Several hours earlier, Infinite City.
Amid the ruins, the slender girl Miss Xiangxiang effortlessly lifted a huge rock and tossed it aside.
She wore a pair of silver gauntlets on her arms... and these gauntlets were alive.
It sounded unbelievable, but Miss Xiangxiang had seen far too many unbelievable things like this and had long since grown used to them.
With the gauntlets' abilities, she could easily push heavy objects weighing over a hundred tons—not even counting the similar tools on her back and legs.
The reason she had been equipped with so many Life Tools was simply so she could handle hard labor whenever necessary.
Miss Nan had asked her to excavate this place.
After some clearing, Miss Xiangxiang discovered that the buried area had once been something like a laundry room... She saw quite a few washing machines lined up together, though they had already been smashed to pieces.
"...Miss Nan, there's an opening here. It looks like a passage."
"Oh, thanks for the effort." Miss Nan No. 3 nodded, finally coming to her senses from some dazed state.
Miss Xiangxiang was already used to it. Aside from when she was sleeping, she had spent almost all her time with Miss Nan ever since Miss Nan rescued her—and there had been plenty of times like this when Miss Nan simply spaced out.
Miss Xiangxiang continued clearing the passage. Once it was wide enough, Miss Nan No. 3 jumped straight inside, followed by Miss Xiangxiang.
She actually knew that Miss Nan possessed the miraculous ability to pass through solid materials, so digging out an entrance like this was completely unnecessary—most likely, Miss Nan was doing it because of her.
"What's down here?"
After they entered, they found a path that extended downward, though it was not steep.
"A brat's