The Flame Dragon Roar Cannon had an automatic attack range of only thirty meters, but when operated manually, the Flame Dragon could pierce the entire corridor vertically and horizontally.

Of course, once the attack reached in front of Door 380, the damage weakened substantially.

The paralysis effect could only immobilize enemies, while the burning effect actually inflicted persistent elemental damage on the target, which also benefited from the Slow Is King damage boost.

Almost every turret had a suitable legendary gem installed by Xu Lang.

The top household in Mad King Building operated like this — even a sliver of leaked resources were top-tier loot.

The Fusion trait could forcibly upgrade existing resources by one rank.

Most dorm buildings simply couldn’t sustain that level of resource consumption for Fusion.

…

【Talisman Launcher】

【Type: Turret Facility · Attack】

【Level: 20】

【Rarity: Excellent】

【Lethality: 25000~60000】

【Durability: 38000/38000】

【Attack Speed: Normal】

【Auto Range: 55 meters】

【Talismans: 1/1 (each shot consumes 20000 Copper Coins)】

【Effect 1 (Random Talisman): The launcher contains three built-in talismans, fires them at will】

【Effect 1 (Ghost-Repelling Talisman): Fires a talisman with bonus damage against ethereal ghosts】

【Effect 2 (Five-Thunder Talisman): Fires a talisman with bonus damage against demons and evil spirits】

【Effect 3 (Diamond Talisman): Fires a talisman that grants a shield effect to allied turrets】

【Enchantment Gem · Round Efficiency Gem: Increases turret attack speed by 30%, 10% chance to attack consecutively】

【Disassembly Yields: Diamond Talisman Seal x3, Ghost-Repelling Talisman Seal x3, Thunder Talisman Seal x3, Purple-Robed Taoist’s Essence x1】

【Description: Spirits of heaven and earth, addendum from the Purple-Robed Taoist】

…

Ten turrets, each with its role.

The explosion numbers were massive; even a stage boss at the end of a level wouldn’t last more than a few minutes. During damage soaking, you still had to find a way to break doors, which made things even crazier.

If every turret focused fire on a single target, even Xu Lang might not hold out.

That said, Xu Lang already assumed he was stronger than a boss.

But recklessly rushing in? That was never going to happen.

The Apocalypse Fighter Jets and Machine King from the previous round, if they truly went all-out, he really wouldn’t be able to withstand them.

Xu Lang couldn’t help smirking — beyond satisfied, there was nothing but satisfaction.

He’d put a lot of effort into preparing for the Blood Calamity.

Before, he was too lazy to bother with such fine optimizations.

There was no room to operate the Golden Fortune Auspicious Door for now. Even though many days had passed, doors that produce wealth hadn’t appeared much, so Xu Lang couldn’t fuse them casually.

The front door was the most important facility, bar none.

If you had to nitpick something about the turret setup in Demon King Castle, it was the lack of a heavy turret. Still, two Berserk Laser Ray Emitters concentrating fire already produced explosive output.

“Everyone else sleeps inside dreams, while my dreams are full of schemes!”

“What do they have to beat me?!”

“Sleep hard and try!”

Xu Lang closed his eyes and waited for morning.

Most of his operations were actually carried out while he slept.

…

【Base Nightmare Coins: 1600, Conversion Rate: 7774%, Total Eight-Hour Output: 125,984 Nightmare Coins】

【Total Nightmare Coins: 251,968】

“Ah, I’m not interested in Nightmare Coins. I usually don’t touch them!”

“Money overload — it’s just numbers!”

“Even if Nightmare Coins pile up, it’s the same!”

On the seventh day of his break, staring at the 250,000 Nightmare Coins in his account, Xu Lang finally allowed himself to think like that.

What kind of miserable days had those been before? Waking up and not seeing an inflow of at least 100,000 into your account — is that even living?

Purely being treated like overworked cattle!

Just then, the bed curtain fluttered. Miaoying lifted the curtain and poked out her adorable little head, mouthing, “Master, you’re awake?”

Xu Lang nodded, inwardly amused.

This moment had appeared in his simulations as well.

The current Simulation Dream had real value.

“Has the Dreamlike Night-Blooming Cereus shown signs?” Xu Lang asked.

Miaoying’s pink-and-white cat ears twitched, startled: “Master, how did you know?”

“There’s nothing in this world I don’t know,” Xu Lang said cockily.

Miaoying’s eyes then filled with admiration, little stars practically twinkling: “Master, you’re amazing!”

Xu Lang grinned, glanced at Zhen Lu and Gu Ya beside him, slowly rose, and, accompanied by Miaoying, stepped off the Nightmare Bed.

After a quick wash, Xu Lang and Miaoying went to the rear hall.

Seven Dreamlike Night-Blooming Cereus already had buds and were growing very well.

Previously, those flowers had shown no signs at all — they were still at seed stage.

“As you said, Master, the dorm is a true sanctuary,” Miaoying giggled, covering her mouth.

When Tong Qi mentioned Xu Lang’s “dormitory sanctuary theory” while chatting over a meal, Sherry actually agreed at the time.

“Miaoying, is there anything you want?” Xu Lang asked.

“Me?” Miaoying’s ears twitched and she shook her head: “I don’t have anything. If I had an ultimate wish, I’d hope we can all live happily together forever.”

Xu Lang ruffled Miaoying’s head and smiled faintly: “We will.”

Honestly, even though he’d gained immortality, he still hesitated to truly picture eternal life.

“Mm!” Miaoying nodded vigorously.

Her understanding diverged from Xu Lang’s — her idea of living happily forever included aging and death.

After checking the Dreamlike Night-Blooming Cereus growth, Xu Lang pulled up his Terror Force to take a look.

【Terror Force: 3523 units】

Rumors about Demon King Apostles were already spreading among players.

Last night many players couldn’t sleep, trapped in nightmares.

Xu Lang casually invested three thousand units of Terror Force into seven Spirit Fields, then headed to the training room to start sword-and-blade practice.

His blade technique experience skyrocketed during training.

Xu Lang discovered a peculiar trait: the blade levels he improved within his Simulation Dream didn’t immediately sync to reality.

Only when he actually used a more refined blade technique would the Dorm Survival Game provide the corresponding growth prompt.

That meant Mad King Building couldn’t access every piece of data about all players at its source!

This rule might mean nothing to ordinary players.

But for a high-level player like Xu Lang, it changed everything!

After all, high-level players aimed to dominate dorm buildings and rule the Dorm Survival Game. Such ambitions inevitably led to power struggles with the dorm management.

“The Dorm Survival Game isn’t an omniscient god to players… If I attain a blade breakthrough inside a Simulation Dream but don’t use it, the system won’t detect it!”

In the training room, Xu Lang kept miming sword swings with empty hands, the blade absent but present in his mind. His potent psychic power warped the air, faintly revealing the outline of a blade.

【Blade Technique received insight, War God advanced to Level 16】

【Blade Technique received insight, War God advanced to Level 17】

【Blade Technique received insight, War God advanced to Level 18】

After sweating profusely, Xu Lang sat cross-legged, the spiritual blade resting across his knees as he quietly absorbed the revelations.

After a while, the spiritual blade suddenly burst into flames.

The Dorm Survival Game notification appeared again.

【Blade Technique received insight, War God advanced to Level 19】

Xu Lang opened his eyes; the insights accumulated during this session were completely expended.

The world of geniuses differed from ordinary people: they didn’t need continuous training, only occasional seclusion to gain enlightenment.

Come to think of it, Wang Yazhi was a genius too, and an insanely competitive one at that.

Xu Lang still didn’t know how strong she’d become at full combat power.

“I’ve collected hundreds of scrolls for weapons and unarmed combat. They can be fused later, and there are also Eye Technique skill scrolls.”

Xu Lang’s thoughts turned, sensing plenty of room left to improve his combat capability.

Too bad — his Fusion attempts for the day were already used up.

First upgrade the dorm, then upgrade himself, then upgrade tenants, then upgrade other players in the building.

That was the orthodox progression order set by dorm management.

Most managers never reached that final step because they couldn’t generate resource overflow like Demon King Castle did.

Speaking of resource overflow, Xu Lang recalled a legendary dorm building.

Rumor had it that every room in that building produced wealth-type resources so abundant they could not be exhausted — the Safe Zone there was paved in gold.