Chapter 114: Humans Have Limits
As Colin walked towards the lowest level, he noticed more of the dilapidation beneath the “glamorous” building.
Many areas were damaged, with dark brown and red bloodstains and a thin layer of dust. It appeared that after the battle, the place hadn’t been maintained, let alone repaired.
Leading the way, Russell explained, “You can clean and repair manually, or spend money for automatic repairs. Cleaning alone costs about three thousand fog points each time, and repairs, depending on the extent, might be over ten or twenty thousand. I don’t have the money for repairs; what about you?”
“Same here.” Colin shook his head. “Let’s just make do and repair it ourselves. The damage isn’t too severe.”
A few stairs were missing, the walls were full of holes, and some public facilities seemed to have been erased by some force. These issues could be handled with a few stones, some wooden boards, and some patching up.
However, as Colin observed the battle marks, he curiously asked, “By the way, how did you deal with that thing?”
“We were caught off guard,” Russell said, reflecting on the past. “No one expected the breakdown of that ‘special talent’. The entire ring city was filled with ‘slender figures’. Killing one brought ten more. A touch from them would make you lose a chunk of flesh; a slower reaction would vaporize you on the spot. The main issue was that due to their nature, we couldn’t identify the source of the problem.”
“Luckily, I and a few others managed to retreat to the ‘core fortress’, where the mental impact lessened, and we ‘fortunately’ discovered the problem. Then I noticed that it had split into more people than we had, about ten times more.”
“After identifying the issue, solving it became easier, but the overall incident cost us dearly.”