"——We need to cooperate!"
The passionate speech resonated from the open door.
"Giant Tree Academy?"
The contestant from the Spirit Town Alliance glanced at the badge on Lu Li's chest, seemingly not recognizing him: "Come in."
Without any vigilance or extra confirmation, Lu Li, like the scene he glimpsed earlier through the window, was casually brought into the house.
Tables and chairs were moved to the corners to make space, with seven or eight figures scattered in the living room, the lively atmosphere dispelling the silence of the underground town.
Lu Li raised his head, observing three silhouettes hanging inverted on the ceiling. The young man who led him into the house returned to the fogged-up window, waiting for new contestants to arrive.
The silhouetted figures on the ceiling suddenly started to whisper, looking at the newly arrived Lu Li with astonishment and joy.
"We are not enemies; what obstructs us is the foul sewer itself—"
