The place where the elevator doors opened was inside an abandoned old building.
The roof had collapsed halfway, and the pillars that had fallen from the second floor had shattered into a pile of rubble on the ground. Wires and vines intertwined and hung in mid-air. The daylight spilled through the holes, making the dust particles shine, like a crooked beam of light trying to support this collapsing ruin.
The former security guard was the first to jump out, his footsteps leaping over the broken bricks and stones blocking the elevator doors. He stopped on a small open space and looked around. Hearing that the three behind him had also exited the elevator, he quickly stepped aside and turned back to smile at them. His face wrinkled in layers due to his uncontrollable excitement. "I saw it, the door is on the right."
As the NPC had said, this abandoned building sat on a small hill outside Bear City, offering a panoramic view of the city, which had been repeatedly devoured by lava. All the players who had left the Lava game had to follow the door behind the old building and walk up the hill to reach a highway. Technically, beyond that highway, it should no longer be the world of Lava However, as for whether the vast expanse of green hills beyond that was another doomsday or how many doomsdays existed on this planet, no one seemed to know for sure.
The four of them silently walked along the hillside to reach the highway. Bohemia pulled her clothes down from her head to her body while mumbling under the fabric, "I suddenly had an idea."
"What is it?"
"Foreign posthumans all ended up in a specific doomsday because they had visas, right?" Bohemia pulled down her clothes, and her voice became clearer. Her arms emerged from the sleeves like snakes as she quickly got dressed. "We ended up in whatever world we walked into because we don't have visas. So, what if we don't continue? What if we just camp on this highway?"
Lin Sanjiu was contemplating this idea when Puppeteer suddenly said, "That's possible."
"Possible?" She turned to look at him. "Do you still need to recover from your injuries?"
Puppeteer met her gaze calmly and cracked a gentle smile on one side of his face. It was like a night flower blossoming in the dim moonlight. "No, it's you who needs to."
"But I don't have any injuries..." Before she could finish her sentence, Bohemia stomped on the back of her heel hard enough to almost peel off a layer of skin.
Lin Sanjiu hadn't even comprehended it yet when Puppeteer chuckled and said, "You'll have some soon, don't worry."
Alright, they decided to set up camp here.
Coincidentally, if they camped on the highway near the exit of Lava, Lin Sanjiu could take some time to think about how to inquire about Dr. Hu's whereabouts and complete her final mission.
Camping on the highway near the exit of Lava wasn't a good idea, so the group discussed and decided to walk a certain distance along the highway and wait until Bear City was out of sight. It wasn't much of a plan, more like taking things one step at a time. After discussing, Lin Sanjiu's eyes fell on the former security guard.
"You must have somewhere to go, right?" She didn't want to let him know which direction they would be heading. "We saved your life and got you out, so it's time to part ways."
For someone who wasn't in the right state of mind, she understood that gratitude for saving one's life wouldn't make much of a splash.
The former security guard withdrew his gaze from the towering green mountains on the other side of the highway.
"Of course, of course," he said, pausing for a few seconds as if digesting her words, then nodded repeatedly. "I'm deeply grateful. I can't express it enough. I'll be on my way now, and I wish you all a safe journey!"
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Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 10: Lava [Complete]
Science FictionWhat is Lava? Lin Sanjiu has no idea either. - A translation of N. Heller's Chinese novel.