Chapter 35: Upgrading the Nightmare Bed, Strange Id!

Basic Nightmare Coins 40, conversion rate 290%, total production of 156 Nightmare Coins over eight hours

Total Nightmare Coins: 338

Nightmare Coins had skyrocketed!

Xu Lang clenched his fist, barely suppressing his cheers.

There were so many things he could upgrade now!

For example, the most crucial door upgrade only cost 300 Nightmare Coins.

Then there was Meditation - perhaps because it only had one level, upgrading it only cost 45 Nightmare Coins, ridiculously cheap!

"Huff... I can't spend the Nightmare Coins recklessly now, upgrading the small bed is the most critical!"

Xu Lang's lips curled high, forcibly suppressing his spending impulse.

What if some unexpected situation occurred midway and he urgently needed Nightmare Coins? That would be troublesome.

Xu Lang got up from bed, glanced at the clock, and found it was just past five o'clock.

With nothing to do, he lay back on the bed and began meditating.

Meditation was addictive when done frequently.

But you couldn't persist for too long at once, because staying too long would give you a headache.

Before long, Cao Yaxuan and the others woke up and started preparing food.

During the previous days without kitchen facilities, they mostly ate bread, but now with conditions improved, even having hot noodles was good.

When fragrance wafted from the kitchen, Xu Lang also opened his eyes and went to the washroom to freshen up.

By the time he finished cleaning up, noodles were already placed on the dining table.

In the white porcelain bowl, springy noodles floated in the soup, with two poached eggs looking quite adorable.

"Who made the fried eggs? They're perfect," Xu Lang praised with a smile.

Cao Yaxuan's red lips gradually lifted until she couldn't hold back and burst into laughter: "Hahaha, it was me! I actually took cooking classes before. If only we had an oven here, I could even make you cake."

"Wow~ impressive! Then the cooking responsibility falls to you from now on," Xu Lang gasped in admiration.

Hearing this, Cao Yaxuan immediately pouted.

Why did it feel like he was assigning tasks?

Tong Qi secretly kicked Xu Lang under the table, saying: "Sister Wang and I can cook too."

"Mm-hmm," Wang Yazhi nodded: "I can make Cantonese and Sichuan cuisine, though we don't have that many fresh ingredients now."

"Wow~ all three of you are culinary masters! Then the cooking responsibility falls to you from now on!" Xu Lang gave a thumbs-up.

Tong Qi covered her mouth laughing: "We're not culinary masters, we just know how to cook."

The atmosphere at the dining table quickly became lively.

During this time, Wang Yazhi also mentioned Wu Huihui and her group's situation. Apparently, Wu Huihui had centralized resources and exchanged iron doors for everyone.

People from other buildings also wanted to benefit from the resources, but the tenth floor had already stopped accepting new residents.

Even if people came, Wu Huihui wouldn't provide material assistance.

This move earned her considerable reputation.

Additionally, players discovered that Zhang Dahai hadn't been returning to his dorm, wandering outside instead, though no one knew what he was doing.

Although supplies still refreshed in those areas now, the quality was generally worse than during the game's final day.

"Xu Lang, when do you think those new residents will arrive?" Tong Qi's eyes showed both anticipation and anxiety.

Wang Yazhi and Cao Yaxuan also looked at Xu Lang, waiting for his response.

Xu Lang secretly shook his head.

How would he know about such things?

Definitely within this week.

"Probably in the next couple of days," Xu Lang said ambiguously.

"Do you want them to come or not?" Wang Yazhi pressed further.

Xu Lang rubbed his nose.

Was this the pressure of being the head of household? Truly terrifying.

Things the three girls didn't know, he actually found hard to know too!

But since they were all asking him, he could only put on a brave front.

Xu Lang said solemnly:

"We can't make a definitive conclusion yet, since we don't know what those new players are like."

"If they're newcomers like us, that would be beneficial for us."

"If they're veteran players, then the situation wouldn't be good!"

"Because the game difficulty would definitely increase, and veteran players might not be friendly toward newcomers!"

The three found this reasoning sound and couldn't help but worry, their anticipation diminishing somewhat.

Veteran players might not necessarily be friendly toward newcomer players like them, and could potentially pose greater threats than monsters!

Actually, discussions about the so-called new residents had been frequent in the chat room, with all kinds of speculation.

Xu Lang's viewpoint wasn't particularly novel, just that his logic chain was clearer.

As they chatted, night deepened.

The four could see the night scenery outside through the monitoring screen.

The blood-mist-filled night sky had no moon or stars, eerie and hollow.

When Wu Huihui and her group returned from their sweep earlier, they had brought Wang Yazhi a deck of cards.

Now the three women were playing Fight the Landlord on the sofa, while Xu Lang was meditating.

Wang Yazhi had never played Fight the Landlord before and was learning confusedly, losing the most badly.

Time passed quietly like this. This time, because they had played too long during the day, no one felt particularly sleepy. It wasn't until early morning that Cao Yaxuan and the others gradually went to bed.

Xu Lang took a deep breath and walked to the bedside.

Desolate Nightmare Small Bed, upgrade!

The three women, not yet fully asleep, felt the change in the Nightmare Bed and couldn't help but open their eyes.

They saw the bed beneath them had suddenly enlarged, feeling warm to the touch with a scent like sunshine, and the previously haphazardly piled blankets had also enlarged, neatly folded square.

Although this bed was quite peculiar and could self-clean, Cao Yaxuan had never seen the bedding look so "new" before, as if sparkling and shining.

Over two hundred Nightmare Coins in one night!

When Xu Lang woke up and saw the harvest, his smile stretched ear to ear.

Now he could even upgrade the main door directly!

"Xu Lang, what's wrong?" Cao Yaxuan was startled awake and asked softly.

"Something good happened," Xu Lang revealed a mysterious smile.

No matter how carried away he got, he wouldn't reveal anything about the sequence.

This wasn't about trust or distrust - such secrets could only be known by oneself alone, otherwise you'd be a thunder-struck idiot.

"Annoying~" Cao Yaxuan pouted, opening the chat room, thinking something had happened among the players.

Then this conversation caught her eye.