Chapter 13: Iron Gate Upgraded, Gleaming Steel Door!

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[1 Jin Xin: Cao, they’ve raised the difficulty again. Luckily, my door has been upgraded, and I still have enough repair materials.]
[88 Cao Bin: Same here, though I’m not sure if a level one door can hold.]
[5 Zhu Yan: Leaderboard? Does this survival game think we’re qualified to live through to the end?]
[6 Wang Yang: Not necessarily passing, just surviving this round.]
[12 Wang Zhiwei: I will absolutely make it back alive to see my parents, absolutely!]

Many held onto the belief that they would survive this round of the survival game and return to the real world. But Xu Lang thought otherwise.

If the creator of this survival game truly was a deity...

As a child, would you release the ants you played with back into their anthill?

“Xu Lang…” Cao Yaxuan’s voice trembled with fear.
Tong Qi pressed her lips tightly, her face full of worry.

Both women had been awakened by the game’s prompts.

“It’s okay,” Xu Lang shook his head and walked over from the doorway.

Suddenly, Cao Yaxuan’s eyes widened in disbelief as she stammered, “The door, the door, the door!”

Tong Qi rubbed her eyes, wondering if she had seen it wrong.

Had the door’s appearance changed?

She attempted to scan the main entrance’s information but failed.

Items bound to a master cannot be scanned by outsiders unless the owner voluntarily shares the data.

[Shining Steel Door]
[Type: Facility]
[Level: 2]
[Defense: 30/30]
[Durability: 50/50]
[Effect (Shining): Attacks on the door have a chance to be reflected back at the attacker.]
[Deconstruction yields: Steel x19, Steel Lock Core x1]
[Upgrade Cost: 300 Nightmare Coins]
[Description: Come on, waiter, bring me ten burly men with hammers for a massage.]

“All right, stop staring, turn off the lights, stay quiet,” Xu Lang said with a slight smile, his words concise.

The steel door’s defense had doubled, and its durability had doubled as well. If they couldn’t get through this level, the game would be utterly unreasonable.

Just as he switched off the power,

*Click*

The hallway lights suddenly flickered on.

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Then came the howls of zombies echoing through the corridor.

Almost all players adopted the same strategy: close their doors and remain silent.

During the day, many had set up barricades and piled up debris in the hallways.

This had somewhat slowed the zombies’ advance.

Yet, within just three minutes, casualties began to appear.

“So fast!”

Xu Lang’s heart jolted.

Many in the chatroom noticed this and the conversation erupted into chaos.

The first casualties were on the first floor.

Remember, players on the first and second floors had the advantage of upgrading their doors early on!

[1 Jin Xin: Damn it, first floor is crawling with zombies! (image)]
[12 Wang Zhiwei: Can someone lend me some wood!]
[89 Wang Han: Fourth floor players, don’t panic. Report the number of zombies through the peephole. Our hallway seems to have a specific configuration.]
[80 Zhou Ye: Looks like ten zombies, three of them are special.]
[186 Wu Huihui: Tenth floor has only ten zombies, three are special as well.]
[1 Jin Xin: What the hell, why us?!]

Everyone had seen the image from the first floor player. Special zombies were few, but ordinary zombies were nearly filling the entire hallway.

Almost every front door had several zombies clawing at it!

[6 Wang Yang: You guys clear the zombies from the hallway and help us out, or when they break through the first floor, we’re all dead. The night is still long!]
[147 Wang Yazhi: But the nighttime zombies are completely different from the daytime ones, and there are special zombies with unknown abilities.]
[5 Zhu Yan: No time for hesitation. The first floor is the most critical. Send some wood resources over. I’m willing to trade supplies—I’ve posted them on the trading network!]

Xu Lang quickly opened the trading network and saw Zhu Yan had indeed listed many supplies at surprisingly reasonable prices.

And everything sought was materials for door repairs!

Zhu Yan’s move sparked a herd effect, with players on the first and second floors following suit.

If the first floor was breached, the second floor would be doomed next.

So second-floor players needed to prepare in advance.

[88 Cao Bin: Hahaha, makes me want to vomit what I ate earlier!]
[1 Jin Xin: Laugh all you want, you think you’ll survive? I’m coming up to chop you down! Hurry up and trade for iron!]
[190 Zhao Hong: Huihui, please help! Zombies are clawing at my door. That big-bellied one spits poison—be careful!]

The chatroom now displayed the full spectrum of humanity.

Whether great chances or great horrors awaited between life and death was unknown, but one thing was certain: terror was real.

Everyone saw the true nature of the first-floor players, indulging in schadenfreude at the moment.

Xu Lang looked at the newly listed quality goods with envy.

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Unfortunately, he had no iron materials on hand; otherwise, he wouldn’t mind trading some away.

“Xu Lang, what’s going on with that door?” Tong Qi tugged his arm, curious.

Xu Lang opened his mouth to answer, but Cao Yaxuan cut in, “Don’t ask questions you shouldn’t!”

Xu Lang smiled lightly.

Cao Yaxuan was becoming increasingly perceptive.

In no time, he removed the silk stocking handcuffs from Cao Yaxuan.

Tenants couldn’t attack the homeowner—that seemed to be a strict rule. This included poisoning or setting traps; otherwise, after so many days, there would have been reports.

Cao Yaxuan was delighted and began to scold Tong Qi more fiercely: “From now on, if you see anything strange in the room, don’t ask questions or tell anyone, got it?”

Tong Qi pouted, feeling wronged: “Okay.”

Xu Lang chuckled, “You two should sleep quickly. You’ll need to guard the door during the day.”

With such eerie noises outside, who could possibly fall asleep?

But both women obediently burrowed under the covers.

Xu Lang felt a secret satisfaction watching this.

“Upgrading the water dispenser to level 3 costs only 150 Nightmare Coins, but upgrading the door again requires 300. There’s a big gap between upgrading main facilities and auxiliary ones... Nightmare Beds are the most expensive—level 1 costs 200 Nightmare Coins.”

Thinking this over, Xu Lang pulled out a whole wheat bread.

[Upgrade Cost: 5 Nightmare Coins]

The jump from level 0 to 1 was the easiest. The door upgrade had only cost 10 Nightmare Coins at first.

Without hesitation, Xu Lang chose to upgrade.

After all, it was only 5 Nightmare Coins; why not see the effect?

[Delicious Whole Wheat Bread]
[Type: Food]
[Level: 1]
[Satiation: 50 (slightly accelerates energy recovery)]
[Upgrade Cost: 20 Nightmare Coins]
[Description: If rationed properly, one piece can last three days. Spread some cheese on it, and it can make children drool.]

“Though the upgrade price quadrupled, it’s still cheap, and advanced food does have special effects.”

Satisfied with this understanding, Xu Lang stopped experimenting further.

The next period was somewhat dull.

Xu Lang learned from the chatroom about the three special types of zombies: the big-bellied zombie that spits corrosive liquid, the fast runner, and the muscular brute. Though all were level 1, their strength was significantly greater than ordinary zombies.