Chapter 428: Elevator Lobby
The surrounding bizarre wooden structures didn't move, staying in place like inanimate objects. Even when Lin Ye approached, they showed no reaction at all.
Lin Ye stepped on spiritual energy to get closer to Andrew, making no contact with the increasingly strange wooden structures around them.
"I also want to take the elevator up first, but I've been in contact with those wooden blocks for too long. As soon as I leave this area, those wooden structures will tear my body apart. Don't worry about me. You haven't been in contact with these blocks for very long, so you should still be able to leave here."
When Andrew reached Floor 3942, the elevator lobby was already completely overgrown with cubes.
"This is indeed somewhat troublesome."
Lin Ye sensed Andrew's condition and discovered that his torso had already fused with the wooden structures below.
"As long as there are people nearby, these wooden structures will keep changing. The longer you stay in one place, the more dangerous it becomes."
Andrew struggled to shake his upper body. If he hadn't transferred the wooden structures inside him to his limbs, he wouldn't have lasted this long.
But this also resulted in him losing his limbs, and now he could only lie here waiting to die.
"Don't resist." Lin Ye inserted his right hand into Andrew's body. Numerous tumor-like structures rapidly proliferated inside Andrew, combining with those wooden structures.
But the wooden structures inside Andrew were more complex, requiring Lin Ye to use mental energy to alienate and adjust the tumor-like structures to destabilize the wooden structures.
While Lin Ye was dealing with the wooden structures inside Andrew, the wooden structures inside his own body were also growing rapidly. However, what was growing quickly wasn't just the wooden structures—the tumor-like structures were also rapidly growing and alienating.
This time, Lin Ye didn't use the tumor-like structures to destabilize the wooden structures. Instead, he gathered the two types of structures together, attempting to synthesize a new structure.
Of course, he only performed this operation in some unimportant areas. Other parts still maintained a stable state.
After observing numerous alienated structures, Lin Ye had developed some new ideas. Fortunately, this body wasn't his original one, so he could freely conduct various experiments.
'This wooden structure is different from flesh and blood. It's not suitable for the human body, but in certain aspects, it has advantages over flesh and blood...'
Lin Ye controlled the degree of alienation within his body while simultaneously handling Andrew's body. This didn't distract him at all; instead, it allowed him to clearly compare the differences between wooden structures at different stages.
Which structure was more suitable for spiritual energy users, which stage of wooden structure was more effective, how alienated organs should combine with wooden structures... Lin Ye not only integrated wooden structures and tumor-like structures into his body but also prepared to enhance the alienated organs inside him.
With Andrew here, Lin Ye didn't even need other experimental materials.
"I feel it's about done. You actually managed to solve such troublesome wooden alienated structures!"
Andrew had always believed that strength was the foundation of a spiritual energy user, but after coming into contact with Lin Ye, this belief of his wavered.
Even though his speed and power exceeded Lin Ye's, he had no confidence in defeating Lin Ye.
"Should I help you adjust your body structure while I'm at it? You probably advanced before by relying on injection enhancement serums. The enhancement serums themselves aren't a problem, but the person who helped you adjust your body clearly wasn't skilled enough, and they even left some methods behind."
Lin Ye grabbed Andrew and moved away from those bizarre wooden structures. They returned to Bessie Pro's side, with Andrew's limb fragments still in its hands.
"Sorry to trouble you. I don't understand much of this theoretical knowledge. When my alienated organs had problems, others always handled them for me. But we'd better leave here as soon as possible."
This wasn't just Andrew's problem. Most spiritual energy users in the entire Free City were like this.
"It's fine. I'm confident."
Lin Ye reattached Andrew's limbs, then began repairing and adjusting Andrew's body.
The surrounding wooden structures began changing forms. Different forms of wooden structures also started growing inside their bodies. While helping the others deal with the wooden structures inside them, Lin Ye adjusted the alienated organs within his own body.
It only took half an hour for Lin Ye to complete the preliminary adjustments. Bizarre wooden structures began appearing around them, and the wooden structures inside their bodies increased. Lin Ye could only change locations to continue the adjustments.
After moving four consecutive times, Lin Ye completed the adjustments for both Andrew and his own body.
After finishing the adjustments, Lin Ye took them back to the elevator lobby on Floor 3942.
On the way, Lin Ye detoured for a long time before finding the correct path. If there were no wooden structures inside his body, even he would have found it difficult to return to the elevator lobby.
"Finally out!"
Bessie, holding the duplicate, excitedly rushed into the elevator. Right now, she just wanted to leave this place as quickly as possible.
Lin Ye moved the cube blocking the elevator aside and pressed the button for Floor 4000.
The elevator doors closed, and the elevator ascended. This time, nothing obstructed the elevator, and they smoothly arrived at Floor 4000.
The elevator doors opened, revealing a larger elevator lobby outside.
This elevator lobby wasn't much different from the one downstairs. It similarly had doors leading to the elevator, the emergency stairwell, and the floor rooms, but it had three additional elevators.
The three of them stepped out of the elevator. Lin Ye pressed the up buttons on the three elevators, and the middle elevator's doors opened directly.
The internal structure of this elevator was no different from the one downstairs, except the floor numbers here ranged from 4001 to 8000.
"Why are there three elevators? Which one should we take?"
Andrew was still adapting to his new body. He felt this current body was much stronger to use than before.
"I don't know either. I've never been here before."
Bessie had also speculated about the total number of floors here, but when she actually saw the new elevators, she still felt a sense of shock. She even began wondering if there were another four thousand floors above, if perhaps this place had no end at all.
"Let's take this elevator that opened first. But before going up, I want to check the insides of the other two elevators."
The three of them waited for a while. In the end, only the elevator on the right opened automatically. The elevator on the left showed no movement at all.
The elevator on the right was completely identical to the middle elevator, with no differences except for its position.
"Let's go."
The three entered the middle elevator. The elevator doors closed, and the elevator began ascending.
This time, the elevator very smoothly arrived at Floor 8000, with no stalling along the way.
The elevator doors opened, revealing an even larger elevator lobby outside. This elevator lobby now had nine additional elevators.
"...No way?"
Bessie ran over and pressed the up buttons next to those elevators one by one. When she pressed the third button, the elevator door opened, and a Mutation Creature with eight heads protruding from its body jumped into the elevator lobby.