I am the old, fiery-faced man from the senior department.

"Mr. Bai?"

"If you can't get out, wouldn't I have come all the way from Da Yan for nothing?"

"Wasting time without getting results is very annoying."

Bai Zhou slightly raised his hand, took off the gas mask and glanced at it. With the help of the system's data analysis, he immediately understood its protective principle.

"This thing... doesn't offer much protection."

A slightly cool touch enveloped my face.

My vision was filled with a golden hue before it became clear again.

"This is……"

The voice also changed, becoming lower and deeper.

Kal'tsit touched her cheek; the texture was smooth, like wearing a rubber mask, but it didn't affect her breathing at all.

"This is a simple application of AoE. AoE... it's hard to explain in a short time... in terms you can understand, it's nanotechnology from the old generation."

Bai Zhou withdrew his hand, looked at Kal'tsit wearing a gilded mask, and nodded in satisfaction.

“The protective gear made by Aoneng is much more useful than your cheap little gadget.”

Then, Bai Zhou reached out his hand to her.

"Besides, as I said before, since you are a citizen of the Great Yan, I will protect you."

"..."

Kal'tsit stretched out her exposed hand, and a cool sensation flowed over it. Her arm was also covered by that strange substance, like a long glove embroidered with gold thread.

“Follow me, Kal'tsit.”

"If you are too far away from me, I might not be able to save you in time."

“Mr. Bai, aren’t you just talking to yourself as well?”

"But I have the strength and confidence to bring you out unharmed. That's something you don't have."

During the day, he frowned and stepped into the sticky, blood-red entrance.

"Your personality is very suitable for your status."

Kal'tsit followed him into the building without hesitation.

“I must make this clear. You are a very intelligent person, Kal'tsit.”

"Many people have said that, Your Majesty."

The lynx is actually very soft.

"..."

Has his identity been exposed?

Bai Zhou was not surprised.

Having lived for so long, Kal'tsit must have mastered the art of judging people. Coupled with his undisguised attitude, and based on the information gleaned from the previous two tests, one could easily guess the outcome with a little boldness.

"What brings you here? I do not believe I have done anything harmful to the Great Yan."

Kal'tsit was equally curious.

As noble as a true dragon, what could possibly motivate the entire Great Yan Empire to target an ordinary, nameless person like her?

"There's no time for idle chatter now, my magistrate."

Bai Zhou grabbed Kal'tsit and waited for the "flesh vines" that were waiting for an opportunity to pounce on her to miss before letting go of Kal'tsit and continuing to advance.

"Your aroma has awakened these hungry creatures."

"Once you become a skeleton, you'll have no way of knowing why I came looking for you."

"Ugh, what a disgusting scene."

The daytime stopped where the stairs used to be and looked up.

"Indeed...it's very troublesome."

Kal'tsit silently pressed down the Arcane Mask that was pressed tightly against her cheek.

The scene before my eyes was truly hard to look at.

The staircase leading back up was covered with fleshy vines of all sizes and thicknesses, like the roots of an old tree, intertwined and knotted. They sprouted from the walls like the villi of intestines, forming a dense forest of flesh.

This is the only way to get upstairs quietly.

If he didn't care about the consequences, he could simply use his blade to smash these things to pieces like vegetables during the day, and then head straight to the third floor to find the source of the contamination. But the real trouble would come after the building was awakened. Faced with attacks coming from all directions, he couldn't guarantee that he could break through the building's activated walls with Kal'tsit in time.

"Don't move."

Bai Zhou lifted Kal'tsit by the waist and carried her on his shoulder, preparing to use the Heavenly Fiends to weave "spider silk" to carry them across this flesh forest.

The pale golden spiderweb woven by O'Neng shot onto the only empty space on the wall.

The skillful maneuvering of the Sky Fiend was as brilliant as the way Star Platinum manipulated bullets, allowing Daybreak to nimbly dodge the hungry fleshy vines like a spider weaving its web.

"See that, Kal'tsit? They're drooling over you."

He even has time to tease Kal'tsit during the day.

Kal'tsit didn't want to talk.

If Bai Zhou is a spider enjoying itself in its web, then she is now an innocent insect caught by the spider, tossed and turned in the web by its silk.

That feeling of your vision spinning back and forth is very uncomfortable.

"I would prefer you to come up using a more forceful approach. Trust me, I can protect myself."

Standing on the ground again, Kal'tsit rubbed her slightly dizzy head and took a deep breath.

"But I think I was right to be cautious just now."

Bai Zhou extended his fist blade and cautiously looked around.

If the first floor is the mouth for eating and the throat for swallowing food, then the second floor is the digestive tract for digesting food and extracting nutrients.

The entire corridor has been transformed.

Countless viscous digestive fluids piled up on the ground, and no one knew what they were mixed with to form the decomposition.

"There should be more prey here than downstairs. Don't leave my side, Kal'tsit."

Crushing a bone as brittle as tofu dregs, Bai Zhou endured Tian Sha's disgusted whispers as he stepped into the digestive juices that resembled a muddy swamp.

"What? Did you find something?"

Bai Zhou turned to look at Kal'tsit after being tapped on the waist.

The lynx lifted her right foot, which was submerged in digestive fluids. The outer layer of her boot had been completely corroded, revealing glimpses of her fair skin underneath.

The digestive juices are very effective.

"Take off these shoes."

Kal'tsit's clothes were too small to carry her through the long corridor filled with digestive fluids, so Bai Zhou had to retreat to the stairwell to update her equipment.

"Lift your foot."

Bai Zhou bent down and caught her raised right foot, slowly transferring his energy to wrap around her ankle, which then transformed into a well-fitting boot.

"The other one."

It consumed a little arcane energy, and the daytime soothed the grieving Sky Fiend who was saddened by the loss of arcane energy.

"Thank you for your help."

Kal'tsit hadn't expected to encounter this situation. If Baiyue hadn't accompanied her this time, she might have had to lose some weight to get through.

"After you get out, remember to find some source stones, otherwise it will get angry."

Bai Zhou tapped his arm armor, and Tian Sha responded by flicking out his blade as proof.

"I remember."

Kal'tsit touched the arcane gauntlet on her right hand, a hint of inquisitive curiosity rising in her eyes as she looked at Bai Zhou.

This armor... seems to be a kind of biological weapon with its own consciousness.

It is somewhat similar to Mon3tr.

Does it fight by absorbing energy from Originium? And it also has the ability to create special protective gear.

Could she control this thing using Originium Arts?

"strangeness."

They walked through the digestive tract without seeing anything sinister emerge from the dark corners, so Bai Zhou became even more vigilant.

"Have you noticed anything amiss, Kal'tsit?"

"On top."

Kal'tsit spoke up to remind him, and Bai Zhou immediately looked up.

A strange insect leaped down from the top of the wall and pounced on Bai Zhou's head.

Kal'tsit, who was behind him, was also attacked.

"Hey!"

Tian Sha sprang a sharp blade from his mask and pierced the insect.

The dead insects splashed a large amount of acid onto the mask, but it did not penetrate Bai Zhou's Heavenly Fiend Armor.

Kal'tsit remained remarkably calm; she had drawn her dagger upon seeing the insect, ready for battle. The insect's attack was exactly what she intended.

With a swift stroke, the insect was split in two and dropped into the digestive fluids.

The acid corroded the cloak on her right arm, but fortunately, the Arcane Armor protected the entire arm; otherwise, it would have been difficult to treat if it had gotten onto her skin.

"The place where this bug appeared is truly hellish."

During the day, he tossed the insects hanging in front of his face into the digestive fluids, then looked back at the ceiling. Compared to the unbearable ground, it was practically spotless.