"Here we go."
On the fifth floor of the Platinum Tower, Yan Yi crouched atop a pillar in the Stone Forest Disaster Zone, listening intently to the noisy sounds below. She said, "They stayed on the first floor for quite a while before going to the second, but I remember there shouldn't be any traps on the first floor. Looks like something happened within their group."
"Can the second floor stop them?" A melodious female voice came from inside the ceiling.
"It can't stop them, but it'll delay them for quite some time." Yan Yi shook her head. "According to Qin Leyin's design, after this band of criminals went through untold hardships to break into the Platinum Tower and then took a brief rest on the first floor, they'll naturally be fully focused on ascending to the second floor."
"That's why the 'trap hall' on the second floor is specifically meant to wear down their stamina. The second floor was originally the principal's private prison—or rather, his pet house. Every winter and summer vacation, he would go hunting in Dark Cloud Azure and bring back some local specialties to raise on the second floor... After a little renovation, the second floor became a trap hall filled with spike traps, secret compartments, rolling boulders, hidden arrows, and upside-down hanging traps."
"...What exactly does the principal keep imprisoned on the second floor?"
"Some endangered animals, that's all." Yan Yi paused. "You know that, in a certain sense, the principal is rather similar to Teacher Lou. In academic research, they have no concept of right or wrong. Although he spends a huge amount on this hobby every year, he hasn't gained nothing from it. Do you remember the 'Potency-Enhancing Electric Blood Wine' that was all the rage in Yan Capital four years ago?"