Chapter 735: Negotiations Complete, Mad King Building Returns Its Authority!

Madness is the most primal form of vitality, and at the same time, the desire at the end of all desires. Joy, pain, tranquility, all eventually become madness. This is akin to entropy, unavoidable, and completely opposed to order.

Avoiding direct gaze is the final warning of reason!

This contract scroll seemed to be visible only to Xu Lang. The Eternal Dark Knight King showed no sign of anything unusual.

To be cautious, Xu Lang still used the Nightmare Eye to examine the contract scroll, to make sure there were no traps lying in wait later.

Within the dreamscape, he only used the most ordinary player permissions to inspect it.

【Madness Contract】

【Type: Contract Scroll】

【Level: None】

【Rarity: None】

【Effect 1: Upon signing the contract, become the "Acting Dorm Owner" of Mad King Building】

【Effect 2: After signing the contract, Mad King Building unlocks hidden abilities for players】

【Description: None】

【Nightmare Eye·Madness Contract: Upon signing the contract, become the Acting Dorm Owner. Simultaneously, Mad King Building returns the player's basic functions and complete authority...】

At the same time, a quest also surfaced before Xu Lang.

【Dorm Quest "Sign the Contract" (Easy)】

【Quest Objective: Sign the Madness Contract and become the Acting Dorm Owner of Mad King Building】

【Reward: Dorm Owner Token·Madness Command】

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【Mad King Building Broadcast--】

【Player "Xu Lang" has assumed the position of "Acting Dorm Owner" of Mad King Building!】

【Mad King Building unlocks the following hidden features--】

【Merit Tower daily gift acquisition!】

【Supermarket fully open to all areas!】

【Forbidden Land shop opened!】

【Worker cafeteria opened, worker shop opened!】

【Mad King Building players unlock the following new functions--】

【Complete information display rights!】

【Madonna Statue hidden item purchasing rights!】

【Mad Vanguard barracks construction rights!】

【Full version SAN value attribute!】

Demon Box World.

The players were resting and recuperating when they were suddenly stunned by a barrage of broadcast announcements!

"What's going on, did Mad King Building have a seizure?"

"What does 'complete information display rights' even mean? Have the item descriptions we've been seeing all along been incomplete?"

"Some of us have it, brothers. I heard from the Heaven's Judgment Building players that their player info constantly shows negative buffs, and it even gives them the corresponding 'antidote' methods!"

"Damn, is that for real?!"

"Brothers, look quick, the SAN value system has been revamped! Now when SAN hits zero, you don't become a Mad Vanguard, and you can even enter the deep-sea zone of negative SAN. Madness without end!"

"What does that mean?"

"If you investigate deeper, the player panel will give you feedback."

"The Forbidden Land has a shop too?"

"The supermarket we've been browsing was incomplete?"

"The Madonna Statue sells hidden items?"

"The Mad Vanguard barracks, what's that?"

"How come even the Workers get benefits!"

"What exactly happened outside?"

"Did Mad King Building win?"

The players were in complete chaos.

Wang Yazhi, Cao Yaxuan, and the other women urgently stepped forward to maintain order.

Though no riot broke out, the clamor was incessant, impossible to stop.

Kui Zi flew through the air, data flowing through her eyes as she surveyed the entire scene. She quickly extracted the most useful piece of information.

"Yazhi, open your info panel and take a look!" Kui Zi flew over to Wang Yazhi's side and reminded her: "Focus your will and investigate the SAN value attribute in depth!"

Wang Yazhi did as she was told and opened her personal panel. She discovered that the way personal information was displayed had been optimized, with many more intricate little indicators added, giving her much greater certainty about her own status.

Moreover, when she investigated her SAN value attribute, she received the following information!

【SAN Value: A special attribute for Mad King Building players. For every 1 point of SAN lost, Constitution and Spirit attributes increase by 1%. When SAN reaches zero, you enter a Madness state. If SAN continues to decrease, you break through the Madness state and enter the Super-Negative Domain. For every 1 point of SAN lost, all attributes increase by 1%, and you gain 1 point of temporary "Madness Power." Madness knows no end!】

"Ah, so you don't actually have to become a Mad Vanguard?"

That was Wang Yazhi's first reaction, and she felt a twinge of regret for those players who had already become Mad Vanguards.

Then, her second reaction was: This is invincible!

The Mad King Building players were invincible!

As long as they were mad enough, their attributes could increase without limit, and all attributes at that!

"Impossible. An ability like this must have side effects!" Wang Yazhi took a deep breath and said solemnly.

She wasn't getting carried away.

"It should." Kui Zi nodded.

Both women remained relatively calm.

At this moment, the others from Demon King Castle had also gathered over.

"Xu Lang has always been telling us to keep our SAN values high, and ours have always been high. I'm afraid our ability to manipulate SAN isn't even as good as those ordinary players." Han Zhixiu frowned.

This was her biggest concern.

Losing an advantage, even just a little, was a precursor to shaking Demon King Castle's dominant position.

"We don't need to manipulate it either!" Zhen Lu said confidently: "Give those players a hundred years, and they still won't surpass us."

Han Zhixiu's brows didn't relax. She had always suffered from strength anxiety. She usually kept a low profile because she spent most of her time cultivating.

"First, let's make sure those players don't do anything reckless, to avoid causing trouble!" Han Zhixiu spoke up.

Everyone thought of this as well and immediately issued orders.

However, it was impossible for Mad King Building players not to go mad.

At the central plaza of Demon Box World, one player went mad on the spot. He laughed maniacally as he raised a syringe and prepared to jam it into his own head.

At the critical moment, a wisp of frigid wind blew in, and the player was quickly frozen into an ice sculpture!

Snowflakes drifted through the air. The extreme cold made everyone calm down considerably.

"Without orders from the Neighborhood Committee, no one is allowed to lower their SAN value!" Cao Yaxuan floated high in the sky, her voice utterly ice-cold.

Cao Yaxuan's clearing ability was extremely powerful. Any player whose cold resistance wasn't strong enough would be instantly killed, and because she was an apostle of Yin Marshal Yang Sui, she struck with exceptional ruthlessness. She had a fearsome reputation throughout Mad King Building.

As the cold aura descended, the players trembled uncontrollably.

Meanwhile, the Neighborhood Committee members all stood ramrod straight, like soldiers being reviewed.

No one dared to act up anymore.

Wu Huihui, Li Shuwen, and the other Nightmare Apostles stood within their respective factions, looking up at Cao Yaxuan in the high sky with grave expressions.

Although they considered themselves Xu Lang's inner circle, with their own special power systems to boot, they really weren't sure they could match up to Cao Yaxuan and the others.

Having stayed by Xu Lang's side, Cao Yaxuan and her group had been raised too well. Their skills, equipment, items, and knowledge were all at a level that completely surpassed ordinary players, who couldn't compare at all.

"I wonder what Lang Ge is doing."

Amid the crowd, Zhang Dahai let out a quiet sigh.

At first, he thought Mad King Building had won, which was why the player system had undergone such a major overhaul. But the subsequent situation didn't quite seem to fit that theory.