"Ding-dong!"
The elevator chime rang, and the two iron doors slowly opened.
We stepped out of the elevator.
The four of us arrived at the ninth floor.
Its unfinished appearance, the broken blackboard, and the Crystal Lamp and candles hanging from the ceiling, unchanged for ten thousand years.
This was a normal floor.
According to Miao Yi, anyone who wanted to reach Floor -99 had to pass through this floor.
"The Malevolent Ghost Building is connected in every direction."
"Many Hidden Layers can only be reached through specific normal floors."
"Among the normal floors, the ninth floor is a very special existence. Based on Brother Lin's deduction, its history may predate the Supernatural Revival on Blue Star by far. Perhaps it had already been operating here long ago."
"The ninth floor can lead to Floor -99."
"Yet it is itself in a ruined state."
"So we boldly guessed that the damage was probably caused by the previous batch of employees who tried to break free from the building's control."
As he spoke,
Miao Yi arrived beneath the Crystal Lamp.
He glanced at the blackboard in confusion. A few crooked words were written on it.
"I wrote them."
Wang Yong spoke up at this moment:
"When the big shot and I first came to the ninth floor, he wanted to test this floor, so he had me write the task from the floor below on the blackboard and see whether anything would change."
"But the blackboard was already broken."
"And words couldn't be written on the walls."
"I spent a long time trying, but I couldn't write down the complete task, so it ended up like this, only half-finished."
Wang Yong looked at Jiang Qiao somewhat sheepishly.
He hadn't completed the task Jiang Qiao had assigned him.
After hearing this, Miao