Chapter 569: In the End, It’s Just Not Enough Charm
For the first time ever, Xu Lang had communicated through this method, and all the players who were eager to make a move retracted their claws.
Cao Yaxuan and the others also kept quiet for a moment.
If necessary, Xu Lang would explain to them; otherwise, even if they asked, he wouldn’t say.
“These floating corpses mean no harm. Attacking them would only provoke something more troublesome,” Xu Lang explained flatly.
The women suddenly understood.
The players on the nineteenth floor and the adjacent buildings also heard these words, and the news quickly spread to everyone.
Some returned to their dormitories.
Some lingered in the corridors, anxious and uneasy.
Originally, some of the floating corpses had shown signs of awakening when attacked, but once everyone stopped, these corpses fell silent again, as if they posed no threat as long as no one provoked them.
The information was true.
Everyone’s awe of Demon King Castle deepened even further.
Green Shadow, Chen Weilong, and Snake Lord felt heavy-hearted and uneasy.
“It seems they’ve really settled down.” Han Zhixiu, draped in her Frog Skin Raincoat, kept chewing but stopped blowing bubbles.
Blood rain was pouring everywhere.
Just then, Pandora emerged from the staircase on the left, holding Killer Bear, her eyes tearful. “Xu Lang, my factory is flooded!”
“Let it flood,” Xu Lang said, finding her expression somewhat amusing. “What’s with the look like you’re about to cry?”
“I’m taking huge losses!” Pandora rushed forward and, in front of everyone, buried her head in Xu Lang’s chest.
[Nightmare Eye - Pandora: Hehehehe, I finally got to hug him again! Such a beautiful, saintly male body!]
Xu Lang: “...”
He really shouldn’t have used Nightmare Eye to probe this one!
Maybe all gothic “little cupcakes” were such lustful, horny women.
“It’s fine. Once the Blood Calamity passes, the factory can resume operations.”
Pandora managed the Puppet Factory quite well, producing high-quality puppets daily, making it a mid-range commodity in Mad King Building.
“Okay!” Pandora rubbed her head against Xu Lang’s chest, her voice tinged with melancholy but also a hint of satisfaction.
Yes, even in platform shoes, Pandora only barely reached Xu Lang’s chest.
[Xu Lang: Do you want to become my tenant?]
[Pandora: What are you talking about? I’m just reporting to you.]
Xu Lang felt that Pandora should dye her hair blonde and sport twin tails—that would be the perfect underdog template.
Receiving Xu Lang’s private message, Pandora acted as if she’d been insulted, jumping back and saying, “Don’t we need to deal with those floating corpses down there? I could have my puppets fish them all out.”
“No need. Don’t do anything unnecessary,” Xu Lang thought for a moment, then said, “Better get back to your dorm early. The whole building should be flooded tonight.”
Pandora’s little face tensed up, and she nodded seriously, then suddenly whispered, “Golden Dawn is having a small meeting at ten tonight. Do you want to come over to my place?”
“Alright, wait for me at home,” Xu Lang nodded.
“What are you saying?!” Pandora’s eyes widened as she kicked at Xu Lang’s shin.
Xu Lang lifted his leg first, stepping his boot on the toe of her platform shoe, while simultaneously reaching out to grab Killer Bear, who was about to attack him.
“Ah! Lord Dorm Owner, please let me go! My master is yours to do with as you please; I’ll make sure she washes up and waits for you!” Killer Bear flailed its arms and legs, speaking human words.
“This little thing is pretty interesting. Is it a doll that’s become a spirit?” Xu Lang asked.
“Killer Bear is the family spirit of the Witch’s Home. It can see through enemies’ weaknesses, has explosive power, and can disguise itself as a plush toy,” Pandora introduced, a hint of pride in her voice.
This was her family member, worthy of a grand introduction.
“Alright, here you go.” Xu Lang chuckled and tossed Killer Bear out of the building.
This little thing had actually shown real killing intent toward him, protective of its master as it was.
“Ah!”
Pandora’s mind went blank, and tears burst from her eyes.
The next moment.
Xu Lang clenched his five fingers, activating his magnetic field power, and Killer Bear flew back.
“Scared the bear to death! Scared the bear to death!” Killer Bear, gripped by the scruff of its neck by Xu Lang, panted heavily, its two black plastic eyes nearly falling out from fright.
Pandora snatched Killer Bear back. “Killer Bear, are you okay? Did the blood rain get on you? Should I use a healing item?”
“I’m fine. The blood rain doesn’t seem to affect me.” Killer Bear flashed Pandora a big smile, then shrank back from Xu Lang. “Hehehe, Lord Dorm Owner, I was just joking with you!”
“Are you really totally fine?”
“Really!”
“Then why did you tell me before that you have a fear of blood, that you’d start convulsing at the sight of it and couldn’t carry out assassination missions?”
“...”
Pandora’s expression turned fierce as she twisted Killer Bear’s neck nearly into a thin rope with both hands.
Xu Lang watched the one bear and one woman continue their antics, then reached out and pinched Pandora’s crystalline earlobe, confirming, “Ten o’clock. I’ll be there.”
“Oh!” Pandora shuddered and quickly dashed into the stairwell like a gust of wind, heading straight down to the nineteenth floor.
After Pandora left, Cao Yaxuan asked, “Xu Lang, I feel like you really like Pandora. Why don’t you recruit her as our tenant?”
“Just because I like something doesn’t mean I have to bring it home, right? And I’m not that perverted.” Xu Lang replied.
Cao Yaxuan: “...”
If you like something and don’t bring it home, are you just going to leave it out there?
In peacetime, that was a sign of being broke.
In the Dorm Survival Game, it was a sign of being weak.
Xu Lang certainly didn’t seem like someone without power, and morality wasn’t exactly a constraint for him.
In truth, the reason Xu Lang hadn’t forced Pandora to become his tenant was simple.
He wasn’t into the little-girl archetype.
Pandora’s charm just didn’t appeal to him that much.
At any rate, she couldn’t measure up to Cao Yaxuan and the others.
Sometimes, things were just that strange. Creatures in the middle and lower ecological niches weren’t devoured by the Tyrannosaurus Rex not because they were too strong, but because they were too weak.
If Pandora had ten thousand points of charm, then even if she were a level-forty boss, Xu Lang would give everything to drag her into bed—never mind a loli.