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Su Hao held the golden scroll high and shouted:

"I see your heavy crossbow has a pretty long range and deals a lot of damage! But if you're alone and a group of monsters rushes at you, with no one to tank the damage for you, you'll die too!"

"We have shields, healers, and melee fighters! All we need is ranged support!"

"Let's team up! Anyone want to do this?! Let's pull off something big!"

Xia Youwei stood there, looking at the boy on the opposite corridor who seemed a bit arrogant under the flashlight beam.

Normally, if a guy dared to talk to her like that downstairs, she wouldn't even glance at him.

But in this apocalyptic environment, reason told her that the other person was right.

The heavy crossbow in her hand was extremely powerful, but it was very slow to reload.

She was able to safely attack from the fourth-floor balcony because of the advantageous terrain. But if it gets light tomorrow, she will have to go downstairs to find food and supplies.

If she were surrounded by monsters on flat ground, she would indeed be at a disadvantage on her own.

Moreover, the boy opposite could split the boss monster's skull with a single axe swing, so his combat strength was definitely not weak.

As for the one that emits pink beams of light... although it looks strange, it is indeed a rare healing type.

After a brief deliberation.

Xia Youwei maintained her aloof expression, but her voice came through clearly.

"Recruit me into the team."

"Alright!"

Su Hao was overjoyed.

Without hesitation, he used both hands to tear the golden sheepskin contract in his hands to shreds.

"Whoosh—"

The golden light dissipated into the air, transforming into a virtual light curtain that enveloped Su Hao's entire body.

[System notification: Squad created successfully. Please name your squad.]

Su Hao thought for a moment and then casually said

"Let's call it the Fortune-Making Squad."

[Naming successful. You have automatically become the captain of the "Fortune Squad".]

Su Hao opened the team panel and selected to invite a new member. He fixed his gaze on Xia Youwei on the opposite side.

A team invitation has been sent to the target player.

On the balcony across the street.

A system notification popped up in front of Xia Youwei's eyes.

[Player 'Su Hao' invites you to join the Fortune-Making Squad. Yes/No?]

Looking at the team name, which was incredibly tacky and reeked of nouveau riche culture, a stiff look flashed across Xia Youwei's beautiful face.

Having such a name on one's head is really detrimental to one's image.

But in order to survive.

She took a deep breath, extended her slender finger, and pressed the "Agree" button.

[System notification: Player 'Xia Youwei (Lv.3)' has joined the party.]

In that very instant.

Su Hao, Zhao Lei, Chen Fei, Wang Pangzi, Lin Chacha, and Xia Youwei across from them.

A crisp electronic sound rang in the ears of all six people simultaneously.

[The squad voice channel is now active.]

Su Hao tentatively spoke a sentence in his mind using the team voice chat.

"Ahem, hello, hello, can you hear me? Microphone test."

Followed by.

Su Hao's voice echoed clearly in the minds of the six people, without them needing to open their mouths at all, as if it were a telepathic connection.

"Holy crap! In-team voice chat really works!"

Fatty Wang's excited voice boomed through the channel.

"This is so advanced! We won't need to cheat with hand gestures anymore!"

"Shut up, you fatso," Chen Fei cursed in the channel.

Xia Youwei did not speak.

She glanced silently at the new buff in her status bar that read "[Squad Experience Bonus +10%]", then turned and walked back to her dark dormitory.

"Bang."

The balcony door is closed.

"Alright, that's a wrap!"

Su Hao stretched out a big yawn, feeling his bones cracking all over.

He glanced at the messy corridor and the stitched-up rat king's corpse that was gradually disappearing.

"Eldest brother, third brother, can you still walk?"

Zhao Lei stood up with a limp. Although his fracture had healed, the lingering pain was still there.

"No problem. Where do we go now? This corridor is drafty on all sides, we definitely can't sleep here."

"Go back to the second floor and find a dormitory. I just saw a dormitory door with a good lock; use the master key to open it and go in."

Su Hao swept all the clutter on the ground into his storage wristband.

That's all for tonight.

"Get a good night's sleep. The real battle will only begin tomorrow when it's light."

Four men and one woman, dragging their weary bodies, slowly disappeared into the darkness of the second-floor stairwell by the light of their flashlights.

Compared to the hellish environment on the first floor, this place is slightly better.

Su Hao walked at the front, the beam of his flashlight sweeping across the dormitory doors on both sides. Many doors were open, and the inside was a mess.

"This room will do, room 212."

Su Hao stopped in front of a tightly closed wooden door. He reached out and pushed it; the door was locked from the inside.

"Boss, cover me!"

Su Hao took out the "Rusty Wire Master Key" he had bought from the dormitory manager from his pocket.

This thing looks like a piece of broken wire, but since the system has labeled it "omnipotent," there must be a reason for it.

He inserted the wire into the keyhole and poked it around a couple of times.

No technical maneuver is required.

With a crisp "click," the door lock popped open.

"These 20 gold coins were well spent, it's a foolproof lock-picking tool," Chen Fei said, peeking out from behind.

Su Hao kicked the door open and turned to the side to prevent any monsters from rushing out.

Su Hao kicked the door open and turned to the side to prevent any monsters from rushing out.

The flashlight beam shone in and swept around.

Safety.

The dormitory was very clean, even tidy. There were no blankets on the four beds, just bare bed boards, and the desks were also empty.

"It's probably an empty dorm room that no one has lived in this semester."

Zhao Lei breathed a sigh of relief and dragged his newly set leg inside.

"Quickly, come in and block the door!"

Fatty quickly beckoned Lin Chacha in, then turned around and together with Chen Fei, pushed the heavy metal desk, weighing several hundred kilograms, behind the door, firmly blocking it.

After doing all this, the five of them collapsed onto the dusty cement floor like deflated balloons.

Nobody cared whether the ground was dirty or not.

From the moment the system arrived until now, only a little over three hours have passed.

But for them, those three hours felt longer than three years.

From the initial panic to the monsters being killed through the crack in the door, and then to the great battle against the boss, both mind and body were stretched to the limit.

Now, as soon as I relax, that deep-seated fatigue surges up instantly.

"Oh my god... I feel like my arm doesn't even belong to me anymore."

Chen Fei lay sprawled on the floor, panting heavily, his chest heaving violently.

Zhao Lei leaned against the bed leg, touching his calf. Although his health bar was full, the pain from the previous fracture seemed to still linger in his mind.

"Fatty."

Su Hao placed the fire axe beside him, sat down against the wall, and swallowed hard, his throat so dry it felt like it was on fire.

"Give it to me. I'm so hungry I'm hallucinating."

Upon hearing this, Fatty Wang, who had been slumped to the side, sat up straight. His small eyes gleamed with a possessive light.

"This is the food we risked our lives for."