Chapter 28: Airdrop Complete, the Ghost Child Guardian Spirit!

Seeing Wu Huihui actually leave, Wang Ao’s expression turned volatile.

As soon as thirty seconds had passed, Xu Lang had Cao Yaxuan loot the body while he continued to stand his ground against Wang Ao.

"Let's go!" Wang Ao snorted coldly at the sight, turned, and walked away.

The other onlookers exchanged glances with tacit understanding; they didn't leave immediately, but they silently stepped further back. Xu Lang ignored them and continued to the wall, standing firmly in place.

Not long after, Cao Yaxuan ran over and said, "Xu Lang, look at this!"

Cao Yaxuan was holding a crossbow, its bolt tip radiating a chilling aura. Tong Qi covered her mouth, her face full of lingering fear: "Brother Lang, he wanted to use this to ambush you just now!"

No wonder Wang Ao had run so fast; he couldn't win in a fight, and now his "divine weapon" had fallen into someone else's hands.

Xu Lang took the crossbow and checked its information.

[Handmade Crossbow]
[Type: Mechanism]
[Level: 2]
[Damage: 45]
[Bolt: 1/1]
[Durability: 9/9]
[Salvageable: Bolt x1, Lumber x8, Wooden Mechanism x1]
[Upgrade Requirement: 170 Nightmare Coins]
[Description: I only have one shot, boo-hoo-hoo...]

"Even though it's only level 2, this damage is only 4 points lower than the Viper!"

If Wang Ao had used this against the large zombie earlier, he might have been able to land a one-shot headshot. It was a pity that whether he was waiting for an opportunity or saving it as a trump card, he hadn't used it until the very end, and now it had fallen into Xu Lang's lap.

*Pah!*

This wasn't falling into his lap—he had earned it through his own genuine skill!

"This dormitory survival game is full of perils. If I didn't have 'Hyper-Intuition,' I would have been in danger just now... I should just hide in the dorm and not come out easily from now on."

Xu Lang made a decision to himself. He then turned to Cao Yaxuan and said, "You take this crossbow to protect yourself; I can't operate it alone anyway."

"Are you sure?" Cao Yaxuan blinked, looking incredulous.

Xu Lang nodded. He turned to comfort Tong Qi, but seeing her face brimming with joy for her friend, he said nothing more. Both girls were kind-hearted; only Xu Lang felt a bit jaded.

"Thank you, Xu Lang!" Cao Yaxuan excitedly planted a kiss on Xu Lang’s cheek.

The onlookers watching were so jealous they could have ground their teeth to dust. Winning loot and gaining the favor of a beauty—this was the kind of treatment reserved for a protagonist!

Xu Lang said nothing, his peripheral vision cautiously scanning the surroundings.

...

Cao Yaxuan held the handmade crossbow, unable to put it down, gesturing with it from time to time like a little boy with a new toy. Xu Lang didn't know when he had raised this campus beauty to act like this, but perhaps that was just her true nature.

Before long, a ray of dawn broke through the blood-red mist and fell onto the campus. A metal box hanging from a parachute drifted down from the high altitude, landing steadily on the ground.

Everyone’s eyes were fixed on the airdrop, a sense of agitation rippling through the crowd.

Just then, Cao Yaxuan tugged on Xu Lang anxiously and whispered, "Someone messaged me saying there are people upstairs planning to throw rocks at us!"

Xu Lang was taken aback: "Who told you that?"

"A simp."

Xu Lang: "..."

Without Cao Yaxuan’s warning, Xu Lang hadn't planned on just walking out blindly anyway, precisely to avoid such situations. He immediately led Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi in a quick ten-meter lateral dash before exiting from under the eaves.

The moment they emerged, Xu Lang looked back and indeed saw several people peering out from the eighth floor, holding rocks and bricks. They were all Wang Ao’s men. Seeing Xu Lang look up, they quickly ducked back inside.

Xu Lang said nothing and led the two women straight to the airdrop.

"Those people are so mean!" Tong Qi frowned adorably.

Xu Lang replied indifferently, "That was the inevitable outcome."

Cao Yaxuan stole a glance at Xu Lang. For someone to be so indifferent to others' malice, he must be either accustomed to it or naturally thick-skinned and extremely self-centered.

The three arrived at the airdrop box. Xu Lang found that the box couldn't be stored in his inventory, so he frowned and had Tong Qi open it while he and Cao Yaxuan kept watch. Seeing Xu Lang’s caution, the onlookers dismissed some of the thoughts they had been harboring. The deterrent power of two long-range weapons was no joke.

Tong Qi didn't use much effort to open the box, pulling out a black sculpture shaped like a young boy.

"Is that all there is?" Xu Lang, worried about losing focus, didn't check the item details immediately but instinctively looked inside the crate. It was empty.

"Yes," Tong Qi nodded. She was also surprised; such a large airdrop box contained only this small item.

The boy sculpture was the size of a human head, sitting cross-legged on a lotus pedestal. Its fangs were exposed, resembling a malevolent spirit.

"Alright, let's go." Xu Lang nodded. After stowing the boy sculpture, he picked up the airdrop box with one hand and headed back toward the dorm. The crate appeared to be made of steel; dismantling it would provide raw materials, and the steel door's durability would eventually run out.

The onlookers were stunned. The crate was at least a meter square, yet Xu Lang picked it up with ease. Just how much strength did he have?

...

After returning to the tenth-floor dormitory without incident, Xu Lang took out the black boy sculpture.

It felt neither like wood nor jade. Staring into its pitch-black little face, he could feel a chill. This thing was somewhat sinister.

[Ghost Child]
[Type: Guardian Spirit]
[Level: 3]
[Vitality: 70]
[Skills: Ward Off Evil, Eat Ghosts, Gaze]
[Upgrade Requirement: 500 Nightmare Coins]
[Description: Ultimate evil gives birth to ultimate protection...]
[Bind to current dormitory? Yes/No]

Xu Lang stared at the vitality bar and quickly received detailed feedback. Guardian spirits didn't have durability; they died when their vitality was exhausted, but they would slowly respawn after death. Their skills had no cooldowns, but using them would consume vitality.

[Ward Off Evil: The Ghost Child will guard your room, detecting malevolent spirits within visual range, and exert a deterrent effect on specters and other spiritual entities.]
[Eat Ghosts: The Ghost Child will consume spiritual entities to recover vitality; eating more provides a chance to level up.]
[Gaze: Forcefully controls an enemy for 1 second.]

"What a treasure." Xu Lang’s eyes lit up.

With this guardian spirit, he wouldn't have to fear ghost attacks, even though he hadn't encountered any yet. Given the sinister nature of this game, he was sure to see them in the future. Humans had an innate fear of such invisible existences.

"How cute," Tong Qi said, looking at the Ghost Child’s chubby, dark face, and couldn't help but smile. Perhaps it was because the Ghost Child and she shared the same baby fat.

Suddenly, the Ghost Child turned its face and smiled at Tong Qi. Tong Qi shrank her neck in terror—a classic case of "Lord Ye who loved dragons" until he actually saw one.

"Hiss—Xu Lang, it can move!" Cao Yaxuan exclaimed.

Xu Lang nodded and chose to bind it.

The next second, the Ghost Child vanished from his hands. Xu Lang felt a sensation only the room owner could perceive. He quickly ran out to check and found the Ghost Child hanging right next to the room number, enshrined in a small shrine.

"Higher up," Xu Lang muttered subconsciously, feeling it obstructed the view of the security camera.

The small shrine immediately shifted position. Xu Lang was amazed and made a few more adjustments until he was satisfied. He stood there admiring the Ghost Child, reluctant to go back inside.

He really wished a ghost would show up right now so he could test the Ghost Child’s mettle.