Chapter 693: Xu Lang: Everyone Is Forbidden From Participating

On Xu Lang's side, he saw this one as a formidable enemy, and that one as an impressive opponent too, even a random passerby might just steal a victory.

But in the eyes of other players, the Mad King Building was the real, bona fide great demon king!

In the True King Duel, there was only one victor!

They had to find a way to drag the Mad King Building off its pedestal first!

"It's already the fifth round, and the Mad King Building has a full roster of dorm rooms, full facilities, nearly full personnel, ranked first in points, and in individual combat power, Xu Lang alone can take on a hundred. The rest of Demon King Castle is terrifyingly strong too!"

"We have to cooperate with the other dormitory buildings!"

"Does that household in the Abyssal Evil Spirit of the Evil King Building have anything to say for themselves? If they have a trump card, they better use it now!"

"Look, look, the Mad King Building's construction is starting to manifest!"

"What is that, a courtyard? It's huge!"

"I got the info on it, it's called the Twilight Curtain!"

"No need to think twice, this is definitely the Mad King Building's ultimate killing move!"

At this moment, players on the third floor were all watching the first floor.

They saw a massive courtyard appear beside the Mad King Building, carrying an inherent sense of the sun setting in the west, a heavy dusk settling over everything, as if thousands of demons and ten thousand monsters were lurking within!

The players' faces turned grim, their hearts tightened as they stared at the Twilight Curtain, feeling that something of great terror resided within it.

As for that, the Mad King Building's own players' assessment was.

- Useless as hell!

Among all the Mad King Building's constructions, aside from the Factory, not a single one could boost combat power. They were even worse off than some ordinary dormitory buildings.

The buildings that came with ordinary dormitory buildings had some functions to a greater or lesser extent, nothing as pathetic as the Mad King Building's. This was also why Xu Lang had always felt the Mad King Building was hiding something.

"Xu Lang, look at the Evil King Building's altar, and the Heaven's Judgment Building's great hall." Cao Yaxuan pointed toward the Evil King Building and Heaven's Judgment Building, saying, "They don't seem ordinary. Should we send scouts to investigate?"

"Kui Zi, send a few bee-type drones over there." Xu Lang looked at Kui Zi and spoke.

He already knew the functions of those buildings from his dreams, but on the surface, he still had to put on a show.

"Alright!" Kui Zi nodded.

Her research was temporarily on hold, and since the Building War was such a critical matter, she had been staying in the dorm this whole time, not going to the Demon Box World.

"Husband, how are we playing this round?" Ayiguli snuggled up beside Xu Lang, her voice as soft as spun silk, sweet and gentle.

In the center of the void battlefield, a massive square arena had already materialized. Touching it with one's consciousness would pop up a prompt.

[Yes/No to match an opponent?]

"For this round, you all don't need to participate." As Xu Lang spoke, he posted a message in the Chat Room.

[Building 400 Xu Lang: All players are forbidden from participating]

This time, Xu Lang personally gave the order, not going through the Neighborhood Committee to relay the message!

The command was direct and simple, without any explanation.

The Mad King Building players realized the gravity of the situation and didn't dare act out of line.

Quite a few people were genuinely moved.

In Xu Lang's fan support group, emotions were running high.

[Lang Ge's Support Group Main Chat]

[Ye Fan: Wuwuwuwuwu, the risk in this round of the game is too great. Stepping onto the arena means a fight to the death. Lang Ge knows everyone's crazy, yet he took the initiative to speak up and forbid everyone from participating!]

[Jiang Xiaowen: Lang Ge is really such a good person!]

[Zheng Kai: You all don't understand Lang Ge. I've been with Lang Ge the longest. Lang Ge is truly a great philanthropist!]

[Li Tingsheng: I got a gift pack the moment I joined Mad King Building, and I can even enter the Demon Box World to escape death! We owe Lang Ge a debt of gratitude we can never repay!]

[Qi Guan: The Dorm Owner is truly benevolent! To lower our death rate, he actually gave up on the Building War win rate!]

[Ding Yinan: You all only see the Dorm Owner's benevolence, but I see the Dorm Owner's strength. He's confident in leading us to final victory, even if we lose this round, it doesn't matter! This is what a true king looks like!]

Fan groups like this one for Xu Lang were extremely numerous in the Mad King Building, some small in scale, some large, and all of them were spontaneously established by players.

Outsiders could never imagine the scene inside was like this.

Xu Lang? A great philanthropist?

That was even more absurd than saying the sun rises from the west.

Never mind his other credentials, just the identity of the founder of the Blood Grudge stream alone was enough to nail Xu Lang forever onto the wall of great villains, so firmly that he couldn't be pulled off even if someone tried.

The brainwashing in these fan groups was incredibly fast. Many newcomers got brainwashed not long after entering the Mad King Building.

In the extreme environment of the Dorm Survival Game, everyone desperately needed a faith.

When the Chaotic Knowledge dormitory trait came out, many people adopted the faith-based SAN control method, believing in Wicked Gods and strengthening their own will.

Later, quite a few incidents erupted from that, so the Neighborhood Committee cleared out all those religions and had the "new god ascend the throne."

The new god was Xu Lang.

The faith-based SAN manipulation method was terribly inefficient, and completely eradicating it wasn't realistic, so having the Dorm Owner step in as a substitute was just right.

Additionally, to curry favor with Xu Lang, Floating Life Play would, every time he tormented someone to the extreme in a nightmare, fabricate an appearance of Xu Lang, a deus ex machina, saving the masses and stabilizing the dreamer's SAN value.

This effectively served as an anchor and beacon, extremely useful.

Over time, everyone came to know that no matter how dangerous the situation, as long as Xu Lang showed up, everything would be fine.

People with unstable SAN values would see their SAN rebound the moment they laid eyes on Xu Lang!

The Mad King Building had already been shaped into Xu Lang's image.

If the Mad King Building was the boss, then Xu Lang's contributions had long surpassed merely overshadowing his superior; he'd outright changed the company's name.

Mad King Building?

It was clearly Xu Lang's Building, the Demon King Building!

...

"Xu Lang, are we giving up on this round of the game?" Cao Yaxuan asked incredulously.

Although the Mad King Building players' combat power couldn't match the Evil King Building, they were still stronger than the Amusement Park Building players by quite a margin. As long as they were willing to trade piece for piece, getting a ranking wouldn't be a problem.

"Mm, no need to add unnecessary casualties. The Mad King Building has this many points; the margin for error is still there." Xu Lang smiled.

Kui Zi furrowed her brow, not agreeing at all: "But we have to stake everything. Once we fail, both the dormitory building and all of us will be drained dry!"

The Dorm Survival Game's punishment was absolutely not a joke. If it said it would drain you dry, it would absolutely drain you dry. When that time came, no matter how many revival methods you had, none would work, because even the Mad King Building couldn't escape such a punishment!

"I have my own arrangements." Xu Lang replied.

The Mad King Building had too many points.

He needed to control the points.

Moreover, this round wasn't so easy to win.

The other three dormitory buildings would definitely all be going all out, and when that happened, they'd inevitably fight until heads were cracked and blood flowed.

...

"What are we going to do? The dormitory building that places last this round loses 3 points!"

The Amusement Park Building's atmosphere was gloomy.

The Heaven's Judgment Building and Evil King Building players still had the Overlord Level dormitory building offers to look forward to, but when the Amusement Park Building players saw the game rules, they felt like their hearts had died.

Negative points meant elimination!

They stared at the materialized arena, pulling at their hair in worry, like family members waiting outside an ICU.

"Hahahaha, brothers, there's hope, there's hope!" Suddenly, a burst of wild laughter erupted in the corridor.

What happened?

Everyone looked over.

The one laughing was a vibrant, energetic young man. His face was full of smiles, confidently sweeping his gaze across the surrounding players.

Everyone waited for his brilliant insight, even Youle had come over.

"Don't be afraid, I can turn this dead-end situation around!" The young man said, doing a backflip on the spot.

"Brother Zhang, what is your brilliant plan?" One player asked impatiently.

Another player quickly covered his mouth, afraid he'd disturb the young man's train of thought.