Next, Cao Yaxuan and her group arrived before the second-ranked dormitory room.

The players on the seventh floor had coordinated among themselves like clockwork.

This room’s occupants were even more aggressive than the last—they outright refused to open the door.

“I don’t have your damn cursed box nonsense, so don’t try to throw your weight around with me!”

“If you want to squeeze me, talk to my level twenty turrets first!”

“Either get lost, or I’ll activate auto-attack mode!”

This room had eight turrets, looking quite intimidating.

Zhou Ye’s face darkened. Inside this room was even a veteran player from Twilight Building who had pulled this kind of stunt—truly disheartening.

Betraying the Mad King Committee meant betraying Xu Lang, and betraying Xu Lang meant betraying Mad King Building!

“Sister Yaxuan…” Zhou Ye looked at Cao Yaxuan.

But Cao Yaxuan didn’t respond—she just unleashed ice, pure and simple.

Excuses?

Cao Yaxuan didn’t care about those.

As the Chosen One of the Inspection Department, she could see sin values. Anyone with sin on their hands was fair game to kill.

She wanted to purge the building even more than Xu Lang did.

Xu Lang wanted to see how Mad King Building would react, but Cao Yaxuan? She was just addicted to the thrill!

…

When you’re addicted, words are wasted!

Demon King Castle ruled over Mad King Building, and Cao Yaxuan’s understanding of turrets far exceeded that of ordinary players. Her strength was close to a commander-level boss, making her a natural at breaking in.

She started by freezing the four critical turrets of the dormitory in an instant, using part of her focus to maintain the ice while throwing all her remaining energy into offense.

The other turrets couldn’t even manage angled attacks, and Cao Yaxuan simply condensed an ice shield to block them.

Bang, bang, bang!

Cao Yaxuan’s lethality was a bit weaker against the door itself. It took nearly a minute of pounding before the door stopped regenerating health.

That meant this room’s raw materials were depleted.

Boom—crack!

With the final ice lance smashing down, the dormitory door shattered.

Without a word, Cao Yaxuan charged into the room.

The players were gone.

With her extensive experience, Cao Yaxuan quickly found the emergency escape window and leaped down.

Several players were clinging to the wall, caught between a rock and a hard place.

Why? Because members of the Inspection Department were waiting below.

When they saw Cao Yaxuan approaching, terror spread across their faces, and one of them shouted, “We surrender, we surrender! I can tell you who the mastermind is—”

His answer was a perfect ice lance!

After finishing off this group, Cao Yaxuan flew back immediately.

“Sister Yaxuan, they’re dead?” Zhou Ye spoke while frantically opening the chat room, only to find that the names of those players had already dimmed.

“Next!” Cao Yaxuan stared at the Free Attributes piling up, excitement surging in her heart.

“Right, right!” Zhou Ye quickly pulled out the key that had automatically appeared on the doorknob and followed Cao Yaxuan.

…

There were just too many trouble-makers in Mad King Building.

Who knew what they’d been scheming about last night? But Cao Yaxuan ran into no shortage of resistance, and sometimes the turrets started firing before she even reached a room’s door.

Her experience in breaking down doors skyrocketed!

This kind of power system was perfect for steamrolling and mowing down enemies.

If she were a monster, she’d be the type every player dreaded.

Half an hour later, some newly relocated players began voluntarily defecting and submitting their personal info.

“Sigh…”

Cao Yaxuan let out a silent sigh.

This scene felt familiar. A monster-spawning chain would form, and then it was a smooth ride to victory.

And a surrender chain had formed, meaning no one would resist anymore.

It was starting to bore her. She and Zhou Ye and the others made smooth progress down to the second floor, but then things gradually took a wrong turn.

Cao Yaxuan had plenty of pioneering experience, and her combat instincts were sharp. She swept her gaze around and saw players stepping out of a dozen or so rooms on both sides!

“Sister Yaxuan!” Zhou Ye’s face darkened as he frantically sent a private message to call for backup.

But those players gave them no chance to stall. They attacked at once with flawless coordination, as if they’d already planned the kill strategy.

Besides the sides, players were even climbing down the walls from above!

The situation turned dire in an instant!

Room 50’s door opened, and a man in a wide-brimmed hat stepped out. His eagle eyes locked onto Cao Yaxuan, cold and merciless: “If I kill you, Xu Lang should be willing to crawl out of that damn kennel of his, right?”

He wore a high-rarity gentleman’s suit, radiating an immense Charm stat that subtly projected an air of leadership.

The mastermind behind this rebellion was basically pinned on him.

“You’re Eagle Eye Hunter Joson!” Zhou Ye recognized him and shouted in shock.

Ever since the Blood Mist Morning Paper was established, its staff had been collecting all kinds of intel, including profiles of standout figures in various dormitory buildings.

Eagle Eye Hunter Joson was one such extremely famous figure. Hailing from Hunter Building, he often used its teleportation mechanics to cause chaos in other buildings. His trademarks were his Eagle Eye ability and his uncanny skills in persuasion and manipulation.

Whenever he stirred up trouble in another dormitory, he’d first change his name and rally a large group of the building’s original players.

As Zhou Ye cried out in shock, his body retreated rapidly.

A tidal wave of attacks had already come crashing down, and moving his body was the best way to dodge.

After the first wave of attacks, all the rebellious players involuntarily froze.

Disbelief twisted their faces as they stared at Joson.

Joson’s head was separated from his body, standing like a wooden post, while a curvaceous woman in leather armor stood on top of him, a dagger dripping blood in her hand.

“J-Joson is dead!”

“I-it’s a trick! Joson used an illusion skill—I’m under a spell!”

“How could Joson die? He can’t die! He was supposed to take us to Hunter Building and join the guild!”

“Without Joson, how do we get out of this damn place?!”

Hunter Building’s gameplay was unique.

Each round, Hunter Building issued hunting missions and sent its hunter players to different dormitories.

Failing a mission didn’t mean death, and they could bring people back.

However, if a hunter player’s mission completion rate was too low, a super-tough boss would eventually spawn. That was why Hunter Building players desperately needed fresh blood and willing recruits.

—That was what Joson had told them.

No dormitory’s gameplay was this one-dimensional; there had to be variants. But this information perfectly matched the rumors about Hunter Building.

So they all believed Joson could take them away from Mad King Building!

Even if the hunt failed, Joson could still lead them out.

And if they succeeded in the hunt, even better—they could plunder Mad King Building before leaving.

No one truly liked Mad King Building. These newly relocated players had zero goodwill toward it.

“So that’s what you were thinking!” Cao Yaxuan sneered, frost emanating from her body.

The surging cold suppressed the Battle Intent of every rebellious player!

They scattered in all directions, the encirclement broken in an instant.

“Strength lies in numbers—we…” one rebellious player turned back to shout.

He’d been at the front during the charge, but now the tide had turned, and he was at the back of the pack, making him the most panicked.

But when he turned around, he didn’t get Cao Yaxuan’s reply—only a rain of diamond-shaped ice shards!

The ice shards spanned dozens of meters, coating the hallway in freezing crystals. The slower rebellious players were frozen solid.

After unleashing that Ultimate Move, Cao Yaxuan turned and chased after the other group, pursuing maximum efficiency.

“Playing assassin is so much fun. No wonder Jester King loves laughing so much.”

Xu Ruyan listened to the wailing of the rebellious players and almost felt like laughing.

Assassins excelled at decapitation strikes, and decapitation was historically the most efficient way to break an enemy’s will.

Drip, drip…

Blood trickled from inside Room 50, and Xu Ruyan shifted her feet to avoid it.

Joson had three teammates, and they’d died before him.

It was Joson who had let Xu Ruyan inside.

Invisibility, silence, Breath Severance, and Backstab—these abilities were strong on their own, but combined, they were utterly absurd.

“The key to advancing the Killer Sequence probably lies with A Thousand Faces,” Xu Ruyan mused to herself.

This assassination had been flawless.

Yet the Killer Sequence showed no signs of activating at all.

With that thought, she dragged Joson’s body into the room.