Why did Wang Lei awaken directly in this area after falling here, instead of being imprisoned?
Because the handlers and administrators of this prison were all dead.
The grotesquely dead furry creatures before him were undoubtedly the administrators of this prison.
After all, a few of them died inside the room that managed the cells.
As for why they all died...
They touched Wen Guixin’s body and got infected by the ntal toxin.
Good heavens!
It turns out that the staff maintaining the order of the underground prison were all unintentionally killed by Wen Guixin!
His mind raced; he had already guessed the course of these events.
Perhaps, initially, only two or three were infected.
Just as Wen Guixin said, she only sensed a few people touching her before they were poisoned and fell.
Later, she was transferred to the prison in another manner.
But it’s important to know that creatures infected by the ntal toxin can be commanded by Wen Guixin to attack their own kind!
Moreover, the blood from injuries inflicted on themselves or by them on others is a dium for spreading the ntal toxin.
Perhaps at that ti, in a dazed state, Wen Guixin didn’t give such an order.
But because she was always using her toxin to infect enemy units and then imdiately have them turn on their own kin, even in a muddle-headed state, upon seeing a creature being infected, she would subconsciously think this way.
Have them quickly kill their own.
It might have been this very thought that led to the self-destruction among these furry creatures.
How could they have known that their own suddenly turned traitor?
The furry creatures on the ground bore more or less so scars and splattered traces of dried blood.
ntal toxins spread through these ans.
And precisely because of this, Wang Lei could wake up here after falling into a trap and passing out, spending his comatose ti here.
Because all those who could transport him into the cells were dead.
Thus, he managed to find the entrance to the cells from outside, encountered Xu Xin, and even brought him out from the cells.
Xu Xin thought of this and couldn’t help but laugh.
This is truly theatrical.
Unexpectedly, even when they fell into a coma, Wen Guixin still helped them solve a huge problem.
Moreover, thinking back, when he moved back and forth in the underground prison without finding or encountering anything, it made perfect sense.
If these administrators were alive, it would have been quite difficult for him to stroll back and forth in the underground prison.
These administrators might have released prison insects to attack him.
And if the cell door imprisoning insects was opened, perhaps he could have discovered sothing inside, rather than exploring for so long without finding anything.
In short, in a word.
Wen Guixin’s "Empress" directly killed off the administrators responsible for this event, the ga’s GMs.
Leading to the absurd situation we have now.
This is indeed a bit amusing.
This event has gone completely off the rails!
Wait a minute...
Xu Xin’s brows furrowed slightly.
If this dungeon, this event, indeed had real administrators...
Would the previous events also have had them...
"Brother Xin, over here!" Wang Lei called from a spot about ten ters away, waving to him.
Simultaneously, he looked at Keke, who was already standing beside him on the ground, sowhat surprised, "Hey, little one, you found it too?"
"Hehe!" Keke stood up, puffing out his little chest.
Xu Xin walked over, looking at a roughly five or six square ter marked area outlined with a white line on the edge, and thought knowingly, "Gravity chanism?"
"Exactly! This thing can be used as a lift. When I ca up, I used this. I searched all around below to find this chanism," Wang Lei pointed at the marked area on the ground.
So, it was a gravity chanism that allowed descent to that outer region.
For this event, it seems the gravity chanisms are all like elevators.
Whether it was the big chanism in the tal room before or the small gravity chanism among the vine bundles, they all functioned like elevators.
This is quite convenient indeed.
Of course, elevators are inconsequential for Xu Xin now.
He could just jump down from here directly.
Not to ntion the soft ground outside that cushions any falling creatures trapped above.
Even if the ground wasn’t soft, with his current enhanced jumping power and infinite cushioning ability, jumping from fifty ters wouldn’t cause any injury at all.
"Why not just try jumping down?" Xu Xin teased, "Didn’t you say the ground below is soft?"
"Please, no, Brother Xin." Wang Lei scratched the back of his head awkwardly, "It’s fifty ters, quite frightening. Don’t think that just because I climbed that stone peak, I’m not a bit afraid of heights. During the climb, I didn’t dare look back, and after climbing it, I beca even more terrified. Jumping down from here would be too intense."
Alright, this is mountain-climbing PTSD, isn’t it?
Fifty or sixty ters high, nearly twenty floors, is indeed a bit stimulating.
The two stepped into the area together.
A familiar "click" sound followed.
Then, the floor beneath them slowly began to descend.
Another click was heard, triggering the gravity chanism, and their feet felt light as the whole chanism descended quickly.
They seed to be riding a transparent, unsecured elevator, watching the ground rapidly approach outside.
Before long, they reached the bottom of the circular space.
As Xu Xin stepped onto the ground, he felt the peculiarity.
It felt as if he was stepping on soft jelly.
His foot sank half a foot into it, then bounced back up.
The entire surface appeared as soil’s brownish-black color, but his steps made it feel more like chocolate-flavored jelly.
"Eek..." Keke seed to dislike walking on this kind of ground, taking two steps before jumping directly onto Xu Xin’s shoulder.
Walking on this soft and fluffy ground indeed gives one an uncomfortable feeling.
It feels as if the ground beneath was like writhing flesh.
This type of ground, he seed to have only felt it before in a haunted house at amusent parks.
Suddenly stepping on it would give soone a surprise with its softness.
No wonder Keke didn’t like it.
Xu Xin squatted down and lightly touched the soft ground.
The texture was sowhat rough, but indeed very soft; a light press would deform it.
However, there weren’t any prompts.
Speaking of which...
They weren’t really stepping on a lump of flesh, right?
Stepping on... the back of a giant beast?
Ahaha...
How could that be possible?
The back of a giant beast couldn’t possibly be this soft.
Even though he thought this way, cold sweat was already forming on Xu Xin’s forehead.
The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it felt.
His identification ability couldn’t detect living creatures, only materials from dead creatures.
And this ground, just happened to be undetectable.
Sh*t, if beneath this ground really was the body of so giant beast, that would be too terrifying, right?!
Xu Xin shook his head, temporarily dismissing the thought from his mind.
But his steps were getting faster.
"What’s up, Brother Xin? Why are you walking so fast?" Wang Lei caught up with him.
"This should be the lowest level of the underground prison. Maybe we can find the door to open Zhao Xiaochuan and Wen Guixin’s cells from the inside." Xu Xin spoke while walking.
"A door? There shouldn’t be any doors here, right?" Wang Lei said, "I circled below several tis before discovering the gravity chanism to step on and rise up; I found nothing else."
"There might be other chanisms." Xu Xin patted Keke’s small head, "Keke, it’s up to you, see if there’s anything special here."
The prison managers were all dead; he didn’t know if new managers would co, but for now, they had to rely on themselves to explore this dungeon.
Looking at it this way, the death of prison managers wasn’t entirely beneficial.
Perhaps if they were alive, they could have given so information.
"Eek!" Keke responded imdiately, jumping off his shoulder.
But upon landing on the soft ground, it let out another "Eek!" and jumped back onto Xu Xin’s shoulder.
"...Keke, do you know what this soft ground beneath us is?"
Watching Keke’s behavior made Xu Xin feel even more uneasy.
This little one’s actions didn’t seem to be just because the ground was uncomfortable; rather...
Was it scared?
"Eek..." Keke shook its little head, indicating it didn’t know, but just didn’t want to walk down on its own.
"What’s wrong with this ground?" Wang Lei stomped on it, even jumped, "It’s fun, soft and bouncy, kids would surely love this place, right?"
Xu Xin’s eyelids twitched as he hurried to stop him: "Enough, don’t jump, let’s quickly search for the chanisms around."
The two continued walking along the edges of the dungeon.
Xu Xin planned that if he couldn’t find any chanisms, he’d eat the only purple-tier red berry left in his backpack to get a perspective on this tal prison and find where the chanisms were.
But he was still hesitant, one because he only had this one berry, and two...
This tal prison emitted purple light from the upper part and golden light from the lower part.
Especially here on the lowest level, the golden light was even more dazzling than above.
Could the purple-tier red berry really see through gold-tier materials?
"Eek!" Keke suddenly cried out.
"Found the chanism?" Xu Xin felt slightly delighted.
"Eek!" Keke’s little paw pointed at a section of the wall.
Xu Xin imdiately took two steps forward and reached out to touch it.
[chanical chanism (Gold): An ergency chanical chanism, press firmly to trigger, but requires significant force. Once triggered, it will open the inner door of the survivor’s cell on the lowest level of the underground prison.]
An ergency chanical chanism? A survivor’s cell?
It must be correct!
This is the chanism leading to the cell holding those two people!
Xu Xin pressed down hard.
But...
It didn’t move.
Only pressed the chanism down slightly.
Then, as his force lessened, it rebounded.
"...Wang Lei, you’re stronger; you try pressing. This is an ergency chanism requiring force." Xu Xin stepped aside woefully.
"Needs force? Let do it!" Wang Lei also reached out to touch and received a prompt, "Ergency chanism? Pressing will activate it? What will it trigger, pressing won’t cause any trouble, right?"
He didn’t have an identification ability, couldn’t see the latter part of Xu Xin’s description.
"Just press it, I’ve got detailed information, this is the place leading to the cell holding those two people."
"Alright! Then I’ll press it!"
Wang Lei trusted Xu Xin very much, imdiately exerted force to press it down.
"D*mn, this button, it’s quite hard to press!" He exerted more strength.
"Creak... creak... creak!"
With his pressing, so chanical sounds ca from inside the underground prison, even the soft ground beneath them felt slight vibrations, and then...
A door opened right before the two of them.
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