"Fuck me!!!"
Xu Lang hadn't wanted to pay any attention to it, but Cao Yaxuan's message made his heart jolt.
The Nightmare Bed only had 10 Comfort. You'd somehow raised it straight to 96?!
Now he understood one thing.
With a skilled technician, even a half-meter-wide narrow bed was worth a fortune!
Without one, even a Simmons mattress was nothing special!
"Senior Cao, do you need something?" Xu Lang asked evenly, not letting his excitement show.
Hearing Xu Lang call her by that mocking nickname, Cao Yaxuan's face fell.
Cao Yaxuan was extremely popular at Clear Sky University. She was a rich second-generation kid who drove a Maybach and moved easily through society, practically a high-class socialite.
A woman like that was devastating to younger male students.
Any freshman would find himself calling her Senior Cao.
"Teacher Liu asked me to ask what items you got from your beginner's gift pack. We've formed the Mutual Aid Alliance, and everyone can distribute supplies equally," Cao Yaxuan said, suppressing her anger.
Distribute equally?
Xu Lang nearly laughed out loud.
In such an extreme environment, after only twenty-four hours, they wanted over two hundred people to share everything equally!
Did they think they were Li Shimin reincarnated?
They were college students, not idiots!
When you could barely protect yourself, would you still be willing to give food to your classmates? Even if they were starving to death!
"Sorry, I'm not interested in your Mutual Aid Alliance." Xu Lang decisively shook his head.
Cao Yaxuan frowned, her elegant brows knitting together. "Then I'll buy it with money. How much do you want?"
"What money?"
"One million. The moment the game ends, I can transfer it to you immediately—"
"Senior, if you keep talking this nonsense, get the hell away from me." Xu Lang rudely cut her off.
They were trying to loot him?!
Forget having a cheat ability—even without one, that would still have been his answer!
Did they think he didn't know about the petty scheming among students?
Some people, forced by circumstances and weak by nature, had already started complaining in the Chat Room that they shouldn't have handed their supplies over to the collective.
Xu Lang had been sleeping the whole time, but after waking up, he had read every single message in the Chat Room.
Cao Yaxuan's expression immediately turned ugly. She nearly lost her composure.
In an environment like this, how many people could keep from mentally breaking down?
The fact that she had spoken so calmly to Xu Lang already showed how good-tempered she was.
"Fine. I'll be direct. I want to trade rooms with you!" Cao Yaxuan took a deep breath and spoke in a low voice.
That was her real goal.
Xu Lang was on the Tenth Floor, in an independent dorm at the very end of the hallway.
That location was absolutely perfect!
There were nearly four hundred people in this Survival Game, yet fewer than ten lucky people had independent dorms.
"You're dreaming." Xu Lang curled his lip.
"Don't say I didn't warn you. People already have their eyes on your location. If you transfer ownership of the room to me now, I can still let you become a tenant. If you wait until they get here, you won't even be qualified to stay inside!" Cao Yaxuan said rapidly, growing anxious.
The threat in her words was unmistakable.
Xu Lang's expression abruptly changed, and he opened the room door.
Cao Yaxuan's face lit up. Before she could say anything, Xu Lang grabbed her fair wrist and yanked her into the room.
Bang!
The room door shut.
"You..." Cao Yaxuan was both shocked and furious.
She regularly went rock climbing and worked out, so she was in decent shape and had some courage. With a shake of her arms, she tried to resist.
The next second!
A large hand clamped around her throat. The momentum slammed her hard against the wall with a bang.
"If you don't want to die, behave yourself!" A deep malice seeped from Xu Lang's seemingly lifeless black eyes.
Cao Yaxuan shuddered. A chill shot up her spine, filling her with bone-deep dread.
The physical gap between an adult woman and an adult man was ultimately enormous. If Xu Lang truly made up his mind to kill her...
Thinking of that, Cao Yaxuan suddenly found it hard to breathe and secretly regretted coming to his door alone.
Wasn't this junior supposed to be some kidney-deficient guy? He normally never liked showing off. How could he be this ruthless!?
She didn't know that her fear wasn't merely the fear of the weak toward the strong.
Xu Lang's expressions and movements had all been learned from the demons and monsters in his nightmares. It was only natural for him to be somewhat terrifying. Add the gloomy dorm environment and the fact that her vital point was being held, and wetting herself would have been normal.
Xu Lang stared grimly at the wooden door, no longer paying Cao Yaxuan any attention.
They were about to come knocking at his door, yet he was still wasting time. How was that any different from courting death?
[Nightmare Coins -10] The wooden door flashed with light and instantly completed its upgrade. ... [Iron Door] [Type: Facility] [Level: 1] [Defense: 12] [Durability: 30/30] [Can be dismantled for: Iron x18, Lock Core x1] [Upgrade Requirement: 100 Nightmare Coins] [Description: The sun shines bright! As a door, I can finally stand openly in this world. Come, baby, ram me!]
The moment Xu Lang completed the upgrade, scattered footsteps echoed from the corridor outside.
"Don't talk, and don't use the Chat Room either. Senior, I trust you're a smart woman." Xu Lang leaned close to Cao Yaxuan's ear and issued a naked threat.
As he spoke, his hand tightened further. Cao Yaxuan's face was nearly turning blue, making her realize that Xu Lang was not joking.
Xu Lang looked into Cao Yaxuan's eyes as if confirming something, then suddenly released her. She collapsed into his arms.
Cao Yaxuan's delicate body trembled slightly. She was extremely frightened, but with no strength left, she had no choice but to lean against him.
Her eyes shifted, and when she saw that the wooden door had somehow become an iron door, astonishment flashed through her beautiful eyes.
"Xu Lang, open up! We came to find you... Huh? An iron door?!" Outside, Zhou Tao was about to knock when his words caught in his throat.
"Brother Tao, did that kid Xu Lang get a facility blueprint from his beginner's gift pack?" Huang Hao egged him on.
Another student shouted anxiously, "Xu Lang, open the door! It's the apocalypse now. This is exactly when we need to stick together!"
"Yeah, Xu Lang. Brother Tao and I will go in and protect you. We even brought food. With food and your iron door, we're guaranteed to win!" Huang Hao added.
"Xu Lang, are you still holding a grudge because I took your seat? You're too petty!" Zhou Tao shouted as he pounded on the door. "I'll apologize to you right here, okay?"
There was delight mixed with smugness in his voice, as though Xu Lang's dorm already belonged to him.
The three of them continued trying to persuade him for a while, but when they received no response, their tone gradually changed.
In the end, Zhou Tao and the others began cursing loudly and ramming the door with force, but it did not budge.
Though the iron door was only one level above the wooden door, their defensive capabilities were worlds apart. Even if an ordinary person rammed it with all their strength, they might not reduce its durability by even one point.
A moment later, the sound of several people walking away rang out.
Suddenly, someone tugged on Xu Lang's sleeve.
Cao Yaxuan was shaking her head at him, indicating that the people outside might not have actually left.
This woman's pretty smart. Since taking advantage of the chaos didn't work, she immediately switched sides.
Xu Lang laughed inwardly.
A woman like Cao Yaxuan was different from ordinary female college students!
On her Douyin account, she was either attending campus ceremonies in evening gowns or rushing off to travel around the world whenever the season changed. She had seen a lot and thought quickly. If she put in some effort, becoming a CEO after graduation would not be difficult; at worst, she could marry into a wealthy family.
Xu Lang pointed at the bruises on her neck, then rubbed her head.
Cao Yaxuan shook her head and forced out an awkward smile, indicating that she was fine.
In truth, she was utterly disgusted inside.
Do you think I'm some little girl?
Have you watched too much anime?
Dead shut-in!
Before this, if Xu Lang had touched her head, she would have slapped him on the spot.
Now, pressured by circumstances, she had to smile along with him. She looked exactly like those simps who pursued her only to be "unintentionally" belittled by her!
Time passed bit by bit. Cao Yaxuan took the initiative to add Xu Lang as a friend. After chatting briefly, the two fell silent.
The reason was that Cao Yaxuan had asked about the iron door.
From that point on, Xu Lang did not send her another message. He simply stared at her with those dark, shadowy eyes.
Cao Yaxuan smiled awkwardly and fawned over him, repeatedly saying she was wrong. She was only short of kneeling and kowtowing.
Lie? Cover up a lie? Avoid the question?
Sorry!
None of those were options Xu Lang would accept!
Get this straight: in his dorm, he was the owner. Cao Yaxuan was the one who should be explaining herself to him!
Who the fuck gave you the nerve to ask about my secret?
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