Chapter 614: Mad King Lou’s Power Struggle
Grave Pasture.
Agatha's huge hand had already thrust into this realm, her palm as thick as a pillar overturning the earth, searching for any trace of the owner here.
Immediately after, Xu Lang appeared. He had been expelled from the Demon Box World, and the Demon Box World was temporarily sealed, unable to sense him.
The two stared at each other.
Xu Lang's two eyes fixed on Agatha's thousand star-like eyes.
"Ha, you showed up again?" Agatha was very pleased to see Xu Lang once more.
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Rumble!!!
The vault of heaven collapsed, the whole world shattered, and then, like a dream bubble, every color faded away, transforming into a faintly golden dream world.
This was the Simulation Dream.
Xu Lang shook off the shock Agatha had brought him, then checked his Nightmare Essence, and found only fifty thousand fragments remained.
"Damn it, it's a setup!"
"Who would set me up besides Mad King Building!?"
"It must be that bastard Building!"
A tempest rose in Xu Lang's mind.
Mad King Building—purely bestial!
He forced himself to resist the impulse to rush into Gluttony Purgatory and rip that eyeball out; doing so would only alert the enemy.
It was worth mentioning that although a dormitory building's consciousness was not very human, it still carried a strong personality and a collective will.
In other words, Mad King Building not only had its own behavioral baseline, but it would change strategy as circumstances shifted.
"Forget that eyeball for now."
"Stopping Agatha from being released is the key."
"In the final round, Mad King Building releases Agatha, wins the ultimate victory, and slaughters everyone in Demon King Castle!"
How could this round be broken?
No matter what he did, Mad King Building was going to release Agatha; this round seemed unsolvable.
And as for the final round, to be honest... the other three dormitory buildings had used everything they had. Xu Lang glanced briefly at the scene back then and immediately knew he couldn't win.
If they released Agatha, she would slaughter everyone.
If they didn't release Agatha, he couldn't defeat the other dormitory buildings, and the outcome would be both him and Mad King Building being drained by the Dorm Survival Game, becoming fertilizer for the winners of Building Wars.
"No no no no no!!!!!"
"Mad King Building has already staked everything, there is no way they would let the qualifying matches be lost!"
"So even if they don't release Agatha, Mad King Building will find another way to win!"
"Then, what would it do to win?"
"Would it allocate all resources to Mad King Building players?"
Thud thud!
Xu Lang heard his own heartbeat, and a fiery glint appeared in his eyes.
This was not a dead end at all; it was another perfect chance to blackmail Mad King Building!
Once he realized that, his heart raced faster and faster, uncontrollable.
Wonderful!!!
Never before had he had such a marvelous opening. With a single shift of thought, the world suddenly felt vast!
He must stop Mad King Building from releasing Agatha!
The other three buildings? Irrelevant!
As long as Mad King Building was willing to cooperate, he was certain he could secure the ultimate victory!
So the question was, would Xu Lang dare bet his life with Mad King Building?
Of course he would!
Xu Lang had already probed Mad King Building's elasticity; it was limited—when the dormitory's survival was at stake, it would never gamble to the bitter end.
The Golden Time Rewind Clock hanging in Demon King Castle was the best proof.
"The only question now is how to stop Agatha from breaking the seal!"
"Agatha's unsealing should be related to that pair of young people beside her!"
"Let me think, they seem to be the Snake Lord from the fifteenth floor, and his sister, Bai Ling!"
Stopping Agatha's unsealing—this was his second round with Mad King Building!
Without the building knowing, its rivalry with Xu Lang had already entered the next stage!
The Nightmare Lord sequence was truly magnificent!
Building, your opponent is me, the Nightmare Lord's fang!
If circumstances allowed, Xu Lang would have simulated the entire process of Agatha being released again.
However, now he had only fifty thousand Nightmare Essence fragments left.
A choice lay before Xu Lang.
D, or not D?
Before making that choice, Xu Lang woke from the dream and opened the player interface. Bai Ling's ID was quickly found, but Snake Lord...
"Snake Lord is already dead?"
Xu Lang was baffled.
Although he had not personally checked every Mad King Building player, he still remembered their appearances.
Besides, Snake Lord's appearance was distinctive, and he had come through the Gate of Ten Thousand Lies; Xu Lang remembered him even more clearly.
His memory could not be wrong.
The youth standing by Agatha's side was Snake Lord!
"Perhaps the incident started from here!"
To confirm his suspicion, Xu Lang sent a private message to Su Yuan to ask.
The reply came quickly.
[Su Yuan: Snake Lord's name only dimmed recently, probably killed by other players who came out of the Gate of Ten Thousand Lies. The suspected killer is Wu Man and his accomplices, the murder location...]
Su Yuan was a minor administrator in the Neighborhood Committee. The Blood Mist Morning Paper was published by their leadership group, so their information flowed faster than anyone else's.
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"Open up!"
On the fifteenth floor, someone knocked on the door of a dorm room.
A moment later, Wu Man opened the door. Seeing the Neighborhood Committee members outside, he smiled obsequiously and said, "Honored sirs, what brings you here? Building Wars are about to begin, I'm preparing for battle!"
His face smiled, but inside he was extremely nervous.
He had seen Cao Yaxuan standing outside the door; this ice-cold killer who would not blink at murder had come personally!
"Cut the crap. Bring your tenants out!" Zhou Ye barked.
Wu Man's expression changed slightly. He shouted, "What are you trying to do? You won't be purging the unusual players who came from the Gate of Ten Thousand Lies, will you?!"
His voice carried; players in the neighboring rooms all heard.
Yet nobody came out.
A chill sank into Wu Man's chest. This was bad—damn these cowards, they wouldn't even come out to watch?
People love to gawk at chaos, it's a universal trait.
But circumstances mattered. In a special period, which squid would dare to go gawk on German Street? Doors and windows must stay locked!
"Sister Yaxuan, I think you should just act. These guys see you and pretend not to notice. It's a subconscious avoidance, they're hiding something." Zhou Ye looked at Cao Yaxuan and said.
"Stop!" Wu Man shouted, stepping out of his room. "I'll call the others now, don't start anything!"
No doubt, if it came to actual fighting, his little dorm couldn't hold out more than a few minutes.
Cao Yaxuan specialized in breaking doors; her freezing power was especially effective against turrets.
Next, Wu Man and his tenants followed Cao Yaxuan and the others to the next household.
Before they reached that room, Wu Man's heart dropped.
The players in that room were his accomplices in the plot to overthrow Demon King Castle.
Crap!
Had they really been discovered?
But if they had been, with Demon King Castle's harsh methods, they'd surely have been killed outright, not just called together.
There might still be a chance!
He privately messaged the players inside, telling them not to resist.
The door opened. The players came out and obediently followed the Neighborhood Committee people.
And the Neighborhood Committee did nothing at all!