The Fifth Night, Zombies Level Up!

Thus, Xu Lang repeated the same process, nearly sweeping up all the copper coins on the market and becoming the dorm building's biggest water supplier.

Many people were curious about why Xu Lang wanted copper coins, but he never said, so everyone could only spend their coins.

A bird in the hand was worth more than ten in the woods.

After all, many people were genuinely close to dying of thirst. Otherwise, Xu Lang would not have been able to lure Tong Qi over with just a cup of water.

Something like this could only happen in such an extreme environment. In a peaceful society, no one would even dare imagine it.

After gathering all the copper coins he could, Xu Lang saw that people were still asking for water in the chatroom, so he continued purchasing things with water.

He bought whatever caught his eye!

After all, he had plenty of water!

[Funds: Copper Coins 10100, Silver Coins 0, Gold Coins 0]

Over ten thousand copper coins!

Xu Lang dared to say that no one in the dorm building was richer than him.

Anyone who had played games knew that if there was currency, there had to be somewhere to spend it!

While everyone else was focused on the present, Xu Lang was betting on the future!

Time passed. During that time, several more groups came to the door of Dorm 200, but Xu Lang ignored them all.

He acted as though the owner was not home, yet the shelves kept getting restocked. It was infuriating!

Some people complained that Xu Lang was keeping secrets to himself, while others were grateful to him. If not for Xu Lang, they would not have had a single drop of water to drink.

After Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi woke up, they asked Xu Lang what was going on and why so many people were adding the two of them.

Xu Lang gave them the standard answer.

—Ignore them!

Thus, as everyone harbored their own schemes, the sky gradually darkened.

[Time Remaining Until the Game Ends: 1 day, 12 hours, 01 minute]

[Dorm Broadcast: On the fifth night, the gameplay has been upgraded. The zombies are all gathering in one place for some reason...]

Long after the dorm broadcast ended, no zombie cries rang out in the night.

Some of the bolder people opened their doors and discovered that the zombies were intermittently gathering toward one location.

"That's the direction of the gymnasium. What's happening there?"

Standing in the corridor and witnessing the scene, Wang Yang's pupils contracted sharply.

A sense of foreboding rose in his heart, as though dark clouds were pressing down overhead.

The chatroom quickly began discussing the matter.

But no one had any clue what was going on.

Wang Ao wanted to organize people to kill the zombies, but the problem was that the zombies were all out in the open and had not entered the building.

Who the hell would dare fight a horde of zombies out in the open?!

Wang Ao also felt that the risk was too high, so the matter was dropped.

Thus, everyone spent three hours in anxious suspense before someone finally could not take it anymore and wanted to check out the gymnasium.

His name was Zhang Dahai, a player from the second floor.

During last night's zombie assault, he had killed a sprinting zombie and obtained a Sprint skill. His movement speed was comparable to that of a provincial-level sprinter.

The chatroom could not record videos, but it could take pictures.

As Zhang Dahai hurried over in small steps, he uploaded the photos he took to the chatroom.

Aside from the few players who were too sleepy and had fallen asleep, everyone watched this photo livestream.

"Seriously, not a single one of those people was willing to come with me... Those zombies are obviously charging up for something big!" Although Zhang Dahai had bravely taken the first step, his heart would not stop muttering anxiously.

Before long, he climbed onto the gymnasium's ventilation duct and peered inside. His face immediately turned deathly pale from fright, and he nearly fell off.

The gymnasium was packed with zombies.

They had formed three circles.

At the center of each circle was a bizarrely shaped zombie devouring its own kind!

[Mutant Zombie]

[Level: 1]

[Skill: devour]

[Description: A zombie currently undergoing mutation!]

When Zhang Dahai posted the information along with the pictures in the chatroom, everyone was so horrified they held their breath.

"They're devouring each other!" Wang Yang shouted, his eyes bloodshot.

"Brother Yang, what's wrong?"

His two roommates immediately looked at him.

Having three players share one dorm room was the best setup at present.

If every player upgraded their own dorm room, it would consume far too many resources, and there would be no one to support them in a crisis.

"Look at the information I posted!" Wang Yang's eyes were red as he took out a note.

He had known the final day wouldn't be this simple!

[Intelligence Note]

[Type: Item]

[Contents: devour, evolve... Only by eating more can one become stronger... Beware of zombies that consume their own kind!]

[Description: This thing has no level and cannot be dismantled or upgraded. Just read it and that's all.]

Everyone had found more or less a few intelligence notes over the past few days.

The more they understood, the less the players feared this round of the game.

But once this note was revealed, everyone immediately descended into chaos and panic.

[9 Sun Heng: Fuck, Wang Yang, didn't we agree before that all intelligence notes would be shared?]

[88 Cao Bin: They're evolving! What do we do?]

[5 Zhu Yan: Level 1 zombies are already the limit of what we can handle!]

Just one Level 1 zombie could beat Wu Huihui half to death!

If a Level 2 zombie appeared, not a single dorm room would be able to withstand it!

This had already surpassed the limit of what a normal human could handle!

Unless you were some combat genius who could slide-kick a tiger!

—They had to be stopped!

At this moment, those six words became the knot in everyone's heart.

The situation was urgent. They truly could not delay any longer!

The advantage of having leaders within the flock became apparent.

After discussing it, the three leaders—Wang Yang, Wang Ao, and Wu Huihui—decided to take the initiative and strike first.

Even if they could not directly kill the zombies that were evolving again, they at least had to lure out and kill some zombies to reduce the pressure of defending the door later.

A day ago, someone surely would have said that they should wait until daytime, when perhaps the zombies would disperse on their own.

However, after being tempered by the past few days, those who had survived had already transformed. They would no longer say such foolish things.

The brutality of the game had been displayed in full on the first day. There was absolutely no way such good fortune would be waiting for them.

This was no game at all. It was hell!!

In Room 200, Xu Lang was drinking tea.

Although he had not lacked food these past few days, he had not been in his best condition either.

It was the final day of the game, and he wanted to lift his spirits.

"Xu Lang, aren't you worried?" Tong Qi asked curiously.

"Worrying won't help." Xu Lang shook his head.

After suffering nightmares for over ten years, there were very few things that could frighten him.

"Hehe, Little Tong, you haven't seen our door, have you?" Cao Yaxuan walked over to the steel door, her face full of pride.

"It does look quite sturdy." Tong Qi scratched her head.

Even if she knew the enemies could not get in, she would still be afraid, right?

These past few days, she had hidden in the dorm room and lived in constant terror.

"It's the last day. Let's take a bath together," Xu Lang suggested.

The two women exchanged a glance. Tong Qi was a little shy and remained silent.

Cao Yaxuan, on the other hand, nodded decisively. "Sure. It's the last day—let's splurge for once!"

The room was filled with all sorts of miscellaneous supplies, including shampoo, body wash... and a large red basin, the kind commonly seen in the seventies and eighties.

There was also a drain in the corner, so they did not have to worry about the water flooding the room.

The main concern was that others might drink it. Otherwise, bathwater could actually be used for trading.