Chapter 156 Future Planning, a Dilemma!

As Su Ze's orders were handed down,

A bloody internal struggle, which was originally enough to tear the entire alliance apart, was nipped in the bud.

In the Public Channel, a few messages fanning the flames and trying to stir up conflict still appeared occasionally, but they were quickly drowned out by a massive wave of supportive comments.

Everyone knew that in this building, Su Ze's word was law.

Whoever dared to disobey would face only one end.

During the day.

Under the leadership of the eight major chiefs, each floor carried out the selection of landlords in an orderly manner.

Wang Meng on the Third Floor was the most simple and crude, directly setting up an arena.

Whoever had the highest comprehensive combat power would be the landlord; it was simple and direct, and no one was dissatisfied.

Xu Feng on the Eighth Floor and Qiao Yunfeng on the Tenth Floor jointly implemented a system of battle merit points.

Ranking was based on contribution; the person with the greatest merit and most contribution would become the landlord.

Over on Chen Xueming's Ninth Floor, it was entirely in the style of technical geeks.

Whoever possessed more technology and knew more knowledge and craftsmanship,

as well as whoever could propose the most valuable technical solutions, would receive the highest comprehensive evaluation.

Liu Yuanfang's army of women on the Fourth Floor had the most complex selection criteria, integrating multiple dimensions such as strength, leadership, and logistical contribution to strive for fairness.

Wu Hailong on the Fifth Floor even organized a voting election.

Luo Shengyuan on the Sixth Floor and Tang Jing on the Seventh Floor each formulated rules that suited the situation of their respective floors.

The entire Dormitory building presented a scene that was strangely harmonious.

Su Ze did not interfere too much; he only had each chief send out their trusted aides to cross-supervise the entire process, ensuring that no backroom deals would occur.

At the same time, Zhou Kai's people were also supervising in the shadows.

As for that Guo Fei,

he was still under observation.

Meanwhile,

on the Dormitory Rooftop, a high-level meeting that would determine the future was underway.

The eight surviving chiefs, as well as core female members like Jiang Yuwan and Yao Qingya, were all present.

"Boss, the landlord positions for all floors are currently being selected; no one dares to cause trouble," Wang Meng reported.

Su Ze nodded, his gaze sweeping over everyone.

"Good."

He paused, then changed the subject, his voice deepening.

"I didn't call you here today to celebrate."

"But to discuss a... question concerning the future life and death of all of us."

The atmosphere in the meeting room instantly became heavy; everyone sat up straight and looked at Su Ze.

"This LV5 Zombie, although it was born because I intentionally allowed it to devour and evolve, was somewhat of an accident."

Su Ze's voice was very calm, but it caused stormy waves in the hearts of the chiefs present.

The Boss... raised it?

No wonder the Boss said before that there was no need to worry about the zombies over at the Teaching Building.

They didn't dare to think too deeply and could only continue listening.

"But putting that aside, in the middle and late stages of the zombie tide, LV4 Zombies have already begun to appear in scale."

"Their strength has already exceeded the limit of what any individual player can handle."

"And this is still just the Novice Period."

Su Ze's knuckles lightly tapped on the table; each sound was like a hammer striking their hearts.

"Seven days, in just seven days, out of more than sixty thousand of us, how many are left now? Thirty thousand."

"A mortality rate of over fifty percent!"

"And this is with me being here."

"If I weren't here, ask yourselves, how many of us would have survived this zombie tide?"

Dead silence.

No one could answer this question.

They all knew in their hearts that without Su Ze's final god-like methods, every single one of them would have died.

"The strength of the chiefs and ordinary players has not formed a crushing gap."

Su Ze continued speaking the cruel reality, "Once I am not around, you simply won't be able to hold down the fort."

"Perhaps the main theme of this survival game is a pattern of tower defense at night and clearing out dormant monsters during the day."

"But now, look, the groups of dormant zombies are frequently Level 3 Zombies or LV4 Zombies. Even if they are dormant, once one is startled, it will cause a chain reaction and wake up a huge area."

"At that time, a collectively awakened zombie tide would be a one-sided massacre for all players except me!"

Wang Meng's face flushed red; he wanted to argue, but he couldn't find any reason.

Chen Xueming pushed up his glasses, the look under the lenses full of worry: "The Boss is right; the growth speed of players' strength is far from keeping up with the evolution speed of the monsters. This is a death spiral."

"Then... then what should we do?" Qiao Yunfeng asked urgently, "We can't just never go out again, right? Supplies will always run out one day!"

Everyone's gaze focused on Su Ze.

They believed that since the Boss had raised the problem, there must be a way to solve it.

However, Su Ze slowly shook his head.

"For the time being... I don't have a perfect way to break the deadlock either."

He leaned back against the chair, looking at the ceiling as if talking to himself.

"I've been thinking, what exactly is the purpose of this so-called 'Apocalyptic Dormitory Survival Game'?"

"Looking at the current situation, it doesn't seem to care about the life or death of ordinary players; it's even intentionally increasing the difficulty and accelerating elimination."

"This is like... 'Raising Gu'."

"Screening out the strongest small handful of players, while the others... are just nourishment for the Gu insects."

As soon as the words 'Raising Gu' came out, everyone felt a shiver down their spines.

"If this speculation is true,"

Su Ze's gaze returned to everyone, "then my plan to have the majority of players survive runs counter to the original intention of this game itself."

Jiang Yuwan's brow furrowed tightly: "You mean the game rules themselves are hindering us from growing stronger?"

"It can be understood that way."

Su Ze nodded.

"So, here comes the core of the problem."

"If I want to continue carrying out my plan, I must find a way to significantly improve the overall strength of all players on a large scale without affecting my own strength improvement."

"Only when they become stronger can they become my help rather than a burden."

This was easy to say, but to actually implement it was as difficult as reaching the heavens.

"Boss, can we... develop technology?"

Xu Feng suddenly spoke up, "For example, manufacturing firearms and artillery? If everyone could have an automatic rifle, the efficiency of clearing low-level zombies..."

"I've considered that," Su Ze interrupted him directly.

"The materials in the Dormitory building are ultimately limited; even the weapon manufacturing to satisfy a small portion of players' combat power is stretched thin..."

"Not to mention the precision parts and gunpowder needed to manufacture firearms."

"Even if we are lucky and find blueprints and production lines, we won't be able to form a mass-production scale."

"A few hundred or a thousand guns, spread across a base of tens of thousands of people, simply doesn't constitute collective combat power."

Xu Feng opened his mouth but eventually sat back down dejectedly.

It was indeed so.

The entire scene fell into silence again.

An unsolvable problem was placed before everyone.

On one side was the malicious screening of the game rules, and on the other was the bottleneck of their own strength improvement.

This made his idea and plan of wanting to develop rapidly and utilize the vast number of players to build himself up... seem to have fallen into an absolute deadlock.

"You can think more about it in the coming time, brainstorm..."

"Perhaps there can be a way to break the deadlock."