The elevator had always run silently before, but today it squeaked and creaked as soon as Su Ming stepped inside, making him wonder whether it might drop halfway down.
Still, the things Batwoman designed and built herself were reliably well made. Though this elevator was old, it remained usable; it was merely a little noisy.
The elevator reached the bottom level, and when the car doors opened, a foul, fishy stench hit them in the face.
"Cover your nose. Don't breathe in the dust."
After warning Harley, Su Ming stepped out first and began cleaning with Force Telekinesis.
No one had come down here in far too long. The platform floor was piled high with bat droppings and bones, forming a thick layer deep enough to cover their ankles. With no one maintaining the place, the Batcave had truly become the bats' domain.
Bat droppings were also known in traditional medicine as Night-Shining Sand. They could nourish yin, reduce internal heat, detoxify, and disperse lumps.
But only bat droppings that had been washed and air-dried could be used as medicine. When surviving in the wild, one should avoid entering bat caves whenever possible. Not only was the ammonia concentration in the air extremely high, but the droppings also bred vast amounts of bacteria. If people inhaled the dust here, they could easily contract acute respiratory illnesses.
Su Ming himself did not need to worry about that. As a Symbiote host, he would not suffer from such problems.
He formed a broom and dustpan with the Power Ring, sweeping the massive amount of trash into the underground river, then used The Force to create a strong wind that cleared the dust from the furniture and equipment. Only then did he wave, signaling that Little Sugar Bean could come out of the