Dormitory Survival: I Lie Flat and Earn Nightmare Coins
Chapter 49

Grinding Points! Grinding Points! Grinding Points!

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"Damn, what's going on? Why is Xu Lang's score skyrocketing again?!" In Dormitory No. 2, Jin Xin let out a startled cry.

At that moment, all the players from Dormitory No. 1 had moved into Dormitory No. 2.

This was also one way to play the game. Players could exploit the one-hour time difference to enter someone else's dormitory, while the cooldown was also around an hour.

They had no choice. Jin Xin's little iron door simply couldn't withstand the zombies and would be broken through within minutes, so they could only resort to this tactic.

The bespectacled young man had been watching the zombies' assault through the peephole. Hearing this, he immediately turned around. "What did you say?!"

"Damn it!" Thunder roared. He immediately opened the leaderboard and, sure enough, saw Xu Lang's score soaring all the way up.

"Madman, what the hell has he been doing?!" the female player exclaimed in shock.

"Forget about him for now. Figure out how to deal with these zombies first and farm points, hurry!" the bespectacled young man shouted.

Thunder's face darkened. He opened the door and unleashed a Palm Thunder, blasting several zombies away before charging out himself.

White mist filled the corridor. Some zombies that had been attacking other dormitories noticed the commotion and hurried over, hopping and jumping.

Thunder was fearless. He fired off Palm Thunder after Palm Thunder until his mental energy was depleted, only then returning to the dormitory.

After shutting the door, Thunder quickly took out high-grade food to restore his stamina and mental energy.

This fighting style was extremely risky, and generally only veteran players used it.

Jin Xin was dumbfounded.

The game could be played like this?

No wonder he was a top player!

What he didn't know was that Thunder had learned this strategy from other veteran players. He had also only moved dormitories because he could no longer survive in his original dorm building.

The big shot in his eyes was actually just a nobody in other people's eyes.

Using this method, Thunder rapidly farmed points, while his high-grade food was also being consumed at a terrifying rate.

Dormitory No. 200.

The zombies at the door had all been killed. Once no more zombies came, Xu Lang began his routine again.

Ghost Peek!

Open the door, peek out, close the door!

Come on, monsters—come in droves!

The zombies attacking other dormitories sensed the dense aura of Blood Hatred and immediately switched targets, hopping over to deliver themselves to their deaths.

Xu Lang hid inside the room, watching zombies fall one after another before the dormitory door. Suddenly, he felt like some kind of "zombie-slaying maniac."

If this were really one of those online games, he figured he'd probably have earned a title by now.

The corpses of slain monsters disappeared before long, but even so, the zombies outside Dormitory No. 200 had piled into a small mountain. It was actually a little spectacular!

The three girls, Cao Yaxuan, Tong Qi, and Wang Yazhi, looked at the accumulated drops outside the dormitory and happily high-fived in celebration.

Once this round ended, they would have another huge harvest!

"You should farm some points too." Xu Lang handed the Colt to Cao Yaxuan. "One magazine each. Take turns."

Cao Yaxuan froze for a moment, then became excited and snatched the Colt from him. "Okay!"

Tong Qi and Wang Yazhi's eyes lit up.

It was finally their turn!

The four of them had discussed a point-farming plan before, but they hadn't expected the opportunity to come so quickly.

After the previous round, the three girls were no longer as nervous about the second round. They even faced it in a relaxed and cheerful mood.

That was why Xu Lang dared to let them farm points.

Confidence was something that had to be built up bit by bit!

Open the door, empty the magazine, close the door, reload, switch people, then open the door again!

After repeating this several times, Wang Yazhi said, "Xu Lang, don't rush to close the door later. I want to try something."

Xu Lang raised a brow and asked with a smile, "Do you really want to do that?"

"Mhm!" Wang Yazhi held her sword, her gaze resolute. "Didn't you already pick up some glutinous rice?"

Glutinous rice was an item dropped by zombies that could cure corpse poison.

"Alright." Xu Lang nodded.

Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi watched Wang Yazhi, both somewhat nervous and somewhat expectant.

If Wang Yazhi could do it, there was no reason they couldn't!

Wang Yazhi glanced at the surveillance screen, then rushed out of the room to face the zombies head-on.

That took incredible courage.

At the same time, killing monsters was not as difficult as imagined.

One side of the corridor was blocked by Cao Yaxuan with a cyan steel door, so Wang Yazhi only had to face the zombies on one side, and she also had the Bronze Repeating Crossbow to disrupt the zombies' rhythm. As long as she skillfully applied the footwork from the basic swordsmanship, there would be no problem at all.

Of course, she also had to retreat early enough. Getting surrounded would be troublesome.

Just as Wang Yazhi was getting more and more into the killing, the bell in the stairwell suddenly rang loudly.

Wang Yazhi stumbled and clutched her head.

A zombie opened its fanged maw and leaped forward, its stiffly outstretched arms stabbing straight toward Wang Yazhi's forehead.

At the crucial moment, the zombie suddenly dropped from midair.

Ghost Child's eyes glowed faintly as it forcibly took control of the zombie.

Wang Yazhi took the chance to return to the dormitory, leaning against the wall and gasping for breath.

Cold sweat beaded on her forehead. On one hand, she had exhausted a great deal of stamina; on the other, she had been badly frightened.

"Sister Ya, are you okay?" Tong Qi stepped forward to support Wang Yazhi, asking with concern.

"I'm fine." Wang Yazhi shook her head.

After closing the main door, Cao Yaxuan patted her chest and said, "Good thing Brother Lang's micro-control is strong enough."

Whether it was guardian spirits or attack facilities, both could actually be micro-controlled. The former was a little more complicated, requiring the homeowner to communicate with them mentally.

It was just that ordinary people generally could not play like that.

The reason was simple: they did not have surveillance cameras.

"Yazhi, do you want to continue?" Xu Lang asked.

"Mm!" Wang Yazhi nodded firmly.

Tong Qi clenched her fists. "Sister Wang, you only need a little over a hundred more points to enter the top ten on the leaderboard."

Wang Yazhi's face lit up, and she accidentally blurted out what she really thought. "Good, then there'll be enough bullets for all of you!"

Bullets were limited. If the three of them took turns using them, it was possible that none of them would make it into the top ten. But if she used a sword, things would be different.

Tong Qi's expression stiffened at those words.

Xu Lang patted Tong Qi on the shoulder. "This is the optimal choice. If it were you, you would do the same."

"Yeah!" Knowing that Tong Qi was soft-hearted, Cao Yaxuan also spoke up in agreement.

"Yazhi, from now on, decide for yourself how to allocate your attribute points," Xu Lang said, looking at Wang Yazhi.

Wang Yazhi nodded, then immediately put both attribute points into Constitution.

Xu Lang took out an Instant Sirloin Steak and handed it to Wang Yazhi. "Restore your stamina first. Tong Qi, Cao Yaxuan, keep taking turns farming monsters."

Although he did not know the experience of veteran players like Thunder, he had fortunately figured out some strategies on his own.

The reason was simple: he had plenty of time to think and examine this game.

That alone was an invisible advantage beyond the reach of ordinary players, who had to expend both mental and physical effort.

Besides, food upgrades required Nightmare Coins no matter what. They could not possibly be useless, right?

After Wang Yazhi finished the steak, its effects were obvious. Her mental and physical condition returned to their peak, and she eagerly went back out to kill monsters!

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