[Wang Lie: Uh, Lang Ge, that Prince isn't your friend, is he?]

In Dorm 69, a male roommate saw Wang Lie's face suddenly turn pale and asked, "Wang Lie, what's wrong with you?"

[Xu Lang: No]

Wang Lie's complexion returned to normal, and he smiled at his roommate. "It's nothing, I just remembered something sad."

If he got chopped for speaking carelessly, that would indeed be pretty sad.

[Xu Lang: From now on, if you come across any important information on the fourth floor, let me know. There will be benefits for you.]

[Wang Lie: Thanks, Lang Ge!]

"Wang Lie, why is your face red again?" the male roommate asked, puzzled.

"Remembered something happy!" Wang Lie pursed his lips tightly. He understood Xu Lang's meaning—being an informant. As the game's difficulty increased, a single dorm of players could no longer stand alone. Everyone was forming groups, and information barriers between floors were gradually emerging.

Don't think leaking information is just a matter of sending a private message;these information barriers are surprisingly solid.

After all, if you were truly my good friend, you'd be in the same dorm or on the same floor right now.

In this situation, the only way to learn confidential information from other floors is through bribery.

This is also quite difficult. On one hand, it's easy to get scammed;on the other, others worry about future retaliation.

Wang Lie had encountered this kind of situation before and hadn't agreed at the time.

However, if the patron was Xu Lang, that was a different story!

Wang Lie wasn't worried about being scammed, nor did he think anyone would dare to seek revenge on him and Xu Lang.

As a veteran player, his first task upon arriving at a new dorm building was to collect information on players not to be messed with. So he knew that while Xu Lang was an absolute fierce deity, his credibility was very reliable.

"Odd and strange." The male player was baffled.

If the chat system didn't support voice, he'd suspect someone was having a secret conversation with Wang Lie.

...

"First floor, Su Yuan;fourth floor, Wang Lie;ninth floor, Zhou Ye... Hmm, Li Wenwen barely counts as one too."

Xu Lang wasn't recruiting informants randomly. At the very least, the person couldn't die easily.

Speaking of which, because of Zhou Ye, he actually understood the ninth floor's "Pandora" better than others.

According to Zhou Ye, no one on the ninth floor had seen Pandora's true appearance. She had completely controlled everyone else on her floor right within the dorms, which was utterly perverse.

Xu Lang suspected it had something to do with her dorm. Otherwise, this level of strength was too terrifying, even more horrifying than the Blood Mist Giant Snake he'd seen in the simulation.

"Woof woof woof!" The Evil Furry Grain ran over, its tail wagging like a little windmill.

Xu Lang fed it two Muscle-Building Bone-Strengthening Pills.

After such a long period of feeding, the Evil Furry Grain had reached level twelve. Its growth speed was indeed fast, but its attributes were still as lackluster as ever, nothing impressive.

"Tong Qi, you should pay more attention to information about the Ghost Eye Building from now on." Xu Lang said while petting the dog, looking at Tong Qi.

The Ghost Eye Building gave him the feeling it was Tong Qi's destined building. If there was a real chance to go there, they should be able to acquire many ghost-related items.

"Why?" Tong Qi was a bit confused.

Xu Lang explained.

Tong Qi suddenly understood. If she were to reside in the Ghost Eye Building, she would probably get a ghost eye tattoo too, right? She wondered what kind of ghost she would obtain.

Beside them, Xu Xiaomeng said, "Sister Tong, I'll help you keep an eye out for items related to the Ghost Eye Building in the future."

"Okay, thank you, Little Meng!" Tong Qi replied.

"I'm going to sleep for a while. Call me if anything comes up." Xu Lang said to the girls and then went to lie down flat on the Nightmare Bed.

With the Life Contract's boost, the Golden Core Technique gave Xu Lang a total of 8 Free Attribute points per day. It was like stepping on one foot with the other, stacking on top of each other.

However, when the Spirit attribute reached 150 points, it stagnated.

Breaking the Spirit limit was imperative.

Originally, he had planned to save the Nightmare Essence for monsters. But since the sixth round of the game lasted thirty days, he could now conduct a Spirit Trial Limit-Breaking Simulation.

Surely the Mad King Building wouldn't be destroyed in less than three days, right?

If that happened, he'd have nothing to say, only to shout, "Epitaph, activate!"

...

While Xu Lang was simulating the attribute trial, other players certainly didn't have such leisure. They were busy brainstorming, wanting to go see the situation at the edge of the yellow sand.

They were all no longer novices and knew waiting around like this wasn't a solution.

On the second floor, a group of players gathered.

Bai Wuya looked at Zhang Dahai. "Dahai, why don't you go take a look?"

Chen Kui immediately replied on Zhang Dahai's behalf, "Hey, Floor Leader Bai, we can't act recklessly. This round of the game is unusually dangerous. The Dormitory Broadcast was warning us even at the end of the last round."

Zhang Dahai quickly pursed his lips. He had almost agreed just now.

The other second-floor players sighed. Ever since Dorm 33 gained Chen Kui, Zhang Dahai wasn't as reckless as before. He now had a sense of when to advance and when to retreat.

Just then, a black crow flew out from the dorm building, heading into the distance.

News about this crow quickly spread among the players. It was the dorm pet of tenth-floor player Jiang Xiaowen, and its vision could be shared with her.

Hearing this news, many who were itching to move settled down, waiting for subsequent updates from the tenth floor.

About ten minutes later, the tenth floor released three pieces of information.

— The western campus had turned into a desert. Yellow Sand Soldiers were continuously crawling out from the sand, forming ranks, setting up camp, and there were suspected siege equipment.

— The yellow sand in the west was too dense;the pet crow's vision was limited.

The crowd erupted in uproar.

"We can't let them develop any further!"

"These are monsters with a great commander, highly intelligent!"

"They have more troop types than during the Frost Ghost incident. This is a huge problem!"

Some teams began to take the initiative to attack, while others seized the chance to scavenge for equipment.

There were three teams that took the initiative to attack, led by Zhai Ren, Kui Zi, and Bai Wuya respectively.

To be honest, this required quite some courage.

After all, judging by the number of monsters the pet crow saw, if these three teams got surrounded, they basically wouldn't make it back.

But this kind of risky endeavor was exactly what Floor Leaders should do. They were major beneficiaries of the dorm building and had to shoulder the responsibility.

This wasn't some peaceful society where you could hide in the back and let others die on the front lines.

If you don't take responsibility, plenty of people want to replace you!

...

"Scree~"

A white-feathered eagle with a two-meter wingspan soared into the air, following Bai Wuya's team from a moderate distance, neither too high nor too close.

"It's Zhen Lu. Xu Lang is also keeping an eye on things here!" Su Yuan looked back and immediately recognized the white eagle's true identity.

As pioneering continued, the abilities of the women from Dorm 200 had become somewhat known to other players.

"Hah, that coward!" The moment Kui Zi heard Xu Lang's name, she immediately had a bit of a reaction.

"Yeah, Lang Ge isn't as strong as everyone thinks. Actually, his initial rise was mostly thanks to Sister Tong." Su Yuan shook his head in agreement.

Xu Lang rising to power by relying on Tong Qi was also an old rumor.

And it was Xu Lang himself who initially spread it.

Kui Zi no longer had any suspicions about Su Yuan.

Because Su Yuan, using his identity as a Clear Sky University student, often badmouthed Xu Lang, exposing his old secrets.

How could someone who badmouths their boss be an informant?

Because of Su Yuan's slander, Kui Zi also became less fearful of Xu Lang.

She had a Sequence, after all. She would surpass Xu Lang sooner or later. She just needed to seize one opportunity to take off, leaving Xu Lang only fit to watch her back!

"Xu Lang isn't that simple." Bai Wuya shook his head.

He had once monopolized the resources of an entire building, his foundation was deep, but he still couldn't see through Xu Lang.

Zhai Ren was in a similar situation. He had returned from Exploration Mode, gradually converting his foundation into strength. But facing Xu Lang, he truly didn't dare make a move.

Recalling his past as a top soldier in the army, full of courage, yet looking at Xu Lang and the blade in his hand, an uncontrollable chill kept running up his spine.

As the three teams chatted, they soon arrived at a position suitable for an ambush.

Kui Zi crouched halfway down and released a two-wheeled robot.

The two-wheeled robot's eyes flashed red, and it charged into the yellow sand.

Not long after, the sound of gunfire rang out from within the yellow sand. The two-wheeled robot led a squad of Yellow Sand Soldiers running over.