“Because we are human,” Li Cheng颐 replied.

He walked towards the other party step by step.

“Humans are always unsatisfied and always want more.

They have emotions and desires, impulses, they cry and laugh, they love and hate. Would you like a stone that never moves and stays with you?”

“That older sister said something similar. I believed her and let her out,” Iselin said.

“Then, I never saw her again.”

Suddenly, her expression twisted.

“She lied to me!! Lied that she would definitely come back!!”

“She’s dead,” Li Cheng颐 interrupted her.

He knew who she was talking about. When investigating the data, he had already found several dead-end people who had entered before the Hand of Tight Grip.

Before merging with other dead ends to form a new one, Iselin's individual dead end already had data that had been found, so he gradually learned some related information.

“In any case, I won’t let you out,” Iselin’s expression calmed down.

“Iselin,” Li Cheng颐 walked up to her, stopping less than a meter away.

“Are you afraid?”

“No, I just… I’ve believed so many times, but it’s useless…” Iselin replied. “You adults never keep your promises. Neither did Mom, nor my sister…”

“I’m different,” Li Cheng颐 interrupted her.

“I’m a very afraid-of-death person,” he said earnestly, seeming a little embarrassed.

“Then why do you want to go out? It’s dangerous outside!” Iselin asked.

“Because…” Li Cheng颐 smiled. “Fear is weakness.”

“The weaker you are, the more you need to move forward.” He looked at Iselin in front of him.

“You’re afraid, so you stay in place, never really going out to experience more. So, for so many years, you’ve been here, never moving forward.”

“I…”

She wanted to say something, but suddenly saw a hand extended in front of her.

“Want to come out with me?”

Li Cheng颐 had a gentle smile on his face.

Iselin paused, staring blankly at the palm in front of her, not knowing how to react for a moment.

“Can I?”

“Why not? I can give you and A-Qiu each a room. You can have soft toy bears, pretty little skirts, and all kinds of delicious snacks,” Li Cheng颐 said seriously.

“A-Qiu isn’t human,” Iselin was amused.

Although her pale face had a terrifying look when she smiled…

“Even though I know big brother is lying to me, but… I’ll trust you one last time.”

She still moved aside, revealing the door behind her.

Li Cheng颐 reached out and gently placed his hand on top of her head.

“By the way, do you have a favorite scent?” he asked.

“It would be best if there was tangerine-flavored oil,” Iselin replied immediately.

“Also,” she said with a slight dissatisfaction, “Big brother put a small bone of A-Qiu in my stomach yesterday.”

Li Cheng颐 was immediately embarrassed.

“So you knew all along? Next time, next time it definitely won’t happen.” He rubbed Iselin’s growing hair, walked to the door, and reached out to push it open.

*Bang.*

The door was suddenly pushed open, and bright light shone in from outside.

Li Cheng颐 took a step forward, but suddenly felt the corner of his clothes being pulled by something behind him.

He looked back.

Iselin was holding his clothes, looking up with a slight smile.

*Chī.*

In an instant, under the light, her figure rapidly turned into black smoke, fading and disappearing.

“I won’t be fooled again!” Her voice faintly drifted over. “I want to go out too!”

“You’re not afraid?” Li Cheng颐 was a little surprised.

“I can hide in big brother’s shadow. If you lie to me, I’ll bring you back and you’ll never get out!” Iselin replied.

“Is that so? Then maybe it’s my turn to be afraid,” Li Cheng颐 laughed.

Looking at the white light door in front of him.

He strode forward and walked straight out.

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Endless staircase.

A circle of bright white light shone on the walls of the stairwell.

Rainbow Candy and Big Bear were both wearing gray close-fitting long-sleeved shirts, paired with simple outdoor black trousers, and there were many pockets on the clothes and trousers.

Whether zippers or openings, open or tied with ropes, all were filled with various small tools and items.

At this time, the two were sitting on the ground, concentrating on watching the mechanical spider’s exploration on the screen.

The originally dark stairwell was now illuminated by the lights of the mechanical spiders and lighting watches, making it completely bright and full of security.

“Look, this is the power of technology!” Rainbow Candy said confidently, chewing on a lollipop.

“I asked for a lot of religious warding runes and scriptures to be engraved on each of these mechanical spiders! Anyway, regardless of what denomination it is, as long as it is a bit targeted, they are all engraved. Maybe one of them can be useful.”

She reached out and tapped on the screen for a while.

“Now, fifty floors up and down are all under my control. Next is the detailed information summary. Big Bear, get ready to record.”

“Okay!” Big Bear nodded, looking down to find tools on his body.

Although the two were wearing the exact same clothes, the simple knitted shirt obviously showed a surging chest when she lowered her head.

“Damn it!” Rainbow Candy saw this scene, and a hint of envy flashed in her eyes.

*Pū.*

Just then, several mechanical spiders on the screen suddenly lost connection.

“Signal lost? Self-destruction not activated, malfunction?” Rainbow Candy quickly reacted, pulled up the status on the screen to check.

“Anything can happen in the dead end. Be careful and treat it as the worst possible outcome,” Big Bear reminded from the side.

Before she could finish speaking.

*Pū pū pū pū*

In an instant, dozens of mechanical spiders all lost contact in the direction below.

It was as if they had suddenly lost their energy and power, silently disconnecting.

“Fuck! Where are my bombs!? Blow them up!!” Rainbow Candy instantly cursed.

“Why isn’t there any movement!?” She frantically began to quickly activate the mechanical spiders’ attack mode.

“Something is approaching! Speed is getting faster and faster!” Big Bear took out something like a palmtop computer and checked it carefully.

“I can’t sense anything here!?” Rainbow Candy became anxious.

“This is the latest research, using airflow trace technology to reverse calculate the existence of an individual. As long as it can leave traces in the surrounding environment, it will definitely…”

*Pūchī.*

Big Bear instantly disappeared from the spot like a frame skip in a movie, along with the instrument.

Everything quieted down.

Leaving only Rainbow Candy alone, sitting in place, stunned for a moment.

“Fuck!!” She slammed the ground hard, her face becoming grim.

“Explode! Explode all of them for me!!”

Under emotional excitement, she heavily pressed the explosion permission button on the screen.

*Bēng!*

*Bēng! Bēng! Bēng! Bēng!*

In an instant, continuous explosions quickly came from below.

But it was useless, the mechanical spiders on the screen only quieted down for a moment.

Soon, another wave of spiders began to lose contact.

That mysterious individual had already reached the range of Rainbow Candy’s thirty floors. Still constantly approaching upward!

And the speed was still accelerating, accelerating!

Rainbow Candy quickly calmed down, after all, she was not a newbie, she was an old-timer who had experienced several dead ends.

Knowing that at this time, the more panicked you are, the faster you die.

“Explosions are useless? Then what about radiation?”

She reached out and clicked the screen.

Mobilizing another part of the mechanical spiders to meet it.

Before this group of spiders approached, they turned on the high-intensity radiation rays in their bodies.

A large number of special rays that can cause cancer and cell mutation were emitted, but before it lasted a few seconds, all the spiders releasing the rays instantly went out, disconnected.

“Completely immune?” Rainbow Candy once again mobilized the spiders, taking the initiative to meet them.

This time, all of these spiders were equipped with microwave devices.

At the same time, in coordination, they could heat any living creature in the environment to a degree above three hundred degrees Celsius in a very short time.

The point is that this heating is continuous.

But soon, the mechanical spiders that emitted microwaves successively went out and lost contact.

This made Rainbow Candy’s face even more unsightly.

At this time, the mysterious individual had already reached the range of the fifteenth floor, and was still approaching this way.

She quickly got up, took out a stun gun from her pocket, and turned to run upstairs.

She didn’t think she could survive going up against a monster that mechanical spider self-destruction had no effect on.

The current way is to quickly determine whether the other escape methods are useful!

Before they came in, they formulated five escape methods, all of which were most likely to work.

The first one cannot be completed now, originally planning to rely on mechanical spiders to explore the boundaries, but unfortunately…

The second, many dead ends have similar situations, that is, persisting for a period of time under the pursuit of monsters can get a chance to escape.

The third, is one that Rainbow Candy likes the most.

Ice-breaking method!

Extensive destruction of the dead end can achieve the effect of weakening the dead end, and can also have a chance to completely escape.

Several times before, she had successfully escaped through this method.

And this time…

*Hū!!*

Suddenly, all the mechanical spiders upstairs on the screen also lost contact at once!

It seemed that some individual was also rapidly approaching from upstairs.

‘There’s also one upstairs!?’ Rainbow Candy’s eyes hardened, simply squatted down in a place, quickly took out a small black round box from her pocket, and threw it out.

With a crisp *kāchā*, the small round box quickly deformed, unfolded, enlarged, and formed a hemispherical umbrella-like covering, completely blocking Rainbow Candy underneath.

“All of you go to die!” Rainbow Candy in the cover fiercely pressed the self-destruction button on the screen.

*Hōng!!!*

At the same time, the upstairs and downstairs made violent explosions and vibrations together.

The scorching airflow rushed in from upstairs and downstairs at the same time, hitting the surface of the cover and being bounced away.

Rainbow Candy breathed a sigh of relief, waiting for the airflow to weaken, then lifted the cover and put it away.

She used the light of her watch to carefully look at the gray stairwell in front of her.

And just when she was unaware.

In the dust, a black-haired, black-skirted human figure quietly appeared behind her.

“Eh? A door!?” Rainbow Candy suddenly froze, finding that a rectangular gray wooden door had appeared on the right wall at some unknown time.

Faint red light was also transmitted from the edge of the door gap.

“This is!?”

*Kāchā.*

The door was slowly pushed open a crack.

(End of this chapter)