Chapter 15: Deep in the Crevice
Wang Ran retreated a step without showing any emotion. Taking advantage of Bai Fan's still dazed state, he swiftly led the mood-setting group out of Bai Fan's dormitory.
"Bye bye!"
His voice drifted into Bai Fan's ears from the corridor outside.
Bai Fan sat stiffly in the chair.
Holding over a dozen boxes of condoms, facing the cool breeze shamelessly slapping his cheeks, he fell into an indescribable state of confusion for a moment.
Wang Ran walked briskly towards his own dormitory.
Escaped! Escaped!
He couldn't quite figure out Bai Fan's background now, so he didn't want to have a direct confrontation with Bai Fan, and he hadn't thought about how to deal with the follow-up matters.
Even if Bai Fan was the Doomsday Apostle Fourteen, killing Bai Fan now would be meaningless.
The Doomsday Apostles were obviously a huge organization, and killing just one Fourteen would hardly have any impact on the entire Doomsday Apostles.
Moreover, [Space-Time Substitution] could only take effect for ten seconds a day.
If he killed Bai Fan one moment, the next moment he would be controlled by law enforcers, and then either waste [Space-Time Substitution] on escaping, or sit in an iron-barred window waiting for doomsday to come.
Wang Ran quickly returned to his own dormitory,
He sat on the bed,
Preparing to first figure out Bai Fan's identity in the simulation.
[Simulation Starts]
[On the first day, knowing what's going to happen today, you went to Bai Fan's dormitory before dawn, but you found the dormitory empty]
The night before doomsday,
Bai Fan wasn't in the dormitory?
Wang Ran showed a thoughtful expression.
He guessed that Bai Fan might be performing the awakening ritual at this time, just not knowing what was being awakened, the underground monsters?
If it was awakening monsters,
Then it would make sense, the reason why monsters suddenly emerged from underground to attack humans was because they had been sleeping underground before.
But why could the awakening ritual make people stronger?
[You find that the supplies in the dormitory have also disappeared]
Strange, why did Bai Fan take away the supplies?
Wang Ran was a bit puzzled.
In the last simulation, Fourteen led the monsters to attack the army.
This indicates that the Doomsday Apostles at least reached a cooperative relationship with the monsters, they could move freely in the city, and definitely wouldn't care about these meager supplies.
Wang Ran felt something odd.
From this perspective, Bai Fan, as a member of the Doomsday Apostles, shouldn't have stolen things from the beginning.
Stealing things was meaningless to the Doomsday Apostles,
If it attracted the attention of law enforcers,
Causing the Doomsday Apostles' actions in Yong'an City to be hindered,
That would be more trouble than it's worth.
Or was Bai Fan the type of person who plucks a goose?
The reason for doing so,
Was purely because of his own itchy hands?
Wang Ran recalled Fourteen's behavior of stomping on his eyeballs twice, feeling that this possibility might not be non-existent.
[You came to the rooftop alone]
[You sit on the edge of the building waiting for disaster to strike]
[Suddenly, the earth shakes and mountains tremble]
[You leap down from the height of twelve floors, the sensation of impact is strong, but you only have one or two scratches on your body, which heal in the blink of an eye]
Wang Ran sighed, "I've really become a little Superman."
Ordinary people would cry out in pain falling from three floors, yet in the doomsday, he jumped from twelve floors and only had one or two insignificant scratches.
Wang Ran's eyes flickered with a lingering desire, he murmured, "If only the duration of [Space-Time Substitution] could be a bit longer." He had just experienced the doomsday panel for ten seconds,
The feeling of power was addictive.
[As you land, the ground beneath your feet happens to crack open]
[You fall into the crevice]
Fall into the crevice?
Wang Ran's mouth twitched, thinking how unlucky he was, the bottom of the crevice must be the monsters' lair, wasn't he just offering himself up?
[The crevice is bottomless]
[You grab onto a protruding rock, stopping your fall, barely hanging onto the steep rock wall]
[You hear dense rustling sounds coming from below]
A large group of monsters is coming from the depths of the crevice.
Now he's doomed!
He could fight against the monsters on flat ground, but in the crevice, even standing was a problem, there was no space to maneuver.
He would be shot into a porcupine by the monsters in no time.
"Won't I die on the first day?"
[You have a sudden inspiration]
[You use 'Qigong Master' to deceive yourself]
[You succeeded]
[You believe the monsters have no sensory abilities]
['Covering Ears to Steal Bell' takes effect]
[Hundreds of monsters pass by you]
[They didn't discover you]
Wang Ran let out a long sigh of relief.
Not dead!
He was grateful that he had chosen [Qigong Master] paired with [Covering Ears to Steal Bell], these two talents produced an effect greater than the sum of their parts.
[You hesitate repeatedly]
[Finally decide to head towards the depths of the crevice]
Wang Ran's eyes lit up.
Knowing there's a tiger in the mountain but heading towards it anyway!
That's just like me!
[You are heading towards the depths of the crevice]
[You are still advancing]
[You encounter a group of monsters]
[Nothing happens]
[You continue to advance towards the depths of the crevice]
[You are still advancing]
[...]
[That night, you find a relatively safe depression in the crevice, spending the night half-asleep]
Wang Ran wondered, "Is the crevice really this deep?"
He had anticipated that the crevice would be deep.
After all, if it wasn't deep,
The sleeping monsters would have been dug out by humans frantically digging on the surface for nearly a hundred years, but he didn't expect it to be this deep!
He had advanced for an entire day without reaching the bottom.
[On the second day, you continue to advance with a tired body]
[You encounter many forks]
[You use your phone's light to discern the traces left by the monsters]
[You choose to advance on the path with more traces]
[You don't encounter any monsters]
[You guess that the monsters have all come out]
Obviously, the monsters had all run to the surface to slaughter humans.
[You explore downwards aimlessly]
[You feel unbearably hungry and thirsty]
[You try to return, but due to passing through too many intersections on the way, you can no longer find the way back to the surface]
Wang Ran pursed his lips.
He in the simulator fell into the crevice unprepared, carrying no food or water.
If he couldn't find anything to eat or drink underground,
This simulation might end in a very frustrating death.
[You begin to feel despair]
["Heaven never seals off all the paths!"]
["Great badass!"]
[You cheer yourself up]
[You barely muster up the energy to continue exploring]
[You are still exploring]
[You gain nothing]
[You fall into despair again]
Wang Ran sighed, thinking this simulation might be about to end, next time he would need to bring food and water.
Just then, the plot took a turn!
[In a daze, you hear the sound of water]
[You follow the sound of water and find an underground river]
[You drink the river water eagerly]
[You catch a few fish from the river]
[You taste fish sashimi]
[You are greatly encouraged]
A glimmer of hope in the darkness, he in the simulator found an underground river in the depths.
The problems of food and drink were solved!
"This is a turning point!"
Wang Ran's furrowed brow smoothed out.
His constitution attribute was as high as 127, he wouldn't easily get sick, there was no need to worry about the river water or fish being unclean.
If he wanted,
He could survive underground relying on this underground river.
Coincidentally, all the monsters had run to the surface,
He could accumulate a lot of attribute points by hiding here!
Wait...
Wang Ran suddenly froze.
[You rest briefly]
[You explore along the underground river]
[You discover a magnificent underground plain]
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