Infinite Game - Start With SSS Rank Class

Chapter 206: New round

The answer was so fast that Rilia was slightly taken aback.

Morie calmly said: "I don’t need to completely trust you. I only need to know you’re smart enough to understand that if room 2705 falls, your own ending won’t be good either. Temporarily, your interests and ours coincide. That’s enough."

Rilia looked at Morie for a long time.

Then she laughed very faintly.

"You’re different from what I expected."

"You’re also different from what I expected."

"Different how?"

"You think you’re colder than you actually are."

Rilia fell silent.

Sunako immediately lowered her head, pretending she hadn’t heard anything.

Because she felt that line from Morie was a bit dangerous. If it were her, she certainly wouldn’t dare speak that directly to an Ice Wolf General.

But Rilia didn’t get angry.

She only looked at Morie with a more serious gaze.

This platinum-haired woman wasn’t only smart.

Inside that small body was something very heavy, very ancient, very dangerous. Rilia had once felt that Titan hand crush Dokai. That wasn’t ordinary strength. It was something that made even a warrior like her feel instinct raising a warning.

Morie withdrew her hand.

The diagram on the table rotated slightly.

Then she took out a card.

[Free Defense Tower Renovation Card]

Seeing this, Rover’s gaze immediately brightened slightly.

"You’ve decided to use it?"

"Mm."

"What direction for the renovation?"

Morie said: "Not pure damage increase."

Rover was slightly surprised.

Morie explained: "Room 2705 isn’t lacking in direct damage right now. Selina, Thunder Dragon, Elith, Rilia, the current defense towers, even you can all create damage. Our biggest weak points are souls, curses, invisible energy, and attacks that penetrate defenses."

Monica slightly lowered her head.

She knew Morie was referring to what had just happened in the previous round. Dokai, Millan, soul links, curses; those things had nearly pushed room 2705 into a passive position.

Morie placed the card on a defense tower position in the diagram.

"I want to renovate one tower into a suppression defense type. It doesn’t need to immediately kill enemies. I need it to force things that can’t be seen to materialize, to drag souls downward, to slow curses, to force invisible energy forms to suffer pressure."

Rover rubbed his chin.

"Sounds expensive."

Morie looked at him.

"Free."

Rover immediately nodded.

"Then I like it."

Nanoe couldn’t help laughing softly.

Even Selina curved her lips.

Sunako immediately noted down another new rule: if a plan sounds very expensive but is free, Great Lord Rover will like it.

Morie didn’t smile, but her gaze also softened slightly.

"I’ll tentatively call it the [Titan Soul-Sealing Tower]. If the renovation succeeds, it can create a pressure field around room 2705. Within a certain range, enemy types that are souls, curses, ghosts, or invisible energy will be forced to materialize or have their movement speed reduced. When enough energy has accumulated, it can produce a Titan hand to strike down on a designated area."

Rilia hearing this, her gaze shifted slightly.

A Titan hand.

She knew very clearly how frightening that thing was.

Morie continued: "If coordinated with Monica, cursed targets can be position-locked. If coordinated with Elith, spiders can handle targets forced to materialize. If coordinated with Thunder Dragon, lightning energy can suppress unstable forms of existence."

The more Rover listened, the more satisfied he became.

This was the right way to use resources.

A defense tower that simply shot harder could make him happy for a few minutes. But a tower that could resolve the entire room’s weaknesses would help him live much longer.

Living longer meant more enjoyment.

Enjoyment was important.

But surviving had to come first.

"Do it." Rover said.

Morie nodded.

She activated the card.

The light from the card immediately dissolved, flowing into the diagram on the table like a stream of pale yellow liquid. At the same time, in room 2705, one of the existing defense towers began vibrating very slightly. New veining spread from the base of the tower, its color gradually transitioning from ordinary metallic luster to a heavy silver-gray.

On the tower’s body, faint ancient runes appeared one by one.

Very similar to the veining on Morie’s Titan hands.

The air in the room suddenly felt slightly heavier.

Not to the point of difficulty breathing, but everyone could sense an invisible pressure that had just been placed down. Like a massive hand hovering above their heads, not striking down, but always there.

Sunako immediately shrank her neck.

"This tower... doesn’t seem very friendly."

Morie answered very calmly: "It wasn’t created to be friendly to enemies."

Sunako thought for a moment and found this very reasonable.

Rover looked at the renovating defense tower, finally feeling somewhat more at ease.

Room 2705 was growing stronger.

Not just him growing stronger.

This room was also growing stronger. Each person beside him was also growing stronger.

This was very important.

Because if John had told the truth, he couldn’t always rely on handling everything on his own. He needed a base that could operate even when he left. Needed women who could stand firm in their own positions. Needed a system that made enemies feel it was too difficult to swallow just by looking at it.

After the tower began its renovation, Nanoe finally turned to Rilia and Sunako.

The smile on her face was still gentle, but both people she looked at involuntarily became more serious.

"Now we talk about your tribes."

Sunako immediately stiffened.

Rilia’s brow furrowed very slightly.

Nanoe didn’t beat around the bush.

"Rover can save people, but room 2705 doesn’t support useless burdens. If your tribes truly need help, you must prove they can become assets for him."

Sunako swallowed.

This was very direct.

But she couldn’t say Nanoe was wrong.

In this world, no one would casually save an entire tribe out of pure kindness. If you wanted to be saved, you at least had to prove you were worth it.

Rilia coldly said: "You always speak like a merchant."

Nanoe smiled.

"Because merchants at least clearly state the price. I don’t like using fake kindness to conceal a transaction."

Rilia fell silent.

Morie also looked at Rilia and Sunako.

"The clearer the information, the easier the value is to assess. Concealment only makes Rover feel troubled."

Sunako immediately said: "I’ll speak! I’ll absolutely speak! Although my tribe currently has some trouble, we’re very useful. We know many areas within the fog, and also know a few places with special resources. Although we’re a bit poor, a bit weak, and a bit easily bullied, we are absolutely not a completely useless burden!"

Rover hearing this, glanced at her.

"Are you actually advertising yourself or lowering your own price?"

Sunako froze.

Then she seriously corrected herself: "What I mean is, my tribe has very large development potential."

Rover nodded.

"That sounds better."

Nanami burst out laughing again.

She felt room 2705 was truly strange.

Very dangerous.

Very tense.

But somehow it didn’t make her feel cold. Everyone here had secrets, had purposes, and sometimes spoke with a sharpness that made it hard to breathe, but beneath all of that, there was still a feeling of belonging to the same place.

Perhaps this was the reason her older sister trusted Rover.

Nanami looked at Nanoe, then looked at Rover.

Her heart felt a little lighter.

At least the person who had saved her wasn’t a bad person.

Just a little greedy for money, a little afraid of trouble, and surrounded by far too many beautiful women to the point that it gave others a slight headache.

Right as Nanoe was about to ask more carefully about Sunako’s tribe, the system’s voice suddenly rang out in the room.

[Ding!]

[The fourth round will begin in 12 hours.]

Everyone immediately went silent.

A pale blue notification panel appeared in mid-air.

[Ding!]

[Fourth round theme: Survival Rankings.]

[Ding!]

[In this round, the system will open a real-time ranking board.]

[Ding!]

[The higher the ranking, the more abundant the final rewards.]

[The game round will begin in 7 days. A new area will be announced after 1 day.]

[Ding!]

[Survivors, please prepare.]

Rover looked at the notification panel.

The atmosphere in the room immediately became much heavier.

Rankings.

He recalled John’s words.

Don’t trust the rankings.

It will kill more people than even the monsters.

Nanoe also looked at the notification panel. The smile on her lips slowly faded.

Morie stood before the diagram of room 2705, her gaze becoming sharper. Selina gripped her sword hilt. Monica’s face went slightly pale. Rilia narrowed her eyes. And Sunako nearly wanted to burrow straight behind the sofa.

Rover was silent for a few seconds.

Then he laughed coldly.

"Looks like John wasn’t joking."

Survival Rankings.

The higher the rank, the greater the rewards.

With just a few simple lines of notification, the system could already pull the greed of every Survivor in the apartment complex to its peak.

This time, what killed people might not only be monsters.

But the very Survivors looking at that ranking board.