【Basic Nightmare Coins 120, Conversion Rate 782%, Eight-hour total production 1058 Nightmare Coins】

【Total Nightmare Coins: 1308】

"Sleeping for one night yields a thousand Nightmare Coins, that counts as a small breakthrough."

At 5:30 PM, Xu Lang got up, his eyebrows dancing with joy, secretly suppressing the urge to laugh out loud.

With nothing major to do today, he browsed the Trading Network.

He wanted to buy two completed facilities to test out what facility fusion was all about.

After all, with sixteen layers of Blood Grudge on him, the pressure was still somewhat significant; upgrading facilities for safety's sake was a priority.

In the past, Xu Lang suffered from choice paralysis; ordering takeout could take half an hour.

But the truth proved, that wasn't choice paralysis, it was the disease of poverty.

With a huge sum of money on hand, Xu Lang bought two completed turrets in under three minutes, then went straight back to sleep.

...

In his dream, Xu Lang once again arrived in that world where everything seemed to be dissolving.

Skill Fusion... Item Fusion... Facility Fusion...

Xu Lang chose Facility Fusion.

【Type I Facilities: Surveillance Camera, Radio, Lucky Star Piggy】

【Type II Facilities: Golden Pillar Jade Toad Door, Void Splitter, Thousand Jun Dragon Hunting Crossbow, Golden Eagle Wing Crossbow, Water Dispenser...】

【Type III Facilities: Blood Bat Nest, Man-Eating Flower, Crazy Flying Needle Launcher...】

"Type I facilities are the Core Facilities, Type II facilities are those already installed in the dorm, Type III facilities are those not yet installed..."

In an instant, Xu Lang understood, grasping the relationships involved.

At the same time, a stream of information flowed to him.

【Facilities of the same type can fuse with each other and with higher-tier facilities】

【Higher-tier facilities cannot fuse with lower-tier facilities】

【During fusion, one main facility and one auxiliary facility must be selected; one aspect of the auxiliary facility's level or effect will be transferred to the main facility】

After pondering for a moment, Xu Lang began to operate.

"Let's test the waters first with the Man-Eating Flower and the Blood Bat Nest!"

Two connected black squares, one above the other, materialized in front of him. The Blood Bat Nest slowly coalesced in the upper square, and the Man-Eating Flower coalesced in the lower one.

【Level Transfer / Effect Transfer】

Effect Transfer!

The next second.

The Man-Eating Flower exploded into fragments of light, surging into the Blood Bat Nest!

Instantly, the crimson hue of the Blood Bat Nest intensified, as if blood could drip from it.

【Blood Bat Nest】

【Type: Attack Facility】

【Level: 7】

【Lethality: Special】

【Attack Speed: Special】

【Attack Range: Ten Meters】

【Durability: 800/800】

【Effect 1 (Swarm of Blood Bats): Produces thirty Level 4 Blood Bats every ten minutes. Maximum of sixty Blood Bats can exist simultaneously. When injured and without an attack target, Blood Bats automatically return to the nest to heal.】

【Effect 2 (King): Blood Bats can absorb enemy blood to evolve, transforming into Level 7 King-Class Blood Bats】

【Deconstruction Yield: Sky Bat Blood X1, Witch's Veil X3, Night Star Sand X15, Man-Eating Flower's Tear X1】

【Upgrade Condition: 3700 Nightmare Coins】

【Introduction: Let the King appear!!!】

【Congratulations, Nightmare Lord. The compatibility between the Man-Eating Flower and the Blood Bat Nest is "Excellent." The Blood Bat Nest's attributes have been slightly enhanced, and it has gained a brand new effect!】

【Fuse/Not Fuse? Refusing fusion will turn the Man-Eating Flower into 4 portions of Nightmare Essence, settling within the pleasant dream...】

Xu Lang focused his consciousness, trying to probe what use Nightmare Essence had, but received very little feedback.

Nightmare Essence seemed to be something used in the later stages of the Nightmare Lord sequence.

Since that was the case, Xu Lang straightforwardly chose to fuse!

...

Waking up, Xu Lang opened his backpack, saw the optimized Blood Bat Nest inside, and a slight smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"There are still three days before the game starts. I can still fuse three more times!"

"Let's dedicate all three fusion chances to facilities. Skill and equipment fusion can be postponed."

Next, Xu Lang got out of bed, washed up, and after eating, called out to the women and went out for floor sweeping.

Whether they actually swept floors or not was unimportant; the main point was to mingle with the people, feel the atmosphere.

About an hour later, Xu Lang and the others returned.

Passing by Dorm 199, Xu Lang knocked on the door.

A moment later, Luo Lin opened the door, with Tao Tao standing beside her, her face full of anticipation.

"Do you have two empty slots in your backpack? I have two things for you," Xu Lang said to Luo Lin with a smile.

"Mhm!" Luo Lin nodded and initiated a trade request.

Looking at the two items appearing in the other party's trade window, a flash of shock passed through Luo Lin's eyes. She murmured, "Are you really giving these to us?"

"It's not for free. You'll have to work to pay me back later," Xu Lang replied.

"Even so, thank you!" Luo Lin said gratefully, her gaze refocusing on reality.

Two facilities had appeared in her backpack.

One was the Level 5 attack facility, Crazy Flying Needle Launcher; the other was the Level 5 door, Frigid Iron Guard!

The former could prevent Luo Lin from being eliminated for not gaining enough points, the latter could prevent her door from being broken down by monsters.

Luo Lin might become the first Creation Path player in the Mad King Dormitory Building, and she deserved protection.

"Tao Tao, this is a gift sister brought for you." Tong Qi squatted down and handed three bags of potato chips to Tao Tao.

"Thank you, Sister Tong Qi!" Tao Tao's voice was sweet, and her eyes lit up when she saw the chips.

"This is what I brought for you." Xu Xiaomeng took out a frog plush toy, her eyes curving into crescents as she smiled and said, "Did Tao Tao listen to Mommy today, eat well, and not run around?"

Tao Tao was very likable. Her cute appearance was one thing, but another was that she was the only child in the Mad King Dormitory Building.

Seeing the frog plush, Tao Tao didn't reach out immediately. Instead, she looked at Luo Lin, biting her finger and saying, "Tao Tao was very good. I ate three bowls of rice at lunch today!"

"Take it," Luo Lin said, a genuine smile appearing on her face.

Next, everyone chatted with Luo Lin and her daughter for a while longer before returning to Dorm 200. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Nothing major happened today.

The only thing worth mentioning was Rust Lake Park.

Tang Ze had taken over Rust Lake Park for several days now and had been trying various methods to deal with the monster at the bottom of the lake, but the results were astonishing.

All players who entered Rust Lake had died!

Many speculated that there was a Mechanic Monster at the bottom of the lake, and anyone who entered would be instantly killed!

That seemed to be the only possibility. It couldn't be that there was a Level 100 world-ending monster under Rust Lake, could it?

Thus, the matter of dealing with Rust Lake was temporarily put on hold.

During the morning gathering of the Blood Mist Mutual Aid Society, Xu Lang took a moment to mention this matter.

Rainy Night Blade and the others didn't have any special insights on it either.

And so, the day passed.

...

Early morning, when players were full of energy, was considered the golden time for floor sweeping.

Meanwhile, Xu Lang, utterly exhausted, had just fallen asleep.

In a certain respect, the Mad King Dormitory Building was very merciful.

Because there was no need to pay taxes. A social ecosystem that didn't require paying taxes was clearly abnormal.

Xu Lang viewed the Mad King Dormitory Building as his territory and felt he should shoulder the duty of "Tax Collector."

Upon taking office, he immediately launched a major investigation.

Cao Yaxuan and the others had been in the Mad King Dormitory Building for over a month and had evaded quite a bit of tax. Xu Ruyan had been there even longer, and her tax evasion was terrifyingly extensive!

If not for Xu Lang's righteous law enforcement, they might have gotten away with it using shady contracts to escape this reckoning!