Recaps

Xu Lang awakened the Nightmare Lord sequence after the Dormitory Survival Game transformed his room and announced a coming zombie assault. He slept to earn Nightmare Coins, but after classmates kicked and damaged his door, he learned that a student had already died outside the dormitory.

• Xu Lang woke in a blood-mist world, received the Dormitory Survival Game’s rules, and watched his room transform into a shabby shelter.
• Xu Lang checked the chat room and his player information, then discovered he was the owner of Room 200 and had awakened the Nightmare Lord sequence.
• Xu Lang examined his wooden door and bed, learned that sleep earned Nightmare Coins, and went to sleep ahead of the zombie assault.
• Zhou Tao and Huang Hao kicked Xu Lang’s door while calling him to gather with the other students, reducing its durability.
• Xu Lang read the chat log and learned that a student had been killed by a monster at the edge of the blood mist as the others built defenses.

Xu Lang slept through much of the countdown, then learned that Wang Ao had killed a fellow player and fortified his dorm door. After opening his beginner gift pack and finding food and a damaged water dispenser, Xu Lang heard Cao Yaxuan knock at his door.

• Xu Lang checked his homeowner status and went to sleep in his private dormitory.
• Xu Lang woke and read that Wang Ao had killed his companion over a door blueprint, upgraded his door, and dared others to challenge him.
• Xu Lang received 44 Nightmare Coins from sleeping and opened his beginner gift pack, gaining three loaves of whole wheat bread and a damaged water dispenser.
• Cao Yaxuan arrived at Xu Lang's door and called out to him.

Xu Lang rejected Cao Yaxuan’s attempts to recruit him, buy his supplies, and trade for his independent dorm, then dragged her inside and upgraded his wooden door to iron before Zhou Tao and others came to seize the room. The iron door held against their assault, leaving Cao Yaxuan trapped with Xu Lang as he demanded that she stop prying into his secrets.

• Cao Yaxuan offered Xu Lang a place in the Mutual Aid Alliance, money for his supplies, and then a room swap, but he refused each offer.
• After Cao Yaxuan warned that others wanted his location, Xu Lang pulled her into his dorm, threatened her into silence, and upgraded the wooden door to an iron door.
• Zhou Tao, Huang Hao, and another student tried to coax Xu Lang into opening the door, then cursed and rammed it when he did not respond.
• Cao Yaxuan warned Xu Lang that the group might still be outside, and the two waited together until the hallway fell quiet.
• Cao Yaxuan asked Xu Lang about the iron door, so he stopped replying and stared her down until she apologized.

Xu Lang stayed safely behind his iron door as zombies overran the campus and dormitory building, then pressured Cao Yaxuan with increasingly disturbing talk about survival and emergency rations. He decided to stop stalling and acquire Cao Yaxuan as a “Nightmare Coins accelerator.”

• Zhou Tao and his companions gave up waiting outside Xu Lang's iron door, and word of the door spread through the chat room, prompting people to contact Xu Lang about renting a spot.
• The game began, and zombies poured out of the blood mist and into the dormitory hallways and stairwells, overwhelming the students' defenses.
• Xu Lang watched the attack through the peephole while Cao Yaxuan saw a student being devoured, then Xu Lang questioned whether their iron door could withstand the zombies.
• Xu Lang unsettled Cao Yaxuan by implying he might treat her as emergency rations, then claimed romance was needed to suppress the demon in his heart.
• Cao Yaxuan offered her black silk stockings to appease Xu Lang, but he told her to leave for three minutes before returning.
• Xu Lang stood up, determined to acquire Cao Yaxuan quickly as a Nightmare Coins accelerator.

Xu Lang kept Cao Yaxuan restrained overnight, then assessed the zombie outbreak and chose to conserve his resources rather than venture outside. As the new day began, he checked his growing Nightmare Coin balance and left Cao Yaxuan bound, while another player challenged him to see who would survive longer.

• Xu Lang confiscated Cao Yaxuan’s beginner-pack items and tied her hands with her stockings before going to sleep; Cao Yaxuan stayed awake, plotting to learn the game and surpass him.
• Xu Lang woke to find the chatroom reduced to 251 players and learned that most victims had died early, zombies could infect people within three minutes, and dorm rooms seemed to conceal their occupants.
• Xu Lang refused Cao Yaxuan’s suggestion to explore outside and checked his balance, which had risen to 116 Nightmare Coins after eight hours of production.
• Xu Lang decided to save his Nightmare Coins rather than buy the overpriced listings on the Trading Network.
• Wang Ao befriended Xu Lang, suggested they might have worked together if they were closer, and challenged him to see who would live longer.
• Cao Yaxuan asked Xu Lang to untie her stockings, but he refused and told her to put on her shoes.

Xu Lang earned Nightmare Coins by sharing a bed with Cao Yaxuan while the zombies grew more dangerous, then held off on upgrades as students began searching for supplies. The chapter ended with lower-floor Players finding food while Wang Yang and Jin Xin searched the teaching building, and upper-floor Players waited in hope of help.

• On the second night, the zombies became more active and battered Dormitory 200's door while Xu Lang and Cao Yaxuan slept in the Nightmare Bed.
• Xu Lang woke with 198 Nightmare Coins but saved them instead of upgrading his door or water dispenser.
• After a loud can was thrown outside, Players discovered that the zombies seemed dormant, and lower-floor students began leaving their rooms to seek supplies.
• Wang Yang reported finding chocolate in the teaching building, prompting other Players to trade and search for supplies.
• Wang Yang stopped Jin Xin from mocking the chat and urged him to search quickly before more Players arrived.

Xu Lang upgraded a water dispenser, secured a supply of purified water, and shared some with Cao Yaxuan while keeping their resources secret. As the third day of the Zombie Assault game ended, Jin Xin prospered on the lower floors, Wang Ao planned his next move, and Xu Lang waited for nightfall before a student’s fatal jump interrupted the dormitory.

• Xu Lang upgraded the battered water dispenser into a Fine Water Dispenser that converted Copper Coins into purified water, then shared a cup with Cao Yaxuan.
• Xu Lang told Cao Yaxuan to keep the water supply secret and delayed trading it until market prices became clearer.
• Jin Xin showed off his upgraded iron door and new room in the chatroom as other Players begged him for water and advice.
• Wang Ao cursed the hesitant Players, eyed the approaching evening, and began seeking rope through the chatroom.
• Xu Lang waited in Dormitory 200 for the Nightmare Bed’s cooldown to refresh, then heard a crash and saw a message that a student had jumped from the building.

After Zhang Yan’s death, Xu Lang traded water for a baseball bat and advertised an open tenant slot in Dormitory 200, provoking the chatroom and Cao Yaxuan. The chapter ended with Cao Yaxuan reluctantly approaching him after he threatened to reassess her place in the dormitory.

• Zhang Yan jumped from the eighth floor, and Cao Yaxuan told Xu Lang about her death and the chatroom’s questions about their shared room number.
• Xu Lang offered purified water for a weapon and threatened Zhou Tao when he challenged the trade.
• Wang Zhiwei traded Xu Lang a baseball bat for water, explaining that he wanted to help his girlfriend and warning that resource points were guarded by powerful guilds.
• Xu Lang used his new weapon to announce that Dormitory 200 had an open tenant slot and was looking to hire a Xiao Mei, drawing a flood of reactions and friend requests.
• Cao Yaxuan confronted Xu Lang about recruiting another tenant, and he defended the decision as a way to help hungry classmates before ordering her to come over.

Xu Lang traded water and bread to Tong Qi after she begged for help, while the third night brought more dangerous zombie attacks. He stayed awake on the floor rather than sleep on the Nightmare Bed, planning to shift its cooldown to daytime.

• Xu Lang blocked Wu Leiting for asking for private photos and accepted Tong Qi’s friend request.
• Tong Qi told Xu Lang her friend had died and begged him for water, so he traded her a cup of water and a strip of bread.
• The dormitory broadcast warned that zombies’ hunting instincts had intensified and that some were moving deeper into the shadows.
• Cao Yaxuan tried to get Xu Lang into bed, but he ate his food in front of her and then lay on the floor.
• Xu Lang decided to stay awake at night and sleep during the day to make the Nightmare Bed’s cooldown refresh in daylight.

As Players began searching for supplies and killing sleeping zombies, Wang Yang discovered that zombie drops could include useful items but chose to keep the information secret. On the tenth floor, Wu Huihui killed a zombie with one kick, revealing her strength and inspiring the others to hunt zombies, though they still lacked weapons.

• Wang Yang found an Intel Note explaining that zombies slept during the day and realized they could be killed for supplies, but decided not to share the information.
• Wang Ao climbed down from the fourth floor and headed toward the cafeteria with a knife.
• Zhou Tao hid a strange syringe when a student told him Li Xing had found a skill book.
• Wu Huihui and the other tenth-floor residents urged Xu Lang to open his door, but he refused.
• When a zombie appeared in the corridor, Wu Huihui killed it with a kick and picked up a can of yellow peaches, revealing that her Constitution was eight.
• Wu Huihui and the others shared that zombies could drop items, stirring the Chat Room as Players wondered how to find weapons.

Xu Lang watched the dorm residents organize to clear zombies while warning Cao Yaxuan that more dangerous types might appear. Tong Qi arrived at Dormitory 200 and became Xu Lang’s final tenant, leaving him to begin his plan to farm points.

• Zhu Yan suggested dismantling beds in vacant dorms for wooden sticks, and residents began clearing zombies despite arguments and injuries.
• Xu Lang warned Cao Yaxuan that stronger zombie types could emerge, and she stayed safely in Dormitory 200.
• Wu Huihui led a team toward the first floor while Tong Qi slipped from the Ninth Floor to the Tenth Floor.
• Tong Qi arrived at Dormitory 200, and Xu Lang accepted her as his final tenant.
• Xu Lang gave Tong Qi food and water, then began farming points as her Comfort Level rose to 90.

Xu Lang woke to find the survivor population had fallen and rival groups had seized the cafeteria, equipment room, and school building. After the dormitory broadcast announced new aggressive zombies and a points leaderboard, he prepared to spend his accumulated Nightmare Coins.

• Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi chatted through the night, and Cao Yaxuan told Tong Qi she could stay in Dormitory 200.
• Xu Lang woke after eight hours and learned that only 153 of the original 400 players remained.
• Xu Lang discovered that Wang Yang, Jin Xin, and Zhou Tao's group had taken the equipment room, Wang Ao's group had taken the cafeteria, and Wu Huihui's group had taken the school building.
• Xu Lang counted his total at 251 Nightmare Coins and considered upgrading his supplies.
• The Dormitory Broadcast announced three new aggressive zombie types, a points leaderboard, and rewards for the top ten dormitories, including special rewards for the top three.

After the Survival Game’s difficulty increased, Xu Lang discovered that his upgraded Shiny Steel Door had doubled defense and durability just as the zombie attack began. While Players struggled with stairwells crowded by zombies, he kept his household quiet and upgraded his bread, leaving the night’s danger unresolved.

• Xu Lang reassured Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi, then showed them his new level-two Shiny Steel Door and ordered them to stay quiet when the hallway lights came on and zombies began roaring.
• Players reported rapid casualties on the First Floor and discovered that each stairwell faced ten zombies, including three special zombies.
• Zhu Yan offered repair materials for trade, while Players on the First and Second Floors scrambled to prepare for the First Floor’s possible breach.
• Cao Yaxuan warned Tong Qi not to ask about or reveal strange things in Xu Lang’s room, and Xu Lang removed Cao Yaxuan’s stocking handcuffs.
• Xu Lang upgraded a loaf of whole wheat bread to level one and learned that the special zombies included a venom-spitting Big-Bellied Zombie, a Sprinting Zombie, and a Giant Strength Zombie.

After Wang Zhiwei revealed that killing special zombies could drop a Virus Immunity Drug, players began fighting back against the zombie assault. Wu Huihui helped clear the tenth floor, while Wang Yang and Wang Ao organized their own efforts; Xu Lang stayed behind and tried to trade for immunity medicine.

• Wang Zhiwei killed a big-bellied zombie, announced that special zombies dropped Virus Immunity Serum, and soon died as the first floor was overrun.
• Wu Huihui led Wang Tingting and another tenant out to fight zombies on the tenth floor.
• Wu Huihui was pinned and bitten by the last Giant Strength Zombie until Wang Tingting struck it, giving Wu Huihui a chance to throw it down the stairs and clear the floor.
• Wang Yang focused on coordinating the second- and third-floor players, while Wang Ao used an immunity injection and threats to lead his men toward the second floor.
• Xu Lang offered two liters of water for a Virus Immunity Drug, but no one accepted his trade.

After the fifth night’s zombie attacks, Xu Lang ignored Players seeking shelter and prepared for the final day of the Survival Game. He sold water at a steep markup, discovered Copper Coins could refill his dispenser cheaply, and ended with a profitable monopoly.

• Only 101 people remained in the Dormitory Building, and Wang Ao led the leaderboard with a score of 87.
• Players crowded around Xu Lang’s upgraded door, but he ignored them and later slept with Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi.
• After waking, Xu Lang saved his Nightmare Coins for a possible final threat and decided to trade his surplus water for supplies.
• Xu Lang bought food and other goods, then listed five liters of water for 500 Copper Coins per portion, which sold out immediately.
• Xu Lang spent 1,500 Copper Coins to refill his dispenser and kept 1,000 Copper Coins, realizing he had made nearly a fivefold profit.

Xu Lang continued trading water for Copper Coins and supplies as the fifth night began, while zombies gathered at the Gymnasium and evolved by devouring one another. Wang Yang, Wang Ao, and Wu Huihui prepared to act against the threat, while Xu Lang remained calm in Dormitory 200 and suggested that he, Cao Yaxuan, and Tong Qi take a bath.

• Xu Lang bought whatever he wanted with water, amassed over ten thousand Copper Coins, and told Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi to ignore people who had added them.
• The fifth-night broadcast announced that zombies were gathering, and Wang Yang watched them converge toward the Gymnasium.
• Zhang Dahai used his Sprint skill to reach the Gymnasium, where he found three circles of zombies surrounding Mutant Zombies that were devouring their own kind.
• Wang Yang revealed an Intel Note warning that zombies could grow stronger by consuming others, prompting panic in the chatroom.
• Wang Yang, Wang Ao, and Wu Huihui decided to lure away and kill zombies before they could threaten the dormitory doors.
• Xu Lang stayed relaxed in Dormitory 200 and suggested bathing with Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi, who agreed.

Xu Lang pampered Tong Qi and Cao Yaxuan with a lavish meal while Players watched Wang Yang’s group launch an attack on the zombies. Wang Yang’s team successfully lured and killed zombies, gathering drops and recruiting more fighters as they advanced.

• Xu Lang stocked comfort items and served Tong Qi and Cao Yaxuan a feast, raising their comfort levels to 93 and 97.
• Tong Qi cried over the meal, and Cao Yaxuan affirmed that following Xu Lang had been the right choice.
• Players watched anxiously as Wang Yang led a group of more than twenty Virus Immunity Drug users toward the Gymnasium.
• Wang Yang’s group lured a Giant Strength Zombie into an ambush and killed it, then collected its drop.
• Wang Yang instructed the group to use immunity drugs to recruit trailing Players, and the team continued killing zombies and filling their backpacks.
• Wang Yang pushed aside his shame over hiding information and led the group into another fight against charging zombies.

Wang Yang led the Players into the Gymnasium, where they fought through zombies and faced a Level 3 Big Zombie. The chapter ended with Wang Yang firing a pistol at the monster after using the chaos and other people’s lives to line up a headshot.

• Wang Yang’s group rested near the Gymnasium, then advanced after Zhang Dahai sent a picture showing the three special zombies growing stronger.
• Wang Yang’s group lured zombies out one by one, but a Giant Strength Zombie triggered a fight that killed three people and seriously injured five.
• A Level 3 Big Zombie charged out of the Gymnasium and smashed a student into the wall with one sweep.
• Wang Ao fled as the others panicked, but Wang Yang stayed behind the Big Zombie and fired a pistol at its head.

After Wang Yang died, Zhang Dahai escaped a crawling monster with an empty pistol and traded the weapon to Xu Lang for painkillers. The Big Zombie reached the Dormitory Building and began breaking down doors, while Xu Lang considered whether to go outside.

• The Big Zombie killed Wang Yang, and the Players scattered as it attacked them.
• Zhang Dahai tried to retrieve Wang Yang's pistol, but a crawling monster stabbed him with its tongue and chased him from the ventilation duct.
• Zhang Dahai shot the monster, emptied the pistol's magazine, and fled before reporting that the weapon had no bullets in the chatroom.
• Xu Lang traded painkillers to Zhang Dahai for the pistol and examined the weapon while Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi asked about his plans.
• The Big Zombie reached the Dormitory Building and began breaking down doors as the number of Players dwindled.

As the Big Zombie tore through the lower floors, players panicked, hoarded resources, and betrayed one another in a desperate scramble to survive. Xu Lang prepared traps and a plan to kite the zombie upstairs, while recognizing that the players’ poor choices had driven their chances of survival close to zero.

• Wu Leiting watched the lower-floor players’ names dim and realized the Big Zombie would reach his floor soon, but he could not find a safe place to flee.
• Sun Heng persuaded other players to give him iron materials to defend his room, but they refused to help the next player when the Big Zombie attacked Dormitory 10.
• The Big Zombie killed players one after another, and some survivors escaped their rooms while others begged for shelter or stole supplies from one another.
• Xu Lang set traps and told Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi to run upstairs and use a rappel rope to evade the zombie if the traps only restrained it.
• Xu Lang considered waiting for daytime to sleep, earn Nightmare Coins, and reinforce his door, but concluded that the players’ mistakes had made survival increasingly unlikely.

As Players fled the Dormitory Building, Xu Lang refused to let Shi Hang into his room and watched the Cat Demon attack him. Xu Lang upgraded his pistol to a Colt Viper, killed the monster, and collected its loot.

• Xu Lang inferred that some Players had escaped the Dormitory Building and decided to prioritize his own survival while helping others only when he could.
• Wu Leiting reported that an invisible, clawed Cat Demon had killed Zhou Leilei, while other Players begged for shelter in the chatroom.
• Shi Hang reached Xu Lang's door and demanded to be let in, but Xu Lang refused because outsiders could attack a room's owner.
• Shi Hang struck the steel door, broke his hand, and offered Xu Lang materials and Copper Coins, but Xu Lang still kept the door shut.
• The Cat Demon appeared and attacked Shi Hang, and Xu Lang upgraded his pistol into a Colt Viper before opening the door and killing it with three headshots.
• Xu Lang collected the loot after Shi Hang and the Cat Demon died, then returned to his dormitory.

Xu Lang used the Gene Optimization Serum and left his Room to hunt the Big Zombie, killing it before it could break into Wu Huihui’s Room. At the Gymnasium, he encountered Zhou Tao, who demanded Xu Lang’s Room and prepared to attack him.

• Xu Lang collected a Gene Optimization Serum and 1,200 Copper Coins after killing the Cat Demon, then injected the serum and felt his strength increase.
• Xu Lang refused Cao Yaxuan’s plea to stay inside and waited for the Big Zombie to reach the tenth floor.
• The Big Zombie attacked Wu Huihui’s Room, but Xu Lang killed it before it broke through and picked up its drop.
• Xu Lang reached the Gymnasium and found Zhou Tao, who demanded Xu Lang’s Room and raised a hockey stick to attack him.

Xu Lang killed Zhou Tao and Huang Hao after they tried to attack him, then scavenged resources as news spread that he had defeated the Big Zombie. The Dormitory Broadcast ended the first game, announced Xu Lang’s leaderboard reward, and revealed that the building had been unsealed as Mad King ahead of the next round.

• Xu Lang shot Zhou Tao, then killed Huang Hao with a baseball bat when Huang Hao attacked him after his pistol fell.
• Xu Lang looted their belongings and found a Three of Clubs card in the Gymnasium.
• Xu Lang collected a Level 2 steak and an Alloy Battle Blade, which he used to kill a wounded zombie.
• Xu Lang learned from the Dormitory Broadcast that the first game had ended, the next round would begin in seven days and fourteen hours, and he had topped the leaderboard.
• The broadcast announced that the Dormitory Building had been unsealed and named Mad King, with a super gift pack, shop, and Blood Mist Exploration Mode to come at sunrise.

After claiming first place in the Dormitory Survival Game, Xu Lang upgraded Dormitory 200 and selected a Monitor as his new facility. He left the chapter with the upgraded room and its surveillance system ready, while its use required Copper Coins.

• Xu Lang returned to Dormitory 200 with supplies, and Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi reported that they had stayed safe.
• The game announced the rankings and rewards, naming Xu Lang first, Zhang Dahai second, Wang Ao third, and Wu Huihui fourth.
• Xu Lang chose a dormitory layout with an entryway, living room, bedroom, open kitchen, and separate wet-and-dry bathroom, transforming Dormitory 200.
• Xu Lang, Cao Yaxuan, and Tong Qi showered together, then Xu Lang opened the facility reward and chose the Monitor.
• Xu Lang inspected the Monitor and learned that it could surveil an area within ten meters of the door for 100 Copper Coins per hour and could not be destroyed before the main door.

Xu Lang checked the upgraded dormitory, reviewed his attributes, and counted the spoils from the Big Zombie and Zhou Tao. He ended with a Zombie Summoning Card, useful supplies, and a Superpower Serum in his possession.

• Xu Lang discovered that the dormitory’s main-door camera could not be destroyed and shared the news with Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi.
• Xu Lang reviewed his attributes and advised Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi to save their free attribute points for later.
• Xu Lang examined the Big Zombie’s loot and obtained a permanent Zombie Summoning Card that could summon a zombie to attack enemies.
• Xu Lang confirmed that he had killed Zhou Tao and found an Adrenaline Injector and a silver coin among Zhou Tao’s belongings.
• Xu Lang finished sorting his backpack and held onto the Superpower Serum, which he considered more valuable than the other items.