Free Web NovelDormitory 100, Zhou Ye was drenched in sweat.
At this moment, five players inside the dormitory were operating drones, their faces equally red as dates, subtly flushed with anger.
The drones boasted powerful firepower and were immune to the Calamity Frogs' influence, but the problem was—there were too few drones!
And the Calamity Frogs had already multiplied to an uncontrollable degree!
If they had discovered the Calamity Frogs early on, they could have wiped them out with drones and avoided all this trouble.
However, Xu Lang insisted on farming the Calamity Frogs' levels.
"Bro Ye, did we screw up this time?" A male tenant swallowed hard, speaking with some fear.
"No, we followed Brother Lang's instructions the whole time!" Zhou Ye denied.
"That's Brother Lang..." Another shorter male player opened his mouth.
The players in this dormitory, though die-hard loyalists to Xu Lang, weren't brainless sycophants; they had basic situational awareness.
Sometimes, though, hindered by emotional intelligence and perspective, they would say foolish things.
"Brother Lang is even less likely to screw up!" Zhou Ye frowned, his stance firm. "Besides, if it really comes down to it, we can still enter the Demon Box World."
The moment these words were spoken, morale immediately stabilized.
But just thinking about the losses they'd suffer if the Calamity Frogs broke through the door still pained them.
The shorter male player's mouth was full of bitterness:
"No, Bro Ye."
"We can hide in the Demon Box World, but Mad King Building can't enter the Demon Box World."
"Those Calamity Frogs seem to be the shit-stain type—the more you kill them, the stronger their assimilation power."
"In the end, the turrets won't even finish off the Calamity Frogs before they collapse themselves!"
The surrounding players' faces changed drastically.
What the hell? How did it suddenly become "Brother Lang can handle it, but Mad King Building can't"?!
"You're the only smart one here!" Zhou Ye scolded with a dark face.
The shorter male player fell silent, not daring to speak.
Zhou Ye maintained a calm exterior, but inside, he was panicking like crazy.
Although the shorter male player lacked emotional intelligence, what he said wasn't wrong.
Mad King Building relied heavily on operations and couldn't adapt on the fly. Sometimes, what worked worked, and what didn't, didn't.
Once the Calamity Frogs assimilated all the safe zones and then surrounded Mad King Building, Demon King Castle absolutely couldn't hold out. No matter how you looked at it, it was a dead end!
Huh?
"A dead end?!"
"What does Mad King Building's dead end have to do with us former Mad King Building players?"
"When the time comes, Brother Lang can take us and bail to another building, right?"
"If Mad King Building is gone, SAN value probably won't keep dropping, will it?"
A flash of inspiration struck Zhou Ye's mind, and he quickly sent a private message to Xu Lang.
[Xu Lang: What if the SAN value still keeps dropping?]
[Xu Lang: I'll fight to the death with Mad King Building until the very end!]
[Xu Lang: If it can't hold on anymore, then I probably can't either!]
[Xu Lang: Tell everyone in the Neighborhood Committee that they can enter the Demon Box World, but I won't run!]
Although the words didn't turn into voice, Zhou Ye felt them thunder in his ears, jolting him awake, deeply shaken!
At the same time, he really wanted to ask—
So what the hell do we do now?!
But he simply couldn't bring himself to ask that; it would make him seem useless. Since Brother Lang already knew the situation and had made such a choice, there was nothing more for him to say!
I'm in!
[Zhou Ye: Understood. We will shed every last drop of blood for Mad King Building and fight to the death!]
...
"Xu Lang, are you really going to live and die with Mad King Building?!" Zhen Lu's mouth hung open as she stared at Xu Lang in disbelief.
"Of course!" Xu Lang nodded unwaveringly. "Don't you guys think it would be a real shame if a premium dormitory building like Mad King Building fell?"
"Mad King Building is my home; we take care of it," Cao Yaxuan chimed in.
Although she didn't think Xu Lang was that kind of person, that didn't stop her from playing along.
Everyone except Wang Yazhi and Kui Zi had come to the main hall, mainly to see what the Calamity Frogs looked like.
In fact, the Calamity Frogs' appearance wasn't much different from ordinary frogs, except their skin was rainbow-colored and their jumping power was stronger.
Xu Xiaomeng joked, "You guys say you'll live and die with Mad King Building, but you never asked if Mad King Building is willing."
"That slut of a building probably can't wait to be taken over by the monsters; it's probably already dripping with anticipation!" Senior Sister Red Butterfly cursed.
Ayiguli blinked, sidled up to Xu Lang, and hugged him, saying, "Husband, are we really going to fight to the death?"
Her voice was incredibly sultry, like a sand snake whispering in the ear. Ayiguli was lightly dressed, and her body pressed against him like warm jade, the heat palpable.
Xu Lang smiled faintly. "If it really comes down to it, I'll just have to retreat."
Zhen Lu pressed anxiously, "Can't Kui Zi mass-produce combat drones? Why are there only five?"
Xu Lang sighed. "Ah, to be honest, I met up with Rainy Night Blade and the others face-to-face and traded some drones to them. That's all we have left now."
Zhen Lu had slept in that morning and was genuinely hearing this for the first time. She immediately asked for details and, upon learning the truth, got a headache.
"Can't Kui Zi start making more right now?" Tong Qi asked.
"She has more important things to do," Xu Lang replied.
The women felt a flicker of relief.
Then they heard Xu Lang continue, "I had her research the weapon system in the Taleblade Demon Box so that when we go to other dormitory buildings in the future, we'll have firepower as a deterrent."
"We're really leaving?!" Zhen Lu was still quite reluctant.
After all, they had built such a big operation at Mad King Building.
"Mad King Building is in a sorry state. Last time we packed up the Twilight Building players and it collapsed, and now Mad King Building is about to suffer the same fate," Cao Yaxuan clicked her tongue.
They had been at Mad King Building for half a year now, and leaving so hastily didn't sit well with them.
Demon King Castle had won so many consecutive matches that its Core Facilities were already extensive.
What's more, Demon King Castle itself was extremely premium. In the future, one building's firepower could match an entire dormitory building.
Were they really going to give it all up so easily?
"Nothing to be done about it; the situation is stronger than us!" Xu Lang spread his hands.
"What about the Four Little Ones?!" Tong Qi asked urgently.
Was Ghost Child, River Mouth Child, Lion Cub, and Death God's Egg all being abandoned?
Xu Lang sighed. "Sigh!"
"Don't worry, Tong Qi. Xu Lang definitely has a way out," Cao Yaxuan said, looking at the surveillance screen. "Besides, we can always make the Mad Vanguards suffer a bit more. Maybe when fourth-tier Mad Vanguards appear, the Calamity Frogs crisis will be resolved."
As it turned out—
Xu Lang's monster-farming strategy wasn't wrong. The Calamity Frogs' attack intensity was perfectly tuned to scratch the itch for all the second-tier Mad Vanguards.
Over ten minutes later, almost all the Mad Vanguards had evolved into third-tier Mad Vanguards, and several fourth-tier Mad Vanguards had even emerged!
However, the number of Calamity Frogs was also terrifyingly huge!
Aside from a few Forbidden Lands and special venues like the Iron Blood Colosseum, almost all buildings had been assimilated by them!
Finally, at some point, the Mad Vanguards were engulfed by a tsunami of Calamity Frogs, unable to stir up even a ripple!
The Calamity Frogs crashed into Mad King Building like tidal waves from all sides!
Mad King Building wasn't shaken in the slightest; it remained as stable as ever.
Yet Xu Lang knew that Mad King Building was facing its greatest crisis ever!
The mastermind pulling the strings behind the scenes was him.
And he hadn't done anything particularly outrageous—he just hadn't tried that hard.
History kept proving one thing: the consequences of an emperor slacking off are absolutely terrifying!
