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Level 6
Yang Tao took a Night Vision Potion from his backpack and poured it into his mouth. In an instant, the ink-like darkness around him completely vanished.
Looking around, Yang Tao found himself in a narrow, long corridor. The walls looked very similar to ordinary concrete walls, but that was just how they appeared.
At the very least, these seemingly smooth walls had excellent sound absorption, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to drive Wanderers who stumbled in into madness within this dark and silent environment.
A smell of decay permeated the air, but looking around and into the depths of the passage, he didn't discover anything.
On the ceiling above, there were rows of unlit incandescent lamps, all sealed within glass flush with the ceiling. Even if one climbed up and reached out to touch, they would only feel a flat ceiling.
Yang Tao glanced at Frowner beside him and asked, "Can you see the way on this level?"
Frowner nodded and explained, "Yes, we, the glowing-faced family, don't just observe our surroundings with our eyes. We rely more on special senses. This is also one of the reasons why we like to stay in the dark."
Yang Tao glanced at Catherine, who was still staring at the wooden door. There was nothing he could do; in the entire dark space, she could only see that wooden door.
"Catherine, open your mouth and don't move. I'll give you a Night Vision Potion."
"Huh?"
"Just don't move."
Catherine was quite obedient, standing still and opening her mouth. Yang Tao took a Night Vision Potion from his backpack, uncorked it, and poured the potion into Catherine's mouth.
The moment the potion took effect, Catherine's expression turned to shock.
"This...how did you do this?"
"Night Vision Potion, one of the products I intend to sell. This bottle will cost you 40 bottles of Almond water. Just give it to me after we get out."
Catherine: "..."
"Alright, don't just stand there. This potion only lasts for eight minutes. Let's go quickly, Bertolt, lead the way."
Upon hearing Yang Tao's words, Frowner knew that Yang Tao wanted to go to the hiding place of the Royal Rations, so he didn't hesitate and immediately led the way.
As he walked, he said, "We might encounter some Lost Ones later. You need to be careful..."
Yang Tao heard Frowner's words and asked with some surprise, "Lost Ones? Aren't there no Entities on this level?"
"They are humans lost in this world, aimlessly wandering in the depths."
Isn't that just a Wretch? What Lost One...
Taking a small motorcycle out of his backpack, Yang Tao directly got on it, patted the back, and said to Catherine, "Get on quickly, let's speed up."
Catherine was already somewhat numb. Looking at the small motorcycle that appeared out of thin air in Yang Tao's hand, she had already accepted this reality.
Sitting on the back seat of the motorcycle, she put one arm around Yang Tao's waist and with the other hand took out a map, saying, "Yang Tao, this is a map I just got from the M.E.G. outpost. Take a look..."
Map
Yang Tao took the map, glanced at it, then returned it to Catherine, saying, "The map is too abstract, and it's also a bit inaccurate. Observe your surroundings carefully and draw a new one later."
Although the small map he carried was not large in scope, it was accurate.
"I understand..."
Catherine reluctantly put the map back into her backpack, put her arm around Yang Tao, and stopped speaking, instead carefully observing her surroundings.
Frowner's speed was very fast.
Yang Tao rode the small motorcycle closely behind him. Soon, he discovered a problem: as he went deeper, he found that the sound of the motorcycle became smaller and smaller, and the surrounding sound absorption capability clearly became stronger and stronger.
"Frowner, how much further?"
Not only the sound of the motorcycle, but even his own voice became smaller and smaller.
"Almost there."
Frowner's voice also became much softer. At this moment, a white dot appeared on Yang Tao's map. At a fork in the road ahead, a figure stood motionless, as if considering where to go.
Its back looked like that of an ordinary human, naked on the ground, but its body was translucent.
Health 35/35
Not very strong, but not too weak either.
"Is this the Lost One you were talking about?"
"Yes, they are the Lost Ones wandering in this world, but in their current state, they have no attack capability, or rather, they can't even perceive their surroundings."
As he spoke, Frowner's large face passed through the Lost One's body. Seeing this, Yang Tao stopped the small motorcycle and walked in front of this Lost One.
This Lost One had a female appearance, with no expression on her face, and her eyes had no pupils, only a vast whiteness.
She had no clothes, but also no sexual characteristics, her body was smooth like the face of a Faceling.
This Lost One didn't pay attention to Yang Tao and Catherine observing her. She stayed in place for a while, then identified a direction and walked away like a normal person.
Looking at the departing figure, Yang Tao sighed. Humans truly struggled to move an inch in the Backrooms.
"I wonder how many people have turned into things like this in this hellhole..."
These so-called Lost Ones had no physical collision, no wonder previous records said there were no Entities in this world.
Even if it passed through a human body, it wouldn't be detected.
"Let's keep going."
He took another Night Vision Potion from his backpack and handed it to Catherine.
"Another 40 bottles... Don't forget to give them to me when we get back."
Catherine readily took the Night Vision Potion Yang Tao handed her and said with some helplessness, "The value of this thing far exceeds forty bottles of Almond water. Don't worry, I won't give you less, as long as I can survive this hellhole..."
Yang Tao quickly reached out and put his hand over Catherine's mouth, smiling as he said, "Don't jinx yourself for no reason... If you die, I'll have to charge this debt to M.E.G. If they don't give it to me, I'll take it by force!"
Continuing forward, as they went deeper, more and more Lost Ones appeared in the tunnel.
However, they all had white, neutral health bars above their heads.
"We're here."
At this moment, Frowner stopped in front of a wall.
"This wall can be entered..."
"The Royal Rations are inside."
Yang Tao glanced at his mini-map and found that there was indeed a space behind this wall. A smile immediately appeared on his face.
"Bertolt, don't worry, as long as there are female Smilers in the Backrooms, I promise I'll bring them back for you."
Saying that, he took out a pickaxe from his backpack and knocked on the wall.
Thump, thump...
Thump, thump...
Clear digging sounds rang out. These sounds were not affected by the surrounding environment at all and remained just as clear.
"Actually, you can just cut right through..."
The blocks that fell from the wall flew into Yang Tao's backpack.
"Cut what? If you can dig, you absolutely can't cut. That's a bad habit, you need to change that!"
The walls on this level, perhaps because of their sound-absorbing effect, were worth 3 energy points, which made Yang Tao somewhat tempted...
'Once the Villagers grow up, I'll build some tunnel boring machines on this level too...'
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