“You lost again.” Xu Lang set down the last pair of A cards, his voice calm, like a judgment.

The intelligent mechanical lives were utterly defeated!

Miaoying and Firepower Girl lost so badly they questioned their existence, their CPUs practically smoking!

How could Xu Lang always win!

Could the Dorm Owner privileges really cover everything, detecting every detail?

“What are you doing?” Gu Ya came down from the second floor and saw the two women frozen in shock.

“They lost at a game,” Xu Lang said with a smile.

At that moment, Sherry and Mary also walked out from a side room.

Mary bowed to Xu Lang and said, “Master, Miss Tong Qi told me those ten scientists are coming to Demon King Castle as guests, and they brought their technological creations.”

Sherry is the head of the Taxation Department, managing the Demon King Castle’s finances, and since she isn’t skilled in that area herself, much of the responsibilities fell to Mary.

Mary handled these matters with absolute competence, even more adept than a finance PhD from Tsinghua or Peking University.

“Hm… go and receive them.” Xu Lang glanced at the surveillance feed; Kui Zi and those scientists had already arrived.

“As you command!” Mary headed for the front hall, casting a glance at Miaoying.

“Master, I won’t play anymore!” Miaoying’s tail flicked up and she hurriedly followed Mary out.

“I’ll go take a look too.” Sherry laughed and followed them.

Everyone was very interested in those ten scientists’ mechanical creations. When Cao Yaxuan and Ayiguli heard the news, they also went to see the spectacle.

Wang Yazhi and Xu Ruyan were not present.

The two women were completing Chosen One tasks.

Wang Yazhi was intermittently executing vengeful ghosts and was at that moment inside an alternate spacetime; Xu Ruyan was in a similar situation.

Xu Lang could vaguely sense their conditions through the Taleblade Demon Box, but he didn’t pay it much attention—he trusted their abilities.

…

Front hall.

“This is the Gauss hand-cannon, one blast can stop an alloy tank in its tracks!”

“This is the T-8 self-destruct robot, it auto-locks targets and has powerful fall resistance!”

“This is the latest butterfly surveillance unit; its environmental mimicry is nearly one hundred percent realistic and can block infrared and other detection methods!”

“This is a nano battle suit, it can repair bodily damage, has strong impact resistance, and carbon fiber boosts speed!”

“This is a swarm instantaneous detonation matrix device. It uses lasers to insert worker-bees into a large target, then detonates them. One matrix device contains twelve worker-bees!”

Cutting-edge tech, concentrating the beauty of human industrial civilization, each product backed by countless technologies, wisdom, and experience.

They were almost all made for war, demonstrating the finesse of lethal design.

“This is really nice!” Cao Yaxuan held a finger-sized device, eager to try.

“You can test it on a biogenic person. One worker-bee will blow them to pieces,” Zhang Shu said with a smile.

“Stop, stop, this is the reception hall, not a firing range.” Sherry halted Cao Yaxuan.

“It’s fine, I’ll control the power.” Cao Yaxuan said, then used Ultimate Frost Energy to make a snowman and built a small snow hut around it.

Zhii~

Cao Yaxuan aimed at the snowman and pressed the switch on the swarm instantaneous detonation device. A red laser flashed and a worker-bee shot into the snowman.

“Penetration is that strong?” Cao Yaxuan was somewhat surprised, then kept pressing the switch.

She fired all twelve worker-bees into the snowman, then triggered the detonation.

Boom!

When the worker-bees exploded, they produced a heavy, muffled roar. The blast radius wasn’t large, but everyone felt as if the ground shook.

The snowman was shredded into powder.

“The worker-bees are point-detonation. See, the snow hut remains intact!” one female scientist laughed.

All the worker-bees’ potential energy was condensed, hence the enormous power.

“Not bad, not bad, not bad—managed to blow apart my Ultimate Snowman.” Cao Yaxuan was astonished.

She tested it again.

This time the worker-bees did not detonate because Cao Yaxuan lowered the temperature and caused them to fail internally.

Cao Yaxuan’s combat savvy was impressive—she almost instantly found the device’s flaw.

Two sets of incredibly precious swarm instantaneous detonation matrix devices were consumed like that.

No one there felt regretful.

As long as raw materials were sufficient, these could be mass-produced.

“I think the Inspection Department should get one per person. When a BOSS appears, each of us stabs once and it dies instantly!” Cao Yaxuan laughed.

The scientists remained silent; their job was production, not commentary.

These scientists were sharp—they knew that following Xu Lang meant eating well, drinking well, and holding respectable status.

And that was true: Xu Lang arranged dorms for them in the central part of the tenth floor.

Remember, the tenth floor served as the Mad King Committee’s office hall, where people from the three major departments lived.

Right then, that special shadowed door began to writhe, and Xu Lang walked in from the main hall.

“Master, you’re here. Did we disturb you?” Mary asked, chastising herself.

“No, I came to take a look.” Xu Lang shook his head and glanced at a set of leather battle garments on the tea table. “Can the nano battle suit be further refined? Use all available resources to upgrade it to the highest quality.”

Zhang Shu stepped forward and replied, “The highest-grade nano battle suit could have its functionality improved another two to three times, but we need to know what materials you have.”

“What do you need?” Xu Lang asked.

Zhang Shu listed several raw materials in quick succession.

“All right, I have them.” After Xu Lang finished speaking, the Taleblade Demon Box appeared and spat out several high-grade materials he had kept for this purpose. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Zhang Shu was surprised and then relieved.

The materials were exceptional, but in the previous round nine out of ten resources were with Xu Lang, so it made sense he had some stockpiles.

“Start making it. I’ll watch from the side.” Xu Lang took long strides and sat on the sofa.

“Xu Lang, I didn’t expect you to be interested in nano battle suits.” Zhen Lu was a bit surprised.

“Clothing that functions in combat is rare in the entire Dorm Survival Game.” Xu Lang replied.

A nano battle suit isn’t just equipment, it’s clothing!

A good outfit can be as useful as a good piece of gear.

Ten minutes later, an advanced nano battle suit was completed.

Mechanic Force was absurdly powerful—if you had a steel lump you could fashion a pistol, but only a top engineer like Zhang Shu could craft a nano battle suit by hand.

After obtaining the desired item, Xu Lang stood up to leave.

“Continue on.” He left that line as he walked out.

Cao Yaxuan’s Xu Lang radar triggered; sensing something, she hurried after him.

Zhen Lu imitated her.

The two of them had just entered the main hall when they saw Xu Lang take off his clothes, standing naked under the light.

“Wow, the temple of saintly male flesh!” Zhen Lu felt the screen was filled with sacred radiance.

“Xu Lang, why did you take your clothes off?” Cao Yaxuan swallowed and asked.

“Of course to use them for a sacrifice.” Xu Lang casually pulled out dozens of garments, including the Ember Saint Robe.

Then he pulled out a large round disc and threw it onto the floor.

“No way, Xu Lang, you’re going to use the Sacrificial Altar on clothing?” Cao Yaxuan exclaimed. “Xu Lang, you’re so extravagant!”

The Sacrificial Altar is an exclusive item Xu Lang obtained; it generates an exclusive item according to the type and attributes of the sacrificed items.

Normal people would use such an item on primary weapons, armor, or skills—the three core categories.

But Xu Lang hated how slow exclusive items leveled up—two levels per game round.

The exclusive rewards others received were upgraded to level eighteen by the Mad King Building, not level fourteen. The Mad King Building was rarely so generous, yet Xu Lang still found it insufficient.

Among veteran players, the Mad King Building seemed quite generous, like a rich second-generation entrepreneur—its supplies were overwhelming. It was just that Xu Lang considered it stingy.

For Xu Lang, the Sacrificial Altar was neither too high nor too low in priority; using it to forge clothing was just right.

Under Cao Yaxuan and the others’ watching eyes, Xu Lang placed all the garments on the Sacrificial Altar.