After finishing the meal, Xu Lang, Li Shuwen, and the others dispersed.

Dorm 200, Dorm 180, Dorm 49, and Dorm 33 had essentially formed an alliance.

Although this alliance was quite loose and lacked any formal treaty.

As long as either Xu Lang or Li Shuwen remained alive, this alliance would not collapse.

The two of them had their interests bound together.

And Zhang Dahai and Wu Huihui also wanted to join this alliance to better establish themselves amidst the turbulent waves of the Mad King building.

After one wave of new residents came, another wave arrived, which surprisingly included an Eight-Cycle Player.

This quality made some players start to worry.

After Xu Lang returned home, he was immediately surrounded by Cao Yaxuan and the others.

Cao Yaxuan kept sniffing with her nose, trying to detect the scent of another woman.

"Xu Lang, what have you been doing? You smell so strongly of hotpot," Cao Yaxuan said with a frown.

She had heard of using green oranges to cover up the smell of makeup, but never using hotpot to cover it up.

"Zhang Dahai invited me for a meal, and Li Shuwen was there too..." Xu Lang briefly explained the situation.

After listening, all the women expressed their agreement.

This matter wasn't a big deal, but it wasn't trivial either.

But overall, having such a private group was definitely better than not having one.

Next, everyone headed to the Laboratory Building for sparring practice.

Although the dorm had leveled up, it still wasn't quite suitable for holding large-scale martial arts exercises.

When everyone opened the door to leave, Tao Tao heard the commotion and also opened her dorm door, looking at Xu Lang's group with eager eyes.

"Does Tao Tao want to come along?" Tong Qi asked with a cheerful smile.

Everyone's sparring wouldn't be serious, so it didn't matter if Tao Tao watched.

Tao Tao hugged her teddy bear, her eyes full of longing.

Luo Lin bit her lip and said to Xu Lang, "Can Tao Tao go? Would it be too much trouble?"

"It won't," Xu Lang decisively shook his head.

Tao Tao was being raised as a goddaughter, after all.

Luo Lin patted Tao Tao's head and said, "I still have experiments to do. I'll entrust Tao Tao to your care."

Tao Tao immediately broke into a happy smile and stepped over the threshold.

Watching the group chat and laugh as they walked away, Luo Lin let out a sigh and turned back into her room.

After Luo Lin entered her room, Xu Lang glanced back.

For Luo Lin to entrust Tao Tao to him, she already trusted him a great deal.

All that feeding Tao Tao hadn't been in vain.

Interests bound together plus emotional bonds—there was no relationship more solid than that.

...

Several hours later, the sparring results were out.

Cao Yaxuan, Wang Yazhi, Tong Qi, and Xu Ruyan were in the first tier, giving off a "Four Heavenly Kings" vibe.

Zhen Lu, Sherry, and Xu Xiaomeng were in another tier, with Zhen Lu being the strongest among them.

Xu Lang could tell that Zhen Lu was trying to hide her true abilities; otherwise, she had the strength to rival Wang Yazhi and the others.

The D-9 Sequence was no joke.

A Beast Spirit Envoy could use the abilities of beast spirits and even transform into them.

The beast spirits Zhen Lu currently possessed were three: a White Deer, a Tiger, and an Eagle.

The White Deer was for recovery, the Tiger for offense, and the Eagle allowed Zhen Lu to gain flight capability.

At a time when no other player had long-term flight ability, Zhen Lu's ability to transform into an Eagle seemed somewhat broken, though the duration was relatively short, only about three minutes.

After the sparring session, everyone went to the supermarket to purchase skills for Xu Xiaomeng and Zhen Lu.

Xu Xiaomeng was suited for close-combat skills.

As for Zhen Lu, most active skills weren't suitable; using skills while transformed into a beast spirit could easily create openings. Passive skills, on the other hand, were quite fitting.

After all, the Beast Spirit Envoy's own offensive methods were already quite diverse.

While the eight of them were shopping, many people noticed Zhen Lu, a new face, and whispered among themselves, filled with envy and jealousy.

"Another great beauty. That Great Demon King Xu Lang will die in bed one day! Even if he doesn't die, he'll be drained!"

...

While shopping for skills, Xu Lang also bought the materials for the storage room. After returning to the dorm, he began construction.

Inside was a thirty-square-meter space with warm pendant lights, display cabinets, and shelves.

After Xu Lang and the others busied themselves for a while, placing the main collectibles and items inside, they used the Glutton's Napkin.

"Xu Lang, open your backpack and look!" Cao Yaxuan said happily.

Xu Lang opened his backpack and found several extra rows of slots next to his backpack slots, all containing items from the storage room!

"So convenient!" Tong Qi stood outside the storage room, focused her mind, and a prop from inside appeared in her hand.

"I feel this is even better than the backpack. Now we don't have to argue about who carries the healing items anymore!" Xu Ruyan, wearing sleepwear, pressed her honey-colored thighs together, looking very pleased.

Xu Lang, acting as if he had an auto-aim hack, swept a glance but, afraid of being caught by the anti-cheat system, quickly looked away and calmly said, "Let's use the storage room for valuable items from now on. Anyway, we don't have many miscellaneous items left now."

Dorm 200 used to have a lot of miscellaneous items.

But ever since Xu Lang became wealthy, those items would be sold at low prices in auctions and quickly snapped up.

"So good!" Xu Ruyan smiled with pursed lips, her heart filled with a strong sense of pride.

Her man was truly capable. What other player could have such good facilities?

...

The day passed swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the next day.

[Base Nightmare Coins 160, Conversion Rate 1010%, 8-hour total production 1776 Nightmare Coins]

[Total Nightmare Coins: 2344]

With over nineteen hundred Nightmare Coins, it should be enough to upgrade the Zombie Summoning Card. Xu Lang immediately got out of bed to wash up and began upgrading the Zombie Summoning Card while in the bathroom.

[Nightmare Coins -75]

[Nightmare Coins -150]

[Nightmare Coins -340]

[Nightmare Coins -700]

[Tyrant Summoning Card]

[Type: Permanent Item]

[Level: 5]

[Effect: Summons a Tyrant to attack enemies, lasts 10 minutes, cooldown 30 minutes]

[Summoned Creature Attributes: 55 Constitution, 5 Spirit]

[Summoned Creature Skills: Mutant Claw, Overlimit Healing]

[Upgrade Condition: 1500 Nightmare Coins]

[Description: The Tyrant, a milestone masterpiece in the Biochemical Vanguard series. Fears neither life nor death, possesses strong execution capability, and can operate heavy firepower weapons.]

The Tyrant Summoning Card flashed, and a humanoid monster, 2.3 meters tall, appeared in the bathroom.

It had pale skin and bulging muscles. Although it presented a terrifying image of a bald, muscular man, its exposed crotch lacked any gender characteristics.

"What terrifying life force!" Xu Lang's spiritual sense conveyed a faint sense of danger, and he couldn't help but feel surprised.

The next second.

Xu Lang drew his blade and severed the Tyrant's arm with one slash.

The Tyrant grunted, looked down at its bleeding severed arm, then turned its gaze back to Xu Lang, seemingly awaiting orders.

"This kid is a bit introverted!" Xu Lang clicked his tongue and simply waited.

Several minutes passed, and the Tyrant's severed arm showed no signs of recovery.

"The weighting of the Blood Pelican Demon Blade is still too high." Xu Lang shook his head, flipped his hand, and cut the Tyrant in half with another slash.

The Tyrant's spine broke, and strange internal organs spilled onto the floor with a splatter. A few breaths later, it dissipated along with its blood.

Xu Lang checked the Blood Soul and Bloodthirst attributes and found neither had increased, feeling somewhat disappointed.

After leaving the bathroom, Xu Lang explained the matter of the Zombie Summoning Card and then prepared to go find Luo Lin.

Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi followed along.

Just as they stepped out of the dorm door, Cao Yaxuan suddenly stopped, looked back at the ceiling, and said, "Wait, I have an idea!"

"What is it?" Xu Lang asked, puzzled.

"Xu Lang, do you think the Blood Bats would grow if they ate the Tyrant's flesh?" Cao Yaxuan stared at the Blood Bat Nest, her eyes shining brightly.

Several tens of minutes later, a King-level Blood Bat spread its wings in the sky.

Xu Lang looked at Cao Yaxuan in astonishment.

Could this be the legendary genius?!