Chapter Summaries

Xu Lang and his group killed Red Butterfly and Mourning Lady on the Ninth Floor, then collected their loot. Tong Qi gained Red Butterfly as a Ghost Pet and discovered that eating the Wraith’s crystal benefited her Sequence.

• Red Butterfly threatened Yun Yun and her roommates, took their Copper Coins, and attacked them when they resisted.
• Xu Lang and his group arrived and overwhelmed Red Butterfly with a barrage of attacks before Xu Lang killed her.
• Xu Lang gave Red Butterfly’s scythe to Tong Qi, and Tong Qi made Red Butterfly her Ghost Pet before swallowing the black crystal.
• Xu Lang’s group discovered Mourning Lady in the Ninth Floor corridor and killed her, ending her silencing curse.
• Xu Lang collected Mourning Lady’s drops, including a charisma-boosting outfit, a defense-reducing curse item, and a summoning card.

Xu Lang and his allies killed the Pharaoh Mummy and Jack O'Lantern Jack before reaching the Fifth Floor, where Butcher Tom had slaughtered the players who tried to pass. Xu Lang confronted Tom, the monster he had most wanted to fight.

• Xu Lang and Dormitory 200 defeated the Pharaoh Mummy, raising their dormitory to second place in the rankings.
• Xu Lang charged into close combat with Jack O'Lantern Jack and killed him, ending the heat on the Dormitory Building.
• Butcher Tom ambushed players arriving on the Fifth Floor and slaughtered them until they fled.
• Xu Lang and his group reached the Fifth Floor, where he locked eyes with Butcher Tom and inspected the Level 8 monster.

Xu Lang led the players in defeating Butcher Tom, then killed a player who accidentally attacked him and collected the Boss’s drops, including the mysterious Crimson Prayer Book. On the First Floor, Kui Zi reconsidered attacking Glutton after noticing something about his reaction to meat.

• Xu Lang faced Butcher Tom alone at first, then weakened him with Mourning Lady’s tears and fought alongside Xu Ruyan, Cao Yaxuan, Zheng Kai, and the other players.
• Xu Lang and the players overwhelmed Butcher Tom, and Xu Lang decapitated him with a final strike to the neck.
• After a player accidentally attacked him, Xu Lang killed the scrawny player, then received healing from Cao Yaxuan and Shirley.
• Xu Lang learned Deep Crimson Fierce Eyes and stored Butcher Tom’s Cleaver, Crimson Prayer Book, and summoning card in his backpack.
• Kui Zi learned of Butcher Tom’s death and watched Glutton eat meat until she suddenly ordered the players to stop feeding him.

Xu Lang killed the Headless Knight and its warhorse on the second floor, then stopped Kui Zi from killing the weakened Glutton. Xu Lang and his allies captured the Glutton, leaving Kui Zi and the other players confused about why he spared it.

• Xu Lang killed the Headless Knight with one slash and split its charging warhorse apart with the Cleaver.
• Xu Lang collected the Headless Knight’s armor and the warhorse’s heart before heading to the First Floor.
• Zhai Ren tried to seize the weakened Glutton, but Su Yuan and the other First Floor players blocked him.
• Xu Lang arrived and kicked Kui Zi away when she attacked him, then used his psychic power to teleport the Glutton through a ring of fire.
• Xu Ruyan and the Ghost Pets trapped and pinned down the Glutton instead of killing it, leaving Kui Zi and the other players bewildered.

Xu Lang’s group imprisoned Glutton in Dormitory 200’s study, hoping to halt the dormitory game’s hunger crisis. Luo Lin visited to collect Glutton’s biological samples for research, while Xu Lang noticed her Comfort had increased.

• Cao Yaxuan urged players to buy food before prices rose, and many volunteered to help carry the captured Glutton upstairs.
• Kui Zi swore she would one day defeat Xu Lang after her humiliating loss.
• Xu Lang’s group locked Glutton in the study and set up obstacles, alarms, and Ghost Pet guards.
• After bathing with the six women, Xu Lang received Luo Lin, who asked to take samples from Glutton to create something new.
• A Ghost Pet delivered a syringe to Luo Lin, and Xu Lang noticed her Comfort had risen to 96 before asking her to bring Tao Tao over more often.

Xu Lang discussed whether the dormitory game could be stalled, then sorted the bosses’ drops and planned several Fusions. After collecting points and resting, he Fused Pharaoh’s Slumber with the Supreme Unity Golden Flower Secret Record, and a glittering new skill appeared.

• Xu Lang told the Radio group how the dormitory had tied up the boss, and Heavy Armored Fanatic and Midnight Fiend Zero said the antivirus system would probably activate while Hundred-Ton King held out hope.
• Xu Lang sorted the drops, choosing Fear Incarnation, Pharaoh’s Slumber, Mad Fire, and Pumpkin Head as items with useful Fusion potential.
• Xu Ruyan and the other women chatted privately about her dancing before going to sleep late.
• Xu Lang woke hungry, ate supplies worth more than five thousand Copper Coins, and checked that the chat room and private messages showed no major incidents.
• Xu Lang Fused Pharaoh’s Slumber with the Supreme Unity Golden Flower Secret Record and saw a glittering new skill appear.

Xu Lang examined his upgraded cultivation skill and began experimenting with Electromagnetic Force while discussing the stalled game and its dwindling food supplies. He ended the chapter by having Tong Qi feed the thinning Glutton leftovers.

• Xu Lang noticed the Supreme Unity Golden Flower Secret Record had reached level six and could use Taiyi True Qi to strengthen skills and attributes.
• Xu Lang inspected his level-seven Electromagnetic Force and tested its effects in the Fusion Dreamscape, managing to release voltage after several hours of practice.
• Xu Lang asked whether dormitory supply points had refreshed, and Wang Yazhi said they had not.
• Cao Yaxuan said the supermarket still had food, while Tong Qi reported that seven players' dormitories were designed for planting.
• Tong Qi said she hoped the game stayed stalled so they could live normally, and Xueli pointed out that others might die from food shortages.
• After the ghost pet found Glutton growing thinner, Xu Lang had Tong Qi feed him leftovers and scraps.

Xu Lang fused two skills into the powerful Golden Elixir Art and strengthened his combat potential with the Blood Pelican Demon Blade as food shortages sparked growing conflict between floors. After a failed attempt to improve the blade, he told Tong Qi to feed Glutton, considering him a possible new source of points.

• Xu Lang used Gorgeous Golden Honey on Cao Yaxuan, Tong Qi, and Xu Ruyan, and Tong Qi's Comfort rose to 141 after he gave her Mourning Lady's set.
• Wang Yazhi showed Xu Lang Li Shuwen and the others' dieting plan, but he dismissed it and privately considered using his stockpiled seeds and soil to control food distribution.
• Xu Lang fused the Supreme Unity Golden Flower Secret Record with Hidden Dragon Transformation to create the level-seven Golden Elixir Art, which could open Divine Treasuries and protect his body and spirit.
• Three days later, as food conflicts spread between floors, Xu Lang had gained more attributes and wielded the level-eight Mythic Pelican Demon Blade, whose effects included true damage and instant death against dying enemies.
• Xu Lang's attempt to fuse the blade with Li Shuwen's level-seven blade yielded a worse weapon, so he abandoned the result and turned it into Nightmare Essence.
• Xu Lang told Tong Qi to feed Glutton so he would not starve, hoping Glutton might become a new point-farming Pal.

Xu Lang upgraded his Ghost Soul Mystic Armor and fused Deep Crimson Fierce Eyes with Fear Incarnation before the Dormitory Building abruptly ended Phase Four and declared all surviving players victorious. Glutton transformed into a public trash facility, leaving Xu Lang with Glutton's Summoning Card and a mysterious Facility Wonder napkin.

• Xu Lang inspected his Level 8 Ghost Soul Mystic Armor, then fused Deep Crimson Fierce Eyes with Fear Incarnation and found that the skill had absorbed Fear Incarnation without changing its name.
• The Dormitory Broadcast ended Phase Four early, declared surviving players victorious, announced new Mad King Building facilities, and said Phase Five would begin in seven days.
• Glutton charged out of the study and exploded in the hallway, transforming into the Glutton Trash Can.
• Xu Lang picked up Glutton's Summoning Card and Glutton's Napkin, a Facility Wonder that could let a spatial facility store and retrieve items anywhere.
• Xu Ruyan tested the trash can with yogurt, and it returned only 20 Copper Coins, prompting Xu Lang to criticize the Dormitory Building's stinginess.

Xu Lang and his tenants claimed the top ranking and received powerful exclusive rewards, while the Mad King Dormitory gained new public facilities. Xu Lang found three golden gacha machines in the expanded Supermarket and prepared to use his Gold Coin compensation coupon on the Guardian Spirit Gacha Machine.

• Xu Lang tested the Glutton Trash Can with a kick, but the Dormitory Building facility did not move.
• The rankings awarded Xu Lang and his tenants first place, a dormitory upgrade chance, seven exclusive items, a Gold Coin compensation coupon, and twenty free attributes.
• Xu Lang and his tenants examined their exclusive items, then went outside to see the new facilities in the Mad King Dormitory Building.
• Xu Lang followed a player to the arcade, where he found the Golden Equipment, Golden Skill, and Guardian Spirit Gacha Machines.
• Xu Lang pulled out his Exclusive Gold Coin Compensation Coupon while staring at the Guardian Spirit Gacha Machine.

Xu Lang used a compensation voucher to let Tong Qi draw from the Guardian Spirit gacha machine, and her lucky pull produced the Legendary Guanjiangkou Boy. The group examined his defensive and support skills, and Xu Lang added another means of protecting himself and his dormitory.

• Xu Lang explained that the voucher was compensation and said Tong Qi would use it on the Guardian Spirit gacha machine.
• Tong Qi pulled the lever, and a golden Guardian Spirit egg emerged after Xu Lang reassured her.
• Tong Qi opened the egg and revealed the Level 5 Legendary Guardian Spirit Guanjiangkou Boy, whose skills could hide their dormitory and be cast without cooldown until his vitality ran out.
• Xu Lang took Guanjiangkou Boy and said his defensive abilities suited the group because they needed more ways to survive.
• Cao Yaxuan and Xu Ruyan discussed the potential of Guanjiangkou Boy's skills, while Zhang Dahai praised Tong Qi's luck.

Xu Lang and his companions upgraded Dormitory 200 to a Luxury Apartment and bought new gear and an air conditioner. Cao Yaxuan used the Queen of Clubs to summon someone from her original world, but the silver-haired woman who appeared was not her parents and was gravely wounded.

• Xu Lang gave away a hundred thousand Copper Coins, then bought skills, cultivation methods, equipment, and clothes for his group.
• Xu Lang upgraded Dormitory 200 to a Luxury Apartment, and the group inspected its new facilities.
• Xu Lang selected an air conditioner as the dormitory’s Core Facility.
• Cao Yaxuan asked Xu Lang to buy the Queen of Clubs, which could summon a family member or friend from their original world.
• Xu Lang bought the Queen of Clubs, and Cao Yaxuan used it to summon a bloodied silver-haired woman she recognized as Xiao Lu.

Cao Yaxuan and the others rescued her friend Zhen Lu, who revealed that the Blood Mist had invaded the present world and devastated civilization. Zhen Lu confirmed that she was a D-9 Beast Spirit Envoy, then described the Blood Mist World as a realm of ruins and hostile creatures.

• Shirley healed the wounded Zhen Lu, who woke and recognized Cao Yaxuan.
• Zhen Lu explained that Blood Mist secret realms had spread across the world, and efforts to destroy them with powerful weapons had only made the mist expand and consume urban areas.
• Xu Lang questioned Zhen Lu about her powers until she revealed that she was a D-9 Beast Spirit Envoy.
• Zhen Lu told Cao Yaxuan that her parents and younger brother were safe in a refuge.
• Zhen Lu explained that the Blood Mist World contained civilization ruins and terrifying creatures hostile to all living beings.

Xu Lang reassured Cao Yaxuan and Zhen Lu about the Blood Mist, then bound the Guanjiangkou Boy as a new Guardian Spirit. He learned that Luo Lin’s upgraded dormitory could help develop Evolution Serum and a zombie army, and returned to Dormitory 200 as the others speculated about whether Zhen Lu would join their team.

• Xu Lang told Cao Yaxuan and the others to stay alive and keep searching for the truth of the Blood Mist World, then asked Cao Yaxuan to explain the Dormitory Survival Game to Zhen Lu.
• Xu Lang and Tong Qi bound the Guanjiangkou Boy, who began meditating at his shrine while Xu Lang fed the Ghost Child and offered incense.
• Luo Lin showed Xu Lang her upgraded Biochemical Dormitory and asked him for Copper Coins; Xu Lang refused to invest separately, saying they were one team.
• Luo Lin told Xu Lang she had deciphered part of the Glutton Cells and hoped to create a zombie army, and Xu Lang promised to help her collect corpse-type items.
• Xu Lang bought Tao Tao snacks and returned to Dormitory 200, where the women speculated that he would try to recruit Zhen Lu.

Xu Lang upgraded the Nightmare Bed and gained the Epitaph trait, which could resurrect him and all the tenants and restore the dormitory after their deaths. He set the resurrection delay to seven days and returned to sleep, while the upgraded bed still required 30,000 Nightmare Coins for its next level.

• After shopping raised the women’s comfort levels, Xu Lang asked Tong Qi about Red Butterfly’s recovery, and Red Butterfly requested more ghostly aura to regain a physical body faster.
• Zhen Lu woke when Xu Lang approached the bed and hurried to the washroom, leaving him free to upgrade the Nightmare Bed.
• Xu Lang spent 10,000 Nightmare Coins to upgrade the bed and chose the Epitaph trait, which granted one collective resurrection and restored the dormitory and its facilities.
• Xu Lang set the resurrection time to seven days later and wondered whether future upgrades would increase the number of resurrections.
• Cao Yaxuan brought Xu Lang Level 6 wontons, but he ate the whole bowl and sent her away so he could sleep.

Xu Lang fused the Ribbit Wallet and Wealth Ring into the Fortune Ribbit, then discussed his companions’ attribute plans and two invitations with them. They decided to save the Fantastic Surprise Night Invitation until the last day, while Xu Lang put away the Underworld Invitation and left, prompting Cao Yaxuan to wonder if he was visiting Aunt Luo.

• Xu Lang fused the Ribbit Wallet and Wealth Ring into the level-eight Fortune Ribbit, which increased its upgrade cost and granted good fortune.
• Xu Lang and the women discussed their attribute allocations, and he agreed that Shirley could specialize in Mental Force.
• Xu Lang showed the group an Underworld Invitation and a Fantastic Surprise Night Invitation.
• Cao Yaxuan advised against using the Underworld Invitation soon, and Xu Lang put it away.
• Wang Yazhi and Xu Ruyan supported using the Fantastic Surprise Night Invitation on the last day, and the group agreed.
• Xu Lang left the dormitory, and Cao Yaxuan followed him to the door, wondering if he was going to Aunt Luo’s house.

Xu Lang visited Zhang Dahai’s food-focused dormitory, where Zhang hosted a gathering with Wu Huihui, Li Shuwen, and others. Li Shuwen revealed that Li Wenwen had obtained a forging Sequence and sought support to protect it and coordinate the group’s interests.

• Xu Lang met Fusheng Xi on the Seventh Floor, watched Xiao Yan and Zhou Shen compete for Floor Leader, and predicted that Zhou Shen would lose.
• Xiao Yan became the new Floor Leader, and Zhang Dahai brought Xu Lang to Fortune Feast Residence for a hot pot gathering.
• Xu Lang joined Zhang Dahai, Wu Huihui, Li Shuwen, Li Wenwen, and the others around the table as Ye Fan served the food.
• Li Shuwen explained that Li Wenwen had obtained a forging Sequence in the third round and asked the group to help protect it.

Xu Lang learned that Li Wenwen had a valuable Blacksmith Sequence and negotiated a share of the profits in exchange for protecting her. The group began discussing enhancement services and planned to auction Li Wenwen’s daily attempts.

• Zhang Dahai asked Xu Lang to protect their base if someone tried to force Ye Fan into dangerous work, and Xu Lang agreed to be paid.
• Li Wenwen shared her Blacksmith Sequence, including Divine Weapon Hundred Refinements, with Xu Lang after accepting his friend request.
• Li Shuwen worried that incoming eighth-round players might exploit or seize Li Wenwen’s valuable abilities, so he asked Xu Lang for advice.
• Xu Lang negotiated a deal for fifty percent of the net profits in exchange for protecting Li Wenwen and providing support during danger.
• Li Shuwen showed the group his +7 Starfall Cold Iron Spear and explained that Li Wenwen could perform twenty enhancements per day, prompting Zhu Yan to propose auctioning the attempts.

Xu Lang had Li Wenwen enhance the Blood Pelican Demon Blade to +7, then learned that Kui Zi had become a Sequence Player. On the first floor, Kui Zi confronted newly migrated residents and revealed that her Sequence could turn her body into steel.

• Li Wenwen enhanced Xu Lang's Blood Pelican Demon Blade to +7, and Xu Lang gave her coffee before asking her to enhance his armor later.
• Wang Tingting reported that Kui Zi had appeared as a Sequence Player, and Xu Lang and Li Shuwen suspected she had gained her Sequence near the end of the previous game period.
• On the first floor, Kui Zi used her machine-gun palm to defeat several newly migrated residents, including an eighth-phase room owner, and demanded their submission.
• Kui Zi offered the wounded residents medicine, but the room owner attacked her with hidden silver needles.
• Kui Zi's body turned into silvery steel and blocked every needle, shocking the onlookers.

Xu Lang upgraded the Zombie Summoning Card into a Tyrant Summoning Card and tested the Tyrant, then Cao Yaxuan proposed feeding Tyrant flesh to the blood bats. Her idea produced a King-class blood bat, leaving Xu Lang astonished.

• Xu Lang and Li Shuwen’s groups maintained their loose alliance, while Zhang Dahai and Wu Huihui sought to join it.
• Xu Lang took Tao Tao along to sparring practice, where he observed Zhen Lu’s three beast spirits and her ability to transform into an eagle.
• Xu Lang and the others built a storage room and used the Glutton’s Napkin to make its contents accessible through their backpacks.
• Xu Lang spent Nightmare Coins upgrading the Zombie Summoning Card into a Tyrant Summoning Card, then tested the Tyrant’s durability and healing.
• Cao Yaxuan suggested feeding Tyrant flesh to the blood bats, and a King-class blood bat appeared soon afterward.