Everything in the metal room looked cold.
The floor, the air, the bodies.
How many were there? Thirty? Forty? Or even more... The entire room was filled with corpses.
They were all young, probably between seven and eleven years old.
Only one remained.
The only one still able to stand... He held a silver fork used for eating, blood still dripping from its tines... He felt as though he were suffocating.
Suddenly, one of the metal doors that could not be opened swung wide, and blinding light poured in.
Several tall figures stood before the blinding light. Their shadows stretched out like demonic tentacles, reaching into the room in an instant.
"You're the brat who survived this room... One hour and seven minutes. You made it just before the oxygen ran out. Not bad. You can enter the next room. The time limit will be even shorter in the next round, so desperately recover your strength. Otherwise, you may become a defective product... just like these failures lying at your feet."
Clang—!
It was the sound of the silver fork hitting the floor.
His eyes snapped open, followed by a deep breath. He inhaled greedily, as though he wanted to draw all the oxygen in the world into his body.
He was alive.
When Nero woke up, the club's lobby was still quiet.
She immediately sat cross-legged and looked around.
"Yo, beautiful big sis. And... righteous bro."
She was greeting Maid Miss, who was reading a book in the distance. Of course, You Ye also politely nodded in response.
"Congratulations on waking up, Miss Nero." You Ye smiled faintly, rose, and walked over to Nero. "I've reattached your arm, and your nerves have recovered properly to their original state. There shouldn't be anything missing. Of course, if