Upgrading Meditation!

Night quickly deepened, and during this time, many more Players arrived at the Mad King Dormitory Building, bringing the total population past one hundred.

And they were not all veteran Players!

A large portion of them were complete newcomers, even newer than Xu Lang and the others. They had not participated in a single game!

What was better than Xu Lang's situation was that each of them had one thousand Copper Coins in starting funds, a Level 1 dormitory, and two free attribute points.

This gave some people crooked ideas.

If they could rob all these newcomers, how rich would they become?

Robbing ten newcomers meant ten thousand; robbing seventy meant seventy thousand!

However, this behavior met with joint resistance from the new Players, and many veteran Players also condemned it.

Setting aside questions of morality and character for the moment.

These new Players were like outer walls. Tearing down those outer walls to fatten themselves was something no one would allow.

Besides, if someone accidentally killed a person and became tainted with Blood Hatred, everyone on the entire floor would suffer along with them.

No matter how chaotic things became outside, it had nothing to do with Xu Lang.

Fight however you want!

I'll just lie back and take it easy!

Evening was the main mealtime for Xu Lang's little household.

Today's meal was stir-fried dishes.

Cao Yaxuan and the other two women each made a dish. Xu Lang ate with great relish, remaining silent the entire time as he only wanted to finish eating as soon as possible.

Finally, Cao Yaxuan asked the most terrifying and indescribable question.

"Xu Lang, how many points would you give each of these three dishes?"

What had to come had finally come!

Tong Qi stared at Xu Lang with sparkling eyes.

Wang Yazhi's gaze was more reserved, but her lips were lightly pursed. She clearly cared as well.

"Senior Cao, aren't you stirring up internal conflict? If I say yours tastes best, Tong Qi and Yazhi definitely won't be happy. The reverse is true too." Xu Lang set down his bowl and chopsticks, stared straight at Cao Yaxuan, and said seriously, "Don't ask questions like that again!"

"Oh~ Okay." Cao Yaxuan felt that Xu Lang was right, but she could not help wanting to ask.

There was no helping it. It was instinct.

"I still have more than seven thousand Copper Coins on me. Is there anything you want to buy? I can have Wu Huihui purchase it for you." Xu Lang smiled.

Although it was already late at night, Wu Huihui and some others were still out searching for supplies.

To be honest, going out to search for supplies now was somewhat dangerous.

Several Players had already been robbed.

Even if the robbers did not kill you, they could still break both your legs, so no one would stubbornly resist.

This kind of robbery targeting lone individuals was truly impossible to guard against.

After all, as long as a group was not targeted, people would not be so united.

"Probably not." Wang Yazhi shook her head, unable to think of anything she wanted.

Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi were the same.

At this time, everyone was saving what they had.

"Actually, Xu Lang, I think you should save your money and upgrade the gate." Wang Yazhi pursed her lips and suggested, "The facilities area sells blueprints for a Tier 3 Gate. You'll only need to gather a few more materials afterward."

There were already Tier 3 Gates in the Mad King Dormitory Building. Xu Ruyan's gate was a Tier 3 "Vermilion Gate," which was said to have special defensive effects against ghost-type monsters.

"Hehe, no need. I'll just keep rolling for upgrades." Xu Lang smiled.

The fact that he could upgrade items would eventually be impossible to hide.

So he could only use the excuse that he had a skill called "Random Item Upgrade" to cover it up.

"Fine." Seeing that Xu Lang insisted, Wang Yazhi did not say anything more.

When the Swift Repeating Crossbow had been upgraded earlier, the three women had all witnessed it firsthand. They knew the skill Xu Lang mentioned was probably not as simple as it sounded, but none of them asked further.

Besides them, some people in the corridor had also noticed it, but they only assumed Xu Lang had bought a blueprint at some point.

The facilities area sold blueprints for the Bronze Repeating Crossbow for three thousand Copper Coins. The actual weapon cost seven thousand Copper Coins, not something ordinary people could afford.

After dinner, Cao Yaxuan and the others went to wash the dishes. Xu Lang thought for a moment, then upgraded his Meditation skill.

Nightmare Coins -45

[Meditation]

[Type: Active Skill]

[Level: 2]

[Upgrade Requirement: 115 Nightmare Coins]

[Description: Enter a meditative state at any time to accelerate mental energy recovery. If mental energy is full, slowly increase total Spirit attributes.]

The description was more or less the same as before.

After upgrading two Swift Repeating Crossbows and Meditation, Xu Lang had only 119 Nightmare Coins left.

Should I upgrade Meditation?

Xu Lang fell into a dilemma.

The gate's next upgrade required 300 Nightmare Coins. If he did not spend anything, he could upgrade the gate after tomorrow. That was undoubtedly the safest approach.

The steel gate, plus two Level 2 offensive facilities, should be enough, as long as veteran Players don't come knocking as a group...

It would be best to save the gate upgrade until after the game begins. Then I can choose the upgrade path based on the game type.

Upgrading Meditation is the most worthwhile option right now. Maybe it'll roll me several more Spirit points!

With that thought, Xu Lang stopped hesitating and directly upgraded Meditation.

Items underwent special changes upon reaching Level 3. Skills should be no exception.

And that was indeed the case.

[Please choose one of the following upgrade paths within one minute.]

[1. Holy Light Meditation: Meditation gains the ability to heal your own injuries.]

[2. Nature Meditation: While meditating, increase your perception of nature.]

[3. Advanced Meditation: Strengthen meditation effects, increase mental energy recovery speed, and raise the chance of gaining additional Spirit attributes.]

After considering it for barely ten seconds, Xu Lang chose Advanced Meditation.

His original purpose in buying Meditation was to increase his base attributes. Naturally, he would stick to that path to the end.

Glancing at his remaining four Nightmare Coins, Xu Lang silently strengthened a conviction.

That was to refrain from speaking in the Chat Room for the time being and reduce his presence as much as possible.

Come to think of it, ever since the newcomers arrived, his presence had not been particularly strong to begin with.

Now, the center of discussion was either veteran Players holding forth or new Players asking confused questions.

The frequency of his name appearing in the Chat Room was gradually decreasing.

For example, at this very moment, a veteran Player from the second floor was holding forth, claiming that during the Zombie Assault game, he had more than a dozen ways to lead ninety percent of the Players to survival. He spoke with great confidence and detail.

This earned him the admiration of many Players, who called him a master.

It was worth mentioning that the Tenth Floor was already full. No new Players would be moving in.

Xu Lang did not pay much attention to the Chat Room. After glancing at Cao Yaxuan and the others, he resumed meditating.

This round of meditation was extremely effective. His perception of his own body had grown stronger, as if he could hear the faint sounds coming from his cells. It was incredibly wondrous.