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Chapter 25 25. Underground Third Floor (Seeking readership~)

Underground third floor.

"Are we going to stay here until we die?" the girl said, sitting in the corner of the room, "Or do you have any ideas?"

Ma En opened his eyes and looked at her:

"I do have some ideas."

Of course, he had ideas.

Go to room 213 on the second underground floor, then find the SCP Foundation, use the "employee channel" he mentioned to leave this place, and set off for the Southern Federation to enjoy his retirement.

Of course, he had to say "hello" to Xu Wen.

He then asked:

"However, how long have you been waiting?"

Ning Changkong got up and shrugged:

"Half a minute, maybe."

"I entered almost right after you, so logically you wouldn't have time to sit down," Ma En said, shrugging. "But time isn't constant in physics anyway."

Faint footsteps came from outside.

Both the girl and Ma En looked towards the door.

Click.

Something opened the door.

The first to walk in was an elderly man with a wrinkled face, so thin that you could see his bone structure, and when he saw Ma En and Ning Changkong, a clear look of joy appeared on his face.

"These two newcomers look pretty good," a fat man covered in green fish scales squeezed in behind him, his eyes greedily scanning between Ma En and Ning Changkong.

The third to walk in was a woman, the left half of her face no longer had any flesh, replaced by insect-like chitinous armor, huge compound eyes occupying two-thirds of the left side of her face, and her left arm was like some kind of insect claw.

The gaunt old man said:

"You're lucky you didn't run into the cannibal cult on the seventh underground floor, nor did you bump into the Pioneers on the eighth floor, and you even avoided the mad beast horde on the ninth floor, and were found by us.

"And you're both good-looking, I even want to peel off your skin."

The insect woman said:

"The Queen will be very satisfied, come with us, don't be afraid of being scared by us, not only do you not have a chance to escape, but you will soon be like us."

The fat fish man suggested:

"I'm hungry, can I tear off two arms first?"

The old man said:

"The Queen wouldn't want defective products, be patient, I can even control my urge to peel skin."

Hearing the word skinning, the fat man covered in fish scales took two steps back somewhat timidly.

Ning Changkong looked at the scene in front of him, silently stood behind Ma En, and said in a low voice:

"I don't know if it's just me, but I saw a skeleton, a fish monster, and a chitinous insect with female characteristics."

Ma En said:

"Excuse me…

"Can I say a few words?"

The three monsters looked at him at the same time.

The old man grinned, and said with a strange look:

"Sure, I was afraid you two would be scared away, I didn't expect you to be so calm."

Ma En asked:

"Can you introduce me to this place, such as the Queen you mentioned, and the other floors you mentioned, we're new here…"

"Very good, especially good!" the old man's tone was close to manic jealousy, "A brave man and a beautiful girl, she will definitely like you."

The girl said in a low voice behind Ma En:

"Are we going to run away?"

Ma En quietly raised his hand to signal her not to panic.

"Come out with us and take a look," the old man gestured to his companions to go out, "Then we'll talk."

They followed them out.

Then, Ma En and Ning Changkong both noticed the inconsistencies with reality here.

Behind them, on both sides of the door, were continuous gray walls, the corridor was like a bottomless dark abyss, and the ceiling was tens of meters high.

The old man led them in the direction they had come from:

"This place is countless times wider than the hospital you knew before, the corridors are connected to each other, almost without end, and the former lobby has become a vast square, even enough to form a tribe.

"Like above, there are also nine floors here, three, four, five, seven, eight, these floors all have their own rulers and residents, and the ninth floor is the gathering place for the exiled beast horde."

Ma En noticed that he didn't mention floors one, two, and six.

"And the ruler here is the Queen, she likes beautiful boys and girls, so you are considered lucky, you don't have to struggle for a living like us, and futilely delay the inevitable death."

"What is a beast horde?" Ma En asked.

The insect woman sneered and replied:

"What is a beast horde?

"We are, I am, you are too, look at our appearance, this is your future, here we will not die easily, but each injury makes you approach a crazy beast."

The fat fish man added:

"It also brings power."

The woman said with a cold face:

"The more you get, the more you lose.

"Here there are only two paths, become a mad beast, or be truly killed,"

Ma En asked with a normal expression:

"What does it mean to be truly killed."

He was very interested in this.

"Some strong people," the old man said in a hoarse voice, "They can give others true peace, directly and completely kill you, and they are therefore feared and worshiped.

"The rulers of the five floors are all such strong people."

Ma En said:

"What about the other three floors?"

The old man glanced at him gloomily:

"The sixth floor has collapsed for many years, it used to be no different from other floors, but I don't know when, no one has been able to go there anymore.

"And the first floor, no one really knows what's there, a passage to leave, hell, heaven, there are all kinds of claims.

"And the most terrifying monsters who care about this are gathered on the second floor, which is a forbidden place that only the strong can step into, other floors will communicate with each other, but if you enter the second floor without permission…

"The strong people there will cruelly and mercilessly kill you, and use your flesh to delay their beastification."

And the door for him to leave was on the second floor?

It seemed that he had been underground in the past, and had entered the second underground floor, where he used a method he didn't remember to leave the SCP Foundation's "employee channel."

The old man suddenly stopped:

"Almost forgot."

He raised his palm and stretched his sharp bone fingers out of his skin:

"Every newcomer has to hand over a finger.

"This is to test your potential."

As soon as he finished speaking, the three monsters all looked at them, and there was a faint strange emotion flickering in their eyes, and their expressions gradually became gloomy and manic, as if some terrifying thoughts were churning in their hearts.

This was indeed the rule of the underground floor, the strength of the power brought by beastification could often be glimpsed from its manifestations, and they also needed to eat fresh flesh to increase their power.

But the reason they insisted on this tradition was a rumor:

It is said that there is a door on the first underground floor that leads to the surface, but only the pure who have no signs of beastification and the beasts who have completely gone mad can enter it.

Therefore, none of them could go back.

"Can we cut it later?" Ma En asked politely.

"You should be happy," the old man showed a bloodthirsty smile, "If it wasn't for offering it to the Queen, we would have torn off your limbs for dinner, just take it as your first lesson here.

"Learn to bow your head to the strong."