Chapter 583: Day Nine of the Scarlet End, Senior Sister Red Butterfly Only Eats Pressure
June 29th, the ninth day of the Scarlet End.
The blood rain never stopped falling for a single moment. Buildings like Mad King Building, the Iron Blood Colosseum, the Astrological Platform, and the Merit Tower were completely submerged in the Blood River. Even the surfaces of the structures were covered in black, grimy stains, like some kind of toxic colony that had condensed to an extreme degree.
With the Mad King Building's safe zone as its center, the Ghost Tomb had formed a massive Atlantis-like relic.
Yet, inside that most magnificent dormitory building, people still survived, the flame of life burning unquenchably.
And some people were living very comfortably, very contentedly!
Xu Lang leaned against the headboard, his eyes slightly glazed, as if he'd been drinking.
[Base Nightmare Coins 1600, Conversion Rate 8001%, Total Production over 8 hours: 127,760 Nightmare Coins]
[Total Nightmare Coins: 1,212,904]
[Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art Harvest Summary: Constitution +40, Spirit +40, War God +1, Martial Saint +1, Abyss Demon Eye +1, World-Burning Immortal Flame +1]
[Ghostly Deity Power Harvest Summary: Ghostly Deity Power +30]
[Attributes: Constitution 1060, Spirit 1060, Ghostly Deity Power 600]
One million two hundred thousand Nightmare Coins!
The total amount of Nightmare Coins had reached an unprecedented height!
And on top of that, his four core skills had all been upgraded by the Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art. If Xu Lang couldn't crack a smile at this point, he might as well be declared a vegetable.
The Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art had really pulled its weight last night.
Xu Lang held a glass of brandy in his hand, taking a sip from time to time.
"If only this Blood Calamity would never end."
"The total amount of Nightmare Essence has also hit fifty thousand. Floating Life Play and the others are doing good work."
"Rainy Night Blade can't return to the Starving Corpse Building for now. Once the next round of Starving Corpse Building games starts, he might be summoned back."
Rainy Night Blade was still running wild through the dreams of the Mad King Building players right now.
There was nothing to be done about it. Ever since the Gluttony Demon had thrown the Starving Corpse Building's situation into chaos, no matter how deliberately Rainy Night Blade's tenants tried to infect themselves with the Demon Box Curse, the Starving Corpse Building would forcibly and unconditionally purge the Demon Box Curse.
However, it was worth noting that the Starving Corpse Building hadn't directly banned Rainy Night Blade's tenants from continuing to use their radios, nor had it done anything to those tenants.
In front of a dormitory building, whether a player was strong or weak, it seemed they still had a little bit of human rights.
Of course, the strong had more human rights, and sometimes they could even speak directly to the dormitory building.
"Master~ you're drinking this early in the morning?" Miaoying and Mary had slept beside Xu Lang last night. Now, she opened her sleepy, cat-like eyes, and as she spoke, her slender little leg also draped over the Dorm Owner's lower abdomen.
"You want some?" Xu Lang held the glass out to Miaoying, asking with a smile.
Miaoying's cute pink lips pursed as she pressed them against the rim of the glass.
Drinking like that was a bad angle, and Miaoying soon started coughing.
Xu Lang took the glass away, noticing Miaoying's face had turned red. "So Miaoying can't hold her liquor after all. No wonder you only drank juice before."
"Mmm-hmm~ Master, I'm feeling dizzy!" Miaoying rolled over and lay on Xu Lang's chest, her hand reaching into the latter's pajamas.
Xu Lang laughed heartily. "If you're dizzy, then just sleep with me. I'm taking it easy today."
Miaoying pretended to be drunk with muffled whimpers, but beside her, Mary woke up and asked, "Master, are you going to laze around all day again today?"
"Pretty much," Xu Lang nodded, then asked, "What difference does it make to you if I get up early?"
The Gray Giant had already reached Titan Dragon City. Today was the day the Authority would manifest.
Today might also be the first in-person meet-up for the members of Golden Dawn.
He had a feeling that Young Master, Unrivaled Under Heaven, and the others would come too.
"That's not what I meant, Master. As the owner of our home, you have the ultimate right to rest," Mary quickly waved her hands. "I just feel like someone as talented and ambitious as you wouldn't just do nothing."
Xu Lang chuckled again.
Miaoying and Mary were both too good at buttering him up. Not like Cao Yaxuan, who was always finding ways to annoy him.
"Resting seriously is how you compete seriously!" Xu Lang smiled. "Don't forget to rest yourselves, either."
Mary found this deeply reasonable and took out a pen and paper to jot it down as a golden quote.
Not long after, Kui Zi and the others started getting up one after another.
Kui Zi and Wang Yazhi were the two most diligent tenants in the dormitory building. One had an endless passion for research, and her daily main quest was to head into the Demon Box World to analyze the Apocalypse Fighter Jets.
As for Wang Yazhi, it was sword practice, sword practice, sword practice, and more sword practice.
The others also had things to do after getting up early.
Zhen Lu went to strengthen the Spirit Field. Han Zhixiu did warm-up exercises and then practiced martial arts. Xu Ruyan studied the Sequence. Sherry organized the new information that had come out overnight. Tong Qi fed the Guardian Spirit and then meditated to cultivate. Gu Ya, Ayiguli, Jinsha, Yinsha, and White Sand performed their morning prayers.
The more laid-back ones were Cao Yaxuan, Xu Xiaomeng, Senior Sister Red Butterfly, and Chi Qingman.
Cao Yaxuan was relaxed simply because she had set her cultivation time for later in the morning, not the early hours.
Inside Demon King Castle, everyone except Senior Sister Red Butterfly had one or two sets of cultivation techniques, and their advantages were gradually becoming apparent.
Everyone was getting more attribute points from cultivation than they were from game rewards.
Now that there was nowhere to go, cultivation was the best management strategy, bar none.
Senior Sister Red Butterfly's situation was special. No matter what cultivation method she tried, she was always prompted that she couldn't cultivate. Xu Lang had been trying to find a way.
After all, the higher Senior Sister Red Butterfly's overall attributes were, the higher her Charm stat became.
Last night, Xu Lang had also used quite a few Fusion opportunities, churning out some good stuff.
"Aiya! You bastard Xu Lang, why did you kick me?!" Senior Sister Red Butterfly was sleeping soundly when suddenly her butt got kicked, and she turned around with an angry face.
"You lazy dog, lying around in bed all day, don't you know you should be trying to improve yourself?" Xu Lang scolded. "How's your development of the Yin-Yang Ghost Official Sequence coming along? We're going to need your ability when we explore the Twilight Curtain later."
Senior Sister Red Butterfly's stunningly beautiful face flushed red. She stammered, "It's, it's just... that."
"How can you be this dumb?" Xu Lang pressured her mercilessly.
Senior Sister Red Butterfly was the type who thrived on being put down; she bullied the weak and feared the strong. The more pressure she got, the more obedient she became. If you gave her an inch, she'd take a mile.
"Just wait until I go ask Kui Zi for two skill scrolls that boost intelligence. I won't be like this anymore!" Senior Sister Red Butterfly looked defiant but was actually conceding the point.
Xu Lang pretended to wave his hand helplessly.
"Boosting intelligence only speeds up how fast your brain processes things. If your brain really does get faster and you start overthinking everything, that might actually be a bad thing."
"I've prepared something better for you right here."
"Open your mouth wide and catch!"
Xu Lang brought out Life No. 1 and Unrivaled Wine, starting to boost Senior Sister Red Butterfly's strength.
Just a little while ago, he had simulated the process of seizing the Authority once, and he might need Senior Sister Red Butterfly's help then.