Chapter 63: The Dormitory Theory of Morality and Evil, Total Attributes Exceeding 20

"It really is this one!"

Xu Lang's heart gave a violent jolt when he heard the name of the round.

"The Ten Evil Sorcerers... that sounds like some sort of organization." Cao Yazuan stroked her smooth chin, falling into a contemplative pose.

"Mm-hmm," Tong Qi nodded.

"And we happen to be on the tenth floor. There's a good chance every single floor has an evil sorcerer." Wang Yazhi's gaze flickered. "The dormitory skipped the fifth round entirely and jumped straight to the sixth. This final stage is definitely not going to be simple!"

Having been through so much, the three women had also developed a keen sensitivity to the survival games.

Xu Lang smiled faintly. "Given our setup, as long as we aren't maliciously targeted, we'll definitely survive until the end."

In the dormitory survival game, there was a high probability that it wouldn't let an entire household of players completely perish. At least, he had never heard of such a thing happening. Of course, it was possible it had happened before, but no news ever leaked out—after all, everyone would have been dead.

"Hehe," Tong Qi let out a sweet, silly chuckle, feeling that Xu Lang's words gave her an immense sense of security.

The corner of Xu Lang's mouth curled upward as he continued, "But we don't just want to survive; we want to live well."

"Xiao Tong, your score is locked in and secure, but Yazuan's and Yazhi's are still not enough."

"In this final stage, you two might need to take a little risk and come out with me."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the two women didn't fluctuate much.

Cao Yazuan joked, "Xu Lang, sometimes I really think you have a bit of a gambler's streak in you."

"Not at all," Xu Lang shook his head, looking completely honest and dependable.

"Don't worry, Yazuan. With me and Xu Lang here, nothing bad will happen to you," Wang Yazhi said with a calm smile.

Though she felt she still lagged behind the veteran players, as long as she was with Xu Lang, she felt immensely confident.

"Mm," Cao Yazuan nodded.

With that settled, the group relaxed and opened the chatroom.

At this very moment, the chatroom was filled with public indignation and a cacophony of opinions.

[5 Zhu Yan: I feel like the dormitory is targeting us. If there had been one more round, we would have had more time to develop.]

[146 Li Li: Yeah, damn it, this dormitory is just too fucked up!]

[143 Li Xin: Agreed! That Ghost Official seemed so iron-fisted and impartial in its introduction, yet it's such a trap!]

The newcomers were all somewhat panicked and uneasy in the face of this sudden turn of events.

The veteran players were much steadier.

[49 Li Shuwen: Not necessarily. If we had another round, our losses might have been even worse.]

[2 Leiting: This round of the game has already shown leniency. Over half the game has passed, and we've only lost this few members. As expected of a newly unsealed dormitory building—it's simply too easy. In the rounds I played previously, at least half the players had to die just to enter the final stage, and then another half would die after that.]

[49 Li Shuwen: Maybe it's because we have Brother Lang here. Actually, because he killed so efficiently, monsters ended up rushing to the tenth floor several times, which relieved a lot of pressure for everyone else.]

Stationed on the tenth floor, Xu Lang had indeed encountered monsters from many other floors, given the blood-grudge effect. Furthermore, once the monsters on the tenth floor were wiped out, veteran players like Xu Ruyan were free to go help out on other floors—it was all part of a chain reaction.

Whenever Leiting was mentioned, however, he would instantly vanish into thin air, and this time was no exception.

[159 Zheng Kai: I've also heard big shots from previous dormitory buildings discuss this whole dormitory theory of karma and balance.]

[33 Zhang Dahai: @Zheng Kai, tell us more.]

Zheng Kai kept them in suspense for a moment, and only spoke up after many people pressed him for answers.

[159 Zheng Kai: Concepts like good and evil are meaningless to the dormitory. It's more like a cold program. If players kill fiercely, it raises the game's difficulty; if players are on the brink of death, it lowers the difficulty. Either way, it keeps the player base constantly controlled in the state it desires.]

[49 Li Shuwen: I've heard this theory before too.]

[44 Wang Ao: Big shots, has anyone here ever been to the Blood Mist World?]

As they chatted on, the conversation gradually drifted off-topic, wandering all over the place.

Valuable information grew scarce further down, so Xu Lang closed the chatroom.

The topics Li Shuwen and the others were discussing were things every player had to ponder, yet also things they didn't need to worry about just yet. The layer was simply too high.

Before long, footsteps echoed through the hallway outside.

The game had ended, and after resting for a while, the players began venturing out to scavenge for supplies.

Looking at the countdown timer for the game, Xu Lang felt a tinge of melancholy.

The sixth round would descend tomorrow at six o'clock. If only it came the day after tomorrow, he would have been able to farm nightmare coins once more.

Still...

If the game ended earlier, he could go look for Xiao Mei sooner. It was hard to say whether that was a good thing or a bad one.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was midnight.

With nothing to do while cooped up at home, Xu Lang started his farming session a little early.

This time, there was no grand, extravagant commotion; they just played and fooled around, and the time passed very quickly.

Xu Lang discovered an alternative use for the Meditation Technique.

Namely, using it when mentally exhausted yielded miraculous results!

Once that was unlocked, the women were simply no match for him anymore.

Xu Lang was capable of endless comebacks—how could anyone fight against that?

Three hours later, Xu Lang sat cross-legged alone on the sofa, meditating with intense concentration while Cao Yazuan and the others went to take a shower.

Not long after, a refreshing wave of warm energy surged into Xu Lang's mind.

This familiar sensation caused him to instantly snap his eyes open, a flash of pleasant surprise crossing them.

[Attributes: Constitution 11, Spirit 10]

His Spirit attribute had increased again!

A ball of flame materialized in Xu Lang's palm, burning fiercely and continuously consuming his mental energy.

Such an intense flame could be sustained for roughly one minute!

In other words, under extreme conditions, Xu Lang could transform into a human-shaped artillery turret capable of continuously casting fireballs for nearly a full minute!

"Ten points of Spirit is completely sufficient for a Level 1 skill," Xu Lang said with a smile at the corner of his mouth.

You had to know, an ordinary person's Spirit was only around five. The runner-up of the first game only received five free attribute points, and even if they poured every single one into Spirit, they would only reach ten.

Right now, calling Xu Lang a specialized mental-type player was completely undisputed!

And don't forget, he was still wearing a set of gear that boosted both Spirit and Constitution—stats that didn't even show up on the main panel!

"Hoo... If the contents recorded in the book are correct, then I already know the weaknesses of all ten evil sorcerers. I don't need to be afraid at all... The only things I need to worry about are other people..."

Xu Lang took out the Zombie Virus Immunity Serum, his gaze flickering.

Confrontations between humans were bound to happen sooner or later, unless he truly intended to hunker down and hide at home for the rest of his life.

But that was clearly impossible.

If by chance some mechanism-heavy monster like the Ghost Official appeared again and forced him to venture out in search of a lifeline, and he happened to be weak at that moment, he could only stand by and stare helplessly.

To take ten steps back, Xu Lang investing resources into himself this time was to venture out for greater benefits; it wasn't a reckless waste.

In fact, his dormitory attributes were already vaguely bordering on overtuned; continuing to strengthen them further didn't hold much meaning, given there were only so many monsters on the tenth floor.

Unless he actually decided to execute the Blood Grudge Plan!

—The so-called Blood Grudge Plan involved slaughtering other players during rest periods to escalate the blood-grudge intensity, so that when the game started, all the monsters would be lured straight to the tenth floor!