Counting the Spoils, Old Players Are So Poor

Xu Lang opened his private messages and found that Ye Fan had indeed sent him a message five or six minutes ago.

After replying with a thank-you, Xu Lang opened his chat with Wu Huihui.

[200 Xu Lang: Do you want Liu Quan's dorm room key?]

[186 Wu Huihui: How much?]

[200 Xu Lang: Name your price.]

[186 Wu Huihui: I don't think I can afford it. Why don't you trade with Wang Ao instead? It'd be good to make the people from our original campus stronger, so we don't get bullied.]

Xu Lang frowned at that.

It seemed that because Dorm 57 was on the third floor, Wu Huihui did not want it. After all, things like the dorm's main gate and defensive facilities could not be moved up to the tenth floor. Forcibly dismantling them would be too wasteful.

As for selling it to Wang Ao...

To be honest, if he got the chance, Xu Lang still wanted to take Wang Ao out.

It had nothing to do with being magnanimous or not. It was mainly related to that revenge theory from before.

Just then, Wang Ao's profile icon flashed, and a private message came in.

Xu Lang tapped it open.

[44 Wang Ao: Brother Lang, are you selling Dorm 57's key?]

Xu Lang chuckled softly.

That bastard Wang Ao really could swallow his pride.

Forget it. He had already killed an old player and intimidated the other petty schemers. There was no rush to kill Wang Ao.

Besides, Wang Ao was on the third floor and likely would not come up easily.

[200 Xu Lang: Give me your highest offer.]

[44 Wang Ao: Five thousand copper coins. If you give me another two days, I can gather more, but by then other old players might arrive, and there's a greater chance they'll just break in.]

[200 Xu Lang: Eight thousand.]

[44 Wang Ao: That really is my highest offer!]

Inside Dorm 44, Wang Ao's face darkened.

He had been too anxious and had actually quoted his highest price right away.

They were all newcomers. How could they have made any particularly detailed plans? On their first day entering the supermarket, they had basically spent all their money.

The reason he had managed to get five thousand was mainly through raiding floors and robbing people.

[200 Xu Lang: Trade. Put up everything of value you're willing to exchange, and I'll see whether it's enough.]

Wang Ao gritted his teeth. While ordering his lackeys to bring over supplies, he began trading with Xu Lang.

Looking at the Dorm 57 key in the other party's trade window, his eyes turned red.

That was an old player's dorm!

He had checked out Dorm 57. Since Liu Quan was dead, its dorm information could now be inspected.

The dorm door was a Level 2 steel door, and its attack facilities were two Level 1 water cannons.

The door alone was worth six thousand!

"Bring everything over, now!" Wang Ao urged his lackeys.

Very soon, a pile of supplies had been placed in his trade window.

On the other side, Xu Lang felt it was about enough and clicked to confirm the trade.

Wang Ao immediately accepted, and a key appeared in his hand.

"Haha!" He laughed loudly, then suddenly saw the completely empty dorm and began cursing. "Fuck, we're even short on food now!"

Taking a deep breath to suppress his anger, he hurriedly led his two lackeys to Dorm 57 to open its treasure chest.

Dorm 57 was truly important to him.

Otherwise, his lackeys did not even have Level 1 dorms, which made him look bad.

A huge pile of supplies appeared out of thin air in Xu Lang's dorm, making Cao Yaxuan and the other two women's eyes light up.

"These were traded for Liu Quan's dorm key. Sort them out while I check the value of his other belongings," Xu Lang said with a smile.

"Got it!" Tong Qi rolled up her sleeves.

Little Q had a bit of a packrat streak in her, and when it came to organizing supplies, she was always the most diligent.

Cao Yaxuan and Wang Yazhi also went to help, while Xu Lang quickly finished taking stock of Liu Quan's possessions.

A Level 3 longsword, three Level 2 throwing darts, two Level 2 ghost-repelling talismans, and a blood-red fragment of a map with an unknown purpose.

Besides that, there were several hundred copper coins.

These old players seemed to have no habit of saving money.

Xu Lang was deeply disappointed. Liu Quan felt so poor.

If Liu Quan had known, he probably would have been enraged enough to rise from the dead.

He might not have been a top-tier expert, but he should not have been called poor by a newcomer!

Xu Lang was simply too rich, which made Liu Quan seem poor by comparison.

Aside from the first two days, Xu Lang had spent the latter two living like a nouveau riche, doing better while lying at home than others did out there.

While everyone else was still struggling desperately, he was at home eating self-heating hotpot with two stunning beauties.

"These items aren't worth more than six thousand in total. And a longsword is less useful than a machete without the relevant skills, so it'll probably be hard to sell." Xu Lang stroked his chin as he calculated.

After thinking it over, he decided not to sell the weapon and instead keep it for the three women to use.

He had not forgotten something else.

That was, if everyone in his dorm made it into the top ten of the points rankings, could the dorm be upgraded multiple times?

He began asking Xu Ruyan about it.

[180 Xu Ruyan: So even turtle-style players like you have dreams like this?]

Xu Lang: "..."

This woman's intelligence-gathering abilities were damn strong. She had uncovered his background so quickly.

Though Xu Ruyan mocked him, she still told him what she knew.

[180 Xu Ruyan: It won't increase the number of room upgrades, but everyone else's rewards will synchronize with those of the highest-ranked player.]

[200 Xu Lang: Thanks. Also, why does Liu Quan care so much about guardian spirits?]

[180 Xu Ruyan: Because there's no limit to the number of dorm guardian spirits, their functions are diverse, and they're incredibly rare. Forget him—even I'm envious. If guardian spirits didn't only recognize one dorm owner, I'd definitely rob you.]

Xu Lang found that strange.

[200 Xu Lang: Then why did Liu Quan try to rob me?]

Xu Ruyan's response was simple and blunt.

[180 Xu Ruyan: That idiot probably doesn't know the specific rules for guardian spirits. He's only heard that such a thing exists!]

[200 Xu Lang: Thanks.]

That concluded their conversation.

And Xu Lang had made up his mind.

"Yazhi, come here." He beckoned Wang Yazhi over.

"What's wrong?" Wang Yazhi smoothed her white dress and walked over.

Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi also looked over.

Xu Lang directly handed the longsword to Wang Yazhi. "This is a gift for you."

Wang Yazhi froze for a moment. After taking the longsword and discovering that it was a level-three item, she hurriedly waved her hands in refusal. "No, no, no! This is too valuable. I can't accept it!"

Wu Huihui had only bought herself a level-three weapon so far. Wang Yazhi had done nothing—how could she possibly receive such good equipment?

"Hm?" Xu Lang raised a brow.

"Sister Yazhi, just take it." Tong Qi smiled. "Xu Lang gave weapons to us too."

"But this is a level-three weapon!" Wang Yazhi clenched her fair hand around the hilt, feeling immense pressure.

Cao Yaxuan immediately felt a little jealous.

Just then, Xu Lang sent her a private message.

[200 Xu Lang: I'll replace yours too when I get new weapons later.]

He sent the same message to Tong Qi as well.

Being close was one thing, but he still had to account for the issue of unequal treatment.

After sending the messages to the two women, Xu Lang said to Wang Yazhi, "If you take this sword, you need to be prepared to fight. If you only want to stay at home forever, then forget it."

"Okay!" Hearing that, courage welled up in Wang Yazhi instead, and she agreed.

She did not want to keep freeloading and waiting for death without contributing anything.

If the dormitory door was ever truly breached someday, she wanted to do her part too.

"Give it a try." Xu Lang smiled.

Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi stopped sorting through their things and ran over to watch Wang Yazhi practice with the sword.

The sword's shadow left gleaming trails in the air. It was extremely sharp, and ordinary wood split apart at a single touch.