Today's supermarket was completely empty. After Xu Lang and the two others arrived, they immediately split up to act separately.

After browsing around, Xu Lang noticed that the quality of items in the supermarket had declined.

This made him frown slightly.

Was the dormitory building encouraging everyone to go out and pioneer new territories?

It seemed the Heavy Armor Maniac had said that the further into the game you got, the weaker the supermarket's presence became. The main circulation of items relied on trading between players.

Truly good stuff wouldn't appear in the supermarket.

But there were exceptions sometimes. For instance, some dormitory buildings' supermarkets would hold discount sales or promotions every now and then.

Each dormitory building had its own distinct style.

Casually buying a few items with decent effects, Xu Lang then headed to the lifestyle section.

"Not bad, not bad. Other sections only have a few rare items as their highlights, but the quality in the lifestyle section remains as high as ever."

Xu Lang's eyes flickered repeatedly.

Many of the clothing items here were rare-grade, with the top-tier items being several rare-grade clothing pieces at level 12.

"Xu Lang, I knew you'd be here." Cao Yaxuan and Tong Qi walked over, the former wearing a calm, confident smile.

Xu Lang turned to look at the two girls and said, "Choose!"

Last time, it was too rushed;they didn't come to the supermarket to buy clothing, losing out on a lot of Nightmare Coin conversion rates.

This made Xu Lang determined that from now on, after each harvest settlement, they could postpone other things, but the first priority must be to come to the supermarket.

After purchasing the clothing, the three of them didn't leave. Instead, they found a place to sit and began listing a large number of items for sale.

They had killed too many monster players in the last game round, and the number of skill scrolls and items was countless.

"Skill scrolls like this one must be kept." Xu Lang held a skill scroll, earnestly instructing Tong Qi and the others.

[Shadow Power (Active Skill)]

[Type: Skill Scroll]

[Level: 5]

[Rarity: Rare]

[Effect: Cultivate Shadow Power, increasing affinity with shadows]

[Upgrade Condition: 1200 Nightmare Coins]

[Introduction: Merge into the shadows!]

"Lang Ge, do you mean cultivation skills? Or items with high rarity?" Tong Qi asked in a somewhat uncertain tone.

Xu Lang shook his head, his expression very serious. "Pay attention to its description: Shadow Power. Skills like this are usually system skills, like my True Qi, Yaxuan's magic, Yazhi's Ethereal Energy, Little Meng's psychic power."

If there were such matching system-type skills, he wanted to try fusing them again to create a second "Golden Core Technique"!

Both girls realized Xu Lang wasn't joking.

Tong Qi nodded repeatedly. "I understand. Actually, I feel Shadow Power would be quite suitable for Sister Yan."

Next, everyone continued listing items for sale.

...

A young person arrived at the Mad King Building.

If a dormitory room remained unoccupied, the key would disappear after a period of time. That was when new residents would arrive.

However, there were exceptions. If a dormitory was severely damaged, leaving it with no remaining value, the speed at which the dorm owner's key disappeared would increase rapidly.

At this moment, Dorm 170 changed rapidly, transforming in the blink of an eye from a pile of ruins into a Gothic room overflowing with dark aura.

The dormitory was named—Witch's Home.

"What's the deal with this guy named Xu Lang? Thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three... thirty-three dorm owner keys. Damn, did I end up in a breeding dorm!?"

A black-dressed beauty hugged a doll, her other large eye, not covered by gauze, revealing intense shock.

Her attire was bizarre: spiderweb tights on her legs, extremely high black platform shoes on her feet, her whole body exuding a dark, deep, and cruel aura.

Tap, tap, tap...

She quickly walked to the dressing table, picked up a black dressing mirror, which reflected the scenery outside the dormitory building.

After the previous game round, the restrictions of the Mad King Building seemed to have loosened somewhat. Some newly arrived players already had experience exceeding ten cycles.

...

After listing the spoils at low prices, Xu Lang began sorting out his own situation.

First, skills.

Golden Core Technique was Epic, Madness Flame was Legendary, Mind-Shattering Demon Eyes was Legendary, Blood Contract·Pureblood Vampire was Rare, Ghost Slash was Exclusive.

Equipment: Blood Pelican Demon Blade was Legendary, Ghostly Profound Armor was Rare, Survivor Set was Uncommon.

Facilities: Golden Toad Jade Pillar Door was Rare, Void Splitter was Uncommon, Blood Bat Nest was Uncommon, Sun-Slaying Meteor Crossbow was Uncommon, Electromagnetic Rail Crossbow was Uncommon, two Micro Tri-Eye Machine Guns were Uncommon.

"No wonder I felt there was a power imbalance between the dormitory and me. Sometimes I'm more powerful than the turrets. So it's because the turrets' rarity is too low... High-rarity turrets seem to be even rarer than other items!"

Xu Lang could guarantee it.

Other people's turrets definitely wouldn't exceed Uncommon rarity, and probably 99% were just Common!

What they previously considered overpowered turrets were only overpowered in terms of level compared to monsters, not truly overpowered in rarity!

The dormitory building allowed high-rarity items to appear frequently but didn't permit facilities to have the same situation.

The most likely reason behind this was...

"The dormitory building is afraid, and it's also avoiding, avoiding the emergence of truly out-of-spec turrets!"

Xu Lang's eyes gleamed, and a faint, almost imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Think about it: a high-level turret alone could make it difficult for monsters to attack the door.

If a turret arrived that was both high-level and high-rarity, then a single player's room could really withstand all the monsters, becoming unkillable!

"I have the Air Conditioner, so I'm not afraid of environment-type instances anymore. I've also stockpiled enough food at home... If I add two invincible turrets..."

"The Dorm Survival Game doesn't truly have a dormitory that adapts to all instance types?"

"Not necessarily!"

"As long as the defense is strong enough, the killing power is strong enough, and there are reserve supplies at home, the dormitory building would find it hard to kill you!"

Thinking this, Xu Lang finally felt a sense of reassurance.

This sense of reassurance was something he had never felt before because he felt he had always been under the dormitory building's manipulation.

Now he discovered the dormitory building also had weaknesses and also feared the emergence of certain situations—that was enough!

As long as there was a direction, Xu Lang could rely on the Nightmare Lord's Sequence to break through all obstacles ahead!

"Tong Qi, who are the ones performing best in pioneering right now?" Xu Lang, having sorted out his mood, looked at Tong Qi with a full smile.

Tong Qi felt Xu Lang was in a much better mood, with an indescribable sense of ease. She also wore a smile on her face. "The one making the biggest waves is Zhang Dahai!"

Huh?

Xu Lang felt surprised. "How is it him?"

Pioneering was always led by Floor Leaders, with team operations. Dahai shouldn't be that fierce, right?

"Dahai has stockpiled a lot of pioneering supplies, and he was also the one who brought back the first level 12 item." Worried Xu Lang might not fully understand, Tong Qi added, "Pioneering supplies refer to one-time powerful recovery items and offensive items. These are crucial. Pioneering uses them frequently. Some players have gone all-in buying these supplies, so prices have risen very quickly."

"Where is Dahai now?" Xu Lang asked.

"He's still in the Blood Mist World!" Tong Qi replied.

Pioneering wasn't this hot from the start. The heat only ignited after Zhang Dahai brought back a level 12 item.

He was the first to eat the crab!

And he still hasn't let go!