"Router, is your leg any better?"
"Much better. I can walk now, though it's still a little sore... Also, stop calling me Router. Didn't I write down my name for you?"
"Uh, it's just easier to say that way."
"Fine, call me whatever you want..."
"I saw that all your bones were shattered. How did they heal you?"
"With Relics. Just as I guessed, after we came back this time, the authorities did their best to use all kinds of honors and rewards to divert our attention so we wouldn't care about the elevator's crash landing... Thanks to that deliberate 'concern,' we injured people received treatment beyond the usual standard. Even those who were hurt worse than me were saved..."
Nearly two months had passed since the "Elevator Incident." This accident, which "should not have happened," had drawn attention from many sides. The person in charge of the Abyss Elevator received the harshest possible punishment, while the Station Master of the Monitoring Station was demoted for failing to provide support in time. The former deputy station master took over his position. Apparently, the matter had also caused quite a stir on the surface, and debates surrounding individual explorers were only growing more intense...
But none of that was something a lab rat needed to care about.
Mo Ling had also been hanging around near the Monitoring Station for two months, following other explorers to complete some missions and earn some points.
This points system was also the rule for screening individual explorers. Only after earning enough points could they proceed to the next layer.
"What a pain. It's just like playing a game."
Mo Ling had no desire to follow these tedious rules. He only wanted to charge straight to the Abyss Bottom.
"Do you know how boring those missions