Player Count Breaks 100, Upgrading Meditation Technique!

It was quickly getting late at night, and during this time, many more players arrived at the Mad King Dormitory Building, pushing 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 they had over Xu Lang's group was that each of them started with one thousand copper coins, a level-one 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; seventy meant seventy thousand!

However, this behavior was met not only with united resistance from the new players, but also condemnation from many veteran players.

Setting aside matters of morality for the moment.

These new players were like the outer city walls. No one would allow others to tear down those walls just to fatten themselves up.

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

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

Fight all you want!

I'll just lie low!

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

They had stir-fried dishes tonight.

Cao Yaxuan and the other two women each cooked a dish. Xu Lang ate with great enjoyment, keeping silent the entire time as he tried to finish as quickly as possible.

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

"Xu Lang, how would you rate these three dishes?"

What was coming had come at last!

Tong Qi stared at Xu Lang with sparkling eyes.

Wang Yazhi's gaze was more restrained, but her lips were lightly pursed, showing that she 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. And the same goes the other way around." Xu Lang put down his bowl and chopsticks, stared at Cao Yaxuan, and said seriously, "You're not allowed to ask questions like that again!"

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

It couldn't be helped. It was instinct.

"I still have over seven thousand copper coins on me. Is there anything you want to buy? I'll have Wu Huihui purchase it for you," Xu Lang said with a smile.

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

To be honest, going out to search for supplies now carried a certain amount of danger.

Several players had already been robbed.

Even if they did not kill you, they could still break both your legs, so nobody would stubbornly resist.

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

After all, as long as the group itself was not targeted, people would not be all that 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 stage, everyone was trying to save what they had.

"Actually, Xu Lang, I think you should save your money and upgrade the door." Wang Yazhi pursed her lips and suggested, "The Facilities Area sells blueprints for level-three doors. You'd only need to gather a little more material afterward."

In the current Mad King Dormitory Building, level-three doors were not unheard of. Xu Ruyan's door was a level-three Vermilion Gate, which was said to have special defensive effects against ghost-type monsters.

"Hehe, no need. I'll just keep drawing prizes," Xu Lang said with a smile.

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 for it.

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

When the Swift Repeating Crossbow had been upgraded earlier, all three women had seen it with their own eyes. 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 that Xu Lang had bought a blueprint at some point.

The Facilities Area sold blueprints for bronze repeating crossbows. They cost three thousand copper coins, while the actual crossbow cost seven thousand—far beyond what ordinary people could afford.

After dinner, Cao Yaxuan and the others went to wash the dishes. After thinking it over, Xu Lang 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, accelerating mental energy recovery. If mental energy is full, slowly increases total mental attributes.]

The description was more or less the same as before.

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

"Should I upgrade Meditation?"

Xu Lang found himself torn.

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

"The steel gate plus two level-two attack facilities should be enough, as long as the 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 its upgrade path according to the game type."

"Upgrading Meditation right now is the best value. Maybe I can roll several more points in mental attributes!"

With that thought, Xu Lang no longer hesitated and directly upgraded Meditation.

Items underwent special changes when upgraded to level three. Skills should be no exception.

And sure enough, that was 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, increases your perception of nature.]

[3. Advanced Meditation: Enhances the effects of meditation, restores mental energy faster, and increases the chance of gaining additional mental attributes.]

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

His original purpose in buying Meditation had been to increase his base attributes. Naturally, he would see that path through to the end.

Looking at the four remaining Nightmare Coins, Xu Lang silently made up his mind.

For the time being, he would not speak in the chatroom and would keep as low a profile as possible.

Come to think of it, ever since the newcomers arrived, his presence had not been all that noticeable to begin with.

The center of discussion was now either veteran players holding forth or new players asking clueless questions.

The frequency with which his name appeared in the chatroom was gradually decreasing.

For example, at this very moment, a veteran player on the second floor was holding forth, claiming that in the zombie invasion round, he had more than a dozen ways to lead ninety percent of the players to survival. He even laid them out in convincing detail.

This earned him the admiration of many players, who called him a great expert.

It was worth mentioning that the tenth floor was already full, and no new players would be moving in.

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

This meditation session was extremely effective. His perception of his own body became sharper, as though he could hear the faint sounds emitted by his cells. It was incredibly wondrous.