Several seconds passed, but there was no response from inside.
Chen Bei mustered his courage and twisted the doorknob.
The door opened directly, letting out a creaking sound.
He opened the door and looked inside.
The room was visible from end to end; there was no one there at all.
The layout inside was similar to Chen Bei's room.
There was only a bed, a bedside table, and the view outside the window was foggy.
It seemed that not every dormitory had a player; some dorms were empty.
Chen Bei walked in and pulled open the drawer of the bedside table.
Since he was here to collect resources, he naturally had to check thoroughly.
He actually found something.
Inside the drawer, there was a roll of tape and a parts box.
Could these things be useful?
Chen Bei was a bit skeptical, picked up the items inside to look at them, then put them back on the table.
In the Management Group, someone noticed Chen Bei's actions.
"This player named Zero Degree found important upgrade resources and actually put them back."
"Our game doesn't have detailed beginner tutorials, so all players are completely confused at the start."
"These are all key materials for upgrading dormitories! Especially the dormitory door, which is the first line of defense against zombies!"
Chen Bei eavesdropped and saw these chat messages.
So these resources were so important!
They could even be used to upgrade the dormitory!
Chen Bei immediately picked up the tape and parts box, putting them into his pocket.
Continue exploring!
Chen Bei walked out of the dormitory and arrived at the door of the adjacent room.
Thump, thump, thump...
Chen Bei still knocked first; if someone was inside, he couldn't just rush in.
There was no movement inside, so it seemed to be another empty room.
Chen Bei opened the door and went in; a broom, a trash can, and the standard bedside table were in the corner of the room.
"Could it be that even the broom is useful? Can it be used to fight zombies?"
Chen Bei muttered to himself.
He walked over and pulled open the bedside table's drawer.
It was tape and a parts box again.
The parts box was heavy, filled with items like screws, gears, and springs.
Chen Bei put away the items and turned to leave, but then turned back.
His pocket was already full, and the trash can happened to be useful for holding things.
He put the resources he had just collected into the trash can.
As for the broom, a thought suddenly struck him, and he figured out a way to use it.
He propped the broom diagonally between the bed and the floor, forming an angle, then lifted his leg and stomped hard on the upper part.
Crack!
The wooden broom handle snapped into two sections, and the broken part was very sharp.
It could barely be considered a weapon.
Primitive people fought with such things.
Chen Bei held it in his hand, feeling a bit more secure.
A prompt popped up: 【Obtained inferior weapon 'Homemade Wooden Spike', Attack 2.】
"It was actually counted as a weapon, called a wooden spike. Why not an Emei spike?"
Chen Bei grumbled.
Now, he held the wooden spike in his left hand and the trash can in his right.
Since he was left-handed, he held the weapon in his left hand.
Chen Bei walked out.
Other people appeared in the corridor; a man walked out of another room.
The man was tall and burly, with a fierce face and well-developed muscles, looking difficult to mess with.
Chen Bei was busy collecting supplies, so he just glanced at the Muscle Man and hurried away.
This left the Muscle Man a bit confused.
Gradually, more people bravely walked out of their rooms, all wearing identical uniforms.
Blue with white stripes, the style resembled prison uniforms.
Several people gathered together and communicated face-to-face.
After talking, they realized that they had all been inexplicably captured and brought here.
Some were walking on the street one second and were here the next.
With more people, their courage grew.
"The numbers on the doors all start with 8, so we're likely on the eighth floor. Let's just go down!"
"Yeah, with so many of us, why stay here foolishly? Let's go out first, then figure out how to call the police."
"What's wrong with that guy? He's too strange, carrying a trash can and rummaging through every room."
As they discussed, they noticed Chen Bei's unusual behavior.
Only Chen Bei was searching for things everywhere, busy with his own affairs, completely uncooperative.
The two sides formed a stark contrast.
"I saw him busy earlier."
"He knocked on every room, even mine, which scared me."
"Heh heh, he's probably trying to sneak some stuff home before leaving."
"He looks weird, like a lunatic. Just ignore him."
There were already five of them, enough people.
The group began to search for a way down.
Before leaving, someone shouted to Chen Bei:
"Hey, kid, we're going downstairs together to find an exit. Are you coming with us or not?"
"No."
Chen Bei refused very straightforwardly.
The reason was simple: with the power of this game, it was impossible for such a big loophole to exist.
The game area was certainly enclosed.
Go downstairs, open a door, and go home?
How could that be!
This attitude of refusal further aroused people's displeasure.
"Don't come then, you ungrateful wretch! Just stay here and pick up trash by yourself!"
"Let's go, let's go, ignore this lunatic."
"I said earlier not to bring him. We have enough people; we don't need him. We might even meet others on the way."
These five people set off.
They found the elevator, but it was broken; pressing the button had no effect.
So they could only take the stairs.
Regarding these people, there was relevant chat content in the Management Group.
"Someone started going downstairs."
"Their reaction when they see the bodies on the stairs will definitely be interesting."
"Going down is a dead end; there's no way out."
Chen Bei glanced at the Management Group twice, then continued with his own work.
In comparison, the information in the Management Group was more valuable, so Chen Bei paid more attention to its updates and rarely looked at what the player group was saying.
Chen Bei scavenged everywhere and quickly filled the trash can, so he took it back to his room and dumped everything onto the bed.
"This Zero Degree started acting early; I have high hopes for him."
"The game needs some outstanding players to present exciting effects."
"He uses a trash can to carry things back and forth, which is too inefficient. It will be much more convenient once he finds the Dimensional Backpack in room 827."
Dimensional Backpack?
Chen Bei's eyes lit up when he saw the chat content.
He wondered if it was the kind of Dimensional Backpack he understood.
If so, that would be amazing.
Chen Bei couldn't just go and grab the Dimensional Backpack directly; that would be too obvious and might be noticed by the Administrator.
Once it was discovered that a player had infiltrated the Management Group, the consequences would be unimaginable!
This was Chen Bei's biggest reliance, and he absolutely could not lose it!
So he had to act.
First, he pretended to be normal, searched other rooms, and then naturally approached room 827.
When he arrived, he calmly twisted the doorknob.
Looking inside, he was startled.
On the floor of the room, two bloody corpses lay conspicuously!