[Base Nightmare Coins: 40, conversion rate: 290%, total output over eight hours: 156 Nightmare Coins] [Total Nightmare Coins: 338]
Nightmare Coins had surged!
Xu Lang clenched his fists and forcibly held back a cheer.
There were far too many things he could upgrade now!
For example, the most crucial door only required 300 Nightmare Coins to upgrade.
And then there was Meditation. Perhaps because it was only level one, upgrading it only cost 45 Nightmare Coins—absurdly cheap!
"Whew... I can't spend Nightmare Coins carelessly yet. Upgrading the bed is the most important thing!"
Xu Lang's lips curled high as he forcibly suppressed the urge to spend.
Spending them immediately 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, discovering that it was only a little past five.
With nothing to do, he lay back down and began to meditate.
Meditation was addictive once you did it often enough.
But he could not keep it up for too long at a time, because his head would start to hurt if he went on too long.
Before long, Cao Yaxuan and the others woke up and began preparing breakfast.
They had not had a stove over the past few days and had spent most of their time gnawing on bread. Now that they had the means, even a couple of hot bowls of noodles were wonderful.
When the fragrance drifted out from 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.
Springy noodles floated in the broth inside white porcelain bowls, with two adorable fried eggs on top.
"Who made these fried eggs? They're perfect." Xu Lang smiled and praised them.
Cao Yaxuan's red lips gradually lifted, until she could no longer hold it in and burst into laughter. "Hahaha, I did! I took cooking classes before. If there were an oven here, I could even make you a cake."
"Hiss~ That's impressive. Then I'll leave the cooking to you from now on." Xu Lang sucked in a breath.
Cao Yaxuan immediately puffed out her cheeks at that.
Why did it sound like he was assigning her a task?
Tong Qi secretly kicked Xu Lang under the table and said, "Wang and I can cook too."
"Mhm." Wang Yazhi nodded. "I can make Cantonese and Sichuan cuisine. We just don't have that many fresh ingredients right now."
"Hiss~ You three are all culinary gods, then I'll leave the cooking to all of you 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 dining table soon became lively.
During the meal, Wang Yazhi also brought up Wu Huihui and the others. Apparently, Wu Huihui had gathered up their resources and exchanged them for an iron door for everyone.
People from other floors had wanted to come and share their resources, but the tenth floor had already refused to accept any newcomers.
Even if someone came, Wu Huihui would not provide them with material aid.
That move had earned her quite a bit of prestige.
Besides that, the Players had noticed that Zhang Dahai never returned to his dormitory and instead wandered outside all the time. No one 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 come?" Tong Qi's eyes held both anticipation and unease.
Wang Yazhi and Cao Yaxuan also looked at Xu Lang, waiting for an answer.
Xu Lang shook his head inwardly.
How would he know something like that?
It would definitely be sometime this week.
"Probably within the next couple of days," Xu Lang answered ambiguously.
"Then do you want them to come, or not?" Wang Yazhi pressed.
Xu Lang rubbed his nose.
Is 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 as well!
But since they were all asking him now, he could only put up a front.
Xu Lang said in a deep voice:
"We can't draw a conclusion yet. After all, we don't know what those new Players are like."
"If they're newcomers like us, that would be good news."
"But if they're veteran Players, then the situation won't be good!"
"Because the game's difficulty will definitely increase, and veteran Players might not be friendly toward newcomers!"
The three felt that he made sense and could not help worrying, their anticipation fading somewhat.
Veteran Players might not be friendly toward rookie Players like them. The threat they posed might even be greater than that of the monsters!
In fact, the chatroom had always been filled with discussions about the so-called new residents, with all sorts of speculation.
Xu Lang's view was nothing unusual. His chain of reasoning was simply clearer.
As they chatted, night gradually deepened.
The four of them could see the night outside through the surveillance screen.
The night sky shrouded in Blood Mist had neither moon nor stars. It was eerie and empty.
When Wu Huihui and the others returned from scavenging that night, they brought Wang Yazhi a deck of cards.
The three girls 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 muddle-headed way, losing the worst of all.
Time slipped away quietly. Since they had played for too long during the day, no one felt particularly sleepy. It was not until dawn that Cao Yaxuan and the others went to bed one after another.
Xu Lang took a deep breath and walked to the bedside.
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 of sleep per day] [Effect (Permanent): Cannot be dismantled or detected. After being damaged, the Nightmare Lord can summon it again] [Exclusive upgrade requirement: 1,000 Nightmare Coins] [Description: Sleep, sleep!]
The three girls had not fallen deeply asleep yet. Feeling the change in the Nightmare Bed, they could not help opening their eyes.
They saw that the bed beneath them had suddenly grown larger. It felt warm and carried the scent of sun-dried fabric. Even the blankets that had been carelessly piled to the side had grown larger and been folded into neat squares.
Though this bed was rather unusual and could clean itself automatically, Cao Yaxuan had never seen bedding look so "new," as though it were practically sparkling.
[Base Nightmare Coins: 56, conversion rate: 304%, total output over 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.
Now he could upgrade the door directly!
"Xu Lang, what's wrong?" Cao Yaxuan woke with a start and asked softly.
"Something good happened." Xu Lang wore a mysterious smile.
No matter how carried away he became, he would not reveal the matter of the Sequence.
It was not a matter of trust. A secret like this could only be known by himself. Otherwise, he would be a complete idiot asking to be struck by lightning.
"You're awful~" Cao Yaxuan huffed, opening the chatroom and assuming something had happened among the Players.
Then the following exchange appeared before her eyes.
[44 Wang Ao: I've got both my dorms 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 incredible.] [5 Zhu Yan: Yeah, and a lot of people still have level-zero dorms. They can't even afford to install attack facilities.] [32 Ye Fan: Forget that for now. Who is this guy? We don't have anyone like him at our school, do we?] [1 Jin Xin: Holy shit, who the hell are you?] [88 Cao Bin: Holy shit, who the hell are you?] [40 Zhao Shuang: Holy shit, who the hell are you?] [44 Wang Ao: Who the fuck are you?!]
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