Chapter 60 Turret Upgrade, Farming Points Like Drinking Water

Thirty seconds later, Xu Lang made his decision.

I choose you, Silver Iron-Winged Crossbow!

[Silver Iron-Winged Crossbow]
[Type: Offensive Facility]
[Level: 3]
[Damage: 37]
[Attack Speed: Fast]
[Bolts: 1/1 (Each bolt costs 120 copper coins)]
[Durability: 96/96]
[Dismantling Yield: Silver x10, Iron Material x10, Demon-Breaking Bolt x1]
[Upgrade Requirement: 380 Nightmare Coins]
[Description: Let us hunt those creatures in the darkness!]

The three women watched as a flash of light transformed the bronze repeating crossbow into a meticulously crafted, silver-glowing crossbow.

Their eyes all lit up at once.

Girls naturally favored such glittering things, and when Xu Lang shared the facility's stats with them, they were filled with continuous pleasant surprises.

The stats were roughly double those of the bronze repeating crossbow, and it even came with special damage!

"Brother Lang, Brother Lang, is this one of those hybrid-damage crossbows?" Tong Qi bounced with excitement, eager to embrace Xu Lang.

"Hold on, don't rush. The sensation from the upgrade hasn't faded yet," Xu Lang waved his hand and walked over to the other bronze repeating crossbow.

Upon hearing this, the three women almost stopped breathing!

Another consecutive upgrade!

Brother Lang is too fierce!

With level-three turrets, Room 200's output capacity was now no less than—and perhaps even exceeded—that of veteran players who owned three or four turrets!

Xu Lang hesitated for a moment before placing his palm atop the bronze repeating crossbow.

Two hundred and ten Nightmare Coins were deducted, and four familiar upgrade options were listed.

"Although the hybrid-damage build is tempting, having turrets with identical traits makes them easily countered by monsters."

With that thought in mind, Xu Lang chose the Army-Breaker Heavy Crossbow.

[Army-Breaker Heavy Crossbow]
[Type: Offensive Facility]
[Level: 3]
[Damage: 60]
[Attack Speed: Slow]
[Bolts: 1/1 (Each bolt costs 180 copper coins)]

Seeing yet another bronze repeating crossbow undergo a drastic transformation, adopting a completely different style from the Silver Iron-Winged Crossbow, the three women let out another gasp of astonishment.

A brilliant look of admiration flashed in Wang Ya-Zhi's eyes: "Xu Lang, your skill is simply too overpowered!"

"Just standard procedure," Xu Lang smiled.

You all only see how handsome I look when upgrading items, but who among you could possibly understand the hardship of farming points?

Uh...

The three women apparently saw it all too clearly.

Never mind, then.

Before the four of them could exchange a few more words, strange sounds erupted from the tenth floor—no, from the entire dormitory building!

Howls, roars, and cackling barks instantly filled every corner of the building.

Being on the tenth floor, Xu Lang did not feel the monster's cries as intensely, but he perceived another anomaly with absolute clarity.

And that was the tremors!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Feeling these violent vibrations, the expressions of all four drastically changed as they locked their eyes onto the surveillance screens.

Endless columns of zombies came bounding out of the hallways, resembling wave after wave of surging black tides!

Simultaneously, a massive number of monsters appeared in the stairwells and corridors of the other floors.

However, they were not zombies, but entirely different species!

In the chatroom, someone was the first to share information about the monsters.

The eighth floor held paper effigies; the seventh, clockwork puppets; the sixth, centipedes, spiders, toads, snakes, and scorpions; the fifth, expressionless humans; the fourth, floating grievance-filled souls; the third, three armored samurai wielding sabers; the second, bipedal walking fox demons; and the first, ghost infants and ghostly children with their eyes gouged out.

As for the ninth floor...

There was no one on the ninth floor, so no one reported!

Yet Xu Lang had a rough guess as to what monsters occupied the ninth floor.

Because these monsters completely aligned with the attributes of the Ten Heretical Masters!

"What are we supposed to do?!" Seeing the tide-like horde of zombies outside, Cao Ya-Xuan felt her scalp tingle.

Wang Ya-Zhi and Tong Qi also grew somewhat pale.

Xu Lang did not reply; instead, he quickly activated the automatic attack mode for both turrets.

Swish! Swish!

The Silver Iron-Winged Crossbow fired in rapid succession, its two silver-glowing bolts piercing straight through a zombie's abdomen!

Moreover, thick white smoke billowed from the wound, showing signs of melting away.

[Offensive facility "Silver Iron-Winged Crossbow" killed a Level-2 monster, host points +100]

The damage output of the Silver Iron-Winged Crossbow was not as high as Colt's Viper, yet it killed a zombie in just two shots!

That was the true value of the demon-breaking effect!

"Hiss... This demon-breaking effect is rather powerful, and somewhat similar to the demon-suppressing effect of the Cyan-Steel Gate," Xu Lang muttered to himself inwardly, his gaze fixed unblinkingly on the monitoring screen.

Swish! Bang!

Inside the room, upon detecting a target, the Army-Breaker Heavy Crossbow slowly shifted its aim, drew its bowstring, paused briefly, and fiercely fired its bolt.

The effect produced by this single bolt was astonishing!

The half-meter-long, finger-thick bolt instantly sent the front-row zombie flying, pierced straight through its chest, and continued to deal damage to the trailing zombies behind it.

The death of two zombies was insignificant to the entire horde, but Xu Lang's mind finally settled.

There was a limit to the number of monsters that could crowd a doorway, given the spatial constraints. For zombie monsters, having five surround a door simultaneously was already considered optimal coordination.

As for the zombies that couldn't find a spot, they would wander elsewhere and return once a vacancy opened up.

Thump, thump, thump...

The zombie horde quickly marched past Xu Lang's doorway, leaving a dozen or so frantic zombies swarming toward the entrance of Room 200.

After all, Xu Lang carried a blood feud on him, making his attraction to these monsters overwhelmingly strong.

While a dozen zombies blocking the door seemed vicious, only three or four were actually attacking the entrance at any given time.

The two turrets were currently harvesting points at a frenzied pace.

Watching his points skyrocket, Xu Lang felt almost numb to it.

As long as he didn't die, first place was undoubtedly his; no one could snatch it away.

This kind of monster wave was simply too easy for farming points.

Earlier, Xu Lang had worried whether veteran players like Thunder might replicate what he did in the first round of the game, staging a comeback by slaying a few bosses at the end.

Now, it seemed virtually impossible.

As long as Xu Lang was given time to develop, he would make all competitors feel a sense of absolute despair!

After all, all he needed to do was lie back and sleep!

"Brother Lang, it looks like we're going to be fine," Tong Qi patted her Pikachu plushie, still lingering in lingering fear.

Her chest heaved violently, and the two large eyes of the Pikachu seemed squished together, looking ready to burst into tears at any moment.

Empress Tong Qi possessed terrifying power indeed.

Even Cao Ya-Zhi couldn't help stealing a couple of extra glances.

"We were fine to begin with. If our dorm's setup couldn't clear this wave, then this survival game might as well shut down early," Wang Ya-Zhi chuckled lightly.

Though she spoke casually, her heart had also been extremely tense upon seeing the zombie wave.

"I wonder if Wu Hui-Hui and the others can make it through this wave," Xu Lang murmured, shaking his head with a frown.