[Colt Viper] [Type: Firearm] [Level: 3] [Effect (Deadly Snake Kiss): Greatly increased accuracy] [Damage: 49] [Ammo: 14/17] [Durability: 13/13] [Can be dismantled into: Stabilizer x1, Barrel x1, Bullets x14, Steel x13] [Upgrade requirement: 420 Nightmare Coins] [Description: One shot, one soul!]
This was the great contributor.
Next came the spoils.
—one medicine and 1,200 Copper Coins.
[Gene Optimization Serum] [Type: Medicine] [Level: 2] [Effect: After injection, increases Constitution by 3 points and grants immunity to zombie virus, influenza, hepatitis B, and other viruses] [Upgrade requirement: 145 Nightmare Coins] [Description: An excellent biochemical product. A subcutaneous injection is all it takes. One jab and... huh? Why is my head pointy?]
Excitement flashed in Xu Lang's eyes.
It directly increased base attributes. This was a god-tier item!
But that description... his head would not actually turn pointy after using it, right?
He had asked Cao Yaxuan and the others. The item descriptions everyone saw were slightly different. Aside from the fixed information, part of it came from the observer's subjective perception.
It should be fine!
Xu Lang thought to himself.
"Xu Lang, you killed that zombie?" Cao Yaxuan swallowed.
Xu Lang had moved so fast that they had not caught many details.
Still, it was worth praising that even in such a sudden situation, neither woman had screamed.
Five days in the Survival Game had taught every Player to keep their mouths shut!
"Genuine as they come." Xu Lang put away the Colt and smiled.
Cao Yaxuan had not seen such a bright smile from Xu Lang in a long time. She froze for a moment, then nodded with a blush. "As long as you're happy... You're second on the points leaderboard now. If we win the game, there'll be great rewards."
The Dormitory Broadcast seemed to have said that the top ten could upgrade their dormitories. She was faintly looking forward to it.
"Let's survive first." Xu Lang smiled.
"Xu Lang, what's this?" Tong Qi pointed at the blue serum in Xu Lang's hand.
"It dropped from the Cat Demon." As Xu Lang spoke, he raised the serum and jabbed it into his arm.
His arm hurt slightly, followed by waves of coolness.
This serum looked very precious. If he used Nightmare Coins to upgrade it, it might produce an excellent effect.
But even if Xu Lang had Nightmare Coins from now on, he would only use them to upgrade the Nightmare Bed or the main door.
Using them to gamble on the Gene Optimization Serum was not a wise choice.
Once someone else's economy got rolling, you would have no chance of beating them. Rather than enjoying yourself late in the game, it was better to enjoy yourself all the way through!
A few minutes later, Xu Lang's physique had not changed much, but he could clearly feel his strength increasing. Even his back was straighter.
"Xu Lang, are you going out?" Cao Yaxuan's heart tightened as a powerful intuition suddenly rose within her.
—Xu Lang was leaving!
"Not yet." Xu Lang shook his head, his expression calm as he casually put on Cao Yaxuan's baseball cap.
He was only one step away from reaching the top of the leaderboard. There was no reason not to fight for it.
Upon hearing this, Tong Qi pressed her lips together and restrained the urge to persuade Xu Lang.
At a time like this, a man had already made up his mind. She did not want to say anything.
Besides, she felt Xu Lang's judgment was better than hers. All she had to do was support him.
"Xu Lang..." Cao Yaxuan opened her mouth and pleaded softly, "Can you not go?"
"No." Xu Lang shook his head.
If he chose to stay in the Room, no one could drag him out. If he wanted to leave, no one could pull him back.
Everyone had to pay the price for their choices, and he was willing to take this risk.
The Dormitory Survival Game was more dangerous than he had expected, making him extremely vigilant.
Running a business was like rowing against the current: if you did not advance, you fell behind.
If an opportunity was delivered to your door and you still refused to go out, that was not playing it safe. That was hiding in your shell!
Xu Lang lightly hopped twice in place to loosen up, then waited behind the door with his pistol in hand.
Several minutes passed before the opportunity finally came!
The Big Zombie reached the tenth floor. Screams echoed through the corridor, while Players in the chatroom also sent warnings.
At times like this, the longer the person being chased survived, the longer he himself could survive.
Unfortunately, the Player being hunted was slapped to death by the Big Zombie the moment they reached the tenth floor.
Then, the Big Zombie began smashing doors.
The dormitory number was 186—Wu Huihui's Room!
"Sister Wu, what do we do?" Wang Tingting was panicking.
"Don't be afraid. Use iron to patch it first." Wu Huihui held iron materials in her hands. Whenever the iron door's durability dropped a little, she used the materials to repair it.
A flash of light passed, and the iron in her hand vanished. It was incredibly magical.
"Don't just stand there. Hurry and ask other Players to lend us iron materials," Wu Huihui said gravely.
Her voice shook the fat around her throat, but in this situation, it carried a certain authority.
"Oh, okay!" Wang Tingting froze for a moment, then hurriedly went into the chatroom to call for help.
There were only the two of them in the Room now.
Their other roommate had died while fleeing from the Big Zombie, a disaster turned into a blessing. If she had not asked Wu Huihui for immunity medicine, she would not have gone with them this time.
Thanks to the reputation they had built earlier, people gradually transferred some iron materials to Wang Tingting, but it was barely enough to make a difference.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Big Zombie kept smashing the door, each blow sounding like a tolling death knell.
"Why is it targeting us?!" Wang Tingting despaired.
They had run out of iron materials. Now, they could only watch the door's durability drop bit by bit.
Wu Huihui gripped her weapon and no longer dared stand behind the door. Instead, she moved farther away, sweat beading on her forehead as she stared fixedly at it.
Bang!
The Big Zombie slammed into it again. The room door cracked slightly, and Wu Huihui could even see its terrifying figure through the gap.
Wang Tingting trembled like a leaf, but she gritted her teeth, intending to slip past the Big Zombie and run out the moment it rushed in.
"Sister Hui, we split up and run."
"Okay!"
The two sisters were terrified, but there was no other choice. The only path before them was to fight for life in the face of death.
Bang!
The Big Zombie gathered momentum and hurled itself forward, but halfway through, it swayed slightly. The tottering door was not knocked down.
Moreover, that thunderous bang had not come from the door being struck!
Then a barrage of banging sounds rang out one after another, leaving the two women in the Room utterly bewildered.
"What happened?"
The two looked at each other, both completely confused.
Xu Lang stepped forward and bent down to pick up the Big Zombie's drop.
It was an exquisitely designed card, with a snarling zombie at the center of its image.
He did not examine it further. He quickly picked it up, then rushed toward the stairwell.
The area below the Dormitory Building was pitch-black, save for the occasional streetlamp.
Other than that, there was no sound, and no one dared make a sound.
Xu Lang hurried onward and soon reached the Gymnasium entrance, where he saw the crawling monster's corpse.
Then, he saw an old acquaintance.
The others had apparently shared the same idea as Xu Lang.
"Xu Lang?!"
Zhou Tao picked up the crawling monster's drop and narrowed his eyes. Once he confirmed Xu Lang's identity, he was overwhelmed with joy.
"You little bastard, you actually dared come out!"
"Take me to your Room now!"
"No, hand over the owner position right now!"
As he spoke, he pulled a hockey stick from his backpack and prepared to viciously swing it at Xu Lang.
Seeing Xu Lang had made him so happy that he spoke without any logic, his voice wild and frenzied, like the low growl of a feral dog.
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