Upgrading the Nightmare Bed, an Unfamiliar ID!

[Base Nightmare Coins: 40, Conversion Rate: 290%, Total Output Over Eight Hours: 156 Nightmare Coins]

[Total Nightmare Coins: 338]

His Nightmare Coins had skyrocketed!

Xu Lang clenched his fists, forcing back a cheer.

There were so many things he could upgrade now!

For example, the most crucial door only required 300 Nightmare Coins to upgrade.

Then there was Meditation. Perhaps because it was only level one, upgrading it cost just 45 Nightmare Coins—ridiculously cheap!

"Whew... I can't spend my Nightmare Coins carelessly yet. Upgrading the small bed is the most important thing!"

Xu Lang's lips curled high as he forcibly suppressed the urge to spend.

Spending everything right away was not a wise choice.

What if something unexpected happened halfway through and he urgently needed Nightmare Coins? That would be troublesome.

Xu Lang got out of bed and glanced at the clock, only to find that it was barely past five.

With nothing to do, he lay back down and began meditating.

Meditation was the kind of thing that became addictive the more you did it.

But he could not keep it up for too long at once, because his head would start hurting if he went on too long.

Before long, Cao Yaxuan and the others woke up and started preparing breakfast.

Over the past few days, without a kitchen stove, they had mostly been gnawing on bread. Now that they had the means, even two bowls of hot noodles were a treat.

When the aroma drifted out of the kitchen, Xu Lang opened his eyes as well and went to the washroom to freshen up.

By the time he was done, the noodles had already been placed on the dining table.

In the white porcelain bowl, chewy noodles floated in the broth, with two adorable poached eggs on top.

"Who made these fried eggs? They're perfect," Xu Lang praised with a smile.

Cao Yaxuan's red lips gradually curved upward, and in the end, she could not hold back her laughter. "Hahaha, I did. I even took cooking classes before. If only there were an oven here—I could make you a cake too."

"Damn, that's impressive. Then we'll leave the cooking to you from now on." Xu Lang drew in a sharp breath.

At that, Cao Yaxuan immediately puffed out her cheeks.

Why did it sound like he was assigning her a task?

Under the table, Tong Qi secretly kicked Xu Lang and said, "Sister Wang and I can cook too."

"Mhm." Wang Yazhi nodded. "I can make Cantonese and Sichuan cuisine. It's just that we don't have enough fresh ingredients right now."

"Damn, all three of you are culinary gods. Then we'll leave the cooking to you three from now on!" Xu Lang gave them a thumbs-up.

Tong Qi covered her mouth and laughed. "We're not culinary gods. We just know how to cook."

The atmosphere at the table quickly became lively.

During the meal, Wang Yazhi brought up Wu Huihui and the others. Apparently, Wu Huihui had pooled the resources and exchanged them for an iron door for everyone.

People from other floors had also wanted to come over and share their resources, but the tenth floor had already stopped accepting new residents.

Even if newcomers came, Wu Huihui would not provide them with material assistance.

That move had earned her quite a bit of prestige.

Then there was Zhang Dahai. The players had discovered that he had not returned to his dormitory at all and had been wandering outside, though nobody knew what he was doing.

Although supplies still spawned in those areas now, their overall quality was somewhat worse than on the final day of the game.

"Xu Lang, when do you think those new residents will arrive?" Tong Qi's eyes were filled with both anticipation and unease.

Wang Yazhi and Cao Yaxuan also looked at Xu Lang, waiting for his answer.

Xu Lang shook his head inwardly.

How was he supposed to know something like that?

It would definitely be sometime this week.

"Probably within the next couple of days," Xu Lang answered vaguely.

"Then do you want them to come, or not?" Wang Yazhi pressed.

Xu Lang rubbed his nose.

Was this the pressure of being the head of the household? Terrifying.

The things the three girls did not know were things he found hard to know too!

But since they were all asking him now, he could only keep up appearances.

Xu Lang said in a deep voice:

"There's no way to draw a conclusion yet. After all, we don't know what kind of people those new players are."

"If they're newcomers like us, then that would be good news for us."

"If they're veteran players, then things won't be good!"

"Because that would definitely raise the game's difficulty, and veteran players might not be friendly toward newcomers!"

The three of them found this deeply reasonable and couldn't help but grow worried, their anticipation fading somewhat.

Veteran players might not be friendly toward newcomers like them. The threat they posed might even be greater than that of the monsters!

In truth, there had always been plenty of discussion in the chatroom about these so-called new residents, with all sorts of speculation.

Xu Lang's view wasn't particularly unusual; his logic was simply clearer.

As they chatted, the night grew late.

The four of them could see the darkness outside through the surveillance screen.

The blood-mist-shrouded night sky held neither moon nor stars, eerie and hollow.

When Wu Huihui and the others returned from their sweep that evening, they brought Wang Yazhi a deck of cards.

The three women were now playing Fight the Landlord on the sofa, while Xu Lang meditated.

Wang Yazhi had never played Fight the Landlord before and was still learning in a daze, losing the worst of all.

Time slipped by quietly. Since they had played too long during the day, no one felt particularly sleepy. It wasn't until dawn that Cao Yaxuan and the others gradually went to bed.

Xu Lang took a deep breath and walked over to the bed.

Dreary Nightmare Bed, upgrade!

[Cozy Nightmare Bed (Permanently Bound)]

[Type: Facility]

[Level: 1]

[Durability: ???]

[Comfort: 20 (Can increase Nightmare Coin conversion rate by 20%)]

[Effect (Sleep): The Nightmare Lord gains 7 Nightmare Coins for every full hour of sleep, limited to 8 hours per day]

[Effect (Permanent): Cannot be dismantled or detected. After being damaged, the Nightmare Lord can summon it again]

[Exclusive Upgrade Requirement: 1000 Nightmare Coins]

[Description: Time to sleep!]

The three women had not yet fallen asleep when they sensed the change in the Nightmare Bed and couldn't help opening their eyes.

The bed beneath them had suddenly become larger. It felt warm and carried the scent of sun-dried fabric. Even the blanket that had been carelessly tossed aside had grown larger and been folded into a neat square.

Though the bed was rather peculiar and could clean itself automatically, Cao Yaxuan had never seen bedding this "new" before. It seemed to be gleaming.

[Base Nightmare Coins: 56, Conversion Rate: 304%, Total Output for Eight Hours: 226 Nightmare Coins]

[Total Nightmare Coins: 364]

More than two hundred Nightmare Coins in one night!

When Xu Lang woke up and saw the gains, his grin nearly reached his ears.

He could directly upgrade the main door now!

"Xu Lang, what's wrong?" Cao Yaxuan woke with a start and asked softly.

"Something good happened." Xu Lang revealed a mysterious smile.

No matter how carried away he got, he would never reveal the matter of the sequence.

It wasn't a matter of trust. A secret like that could only be known by himself; otherwise, he'd be a complete idiot begging to be struck by lightning.

"You're awful~" Cao Yaxuan huffed coquettishly and opened the chatroom, thinking something had happened among the players.

Then the following exchange came into view.

[44 Wang Ao: Both of my dorms are fully equipped with Swift Repeating Crossbows now. (Image)]

[57 Liu Quan: Tch, what's there to show off about a few lousy wooden crossbows!]

[84 Li Wang: Brother, everyone only has around a thousand copper coins right now. Being able to buy something that costs eight thousand copper coins is already impressive.]

[5 Zhu Yan: Yeah, and a lot of people still have level 0 dorms. They can't even afford to install offensive facilities.]

[32 Ye Fan: Forget that for now. Who is this person? We don't have anyone like this at our school, do we?]

[1 Jin Xin: Holy shit, who are you?]

[88 Cao Bin: Holy shit, who are you?]

[40 Zhao Shuang: Holy shit, who are you?]

[44 Wang Ao: Who the hell are you?!]