"More than just a few people have been asking about the situation in your Mad King Building!" Rainy Night Blade said excitedly upon hearing Xu Lang's low murmur on the other end.

"You didn't say anything, did you?" Xu Ruyan asked.

"I didn't even know which building Zero Number was from before, how could I have said anything?" Rainy Night Blade gave a helpless, bitter smile. He thought of the various questions Xu Lang had previously asked for advice. Encountering a dual-environment type instance so early on, and even having an over-model BOSS... the quality of the Mad King Building was indeed overwhelmingly beyond normal reasoning.

"That's good." Tong Qi nodded.

Rainy Night Blade suddenly adopted a serious tone and said:

"Don't worry, Zero Number, I won't leak your information. In the several radio stations I'm part of, many players are very interested in you and the Mad King Building."

"You know about our dormitory upgrading to Level Fifteen, right!"

"After the Radio upgrades to Level Fifteen, it can receive more types of information!"

"Not long ago, we received a telegram from within the Blood Mist World, but we didn't dare reply!"

Xu Ruyan asked: "Why?"

Rainy Night Blade explained gravely:

"Because there's risk!"

"High-level players can already traverse the Blood Mist, and players who conquer other dormitory buildings receive huge rewards, far richer than the rewards from clearing games—ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times more!"

"Although dormitory buildings will also resist accordingly, the temptation of such rich compensation is hard to resist."

"If I discovered a newly unsealed dormitory building that had only played one or two cycles, I'd be tempted too..."

Rainy Night Blade's words were blunt and naked, but that made them seem more sincere. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

No one felt uncomfortable.

Because this is the law of survival among players.

—Plunder!

"Thanks for the reminder, we already know about this," Xu Lang replied.

"So, absolutely do not expose your coordinates. The Blood Mist World is even darker than a dark forest, damn it!" Rainy Night Blade said gravely.

The two sides conversed for nearly another half hour before each logged off.

...

"Kong Kong, organize manpower, speed up clearing the Blood Mist creatures around the 'Silent Hill' stronghold," Rainy Night Blade looked at Kong Kong and decided decisively.

If your dormitory building has never occupied a stronghold, you could try to get a 'first blood' on one. You might get unexpected gains...

Xu Lang's words still echoed in his mind.

When he pressed for details, Xu Lang only said four words.

—Legendary Turret!

These four words were enough!

Even if the chance was only one in ten, he would still gamble on it!

"Alright... but relying only on our floor..." Kong Kong hesitated.

"Offer benefits to other Floor Leaders, make them speed up their actions," Rainy Night Blade said coldly.

"What reason should we give?"

"Say our second Building War is about to start, we must stop internal strife... Also, next time when rolling the dice for Building Wars, avoid dormitory buildings with the characters 'Mad' or 'King' in their names."

The dormitory building Rainy Night Blade was in had a characteristic that allowed it to some extent filter its Building War targets.

"Ye Qiu, I thought you'd be very interested in Zero Number," Kong Kong said, surprised.

"I don't think our building is stronger than the Taleblade Building!" Rainy Night Blade stood up tall. A cyber flying sword flew out from a corner plasma pool.

...

"The Taleblade Building still refuses to give up on me, huh!" Xu Lang clicked his tongue.

Ye Qiu had given him several final warnings.

The Taleblade Building players' desire to kill him was very strong.

"Not long ago, another duel was opened. Taleblade Building players have been constantly provoking Mad King Building players," Wang Yazhi said at this point. "Also, open the Coliseum store and look. That secret treasure Song Fei used has been listed."

A flash of confusion passed through Xu Lang's eyes. He opened the Coliseum store and immediately exclaimed in surprise, "This thing was actually seized by the Coliseum?!"

Right there in the Coliseum store was a Blood-Red Box!

It was precisely the Blood-Red Box·Waterfowl Performance!

Price: 100 Duel Points!

"One hundred Duel Points is a huge amount. No one can afford it yet," Wang Yazhi explained. "The Iron Blood Colosseum actually hasn't existed for very long, at most not more than two months."

Although Wang Yazhi and the others didn't have Nightmare Eye, they had their little sisters on the tenth floor feeding them information. Sometimes their intelligence speed was even faster than Xu Lang's.

And within the Mad King Building, there was no shortage of clever people. These clever people could deduce a lot of information from the fragmented words and traces of other dormitory building players' battles.

"If it continues at this speed, wouldn't the Coliseum have connections to six dormitory buildings in three months?" Sherry speculated.

"That's precisely the mainstream guess everyone has," Wang Yazhi nodded.

Sherry said worriedly, "I feel like everyone is making contact with other buildings too early. That's not a good thing for us."

"Haha, maybe the Mad King Building just wants to use the hands of players from other buildings to finish us off," Cao Yaxuan speculated wildly.

Hearing Cao Yaxuan's words, Xu Lang's heart stirred.

Next time there's a duel, maybe I can let the Malignance Demon Box make an appearance. If the Coliseum doesn't have corresponding protective measures...

No matter which building's players you are, you'll all end up in my demon box!

But that's probably impossible. If it were really like that, Taleblade Building players would have already been dominating all over the place. Unless the Malignance Demon Box's rank is truly extremely high.

Han Zhixiu shook her head and said, "It's not that extreme. Hatred between dormitory buildings is the first priority. Hatred between a dormitory building and its players can at most rank second."

"Haha, just saying it casually. Come on, let's go check out the basement," Cao Yaxuan tugged at Xu Lang.

This time, Xu Lang didn't refuse.

...

The basement of the Mad King Building was on the negative first floor of the building, requiring taking an elevator down.

The elevator was a product that appeared after the Mad King Building's iteration, but players generally didn't use it, finding it inauspicious.

First, the elevator looked like a coffin. Second, it made people think of scenes from horror movies. Third, it was easy to be ambushed by enemies.

*Click~*

The basement key was inserted into the negative first floor's lock, and the elevator began to descend.

Xu Ruyan and the others were all a bit tense.

Xu Lang frowned inwardly, feeling that not having Sixth Sense was sometimes a bit inconvenient.

Previously, for the sake of convenience, he had fused Sixth Sense.

Thinking about it now, he felt a bit of regret.

With Mad Spirit, it didn't matter how many more skills he learned.

*Ding dong~*

The elevator doors opened, revealing a broad, brightly lit space. It was empty and vast, with only a massive crimson stone platform displayed at the front. Light shone through from within the walls, warm and gentle.

None of them stepped inside immediately, their expressions extremely wary. Only after Xu Lang was the first to step out of the elevator did the others follow.

The moment Xu Ruyan entered this place, she vanished into the shadows, disappearing.

Clearly, she still felt there was danger here.

"Is this all there is here?" Cao Yaxuan looked at the stone platform ahead, her expression somewhat disappointed.

This stone platform had a radius of over a hundred meters. It was covered with depictions of stars, as if an entire galaxy had been meticulously engraved onto it.

"This stone platform looks very special. Why can't we see any information introduction?" Zhen Lu frowned and said.

"There's a notice board here," Xu Xiaomeng quickened her pace and arrived before a notice board beside the stone platform.

The women all sped up their steps.

Seeing that Xu Lang kept staring at the stone platform and walked at a steady pace, Wang Yazhi stayed right behind him, her hand resting on her sword hilt.

"Astral Foundation... Input coordinates, anchor points, to perform cross-world teleportation!" Cao Yaxuan stared at the notice board, muttering halfway before her eyes suddenly widened. She exclaimed, "Xu Lang, come look quickly! This thing can perform cross-world teleportation!"

Xu Lang maintained his original walking speed. Within his eyes, information slowly surfaced.

[Nightmare Eye·Astral Foundation: One of the Mad King Dormitory Building's origins. A teleportation foundation crafted using World Origin Stones. Can automatically search for anchor points. During teleportation, part of one's 'reason', 'logic', and 'common sense' will be stripped away. When teleporting, one's own anchor point is recorded by the Astral Foundation, allowing teleportation back after a certain period... The Mad King Building manager can use authority to exempt the teleportation cost... Teleportation has no additional consumption...]