novelraw Chapter 208: Upgrade (2)
Chapter 208: Upgrade (2)
Rover pretended not to see anything and opened the information panel.
....
[Peaceful Bed]
[Level: 06]
[Direct Harvest: 100,000 Omni Points after each sleep cycle, receive one random Relic/Mystic Treasure rank D-B.]
[Sleep Duration: 5 hours, does not affect recovery cycle.]
[Special Effect 1: Gain an additional 30% Bonus Omni Points from total output of all Tenants.]
[Special Effect 2 - Dream State: 15% chance of entering Dream State to unlock or learn a random skill.]
[Special Effect 3 - Peaceful: While sleeping, the durability and special effects of the room door increase tenfold.]
[Upgrade Requirement: 2,500,000 Omni Points.]
....
Rover looked at the price.
Two million five hundred thousand.
This time, he was silent for a very long time.
Even Sunako standing behind him didn’t dare say anything. She had a feeling that if she opened her mouth at the wrong moment, Great Lord Rover might actually sell her to subsidize part of the upgrade cost.
Two million five hundred thousand Omni Points.
Even though Rover currently had over four million points, this was still an extremely large expenditure.
Nanoe gently said: "This is a strategic investment."
Rover glanced at her.
"You said my line before me."
Nanoe smiled.
"Because I understand you."
Selina laughed softly.
Monica lowered her head further.
Nanami tilted her head and quietly asked: "So this is a very important item?"
Sunako immediately seriously answered: "That’s right. According to my shallow understanding, this is a core facility relating to physical health, mental health, internal relations, and the sustainable future development of room 2705."
Rover turned his head to look at her.
"Where did you learn those lines?"
Sunako immediately answered: "From everyone’s eyes."
Rover: "..."
He decided not to ask further.
After thinking for a few seconds, he still chose to upgrade.
"This is not enjoyment."
Rover said very seriously.
"This is a strategic investment."
Nanoe nodded, her smile becoming even gentler.
"Mm, a strategic investment."
Rover felt she was clearly teasing him, but had no evidence.
[Ding!]
[You have consumed 2,500,000 Omni Points.]
[Remaining Omni Points: 1,826,800 points.]
[Peaceful Bed upgrading...]
Soft light spread from the bedroom. A faint life fragrance flooded into the living room, very gentle, but making everyone’s spirit feel somewhat more comfortable. Nanami had the clearest reaction. She unconsciously placed her hand on her chest, feeling the body she had just returned to seem to stabilize much more, the sense of strangeness between her soul and body also diminishing somewhat.
Nanoe immediately noticed her younger sister’s reaction.
Her gaze softened.
Just for this effect alone, two and a half million Omni Points was not wasted.
Rover watched his resources drop from 4,826,800 to 1,826,800, feeling as if the system had also soul-sealed his heart slightly.
But he had no regrets.
The door was life.
The bed was recovery, output, unlocking, and stability.
The stronger these two things were, the harder room 2705 would be to bring down.
For Rover, this wasn’t spending money.
This was buying safety.
And in the Endless Game, safety was the most expensive thing of all.
"Now the tower."
Rover took a deep breath, feeling fortunate that this one had the word "free."
Morie took out the free defense tower renovation card and activated it.
The light from the card dissolved, flowing into one of room 2705’s defense towers. The tower body, originally carrying cold metallic color, gradually transitioned to heavy silver-gray. Ancient rune-like cracks appeared on the surface. The air around the tower began to change, becoming denser and heavier, as if an invisible mountain was slowly being placed down.
[Ding!]
[Defense tower renovating...]
[Renovation direction confirmed: Soul suppression / Titan pressure / forced materialization.]
[Ding!]
[Congratulations on receiving: Titan Soul-Sealing Tower.]
....
[Titan Soul-Sealing Tower]
[Type: Special defense tower.]
[Effect 1: Creates a Titan pressure field within the range of room 2705 and the surrounding corridor area.]
[Effect 2: Slows enemies within the area of influence.]
[Effect 3: Has a chance to force souls, ghosts, curses, and invisible energy to materialize.]
[Effect 4: When enough energy is accumulated, can summon a Titan Hand to strike a designated area.]
[Resonance Effect: When directly controlled by Morie, range and power increase.]
....
Morie walked to stand before the tower.
She placed her hand on the tower body.
In that moment, the runes on the tower lit up. A heavy strand of pressure swept through the living room, not aimed at the people inside, but still making everyone feel it very clearly.
Sunako nearly buckled at the knees.
She hurriedly grabbed the sofa back, her face pale.
"I... I feel like I was just pressed down by an invisible hand."
Morie calmly said: "That was only the lowest testing level."
Rilia looked at Morie for a long time.
This time, her gaze was no longer a prisoner observing a new room owner, but a warrior reassessing a combat force.
"The lowest level?"
"Mm."
"If using full power?"
Morie looked at her.
"At least about five times stronger. If I continue unlocking the Titan bloodline, it could be even higher."
Rilia fell silent.
Sunako also fell silent.
She suddenly felt that if room 2705 really got into a fight with anyone in the future, it would be best to find a corner that was both safe and out of the way. Because the people here were becoming less and less like ordinary people.
Rover was very satisfied.
The door had been upgraded.
The bed had been upgraded.
The Titan Soul-Sealing Tower was in place.
Next were his own attributes.
Rover looked at his 255 free attribute points. After thinking for a moment, he distributed a large portion into Physique and Spirit without hesitation.
Physique to survive longer, take hits better, recover faster.
Spirit to resist souls, curses, illusions, and the strange things the dead zone increasingly liked to throw in his face.
Moreover, there was one more reason Rover didn’t find convenient to say aloud.
He looked around the room.
Nanoe, Selina, Monica, Morie, Rilia, Nanami.
And Sunako, wearing the backup maid outfit.
Not everyone was his woman, but if the situation continued developing at this pace, Rover’s endurance truly needed serious investment. The women beside him were not fragile decorative pieces. Each one was more dangerous than the last. If he didn’t keep increasing Physique, sometime soon it wouldn’t be the monsters that finished him first, but his own group of women draining him dry before they could.
This wasn’t fear.
This was strategic foresight.
[Ding!]
[Attribute distribution complete.]
Rover sensed warmth flowing through his body. Muscles, bones, blood vessels, even his spirit all felt as if they had been tempered once more. The lingering fatigue from the third round diminished considerably.
He breathed out.
This feeling was very good.
A great deal of money had been spent, but in exchange, the feeling of safety had increased noticeably.
"Alright! A man can’t say ’can’t’."
Sunny didn’t know why he had ended up coming to this place.
More precisely, he hadn’t intended to go this far.
After the third round ended, the entire apartment complex fell into a strange state. Some people were happy about surviving, some were busy taking stock of their spoils, some were quietly observing the chat panel, and others were beginning to prepare for the fourth round with its Survival Rankings theme.
Sunny was different.
He wasn’t as strong as room 2705, nor did he have a group of frightening women standing behind him like Rover. He only had one thing that even he himself didn’t know whether to call good luck or a disaster.
His luck was very strange.
Sometimes he’d pick up a good item right at his feet.
Sometimes he’d take one wrong step and end up avoiding a lethal trap.
Sometimes he’d get chased by monsters until he nearly wet himself, but after running blindly for a while he’d find he had stumbled into an escape route others had searched for a whole day without finding.
Today was the same.
Sunny had originally only wanted to go out and find a few small resources in the fog-covered area near the apartment complex. He hadn’t planned on taking risks too deep, much less on playing the hero. But having barely walked for a short while, he was already spotted by a monster with the body of a hunting dog but a head covered entirely in eyes.
Sunny stopped thinking.
He turned and ran.
"I only went out to pick up some stuff! Was there any need to be so enthusiastic?!"
The monster behind him roared.
Sunny ran even faster.
He threaded through a narrow alley covered in fog, jumped over several cracked pieces of concrete, and nearly fell on an iron pipe lying across the ground. But that very stumble caused him to dodge the monster’s claws that had just swept past the back of his neck.
Sunny rolled on the ground, stood up, and kept running.
After running for a few more minutes, he suddenly found the roaring behind him had gone silent.
Not fading into the distance.
But cutting off completely.
Sunny stopped, panting heavily, both hands propped on his knees. He carefully turned to look back, but behind him was only thick fog. The monster that had just been chasing him like a mad dog seemed as if it had never existed.
"Not chasing anymore?"
Sunny swallowed.
"Somehow that sounds even scarier."
He slowly raised his head.
Then saw an old building standing in the fog.
The building was several stories tall. Its outer walls were peeling. Its windows were shattered. Above it hung a crooked signboard. Half the characters had been obscured by rust, but Sunny could still read the remaining portion.
Psychiatric Hospital.
Sunny stood still.
A cold wind blew past, even though this place fundamentally shouldn’t have had any wind.
He suddenly wanted to turn around and leave.
His instincts told him this place wasn’t normal.
But right at that moment, a very small "clink" rang out at his feet.
Sunny lowered his head.
An old key had dropped right beside the tip of his shoe.
"..."
Sunny looked at the key.
Then looked at the psychiatric hospital.
Then he slowly covered his face.
"No way."
There were times when his luck was like a gentle hand pulling him back from danger.
There were also times when his luck was like an unprincipled scoundrel, smiling as it pushed him into an even deeper pit.
Sunny had a feeling this time was very likely the second kind.