319: Chapter 319 Everyone's here, let's have a short meeting.

Looking at Bai Lan, who was hugging an ice pop and wagging her invisible fox tail so hard it was almost pointing to the sky, Jiang You ruffled her fluffy head twice.

"Eat slowly, no one is going to snatch it from you. After you finish, stay in the room and behave yourself. Don't go out and cause trouble."

After giving instructions to this "nuclear weapon" level glutton, Jiang You let out an extremely weary yawn and turned to walk toward his exclusive master bedroom.

Arriving at the door of the master bedroom, Jiang You subconsciously reached out to turn the doorknob.

His hand was met with the cold, brand-new sensation of metal.

Jiang You looked down and discovered that the doorknob, which had been broken for unknown reasons, was now brand new.

Apparently, the hotel staff had efficiently replaced it while they were away at the competition.

Looking at this new doorknob, the ultimate social death scene from that night's "hotel blind box" incident uncontrollably flashed through Jiang You's mind again.

"What a sin..."

Jiang You sighed with extreme world-weariness, shook his head, and forcibly cast those messy images out of his mind.

Pushing open the door, Jiang You smoothly tossed his black and gold team uniform onto the carpet, then threw himself onto the top-tier Simmons bed in a perfect "big" shape.

"Ah... this seven-star hotel bed is so soft!"

Jiang You rolled around on the bed with extreme satisfaction, feeling that his lower back, which had been aching from the bluestone floor in the dungeon, had finally found epic redemption.

"However..."

Jiang You opened his clear, dead fish eyes and looked at the luxurious crystal chandelier on the ceiling, muttering helplessly in his heart:

"Today in that crappy Forbidden Zone No. 009, although I was hot as hell, I still managed to sleep for several hours in that cave!"

"This sleep time has seriously exceeded the limit. I'm so energetic right now that I could go downstairs and compete in weightlifting against Xiang Batian..."

"It seems that I'm destined to suffer from insomnia on this long night."

"Sigh, the sleep quality of today's youth is worrisome..."

While conducting his self-analysis, Jiang You habitually closed his eyes.

One second. Two seconds. Three seconds.

"Snore... snore..."

Extremely even, steady, and rhythmic thunderous snoring began, quite unreasonably!

Yes! This top-tier slacker, who had just been swearing that he "definitely couldn't sleep," had fallen into a deep, baby-like sleep without any transition just three seconds after closing his eyes!

This speed of falling asleep was faster than a television being unplugged!

However, the moment Jiang You's main consciousness completely sank into dreamland, and all the noise of the outside world was thoroughly blocked by his monstrous sleep barrier!

"Detected that the host's main consciousness is completely dormant, Brain waves are stable, Slacker Firewall has automatically turned off!"

"Organ Chat Group, top-level authority takeover successful!"

In the quiet night, the [Organ Chat Group], which had been silent for a whole day, finally lit up with an eerie, blinding red light!

[Brain (pushing up glasses that were reflecting an extremely wise white light with great elegance)]: "Fellow colleagues, this Slacker Ruler has passed out again. Everyone worked hard today."

[Kidneys (drooling wildly)]: "Brother Brain! Brother Brain! Tell me quickly!"

"We were AFK in that crappy cave all day today, did we actually get it done?"

"Have we completely taken control of the spatial coordinates and underlying rules of that Forbidden Zone No. 009?"

[Right Hand (clinching fist violently, extremely irritable)]: "I was so pent up today I almost exploded! Watching that bunch of brats outside fighting so rowdily, my hand has been itching to slap them!"

"If it weren't for you, Brother Brain, holding me back, I would have rushed out today and slapped that bunch of show-off brats into pig heads!"

[stomach (secreting high-concentration stomach acid wildly in the corner, emitting a deafening roar)]: "Hungry... so hungry... I heard that secret realm is a downgraded S-Rank Dungeon, so its core must be a big, delicious source, right?"

"Brother Brain, can we eat it next time we go in?"

Looking at these irritable, reckless organs in the group who were full of desire for "stocking up," [Brain] sneered with extreme disdain and slowly curled his lips into a standard black-bellied villain arc:

"Hehe, what's the rush?"

"The laws in Forbidden Zone No. 009 have been refined by me almost entirely!"

"It's a good thing it's a downgraded S-Rank Dungeon, otherwise it wouldn't have been easy to take down!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the inner world went quiet for a moment, and then erupted into extremely fanatical cheers!

[Kidneys (shaking with excitement)]: "Holy crap! Brother Brain is awesome!"

"Doesn't that mean that as long as we go in again, that secret realm will be as undefended as an ATM in our own backyard?"

[Brain (nodding coldly, glasses reflecting light again)]: "The organizers are actually going to specifically repair that dungeon..."

"Let them repair it! Let them refill the secret realm with all kinds of heavenly treasures and competition resources!"

"The better they repair it and the richer the supplies they prepare, the more terrifying our gains will be when the second round of the melee starts!"

"At that time... I want all the peerless geniuses of Great Xia to see what true physical-level dimensional reduction strikes are! What ultimate zero-dollar shopping spree is!"

After hearing this grand and evil ultimate villain plan from [Brain], all the organs inside Jiang You's body fell into a fanatical frenzy with perfect tacit understanding at that moment!

"Hehehehehe...!!!"

Jiang You, who was already fast asleep, inexplicably revealed an evil villainous smile that screamed "The three-year period has arrived, the Dragon King has returned"!

...

The next morning, sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows into the conference room of the Qianlong Hotel.

The members of Magic City Martial Arts University took their seats one after another, and the atmosphere in the conference room was like ice and fire.

On one side were the high-end combatants who had been chased around, covered in dirt, and had a brush with death in the secret realm yesterday; they all had dark circles under their eyes and were still reviewing the brutal battle from yesterday.

On the other side were the four substitute members led by Mo Wu and Su Nuonuo.

These four people had truly taken "paid vacation" to the extreme.

Mo Wu slurped the iced milk tea in his hand, Su Nuonuo chewed on macarons with a crunch, and the other two substitutes were even discussing which street in the Imperial City to go to for roast duck at noon.

For them, this business trip was simply too awesome!

Staying in a seven-star luxury hotel every day, sleeping until they woke up naturally, sitting in the stands during the competition, waving glow sticks and shouting "666" for the main players—it was simply a dream job!

Just as the substitutes were happily exchanging food tips, with a "bang," the door to the conference room was pushed open.

Principal Pang Ban strode onto the podium and slammed a stack of documents onto the table. He scanned the room, his expression somewhat grave.

"Everyone is here, let's have a short meeting."