Xu Lang stroked his chin and suddenly asked, "Is Tang Ze already one of your people?"

"Just working for me, that's all," Li Shuwen replied.

Tang Ze looked slightly embarrassed. "Yes, I'm planning to settle down next to Dorm 49 if I can't withstand this round of turmoil!"

In the last game cycle, he basically hadn't developed much at all.

And soon, new residents would be arriving.

At that time, there might be Eighth Cycle players, and he wasn't sure he could hold out.

Even if Eighth Cycle players were slackers, they'd still be quite strong. If any had earned the Top Player title before, they'd be proper high-level players for sure.

"Pretty good," Xu Lang said noncommittally.

Zhang Dahai spoke up at this point, "Lang Ge, too many people have died on our second floor. Just the new residents alone will make up eighty to ninety percent of the population!"

"If someone tries to manage the second floor with a militarized approach, ordering Xiaofan to go die or take hits or something, I definitely won't agree!"

"At that time, I might have to trouble you, Lang Ge, to back me up and hold the scene!"

"Of course, I'll provide compensation. I won't let you help for free, Lang Ge!"

The situation on the second floor was turbulent. He was usually outside anyway, so it didn't affect him much. He was just worried about something happening at his headquarters.

Ye Fan was immediately quite moved.

Zhang Dahai was too good to him, making him feel he couldn't possibly repay such kindness.

Xu Lang didn't say anything like "no need for money" or similar phrases. That would only make people feel he was cheap. With a faint nod, he simply said, "Alright."

"Thank you, Lang Ge!" Zhang Dahai said happily.

"Hahaha, everyone drink... drinks, bottoms up!" Li Shuwen laughed heartily twice and raised his cup.

After everyone clinked glasses, the conversation returned to the main topic.

"Wenwen, show everyone the Sequence information," Li Shuwen said, looking at Li Wenwen.

"Okay," Li Wenwen nodded, staring at Xu Lang as she shared the Sequence information.

[Blacksmith]

[Sequence Level: C-77]

[Sequence Ability 1 (Blacksmith): Doubles the effect of forging-type skills]

[Sequence Ability 2 (Fire Tempering): Releases tempering fire to strengthen equipment]

[Sequence Ability 3 (Facility Artisan): Creates sockets on attack and defense facilities for embedding enchantment gems]

[Sequence Ability 4 (Divine Weapon Refinement): Failed equipment enhancements produce Forging Essence. Blacksmiths can use Forging Essence to increase the success rate of Fire Tempering and protect equipment from damage]

"Such a standard forging-type Sequence!" Wu Huihui exclaimed in surprise.

Li Shuwen smiled confidently. "Well, the name says it all."

A smile graced Li Wenwen's delicate, pretty face when she suddenly received a friend notification.

Seeing it was a friend request from Xu Lang, her heart leaped with joy, and she immediately accepted it.

[Xu Lang: Did you share that Divine Weapon Refinement ability with the others too?]

[Li Wenwen: No, I only shared it with you!]

The corner of Xu Lang's mouth twitched. Looking at Li Wenwen's starry-eyed, fangirl-like gaze, he understood.

When he saw the Divine Weapon Refinement skill, he had thought that if it were him, he definitely wouldn't share that piece of information.

Li Shuwen shouldn't be that careless, right?

Well, turns out it wasn't that Li Shuwen was careless, but that Li Wenwen was too much of a love-struck airhead!

If this were back in his days as a keyboard warrior online, Xu Lang would have definitely complained something like "tax avoidance causing brain drain, good fetal preservation techniques."

But since the girl was showing it specifically to him, this was clearly a pure, good girl!

"Uncle Wen, you've really hit the jackpot this time!" Zhang Dahai swallowed hard.

He had been collecting information about Sequences and knew there were many types. Among them, forging-type Sequences were a particularly special kind.

These Sequences usually had little killing power but were extremely premium, and generally possessed both "enhancement" and "socketing" abilities.

Many players had seen that Sequence Encyclopedia of Kirby's. Back then, some people even plagiarized it and resold it second-hand on the Trading Network, but it gradually became worthless.

"Zhu Yan, being able to join Uncle Wen's dorm is really your lucky break!" Nie Xiaozhu said with a look of emotion, gazing at Zhu Yan.

It was said that forging Sequences could make a ton of money.

"Hahaha!" Zhu Yan couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.

"Ah, it's not all good news either," Li Shuwen sighed with a bitter smile. "I really have no confidence against those newly arrived Eighth Cycle players."

When a Sequence Holder dies, there's a chance the Sequence will drop!

Holding a heavy weapon but not using it is no different from throwing away a golden opportunity to snowball. Still playing the pig in the dormitory building at this point would mean you're truly a pig.

But revealing it... he genuinely had no solid ground to stand on!

"It is indeed very dangerous. Even if no one is thinking of snatching the Sequence, there will definitely be people wanting Li Wenwen to work as forced labor," Ye Fan spoke up.

"That's exactly what I'm afraid of," Li Shuwen nodded, staring at Xu Lang. "Xu Lang, what do you think?"

Everyone involuntarily looked at Xu Lang.

The hot pot bubbled and steamed. The atmosphere at the scene became somewhat subtle.

"How much of the profit are you planning to give me?" Xu Lang pondered briefly before speaking frankly.

"Haha, easy to discuss," Li Shuwen's face brightened, and he inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.

After observing Xu Lang for so long, he had discerned one of Xu Lang's characteristics.

That was, Xu Lang wasn't the type to undermine the overall interests of the dormitory building.

This was also why he dared to take the risk and arrange this meeting with Xu Lang!

Otherwise, before Xu Lang died, he would never have let Li Wenwen step into the spotlight!

"With Lang Ge as a protective umbrella, no one would dare touch Wenwen," Wu Huihui said with a smile.

Tang Ze looked at Xu Lang, his eyes full of envy.

This was what it meant to be a local tiger! If he could have such prestige one day, he'd be willing to have wives and concubines like clouds, even willing to seek immortality!

"Thirty percent of the net profit!" Li Shuwen held up three fingers.

Xu Lang shook his head in reply. "Fifty percent!"

Li Shuwen agreed readily. "Deal."

Fifty percent it is, then. When encountering danger during game time later, Xu Lang should provide support too, right?

Ah, in this Dorm Survival Game, surviving is more important than anything.

If this were back in his days as a keyboard warrior online, Xu Lang would have definitely mocked something like "tax avoidance causing brain drain, good fetal preservation techniques."

"Not yet. It'll change according to the game's progress," Li Shuwen replied.

If players are rich, charge more. If they're poor, charge less.

"How are the effects?" Xu Lang asked.

Li Shuwen replied, "Wenwen is a C-grade Sequence. The success rate for socketing and enhancing is very high."

"It's just that no Enchantment Gems have appeared in Mad King building yet, so let's not discuss that for now."

"This is my +7 enhanced spear. Take a look."

As he spoke, Li Shuwen flipped his hand and took out a spear, sharing part of its information.

[Meteorite Cold Iron Spear +7]

[Type: Spear]

[Level: 8]

[Lethality: 680+238]

"Zhu Yan, being able to join Uncle Wen's dorm is really your lucky break!" Nie Xiaozhu said with a look of emotion, gazing at Zhu Yan.

Li Shuwen explained, "Each enhancement increases the equipment's base attributes by five percent. However, after reaching +7, there's a chance of enhancement failure!"

"Wenwen can currently perform twenty enhancements a day!"

"Too many times will harm her body. Only by using very high-level recovery items can her condition be restored!"

Hearing this, Wu Huihui drew a sharp breath. "Twenty times a day, ten thousand Copper Coins per time... that's two hundred thousand earned in a single day!"

Zhu Yan flashed a bright smile, showing his white teeth. "We plan to auction off the enhancement slots!"