The body of the 'wire tap' was of little use to him, after all, he was Steve, not a scientist.
"I don't know what this thing tastes like…"
Just as he smacked his lips, he heard footsteps behind him. He looked back and saw Eric walking towards him.
"…"
The door disappeared.
"You shouldn't have come out..."
Eric looked at Leon with some confusion and asked, "Why?"
Pointing at the yellow wall behind him, Eric looked back and his pupils shrank as he found that the place where the wooden door should have been had now become a smooth yellow wall again.
"The door... the door disappeared."
Leon didn't care about this. To him, the space he was in before was not as good as Level 0. There were "wire drawers" here before, and maybe he could even meet a "blunt man".
"Just disappear, why do you still have feelings for that place after staying there for a while?"
He took out a pickaxe from his backpack and walked to the yellow wall, knocking gently on it. The sound of "dong dong dong" echoed in this maze-like space.
Eric did not forget his duties. Seeing Leon's strange behavior, he stepped forward and asked, "What do you want to do? Do you need my help?"
"No, just follow me. Just chat with me when you have time."
Level 0 is an extreme liminal space.
Witnessing or entering a liminal space is such an experience, at the critical point between familiarity and unfamiliarity, it triggers our unease and makes you realize that you shouldn't be in this place. They shouldn't exist, and they don't welcome us.
Another thing is that theoretically in Level 0, wanderers will not encounter other wanderers.
If Leon lost Eric or lost himself, there would be almost no chance of them meeting again.
"You'd better stay closer to me. If you're suddenly cut to another level... then I can only wish you good luck."
Eric nodded slightly. He felt that Leon seemed to know a lot of things. His mission was to explore this strange space. Perhaps following this harmless existence in front of him was a good choice.
Cracks appeared on the wall as the pickaxe struck.
A few seconds later.
With a slight bang, a 1 meter x 1 meter gap appeared on the originally intact wall.
[Ordinary wall]
[Value 1 Energy]
Picking up the fallen block, Leon looked at the prompt on the block with some surprise.
"This... this value of 1 means? Equivalent exchange?"
But when he was confused, a new prompt appeared again.
[Energy can be used to repair tools, return to the 'main world', exchange for one-time portal keys, upgrade the main world, etc.]
"Return to the main world?"
As his murmurs began, a prompt sounded in his mind.
[Energy value is insufficient, do you want to recharge? ]
The full flavor of the krypton gold legend of "One Hit, Ninety-Nine" made it difficult for him to accept it for a while.
He glanced at the [Ordinary Wall] in his hand and silently told himself to recharge. The next moment, the block in his hand disappeared.
Energy value 1
[Repair Tool 1 Energy Value/20 Durability]
[Open the portal 10 energy points]
[Exchange for a one-time portal key with 15 energy points]
[Upgrading the main world requires 10,000 energy points]
"The main world, that small space I was in before? Can it be transformed into the real main world as it upgrades?"
Leon once again looked at the walls around him covered with yellow wallpaper. He originally thought that he would get visual fatigue after looking at them too much, but suddenly he realized that these were not walls at all, they were all "money"!
In an instant, even the smell of corruption in the air became fresh.
Boom boom boom…
Leon tirelessly swung the pickaxe in his hand and hit the wall, exchanging the fallen blocks for energy.
Eric looked at Leon who was inexplicably excited, and was a little confused for a moment. He silently took out a notebook and a pen from his protective suit and quickly took notes on it.
[Unknown humanoid creature, no number yet]
[Possesses the appearance of a human male of Asian descent, aged 23 or 24, is able to communicate normally, and has a stable mental state (to be determined)]
[Possessing special communication and spatial abilities, he can produce special stone swords, stone axes, and stone pickaxes at any time.]
[Ability to use corresponding tools to carry out attacks and sabotage]
[Easily kill a monster]
[Other things to add…]
As time passed, Eric felt that the electric sound he heard in his ears became louder and louder, which made him feel inexplicably irritated.
However, the thudding sound produced by Leon knocking on the wall did ease his gradually depressed mood a little.
Coo...
He felt hungry again. If it weren't for this accident, he should have returned to the base to enjoy food and rest.
"Hungry?"
Eric came back to his senses and looked at Leon who had stood in front of him at some point.
"I haven't eaten in a long time. I was really exhausted from being chased by this damn monster."
"By the way, did you hear someone talking?"
Leon sighed.
Because in his sight, Eric's current condition is very abnormal, his face is pale without a trace of blood, but his eyes are just the opposite. The eyeballs that originally had only a few bloodshot veins have now turned red.
In addition, he just said that he heard someone say that, which shows that his SAN value is constantly decreasing due to the influence of the [Back Room].
SAN is the so-called mental strength or rationality. When the San value drops to 0, people will go crazy, lose their rationality, and attract some special monsters.
In the [Back Room], when human sanity disappears, they will become a special entity called the [Sad Corpse].
"Eric, you're not in a good state right now, but I don't have any food here either. We need to find the entrance to Level 1."
Searching for Level 1 was not just for Eric, but also for himself. He discovered that his hunger bar, which hadn't decreased for a week, actually started to decrease after knocking on a lot of walls.
"Remember, Level 0 is just you and me, along with those monsters and entities. All other sounds are illusions."
Leon silently said in his heart: "Open the portal!"
A wooden door appeared in front of him out of thin air. Leon put his hand on the door handle without hesitation, pushed the door open and said to Eric: "Let's go, let's go back and rest first to relieve your mental state."
Eric now only felt dizzy and even had trouble hearing Leon's voice.
However, when he saw the wooden door appear, he subconsciously walked towards it. In his subconscious mind, the wooden door was a safe place.
Just walked in.
Eric had the feeling of being on the verge of falling asleep and suddenly becoming incredibly awake.
"I...what's wrong with me?"
"Nothing, just affected by the space in the back room."
When Leon saw Eric regain consciousness, a smile appeared on his face. It is always better for two people to survive in the back room than one person.
"Rest here and don't move. I'll go out and find you two oranges!"