High Heels, the Last Day of the Game

[Base Nightmare Coins: 56, Conversion Rate: 307%, 227 Nightmare Coins produced in eight hours]

[Total Nightmare Coins: 683]

Last night, carried away by the fun, Xu Lang bought a few small charm-boosting items on the Trading Network, raising Tong Qi and Wang Yazhi's comfort levels to 94 and 95 respectively. Cao Yaxuan also reached her highest point yet: 98 comfort.

Though it only brought in a little more Nightmare Coin income, Xu Lang had already decided that their comfort levels could only go up from now on, never down.

Things like bunny ears and sexy stockings only cost around a hundred Copper Coins.

But even one extra Nightmare Coin could save a life at a critical moment.

"Lang Ge~" Tong Qi grabbed Xu Lang's wandering hand, her eyes pleading.

They had gone too wild last night. Just thinking about it this morning made her feel ashamed.

Xu Lang gave a pleased hum, asserting the homeowner's absolute authority over his tenants.

Tong Qi pressed her lips together, holding back her voice.

Little did they know, Cao Yaxuan and Wang Yazhi were already awake. Their breathing gave them away.

Xu Lang rolled over and had some "morning exercise" with Tong Qi.

Today was another perfectly ordinary day.

Time flew by, and a night seemed to pass in the blink of an eye.

Early in the morning, Xu Lang learned through the Chat Room that Wu Huihui had gone to the Supermarket, so he asked her to pick up a few things for him.

He spent a total of 300 Copper Coins.

They were all shoes.

The result was rather disappointing.

Only Wang Yazhi gained 1 point of comfort after putting on a pair of milky-white high heels. Tong Qi and Cao Yaxuan probably didn't match those shoes' style, so their comfort levels didn't increase at all after wearing them.

That morning, Wang Yazhi had terrible luck.

"Ah..."

Seeing that Xu Lang and the others were all asleep, Cao Yaxuan sighed to herself, feeling deeply melancholy.

She was happy when Xu Lang bought them gifts.

Little Rascal buying a gift for Sister Ya made Sister Ya happy.

But Sister Ya really didn't like Little Rascal's reckless assault on Wang Yazhi.

"Hmph, what a rotten thing. Sooner or later, he'll die in bed!" Cao Yaxuan grumbled before turning over and going to sleep.

"What should we do? I'm not going to get pregnant, am I?"

Wang Yazhi had only closed her eyes. She hadn't actually fallen asleep.

Pregnancy was something all three women worried about.

But in this environment, asking them to use protection was honestly a little darkly humorous.

There were quite a few couples' dorms in the Dormitory Building now, but almost no one had the leisure to bother with safety measures.

If anyone actually went to buy condoms, they would only be treated like an idiot.

It was already impressive if you could survive for a month. Who would care about what happened after that?

Still, even if that was true, everyone thought of it afterward, and it was hard not to worry.

Searching for pregnancy-related videos on Douyin, the most-liked comments were all about praying for their periods to come, or praying for their girlfriends' periods to come.

There was no helping it. Pregnancy was a seriously big deal.

"Let's survive this round of the game first. Next time, maybe I can get Xu Lang to do it outside..."

Tong Qi lay facing the wall, her big eyes blinking. She wasn't asleep either.

Xu Lang was the only one who had truly fallen asleep immediately after finishing.

But unlike the other two women, she was thinking about something else.

How should I allocate my points? I want to help Lang Ge too.

Xu Lang looked incredibly cool when he killed old Players by himself, but it also made Tong Qi feel guilty.

She felt she was too useless. Other than cooking and cleaning, she couldn't help Xu Lang with anything.

I can't sleep. I should read the Chat Room a little more.

The next day, five in the afternoon.

[Game Countdown—1 day, 1 hour, 1 minute]

[Base Nightmare Coins: 56, Conversion Rate: 308%, 228 Nightmare Coins produced in eight hours]

[Total Nightmare Coins: 911]

This was the first time Xu Lang had possessed so many Nightmare Coins. It was impossible not to be excited.

Xu Lang restrained the thrill of upgrading everything with one click, took a deep breath, got out of bed, and did two push-ups.

Tong Qi secretly opened a sliver of her eyes. When she saw Xu Lang exerting himself against the floor, the tension in her heart quietly eased.

At least he wasn't exerting himself on her.

"Xu Lang, why are you doing that today?" Cao Yaxuan stretched lazily and looked at him.

"What's wrong with doing push-ups?" A trace of confusion flashed through Xu Lang's eyes.

Push-ups made him sweat easily, and it would indeed be troublesome to make Cao Yaxuan and the others mop the floor afterward, but that wasn't worth mentioning, was it?

That was the only reason he could think of for Cao Yaxuan saying that.

"Don't you know the dorm floor is sacred and inviolable?" Cao Yaxuan huffed.

Xu Lang's face darkened. He flipped over, sprang to his feet, and walked toward Cao Yaxuan.

A homeowner's rights over his tenants were unlimited!

Once six o'clock passed, there would only be twenty-three hours left until the next round of the game began!

Competition between Players reached a fever pitch that day, and their mutual oppression had reached its limit.

As a result, two murders occurred.

The perpetrators were residents of the Fourth Floor and the Third Floor respectively.

That immediately caused an uproar among the residents of the Fourth Floor and Third Floor. They declared that the moment the game started, they would break into those two Blood Hatred Players' dorms first and make sure the pair died.

Xu Lang quietly lurked, lest he bring trouble upon himself.

After all, he carried Blood Hatred too.

Amid all the arguing, new residents arrived again.

Some Players with a little experience complained bitterly, saying that the more people there were in the Dormitory Building, the harder the game became.

But some old Players dismissed it as superstition.

After observing for so many days, Xu Lang had come to realize something.

These old Players were the most superstitious of all. Some treated certain theories as gospel, like the idea that you had to build up luck before drawing prizes in a game, while others scoffed at them.

Xu Lang casually tore open a bag of chips, eating as he pondered.

It seems no old Player has experience beyond three rounds.

There are so many experts now that I'm no longer noticeable.

Wang Ao, once a genius, has now become a complete nobody.

Wu Huihui is doing all right, though. She has the most people in the Tenth Floor dorms, and she's basically secured the position of Floor Leader.

Floor Leader was the term for the boss of each floor.

The First Floor had its Floor Leader, and the Second Floor had its Floor Leader.

It didn't mean the Floor Leader was the strongest person on that floor, but rather the one with the greatest leadership ability.

By the last day before the game began, the Floor Leaders had already been decided. Old Players were the Floor Leaders on all nine lower floors.

There was no helping it. Some old Players had transferred over together with their tenants. A whole nest of old Players was simply too powerful for newcomers to withstand.

Only the Tenth Floor was unusual.

Because Wu Huihui loved protecting her little sisters, most dorms on the Tenth Floor already had occupants. Others couldn't transfer there, and no old Players came to fight over it either.

The highest floor and lowest floor, the farthest left and farthest right, were generally the worst locations.

You either got an unbelievably lucky start or a catastrophically bad one.

And given the nature of this dorm survival game, catastrophically bad starts were more common.

Likewise, some people had particular taboos, such as disliking room numbers with 4 in them...

In short, opinions varied.

"Lang Ge, today is the last day of the rest period," Tong Qi said in a matter-of-fact tone.

There was some reflection and worry in her eyes, along with resistance.

Other than lunatics and ambitious schemers, no one wanted to play this damned game.

"We'll definitely survive." Wang Yazhi patted Tong Qi's shoulder, her red lips pressed into a line.

Xu Lang chuckled and said with certainty, "We'll make the top ten. In Purgatory, we'll be the vanguard!"

Though he had coasted his way here, he truly had the right to say that.

A free win was still a win.

Actually, Xu Lang's dorm setup wasn't bad. Other than the front door, everything else was on par with the old Players', and he even had a rare Guardian Spirit stationed there.

If the Guardian Spirit hadn't been set to recognize only one homeowner, old Players would definitely be coming to seize the dorm now.