Chapter 749: Xu Lang: So This Was Mental Corruption, I Thought It Was a Cartoon

【345 Jia Sheng: Look, look! The Dorm Owner is coming out of the Mission Hall!】

【542 Ji Yunfeng: The Dorm Owner has been to all the places he needed to go. He should let us out now, right!】

【231 Luo Yun: Oh no, the Dorm Owner went to the Worker Dormitory!】

【559 Zheng Kai: Lang Ge actually went to check on the workers. I'm so touched!】

【255 Li Xin: Speaking of which, how many workers do we have now? I feel like they're living better than us. No life threats, and the Mad King Building has plenty of resources!】

【433 Ye Fan: That's because Sister Ayiguli and Sister Pandora are looking after them. Otherwise the workers would be miserable. Haven't you heard about what happened to workers in other dormitory buildings?】

Counting carefully, it had been nearly two hours since Xu Lang sealed the building.

The players stayed inside their dorms, hearts clawing with anxiety.

The Neighborhood Committee had already issued a notice, ordering everyone not to lower their SAN value without permission, otherwise there was a risk of Mental Corruption.

On the surface, nobody mentioned it.

In private, it was a different story.

After all, the benefits of lowering SAN value were too many, and now that the risk of transforming into a Mad Vanguard was gone, everyone would definitely go wild.

Some players were already mentally unstable to begin with and couldn't control themselves.

Unless Xu Lang personally gave the order.

As for Xu Lang, everyone actually had a bit of PTSD toward him. His sense of authority was deeply ingrained in people's hearts.

……

Xu Lang turned and left the Mission Hall, his estimation of Exploration Mode rising yet another level in his mind.

Inside the Mission Hall, most of the missions were actually related to Exploration Mode, and the rewards were extremely generous!

Including but not limited to Zombie Origin Virus, True God Potion, Frost Ghost Scepter, Divine Ghost Killing Order Cultivation Secret Manual, Circus Blueprint, and other Mythical-tier items!

Xu Lang read through every single mission.

The good things in the exploration worlds were a bit exaggerated, to say the least.

Going out to explore seriously would definitely yield more benefits than Pioneering. After all, Exploration Mode was theoretically part of the game system, while going out to Pioneer had completely unknown benefits and risks.

After leaving the Mission Hall, Xu Lang headed straight for the Mad King Building without using the Magic Box to teleport.

He needed to give himself some time to think.

The distance from the Mission Hall to the Mad King Building was just about right.

"The Mad King Building seems to be pushing players to go find resources."

"No, no, no. Speculating about the Mad King Building's intentions is meaningless now."

"I only look at results. The result is that the Mad King Building is opening up sources and motivating players to obtain resources."

"Before, it was always holding everyone back. It wouldn't even display item information fully."

"And now, it's pushing players forward."

"The strategy has changed."

The moment Xu Lang stepped out of the Mission Hall, the mission window popped up again!

【War Mission "Neighbor Recruitment" (Highest Level)】

【Mission Status: Not Accepted】

【Mission Content: Gain agreement from half the Mad King players, recruit a dormitory building, form a community, and jointly face the next game dungeon with the neighboring building!】

【Mission Reward: Flame Demon Tower Construction Blueprint】

【Tip: Construction Blueprint is bound to the "Mad King Construction Center." Can be repeatedly constructed after use.】

His pace didn't pause for even half a step as Xu Lang continued walking forward, a look of deep thought in his eyes.

The Building was anxious.

……

Demon King Castle.

"Xu Lang, you're finally back!"

When Xu Lang returned to Demon King Castle, the large doors hadn't closed yet. Cao Yaxuan and the others happened to return at the same time and were absolutely delighted to see him.

"What's wrong? The problem still isn't solved?" Xu Lang asked.

Sherry nodded repeatedly:

"Right. The uniqueness of Mental Corruption is too strong. My healing spells and purification spells are useless."

"I want to recruit players both with and without Mental Corruption and run a group test to see if we can find the right treatment."

"In the Mad King Building, there should be quite a few players with special healing abilities."

"—Let's go inside first!"

Sherry was very invested in this matter because this was another large-scale sampling, a question that would determine the development direction of the Mad King Building. It seemed inconspicuous, but was actually extremely critical.

"Alright." Xu Lang stepped into Demon King Castle.

The large doors closed.

The entire Mad King Building fell into silence, not at all resembling a place that had just undergone an advancement.

……

"We'll talk about treating Mental Corruption later." Xu Lang waved his hand and briefly summarized what he had seen outside.

The women were delighted again and again. When they heard that the Turret attack speed had no upper limit, they felt things were completely secure.

"Don't celebrate too early. The Mad King Building won't let us get so many benefits for nothing." Xu Lang drank a cup of coffee and shook his head. "I originally thought the Mad King Building was a Wellness Building. I didn't expect it would still want to put some pressure on me."

Han Zhixiu's mouth twitched.

No matter how you evaluated the Mad King Building, it had nothing to do with a Wellness Building!

"We'll deal with whatever comes our way. We can't escape the Mad King Building anyway!" Cao Yaxuan shook her head vigorously, her ice-blue eyes sparkling as she stared at Xu Lang. "Can we go to that Frost Ghost King world? I feel like there's definitely something I need in there!"

"That's a fantasy world, Status unknown…" Xu Lang shook his head. "It's best to let other players explore it. I'm afraid this is a trap the Mad King Building has set for us."

"That's actually possible." Hearing this, Cao Yaxuan immediately became guarded.

"Xu Lang, did you buy those SAN value skills?" Han Zhixiu walked behind Xu Lang and helped him massage his shoulders.

Han Zhixiu was a martial artist, and she was very skilled at massages.

"Bought them." Xu Lang smiled. "But no rush to use them. Tonight we'll practice in the Training Room. I want to see what types of skills you all need, so I can upgrade Skill Scrolls accordingly."

Xu Lang couldn't even be bothered to pretend anymore and directly said he could upgrade item quality.

Actually, this was something everyone tacitly understood. There were similar rumors even among ordinary players, so how could Cao Yaxuan and the others not know?

"Great!" Han Zhixiu immediately became much more enthusiastic. Her hand movements shifted, and as she rubbed Xu Lang's temples, she smoothly pressed his head into the Somali Trench.

Zhen Lu laughed. "With Mad Skills, players won't need to find ways to torture themselves anymore. This is much safer."

Using Mad Skills to control SAN value was undoubtedly more efficient and safer.

Everyone found this reasonable, and Xu Lang thought so too.

Controlling SAN value was actually a very difficult thing, for example, in his own case.

The nightmares of his first half of life had made him suffer enough. Basically nothing could cause his SAN value to fluctuate dramatically.

That kind of fear and excitement, he didn't lack. But that kind of extreme terror, he hadn't felt since he was ten years old.

So he could only use Seven Killings Blood Qi to flood his brain and forcibly lower his SAN value.

But other people didn't have Seven Killings Blood Qi.

"Xu Lang, you're saying that Mad Capacity only takes effect after entering a Mad state?" Wang Yazhi had a different view, saying gravely, "Then how should players get through that blank zone when breaking through negative SAN values?"

"Aren't there Mad Skills? Just cast them a few more times." Zhen Lu said dismissively.

After saying it, her expression also became somewhat grave.

If SAN value entered single digits, one would contract Mental Corruption!

In other words, as long as players wanted to enter the Madness Domain, they would inevitably contract Mental Corruption.

Thinking of this, Zhen Lu quickly recounted the latest happenings in the Mad King Building, then asked, "Xu Lang, you should have already entered the Madness Domain, right? You didn't get Mental Corruption?"

"Right. The uniqueness of Mental Corruption is too strong. My healing spells and purification spells are useless."

After the great battle, he had indeed felt something off, but it was very mild.

Although bizarre images would surface in his mind, this kind of thing could just be treated as a nightmare and ignored directly.

Moreover, after experiencing the House of Order, that mild abnormal feeling was gone.