"What the hell?" Kill la Kill Boy jumped at the sudden tremor. "Is this part of the normal production process?"
He still held onto a shred of hope, only to see the man on the platform who had been walking toward them suddenly stop. Terror filled his face, as if he had seen something unimaginably horrifying. Forgetting all about them, he bolted for the spiral staircase nearby.
"I don't think staying here any longer is a good idea," Kratos said grimly.
She had only entered the instance not long ago and still had no idea what this factory actually did, but she could tell that whatever was about to happen would be nothing good.
"Follow him," Zhang Heng said.
With that, he started forward. The others, including the players inside the room, followed behind him and ran toward the spiral staircase.
As they ran, the players glanced down at their feet. They discovered that not only were the cubes bouncing more and more violently, but even the fixed insulation panels around them had been bent by some enormous force. It was as though something terrifying had been sealed beneath that round cover, some dreadful demon about to break free from its prison and bring disaster upon the world again.
Without needing Zhang Heng to remind them, everyone realized the danger and quickened their pace. One after another, they charged down the spiral stairs, reaching a passage roughly ten meters above the ground.
Having only just left the room, no one knew this "factory" at all. They had no clue which way would be safe to flee. Under the circumstances, they had little choice. The safest move was to follow the man from the platform. After all, he was a legitimate employee here. He probably would not lead himself into a