being hastily listed.

Unfortunately, he did not have even a scrap of iron on hand. Otherwise, he would not have minded trading some away.

"Xu Lang, what's up 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 just a few moves, he removed Cao Yaxuan's stocking handcuffs.

Tenants being unable to attack landlords should have been an absolute ironclad 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 in lecturing Tong Qi. "From now on, if you see anything strange in this room, don't ask about it, and don't tell anyone else. Got it?"

Tong Qi looked aggrieved. "Oh."

Xu Lang smiled. "You two should hurry up and sleep. You'll still need to guard the door during the day."

With such terrifying noises outside, who could possibly fall asleep?

Yet both women obediently curled up beneath the blankets.

The sight secretly delighted Xu Lang.

"Upgrading the water dispenser to Level 3 only costs 150 Nightmare Coins, but upgrading the door again costs 300 Nightmare Coins. The upgrade requirements for major facilities and these secondary facilities are quite different... The Nightmare Bed is the most expensive—getting it to Level 1 alone costs 200 Nightmare Coins."

Thinking this, Xu Lang took out the whole-wheat bread.

[Upgrade Requirement: 5 Nightmare Coins]

The jump from Level 0 to Level 1 was the easiest. Back when he upgraded the door, it had only cost 10 Nightmare Coins.

Xu Lang did not hesitate and chose to upgrade it.

It was only 5 Nightmare Coins, after all. He might as well see what it would be like after the upgrade.

[Delicious Whole-Wheat Bread]

[Type: Food]

[Level: 1]

[Satiety: 50 (Slightly accelerates stamina recovery)]

[Upgrade Requirement: 20 Nightmare Coins]

[Description: If you eat sparingly, one loaf of bread can last three days. Spread some cheese on it, and it'll make children cry with envy.]

"Although the upgrade price quadrupled, it's still so cheap. And higher-level food really does have special effects."

After gaining a general understanding, Xu Lang did not continue experimenting.

The time that followed was rather dull.

Xu Lang also learned about the three types of special zombies from the chatroom.

They were the Big-Bellied Zombie that spat corrosive liquid, the Sprinting Zombie that ran extremely fast, and the Giant Strength Zombie, which was tall and muscular. Though all of them were only Level 1, they were immensely powerful and fundamentally different from ordinary zombies.