"Whoosh—"

A lasso screamed through the air, tangling around a male player's legs.

Seizing its chance, the Yellow Sand Knight suddenly sped up and charged!

His skin was fuller than ordinary soldiers, yet he still looked like a mummy, head wrapped in white cloth, wielding a curved blade, radiating a terrifying aura like a king returned from hell.

As he closed in, the curved blade was raised high!

The player was filled with despair;everyone else was some distance away from him.

Just then, a fist-thick bolt, like a heavy cannonball, pierced the Yellow Sand Knight’s chest in an instant and knocked him from his horse.

Whoosh—

A gust of wind, his body turned into yellow sand, and he died on the spot!

The male player escaped death and scrambled back in front of the dormitory building, looking up.

Beside Dorm 200 on the tenth floor, Cao Yaxuan had a massive crossbow at her side that made people tremble just to look at it!

"It was Goddess Yaxuan who saved me. In a critical moment, Dorm 200 really is reliable!" the male player thought, still shaken.

…

The army pressed near.

Strangely, the Yellow Sand Soldiers merely hovered outside and did not attack the building.

The players were overjoyed, repeatedly using ranged attacks to whittle down the Yellow Sand Soldiers.

Even so, the soldiers did not flee;they only put up symbolic resistance.

This thrilled the players—monsters were monsters, stupid beyond belief. This had to be a mechanical quirk that created a loophole.

Hours later, another group of Yellow Sand Soldiers arrived and set camp farther away.

The earlier wave of soldiers seemed like it had only been testing the players' methods and was inconsequential.

"Heh, they're even playing the decoy general trick!" Cao Yaxuan sneered, staring at an earth-colored tent moving among the Yellow Sand army.

The Yellow Sand army was too far from the dormitory for most turrets and bows to reach.

But that definitely did not include the Sun-Slaying Meteor Crossbow.

"Sister Yaxuan, doing that will draw aggro," a female player from Dorm 198 warned kindly.

"Isn't that even better?" Cao Yaxuan said as she lined up her aim.

Boom!

The Sun-Slaying Meteor Crossbow fired like thunder, vibrating the nearby players' ears numb.

The earth-colored tent was pierced through;a group of Yellow Sand Soldiers scrambled to protect it. A man with his head wrapped in yellow cloth charged out, pointing at the dormitory building and shouting angrily.

Cao Yaxuan curled her lips, not bothering to aim, and continued firing the Sun-Slaying Meteor Crossbow along the original trajectory.

Although that last shot achieved little, Goddess Yaxuan had been to the Blood Mist World and had plenty of money.

A bit of facility fee was nothing to her.

The earth-colored tent quickly became tattered and revealed no big figure inside—only a pile of strange supplies.

Because it was too far, Cao Yaxuan couldn't inspect its information.

Frowning slightly, she instinctively looked at Zhen Lu.

"Hey, hey, hey, that's the enemy's main camp. I'm not going to risk it, the eagle form's defense is too low," Zhen Lu said with a twitch at the corner of her mouth, quickly adding.

"Why would I make my best friend take a risk?" Cao Yaxuan said awkwardly.

Being too familiar with sisters wasn't always good;their thoughts were all transparent to each other.

"What's the situation now?"

A clear voice called out, Xu Lang stepped out of the dorm.

In an instant, the corridor seemed to brighten a few shades.

Xu Lang's presence was so exaggeratedly dazzling that the girls in the hallway all turned their eyes toward him like searchlights.

"Look for yourself. Those monsters are outside, messing with something," Cao Yaxuan said with a lifted corner of her mouth, pointing toward the Yellow Sand army.

Only small-minded women would mind a man's shine.

As for Cao Yaxuan, she was not petty!

Her tolerance was as vast as the sky!

Yes!

This was how Cao Yaxuan convinced herself. With so many tenants at home, she used to endure, now she embraced it—the way of soul redemption lay within!

Xu Lang's irises displayed crimson veins as he observed carefully, recording all the Yellow Sand army's movements.

With Constitution and Spirit enhanced, the Mind-Shattering Demon Eyes had also been strengthened indirectly.

Before, he had too many skills and couldn't fully control his Spirit attribute. Now that his Spirit attribute had risen, he felt all his skills respond with greater ease.

At that moment, the neighboring room's door opened.

Han Zhixiu came over, followed by Luo Lin and Tao Tao.

When Tao Tao appeared, her two dark, round eyes looked at Xu Lang.

She didn't know why she was staring at Uncle Xu Lang;everyone else was looking, so she followed suit.

"I think you could send two meat pigeons to check it out," Han Zhixiu said matter-of-factly, her full red lips moving.

"Meat pigeons" meaning players sent to their death.

"I'm not that kind of person," Xu Lang sighed.

Outsiders had deep misunderstandings about him.

He had never threatened or oppressed other players.

Claims that he robbed resources and suppressed the whole building's development were nonsense. Zheng Kai wasn't particularly formidable, but after following Xu Lang, his position as Floor Leader remained secure.

With such a great building like the Mad King Building and such abundant resources, if Xu Lang didn't seize them, should he feed the resources to others? Wu Huihui and the others knew he was brave and enterprising.

In fact, the tenth floor currently had the highest overall quality.

Because Wu Huihui didn't hoard resources, when her girlfriends were in rough shape she would help them unconditionally, minimizing wasted resources.

"Besides, there’s no need," Xu Lang continued before anyone else could speak. "What those monsters are carrying are incendiary materials, probably intended to set things on fire."

Incendiary materials?

Everyone froze for a moment.

"Those monsters aren't going to try to burn the building down, are they?!" Luo Lin cried out.

Tao Tao, who had somehow crawled up to Xu Lang's leg, turned to look at her mother in puzzlement, not fully grasping the seriousness of burning down the building.

"Not sure," Xu Lang shook his head and glanced at the sky. "Night's deep. They should act soon."

Time passed, and night came quickly.

Now that Xu Lang no longer had time limits on sleep or fusion, the best immediate choice would be to sleep to avoid future issues and ensure at least eight hours.

But he had a feeling something would happen tonight, so he did not rush to bed.

At some unknown moment, the sound of thundering hooves and players’ shouts rose outside the dormitory.

"Shit, they're really trying to burn the building!"

"Everyone stop them! Don't let them into the stairways!"

"Fire attack! Fire attack! First, ignite their supplies!"

"Aren't the first-floor players' lives worth anything?!"

From the darkness outside the dormitory lights, hordes of Yellow Sand Soldiers carrying incendiary materials came roaring in.

Drop the incendiaries, light them, then go—this was their plan!

"Die… you damned bugs, trapped… in the cage!" A dry-corpse wrapped in a yellow headscarf stood in place, watching the army advance with a strained smile.

That strained smile soon froze on his face.

What are you doing?!

Before the Yellow Sand Soldiers even reached the Mad King Building's base, they discarded their incendiary materials and raised their curved blades!

"Kill!"

Although those Yellow Sand Soldiers had no vocal cords, the yellow-headscarfed dry corpse seemed to have heard their soul-borne cry!

Thud, thud!

Thud-thud-thud!

The dry corpse's desiccated heart suddenly fluttered, its gaze fixed on Dorm 200 on the tenth floor as its pupils slowly contracted.

Bloodshot veins appeared in those pale eyes, revealing madness and ferocity!

He saw endless oases, golden milk and honey, a fountain of life that could bring him back to life!!!

"Kill ahhh!!!" he screamed hoarsely, charging at the Mad King Building like a rabid dog!

Forgetting feelings! Going brutal! Losing mind!