Over at the Office Building, compared to before, nothing much had changed.
...At least, that was the case on the first floor.
After returning to the Office Building, Bai Zhi first went up to the second floor to retrieve his Inventory.
The second floor was unlike before. It was chaotically piled with corpses, and Bai Zhi had to put in quite some effort to cross the layers of corpses blocking his way.
However, it was worth mentioning that in the stairwell, he once again saw the Black Figures following behind him. Like a festering parasite clinging to bone, those things continued to stick closely behind him, only to vanish once he left the stairwell.
Bai Zhi currently had no clues regarding those things, so for the time being, he could only let them follow him.
Before heading down to the first floor, Bai Zhi deliberately conducted an experiment using the corpses on the second floor. He tossed one of the corpses that had nearly hurt him during the downpour into the sunlight, intending to observe the direct changes that occurred when these corpses were exposed to sunlight.
Experimentation was the foundation of science. This definitely was not a grudge.
—Bai Zhi could vouch for it with his character. He never held grudges.
Less than a few minutes after the corpse was thrown into the sunlight, it began undergoing bizarre changes. Its flesh melted into viscous strands while dense rust rapidly crept across its body.
Three minutes later, the corpse had completely turned into a rather disgusting amalgam of Iron Shavings and viscous flesh, looking a little like mango ice cream...
Bai Zhi was not very good at making comparisons.
Five minutes later, under the sunlight, the corpse had completely vanished. It had melted away and evaporated into the air, leaving