Chapter 758: Meeting the Lord of Dawn Again, The Dormitory Building Gets Hungry!

Golden Dawn Radio Station.

Lord of Dawn: "You're online."

Xu Lang: "Yeah, I have some things to ask you."

Lord of Dawn: "It feels so good to be connected with you again... Young Master, you can head down first."

Young Master: "..."

Boss, aren't I your trusted confidant?

And also, what exactly is the relationship between you and Zero Number? Why is it kind of mushy?

Not daring to ask more, Young Master quickly logged off.

Xu Lang was speechless. He said, "Don't talk to me in that tone. Also, the Annihilation Building is already at twenty-eight cycles? Is it about to initiate Building Wars?"

Lord of Dawn's personal information had changed.

【Lord of Dawn: Twenty-Eight-Cycle Player, Acting Floor Leader of Annihilation Dormitory Building, Station Director of Golden Dawn】

"It's not twenty-eight cycles, it's thirty-one, and it's currently in progress." Lord of Dawn said with a faint smile.

Xu Lang was immediately somewhat surprised.

The Annihilation Building had actually advanced into a Tier 3 dormitory building!

"The Annihilation Building advanced during the Blood Calamity." Lord of Dawn continued.

Xu Lang felt that there was one thing good about this man, and that was that he was honest enough. Whatever you asked, he answered.

Wait, no!

His personal profile was clearly meant to mislead others!

So, he was only honest with him!

A chill rose from the bottom of his heart, and at the same time, Xu Lang felt a bit alarmed.

To actually conduct Building Wars during a special period like the Blood Calamity, this Annihilation Building was definitely no ordinary place. He just didn't know if it was a True King Duel.

"Is it a True King Duel?"

"You actually know about the True King Duel? Could it be that the Mad King Building is conducting a Mad King Duel? No wonder there was a blood mist anomaly in the Titan Ruins a few days ago. That should have been the commotion caused by the Mad King Building, right?"

He hadn't answered his question, and had even thrown back two more questions in succession. Naturally, Xu Lang couldn't possibly answer either.

Lord of Dawn didn't seem to want to probe further, and continued:

"Unfortunately, the Annihilation Building might conduct a True King Duel when advancing to the fourth or fifth tier, but not now."

"If the Mad King Building really did participate in the legendary True King Duel and won, then congratulations. The Mad King Building has become the sole 'Overlord Seed' in our Titan Ruins."

His tone was very calm, but the value contained within his words was extremely high, the kind of content that some dormitory building managers desperately craved.

"One of the prerequisites for advancing to an Overlord Building is participating in a True King Duel?"

"Yes... Now it's my turn to ask you questions."

Xu Lang said nothing more.

The air fell into a brief silence, and Lord of Dawn seemed to be weighing his words on the other end.

After a long while, he spoke in that calm, slightly hollow voice of his.

"Let's join forces!"

"I can see a rising radiance in you, a hope that will cleanse the Blood Mist World."

"Your potential is unparalleled!"

"As long as we join forces, we will definitely be able to purge the Blood Mist World and give humanity a bright future!"

"I can tell you're not the kind of person without ambition!"

Lord of Dawn's tone gradually grew impassioned, and when his final words landed, it was like a sniper's scope had locked directly onto Xu Lang.

"So that's what you meant when you wanted us to become husband and wife back then?" Xu Lang suddenly understood. The knot in his heart was untied.

It wasn't that he was interested in his masculine charms, but rather his potential!

Living peacefully in one corner had always been Xu Lang's dream, because it let him lie flat and develop.

But given the environment of this Dorm Survival Game, that was destined to remain just a dream. There was still a long distance to go before it could be realized.

So when the timing was right, he was often the one to strike first.

This was the difference between making storms and being swept into them.

After all, he wasn't some retired dragon king waiting every day for trouble to come knocking. If he didn't go looking for others' trouble, they should be burning incense in gratitude.

Lord of Dawn's tone suddenly became resolute:

"No!"

"We must become husband and wife. Only husband and wife is the deepest of all social relationships. It works better than any binding!"

"Otherwise, we'll turn against each other and kill one another!"

"I want to fuse with you!"

Damn it!

So it really was still about his masculine charms!

Xu Lang's face darkened. He said, "In real-world society, there are far too many cases of spouses killing each other."

"That's because they didn't love each other enough!" Lord of Dawn replied.

Xu Lang: "..."

Why did he suddenly feel a sense of suffocation, like being coiled around by a python?

Xu Lang: "Let's change the subject. Our dormitory building has undergone a lot of changes and hasn't fully stabilized yet."

Lord of Dawn: "Right, we have plenty of time, but we can't drag it out too long either."

Xu Lang: "What do you mean?"

Lord of Dawn: "Your dormitory building leveled up so quickly, the game startup interval should be very short. All high-quality dormitory buildings share one distinct trait, and that is hunger... I'm afraid you'll be devoured by the Mad King Building's appetite."

Xu Lang: "It shouldn't have that ability yet."

Lord of Dawn: "That's exactly what I'm worried about. I had Young Master wait for you precisely to remind you of this."

Xu Lang was genuinely confused now.

He had trained and tamed the Mad King Building himself, so how could something still go wrong?

Fortunately, Lord of Dawn wasn't the type to speak in riddles, and quickly continued.

Lord of Dawn: "Players are ultimately just players. We're like cancer cells lodged within a dormitory building. If the dormitory building dies, we die along with it... Its hunger hasn't been satisfied, and in the end, it will devour you as well as itself!"

Xu Lang's expression turned grave. His mind rapidly reviewed all the intelligence he had gathered and the entire process of his maneuvering against the Mad King Building.

Finally, he spoke up and asked, "Do you have any specific examples?"

Lord of Dawn said in a low voice:

"Due to certain checks and balances, I split all the resources the Annihilation Building seizes fifty-fifty with it."

"That's the best balance point!"

"If it takes six and I take four, my survival becomes extremely difficult..."

"If I take six and it takes four, the probability of it being consumed by hunger will continuously compound, and eventually, the scales will completely tip!"

"The player resource chain collapses, death!"

"The dormitory building's resource chain collapses, the rules are overturned, and that will also cause massive problems!"

"Trust me, the moment a dormitory building's rules collapse, no player can withstand the backlash of the dormitory building, even if it's just the most ordinary Wellness Building!"

"This is the truth I've come to understand. Many managers who were once at the height of their power met their destruction precisely because they failed to fully grasp this truth!"

"I hope you, remember this well!"

Lord of Dawn spoke with exceptional solemnity, like an old senior whose craft was about to be lost to history, passing on his knowledge.

Xu Lang's heart grew heavy, and he suddenly thought of something.

If the Mad King Building's rules collapsed, what kind of monsters would come running out of Agatha, the Twilight Curtain, the Astrological Platform, the Garden Corridor, Rust Lake, and even the Underground Palace?

Looking at it from another angle, these terrifying existences beyond reach were also dwelling safely within the Mad King Building's body, just with a different survival mode from the players!