Chapter 56 Round Postponed, Nightmare Coins Exceed One Thousand!

“Ah, finally managed to uncover such a treasure,” Nie Xiaozhu sighed, her delicate face creased in thought. From her expression, it was clear she had already made up her mind.

“Xiaozhu, have you decided?” Wu Huihui asked, pressing her lips together.

“Yes,” Nie Xiaozhu nodded confidently. “Sister Xu was right. What really needs development now is our tenth floor!”

“All right, I’ll help you upgrade the main gate shortly.”

“Thank you, Sister Huihui.”

“Let’s spread the word about this in the chatroom. At least we can earn some reputation.”

…

[ Dormitory Broadcast: Nie Xiaozhu used the ‘King of Hearts’; the fourth round will arrive in three days. ]

Xu Lang, still deep asleep, was abruptly awakened by the dormitory broadcast.

“King of Hearts?”

He thought of his own Club 3 card. Quickly, he checked the chatroom and indeed found information about the King of Hearts.

“The format is similar to my card’s, but the effect couldn’t be more different.”

Items without level indications, or those marked as unknown, couldn’t be upgraded with nightmare coins. So Xu Lang didn’t regret not buying that card earlier. After all, the delay of three days for the fourth round was a huge advantage for him—three more days to rest.

A small smile curled on Xu Lang’s lips as he settled back to sleep.

…

[ Base nightmare coins: 56; conversion rate: 308%; total production over eight hours: 228 nightmare coins. ]

[ Total nightmare coins: 1,057. ]

“Not bad, not bad, back over a thousand again.”

Seeing the gains, Xu Lang felt a surge of security. Upgrading the steel gate would cost only 550 nightmare coins. With three more days of rest, he might even manage to get the gate up to level five!

Level five would surely be enough to keep him alive. Though nothing was guaranteed—there were those mechanistic monsters like the ghostly enforcers to contend with.

“Huh~ This is only my second round, and I might end up with a level five gate? Isn’t that a bit too arrogant?”

“Upgrading the gate once per round is the mark of a strong player.”

“Upgrading it five times in two rounds? That’s just insane!”

Xu Lang felt a secret thrill but then realized this level of attention might not be good. Being too conspicuous could bring trouble.

…

There were over three hundred people in the Mad King dormitory building. If they all came knocking on his door, it would be a real problem.

In fact, he was already attracting a lot of attention because he never went out searching for supplies.

To those who loved to calculate, this was strange.

Eating a pound of food but gaining two pounds? Could he be the legendary perpetual motion machine who gained weight just by drinking water?

Xu Lang never responded to such rumors. It was too hard to explain; the more he did, the more holes appeared.

“Tsk, that’s the trouble of being a superman,” Xu Lang thought, turning over to wrap his arms around Cao Yaxuan’s slender waist.

In some ways, he really was a superman.

The stronger he got, the more super he became.

…

Later, Wang Yazhi and the others went to cook. Xu Lang, with nothing else to do, opened a private message chat with Xu Ruyan.

[200 Xu Lang: Do you have any skills that increase physique while staying at home?]

[180 Xu Ruyan: Come home, child. Come home.]

[200 Xu Lang: I’m serious.]

[180 Xu Ruyan: I wish I had such a thing too!]

Xu Lang didn’t want to directly share the meditation skill information since it was already level three, so he described it verbally.

Xu Ruyan quickly replied.

[180 Xu Ruyan: I’ve heard of such cultivation skills, but they’re very precious.]

Meaning she didn’t have one herself.

Thinking it over, Xu Lang shouted in the chatroom, looking to purchase similar skills.

[180 Xu Ruyan: You really don’t plan to go out?]

[200 Xu Lang: How do you know I haven’t gone out?]

The conversation ended there.

The chatroom exploded simply because Xu Lang spoke!

[32 Ye Fan: Celebration for all! Brother Lang, you finally spoke!]

[33 Zhang Dahai: Brother Lang, you mean the kind of skill like meditation? Have you tasted the sweet fruit?]

[5 Zhu Yan: Brother Lang, such skills probably don’t linger. If anyone had them, they would use them directly. You might have better luck finding items that boost basic attributes.]

[32 Ye Fan: Boost physique? I found a blind spot. How about I teach you a set of Kegel exercises, Brother Lang?]

Xu Lang ignored the others but had to reply to Ye Fan.

[200 Xu Lang: I already have a skill to boost spirit, just missing one for physique.]

…

[32 Ye Fan: Got it. Check my private message.]

Soon, Ye Fan sent Xu Lang a set of fitness exercises: butterfly claps, Kegel bridges, kneeling hip thrusts.

Xu Lang’s face darkened. He almost deleted Ye Fan from his friends list. How could he possibly train like that!

[2 Thunder: @Xu Lang, add me as a friend.]

Xu Lang frowned.

He rarely added new friends now, as his friend list was cluttered with private messages.

But since Thunder was the floor leader of the first floor, he agreed.

[2 Thunder: I just found an item that can boost physique by 1 point. Want it? (Bloodworm Eggs)]

Xu Lang opened the information and saw that consuming the bloodworm eggs would increase physique by one point. He immediately replied.

[200 Xu Lang: Yes, make me an offer.]

[2 Thunder: Only face-to-face negotiation. Mainly, I want to team up with you for exploration mode later. Your first round is the zombie dungeon; getting some benefits shouldn’t be hard.]

[200 Xu Lang: Let’s discuss in private messages.]

[2 Thunder: Then forget it.]

At the basketball court, Thunder sat confidently in the stands, brow furrowed.

Xu Lang really hadn’t replied!

Hiding the real motive behind a big lead would make others more likely to take the bait.

But whether because Xu Lang saw through him or simply didn’t want to go out, he had given up so easily.

“Damn it, I refuse to believe you won’t come out,” Thunder cursed under his breath, shoving a white egg into his mouth.

Then, his gaze swept over the players on the court.

They were all his workers; anything they found had to be handed over and purchased from him with copper coins.

Besides, their backpacks were already full, so hiding items was impossible.

Because of his domineering personality, few players followed him.

…

“Heh, trying to trick me out,” Xu Lang sneered in dorm room 200.

Seeing Thunder’s attitude, Xu Lang was certain he had ill intentions.

No normal trade was like that.

“Xu Lang, dinner’s ready, come eat,” Wang Yazhi called.

Xu Lang replied and climbed down from the bed.

After dinner, the four played cards for a while. Xu Lang then excused himself to meditate.

With over a thousand nightmare coins, it would be a waste not to use them. He planned to upgrade either meditation or the nightmare bed again.