Chapter 94: A Mysterious Place

When Liu Yun didn’t see any black vines, mutants, or zombies coming, she let out a sigh of relief. Patting her chest, she whispered with a hint of fear in her voice, "Huff... That scared me to death."

After composing herself, Liu Yun looked at the metal bars. Seeing that four of them had been dented by the impact, her eyes lit up.

Looking at her wooden stick with bright eyes, she sincerely praised it, "Wooden Stick! You are really powerful for a freebie!"

Watching her silly antics, the System once again became speechless.

[....] What if you are bound to a silly host? Need help online as soon as possible!

Not knowing that her System was looking at her like she was the biggest idiot in the universe, Liu Yun happily used her wooden stick to break the metal bars.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

After a few more heavy strikes, the metal bars finally gave up and broke apart.

Wiping the sweat from her forehead, Liu Yun smiled as she stared at the opening, which was large enough for her to pass through.

"Here we go."

Putting away her wooden stick, she crawled into the air exhaust pipe, then slowly made her way into the mysterious area.

Meanwhile, not far from there, Ye Xuan stopped in his tracks when he heard the banging sounds echoing through the silent surroundings.

Raising his eyes, he looked into the air but saw no mutant birds flying away because of the sounds. He frowned slightly, then scanned the surroundings.

’This is too strange. There isn’t a single zombie here. Not to mention that no mutants are hiding in this forest.’

Ye Xuan’s eyes flickered as he suddenly had a bad premonition. Looking at the traces left by Liu Yun, his heart sank.

’Not good. Something might happen to her!’

Without wasting any more time, Ye Xuan rushed forward, hoping to find Liu Yun before something happened to her.

While Ye Xuan was rushing toward her, Liu Yun was stuck in the air exhaust pipe.

Looking at the T-junction of the pipe two meters away from her, Liu Yun was filled with desperation and speechlessness.

"..."

Watching her from inside her sea of consciousness, the System also fell into another bout of speechlessness.

[....]

After a long moment of silence, the System finally broke the silence. [..... Player, you should lose some weight.]

Liu Yun glanced down at her waist, then took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

"...." Someone, please kill me! This is so embarrassing!

Filled with shame, Liu Yun swallowed her embarrassment and asked in a voice quieter than a mosquito’s buzz, "System.... Can you help me out?"

The System went silent for a long moment before saying, [Player, how about you try to break the air exhaust pipe? Maybe you can free yourself.]

Liu Yun pondered the System’s suggestion for a moment, then gritted her teeth. "Fine."

Left with no other choice, she took out her wooden stick and equipped it. When she was ready, she took a deep breath, then aimed the wooden stick at the air exhaust pipe squeezing her waist and struck it hard.

Bam!

Crack!

Liu Yun’s eyes lit up when she saw that the air exhaust pipe had cracked. Before she could celebrate, the crack spread, and in the blink of an eye, she suddenly felt weightlessness.

Thud!

"Ugh!" Liu Yun let out a painful groan as her body fell heavily to the ground below the air exhaust pipe.

Rubbing her sore buttocks, she looked up and saw a hole in the air exhaust pipe.

She grimaced in pain and muttered, "Perfect. Now I don’t need to find another hole to get back into the air exhaust pipe when I leave this place later."

After the pain in her buttocks had subsided, Liu Yun pushed herself up from the ground. As she stood up, she realized that she was inside a room.

Liu Yun blinked twice and waited until her eyes adjusted to the dim surroundings before looking around the small room.

Dim light seeped through the gap beneath the door, illuminating the small room and providing a little brightness to the otherwise dark space. The air smelled musty, mixed with a faint chemical odor.

In the corner of the room, a single bed was covered in thick dust mixed with a thin layer of moss. One meter away from the bed stood a simple square metal table and a metal chair.

Liu Yun looked around the simple room and noticed that the walls were covered not only with moss, but also with some kind of black lines.

Feeling curious, she walked toward the wall and took a closer look. The second she saw the black lines clearly, goosebumps covered her skin.

’Grass! This—! This is the black vines!’

Shocked to find the black vines covering the entire room, Liu Yun slowly stepped away from the wall. She swallowed hard, then looked at the door.

When she saw that the door was also covered in thick moss and black vines, Liu Yun’s heart sank.

’Grass! I’m trapped here!’

While she was panicking, the map displayed on the transparent blue screen floating in front of her suddenly changed.

Noticing this, Liu Yun looked at it and saw a new transparent route appear on the map. Liu Yun zoomed in on the map, then studied it for a moment.

Soon, she realized that the transparent route was directing her toward the center of this mysterious place.

Looking up from the map, Liu Yun looked around the small room covered in black vines, then felt that her chances of leaving this place alive were almost zero.

In despair, she asked, ’System, do you think I can leave this place alive?’

[Player, you should trust yourself. You can do it.] The System encouraged her in its emotionless mechanical voice.

Knowing that she had no choice but to keep moving forward, Liu Yun tightened her grip on the wooden stick, then vigilantly walked toward the door.

Standing by the door, she carefully used her wooden stick to push the door handle down.

Click.

Joy flashed across Liu Yun’s eyes when she successfully opened the door. Taking a deep breath, she steadied herself, then used her wooden stick to push the door open.

Creak~!