Chapter 57: Nightmare Crib Upgrade, Ghost Child's New Name

"Actually, according to logic, one thousand Nightmare Coins should just be used to upgrade the Nightmare Bed... but then I wouldn't have any Nightmare Coins as a trump card, since the Nightmare Bed doesn't have offensive capabilities."

Xu Lang's mental scales swayed back and forth.

Upgrading the Nightmare Bed would undoubtedly maximize returns—a must-choose for gambling addicts.

For a safer approach, upgrading Meditation would be better, so the reserved Nightmare Coins could be used to upgrade the Cyan Steel Main Door and turrets in emergencies, ensuring complete safety.

His current position at the top of the Points Leaderboard meant many people were definitely keeping an eye on him.

This wasn't him being overly anxious—Thunderbolt was practically half-openly declaring he would make a move against him.

Whenever people in Dormitory 2 talked about him, they would suddenly go silent. This signal was even more dangerous than directly expressing hostility.

After much consideration, Xu Lang decided to wait a bit longer.

Even if he upgraded the Nightmare Bed, he should wait until bedtime to do it.

Time passed slowly.

After a night of intermittent practice, his mental attributes hadn't increased.

Meditation caused headaches if practiced too much. After reaching a peak, the effects would also diminish.

During his free time, Xu Lang repeatedly opened Ye Fan's private message box.

"Can this thing really be useful?"

The room was still too small. Practicing this would definitely be discovered by Cao Yaxuan and the others.

Xu Lang silently closed the private message box and glanced at the clock.

It was already 8 AM—time to go to bed.

Xu Lang opened the chat room, collected the latest intelligence, then asked Wu Huihui about the movements of various Floor Leaders before reaching a decision.

Floor Leaders like Thunderbolt were currently fiercely competing for supplies and had no time to bother with him. This was the perfect opportunity to develop.

All in!

If you don't go all-in, how can you build up your snowball effect?

What he didn't know was that Thunderbolt had already arranged for people to monitor his movements.

The moment he went downstairs, Thunderbolt and his group would immediately turn around to set up an ambush, precisely because they feared he would go out to develop.

"Damn, the next upgrade price tripled directly!"

Xu Lang grimaced, then quickly calculated in his mind.

Forget it!

I'm not good at math anyway—I'll just sleep!

The three women were marveling at the suddenly enlarged bed when they saw Xu Lang perform a grand eagle spread and land on the bed.

At the same time, they began to somewhat believe what Xu Lang had said.

He might really have a skill that randomly upgraded items.

After all, what sane person would use an item upgrade opportunity on a bed?

Unless he was truly a super pervert.

The luxurious Nightmare Bed was massive, with platinum-gold headboard inlaid with gold thread, exuding opulence and elegance—it had the feeling of an aristocratic bed.

Beyond the visual changes, the quality itself was top-notch. The quilt cover and cotton batting were integrated into one piece, eliminating the problem of cotton clumping together.

At this moment, Xu Lang felt that upgrading the Nightmare Cot was truly a wise decision.

On a good bed, even combat power increased!

After going all out, he wasted just a tiny bit of the Nightmare Bed's cooldown before finally falling asleep.

"Wow~ Three hundred forty-two Nightmare Coins in one night. Sleeping for ten days would allow another Nightmare Bed upgrade. Compared to the Nightmare Bed's function, it's really not expensive."

Xu Lang excitedly checked his gains, feeling overjoyed.

Just one more sleep and he could upgrade two turrets!

With two level 3 turrets, who would dare kill me!?

Xu Lang took a deep breath, his lips curling upward, but he didn't let success go to his head.

When it came to turrets, if enemies had abundant long-range attack methods, they could gradually whittle down the health.

These things were mainly for fighting monsters, not players. To make players retreat, one needed solid personal strength.

Of course, this was only temporary.

It was said that high-level turrets had many abilities and were extremely powerful.

"Damn, I really want monsters to come quickly, to end the game sooner, upgrade the dormitory, so I can recruit the fourth little beauty, and also set up three turrets!" Xu Lang rubbed his hands together, muttering to himself.

"Xu Lang, what are you talking about?" Cao Yaxuan woke up to see Xu Lang's expression changing constantly, like a chameleon, while mumbling something about little beauties.

Xu Lang chuckled sinisterly twice and pushed Cao Yaxuan down.

Since she was a tenant, shouldn't she pay some rent?

After Xu Lang and Cao Yaxuan finished showering, Wang Yazhi and the others had already prepared the meal.

Crops like potatoes and vegetables had started appearing at Supply Points, but aside from wealthy households like Xu Lang's, almost no one would buy them.

Cooking was too troublesome.

Everyone went out to search for supplies every day, and eating was like fighting a battle—who had the leisure for this?

Only because Wang Yazhi and the others were relatively bored would they cook. Otherwise, they wouldn't bother either.

After all, people need some form of entertainment to live.

After the meal, when Tong Qi finished washing the dishes and saw Xu Lang hadn't started meditating yet, she approached and said softly, "Lang Ge, didn't you give the Soul Fragments to me?"

"Yeah, what about it?" Xu Lang returned to reality from the information flow in the chat room.

Over the past two days, more than ten players had died in total.

Some wanted to kill, others sought revenge—it was quite dramatic.

"If the Soul Fragments aren't useful, I'd like to feed them to the Ghost Child." Tong Qi said somewhat sheepishly.

Remembering the function of Soul Fragments, Xu Lang nodded and said, "Then I'll move the Ghost Child closer to the door."

Next, Xu Lang moved the Ghost Child near the doorway and watched Tong Qi feed it.

The Ghost Child, originally sitting, stood up immediately when it saw someone feeding it, opening its mouth to swallow the Soul Fragments, beaming with joy.

"This silly child gets happy whenever someone feeds it. I hope it doesn't get tricked in the future."

Xu Lang muttered to himself, then also tossed a piece of Soul Fragment.

If the Ghost Child ate enough ghost creatures, it could upgrade autonomously. Feeding more Soul Fragments now might accelerate its growth.

Soon, he heard footsteps coming from the hallway and brought Tong Qi back inside.

Tong Qi reluctantly said, "Tong Bao, I'll come see you again next time."

Tsk! Even a pet name has emerged.

The Ghost Child really struck Tong Qi's cute spot!