Zombie Fangs, Black Zombie Essence Blood, Intel Note

After going out and killing another round, Wang Yazhi squeezed into the top ten of the rankings!

Not long after, Tong Qi and Cao Yaxuan's names also appeared among the top ten!

One dormitory, four in the top ten!

Dormitory 200 had really made a name for itself this time!

There was no helping it. The monster resources on the entire floor had practically all been gobbled up by the four of them.

If anyone else wanted to surpass them, they would have to deal with at least a quarter of the zombies on the whole floor.

[Dormitory Broadcast: Players on the tenth floor have cleared monsters too quickly. The second round of monsters will be unable to enter the tenth floor.]

"Damn it, we killed them too fast again! How's Lang Ge supposed to lure monsters now?" Cao Yaxuan was so worked up that she had started swearing too.

"No, we killed them too slowly. If I'd personally killed every last one of Liu Quan and the others back then, zombies from the ninth floor should be running up here by now," Xu Lang said gloomily.

Tong Qi sucked in a breath. "Hiss—Lang Ge, that idea's way too dangerous!"

They chatted as they worked, but their speed in picking things up did not slow in the slightest. Before long, they had collected all the drops and returned to the dormitory.

Wang Yazhi stood guard nearby. Once the other three entered the dormitory, she shut the door.

Their teamwork was flawless!

After one round of the game, they already understood how to support one another and fulfill their respective roles.

All that could be said was that they had improved incredibly fast.

The four sat around the sofa, and it was once again time for the most anticipated part: counting the spoils.

The three women first handed all their money over to Xu Lang.

[Assets: 24,892 Copper Coins, 3 Silver Coins, 0 Gold Coins]

Xu Lang reported their assets, then clicked his tongue. "Tsk, the Copper Coin drop rate from these zombies is pretty average. Didn't they have any burial goods or something? They're Tier 2 Monsters, for crying out loud."

"Lang Ge, your words came true! There really are burial goods!" Tong Qi said with a smile as she picked up a pretty porcelain bowl.

[Blue-and-White Porcelain Bowl]

[Type: Porcelain]

[Level: 0]

[Durability: 3/3]

[Can be dismantled for: Blue-and-White Porcelain Shards x3]

[Upgrade requirement: 10 Nightmare Coins]

[Description: A dead person's burial good. It is useless aside from looking nice. Recommended to smash it.]

Xu Lang smiled. "Put it aside. At least it's a container for holding things."

Tong Qi nodded and casually set the porcelain aside.

There were indeed quite a few burial goods like this among the drops. They were somewhat like the soul fragments dropped by wraiths—optional junk that was neither here nor there.

There were only three items worth Xu Lang's attention.

[Zombie Fangs]

[Type: Item]

[Level: 2]

[Effect (Death Aura): Put the fangs in your mouth, and you will gain some of the aura of the dead, causing ghosts and monsters to regard you as one of their kind.]

[Durability: 5/5]

[Can be dismantled for: Bone Powder x3]

[Upgrade requirement: 90 Nightmare Coins]

[Description: When I was little, I had a pair of zombie teeth that even glowed. All the little girls were scared of me!]

[Black Zombie Essence Blood]

[Type: Blood]

[Level: 2]

[Effect: Transform into a Black Jiangshi for 3 minutes. Copper head, iron brain, immense strength.]

[Upgrade requirement: 120 Nightmare Coins]

[Description: Eat me, and every part of your body will turn hard except your corpus cavernosum and pituitary gland.]

[Intel Note]

[Type: Item]

[Content: The real monster is hiding in the corridor.]

[Description: This thing has no level and cannot be dismantled or upgraded. Just take a look and leave it at that.]

"Take a look at this Intel Note." Xu Lang took out the slip of paper.

"It might be that thing that rang the bell!" Wang Yazhi recalled that terrifying ringing, and a chill ran through her heart.

"Probably." Xu Lang nodded. "I thought there would be many kinds of monsters this round, but it turned out there were only zombies."

He had previously expected the monsters in the second round to be more diverse. The facts proved that he had been wrong.

Tong Qi spoke up at that moment. "Could these zombies be the tough monsters those veteran players talk about? There was only one monster type this round, and no Tier 3 Monsters, but so many players still died."

The tough nuts players spoke of generally had two characteristics. First, they were strong at breaking through doors. Second, they were hard to kill.

Zombies fit both characteristics.

A faint smile appeared on Xu Lang's face.

He was happy that Tong Qi and the others could think independently.

At the end of the day, he was only a newcomer himself. Sometimes, his brain simply was not enough.

After they discussed things for a while, Cao Yaxuan suddenly cried out, "Xu Lang, so many people are @-ing me!"

"Normal." Xu Lang shrugged. He was already used to being tagged.

"Me too!" Tong Qi opened the chat room, looking equally surprised.

Wang Yazhi was in much the same situation.

It was the first time the three women had encountered something like this, and they immediately began chattering away.

Xu Lang, meanwhile, glanced over the Trading Network. He found someone selling sticky rice for 400 Copper Coins, so he listed his twenty portions of sticky rice for 399 each.

The twenty portions of sticky rice were bought one after another.

Nearly 8,000 Copper Coins went into his account!

Xu Lang sighed inwardly. It was not that Zombie Bro was poor. Zombie Bro had merely exchanged all his Copper Coins for sticky rice!

After that, he swept up every No. 6 Bullet listed on the market. He still had 30,000 Copper Coins left in hand afterward.

"I've never had such a perfect start!"

Although he had gotten less sleep this round, Xu Lang's gains had not decreased in the slightest, and he had thoroughly enjoyed the killing.

After finishing all that, Xu Lang opened his private messages.

His private messages had exploded!

Xu Lang had added nearly every player from the first round, and at this moment, more than half of them had sent him messages.

There was praise, confusion, and shock!

Xu Lang gave them a rough scan before opening Xu Ruyan's private messages.

[180 Xu Ruyan: With a Tier 3 Turret, how are you farming points so fast?]

[180 Xu Ruyan: A tall tree catches the wind. Tsk, tsk, you should be more careful, kid. Don't reveal all your trump cards. Points are important, but your life is more important!]

Xu Ruyan's messages ended there. Perhaps she felt embarrassed to keep talking unilaterally, so she did not send anything else.

Xu Lang's first thought upon seeing those messages was—Xu Ruyan was kind of a chatterbox.

His second thought was...

Does she like me?

Xu Lang shook his head. The three great illusions of life were pure simp traps. Just because a pretty girl said a few more words to you meant she liked you? If she sent a voice message, did that mean she wanted to date you?

[200 Xu Lang: Thanks for your concern. Everything is fine over here.]

[180 Xu Ruyan: Thanks to you, I've dropped to fifth place now.]

Xu Lang froze, then opened the points rankings. He found that while Xu Ruyan's points had risen, her rank had fallen from third place.

[200 Xu Lang: It's what I should do. We're all companions.]

[180 Xu Ruyan: Oh, thank you so much!!]

In Dormitory 180, Xu Ruyan gritted her teeth.

For freeloading players like Nie Xiaozhu, it was best if Xu Lang killed every monster in the entire corridor by himself.

But players like Xu Ruyan had ambition. What Xu Lang was doing was stealing her monsters.

The wraiths in the first round had low defense. Xu Ruyan could kill them instantly, and with Xu Lang around, she did not have to worry about the wraiths switching aggro. Naturally, she had killed to her heart's content.

But the zombies this round had skin that was too tough. No matter what methods she tried, she had only managed to kill around ten of them.

[200 Xu Lang: Why don't you go help out on the ninth floor?]

[180 Xu Ruyan: The big monster on the tenth floor is hiding by the left staircase. I could figure out with my ass that the big monster on the ninth floor is on the right. What's the difference between going over there now and unsealing the boss early?]

[200 Xu Lang: Maybe you can pick up some leftovers. The boss is in a weakened state.]

[180 Xu Ruyan: Why don't you go?]

[200 Xu Lang: I'm not that kind of person.]

You're not that kind of person?

So I am?

Sometimes, taking a heavy risk was necessary, but not every moment was suitable for it.

Like right now.

Xu Ruyan dared to guarantee that someone would lose patience and sneak between floors to lure monsters away.

These things had tough hides and high attack power. They were simply players' nightmares. Their attacks might be simple, but they just kept smashing through doors—who could stand that?!

It could be said that as long as a dormitory did not have Tier 2 attack facilities, even with a Tier 2 door, it could not withstand the attacks of more than five zombies.

Xu Ruyan had not waited patiently for long before she received the information she wanted.