Xu Lang raised an eyebrow, walked over, and automatically collected one thousand copper coins, then also obtained a level three steel trident.

Is this what all players are doing?

Pretty interesting!

Xu Lang twirled the steel trident in his hand, then suddenly looked at the three players about fifty or sixty meters away and said in a strange, exaggerated tone, "You wanna buy it? I'll sell it to you cheap."

The moment Xu Lang's gaze landed on those three players, their hair practically stood on end.

The leading crew-cut player's throat bobbed, but he couldn't bring himself to say the words "this area is under my control." He just stammered, "We... we just came to take a look."

"Yeah, yeah, boss, we're just looking, you go ahead!" another player immediately chimed in.

Seeing Xu Lang didn't respond, the leading player turned and ran!

Crap, crap!

Ran into a wild humanoid boss right out the door!

They had just stepped out of their dorm when they saw this wild boss kick a fishman to death—utterly brutal!

What's the difference between that and running into Xu Lang himself?

And this wild boss seemed to have decent intelligence too.

Way too damn scary, bro!

Need to report this to the Floor Leader ASAP!

"Huh? Normal players shouldn't kill in the wild either, right? Why are these guys running so fast?"

Xu Lang frowned, never imagining the black cloak would cause such a misunderstanding.

In the end, unable to make sense of it, Xu Lang could only mutter to himself, "The infighting among players is still too severe. They flee at the first sign of someone stronger."

But it didn't matter.

The Civil Anti-Black Group Director would regularly patrol the dormitory buildings to ensure proper conduct and discipline.

Root out bad habits, clamp down on evil vibes, uphold the proper order!

After Xu Lang left, a large group of people arrived at the flowerbed location.

"Where is it? Where's the wild boss?!" Zheng Kai, clad in blood-red armor and wielding an oddly shaped greatsword, looked exactly like the Zha Zha Hui from those legendary game ads.

"I don't know." The crew-cut player scratched his head, looking around left and right.

"Idiot! Why didn't you leave someone behind to tail him then?!" Zheng Kai flew into a rage. All the eighth-floor players were here, even those in the bathroom had been dragged out, and you're telling me the monster's gone?

The crew-cut player wore a pained expression. Back then, the three of them were scared out of their wits; how could they have thought of that?

"Forget it! Everyone, search with me! We must find that boss!" Zheng Kai ordered.

Monsters during rest periods were generally not strong. If they could kill that super-powerful boss, they'd definitely score a huge haul. After playing this game for so long, he'd learned one truth: "Anything out of the ordinary is guaranteed to drop big!"

Under the night sky, the eighth-floor players scattered, searching for that cloaked wild boss.

...

Xu Lang wandered around outside for about an hour, found it boring, and went home.

In the living room of Dorm 200, Tong Qi was practicing ghost control, improving her rapport with her ghost pet.

Wang Yazhi was nowhere to be seen, probably cultivating the Green Lotus Qi Refining Art in the secondary bedroom.

Cao Yaxuan, Xu Ruyan, and Xu Xiaomeng were playing Dou Dizhu.

Seeing Xu Lang enter, Cao Yaxuan, who wore a miserable expression, immediately said, "I quit!"

"No way, you haven't finished your hand!" Xu Ruyan hurriedly objected.

Xu Lang walked over, glanced at the snack chips on the table used as betting tokens, and asked with a smile, "Who's winning, who's losing?"

"I'm losing." Cao Yaxuan pouted, on the verge of tears from frustration.

Among the three, both she and Xu Xiaomeng weren't very good, while Xu Ruyan was slaughtering them single-handedly.

Xu Lang laughed heartily, "It's fine. Your losses are on me. After I finish cultivating later, we'll play a two-deck game."

"Deal!" Cao Yaxuan's frustration instantly vanished. She stood up and planted a kiss on Xu Lang's cheek.

Her red lips were cool to the touch, carrying a hint of icy fragrance.

Cao Yaxuan wrapped her arms around Xu Lang's neck and said in a sweet, clinging tone, "Brother Xu Lang, where's the Blood Bat design blueprint?"

"In the backpack. No rush to use it." Xu Lang shook his head.

"Let me see it!"

"What's so interesting about a blueprint?"

"This is a level seven blueprint! It's different!"

Xu Lang handed the blueprint to Cao Yaxuan and then went to cultivate.

Two hours later, Xu Lang walked out of the study to find the three still playing cards, though they had switched to a different game.

Tong Qi had joined in as well.

The atmosphere was much better than before. Everyone was all smiles, with no obvious loser in sight.

Seeing this scene, Xu Lang shook his head and headed straight for the bathroom.

Today, Cao Yaxuan and the others had staggered their shower times, so the bathroom wasn't crowded.

Xu Lang dried himself off, wrapped himself in a bathrobe, and as he was about to leave the bathroom, he caught sight of himself in the mirror and frowned.

It seemed like he had forgotten something...

Right!

The tattered cloth fragments!

Thinking of this, he immediately rushed out of the bathroom and into the study to search.

Back then, he thought these items of unknown level were special, so he had stored them away carefully.

A moment later, Xu Lang held the two tattered cloth fragments in his hand, feeling that their material was indeed very similar.

Just then, the two cloth fragments actually began to merge! In an instant, they transformed into a larger piece of cloth. The old, faded appearance vanished, revealing its true form!

[Mad King Dormitory Building Map (2/18)]

[Type: Map]

[Level: Unknown]

[Description: One of the Floor Leader's tokens. Please collect them all...]

Seeing the description, Xu Lang's pupils contracted sharply.

Floor Leader!!!

Last time when they discussed the Station Director, Rainy Night Blade had said the Station Director was a Floor Leader!

Floor Leaders were different from ordinary players; they existed above Dorm Owners!

"Damn it! Didn't Rainy Night Blade say matters involving Floor Leaders wouldn't appear until after ten cycles? How come I'm encountering this now?!"

Xu Lang was shocked, feeling both happy and troubled.

If he had to describe his current mood, it was like a small-time landlord happily lounging around, only to suddenly discover a ton of gold in his house—not knowing how to deal with it.

Xu Lang took a deep breath and focused his gaze on the map itself. He was astonished to find it meticulously detailed everything around the teaching building, including treasure chests and players!

At this very moment, there was a gleaming bronze-colored treasure chest marked on the map!

He was familiar with this thing; he had just opened one not long ago!

"Holy crap! Does the complete map let you monitor the entire Mad King Dormitory Building?!"

"No wonder Rainy Night Blade held the Station Director in such high regard. This Floor Leader position is definitely not ordinary!"

"I wonder if, after assembling the complete map, I'll be able to see the areas of the campus obscured by the red mist!"

Xu Lang was utterly shocked. After observing it for a while, he decided this was something only he could know.

Human nature couldn't withstand testing.

What if testing it actually caused problems? What would he do then?

Use a side account to flirt with your own wife, cuckold yourself, is that it?!

Xu Lang calmed his emotions, directly stored the Mad King Dormitory Building Map in his backpack, then had a thought and took out another item.

The True Ancestor's Manuscript.

This thing was emitting a red glow and had actually undergone a strange transformation as well!