Chapter 304

Chapter 305: Cut Down by a Flurry of Blades

Thin threads of fog drifted over the Corrupted Sector, where eerie crystal clusters spread like a rash. Even the city’s heavy mist seemed stained with an ominous purple glow from the growths. The Deep Diving Unit from the Special Affairs Bureau took samples everywhere, sealing soil and crystals in safe containers to bring back during Ascend.

At the same time, the Deep Divers set up a forest of sensors to collect environmental data. Using the Hunting Owl, they hauled in a drill. They wanted to dig into the tainted ground to see how deep the corruption had infiltrated.

Where the Giant Tower once stood, a pit dozens of meters deep yawned. No crystals grew on the bottom. Instead, dark purple lines glowed faintly like marks left by some corrosive force.

Foxy and Irene Pro crouched at the rim, arguing about what the lines were for. They had no solid answer, but the back and forth was lively.

Watching nearby, Xuan Che looked confused and uneasy.

After holding it in for a long time, he finally muttered: “You are not worried about him?”

Irene Steel lifted her head: “Who? Oh, Yu Sheng. What is there to worry about? He will be back.”

Xuan Che looked even more troubled. He could not grasp how anyone in Hotel thought. He had never understood them: “He is in danger. When Miss Foxy launched him with her tail I wanted to ask this. Does he always do wild and risky things? You are used to it? And now he moved with that strange tower to some other place. No one knows what is inside that tower and how dangerous it is.”

Before he could finish, Irene waved a hand: “Stop being such a worrywart. Relax. He is fine. He talked with me just now. Instead of worrying, come look at this pit. Silly Fox says those lines were pressed out by the tower’s base. I think they burst out when the tower launched.”

Xuan Che went silent.

He let out a long sigh and decided to ignore the jumpy Doll.

In all of Hotel, only the Expert was a little easier to talk to, though not by much.