This Pipe World, composed purely of countless Metal Pipes, stretched in all directions. Some had cross-sections over ten meters high, while others were only wide enough for a little dog to pass through.
Ring within ring, layer within layer, one link after another—it formed an enormous and intricate Labyrinth.
"...That's the Soldier you were talking about?"
Hiding inside a Metal Pipe and watching that thing pass by in the distance, Bai Zhi's expression could not help but turn a little strange.
"What's so scary about something like that?"
Judging from her earlier tone, he had thought this so-called Soldier would be some Sanity-draining abomination. But no matter how he looked at it now, it was just a human wearing a fully enclosed metal Biohazard Suit... at least, it looked human on the outside.
"No... are you sure that thing isn't scary?"
Hiding behind Bai Zhi, A Lu was instantly stunned when she heard him.
"Scary?"
Bai Zhi looked once more at the human in a full metal Biohazard Suit walking past the pipe opening, his face full of confusion.
"Not really. I actually think it's kind of cute. It looks like a... What kind of look is that?"
"An octopus-like head, Tentacles waving all over its body, disgusting internal organs growing from its skin, a Deformed Body constantly twisting and changing..."
After rattling off that whole list in one breath, A Lu looked at him as if he were a Monster.
"You think that kind of Eerie Thing is cute too... Don't tell me you have a thing for freaks?"
"...Are you sure we're talking about the same thing?"
Bai Zhi glanced at her, and his expression became even stranger.
"Let me ask you something. Was the Soldier you saw last time the same as the one you're seeing now?"