Bold, Lazy Thoughts, Continued Lying Flat Development

At eight the next morning, Xu Lang got into bed on schedule to grind points, then slept soundly for a full eight hours.

[Base Nightmare Coins: 56, Conversion Rate: 304%, Total Output Over Eight Hours: 226 Nightmare Coins]

[Total Nightmare Coins: 230]

After waking up and checking his gains, Xu Lang was no longer as excited as he had been the last time.

There were only a few days left until the game began. Even if he made full use of the time, he could only grind Nightmare Coins four more times. At the absolute limit, it would be enough to upgrade the Nightmare Bed once.

But when Xu Lang had first seen that upgrading the Nightmare Bed required a thousand Nightmare Coins, he had given up on the idea of upgrading it anytime soon.

That was pushing things too far. One wrong move, and it would be easy to crash and burn.

On top of that, after becoming afflicted with Blood Hatred, he had even less desire to do so.

"The best option is to save up enough for two gate upgrades... It'd be best not to spend any more Nightmare Coins from now on," Xu Lang thought to himself.

What a pity.

If only he knew the difficulty of the next game. Then he could estimate his dorm's defensive strength, rack up a batch of Blood Hatred, and wait for the monsters to come knocking and hand over points.

From what veteran players had said in the chatroom, he had learned some information.

Namely, in the games faced by first-round players, the leaderboard would remain open from beginning to end. When they encountered weaker monsters, veteran players would take the initiative to attack.

How great would it be if he could make the monsters come to his door to die? At that point, it would merely be a matter of strengthening the attack facilities a few more times.

If veteran players like Xu Ruyan knew what Xu Lang was thinking, they would probably be stunned to death.

Other people could barely keep themselves alive, yet he wanted to lure monsters in to farm points?

Xu Lang was living far too comfortably. Otherwise, he would never have come up with such a wild idea.

Those players who spent every day in constant anxiety would never even dare to think that way.

Time passed, and the day soon came to an end.

Nothing much happened that day, apart from several dozen new residents arriving.

Of course, that was only true for Xu Lang and the others.

The veteran players were doing everything they could to scavenge supplies, while the newcomers were racking their brains trying to get a little more from the supply points without being noticed.

It was supposedly rest time, but the competition had never stopped.

If people could truly unite, they would have gone into space to fight the Trisolarans two thousand years ago.

The four people in Dorm 200 lived a very leisurely life.

Whenever they felt like it, Cao Yaxuan and the other two women played cards. When they were free, they could even take out cosmetics and do their makeup.

Xu Lang occasionally played cards with them as well. The rest of the time, he was either doing physical training or meditating.

Cultivation was addictive.

Although his base attributes had not changed, Xu Lang could clearly feel that his condition was improving. That proved the training was useful.

The day passed by uneventfully.

The start of the game drew ever closer.

[Total Nightmare Coins: 456]

After checking his gains as usual, Xu Lang opened the chatroom.

The atmosphere in the chatroom was noticeably more tense than it had been yesterday.

There were fewer people chatting idly.

Everyone was thinking about how to develop themselves so they could survive the next round of the game.

At the same time, the number of players in the Mad King's dormitory building officially surpassed two hundred!

Those veteran players who had transferred over had experienced no more than three rounds of games, yet they revealed a great deal of information.

For example, how to allocate attribute points!

"Prioritizing Constitution is the most conventional build and works for the vast majority of games."

"Prioritizing Spirit is for games centered on ghosts, and it relies heavily on skills."

"The best allocation ratio is three to one. More extreme builds can go four to one. Five to one is extreme even among extremes; only under special circumstances would anyone allocate points that way... for example, a specialized tenant led by a powerful landlord!"

"No rush, no rush. The information still isn't complete. Cao Yaxuan and the others' development paths can only be decided after the next round of games. After all, I don't have that many resources left."

Staying at home was one thing, but Xu Lang never slacked off when it came to gathering intelligence.

And precisely because he stayed home, he had plenty of time. He read every single message in the chatroom.

So far, this was relatively important information. He could discuss it with Cao Yaxuan and the others later.

As for which path he himself would take...

Honestly, he had not decided yet.

The game was still in its early stages. Newbies like them had no real career plans, mainly because they lacked the foundation for it.

Although they could use free attribute points to strengthen themselves, they had not yet become anything inhuman. Their main means of attack still relied on external equipment and the dormitory's defenses.

Moreover, many people only managed to determine their direction of development after obtaining a crucial item or skill.

In reality, many veteran players understood the importance of settling on a development path, yet they were still lost.

Without a core skill or item capable of making the final call, they could only drift with the tide. Even some third-phase players were no exception. It was clear that locking down one's development direction was no easy matter.

Not long after Xu Lang woke up, Wang Yazhi and the others woke up as well.

Watching Wang Yazhi's slender, beautiful figure as she cooked, Xu Lang felt cheerful.

As he always said, enjoy yourself when you could. Otherwise, who knew when you might kick the bucket and be gone for good.