Mist

Chapter 68: Rubik's Cube

The four of them went through another three or four rooms. Ji Yushi left marks in each of them.

While climbing up, Lin Xinlan asked, “Advisor Ji, can you estimate how many levels this Rubik’s Cube has?”

Enthusiasts would be familiar with 3x3x3 through to 9x9x9 Rubik’s Cubes. If you went even further, there was also the 17x17x17, but perhaps it was one even greater than that.

Ji Yushi who followed closely behind answered, “I can’t.”
Lin Xinlan seemed to be surprised by this answer. He looked back at him.

Ji Yushi wasn’t omnipotent. Those closely involved cannot see clearly. Moreover, as they passed through the rooms one after another, there was still a question of whether the mission’s Rubik’s Cube was the same as the Rubik’s Cube they were familiar with in reality.
He couldn’t be certain. More and more, he started to feel confused. He however didn’t show anything on the surface.
Everyone’s mental state was important. It was too early for him to tell the others this.

This was especially so while everyone was very eager to solve the mystery ahead.

They reached a room with a grey ball.

Duan Wen retrieved the grey ball and repeated what he had done countless times before. To avoid accidentally falling through when the hole opens, everyone immediately moved away from the place where the entrance to the room below would appear as soon as they entered the room and got ready to check the rooms.
This time, as soon as everyone moved away, they heard a ‘beep—-”
Immediately afterwards, something fell from the round hole above. Accompanying it was a strong bloody smell as well the sound of blood and flesh splattering.

Duan Wen had pressed the switch for the room above.

Everyone dodged to avoid it.
Several human bodies had fallen from the hole above. No, they should be referred to as severed body parts. Half bodies with intestines hanging out, severed limbs, blood mixed with different clumps of flesh, severed fingers….it was like a scene of massacre.
What was even more terrifying was that they were still squirming around. They seemed to have only just died.

Faced with a scene like this, Ji Yushi felt nauseous.
He reflexively turned around and leaned against the wall. He breathed lightly to calm himself.

“Damn!”
“Fuck!”

Everyone had been splattered by the blood. Song Qinglan brushed off the bloody flesh from his clothes with a poor expression.
He looked at the round hole above, “Grey!”
There were likely a lot of grey in this area. What they had probably encountered was the consequences of entering a room with a time difference.

“I recognise them.” Ji Yushi turned back. He had already readjusted his state, “After I separated from Li Chun and the others, I met their teammate Zoe. Their squad had also separated. I didn’t expect them to go the opposite direction.”

The black and gold uniform as well as the symbol on the arm that could be faintly distinguished. It was clear that they were Zoe’s teammates.
This scene reminded the members of the seventh squad, and it also reminded Lin Xinlan.
In this Rubik’s Cube, it was purely luck that they had survived. Something like this may have similarly happened to their teammates.

Lin Xinlan asked, “Are we going to continue?”
He sounded like he was starting to disagree with the seventh squad’s approach.

Ji Yushi didn’t speak.
Song Qinglan glanced at him and he spoke in his usual tone, “Regardless of whether or not we’re continuing, we should leave this place for now.”

*

Everyone entered a new room. The colour of the ball here was purple which was adjacent to grey. That bloody scene earlier that been too stimulating. Their relaxed atmosphere from earlier had once again become tense.