Chapter 15: Bulk water sales, monopoly position!

Three hours later, all threats on the tenth floor had been eliminated, and no new zombies appeared.

At the same time, only one hundred and one living people remained in the entire dormitory building.

Wang Ao topped the Points Leaderboard with an impressive score of 87 points.

Judging from the design of this leaderboard, the survival game clearly encouraged people to go out and fight desperately.

The faint dawn light of the fifth day pierced through the blood mist, spreading across the dormitory building.

The corridors were littered with mutilated corpses, with blood either fresh or dried up. Under the crimson sunlight, the scene appeared strangely brilliant.

"I will be the one who survives to the end!"

Wang Yang pushed open his dormitory door, his eyes bloodshot.

All the "bosses" shared Wang Yang's same conviction of certain victory, dragging their bodies to open their dormitory doors.

These "big brothers" had to guard the resource points first thing in the morning to prevent their bases from being stolen.

Those resource points that could yield good items had already been unofficially claimed as their territories.

If not for the danger, they would have preferred to sleep right at the resource points.

When Xu Lang had nothing to do, he would sit cross-legged in meditation.

This helped clear his thoughts and keep his mind sharp.

The two women, Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi, woke up one after another. Seeing that only one hundred people remained in the chat room, they found the number shocking.

It wasn't that everyone who survived the zombie attacks remained unharmed—some still died from injuries and illnesses.

Moreover, conflicts would inevitably arise among the players themselves.

Just imagine, if Zhou Tao were lying at home now, severely injured, would Xu Lang want to kill him?

Absolutely!

"Xu Lang, open the door!!!"

"What happened last night? Why didn't you come out?"

"Hurry up and open the door, Xu Lang! How did you upgrade your door? Is this a level three door?"

"Xu Lang, I want to become your tenant!"

Early this morning, Room 200's doorway was once again crowded with people.

Besides the local residents of the tenth floor, there were also players who had specifically come to the tenth floor hoping to change dormitories.

As soon as they arrived, they noticed Xu Lang's distinctive main door.

"Xu Lang, what should we do?" Tong Qi asked nervously, as the knocking outside grew increasingly louder.

Xu Lang shook his head: "Don't worry about it. Even when the Giant-Strength Zombie rammed the door yesterday, the durability didn't drop."

Cao Yaxuan had already grown accustomed to the situation, completely ignoring the knocking outside as she continuously scrolled through the chat room's message history.

This young lady wasn't completely foolish—she knew to gather intelligence when possible.

Just then, Xu Lang received a private message.

Wang Ao had changed dormitories and remained the room owner.

In the survival game, room owners needed keys to other rooms to change dormitories.

As the leader of a group, Wang Ao probably found it relatively easy to switch dormitories.

Xu Lang didn't reply to Wang Ao's message.

He didn't know how to respond, and there was no need to anyway.

Wang Ao didn't press further either.

Wang Ao sensed that Xu Lang might be dangerous, and since he needed to guard supply points, he had no time to provoke a new enemy.

Thus, Xu Lang adopted a strategy of complete indifference until drowsiness overcame him.

The players outside his door didn't stay long either.

Having worked hard all night, they were physically and mentally exhausted, their energy levels completely incomparable to Xu Lang's.

Xu Lang stretched lazily, embraced Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi, and fell into a deep sleep.

His confidence stemmed from players having discovered a key piece of information these past few days.

Tenants needed to request permission from the room owner before they could open the door.

This feature was quite considerate.

Otherwise, if the room owner went out someday, tenants could potentially collaborate with outsiders to loot the room, which would be quite the situation.

Essentially, tenants were parasites of the room owner, similar to the relationship between knights and lords.

Xu Lang woke up exactly eight hours later, as usual.

His biological clock had already adapted to this routine.

"Only one day left until the survival game ends. I'll upgrade the Nightmare Cot then," Xu Lang thought to himself.

The premise of lying flat to develop was being able to actually lie flat safely. He didn't want to exhaust all his Nightmare Coins only for the survival game to unleash something major on the final day, leading to his defeat—that would be gaining a small advantage only to suffer a major loss.

His current lifestyle was quite comfortable indeed.

Following previous patterns, night would fall at 12 o'clock, meaning Xu Lang still had two and a half hours of leisure time.

During these two and a half hours, he wasn't completely idle.

First, he ate and drank to maintain his energy, then briefly browsed the chat room.

This process took half an hour.

Afterward, he began his major purchasing plan!

Based on last night's experience, he could almost confirm that his dormitory door was in an invincible state!

With this impeccable protection, revealing some wealth didn't matter anymore.

After several days of fluctuations, the Trading Network had stabilized.

Currently, players were most in need of four types of supplies: dormitory door upgrade blueprints, iron materials, medicine, and water.

Xu Lang didn't have the first three, but he could provide plenty of water!

Beef canned food, buy!

French bread, buy!

Instant noodles, buy!

Ham sausages, buy!

Empty paper cups, buy!

Clean female student uniform clothes, buy!

Toothpaste, buy!

Buy, buy, buy...

Nearly half the water in Xu Lang's water barrel was gone, replaced by piles of supplies stacked in the dormitory corner.

Then, he posted a trade listing on the Trading Network.

The price of 500 Copper Coins was set by Xu Lang after observation—affordable for anyone who wasn't extremely poor.

At first, this trade listing didn't attract much attention, until someone shouted about it in the chat room.

Instantly, Xu Lang's 5 liters of water sold out.

Yes, instantly!!

It's important to understand that water was currently the most scarce resource. Many people, even if they had water, had started implementing self-recycling systems.

This demonstrated just how precious water was!

And Copper Coins?

Nobody knew their use yet!

If they didn't take up inventory slots, nobody would even bother picking them up.

Simultaneously, many people sent friend requests to Xu Lang.

If calculated seriously, almost ninety percent of players had sent friend requests to Xu Lang.

The chat room also exploded with activity.

Xu Lang completely ignored these messages, walking to the water dispenser and pressing a green button on the machine.

Instantly, a consumption prompt appeared in his vision.

Xu Lang kept holding the green button, and the water in the dispenser continuously rose until it was completely full.

In total, Xu Lang had only spent 1500 Copper Coins!

Not only had he replenished all the water, but he still had 1000 Copper Coins left!

Through this cycle of buying and selling, he had achieved a fivefold trade profit with almost no effort!

"So this is what monopoly feels like—it's fucking amazing!"

Xu Lang's eyes shone with excitement.