Chapter 68 Chapter 68 (1/2)

Rubik’s Cube

Chapter 68

The four of them went through another three or four rooms. Ji Yushi left marks in each of them.

While climbing up, Lin Xinlan asked, “Advisor Ji, can you estimate how many levels this Rubik’s Cube has?”

Enthusiasts would be familiar with 3x3x3 through to 9x9x9 Rubik’s Cubes. If you went even further, there was also the 17x17x17, but perhaps it was one even greater than that.

Ji Yushi who followed closely behind answered, “I can’t.”

Lin Xinlan seemed to be surprised by this answer. He looked back at him.

Ji Yushi wasn’t omnipotent. Those closely involved cannot see clearly. Moreover, as they passed through the rooms one after another, there was still a question of whether the mission’s Rubik’s Cube was the same as the Rubik’s Cube they were familiar with in reality.

He couldn’t be certain. More and more, he started to feel confused. He however didn’t show anything on the surface.

Everyone’s mental state was important. It was too early for him to tell the others this.

This was especially so while everyone was very eager to solve the mystery ahead.

They reached a room with a grey ball.

Duan Wen retrieved the grey ball and repeated what he had done countless times before. To avoid accidentally falling through when the hole opens, everyone immediately moved away from the place where the entrance to the room below would appear as soon as they entered the room and got ready to check the rooms.

This time, as soon as everyone moved away, they heard a ‘beep—-”

Immediately afterwards, something fell from the round hole above. Accompanying it was a strong bloody smell as well the sound of blood and flesh splattering.

Duan Wen had pressed the switch for the room above.

Everyone dodged to avoid it.

Several human bodies had fallen from the hole above. No, they should be referred to as severed body parts. Half bodies with intestines hanging out, severed limbs, blood mixed with different clumps of flesh, severed fingers….it was like a scene of massacre.

What was even more terrifying was that they were still squirming around. They seemed to have only just died.

Faced with a scene like this, Ji Yushi felt nauseous.

He reflexively turned around and leaned against the wall. He breathed lightly to calm himself.

“Damn!”

“Fuck!”

Everyone had been splattered by the blood. Song Qinglan brushed off the bloody flesh from his clothes with a poor expression.

He looked at the round hole above, “Grey!”

There were likely a lot of grey in this area. What they had probably encountered was the consequences of entering a room with a time difference.

“I recognise them.” Ji Yushi turned back. He had already readjusted his state, “After I separated from Li Chun and the others, I met their teammate Zoe. Their squad had also separated. I didn’t expect them to go the opposite direction.”

The black and gold uniform as well as the symbol on the arm that could be faintly distinguished. It was clear that they were Zoe’s teammates.

This scene reminded the members of the seventh squad, and it also reminded Lin Xinlan.

In this Rubik’s Cube, it was purely luck that they had survived. Something like this may have similarly happened to their teammates.

Lin Xinlan asked, “Are we going to continue?”

He sounded like he was starting to disagree with the seventh squad’s approach.

Ji Yushi didn’t speak.

Song Qinglan glanced at him and he spoke in his usual tone, “Regardless of whether or not we’re continuing, we should leave this place for now.”

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Everyone entered a new room. The colour of the ball here was purple which was adjacent to grey. That bloody scene earlier that been too stimulating. Their relaxed atmosphere from earlier had once again become tense.

Duan Wen asked, “Cap Song, should we try and find a way out?”

Song Qinglan took off his blood-stained black combat uniform, revealing the grey tank top underneath. He used his top to wipe away the blood on his face.

He had stood the closest just now and was hit the hardest. Not to mention Ji Yushi, even Duan Wen who was similarly bloody moved away from him.

In a blink of an eye, they were all in a rather sorry state.

After Song Qinglan was done cleaning his face, he tossed his shirt aside, “Haven’t we always been finding a way out?”

Duan Wen froze.

That’s right. Even if Lin Xinlan didn’t know, how could he not know?

In the missions arranged by this damned Tianqiong, there was no such thing as not completing it or abstaining. The only way out was to complete the task.

Lin Xinlan had also taken off his top. He shook it off and then put it on again.

He was different from Song Qinglan who appeared slim with clothes but was quite muscular without. Although he wasn’t considered skinny, he was quite thin, “It’s time for us to stop and think about what we should do from now on. Since the movement patterns are almost the same, there is no need for us to walk around like headless flies. Besides, as I had said before, there are still many other squads here. Even if you start joining them, their movements will disrupt it. Continuing like this is pointless.”

Lin Xinlan’s words weren’t unreasonable.

Song Qinglan however turned around and looked towards Ji Yushi.

He was waiting for Ji Yushi’s opinion and, along the way, he also had an urge to wipe off the blood on Ji Yushi’s face.

Ji Yushi didn’t have much blood on him but because of his obsession with cleanliness, his expression didn’t appear to be all that good. His face was as cold as ice.