Thus, the sewage pipe inside the High Tower was one of the exceedingly rare places where no "Last Wishes" had been installed.
To prevent waste from clogging it, the pipe had been designed wide enough to accommodate a relatively slender adult, allowing for future maintenance.
Having made up his mind, Zhang Ming arrived at what looked like a restroom. A whole array of squat toilets had been installed here, along with flush toilets. The Blue Crystal People had a basic technological system of their own. There was certainly no need to waste precious "Last Wishes" on anything technology could handle.
All these fixtures naturally gave Zhang Ming an opening. He drew a deep breath, his heartbeat accelerating sharply. "Everything comes down to this..."
"As long as I succeed, I can go straight to the Highest Level!"
He took out the Ice Spear and made a gentle slash.
With a soft crack, a slit opened in the squat toilet, exposing the pitch-black sewage pipe. Not a trace of light shone inside, as though it led into an endless abyss.
"Good. I haven't triggered the High Tower's defenses..."
Zhang Ming felt the nervousness of someone committing a crime. He was, after all, a fine, law-abiding citizen. When had he ever done anything this sneaky?
The psychological pressure hit him all at once.
He held both hands over the opening and measured it a few times.
"This pipe is a little narrower than I expected... At least it doesn't stink after all these years," Old Zhang said, comforting himself.
"There's no smell at all. Even the flesh on the corpses has been eaten away by bacteria. All the waste must have decomposed ages ago."
He slowly activated Woodification, squeezing the moisture from his cells drop by drop. Before long, a puddle had formed