Dormitory Upgrade, Monitor!

Xu Lang charged all the way up to the tenth floor with a knife in hand and a gun at his side, encountering no obstacles along the way.

The players were all celebrating excitedly in the chatroom, but few still dared to rashly leave their rooms.

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They were not sure whether all the zombies were truly dead, and the fear still lingered.

"Xu Lang, you're back!" Cao Yaxuan was instantly delighted when she saw Xu Lang enter carrying bags of all sizes.

"Yeah." Xu Lang set down the miscellaneous items and asked, "Nothing happened at home, right?"

Tong Qi shook her head. "No."

Cao Yaxuan tilted up her nose and said smugly, "If something had happened, we would've contacted you through the chatroom already. I was the one who told Tong Qi not to contact you unless it was necessary, so we wouldn't distract you."

Tong Qi immediately flushed with embarrassment.

It wasn't like she had said she wanted to contact Xu Lang.

Xu Lang had been gone for less than half an hour at most. Though the two women had been worried, neither had sent him a message, afraid of diverting his attention.

"Good job," Xu Lang praised.

"Hehe." Cao Yaxuan's smile was impossible to suppress. She looked as though she had done something worthy of great credit, practically puffing her tail up to the sky for who knew what.

"Brother Lang, what are all these things?" Tong Qi asked curiously, looking at what Xu Lang had put down.

"Loot," Xu Lang answered simply, then added, "The three minutes are almost up. We'll look at this stuff after we collect the game rewards."

Tong Qi beamed at that.

Brother Lang really treated her as one of his own. He did not even hide the spoils from her.

Less than ten seconds after Xu Lang finished speaking, the rewards issued by the Dormitory Survival Game arrived.

[Congratulations to Xu Lang for becoming the number one player. Rewards: Dormitory Upgrade x1, Facility x1, Superpower Serum x1, Free Attributes +6, Backpack upgraded to 3x3, 10,000 copper coins.]

[Congratulations to Zhang Dahai for becoming the number two player. Rewards: Dormitory Upgrade x1, Superpower Serum x1, Free Attributes +5, Backpack upgraded to 2x2, 7,000 copper coins.]

[Congratulations to Wang Ao for becoming the number three player. Rewards: Dormitory Upgrade x1, Superpower Serum x1, Free Attributes +4, Backpack upgraded to 2x2, 5,000 copper coins.]

[Congratulations to Wu Huihui for becoming the number four player. Rewards: Dormitory Upgrade x1, Free Attributes +3, Backpack upgraded to 2x2, 3,000 copper coins.]

The rewards for players ranked fourth through tenth were all the same.

Players outside the top ten only received 2 free attributes, a 2x2 backpack upgrade, and 1,000 copper coins. There were no voice announcements for them either, only lines of numbers.

"Fuck, I really ended up below Zhang Dahai!" Wang Ao was leading a group of people as they rested when he heard the voice announcement, and he could not help cursing.

He knew he could not surpass Xu Lang. That score of over two hundred points was enough to make anyone despair at a glance.

But he was only a few points behind Zhang Dahai. Even though their rewards were the same, he still felt irritated.

"Brother Ao, Zhang Dahai was just lucky. Don't be mad!"

"That Xu Lang is probably the same—both of them just got lucky picking up scraps!"

"Brother Ao, hurry up and see what your rewards are! A Superpower Serum sounds amazing!"

"Oh, right. Should we go to Zhang Dahai's place and steal his rewards?"

"Let's go, let's go together!"

Dormitory 186.

"Mm, that's great, Huihui, that's great! We're fourth!" Wang Tingting raised both arms, cheering and bouncing in place.

"Hahaha!" Wu Huihui laughed loudly, her chubby cheeks squeezing her eyes into slits. Her joy was impossible to conceal.

"Whew, that was close. I almost fell out of the top ten." Inside his dormitory, Zhu Yan let out a breath and clenched his fists tightly, his eyes filled with excitement.

He did not ask to be the best, but he could not be among the worst either.

Players outside the top ten could only be considered to have received basic welfare.

"Ah, brother, you still died." Cao Bin looked at Wu Leiting's corpse and sighed.

Judging by the zombies, Wu Leiting had been killed by the cat demon.

If he had not died, he might have been in the top ten now.

Cao Bin's score was relatively low, and unlike the others, he felt neither joy nor resentment. Looking at the bloodshed covering the entire floor only left him depressed—and nauseated.

Dormitory 200.

Two balls of light hovered in Xu Lang's field of vision, one labeled Dormitory and the other Facility, both accompanied by a thirty-minute countdown.

"Can you see the two balls of light?" Xu Lang turned and asked.

Tong Qi shook her head. "I can't see it."

"What light orb?" Cao Yaxuan blinked.

"It's the prompt for upgrading the dorm." Xu Lang thought of something else. If the two women made it into the top three, could he upgrade the dorm three levels at once?

After a brief moment of thought, Xu Lang was the first to raise his hand and touch the "Dorm" light orb.

He could have touched it with his mind, but using his hand made it feel more real.

In an instant, the dorm light orb scattered apart, forming layout diagrams for three different dorms.

After thinking it over, Xu Lang chose the one in the middle.

This layout included an entryway, living room, bedroom, open kitchen, and a bathroom with separate wet and dry areas.

A private bathroom—just thinking about it felt luxurious!

Once Xu Lang made his choice, the entire room's layout began to transform, as though someone had pressed the fast-forward button.

A sofa, living room, chandelier, kitchen... all the necessary furnishings appeared!

[Owner: Xu Lang]

[Dorm Level: 1]

[Area: 60]

[Tenants: 2/3]

[Facilities: Shiny Steel Door, gas stove, premium sofa, incandescent lamp, Fine Water Dispenser, flush toilet, showerhead, clock]

Dorm 200 had undergone a massive transformation. Aside from the clutter still looking somewhat out of place, the entire dorm had been completely renewed, resembling a public rental apartment.

Xu Lang felt that even the air had become fresher. He took a deep breath, then immediately plunged into the shower room.

"Wait for me!" Cao Yaxuan panicked and hurried after him.

How could a guy compete with girls for the right to use the washroom?!

Before Xu Lang even entered the bathroom, he had stripped off all his clothes.

He took down the showerhead and eagerly tried to use it, only to receive a prompt.

[Every 5 minutes of showerhead use requires payment of 30 copper coins. Pay the fee? Yes/No]

Seeing this, Xu Lang roughly understood.

No wonder monsters almost always dropped copper coins. So this was where they came in handy.

If nothing unexpected happened, facilities such as the flush toilet and electric lights would probably require copper coins too.

While Xu Lang was still staring at the showerhead, Cao Yaxuan rushed in and stripped naked as well.

The two began showering together.

Later, Tong Qi joined them too. The three of them got along merrily, and a few little incidents occurred along the way, but they did not waste much time.

There was still a time-limited upgrade option. A little fun was enough.

Xu Lang dried himself off, found a set of clean clothes among the miscellaneous items, put them on, and then opened the second light orb.

The light orb representing facilities also burst apart, splitting into four items.

They were a surveillance camera, refrigerator, air conditioner, and microwave.

Xu Lang frowned. They all looked like ordinary items. With enough luck, he might even find them while scavenging, and perhaps the next dorm upgrade would include them anyway.

After thinking it over, he chose the surveillance camera.

At least it would help with survival and had some practical value.

In the blink of an eye, the light orb vanished completely, and a thirty-centimeter surveillance display appeared on the wall.

Xu Lang walked over to take a look and found that its field of view was quite broad. It could at least monitor the corridor to the left, as well as Dorms 199 and 198 on the right.

With a flip of his hand, he took out the Colt, walked out of the room, and looked at the surveillance camera above the room number plaque.

[Surveillance Camera]

[Type: Facility]

[Level: 1]

[Effect 1 (Surveillance): Monitors an area within 10 meters around the dorm door. Requires payment of 100 copper coins per hour and can be manually turned off.]

[Effect 2 (Stubborn Faction): Cannot be destroyed before the main door is destroyed.]

[Durability: None]

[Description: Guard No. 1 is ready!]