As Colin walked towards the lowest level, he noticed more of the dilapidation beneath the “glamorous” building.
Many areas were damaged, with dark brown and red bloodstains and a thin layer of dust. It appeared that after the battle, the place hadn’t been maintained, let alone repaired.
Leading the way, Russell explained, “You can clean and repair manually, or spend money for automatic repairs. Cleaning alone costs about three thousand fog points each ti, and repairs, depending on the extent, might be over ten or twenty thousand. I don’t have the money for repairs; what about you?”
“Sa here.” Colin shook his head. “Let’s just make do and repair it ourselves. The damage isn’t too severe.”
A few stairs were missing, the walls were full of holes, and so public facilities seed to have been erased by so force. These issues could be handled with a few stones, so wooden boards, and so patching up.
However, as Colin observed the battle marks, he curiously asked, “By the way, how did you deal with that thing?”
“We were caught off guard,” Russell said, reflecting on the past. “No one expected the breakdown of that ‘special talent’. The entire ring city was filled with ‘slender figures’. Killing one brought ten more. A touch from them would make you lose a chunk of flesh; a slower reaction would vaporize you on the spot. The main issue was that due to their nature, we couldn’t identify the source of the problem.”
“Luckily, I and a few others managed to retreat to the ‘core fortress’, where the ntal impact lessened, and we ‘fortunately’ discovered the problem. Then I noticed that it had split into more people than we had, about ten tis more.”
“After identifying the issue, solving it beca easier, but the overall incident cost us dearly.”
“Only two of you survived in the end?” Colin asked, recalling that a woman nad “Bluebell” had left alone after being “watched”, appearing in the outside world from a sealed tunnel.
Russell shook his head, “Accurately speaking, including ‘servants’, about a dozen survived. We had around six survivors at the ti. After resolving the problem, most of us were left with so physical disability. However, we only had two recovery cards. Red potions don’t regenerate a lost limb.”
“I don’t mind missing a leg,” he paused, sighing before continuing, “At that ti, so people had no desire to live on. Their ‘servants’ died in the incident, as did several completely ‘loyal’ special talents. With the system almost useless and no way to contact the outside world, they wanted to rest.”
When physically disabled, with no future in sight, and with loved ones suddenly gone, breathing itself can be tornt. In such circumstances, even knowing so had negative thoughts, they didn’t try to comfort them.
“In the end, only two survivors remained. Bluebell and I used the last two ‘recovery cards’.”
“But shortly after using the ‘recovery card’, she told she was going to be ‘sanctioned’.”
“And being in the sa area and also watched, maybe I was ‘lucky’?” Russell gave a helpless smile. “In this so-called survival ga, we lost thoroughly. We lost everything, both what we should and shouldn’t have lost. In those final days, we could do nothing but run, unable to save anything. We couldn’t even see what the final disaster looked like.”
Colin and the others remained silent, not knowing how to respond. Observing the increasingly dense battle marks, they could imagine the past horrors.
“No need to be so gloomy. Talking about it has lifted a weight off my shoulders. Ah, we’re here.”
Speaking, they stopped in front of an inconspicuous manhole cover. Colin and the others couldn’t help but grumble internally: another manhole cover. Without a guide and clues, finding this place would take a lot of effort. Who would think to find a hidden passage under a manhole cover?
Russell squatted by the cover, placing his hand on it, seemingly unlocking sothing. He then opened the cover, revealing a deeper passage below.
Colin soon received a system ssage asking if he accepted a “gift.” Agreeing, he received the legacy from the previous generation.
【Level 5 Underground Fortress: Total space size 100*100*30.】
【Portable Modification: Original volu reduced by 50%.】
【Basic Buildings: Core Underground Fortress (4% damaged), Ring City Three Layers (21% damaged), Eco Park (79% damaged), Water Tower, Sun Simulator】
“That’s huge.”
Colin roughly calculated, feeling surprised. He wondered how much material was needed for such a structure. A non-spacious level 5 underground fortress was already so big. How large would the most extensive level 5 territory be? The hint told him it was “very large” but didn’t specify how large.
Without overthinking, Colin opened the building function page to familiarize himself with new options.
【You are attempting to repair building damage. This repair will cost 21,846 fog points. Confirm?】
No, I refuse. Colin dismissed the ssage and quickly familiarized himself with the place through the hints.
After thoroughly understanding it, the hints beca noticeably more accurate. However, soon he felt ntally exhausted and empty.
He had overused his brain today. If he could see his personal panel, Colin guessed he’d have so related debuffs.
“Indeed, humans have limits,” Colin muttered.
As he reviewed the information, Russell climbed out of the “core fortress,” having descended earlier.
“I have so good stuff to show you,” Russell grinned, dumping out a pile of tal objects that clattered on the ground. He picked one up, waving it around.
It was a tal weapon comprising a long tal tube, a wheel, a handle, and a trigger. Seeing these items, Colin and the others looked as if they’d seen a ghost.
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