Recaps

Tong Qi subdued two Frost Ghost Archmages, while Zhang Dahai revealed that his Edgewalker Sequence was a powerful D-3 ability that made him stronger when isolated. Polar Night then began, bringing a lethal new monster that attacked Xu Lang’s dormitory door and survived three shots from the Void Splitter.

• Tong Qi captured a second Frost Ghost Archmage and tested the pair’s Frostflame Onslaught on Xu Lang’s zombie, freezing it into pieces.
• Xu Lang warned Zhang Dahai about the coming Polar Night, and Zhang revealed that his Edgewalker Sequence was D-3, with abilities that made him more powerful when away from crowds.
• Polar Night descended, and a Player was killed when a pale claw reached through an opened door and tore out his heart.
• A monster battered Xu Lang’s Superalloy Steel Gate, and Xu Lang fired three Void Splitter shells through it when it struck.
• The monster survived the shots, leading Xu Lang to suspect it had powerful vitality or the ability to regenerate.

Xu Lang used his Sixth Sense and weapons to kill the high-level Blood Servants ambushing Dormitory 200, then collected ten Advanced Blood Crystals. He chose not to fuse them yet, leaving their potential Blood Pact upgrade for later.

• Xu Lang killed three monsters attacking Dormitory 200 and stopped Cao Yaxuan from going outside, while Wang Yazhi warned that more enemies might be lying in wait.
• Xu Lang sensed seven powerful creatures nearby and attacked them with Cao Yaxuan's help, killing three with one shot and four with another.
• Xu Lang collected the loot and identified the creatures as Level 5 High-level Blood Servants, which dropped ten Advanced Blood Crystals.
• Cao Yaxuan urged Xu Lang to fuse the crystals into a Pureblood Blood Crystal, but he refused, deciding to wait and consider the risks and upgrade cost.

On the final day of the game, Xu Lang gathered intelligence, supplied Su Yuan with resources, and sold wolf pelts before the expected price surge. The chapter ended as Wang Yazhi warned that the final trial was coming and the Dormitory Broadcast sounded.

• Xu Lang checked his Nightmare Coin earnings, helped Su Yuan with wood and a lighter, and asked him to watch the First Floor’s movements.
• Su Yuan told Xu Lang that Zhou Daha and his associates were stockpiling wolf pelts.
• Xu Lang trained, then listed twenty wolf pelts for sale, frustrating Zhou Daha, who had expected their price to rise when the cold intensified.
• Tong Qi gave Xu Lang the proceeds from the sales, bringing his Copper Coins to 810,000.
• Wang Yazhi announced that the final trial was coming, and the Dormitory Broadcast sounded.

Xu Lang used the Void Splitter to massacre the Frost Ghost army during the Madness event while Players across the building struggled to hold their doors. After nearly clearing the Tenth Floor, he prepared his other turrets for the approaching Frost Ghost King.

• The building broadcast announced that the final day of the game had triggered Madness, increasing monsters’ drop rates and combat danger as the Frost Ghost army charged the building.
• Xu Lang retreated into Dormitory 200 and used the Void Splitter to blast apart the monsters crowding outside, collecting a huge amount of loot.
• Ye Fan repaired his door and received 30,000 Copper Coins from Zhang Dahai, but found that raw materials had become expensive.
• Zhou Daha realized he had sold his stored raw materials for cold-weather supplies and had no money to buy more as monsters threatened his door.
• Xu Lang cleared nearly all the monsters on the Tenth Floor in about three minutes, then told Cao Yaxuan and the others to activate automatic attack mode on the Golden Eagle Wing Crossbow and Army-Breaking Heavy Crossbow as he watched the Frost Ghost King approach.

Xu Lang faced the level-eight Frost Ghost King as the BOSS attacked Dormitory 200’s gate. After nearly killing him with the Void Splitter, Xu Lang turned to the Army-Breaking Heavy Crossbow while the frenzied Frost Ghost King rushed the entrance.

• The Frost Ghost King froze Dormitory 200’s turrets and ordered his guards to attack, while Xu Lang and the others assessed his strength.
• Xu Lang used Ghost Peek to draw the Frost Ghost Guards into a charge, then hit the Frost Ghost King with splitter rounds and left him near death.
• The Frost Ghost King shielded himself, survived Xu Lang’s follow-up shots, and began wearing down the gate with ice spikes.
• Wu Huihui offered help, but Xu Lang declined and refused Tong Qi’s suggestion to open the door and fight.
• Xu Lang moved to test the Army-Breaking Heavy Crossbow as the Frost Ghost King’s frenzy grew and he attacked the gate with ice swords.

Xu Lang killed the Frost Ghost King with the Thousand-Jun Dragon Hunting Crossbow, ending the assault on Dormitory 200 and easing the cold. The group collected the loot, including a Supreme Ice Vein and a Wealth Ring, while Xu Lang briefly revived the fallen boss with Corpse Refinement Art.

• The Frost Ghost King battered Dormitory 200's Superalloy Steel Gate until Xu Lang shot him with the Thousand-Jun Dragon Hunting Crossbow and killed him.
• Xu Lang and the other residents gathered the loot, returned inside, and noticed that the temperature had begun to rise.
• Xu Lang used Corpse Refinement Art on the Frost Ghost King's corpse, raising a weakened Level 10 Dead Frost Ghost King under his control for 30 seconds.
• Cao Yaxuan found a Level 10 Supreme Ice Vein that granted the Supreme Frost Aura skill through a Blood Pact.
• Xu Lang took the Level 8 Wealth Ring, Tong Qi identified a map of the Southwestern Frozen Wasteland, and Xu Lang told the group to store it and inventory the remaining supplies.

After the final monster wave, Xu Lang’s group counted their enormous haul and chose to sell their low-level equipment while Xu Lang stayed in the dormitory. Elsewhere, Li Shuwen killed the Frost Ghosts’ Grand Elder and escaped with Zhang Dahai, while Zhou Daha hid beneath a lake as Polar Night fell.

• Zhou Daha left his dormitory after his disastrous investment, and other Players chased him while Wang Ao collapsed after losing his money.
• Xu Lang’s group counted a hundred thousand Copper Coins and a mountain of equipment, then Xu Lang assigned Tong Qi to sell the surplus.
• Xu Lang stayed inside rather than risk a building sweep, while Players who attacked the Frost Ghost lair were driven back.
• Li Shuwen ambushed and killed the Frost Ghost Grand Elder, took his drops, and escaped through a tunnel with Zhang Dahai.
• Li Shuwen gave Zhang Dahai an exhausted jade pendant that concealed his aura, and Zhang Dahai accepted it without questioning Li Shuwen’s betrayal of the other Players.
• Zhou Daha hid underwater at Rust Lake Park, hoping to survive Polar Night until he could switch dormitories, but bubbles surfaced from the lake as Polar Night descended.

Xu Lang learned that the awakened Pureblood Vampire Julian had begun attacking Dormitory 200 and fought to keep him out. As Julian continued his assault, Xu Lang upgraded the room’s gate into a Golden Pillar Jade Toad Door, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xu Lang read an Intel Note identifying Julian as a Pureblood Vampire who awakened every seven cycles and drained 33 people before returning to sleep.
• Yu Yang and the Players in Dormitory 178 believed Julian would kill Xu Lang and planned to loot his equipment afterward.
• Xu Lang placed a Frostflame Torch outside Dormitory 200, saw Julian destroy it, and learned that Julian was a Level 8 vampire with five skills.
• Julian attacked the room door, while Xu Lang used the Golden Eagle Wing Crossbow to discover that a bolt could burn Julian when Blood Escape was inactive.
• As Cao Yaxuan warned that their repair materials were nearly gone, Xu Lang spent 1200 Nightmare Coins to upgrade the gate into a Golden Pillar Jade Toad Door.

Xu Lang’s traps and weapons badly wounded Julian, but the vampire escaped as a swarm of bats before Xu Lang could kill him. After returning to the corridor, Julian became convinced that killing Xu Lang would let him become a noble and charged at Dormitory 200 again.

• Julian paused under an unusual force and was struck by the turrets, Xu Lang’s upgraded Blood Plague Grenade, and his Flame Dragon and silver bullets.
• Julian transformed into bats and escaped, so Xu Lang shut the door rather than chase him.
• Yu Yang and players on the Tenth Floor worried about Xu Lang as they heard screams and gunfire from the corridor.
• Julian struggled to heal from his wounds and realized demon-breaking power and Holy Silver Bullets were still harming him.
• Xu Lang stepped out of Dormitory 200 and taunted Julian, causing Julian to charge at him again.

Xu Lang killed Pureblood Vampire Julian, ending the third game round early. The Dormitory Building then underwent a major expansion, and Xu Lang discovered that the Ghost Child had begun evolving.

• Julian attacked Dormitory 200, but Xu Lang used the Ghost Child, turrets, and crossbow to weaken him before killing his bat clones with dual guns.
• The Dormitory Broadcast announced that all monsters had died and the third phase had ended early, with the building set to undergo iteration.
• Xu Lang and the others discussed the upcoming Dormitory Building trait vote as the building shook and expanded, pushing the Blood Mist farther back.
• Xu Ruyan invited Xu Lang to explore the newly accessible area, but he declined and led his group back inside.
• Tong Qi noticed the Ghost Child glowing in its shrine, and Xu Lang confirmed that it was evolving and would take three hours.

The Mad King Dormitory Building offered seven traits for Players to vote on, and Xu Lang considered the options while the Chat Room argued. Share Honor and Disgrace won, upgrading every Level 0 dormitory to Level 1 as the next game period was announced for 7 days and 23 hours later.

• Xu Lang saw the seven trait choices and judged Share Honor and Disgrace especially powerful because it could help the top fifty landlords upgrade their dormitories.
• Players debated the choices in the Chat Room, where Nouveau Riche initially led as lower-level Players supported its immediate rewards.
• Wang Yazhi invited Xu Lang to the Tenth Floor group chat, where Wu Huihui and the other Players asked what trait he favored.
• Li Shuwen asked Xu Lang to name his preferred trait, and Xu Lang said Bloodthirst was good, briefly uniting Players against choosing it.
• Share Honor and Disgrace received the most votes, and the Mad King Dormitory Building announced that all Level 0 dormitories had become Level 1.
• The dormitory broadcast said third-period leaderboard rewards would arrive in three minutes and the fourth game period would begin in 7 days and 23 hours.

After the game rewards arrived, Xu Lang and the other Players explored their improved dormitory functions and compared their prizes. Xu Lang received a powerful Polar Night Domain skill and an unreadable Progenitor's Manuscript, then examined two items dropped by Julian.

• Xu Lang learned that the rest period had been extended and discovered new turret modes and tenant privileges.
• The Dormitory Broadcast distributed leaderboard rewards, giving Xu Lang a dormitory upgrade chance, a facility, a Progenitor's Manuscript, a Polar Night Domain skill scroll, free attributes, and a backpack upgrade.
• Xu Lang and the others discussed the new rank-based rewards and the growing pressure to outperform other Players.
• Xu Lang activated the Polar Night Domain scroll and found that he could not read the Progenitor's Manuscript, even after trying to use his blood.
• Xu Lang examined Julian's Pureblood Blood Crystal, which granted a vampire bloodline, and a Storage Room Blueprint that preserved stored items' durability.

Xu Lang learned the Blood Pact skill from a Pureblood Blood Crystal and tested its powerful physical enhancements. Since the Supreme Ice Vein conflicted with his new skill, he gave it to Cao Yaxuan.

• Shirley proposed learning Blood Pact and selling the remaining Blood Crystals, but Wang Yazhi and Tong Qi could not use the skill because it conflicted with their abilities.
• Xu Lang absorbed a Pureblood Blood Crystal, learned Blood Pact, and demonstrated his greatly enhanced speed and strength.
• Xu Lang declined to spend resources on an Advanced Blood Crystal for Shirley, deciding it was not necessary yet.
• Xu Lang found that the Supreme Ice Vein conflicted with Blood Pact, and Tong Qi and Wang Yazhi could not use it either.
• Xu Lang teased Cao Yaxuan before handing her the Supreme Ice Vein, and she happily embraced and kissed him.

Cao Yaxuan tested her newly upgraded Supreme Frost Aura while Xu Lang equipped his group with Frost Sets and listed surplus gear for sale. After managing their post-round supplies, Xu Lang began upgrading the dormitory and found six appealing layouts.

• Cao Yaxuan demonstrated Supreme Frost Aura's freezing power, and Xu Lang found that its stamina cost was low for its strength.
• Xu Lang distributed Frost Sets to Cao Yaxuan, Wang Yazhi, Tong Qi, and Shirley, and Tong Qi tested the set's cold retaliation against Wang Yazhi's sword.
• The group discussed Frost Set prices, and Xu Lang listed five sets and weapons on the trading platform.
• After the group finished listing supplies, Xu Lang started upgrading the dormitory and discovered six layouts that excited him.

Xu Lang upgraded his dormitory to a Luxury Apartment, gaining an extra tenant slot, and chose the Lucky Star Piggy as his final Core Facility. He invited Xu Ruyan and her younger sister to move in, accepted tea from Li Shuwen, and ended the chapter with Wang Yazhi.

• Xu Lang chose the Luxury Apartment, transforming his dormitory and increasing its tenant capacity.
• Xu Lang selected Lucky Star Piggy, a Level 3 wealth facility that awarded an extra 10% of monster-spawn currency when the game ended.
• Xu Lang told Xu Ruyan she could bring her younger sister to his dormitory, and Xu Ruyan thanked him.
• Li Shuwen sent Xu Lang three cups of Level 4 Stone Spring Tea from her upgraded dormitory.
• Xu Lang began publicly executing Wang Yazhi.

Xu Lang upgraded Ghost Child, whose new Yin Fire destroyed a zombie, then learned that a mother and daughter had emerged from the Blood Mist. At the dormitory, Luo Lin and Tao Tao met the Players, and Li Shuwen began explaining the Dormitory Survival Game to them.

• Xu Lang and Tong Qi celebrated Ghost Child's upgrade, and Ghost Child used Yin Fire to burn the Old Actor's zombie form to ash.
• Xu Lang saw a Chat Room post from Wang Han about a mother and daughter emerging from the Blood Mist, but chose not to join the crowd.
• Luo Lin and her daughter Tao Tao faced questions from the Players surrounding them.
• Li Shuwen met Luo Lin and learned that she believed she was a researcher from Star City's national Academy of Sciences seeking a shelter from a biological disaster.
• Li Shuwen explained the Dormitory Survival Game to Luo Lin after realizing they came from different worlds of understanding.

Luo Lin and her daughter Tao Tao sought shelter in the Mad King Dormitory Building, where players competed for the Evolution Serum she carried. Wu Huihui offered them a place on the Tenth Floor, but Xu Lang’s sudden intervention left the other players scrambling to escape his reach.

• Luo Lin asked to stay with Tao Tao, but players mocked them and demanded a tenant payment or favors.
• Li Shuwen told Luo Lin to leave, while Wu Huihui demanded that she prove her value before offering help.
• Luo Lin revealed the Golden Revolution Evolution Serum, prompting players and Building Lords to bid for her and Tao Tao.
• After Xu Lang messaged Wu Huihui to bring the pair to him, Luo Lin agreed to go to the Tenth Floor with Wu Huihui.
• A player tried to steal the serum, but Xu Lang’s massive black python killed him, frightening the others into backing away.

Xu Lang asked Luo Lin whether she could recreate Evolution Serum, then supplied her with a zombie sample and a safe laboratory dormitory in exchange for working for him. Luo Lin accepted, and Xu Lang gave his tenant slots to Xu Ruyan and Xu Xiaomeng before sending them to bathe.

• Xu Lang questioned Luo Lin about Professor Hellenberg and learned that Evolution Serum required zombie genetic samples, while Golden Revolution required a Tyrant-level zombie sample.
• Xu Lang summoned a low-grade zombie, preserved a piece of its flesh in a Centrifuge Test Tube, and recalled the zombie without losing the sample.
• Luo Lin explained that a basic Laboratory could produce one dose of Evolution Serum in a day, but she needed a high-level zombie to research it.
• Wu Huihui gave Luo Lin the key to Dormitory 186, and Xu Lang told Luo Lin to work for him in exchange for the dormitory and a place to conduct research.
• Xu Lang agreed to lend Wu Huihui two Frost Sets, then gave his two tenant slots to Xu Ruyan and Xu Xiaomeng and told them to bathe.

Xu Lang maxed out the Dragon-Elephant Combat Method, bringing his Constitution to 40, then shared news about Luo Lin and her daughter with the Blood Mist Mutual Aid Society. After Wanderer suggested they were survivors from a destroyed world, Xu Lang ended the broadcast and prepared to spend the night with the Xu sisters.

• Xu Ruyan and Xu Xiaomeng nervously waited for Xu Lang while Tong Qi welcomed them with snacks and explained that Wang Yazhi and Xu Lang could cultivate.
• Xu Lang finished training, maxed out the Dragon-Elephant Combat Method, and reached 40 Constitution.
• Xu Lang joined the Blood Mist Mutual Aid Society Radio Station and told Wanderer and Midnight Fiend Zero about Luo Lin and her daughter.
• Wanderer said Luo Lin and her daughter might be survivors from a destroyed world and warned that they likely had strength and special qualities.
• Xu Lang ended the broadcast, said it was time to sleep, and looked toward the Xu sisters.

Xu Lang woke to a large haul of Nightmare Coins and prepared to take his group to the Supermarket, but news spread that he had broken into Dormitory 178 and killed all five occupants. Yun Yun investigated how Xu Lang had breached its Tier 3 Gate.

• Xu Lang woke at five-thirty, saw that the Nightmare Bed had produced 618 Nightmare Coins, and planned to upgrade it after another three days of sleep.
• Xu Lang learned that rest-period supplies now included treasure chests, then led his group of seven out before six to head for the Supermarket.
• Zhang Dahai told his companions how he had found a bunker by using clues from the Dormitory Broadcast, then angrily defended Xu Lang as his big brother.
• A red-haired lackey told Zhang Dahai that Xu Lang had killed all five Players in Dormitory 178 after breaking down its door.
• Yun Yun ordered the Players at the scene to photograph Dormitory 178 and investigate how Xu Lang had quietly breached its Tier 3 Gate.

Xu Lang’s group looted Dormitory 178 and then headed to the upgraded Supermarket, where they bought supplies to strengthen their already formidable team. The chapter ended with Li Shuwen taking Li Wenwen to look for useful materials while Zhu Yan watched her progress enviously.

• Xu Lang’s group swiftly killed the five Players in Dormitory 178, looted their belongings, and listed the owner’s key for sale.
• Xu Lang and the other residents of Dormitory 200 followed their chosen attribute paths, with Xu Ruyan recognizing Xu Lang’s strength and feeling grateful to follow him.
• At the Supermarket, other Players scattered at the sight of Xu Lang’s Blood Pelican Blade and his group’s Frost Sets.
• Xu Lang went to the Facility Area while his companions searched different sections for skills, equipment, and materials; Xu Ruyan bought the Void Paint Film he wanted.
• Li Shuwen remarked that Xu Lang had changed the nature of the game, then took Li Wenwen to look for useful raw materials as Zhu Yan looked on enviously.

Xu Lang and the others browsed the Supermarket, spending heavily on skills while weighing costly facilities, equipment, and materials. They ended at the Entertainment Area, where Zhang Dahai called Xu Lang over to see a lottery machine with new prizes.

• Xu Lang considered the expensive Blood Bat Nest Blueprint and other facilities, then decided to hold off on buying major upgrades.
• Tong Qi and Wang Yazhi spent their combined 300,000 Copper Coins on skills in the Skill Area.
• Cao Yaxuan found a seven-piece Black Fish Scale Armor set and shared its details with Xu Lang, who decided it cost too much to buy.
• Xu Lang learned that level-six Void Paint Film was the highest-level turret repair material and that storage-room materials would cost 300,000 Copper Coins.
• The seven Dormitory 200 members regrouped, bought two shields and several Wall-Climbing Skills, and headed to the Entertainment Area.
• Zhang Dahai called Xu Lang over to a lottery machine, saying it had good prizes again.

Xu Lang and the women of Dormitory 200 tried the lottery machine and went on a lavish shopping spree for clothing and accessories. After they returned home, Xu Lang insisted Wang Yazhi wear a new stocking that night.

• Xu Lang let each woman take a lottery-machine draw, and Tong Qi won a mysterious rag before drawing twice more for ordinary items.
• Xu Lang led the group to the living area, where he bought all ten pairs of Fragrant Spider Stockings and other accessories while the women chose level-six clothing.
• Other Players watched Xu Lang’s group leave and envied their wealth and his generosity toward the women.
• Back at the dormitory, Xu Lang told the women to hide their equipment and change into their new clothes.
• Wang Yazhi worried that they had spent too much, so Xu Lang held up a white thigh-high garter stocking and told her to wear it that night.

Xu Lang and the others trained and sparred after learning new skills, then found Zhou Daha’s intact human skin floating in Rust Lake. Xu Ruyan suspected a powerful monster lurked beneath the lake and urged the group to leave and warn the other players.

• Xu Lang distributed the remaining skill scrolls among the women and raised his Spirit through meditation.
• Xu Lang and the group left the dormitory to spar in Rust Lake Park, where they ranked Xu Lang as T0, most of the women as T1, and Xu Xiaomeng as T2.
• Xu Lang offered Xu Ruyan an Advanced Blood Servant Blood Pact, but she refused, saying the group should avoid becoming too similar.
• Tong Qi sensed something wrong near Rust Lake, and Xu Lang spotted a mass floating on the water.
• Tong Qi’s little ghosts brought a complete sheet of human skin to shore, and Xu Ruyan identified it as Zhou Daha’s and suspected his killer was at the bottom of the lake.
• Xu Ruyan advised Xu Lang to leave and spread the news so other players could scout the danger.

Xu Lang traded Rust Lake Park to Tang Ze for control of the Biochemical Laboratory and led his group to take it over. After learning that Su Yuan was trapped behind her door by three people, Xu Lang set out to rescue her.

• Xu Lang decided to avoid Rust Lake and offered Tang Ze Rust Lake Park in exchange for the Biochemical Laboratory.
• Tang Ze accepted the trade and brought dozens of players to meet Xu Lang at the Laboratory Building.
• Xu Lang and Tang Ze exchanged control of the two areas, and Tang Ze pitched his plan to unite players and cooperate with the Tenth Floor.
• Xu Lang led his group into the Laboratory Building, took it over, and told Tong Qi to inform Luo Lin that it was available for research.
• Su Yuan messaged Xu Lang that three people were blocking her door, and Xu Lang immediately went to help her.