Trap Room ▪ Capitalist's Rope

"What the hell are these things..."

Watching the Shadow Guard in the room ahead get dragged straight down into the pitch-black seabed by those Green-skinned Little People after sinking into the water, Bai Zhi could not help but frown slightly.

—The instant he fell into the water, he swapped positions with a Shadow Guard.

Shadow Guards did not possess physical bodies. For Shadow Guards that could slip into the shadows at any time, escaping from water should not have been difficult. Yet now, the Shadow Guard that had taken his place was being dragged bit by bit toward the seabed by thousands upon thousands of Green-skinned Little People beneath the water.

In just a few seconds, he could no longer see the Shadow Guard underwater. Then, five or six seconds later, the Shadow Guard was declared dead within his Perception.

After that, densely packed Green-skinned Little People surfaced on the water. Every one of these Eerie Things, whatever they were, raised their heads and stared directly at him standing by the doorway.

The night vision Pluto granted Bai Zhi allowed him to see the full appearance of these Green-skinned Little People clearly. Aside from their tiny size and entirely green exposed skin, they were basically no different from humans.

A rough count put the number of these densely packed Green-skinned Little People floating on the water at over ten thousand.

Bai Zhi did not have trypophobia, but the sight of all these Eerie Things staring at him still made his scalp tingle.

After glaring at each other for a moment, the Green-skinned Little People slowly sank beneath the sea. Once the last one vanished from the sea surface, the room before him immediately returned to normal.

"Well, looks like this room is off-limits."

Shaking his head slightly, Bai Zhi gave