Chapter 651: An Audience with the Mad King? Why Doesn’t He Come to See Me!
The first fusion of the Memory Crystals had directly turned into garbage, with Rasputin's and Osykas's memories jumbled together into incomprehensible nonsense.
Xu Lang was an old hand at this and had long known this outcome would happen. In the past, he would have panicked, but now he remained unfazed and continued feeding more Memory Crystals in.
The second fusion yielded slightly better results.
The third fusion was a bit better still.
Fusing again and again, the core elements within the Memory Crystals were gradually refined and extracted.
In the end, Xu Lang went all-in, fusing nine Memory Crystals into a single special item.
[Nightmare Eye · Court Guard's Time Crystal: Use the Time Crystal to experience life segments of the Nine Great Court Guards, or use the item in one go to manifest a Court Guard selection tournament. Participate personally, and after winning the championship, you can have an audience with the Mad King.]
"An audience with the Mad King?"
"Why doesn't he come to have an audience with the Nightmare Lord?"
Xu Lang sat with his legs crossed, his right hand's five fingers gripping his forehead hair and sweeping it back, his arrogance off the charts.
Since this was all happening in a dream anyway, he couldn't help being cocky.
He wanted to choose both options, but how?
Naturally, he'd start a simulation!
...
Inside the Simulation Dream, Xu Lang was located at Demon King Castle and used the Court Guard's Time Crystal.
The dream shifted, and Xu Lang became a young noble.
This young man was none other than Rasputin!
Xu Lang glanced at the consumption rate of Nightmare Essence, and his eyes instantly went wide.
"This Time Crystal is really premium!"
"These Nine Great Court Guards all have extraordinary lives!"
"I'm not in a good mood today, I'll simulate later!"
"... "
The Simulation Dream ended.
Staring at the alchemy furnace in front of him, Xu Lang's face darkened.
A loss!
He hadn't gained anything, and had even lost several hundred Nightmare Essence.
...
Outside, Kui Zi coughed a few times and angrily pinched Xu Lang.
Yet Xu Lang didn't wake up.
Kui Zi grew even more furious.
...
In Xu Lang's other dream, he was still cultivating the Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art, so naturally, he couldn't wake up. He spent the entire night sleeping soundly, but the utterly clueless Dorm Survival Game still rang its alarm before he had slept a full eight hours.
[Dorm Survival Game —]
[Survival Contest Round Five "High Pressure World" has ended!]
[Survival Contest Round Six "Gravity Abyss" is about to begin. Please prepare, everyone!]
[Gravity Abyss —]
[Overview: Gravity increases by 30 times. Physical structures will collapse within 0.1 seconds. The more complex the life form, the more severe the damage. The human spine and leg bones will shatter like glass in an instant, the heart will rupture from being unable to pump hundreds of pounds of blood, and the air will become as viscous as liquid. The laws of physics are being rewritten. Dormitory buildings and their interiors will all be affected. Please treat this round with utmost caution.]
[Duration: 7 hours]
[Game countdown… 3… 2… 1]
Boom!!!
Gravity crashed down from above, and the entire Mad King Building seemed to sink slightly.
The change struck with terrifying suddenness. Although the Dorm Survival Game had given a warning, no one had time to react.
Inside the Nightmare Bed, even through the gauze curtains, they could see outside. After being jolted awake, Xu Lang and the others saw furniture outside sink down, then collapse with a clatter. The Demon King Castle's exclusive mycelium carpet was flattened and deformed under the pressure.
"How can this be?! How can the interior of the dormitory be affected?!" Gu Ya exclaimed in shock.
Earlier, when everyone had analyzed this round of the game, they all believed gravity wouldn't affect the interior of the dormitory.
The reason was simple!
Because a dormitory building had encountered this type of gravity-based environment dungeon before, and their conclusion was based on past experience. Yet the reality turned out to be completely different!
"It should be because we're in the void battlefield, which is a special place..." Zhen Lu bit her finger, her eyes scanning around. Initially, there was some worry in her expression, but she quickly calmed down.
"Ahhhh, we're going to die!" Chi Qingman screamed, frantically searching for Xu Lang. "Brother Lang, save me!"
"Calm down." Xu Ruyan grabbed her and said calmly, "It looks like we're fine."
The Nightmare Bed remained completely still. If not for the commotion everyone was making, it seemed the bed curtains wouldn't even flutter.
Chi Qingman clutched her body, terrified that she'd be crushed into pulp in the next instant.
Xu Xiaomeng, Yinsha, and White Sand were also a little panicked.
But as time passed, they too noticed the anomaly.
None of them were showing any signs of distress—they were absolutely safe!
"What's going on?" Wang Yazhi looked at Xu Lang.
"I know!" Cao Yaxuan raised her hand, her eyes sparkling. "I knew Xu Lang's constant upgrading of the bed wasn't for nothing! Does it have other functions besides letting us sleep better and recovering SAN value?"
Everyone caught on and looked at Xu Lang.
"That's right." Xu Lang stroked his chin, thinking it over, and figured out the answer in his mind.
The Nightmare Bed had a very important characteristic—it ensured the sleeper's comfort. And this concept had grown stronger and stronger with each upgrade.
"Hahaha! Honey, you're truly prophetic!" In her excitement, Cao Yaxuan threw her arms around Xu Lang.
"Actually, we could just enter the Demon Box World," Xu Lang said.
"No way!" Cao Yaxuan shook her head vigorously. "Don't forget, there are still Gravity Beasts in this round. Who knows what form they'll take or what they'll do?"
"Oh no!!!" Kui Zi suddenly screamed and rushed toward the outside of the bed at full speed, not even wearing her coat.
"What's wrong?" Gu Ya asked.
"Firepower Girl and the others are in danger!" Kui Zi had already rushed out of the Nightmare Bed, her voice trailing behind her.
The Firepower Squad had been standing guard on the second floor. With the sudden increase in gravity, there was no guarantee they could withstand it.
"Oh no, Tong Bao and the others are in danger!" Tong Qi's expression shifted, and she also rushed out of the Nightmare Bed.
"Holy shit!" Zhen Lu shot up like a rocket.
"What's wrong with you now?" Ayiguli asked.
"My Dreamlike Night-Blooming Cereus!!!"
"Not good!" Wang Yazhi sped out of the room. "I'm going to check on Zhixia, Zhidong, and Evil Furry Grain!"
Last night's point grinders had been Zhiqiu and Zhichun; Zhixia and Zhidong were still outside.
"They'll be fine, right?" Senior Sister Red Butterfly looked at Xu Lang.
"With their Constitution being so high, they'll be fine." Xu Lang was a bit surprised that Senior Sister Red Butterfly was actually showing concern.
His heart was warmed.
Senior Sister Red Butterfly gave Xu Lang a look like he was an idiot. "I mean, is there something wrong with their brains? If someone's in trouble, they die instantly. Now they're rushing out in such a hurry—are they going to collect the bodies?"
Xu Lang: "... "
Everyone still in bed was left speechless.
Good thing Wang Yazhi and the others hadn't heard that, or the next time they grinded for points, Senior Sister Red Butterfly would be tied up and interrogated!