Two minutes later, some of the military robots were enhanced by the Black Emperor. Parts of their bodies disappeared, forming a shoulder-mounted, malformed cannon.

Mechanic Force was a power that could forcibly alter mechanical structures. The ten researchers also possessed it, but unfortunately, they had no usable machinery at hand.

*Boom~*

The artillery shell traced a perfect parabola through the air, rolled into the corridor over a hundred meters wide, and exploded in front of a player's dorm door.

"It works!" The Black Emperor's lips curled into a smile as he ordered his entire mechanical army to open fire.

*Boom boom boom boom~*

Explosions erupted madly!

The Black Emperor also picked up a sniper rifle and fired continuously.

Those Mad Vanguards had revived again.

*Bang bang bang!*

After killing the Mad Vanguards, the Black Emperor stood tall amidst his army formation, his curiosity about the building ahead growing even stronger.

What kind of information source could possibly support the flawless, unchanged restoration of living beings?

He was absolutely certain that these revived scarlet monsters had been killed by him just minutes ago. After comparing data streams, the information flow of the previous group of monsters and this current group was actually identical!

One had to understand, not even two stretches of a river could be identical, yet two living beings could be exactly the same. This already exceeded his understanding of common sense and truth.

"If only I could capture a prisoner... No rush for now, stay calm..."

The Black Emperor's eyes flickered. He casually grabbed two military robots and used Mechanic Force to "refine" them into an Iron Throne.

After sitting down, the Black Emperor propped his chin on his hand, watching leisurely for a while. Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he began continuously refining military robots.

Once these military robots reached his hands, they would be compressed into thumb-sized iron balls in no time.

These iron balls were scattered around his throne, seemingly meaningless.

Every time he lost a squad of military robots, he would summon a new one, ensuring his side remained at full strength at all times.

After creating a hundred compressed steel balls, the Black Emperor stopped. Data streamed wildly in the depths of his eyes.

He was analyzing information based on the degree of transformation between old and new dormitory facilities.

Finally, he reached a conclusion.

"These players possess powerful information and material exchange capabilities. They are engaged in intense psychological games... Are they trying to demand resources to repair their doors from wealthier players?"

The Black Emperor straightened his back a bit, casually taking a folding sniper rifle from his weapon case, readying himself to attack.

One dormitory door was teetering on the brink, about to be breached.

He had a premonition that something was about to happen.

*BOOM!!!*

Dorm 27's door exploded. The artillery shell rolled in through the shattered entrance, quickly blasting the interior to pieces.

However, the Black Emperor stared for a long time but saw no one running out.

A flicker of surprise passed through his eyes. Some dorms in the Mad King Building indeed had balconies and windows at the back, but Dorm 27 did not.

For the sake of caution, he chose the response with the highest probability of success: sending two hundred military robots to guard the back of the Mad King Building, positioning them at the extreme limit of one thousand meters.

So, these escape routes were intentionally left for the Mad King Building players, with the aim of capturing a few alive.

But the current situation seemed to be that the players inside had vanished, gone who knows where.

The Black Emperor shifted his gaze towards the direction of the Twilight Building.

No one was coming from there to provide support.

From this, he obtained another piece of crucial information.

"The overall strength of the players is relatively weak. Their individual combat power is even inferior to that of military robots."

"Current victory probability: 87.3%!"

The Black Emperor leaned back in his seat, leisurely waiting for the other dormitory doors to explode.

...

Out of three thousand robots, only one-tenth had been modified by the Black Emperor to possess building-attacking cannons. The other robots seemingly did not meet the modification criteria.

But even so, on average, a hundred artillery shells were fired into the Mad King Building every five seconds!

The players fought back with turrets, intercepting the falling shells, but their efforts were minimal.

**[159 Zhang Shu: Truly worthy of being a War Lord. To instantly reprogram the weapon information of heavy military robots and create rolling thunder cannons...]**

**[123 Long Live Porridge Bar: @Zhang Shu, what the hell are you babbling about? Don't you, an insider of Dawn City, have any ideas?]**

**[159 Zhang Shu: Sorry... I don't have any usable tools at hand.]**

**[10 Ayiguli: @Zhang Shu, if you keep disrupting morale, you'll be executed!]**

"Could these ten people be specially arranged by the dorm to trick me out of my Apocalypse Fighter Jets..."

Xu Lang muttered to himself and closed the chat room.

"Xu Lang, Huihui is asking if we have any plans." Wang Yazhi looked at Xu Lang and spoke up. "Dorm 195 has converted all their turrets into heavy turrets. They want to try fighting in the corridor."

Xu Lang's mouth twitched. "With that firepower outside, can they withstand it?"

No matter how strong a martial arts master is, they can't directly face a trebuchet head-on. Not everyone is a peerless master like the players of Dorm 200.

"Tell them not to rush. I'm going to reinforce the Great Barren Dragon's Gaze." Xu Lang walked towards the Great Barren Dragon's Gaze.

Faced with this kind of long-range building bombardment, you either endure it or go for a decapitation strike.

Enduring it? In five hours, even ten Mad King Buildings could be smashed to rubble. As for a decapitation strike... If he went alone, unless he sacrificed a few gravestones, he probably wouldn't achieve much.

And taking Cao Yaxuan and the others with him... Xu Lang wasn't an idiot!

He had nurtured Cao Yaxuan and the others for so long, finally raising their Charm. If they died, the loss would be worse than directly losing Nightmare Coins—it would be like gambling with your marriage fund.

Xu Lang wasn't a spendthrift; he couldn't do something like that.

**[The Great Barren Dragon's Gaze consumes 30,000 Nightmare Coins, upgrading to level 20. Please choose an upgrade direction.]**

**[One, Dragon Star Summoning Array (Legendary): Summons a Dragon Star meteorite from 'outer space,' dealing massive area-of-effect damage to enemy forces. Average damage coefficient ranges from 1 to 1,000,000, with additional 'Impact' and 'Burning' effects. No automatic attack mode. Attack cooldown: 10 minutes. Full range: 5,000 meters. Each attack requires 3,000,000 Copper Coins.]**

**[Two, Dragon King's Wrath (Legendary): Crossbow-type turret. Lethality: 50,000. Deals 100% true damage. Fast attack speed. Automatic attack range: 1,000 meters. Each crossbow bolt costs 5,000 Copper Coins.]**

"Holy shit! Finally, a lobbing-type turret!"

Xu Lang's heart surged with excitement; he almost jumped up.

A lobbing-type turret, as the name implied, was a turret that could fire over long distances from a stationary position.

This type of turret was extremely, extremely, extremely rare!

Turret firing trajectories were usually quite rigid. For example, the Mad King Building corridor was over a hundred meters wide. Firing outward, you'd either hit the guardrail or the ceiling above!

Moreover, both these upgrade options were Legendary turrets!

It seemed level twenty was a threshold. The only time the two Angel Turrets finished evolving was also at level twenty.

It's just that those two turrets were truly disappointing. The game had been going on for so long, and they still hadn't adapted and evolved properly.

During the Netherworld trip, after the two turrets finished evolving, they could barely hold their own against the Remnant Nether Lord, which was disappointing.

"Damn it!"

"I only have one heavy turret!"

"Without a heavy turret, how do I deal with the BOSS?"

"Forget it!"

"If I have no heavy turret, then I *am* the heavy turret!"

Having finally encountered a lobbing-type turret, Xu Lang would absolutely not miss this chance.

Immediately, without hesitation, he chose the Dragon Star Summoning Array!

If he upgraded this thing a few more times, in the future, a single attack might just clear the entire game!