Chapter 192 Rewards

"Have you heard the latest news? Taoyuan Residential Area... is gone."

The old man's words caused the atmosphere around the round table to sink to rock bottom.

After a brief silence, several men walked to the window in unison.

They looked down; where Taoyuan Residential Area once stood in the distance was now a void of darkness.

Meanwhile, in the direction of Jinghai University, the plaza at the school gate looked like a greedy, gaping maw, having expanded several times over before their eyes.

"I didn't expect it. To think Taoyuan Residential Area would be gone before the next round of the game even started."

The middle-aged man withdrew his gaze, a layer of gloom clouding his brow. "This Jinghai University... the water runs deep."

"Indeed... we cannot engage them head-on." The old man shook his head gently, his voice calm.

"We saw the scenes of their battle just now; their speed was so fast we couldn't even see them clearly."

The decadent-looking man flicked his lighter nonchalantly, producing a crisp click. "As long as we don't go out, we can always defend against them by relying on our terrain, Halo, and special buildings."

Hearing this, the burly man with a buzz cut furrowed his brows and asked in a muffled voice, "Are we just going to ignore them? That's not what we discussed at the beginning! Didn't we say we'd take advantage of the chaos to..."

"Chaos?"

The old man looked at the burly man, a mysterious curve touching the corners of his mouth.

"Do you think the current situation is chaotic? The leader of Jinghai University has a death grip on the situation."

"Taoyuan Residential Area is gone, and all its players have been incorporated. The cohesion of Jinghai University right now is far stronger than we imagined."

The frail youth pushed up his glasses, the eyes behind the lenses glinting with shrewdness.

"Exactly. Since we're neighbors now, we'll definitely have to deal with them in the future. It's just that they don't know our strength yet. If they did, they'd probably attack us immediately, wouldn't they? It's better to proactively show weakness."

"Proactively show weakness?" The burly man's expression turned ugly. "We are the grand Global Financial Center, and we have to show weakness to a bunch of students?"

The middle-aged man raised a hand to stop the burly man. He pondered for a moment before looking at the frail youth. "You mean we should avoid conflict with them for the time being?"

"Avoiding conflict doesn't mean ignoring them."

The frail youth said nonchalantly,

"They just annexed Taoyuan Residential Area, gaining attribute bonuses for everyone and doubling their Halo. Their strength has surely skyrocketed."

The old man added, "Going head-to-head with them now is not a wise move."

"What we should do is stabilize ourselves first, then observe."

The middle-aged man tapped his finger on the table and finally nodded. "Fine, we'll do as you say. Closely monitor Jinghai University's movements, but no one is allowed to provoke them before the next round of the game starts."

Meanwhile, downstairs at the Jinghai University Dormitory.

Su Ze was standing with Jiang Yuwan, An Lan, and the others.

Jiang Yuwan's cold face showed a trace of fatigue, but her spirits were high. She was reporting the post-war inventory of supplies to Su Ze.

"Su Ze, we've seized the supplies from Liao Long's group at Taoyuan Residential Area. The amount is terrifying."

"There are various materials, some Rare Ores, and a large amount of copper coins and silver coins," Jiang Yuwan said as she handed over a detailed list.

Su Ze took the list and scanned it briefly.

Indeed, the harvest was bountiful. He calculated the uses for these supplies in his mind.

His current preferred strategy was for the midnight players to hold the Dormitory and go out to kill monsters during the day while they were dormant.

Of course, for the next game mode, he didn't know if the monsters would still be dormant during the day near the Dormitory.

After all, the monsters had changed from zombies to Supernatural Entities, so it was hard to say.

But regardless, the defense of the Dormitory was of paramount importance.

Su Ze looked up at Jiang Yuwan, Wang Meng, and the others.

"Jiang Yuwan, Wang Meng."

Su Ze spoke, his voice calm yet carrying an unquestionable authority.

"Regarding these supplies, distribute most of the common materials as rewards based on merit."

Wang Meng was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up.

"Boss, you mean..." He was somewhat excited.

"I mean, let all the Jinghai University players start upgrading their Dormitory gate levels."

Su Ze stated directly, "These materials are enough to upgrade most Dormitory gates from level two to level three, or even level four."

As soon as he said this, shock appeared on the faces of Jiang Yuwan and Wang Meng.

One had to know that materials for upgrading Dormitory gates were a hard currency that was often unavailable even if one had the money.

Su Ze was actually willing to give out so many materials to let all players improve their defenses! This was an unimaginably generous gesture.

"As for those rare supplies,"

Su Ze continued, "concentrate them all. Jiang Yuwan, you'll be responsible for inventorying them into the warehouse. I'll arrange their use later."

"Yes! Boss!" Wang Meng's face turned red with excitement.

He knew that Su Ze was using practical actions to unite the hearts of all Jinghai University players.

Jiang Yuwan nodded; she completely agreed with Su Ze's decision. She knew this would be a qualitative leap for Jinghai University's overall defense.

"An Lan, take your team and cooperate with Wang Meng and his group to ensure the fair distribution of supplies and supervise the completion of the Dormitory gate upgrades."

Su Ze looked at An Lan.

An Lan nodded and replied briskly, "No problem."

As Su Ze's orders were issued, the entire Jinghai University was once again abuzz with activity.

Wang Meng shouted at the top of his lungs, relaying Su Ze's command.

"Listen up, brothers and sisters! Boss Su Ze has ordered! The Wood material and Iron Material seized from Taoyuan Residential Area will all be used to upgrade everyone's Dormitory gate levels!"

"Materials will be distributed based on merit! You can upgrade your gates right now! This is the Boss's reward for everyone!"

"In the future, we will never mistreat you!"

For a moment, all the players became increasingly grateful to Su Ze.

"Long live Boss Su Ze!"

"Haha! My Dormitory gate can finally be upgraded!"

"Now let's see how those monsters try to break in!"

Cheers rose one after another, and the entire Dormitory building was immersed in excitement.

Soon, under the direction of Wang Meng and An Lan, the materials were distributed to each Dormitory in an orderly fashion.

Almost simultaneously, every Dormitory in the building was undergoing intense upgrades.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, the Dormitory gates became thicker and more solid.

After completing all this, Su Ze intended to allocate the 1,000 Free Attribute Points he had just obtained.

He had already tried it; the 100 Free Attribute Points he personally earned could be added to himself, but these 1,000 could only be distributed to others...