Recaps

Xu Lang used the Superpower Serum and gained Super Intuition, then led Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi downstairs to prepare for the airdrop. As more Players gathered outside the dormitory, Wang Ao proposed setting rules before the airdrop arrived, and the crowd grew tense.

• Xu Lang used the Superpower Serum and gained Super Intuition, which let him sense living beings’ emotions and intentions.
• Xu Lang learned Li Yu had received a Virus Immunity Drug from Wang Zhiwei, gave her an iron door blueprint, and added his attribute points to Constitution.
• Xu Lang armed Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi, led them downstairs, and they passed a Player’s mangled corpse in the stairwell.
• Xu Lang and the two women reached the first floor, where Players gathered for the announced airdrop; Wang Ao arrived with seven or eight followers, while Wu Huihui had around fifteen people.
• Wu Huihui sent Wang Tingting and Zhao Chen to search resource points, while Wang Ao kept his fighters nearby and proposed setting rules before the airdrop, making the gathering tense.

Xu Lang confronted Wang Ao over the airdrop, using his gun and threats to force Wang Ao’s group to back down. Wu Huihui left with her people after privately accepting Xu Lang’s offer, while Wang Ao remained in a standoff with Xu Lang.

• Xu Lang threatened Wang Ao and his followers with his remaining bullets and refused to share the airdrop.
• Wang Ao tried to rally the others and proposed a one-on-one fight with Xu Lang.
• Xu Lang sensed an approaching attacker with Super Intuition and shot Wang Ao’s subordinate in the head.
• Wu Huihui urged Wang Ao to hand over the supplies, then led her group away.
• Wu Huihui had privately agreed to stay out of the confrontation in exchange for a bullet from Xu Lang, while Wang Ao had separately urged her to help kill Xu Lang.

Xu Lang claimed Wang Ao’s crossbow and secured airdrop supplies, including a Ghost Child Guardian Spirit that he bound to the dormitory. He left the chapter eager to test the Ghost Child against a ghost.

• After Wang Ao left, Cao Yaxuan looted his corpse and found a handmade crossbow, which Xu Lang gave her to use for protection.
• As the airdrop landed, Cao Yaxuan warned Xu Lang that Wang Ao’s people planned to attack them with rocks, so Xu Lang led the group out cautiously.
• Tong Qi opened the airdrop and found a black child sculpture, which Xu Lang carried back to the dormitory along with the crate.
• Xu Lang identified the sculpture as a Level 3 Ghost Child Guardian Spirit with abilities to repel evil, eat ghosts, and control an enemy briefly.
• Xu Lang bound the Ghost Child to the dormitory, adjusted its shrine beside the door, and hoped a ghost would appear so he could test its abilities.

Wang Ao planned to ambush Xu Lang after he left the dormitory, while Xu Lang woke, assessed his Nightmare Coins, and prepared for the newly opened Supermarket. The chapter ended with Xu Lang joining Wu Huihui and the other survivors to head there as new residents were set to move into the building.

• Wang Ao told his underlings to wait for Xu Lang to leave the dormitory before ambushing him.
• Xu Lang woke with 182 Nightmare Coins and decided he could recruit another Xiao Mei, while considering Wang Yazhi as a candidate.
• Xu Lang exercised as the game countdown neared its end, then the system announced the Supermarket had opened and new residents would gradually enter the Mad King Dormitory Building.
• Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi prepared to visit the Supermarket after Xu Lang agreed to go out.
• Wu Huihui invited Xu Lang to join her group, and he left Dormitory 200 with a blade at his waist.

Xu Lang and the other Players explored the newly appeared Supermarket, where Wang Yazhi learned about his Guardian Spirit and Xu Lang discovered weapons and attack facilities. The chapter ended with Xu Lang seeing Wang Ao's group inspect a Swift Repeating Crossbow, which could help them defend their dormitory.

• Xu Lang followed the Tenth Floor group to the Supermarket while Wang Ao's group arrived separately.
• The Players explored the Supermarket's five sections and reacted to its prices; Wang Yazhi asked Xu Lang about the black figure beside his room number, and he explained that it was a Guardian Spirit.
• Xu Lang reflected on the coming game round and entered the Equipment Area with Tong Qi and Cao Yaxuan, where he considered buying a bulletproof vest and spotted compatible bullets for his Colt Viper.
• Wang Ao's group discovered Tier 4 Gate blueprints and Swift Repeating Crossbows in the Facilities Area, and Xu Lang went over to inspect the attack facilities.

Xu Lang bought two Swift Repeating Crossbows and spent nearly all his Copper Coins on Fireball, Meditation, and Aim skill scrolls. After learning the skills, he took Tong Qi and Cao Yaxuan to browse the living and entertainment sections, where he bought Cao Yaxuan perfume and noticed Tong Qi eyeing a prize machine.

• Xu Lang bought two Swift Repeating Crossbows, while Wang Ao sent a lackey to follow him and learn what he had purchased.
• Xu Lang bought the Fireball and Meditation skill scrolls, then borrowed money from Tong Qi and Cao Yaxuan to buy Aim.
• Xu Lang learned all three skills and found that the new knowledge and muscle memory improved how the Colt Viper felt in his hand.
• Xu Lang browsed the living and entertainment sections with Tong Qi and Cao Yaxuan, then bought Cao Yaxuan a bottle of perfume.
• Xu Lang saw Tong Qi watching a brass lottery machine and considered buying her a gift.

Tong Qi won a Level 3 Survivor Set from the Silver Lottery Machine, and Xu Lang equipped it before setting up two Swift Repeating Crossbows outside Dormitory 200. He warned the chatroom to stay away from his room, leaving the dormitory better protected for the next game.

• Xu Lang gave Tong Qi a Silver Coin, and she used it to win a purple Survivor Set from the Silver Lottery Machine.
• Xu Lang, Tong Qi, and Cao Yaxuan hurried back to Dormitory 200 to avoid anyone trying to take the prize.
• Tong Qi showed Xu Lang the Survivor Set, whose effects boosted his Constitution and Spirit, reduced monster attention, and stopped his fullness from decreasing below 5.
• Xu Lang put on the Survivor Set and said it made him feel stronger.
• Xu Lang and Tong Qi installed two Swift Repeating Crossbows beside the room door, and Xu Lang sent the chatroom a photo warning people not to approach.

Xu Lang invited Wang Yazhi to live with him, and she accepted despite her nerves and the attention her decision drew from the group. She joined Xu Lang, Cao Yaxuan, and Tong Qi in Dormitory 200, where they cooked and ate together, leaving the four of them together as night fell.

• Xu Lang messaged Wang Yazhi asking her to come live with him, and she first hesitated before agreeing to go over.
• Wang Yazhi's roommate Xiao Zhu accidentally revealed Xu Lang's invitation to the group, and Wu Huihui escorted Wang Yazhi to Dormitory 200.
• Cao Yaxuan objected to adding another person to the crowded bed, but Tong Qi welcomed Wang Yazhi and Xu Lang insisted there was room for her.
• Xu Lang let Wang Yazhi into Dormitory 200, where she changed into slippers and looked around the room.
• Wang Yazhi helped Xu Lang, Cao Yaxuan, and Tong Qi prepare dinner, and the four of them ate a sumptuous meal at eight in the evening.

Wang Yazhi struggled with her decision to stay with Xu Lang, while Xu Lang traded supplies for copper coins and practiced the Meditation skill. The next morning, Xu Lang woke Wang Yazhi and invited her to exercise.

• Wang Yazhi pretended to be tired and went to sleep while Xu Lang, Cao Yaxuan, and Tong Qi stayed up.
• Xu Lang traded surplus materials, an iron gate blueprint, and Zhou Tao's room key to Wu Huihui for 1,500 copper coins.
• Wang Yazhi messaged Tong Qi and learned that Xu Lang was meditating while Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi watched him.
• Xu Lang used the Meditation skill through the night and woke at sunrise.
• Wang Yazhi struggled to sleep, followed the tenth-floor gossip, and eventually dozed off in the small bed.
• Xu Lang invited Wang Yazhi to join him for morning exercise when they woke.

Xu Lang saved his Nightmare Coins, spent the night meditating, and upgraded the Nightmare Bed, raising its comfort and coin output. After waking to a large haul of coins, he saw Players reacting in the chatroom to an unidentified stranger.

• Xu Lang held off on spending his Nightmare Coins and meditated until Cao Yaxuan, Tong Qi, and Wang Yazhi woke to make breakfast.
• Wang Yazhi told Xu Lang that Wu Huihui had gathered resources to buy an iron door for the tenth floor and that Zhang Dahai had been wandering outside.
• Xu Lang warned the women that the new residents might be veteran Players who could threaten newcomers.
• Wu Huihui's group returned with a deck of cards, and the three women played Fight the Landlord while Xu Lang meditated.
• Xu Lang upgraded the Nightmare Bed, increasing its comfort and its Nightmare Coin output.
• Xu Lang woke with 364 Nightmare Coins and saw Players in the chatroom demanding to know who an unidentified stranger was.

A Phase 3 Player named Liu Quan arrived in the dormitory and demanded that Xu Lang surrender the Unsealing Gift Pack. He led a group toward Xu Lang’s room, where Xu Lang and his companions prepared to defend themselves with a Swift Repeating Crossbow.

• Cao Yaxuan alerted Xu Lang to Liu Quan’s arrival, and Liu Quan demanded that Xu Lang hand over the Unsealing Gift Pack.
• Liu Quan gathered Players on the third floor, recruited Liu Qiang as a future tenant, and asked about items found during the rest period.
• Liu Quan reacted uneasily when he heard about the Red Sleeve Shoes and Red Lantern, then led the group toward the tenth floor.
• Wang Ao privately offered to help Xu Lang take out Liu Quan, but Xu Lang dismissed the message as untrustworthy.
• Xu Lang watched Liu Quan’s group enter the surveillance range, and Cao Yaxuan activated the Swift Repeating Crossbow’s automatic attack mode.

Liu Quan led a group of Players to attack Xu Lang’s dormitory after recognizing the Ghost Child as a Guardian Spirit. Xu Lang’s upgraded crossbows and pistol killed Liu Quan and several of his followers, leaving the attackers defeated outside Dormitory 200.

• Liu Quan recognized the Ghost Child, accused Xu Lang of using his Unsealing Gift Pack, and ordered his followers to destroy the crossbows and door while sparing the Guardian Spirit.
• Xu Lang disabled the Swift Repeating Crossbows’ automatic mode as the attackers began smashing them, believing they had run out of Copper Coins.
• The crossbows activated and killed three Players, while the others fled in panic.
• Liu Quan rushed toward the door with his longsword, but Xu Lang upgraded both crossbows into Bronze Repeating Crossbows as Liu Quan attacked.
• The Ghost Child immobilized Liu Quan, and the crossbows shot him before his escape burst carried him away from their bolts.
• Xu Lang opened the door and emptied his pistol into Liu Quan, killing him.

Xu Lang killed Liu Quan after the group attacked his room, but Xu Ruyan warned him that killing players during rest periods caused blood hatred that drew monsters to the killer in the next game. He returned to his room with his companions, while the residents’ chat discussed the failed attack and Xu Ruyan’s warning.

• Xu Lang killed Liu Quan, reloaded, and aimed at the attackers fleeing through the hallway.
• Xu Ruyan stopped Xu Lang from continuing to kill and explained that blood hatred made monsters target players who killed during rest periods.
• Xu Lang asked about the danger and learned his passive counterattack would bring less blood hatred; Xu Ruyan offered to help him once if necessary.
• Xu Lang returned to his room, where Cao Yaxuan and Wang Yazhi checked on him and worried about the blood hatred.
• Residents discussed Liu Quan’s failed attack and the blood-hatred mechanism in chat, while Xu Ruyan declined Ye Fan’s request for help.

Xu Lang traded Liu Quan’s Room 57 key to Wang Ao for supplies, then assessed Liu Quan’s remaining belongings and learned how dormitory rewards and Guardian Spirits worked. He gave Wang Yazhi Liu Quan’s level-three longsword and encouraged her to prepare to fight.

• Wu Huihui declined to buy the Room 57 key, and Wang Ao offered Xu Lang five thousand Copper Coins for it.
• Xu Lang traded the key to Wang Ao for a pile of supplies, and Wang Ao hurried to Room 57 with his lackeys.
• Xu Lang inventoried Liu Quan’s belongings and kept the weapons rather than selling them.
• Xu Ruyan told Xu Lang that dormitory rewards synchronized to the resident with the highest points and explained that Guardian Spirits were rare and could only acknowledge one dormitory owner.
• Xu Lang gave Wang Yazhi Liu Quan’s level-three longsword, and she agreed to practice fighting with it.

As more newcomers arrived at the Mad King Dormitory Building, Xu Lang stayed out of the disputes and spent his resources upgrading Meditation. He chose Advanced Meditation and resumed practicing, while deciding to keep a low profile in the Chat Room.

• More than one hundred Players gathered in the Mad King Dormitory Building, and veterans and newcomers resisted efforts to rob the new arrivals.
• Xu Lang ate dinner with Cao Yaxuan, Tong Qi, and Wang Yazhi, then offered to have Wu Huihui buy anything they needed.
• Wang Yazhi suggested that Xu Lang save his Copper Coins to upgrade his gate, but he said he would keep rolling for upgrades.
• Xu Lang upgraded Meditation to Level 2, then chose Advanced Meditation from its three Level 3 upgrade paths.
• Xu Lang decided to avoid the Chat Room and resumed meditating, sensing his body more clearly than before.

Xu Lang saved Nightmare Coins and weighed how to strengthen his dormitory before the next game, while veteran Players shared advice about allocating attributes. He remained undecided on his own development path as the game drew closer.

• Xu Lang earned 226 Nightmare Coins overnight and decided to save his coins for upgrading the dormitory door rather than risk upgrading the Nightmare Bed.
• Xu Lang spent the day training, meditating, and relaxing with Cao Yaxuan and the other residents of Dormitory 200.
• The number of Players in the Mad King Dormitory Building surpassed two hundred, and veteran Players shared recommended attribute-allocation ratios in the chatroom.
• Xu Lang read the chatroom advice and decided to discuss development paths with Cao Yaxuan and the others after the next game.
• Wang Yazhi and the others woke up, and Xu Lang watched Wang Yazhi cook.

Xu Lang and the women prepared for the next game round as their rest period neared its end, while the Dormitory Building grew more crowded and volatile. Xu Lang ended the chapter confident that his group would survive and rank among the top ten in Purgatory.

• Xu Lang bought shoes for the women, but only Wang Yazhi gained a comfort point from her high heels.
• Cao Yaxuan, Wang Yazhi, and Tong Qi privately worried about pregnancy, their safety, and how they could help Xu Lang.
• Xu Lang accumulated 911 Nightmare Coins and tried to exercise, prompting Cao Yaxuan to scold him for violating the dorm floor.
• Two Blood Hatred Players committed murders, and residents on their floors vowed to kill them when the game began.
• Xu Lang observed that old Players led the lower floors while Wu Huihui had effectively secured the Tenth Floor, then promised Tong Qi and Wang Yazhi that they would survive and make the top ten in Purgatory.

Xu Lang prepared Dormitory 200 for the second round, which began as a ghost hunt with an unknown overall duration. Wraiths targeted his dormitory, but the Ghost Child killed their Level 2 leader before Xu Lang could upgrade the door.

• Xu Lang meditated and increased his Spirit attribute by one, then prepared with Cao Yaxuan, Tong Qi, and Wang Yazhi for a possible ghost Dungeon.
• The countdown ended, and the game began with the round named Fierce Ghost Soul Return; the game announced that dead Players had become Wraiths seeking revenge.
• A three-hour broadcast round began, and Wraiths marched toward Dormitory 200, led by the Level 2 Wraith Zhou Tao, who identified Xu Lang as his target.
• Xu Ruyan messaged Xu Lang that no Wraiths were approaching her door, while Xu Lang moved to upgrade his own door.
• The Ghost Child consumed Zhou Tao in black mist, earning Xu Lang 100 Owner Points and startling everyone in Dormitory 200.

Xu Lang used the Ghost Child to devour waves of wraiths and a level-three evil spirit, earning a huge points lead during the Dormitory Survival Game. After the tenth floor was cleared, Thunder discovered that Xu Lang had far surpassed him on the leaderboard.

• The Ghost Child devoured most of the attacking wraiths, pushing Xu Lang to first place on the points leaderboard.
• Xu Lang explained that the Ghost Child’s house-calming skill frightened nearby ghosts, while more wraiths surged in from the right hallway.
• Liu Quan, a level-three evil spirit, attacked Dormitory 200 but was controlled by the Ghost Child and eventually swallowed; Xu Lang repaired the steel door as wraiths scratched at it.
• Xu Lang briefly opened the door to lure the wraiths within the Ghost Child’s reach, then shut it and watched them get devoured.
• Twenty minutes later, the tenth-floor wraiths were cleared, and Xu Lang led the leaderboard with 3,411 points, far ahead of Thunder’s 849.

After Xu Lang cleared the Tenth Floor’s first wave of monsters, he and the three girls collected the drops and counted their earnings. The chapter ended with Xu Lang sharing their Copper Coins and inviting the girls to shop on the Trading Network during the remaining rest time.

• Lei Ting cursed Xu Lang’s achievement, retreated to his dormitory, and asked Jin Xin what had happened.
• Xu Lang led Cao Yaxuan, Tong Qi, and Wang Yazhi into the corridor to collect the monsters’ drops.
• The group sorted the loot, found a Basic Swordsmanship scroll and over three hundred Soul Shards, and Tong Qi took the shards.
• Xu Lang collected the three girls’ Copper Coins, bringing his funds to 15,956 Copper Coins and 1 Silver Coin.
• Xu Lang checked the Trading Network, noticed that prices for items useful against ghost-type monsters had tripled, and told the girls to browse for things to buy.

After the first round ended, Xu Lang used the brief rest period to chat with other Players and let the women choose small gifts, which raised Wang Yazhi’s Comfort Level. The broadcast announced cemetery guests as the next threat, while Jin Xin visited Dormitory 200 to report to Thunder and then hurried back downstairs.

• Xu Lang replied in the Chat Room, where Players praised him and Wang Yu pleaded for help before going silent; Jin Xin then credited Thunder for protecting the First Floor and tried to undermine Xu Lang.
• Wu Huihui warned Xu Lang that Jin Xin seemed hostile and suspected someone had leaked information about the Tenth Floor.
• Xu Lang insisted that Tong Qi, Cao Yaxuan, and Wang Yazhi each pick an item, and Wang Yazhi’s pale green hair ribbon raised her Comfort Level to 96.
• The Dormitory Broadcast announced ten minutes of rest before strange guests from the cemetery would visit the Mad King Dormitory Building, and Xu Lang guessed they might be zombies or Ghouls.
• Jin Xin inspected Dormitory 200 and sent Thunder a photo; Thunder told him to return, so Jin Xin ran downstairs.

Xu Lang and the three women prepared for the second round of the Fierce Ghost Soul Return game as powerful Tier-2 monsters appeared in the dormitory corridor. The zombies targeted Dormitory 200, leaving Xu Lang facing an immediate threat to his door.

• Lei Ting and his companions decided against attacking Xu Lang for now, judging that infighting was too risky during the round.
• Xu Lang gave Wang Yazhi a Basic Swordsmanship skill scroll, and she learned the skill and practiced with a sword.
• The second round began, and Xu Lang and the women watched the surveillance screen while preparing for danger.
• White fog filled the corridor as a strange bell rang, and Wang Yazhi made earplugs for the group.
• Tier-2 zombies with four skills appeared in the fog and targeted Dormitory 200, while Xu Lang recognized that the peripheral dormitory was especially dangerous.

Xu Lang and the others defended Dormitory 200 against a zombie horde while Blood Hatred drew more monsters toward them. With the gate nearly destroyed and repair materials exhausted, Xu Lang upgraded it to an Azure Steel Gate, turning the tide and leaving the dormitory’s defenders able to take it easy.

• The Bronze Repeating Crossbows and Xu Lang’s pistol helped repel zombies as more attacked the gate, while an eerie ringing sound gave Xu Lang a splitting headache.
• Xu Lang used a summoning card to distract zombies approaching from the right, then learned from Wu Huihui that other dormitories were under attack too.
• After Cao Yaxuan ran out of steel materials repairing the gate, Xu Lang spent 300 Nightmare Coins to upgrade it with ten durability remaining.
• The Azure Steel Gate gained 130 total durability and dealt magical damage to dark creatures, causing the zombies to scream and burn when they touched it.
• Xu Lang shared the gate’s attributes with Cao Yaxuan, Tong Qi, and Wang Yazhi, and the gate and crossbows cleared a small safe area in front of Dormitory 200.

Xu Lang and his companions farmed points by drawing zombies to Dormitory 200, while the Players in Dormitory 2 copied Thunder’s risky method of fighting outside their door. Wang Yazhi took up the sword to earn points and survived a dangerous attack with help from Xu Lang’s Ghost Child.

• After seeing Xu Lang’s points soar, Thunder left Dormitory 2 to attack zombies with Palm Thunder, then returned to recover with high-grade food.
• Xu Lang repeatedly opened Dormitory 200’s door to lure zombies into his trap, then let Cao Yaxuan, Tong Qi, and Wang Yazhi take turns using the Colt to farm points.
• Wang Yazhi asked to fight with her sword, but the stairwell bell stunned her and a zombie nearly struck her before Xu Lang’s Ghost Child seized control of it.
• Wang Yazhi returned safely to the dormitory, chose to continue fighting, and spent both attribute points on Constitution.
• After eating an Instant Sirloin Steak, Wang Yazhi recovered her strength and went back out to kill zombies.

Xu Lang and the women of Dormitory 200 cleared the tenth floor’s zombies, collected their loot, and climbed the rankings. After Xu Lang traded and bought supplies, he exchanged messages with Xu Ruyan, who was frustrated that his kills had cost her rank and waited for someone to lure monsters between floors.

• Wang Yazhi, Tong Qi, Cao Yaxuan, and Xu Lang entered the top ten after clearing the tenth floor, prompting a broadcast that no second-round monsters could enter it.
• Xu Lang and the others counted their loot, finding Zombie Fangs, Black Zombie Essence Blood, and an Intel Note warning that the real monster was hiding in the corridor.
• Xu Lang sold twenty portions of sticky rice, bought every No. 6 Bullet on the market, and read the many messages sent to him.
• Xu Ruyan warned Xu Lang not to reveal his strength, then told him that his kills had pushed her down to fifth place.
• Xu Lang suggested that Xu Ruyan help on the ninth floor, but she refused because she feared prematurely unleashing its boss.
• Xu Ruyan waited for someone to lose patience and lure monsters between floors, then received the information she wanted.