Chapter 1 Dormitory

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The sky above Jinghai University was a bizarre, blood-red expanse.

Surrounding the school was an endless, boundless darkness.

Su Ze withdrew his gaze from the window and returned it to the virtual screen before him.

This was the public channel of the [Apocalypse Dormitory Survival Game], currently refreshing with hundreds of messages per second.

Before Su Ze's eyes, a pale blue virtual panel was frantically updating with information—the public channel for the entire Jinghai University.

[Jinghai Dormitory Building · Chat Channel · 62126/65131 people]

"No Dormitory - Li Yingying: I'm the class belle of the freshman class 2 in the School of Architecture. I'm delicate and soft, can do the splits, know how to perform in two-person folk shows, can fold three ways, and even understand the Eighteen Styles of Ah Wei. I just beg the big brothers to spare a bunk!"

"No Dormitory - Wu Guorui: Damn it, have all the landlord spots been snatched up already? I refuse to accept having my life controlled by someone after the novice period!"

"3rd Floor-333-Wang Meng (Room Owner): Need a few tough guys to team up! Coordinates: third floor, room 333. Base combat power must be 38 or higher! No wimps or women wasting my time! I'm aiming for the Best Potential Gift Pack! (Screenshot attached: Base Combat Power 40.jpg)"

"No Dormitory - Sun Lili: Sob sob, is there any kind-hearted big brother willing to take me in? I can do anything..."

"5th Floor-561-Li Jun (tenant): I advise you all to face reality. This is the apocalypse, not child's play. Bringing a woman along is just dead weight. Who would willingly give up a whole tier of rewards?"

"2nd Floor-777-Liu Yuanfang (Room Owner): Any sisters want to team up? Let's girls form our own Dormitory and look out for each other!"

As soon as this message was sent, a string of mockery followed.

"10th Floor-123-Wu Hao (tenant): Laughing my ass off, a bunch of women teaming up? Average combat power 28, six of you only add up to 168 points, barely enough for a two-star gift pack. What good is that? Waiting for zombies to come knocking and start a feast?"

"8th Floor-113-Zhang Wei (Room Owner): Where are the former department belles and campus belles? Why isn't anyone wanting them now? Weren't there always a bunch of people simping for them before? Come out and say something!"

"3rd Floor-632-Li Li (tenant): Don't even mention it. Just now, the class belle from our class tried to join a team and got cursed out by the leader to get lost. I really wanted to help her, but I was powerless."

"No Dormitory - Tan Jing: This is discrimination! Blatant gender discrimination! Why look down on girls!"

"1st Floor-111-Zhuang Qianhao (Room Owner): Discrimination? I'm doing this to survive! With those pitiful attribute points girls have, can they help me block zombies or find supplies? Don't make me laugh. Get lost, you self-righteous hypocrite!"

The channel was filled with chaos—wails, curses, pleas, and team-up messages intertwined, laying bare the selfishness and cruelty of human nature.

Su Ze watched the chat and shook his head slightly.

He wasn't surprised.

An hour ago,

the entirety of Jinghai University, along with all its students, teachers, and staff, had been teleported to this godforsaken place by an irresistible force.

The building they were in was a super-structure formed by the eerie merging of several original Dormitory buildings. It had ten floors, with 999 rooms on each floor.

Inside the dormitories, everything had uniformly taken on a desolate and dilapidated style.

No furniture, no water or electricity, only three rusted bunk beds and a decaying wooden door that looked ready to fall apart at any moment.

When he focused on the wooden door, data appeared before his eyes.

[Decaying Wooden Door]

[Level: 0]

[Defense: 3]

[Quality: Inferior]

[Durability: 3/3 (Can be restored with wood after decreasing;)]

[Special Effects: None]

[Deconstruct: Obtain Wood *10;]

[Upgrade Path: Consume Wood *30 to upgrade to Normal Quality · Lv.1 Ordinary Wooden Door / More upgrade paths require obtaining higher-level door blueprints;]

[Description: I'm just a delicate little door, please don't treat me roughly, or I'll fall apart for you to see~]

...

Focusing on himself also brought up data.

[Player: Su Ze]

[Dormitory: 4th Floor-404 (Room Owner · Level 0 Dormitory)]

[Personal Attributes: HP 6, Strength 6, Intelligence 6, Stamina 6, Spirit 6, Speed 6]

[Skills: None]

[Base Combat Power: 36]

[Backpack: Empty (0/3) (Cannot store living creatures)]

[Currency: copper coins 0, Silver Coins 0, Gold Coins 0]

[Evaluation: An utterly ordinary male human.]

As for the world outside the school, it was a darkness so profound it was unsettling.

Earlier, some brave souls tried to form a team and venture out, but the moment they stepped into the darkness, they lost all five senses and their sense of direction in less than three seconds.

Then, the second after they frantically reported the situation in the channel, their names instantly turned gray.

The total number displayed in the channel plummeted by five.

They had all died in an instant, without even knowing how!

Thus, everyone knew that the darkness surrounding the school was a death zone.

...

The moment they arrived here, a cold voice echoed directly in everyone's minds, announcing the start of this game.

[Welcome players of the Jinghai University District to the Apocalypse Dormitory Survival Game.]

[The game rules are as follows:]

[1. Currently, each Dormitory can accommodate up to six people, with one person as the Room Owner and the rest as tenants. The Room Owner has the authority to evict or instantly kill tenants (effective after the novice period);]

[2. Under normal circumstances, the Dormitory is your only safe haven. Please protect it;]

[3. Here, death is the end. There is no chance of resurrection;]

[4. Do not attempt to enter the darkness. You will die;]

[5. Do not blindly trust so-called rules;]

[6. Other rules, please explore on your own;]

The cold voice paused briefly before announcing an even harsher reality.

[Starting from midnight, a seven-day novice period will commence.]

[During the novice period, from 12 AM to 6 AM each night, zombies will roam the building.]

[Now, begin competing for the Room Owner status and form your survival teams.]

[When a Dormitory successfully forms a six-person team, a novice gift pack of varying levels will be distributed based on the total base combat power of the team members.]

[Total score below 168 points: One-star novice gift pack.]

[Total score above 168 points: Two-star novice gift pack.]

[Total score above 180 points: Three-star novice gift pack.]

[Total score above 216 points: Four-star novice gift pack.]

[Total score above 230 points: Five-star novice gift pack.]

[The gift pack contains supplies such as food, fresh water, weapons, blueprints, materials, and intelligence notes.]

[Once all dormitories have successfully formed teams, the Best Potential Gift Pack will be awarded to the Dormitory with the highest total base combat power. It contains powerful weapons, rare blueprints, attribute potions, skill books, etc. (If two or more dormitories share the same highest score, it will be awarded to the one that successfully formed the team first;)]

This set of rules clearly explained the large-scale gender discrimination in the channel.

It was a simple math problem.

The base combat power of a normal male was 36 points, while that of a female was only 28 points.

A team of six males would have a total score of 36 multiplied by 6, equaling 216 points.

This score, neither more nor less, exactly met the threshold for the four-star novice gift pack.

A team of six females would have a total score of 28 multiplied by 6, equaling 168 points, barely reaching the two-star gift pack.

If a pure ordinary male team of five added one ordinary female, the total score would become (36 multiplied by 5) plus 28, equaling 208 points.

Just because of one member's change, the reward plummeted from four stars to three stars.

At a life-and-death juncture, no one would joke about their initial resources for the sake of so-called gentlemanly manners.

Moreover, based on simple calculations,

the total number of bunks was only 59,940.

Yet the current total number of survivors displayed in the channel was 62,126,

meaning that at least 2,186 people would have no Dormitory shelter tonight.

They would face the roaming zombies in the corridors tonight!

In short,

one bunk equaled one life!

Su Ze was grateful that the moment the voice finished speaking, he had relied on his years of singlehood-honed hand speed to snatch a virtual key and become the Room Owner of 404.

Now, he needed to consider his tenant candidates.

The Best Potential Dormitory Gift Pack was too difficult to aim for,

but the five-star gift pack wasn't entirely out of reach.

At the very least, he had to get the four-star gift pack!

So, without a doubt, girls were directly out of the question!

Su Ze's thoughts raced as he analyzed the current situation.

As the Room Owner, he held absolute initiative, but he couldn't choose his teammates arbitrarily.

Once the team was formed, it couldn't be changed during the novice period.

This choice would directly determine his survival difficulty for the next seven days.

Just as he was weighing the pros and cons, preparing to sift through the chaotic channel for valuable information,

a voice completely different from the cold game announcement earlier abruptly echoed in his mind.

[Ding, goddess bond system, activating—]