Escape Route

After using the same trick to open The Gate, Xia Fan strode into the control room.

The room was even larger than he had imagined. Not only was it divided into upper and lower levels, but an enormous screen was embedded in the wall, making it rather like a movie theater. He could picture how countless people had once gathered here, controlling the various facilities within Skywell.

"Is this the place you were looking for?" Li Mengyun asked.

As her words fell, another Zhen Lamp went out with a snap, and the illuminated area shrank once more.

They had only one lamp left.

"More or less, but things are a little different from what I expected." Xia Fan gave a wry smile. He had originally planned to find Skywell's central control hub, then spend a great deal of time studying it and trying to restore Skywell to its former normal state. But before they had even reached the ground, the tide of Evil Spirits had suddenly erupted. After finally finding the entrance to the emergency passageway, they had been targeted by an Evil Spirit unlike any they had seen before. Without question, the enemy would not give him much time. Once it reached this place, the control room would not escape being melted down.

It was the first time he had seen an Evil Spirit capable of causing widespread damage to Ji—perhaps this was the Lavana Venerable Huntian had mentioned.

Yet he had no other choice.

The situation on the upper levels was still unclear. Luring the Evil Spirits somewhere far from the control room before looking for a chance to escape was practically hell-level difficulty. Besides, even if they succeeded, who knew when they would next reach the hundredth floor?

So he decided to try first and worry about