Chapter 698: Sequence User, Golden Koi, Tenant and Dorm Owner Turn Against Each Other

"Hahahaha, we got one, we actually got one! This is an auspicious omen! With the Golden Koi here, Amusement Park Building is destined to win!"

"The Golden Koi has appeared, this means we'll have endless good luck!"

"Who fished up the Golden Koi?"

The Golden Koi had appeared!

The angler was a girl with pink hair.

Calling her a girl didn't quite fit, though. There were quite a few crow's feet around her eyes, yet her temperament and demeanor gave off a youthful impression. Weariness and youth were mixed together on her face in a very strange way.

At this moment, her face was frozen in a daze, her eyes reflecting the carp soaring through the air. She hadn't even snapped back to reality yet, but her hands moved like a gale, yanking backward with ferocious speed.

The Golden Koi landed in her arms.

The radiant golden light all around converged and faded!

The entire venue fell dead silent!

Everyone around stared at the golden carp jumping in her embrace, all of them forgetting to breathe.

Someone had actually managed to fish up the Golden Koi.

Everyone knew that if you exchanged this Golden Koi at the Lucky Shop, you could get a Mythical-grade item or three Epic-grade items!

"Sell it to me! Please, Zhang Tian!"

"Give it to me, I want it! I'll even give you my Dorm Owner key!"

"Zhang Tian, you can't handle this opportunity!"

"Zhang Tian, we're closest! Let's trade for three Epic-grade items, okay!"

"..."

"Hahaha, you actually caught it!" A plump, heavyset woman pushed through the crowd and walked up to the lucky girl named Zhang Tian. "Come on, Tian Tian, I'll take you to exchange for the Black Bait right now."

The Lucky Koi was a bound item. It couldn't be given away, and neither could the things exchanged for it.

This protected player safety to a certain extent.

However, there were special circumstances.

The Lucky Shop sold an item called "Black Bait" that could remove the binding status of the Lucky Koi.

Additionally, the Black Bait had to be used personally by the Koi's owner.

"Sister Meiyu, I want to..." Zhang Tian's pale, fair hand gripped the Golden Koi tightly, her expression full of inner conflict.

"What do you want?!" The plump woman snorted coldly. "You're my tenant. I can do whatever I want with you. If you don't behave, don't blame me for sending you to Qing Pizi's place to entertain customers every day!"

The seemingly cheerful Amusement Park Building had an incredibly dark side as well.

For example, some people's joy came from torturing others, some people's joy came from being total pushovers, some people's joy came from sexual pleasure, and some people's joy came from binge eating.

Someone had to bear the dark underbelly of all that "joy."

And the ones being crushed were still the bottom of the ladder.

There were also genuinely positive people who found joy in helping others and punishing evil.

It's just that those kinds of people had a hard time surviving in the Dorm Survival Game.

Even if Amusement Park Building's instances weren't particularly hard, they still couldn't withstand the harm caused by their own companions.

You could see this clearly from the caliber of the three major powers of Amusement Park Building.

Youle, Jester, and the Candy Queen. Not a single one of them was a good person.

Zhang Tian's face went pale at the words. She stammered, "O-okay, fine. But Sister Meiyu, I used fifty years of my lifespan this time..."

"Don't worry, I'll make sure you stay alive. Your talent is too useful for that." Sister Meiyu promised grandly.

"Alright then..." Zhang Tian opened her mouth, then nodded in agreement.

Originally, Sister Meiyu had promised her a full set of equipment for catching a purple Koi. Now that she'd caught a golden one, Sister Meiyu didn't even mention that deal anymore.

But Zhang Tian was already used to being treated this way.

In Amusement Park Building, unhappy people were at the very bottom. She was one of them, and the joy she could experience was few and far between.

"Hahaha!" Sister Meiyu laughed loudly. "My Joy Value just broke through the peak! So satisfying!"

As she spoke, she popped a piece of candy into her mouth, doubling her pleasure.

"Come on, let's go find Youle and claim the bounty first!" Sister Meiyu strutted along, dragging Zhang Tian out with her.

The crowd parted automatically.

A bulletin board stood tall on the open ground beside the Luck Pool, with a line of text written on it.

"The Luck Pool is a place of fortune that gathers truth, goodness, and beauty. Killing, fighting, robbing, stealing, and other vulgar violent acts are strictly prohibited."

This bulletin board wasn't just for show. It was the rule.

Violate it, and you would suffer terrifying consequences.

Before Sister Meiyu and Zhang Tian could go find Youle, Youle's tenants took the initiative to lead the two of them to where Youle was.

"Hehe, we caught the Golden Koi." Sister Meiyu looked at Youle and snickered.

Her eyes gleamed with infatuation.

This woman was a frequent visitor to male escort clubs, a lustful degenerate deeply favored by Slaanesh.

As for Youle, she was one of the three major powers of Amusement Park Building, with abundant resources. Her outfit, paired with her handsome features, made her shine brighter than any male celebrity.

"Alright, hand it over." Youle said with a faint smile.

"Haha, Sister Le is joking. This thing can't be traded." Sister Meiyu snapped back to reality instantly and shook her head vigorously. "The bounty you offered, we don't have to hand over the Golden Koi to claim it, do we? If that's the case, then no deal."

As she spoke, she hooked her arm around Zhang Tian's shoulder and turned to leave.

At the same time, she muttered inwardly to herself.

Youle's gaze at Zhang Tian seemed off. Could Youle be into that type? Maybe she should lose some weight too.

But that would take away so much of her fun.

She really enjoyed watching male escorts wail beneath her while forcing themselves to act like they liked her.

Come to think of it, she'd said she was going to lose weight before too.

Was it yesterday? The day before? Or three days ago?

Forgot.

She thought about losing weight all the time, but she'd never actually done it.

"Zhang Tian, why aren't you coming?" Sister Meiyu turned to look at Zhang Tian with a frown.

Just then, Youle spoke again.

"Hand it over." Youle extended her hand toward Zhang Tian, her gaze fixed on Zhang Tian as well.

From start to finish, she'd only been talking to Zhang Tian.

Zhang Tian's expression twisted in conflict, her feet rooted to the spot as if they'd taken root.

"Paradise has one more tenant spot open. I can give it to you." Youle said calmly.

Amusement Park Building had once produced an item that upgraded dormitory grades, and Youle had never dropped out of the top ten in any round of the game. So, just like Xu Lang, despite being a Phase 9 player, she possessed a unique room.

All the facilities in Paradise were top-tier games. Even the daily snacks were Rare-grade. Amusement Park Building players had heard about it for a long time, and all of them wanted to get in.

Moreover, the tenants of Paradise were all evergreen players. They weren't replaced like a crop every season.

"YES!" Zhang Tian had been waiting for exactly those words. She immediately broke free from Sister Meiyu's embrace, ran over to Youle's side, and looked back at the stunned face of the latter. Her joy value skyrocketed as she laughed loudly, "You old hag, do you know you reek of pig? I've been wanting to say that for ages!"

"Zhang Tian, I f*ck your mother! You dare betray me?! Do you believe I'll skin you alive and turn you into leather shoes?!" Sister Meiyu was absolutely livid, her face twisted in terrifying rage.

Zhang Tian was instantly scared, her confidence deflating. The Golden Koi in her arms wriggled, its fish eyes turning to look at the plain, unremarkable man standing beside Youle.

Xu Lang watched this drama unfold with a bored expression. When he saw the Golden Koi looking at him, he looked back and activated his Nightmare Eye.

The Faceless belonged to the Taleblade Demon Box. In essence, they were part of the Taleblade Demon Box, and the Taleblade Demon Box was part of Xu Lang, and the Nightmare Eye was Xu Lang's Sequence ability.

There were layers upon layers between them. Yet, Xu Lang could still activate the Nightmare Eye!

He couldn't do this before, but now he could.

He used the Nightmare Eye often, and he was getting better and better at it.

The Nightmare Lord was becoming increasingly mysterious and unfathomable.

Still, since there were so many intermediaries in between, the effectiveness of the Nightmare Eye was diminished. The moment he made contact, Xu Lang realized that the Golden Koi's mechanisms were very complex, so he simply stopped looking.

"Ji Laizhi, Cong Jinyue, you two go keep watch outside." Youle looked utterly amused as she pointed at Sister Meiyu and said to the two tenants beside her, "When she leaves, skin her."

A chill ran down Sister Meiyu's neck. Without a word, she turned and ran like a speeding Small Tank.

If she was trapped here, she'd die eventually. Going back to her dormitory was the safest option!

Ji Laizhi and Cong Jinyue gave chase.