"What do you all think of this Lord of Dawn?" Xu Lang asked his think tank.

Cao Yaxuan and the other women exchanged glances. Xu Ruyan replied, "Extremely mysterious. A big shot from over twenty cycles ago probably already understands part of the true nature of the dormitory buildings."

Zhen Lu stroked her chin and chimed in, "The dormitory buildings probably aren't that simple. To truly understand them, you'd at least need to become a Dorm Owner, right?"

Sherry was examining the paper recording the plunder ritual formation. She said, "In this Blood Mist World, the origin of the dormitory buildings is too complex. They might be god-made, they might be an aggregation of the Blood Mist World's rules, or they might have created themselves."

Xu Lang took the paper from her. "This ritual carries risks. I can plunder others' Sequences with my own Sequence; I don't need to use this."

[Paper Recording a Mysterious Formation (Hidden Information): The formation on this paper can communicate with demons and provide them a crossing path.]

This Lord of Dawn... doesn't seem like a good guy!

It's unclear whether he did it on purpose or if he was also unaware.

When encountering such situations, Xu Lang always assumed the other party acted intentionally.

Cao Yaxuan suddenly shivered, having thought of something, and said,

"Didn't you all hear what that Lord of Dawn's little fan said? The Lord of Dawn's ideal is to create a pure land for humanity, to create an ideal world."

"Listen to those words. Do they sound like something a normal person would say?"

"It feels even more chilling than 'I want to destroy the world'!"

...

Inside a dorm room that resembled a starry dome ceiling, a person wearing a full-face helmet and wrapped in a peculiar trench coat turned off the radio.

He turned his head, staring at the blurry parchment map in his hand. Twenty-two red dots flashed on it, making the map a bit clearer.

Two of the red dots overlapped.

"The Witch and Zero Number are together."

Those who understood him were also understood by him.

This was fair.

He stood up. His pure black trench coat began to flicker with pixel-like purple light, making him look like a battlefield boss.

Tap, tap, tap...

Leather boots stepped on the floor, emitting a hollow, crisp sound. The moment he opened the door, a scene of purgatory unfolded.

The corridor was littered with severed limbs, human ones, and they were still fresh.

"Run! He's out again!" a player shouted, fleeing back into his dorm.

A purple light shot out from the magic flask at the helmeted man's waist, piercing through the player's chest. A black book also automatically flew up, hovering beside him, releasing various spells to attack the still-closed dorm door.

The players inside the dorm trembled with fear.

The Dorm Owner couldn't understand why the helmeted man, after killing for a while, suddenly went quiet for a period, and then suddenly emerged again. Could something more important than killing them have happened?

One player, a former psychology Ph.D., a standard high-IQ talent, had a guess in his heart.

If someone kept eating bread, suddenly taking a drink of water was normal too... Dealing with people like them wasn't a matter worthy of careful consideration.

However, at this moment, even if he possessed heaven-reaching intelligence, it was useless. Players who came to the Annihilation Dormitory Building would only have one outcome.

About half a minute later, the dorm room door shattered. All the players in this room died.

...

"Xu Lang, I think if we want to investigate information on the Lord of Dawn, we should start with that 'Annihilation Dormitory Building'!" Cao Yaxuan suggested.

"Should we ask in the chat room then?" Xu Xiaomeng said hesitantly. "But then Pandora will definitely know!"

"Right, don't we have another radio station?!" Cao Yaxuan remembered the Blood Mist Mutual Aid Society.

After getting Xu Lang's approval, she started operating it and soon entered the Blood Mist Mutual Aid Society radio station.

Rainy Night Blade happened to be online, though it wasn't Rainy Night Blade himself online, but his tenant.

"Annihilation Dormitory Building? Never heard of it. I'll help you ask the people in the chat room."

"..."

"Is this building that rare? No one here has heard of it either. Next time we have a gathering, I'll ask Brahman and the others."

Rainy Night Blade's side had no information on the Annihilation Dormitory Building. Xu Lang exchanged a few more pleasantries with this female tenant.

As the dormitory buildings grew, the probability of large-scale instances like the Rakshasa Ancient Kingdom appearing would increase. Correspondingly, players' rest time and game time would also increase.

Rainy Night Blade himself, unable to endure overly long rest periods, often led teams on pioneering expeditions.

Xu Lang drooled with envy.

Based on his understanding of the Mad King Building, unless the Mad King Building had a major operation, the rest time was only seven days, without exception.

The downside was the high frequency of player deaths. Even with Blood Grudge Players like him, Mad King Building players were often decimated.

The upside was that players grew quickly, and the Mad King Building also grew quickly.

If unsealed during the same timeframe, probably no dormitory building would grow faster than the Mad King Building.

Some cautious players, upon encountering a leisurely dormitory building, would just keep hiding. Sometimes hiding for a year or two wasn't unusual.

In comparison, the Mad King Building was like a combat maniac.

Zero Number: "Help me say hello to Rainy Night Blade. I have some newly obtained intel here, you can listen... I have something to do tonight, so I won't attend the gathering. Help me ask about matters related to the Annihilation Dormitory Building."

Rainy Night Blade: "Okay."

While Xu Lang was chatting with Rainy Night Blade's tenant, the other players in the Mad King Building weren't idle either.

Inside the supermarket, Zhang Dahai darted through the materials section like a gray shadow.

Before long, he stopped in front of one material slot, staring at its price. His eyes were practically bulging out.

"Holy shit, this Thousand-Year Banyan Wood is actually this expensive! It must be the raw material used to repair Lang Ge's heavy turret!"

Zhang Dahai sucked in a cold breath, feeling his tongue go numb from the cool air.

Chen Kui, being old and crafty, had sent Zhang Dahai over after learning Xu Lang possessed a super turret.

By checking material prices, he could gauge Xu Lang's true strength.

Although this behavior was impolite, it was necessary. It was about taking responsibility for his own life.

[Chen Kui: Holy shit, one portion of this material costs my dog's life! Settled, this time it's completely settled! Dahai, you go out and do some Floor Sweeping. As long as Dorm 200 doesn't fall, the Mad King Building won't fall into chaos!]

...

Dorm 195.

In front of a full-length mirror, Kui Zi sat cross-legged, surrounded by a pile of mechanical parts, looking very much like a mechanical armor suit.

Her eyes were bloodshot. Using her Sequence ability, she continuously altered and assembled these mechanical parts.

"Kui Zi, maybe you should take a break. How long has it been since you last slept?" Jiang Xiaowen tried to persuade her.

Kui Zi gritted her teeth and said, "It's all because I'm too weak! If I had Xu Lang's strength, Wu Feng and the others wouldn't have died!"

"Sis Kui Zi, coffee's here." Su Yuan considerately brought her a cup of coffee.

Although Kui Zi was a defeated underdog, she was, after all, a former Floor Leader. Even in a subordinate position, her status remained relatively high.

"This woman has gone mad," Big Sis Xiaoxiao clicked her tongue.

She felt some pity for Kui Zi, but her personality prevented her from saying anything particularly nice.

Kui Zi turned a deaf ear, frantically draining her Sequence power.

...

Deep inside the laboratory of Dorm 199.

"Mommy, how much longer?" Tao Tao asked with a little frown.

She was having her blood drawn by Luo Lin.

The blood was drawn into a test tube, looking like sparkling agate.

"It'll be done soon!" A flicker of heartache passed through Luo Lin's eyes, but she didn't stop.

After drawing the blood, Luo Lin stopped the bleeding for Tao Tao.

"Mommy, I feel dizzy."

"If you want snacks, go get them."

"Thank you, Mommy! I want to go play at Uncle Xu Lang's house later!"

"You can't go. That's too impolite; it would trouble others."

"Oh." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

"... Tao Tao, Mommy's experiment is about to succeed. You won't have to have your blood drawn anymore after this!"

"Okay."