Chapter 55: See the card again, the King of Hearts!

Cao Yaxuan and Xu Lang went to take a shower. Now that Xu Lang had suddenly become wealthy and had no shortage of copper coins at all, he naturally went all out.

While others collected shower water in buckets to reuse repeatedly, he kept the water running continuously from the moment he entered.

About half an hour later, Xu Lang sent a message to Tong Qi.

Not long after, the bathroom door was pushed open by a flustered Tong Qi.

"What's wrong, why did Sister Yaxuan faint!?" Tong Qi's pupils trembled, her face tense, with beads of sweat appearing on her innocent face beneath her bob haircut.

Cao Yaxuan had already finished getting ready and left earlier.

Wang Yazhi was practicing sword techniques when she saw Xu Lang and Tong Qi come out, and couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Fortunately, the dormitory's soundproofing was extremely good, otherwise the neighbors would have been making "complaint calls."

"Mm." Wang Yazhi nodded, her expression turning serious: "I feel the sword suits me well, and it feels natural to use."

"That's good then." Xu Lang revealed a smile.

If he could reach the top in this round of the game, and the three women—Cao Yaxuan and the others—made it into the top ten, then their attribute points and other rewards would be the same as his.

Although this wasn't quite as good as continuously upgrading the dormitory, it was still very good news.

Therefore, they should strive for what they could achieve.

This also meant the three women couldn't just be decorative vases forever.

Afterward, Wang Yazhi took a shower and went to bed.

Xu Lang had originally been about to sleep, but seeing that the Nightmare Bed's cooldown time was getting closer, he still engaged in some friendly interaction with Wang Yazhi.

Mainly because he was afraid the Comfort Level wouldn't take effect.

"Xu Lang..." Wang Yazhi listened to the latter's thumping heartbeat, hesitating uncertainly.

"What's wrong?" Xu Lang wore a smile that he thought looked composed but was actually super forced.

"In the future, you could try allocating more points to constitution, and leave the special mental attack position to Tong Qi and Yaxuan."

"Hmph... let's sleep!"

The four people in Dorm 200 were sleeping soundly, but people in other dormitories couldn't rest yet.

Because this was precisely the time to seize the initiative; no matter how tired they were, they had to go floor sweeping, otherwise if they went too late, they might not even get a single scrap.

So unless they were the type who fell asleep immediately upon lying down, everyone else ran out of their dormitories, not daring to rest.

Everyone's mental energy was almost pushed to the limit.

This kind of exhaustion couldn't be recovered from just eating some high-quality food.

Thunderbolt and the others had been killing monsters all night, their eyes completely bloodshot, but precisely because they were Floor Leaders, they couldn't slack off now—they had to lead the first-floor players to sweep floors.

Although he really wanted to take down Xu Lang, he truly had no time for it right now.

At times like this, they had to stick together.

Otherwise, if other people on the first floor got bullied, it would indirectly weaken the first floor's overall strength, making the first floor more vulnerable to being overrun.

Ordinary players also needed to rely on the Floor Leaders, while simultaneously wanting to surpass them.

In short, the situation here was quite complex and couldn't be fully explained in just a few words.

After experiencing one night of the game, the number of players in the Mad King building had dropped to three hundred.

But these three hundred people would be stronger than before!

On one hand, this was because of monster drops, and on the other hand, because when other players died, they could dismantle those unoccupied dormitories.

In the first round of the game, Xu Lang and the others weren't very good at developing.

But in the second round, with veteran players joining, the new players grew incredibly fast, practically like locusts—wherever they went, nothing was left behind.

After each round of the game, the blood mist area would expand outward a bit, creating more space and refreshing item spawn areas.

With three hundred people scattered about, they actually weren't very conspicuous, so even if you left the main group to search for items elsewhere, it was possible, but if you got robbed, you couldn't blame anyone else.

There was no Blood Grudge mechanism during the game period.

Ninety percent of the tenth-floor players were sticking together, gathered around Wu Huihui, forming the largest group.

Wang Tingting said to Wu Huihui: "Huihui, we can't completely rely on Lang Ge."

"I know." Wu Huihui nodded, her expression grave.

The former Warrior Wu Huihui could now be said to be the weakest Floor Leader, not even making it into the top thirty of the Points Leaderboard.

"Sister Huihui, look at this!" Suddenly, a girl shouted loudly.

She was holding up a playing card with the pattern of the King of Hearts.

Charlemagne's curly hair, holding a sword pointed at his own head, looked somewhat strange.

This newly acquired item didn't have clear ownership yet, so everyone could see its information.

"Hahaha, Xiao Zhu, you've struck it rich!" Wu Huihui laughed heartily.

A group of girls immediately crowded around.

"Huihui, do you think I should upgrade my dormitory or delay the game time by three days?" Nie Xiaozhu asked happily.

If tenth-floor players wanted to join the group, they didn't need to pay a percentage or surrender materials—they only needed to give Wu Huihui two hundred copper coins.

This might seem exploitative, but it was actually the most reasonable among the ten floors.

There was no helping it—although Wu Huihui wasn't bad, she wasn't a true saint either.

"I'd advise you to choose delaying the game time by three days."

Right at that moment, a magnetic female voice came through.

Everyone turned to look and saw Xu Ruyan standing in the corner with her arms crossed.

"Gasp~ Sister Xu, weren't you operating alone? When did you appear!" a girl exclaimed in surprise.

Wang Tingting asked: "Sister Xu, why do you say that?"

Xu Ruyan calmly explained: "The ninth floor has already collapsed. Li Li and the others have all moved to other floors. When that happens, the pressure will shift to the tenth and eighth floors."

Everyone's hearts suddenly jolted with alarm.

That really made sense!

Wu Huihui also understood this point, frowning as she said: "But that would require too great a sacrifice from Xiao Zhu."

She was wondering if they could sell this card to someone with team spirit, so they could secure some benefit for Nie Xiaozhu too.

Xu Ruyan said calmly:

"To be honest, this no-level item has extremely high value. If you could trade it with those veteran players from the seventh or eighth cycles, you could definitely get a sky-high price beyond your imagination!"

"But... can you really survive this round of the game?"

"Based on my observations, our tenth floor's overall strength is probably the weakest among all floors. The ninth floor, which was stronger than you, has collapsed, and the next round will only be more difficult!"

"I've said all I need to say. Consider it yourselves."

After speaking, Xu Ruyan's figure flashed and she disappeared like a ghost.

Nie Xiaozhu immediately became conflicted.