Xu Ruyan, Blood Hatred Mechanism!

The people who had fled into the corridor stood there dumbfounded. Before they could even process what had happened, the big shot Liu Quan was already dead!

It hadn't even taken ten damn seconds from start to finish! How had the tide turned so fast?!

One second, it was 10v1 with a big shot leading the team—how could they lose? The next, their teammates were sprawled in death and their big shot had gone down!

Liu Quan's name dimmed. That was the clearest proof of death.

Xu Lang had already replaced his magazine and aimed the muzzle toward the corridor.

After killing someone, his face wasn't red and his breathing wasn't ragged. He could still calmly and methodically change magazines, steady as a professional assassin.

After getting some money, Xu Lang had asked Wu Huihui to buy him some Number Six bullets.

Now, he had more than enough ammunition. He could fire whenever he wanted!

As the saying went, when you held a hammer, everyone looked like a nail!

He wouldn't let a single one of those unwelcome guests who had smashed at his door get away.

Revenge.

It was the rational choice. The more rational a person was, the more they understood the importance of revenge.

Because if people paid no price for offending you, the offenses that followed would only keep increasing!

Just as Xu Lang was about to fire, a woman's voice suddenly came from behind him.

"I advise you not to do that."

Xu Lang spun around instantly, aiming his gun at the masked woman ten meters down the passageway to his right.

At the same time, he took a small step back and hid behind the steel door, eliminating the possibility of someone ambushing him from the corridor on the left.

A flicker of approval passed through the masked woman's eyes. "Very good reaction. It's hard to imagine you're a first-cycle player."

"Who are you?" As Xu Lang asked, his gaze was already fixed on the masked woman.

The masked woman was tall and slender, with a curvaceous, explosive figure that stirred the blood. She wore dark green leather, and the black mask over her face shifted in pattern with her breathing, making it look especially eerie.

Of course, Xu Lang wasn't looking at her figure. He was checking her basic information.

[Name: Xu Ruyan]

[Experience: Third Cycle]

[Room Number: 180 (Owner)]

[Comfort: 80 (Can increase Nightmare Coin conversion rate by 80%)]

Xu Ruyan had a pleasant voice, and from the brows and eyes exposed above her mask, one could guess that beneath it was a striking beauty with sharply defined features.

Yet her Comfort was extremely low.

Because Xu Lang had no desire to sleep while holding a venomous snake!

That was right. This woman gave Xu Lang the feeling of a snake—and a highly venomous one at that!

Because of the different layout on the tenth floor, Dormitory 180 was also considered part of the tenth floor.

"Me? An old player. Though I should be different from that deadweight." Xu Ruyan seemed to smile, her gaze appearing to pass through the iron door toward Liu Quan's corpse behind it. She showed no concern whatsoever for the gun in Xu Lang's hand. "I can guarantee that piece of trash has made the top ten at most once. But in all three of my games, I made the top ten!"

Xu Lang's eyes flickered, but his voice remained calm. "Then why did you stop me from killing the others?"

"Of course, it was to protect the living strength of our tenth floor." Xu Ruyan was not someone who liked to beat around the bush, and she answered directly. "You already have Blood Hatred on you. If you keep killing, the Blood Hatred will only pile up. When that happens, on the very first day of the game, all the monsters will come running to your door."

At those words, a faint sense of foreboding immediately rose in Xu Lang's heart. Still, he asked calmly, "What is Blood Hatred?"

Seeing that Xu Lang hadn't been frightened, the approval in Xu Ruyan's emerald eyes deepened as she smiled.

"If you kill other players during the rest period, Blood Hatred will cling to you. When the next round begins, you'll attract monster aggro more easily than everyone else."

"Even hiding in your dormitory won't help, and the more you kill, the more outrageous the Blood Hatred becomes."

"Blood Hatred is what we players call it, and it's also a hidden mechanic in the Dormitory Survival Game!"

Xu Lang fell silent.

Such critical information, and the game had not given even a single hint.

That was far too underhanded!

"Then if I kill one person, how severe would the Blood Hatred be?" Xu Lang asked.

"More accurately, four people... It's just that you didn't kill those people with your own hands, so the Blood Hatred will be lighter." Xu Ruyan smiled.

"Do you have any specific examples?" Xu Lang asked again.

At a time like this, he had no interest in dancing around the issue. Every sentence he spoke went straight to the point.

And since Xu Ruyan was willing to explain, he naturally had to ask everything he could.

Any information advantage was worth taking. If he could get it, it was a profit.

"Anyway, in my last game, the player with Blood Hatred was the first to die, and he had only killed one person." Xu Ruyan teased, "That's why I stopped you from continuing. Otherwise, if all the monsters came to the tenth floor, I'd really have a headache."

Xu Lang fell silent again, quietly offering his regards to the creator of the Dormitory Survival Game.

Seeing his dejected expression, Xu Ruyan laughed. Her voice was magnetic. "Relax. The Dormitory Survival Game has its own punishment system. What you did this time counted as self-defense, so your Blood Hatred shouldn't be too ridiculous. Otherwise, I'd have already changed floors."

"Thank you. When necessary, I'll help you out once," Xu Lang said solemnly.

Xu Ruyan definitely had an ulterior motive for telling him all this. Rather than waiting for her to make a demand, he might as well take the initiative and keep the price within a range he could accept.

Besides, this was essentially an empty promise. It would not cost him a single copper coin.

"Hehe, if you want to repay me, then hold on for two more days in the next round of the game." With that, Xu Ruyan turned and left.

Her ass was perky.

But Xu Lang felt that even if he checked Xu Ruyan's information again, her Comfort Level would not be very high.

Although she had given him some intelligence, Xu Lang's impression of her had not changed.

She was a venomous snake.

Everyone in the corridor had already fled. After looting Liu Quan's corpse, Xu Lang returned to the room as well.

In the entryway, Cao Yaxuan held the crossbow. The moment she saw Xu Lang enter, tears involuntarily shimmered in her eyes.

"Xu Lang, I thought something had happened to you," she whimpered.

"Hold it steady. Don't shoot me by accident." Xu Lang shrugged.

That crossbow was his last trump card, and he had handed it to Cao Yaxuan.

This woman's mentality was relatively steady. She could be relied on at critical moments, and she had also been with him the longest.

"Xu Lang, was what that woman said true?" Wang Yazhi stepped forward, checking whether Xu Lang was injured as she spoke.

"Most likely. She had no reason to lie to me just to save a few strangers." Xu Lang's expression darkened slightly.

Hearing this, the three women all felt somewhat worried.

[9 Sun Heng: Fuck, what kind of idiot veteran player was that? He nearly got me killed!]

[181 Li Yu: Sun Heng, you went to the tenth floor too?]

[9 Sun Heng: Don't slander me. I just went over to take a look.]

[32 Ye Fan: What veteran player? I knew he wasn't as reliable as Brother Lang. If Liu Quan were really that capable, he wouldn't have brought you all upstairs with him. I even tipped Brother Lang off just now. I wonder if Brother Lang saw it.]

[84 Li Wang: I didn't go either. That veteran player was obviously using us as cannon fodder.]

[186 Wang Tingting: Everyone, stop for a moment. Let me tell you about Blood Hatred...]

[9 Sun Heng: Fuck, that bastard really was trying to harm us. No need to think about it—when the time comes, they'll definitely have us kill Xu Lang while hiding in the back themselves.]

[32 Ye Fan: Brother, can you stop exposing yourself? Aren't you afraid Brother Lang will come looking for you?]

[9 Sun Heng: It's fine. I have Blood Hatred anyway.]

[181 Li Yu: That seems to only take effect during rest periods.]

[9 Sun Heng: Actually, I really respect Brother Lang. If it weren't for him, we might have all died in the first round of the game.]

The clown came online, triggering a wave of amused laughter.

[32 Ye Fan: @Xu Ruyan, ma'am, could you take us under your wing?]

[180 Xu Ruyan: You worshipped big brother, and now you're worshipping big sister? Aren't you afraid of dying?]

[32 Ye Fan: Hehe, I feel like you're not a bad person.]

[180 Xu Ruyan: I don't have time for that. Besides, other new residents should be arriving soon. Ask them instead.]