Chapter 67: The Exit

"Zhang Yunfan, are you alright?" On the staircase, Ding Mo pulled him up in one motion.

"I, I..." Zhang Yunfan thought of what had just happened and stammered slightly.

He loosened the pant leg of his right foot slightly, so that it covered the ankle skin that had already turned colorful.

Ding Mo observed him for a moment, and seeing that he had no abnormalities other than a somewhat pale complexion, he did not think much of it.

He simply turned his head to examine the surroundings.

After going up the stairs, they seemed to have arrived in a new space.

The corridor here was very strange; windows and doors were embedded in the floor, while the original walls had no objects on them at all.

The light tubes that were originally on the ceiling were standing right at hand, making one feel extremely deranged.

It was as if the entire world had been turned upside down.

Stepping on the edge of a window, Ding Mo confirmed it several times before realizing they were inside a certain building.

It was just that the layout of this building seemed quite tilted, with a large portion inverted.

After watching for a while and seeing no abnormalities, the group began to move laterally through this spatial layout.

Never mind the layout being inverted and tilted; even if the entire world were tilted over, they had to get out!

It was just that outside the windows where the surroundings could be seen, there was thin Mist,

——this meant they had come out!

Although it did not show on their faces, the group was actually feeling a surge of joy inside.

"Let's leave here first and go outside," Gu Zixu also said.

While she was speaking, Ding Mo looked toward the right-hand side,

where it was written "1F".

Clearly, this was the first floor; they could leave through the main entrance!

The group proceeded through the hallway for a while and soon reached the entrance. Tang Chen was already anxious about He Xiang's situation and wanted to leave quickly,

so at this moment, he couldn't help but take a stride forward, jump up to grab the door handle, and quickly pulled open the door leading to the outside world.

But... after he ran out, he immediately froze.

Standing behind the door and looking downward, he was struck as if by lightning.

What was wrong? While Ding Mo was puzzled, he vaguely realized something, and he also climbed up.

Standing on the wall at the upper edge of the door frame, Ding Mo couldn't help but gasp, and he looked up and down.

He saw that, following the outer wall of the building, his gaze passed over window after window,

and finally landed on the "ground."

It wasn't that there was a problem with the building's layout; the layout was fine, it was the entire building,

tilted!

No! It was upside down, the entire building inserted into the ground at an angle of over 45 degrees!

Ding Mo looked back, and under the equally shocked expressions of the others, behind his body, behind the "first floor" of the building,

were patches of twisted clouds!

No, to be precise, it was a "sea of clouds" composed of a thick fog!

Ding Mo could see city blocks within it; he didn't know where it was, but they were looming in the clouds.

Countless buildings were inserted upside down from the sea of clouds in the sky, like towering sword peaks.

The sea of clouds was not just one layer, but layered and overlapping, broken in the air like pieces of cotton candy torn into several parts.

The strong high-altitude wind blew past, making the corners of everyone's clothes snap loudly, but it could not blow away the shock in their eyes!

It is worth mentioning that the building they were in seemed to be the tallest structure in this city district; when it was inserted upside down, it could actually lead directly to the ground!

And looking into the distance through the thin Mist, one could discover that there was a white Wall where this building was inserted.

That was clearly the Wall from when they entered, the boundary of this city!

This meant that they could leave the city directly through here!

This building seemed to be the only path leading directly to the outside world!

What were they waiting for? Ding Mo and the others exchanged glances and began to walk down slowly.

Tang Chen hesitated for a moment, then followed them down.

The most urgent task was to get to the ground first; otherwise, with the space here so chaotic, he had no way to find He Xiang.

That's right, he had to find her, even if she was already dead...

On the tilted outer wall of the building, the group proceeded cautiously.

The surface of the outer wall was not designed for passage, and given the tilted angle of the building, moving was once very dangerous.

If one accidentally slipped, it would truly be an "abyss" below!

Moreover, strong winds struck from the high altitude from time to time, adding to the difficulty of their descent.

"How about we go inside the building and go down through the elevator shaft or the stairs?" Tang Chen suggested.

The danger of the high altitude made him break into a cold sweat, and the smooth wall under his feet gave him no sense of security at all.

You have to know, after falling, no one could catch him; he would most likely fall all the way down, and after being smashed to pieces, he would turn into a meat patty.

"No—!" In the strong wind, before Ding Mo and the others could react, Zhang Yunfan's shout came out first:

"The power in the building is out; not to mention whether the elevator shaft can be used, it can't be opened at all!"

"Then what about the safety stairs?" Ding Mo couldn't help but join the conversation.

"The terrain inside is too complex, and it's not necessarily safe either." Zhang Yunfan still shook his head.

In his view, walking along the outer wall was the simplest and most direct way, although one had to risk falling to their death,

but in reality, it was just like a veteran master who had been working on high-voltage power lines for over a decade; you say it's dangerous, and it is indeed dangerous, but in practice, you might work a lifetime and never actually encounter danger.

They are actually the same right now; if it is only to this extent, it is unlikely to lead to any danger.

They descended a bit further, and the group seemed to gradually adapt, becoming more relaxed, and Ding Mo's expression also eased slightly.

As for Xiao Yu, she was being carried on Gu Zixu's back; it must be said that Gu Zixu's physical ability truly far exceeds that of an ordinary person, as even on such rugged terrain, she walked as if on flat ground, with ease.

While carrying Xiao Yu, she even had the spare capacity to help Zhang Yunfan beside her.

However, just at this moment, Ding Mo suddenly noticed the Mist behind him surging.

What is happening... Ding Mo's pupils shrank slightly!

Because he saw that, within the Mist, there were faintly a few more buildings!

This Mist is clearly not ordinary Mist.

The spatial disorder of the city is 100% related to it! Ding Mo began to ponder.

Actually, thinking about it now, they only started getting lost after they encountered the Mist back then; otherwise, they would have already gotten out by now.

It was also after these "Mist" appeared that it led to these patches of Fog Sea containing urban building areas.

Just as he was pondering, the Mist had already begun to slowly surge toward them from the first floor of this building,

as if to swallow them up!

"Hey, hey!"

Outside the Wall, Lu Tianxu was cursing into the walkie-talkie!

He looked at the sky, at the towering building plunged into the area outside the Wall, and his gaze turned to a group of figures by the Wall in the distance:

"What is going on with this building! How did you all mess this up?"

His voice carried a trace of anger.

And in front of that group of figures was the junction of the Wall,

where bursts of Mist were being generated! This was precisely the source of the "Mist" inside the city!

As the voice fell, very quickly, a reply came from over there after a burst of static:

"Officer, we speculate that it should be HCSD-1531 having an unknown spatial reaction with this city, which led to..."

"I don't want to hear your explanation, I want a solution! If the influence of HCSD-1531 spills over, the consequences will be unimaginable!!"

"... I'm sorry, Officer." The other side seemed to discuss for a while before saying:

"The possibility of HCSD-1531's influence spilling over is not high; we believe there is no need to take action..."

But before he could finish, Lu Tianxu interrupted him:

"I said, 'if it spills over, the consequences will be unimaginable'!"

"Any slight possibility is something we cannot accept!"

"But... but we cannot stop the operation of HCSD-1531; the plan is almost complete."

"No need to stop it." Lu Tianxu gazed at the building in the distance, his eyes flashing, and said coldly:

"Have all units take note: from now on, stay away from this building, at least 5 kilometers!"

After speaking, he signaled to his subordinates behind him, and a moment later took a mobile phone,

and dialed a certain number.