Sorry, I'm a Sigma Man

In the end, with no other choice, Cao Yaxuan agreed, but demanded a tenant slot for herself.

Xu Lang readily agreed.

"You're so fast..."

In the darkness, this was Cao Yaxuan's final act of resistance.

Xu Lang couldn't care less. All he wanted were Nightmare Coins.

At the same time, he discovered a blind spot.

Cao Yaxuan was a virgin.

No wonder. A rich young lady like her was beyond the league of those scumbags at university.

Afterward, taking advantage of his home-field edge, he confiscated the items Cao Yaxuan had gotten from her newbie gift pack.

They were five boxes of tissues and a baseball cap.

After finishing all that, Xu Lang disarmed Cao Yaxuan.

Her clothes, leather shoes, and little white socks went into the pillowcase, while her stockings were used to tie her hands.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully.

A game prompt was one thing, but Xu Lang wasn't about to gamble with his own life.

What if Cao Yaxuan pulled some stunt like trading her worn underwear for a dagger and stabbed him in the middle of the night? That would be a real laugh.

Xu Lang fell asleep.

Cao Yaxuan, however, couldn't sleep.

She really had considered stabbing Xu Lang in the middle of the night!

But the problem was that she had no idea what method Xu Lang had used. The two stockings had her wrists tied tight, and he was sleeping while hugging her from behind, leaving both her hands trapped at her crotch. Any little movement would earn her a "Get out" warning.

I'll put up with him for now... But he really does seem as weak as the rumors say... A gorgeous beauty like me, and he fell asleep after just once.

Weak. Pathetically weak!

Impotent loser, scumbag, bastard, disgusting creep!

Once I figure out this game's rules, just watch me take his place!

Cao Yaxuan gritted her teeth, the flames of vengeance blazing within her. She kept a close eye on the chatroom, planning to secretly outpace Xu Lang.

That hateful junior probably had no idea how important information was.

You're sleeping while I'm growing stronger. What are you going to use to fight me?

When light filled the room, Xu Lang woke up.

A new day began with a stretch.

Cao Yaxuan hadn't slept all night. Seeing Xu Lang so relaxed, the flames of her complaints were reignited.

A thick-skinned guy like him would die in this survival game sooner or later.

"What are you looking at?" Xu Lang curled his lip.

"Heh!" Cao Yaxuan's lips formed a perfect thirty-five-degree arc of cold mockery.

"Get out—"

"Sorry, Lord Landlord!"

Leaning against the wall, Xu Lang opened the chatroom and found that many avatars had turned gray.

[Chatroom 251/400]

Damn! So many had been wiped out in a single night.

The casualty rate was almost over half.

[149 Wang Dazhuang: Mom, I want my mom!]

[32 Ye Fan: This is a dream. This can't be real!]

[40 Zhao Shuang: Look, it's daytime. Those zombies have retreated into the hallway.]

Some people's dreams of being the Protagonist had been shattered overnight.

Seeing classmates they spent every day with die right before their eyes wasn't something everyone could accept.

Xu Lang quickly skimmed through the messages and found several key pieces of information.

The people on the death list had generally all died within the first five minutes.

And apparently, not a single player had been killed after zombies broke through their door.

The dorm rooms seemed to have some hidden Stealth ability, making players hiding inside less likely to be discovered.

On the other hand, the players who thought they were clever and hid in other buildings as soon as the game began were the ones who got screwed.

Not one of them survived. They were all dead!

"Zombies really can infect people, and the onset only takes three minutes. That's fast!"

Xu Lang frowned to himself and looked outside through the peephole.

There didn't seem to be any zombies left in the hallway.

Zhao Shuang was in the last room on the second floor. He said the zombies had retreated into the hallway, so he probably wasn't lying.

"Junior, zombies become less mobile during the day. Do you want to go out and take a look?" Cao Yaxuan asked.

"No." Xu Lang shook his head.

"If this continues, isn't it no different from waiting to die?" Cao Yaxuan frowned, looking pitiful enough to melt anyone's heart.

Back then, whenever she showed this delicate, girlish side of herself, no man could resist.

Especially after what had happened between her and Xu Lang last night!

She had confi—

"Still better than going out to die." Xu Lang shook his head and plopped back down onto the bed.

Once he pulled out, he became a cold, heartless Sigma Man!

Cao Yaxuan was furious enough that her chest seemed to swell a size.

Didn't you say you treated your girlfriend well? Could you really bear to let your girlfriend wait here to die?

She guessed that Xu Lang's newbie gift pack had contained blueprints and the materials to upgrade accordingly. Since the pack had been so generous, it definitely hadn't included food.

And neither had hers!

At this rate, the two of them would really starve to death!

With his back against the door, Xu Lang checked his Nightmare Coin balance.

[Base Nightmare Coins: 40. Conversion rate: 106%. Total output over eight hours: 82 Nightmare Coins]

[Total Nightmare Coins: 116]

The Nightmare Coin output had directly doubled!

This score-farming Pal was way too useful!

Xu Lang gave Cao Yaxuan an approving glance. "Don't worry. I won't let you die."

"At least you have a conscience." Cao Yaxuan's heart warmed.

Xu Lang's words sounded so gentle, and they didn't seem like a lie.

With so many Nightmare Coins, Xu Lang had to consider what to enhance.

At first, he wanted to enhance himself, but that didn't work.

Living beings apparently weren't within the scope of things Nightmare Coins could enhance.

That meant he could only enhance items.

He opened the Trading Network and found that there were very few items listed, and the trade demands were absurd.

A loaf of bread for a barrel of water? Did they think the Trading Network was a wishing well?

The Trading Network had two forms of trade: barter and currency purchases.

However, very few people currently possessed currency, and even fewer trusted a currency system, so everyone chose barter.

"There's nothing worth getting on the Trading Network. I'll wait and see."

"I'll save my Nightmare Coins too. Let the people who can't hold out anymore test the waters and gather information first."

"As long as I'm stronger than everyone else, disaster will always be one step behind me!"

When Xu Lang was rich enough to rival the world, he wouldn't mind helping the poor.

But right now, he was barely able to protect himself. Naturally, survival came first.

Just as he was about to close the panel, a friend request popped up.

[86 Wang Ao: Bro, I heard you upgraded your door too.]

Xu Lang accepted the friend request.

[200 Xu Lang: What is it?]

[86 Wang Ao: Nothing much, just saying hello. Too bad we're so far apart, or we could've worked together. I think highly of you.]

[200 Xu Lang: Thanks for the compliment.]

[86 Wang Ao: Let's see who lives longer!]

What was this, discussing heroes over wine? Xu Lang silently mocked.

Wang Ao's reputation was probably too rotten for anyone to want to talk to him, so he had come looking for Xu Lang instead.

Xu Lang replied with an okay, then closed the chat window.

"Xu Lang, what do you plan to do next? Do you have any plans?" Cao Yaxuan asked.

"I'm not in a rush, so why are you?" Xu Lang said indifferently.

Cao Yaxuan's mouth twitched. After a moment of silence, she said, "Can you untie the stockings for me?"

"No." Xu Lang shook his head. "Stockings are elastic. It's fine even if they're tied for a long time."

"But it's uncomfortable..."

"It's fine. You'll be comfortable soon... Come on, put on your little leather shoes."

"..."