The derelict elevator was unusable to begin with; they had been taking the stairs ever since entering the building.
Since the elevator was derelict, Zoe Pierce had temporarily dismissed it after her scan of the floor came up empty.
The moment Nathan Lockwood suggested the possibility, Zoe Pierce immediately thought of the mezzanine and double-sided elevators she had seen on Earth.
A closer look at the building's elevator design made the idea seem even more plausible.
This wasn't a transparent, central glass elevator, but one set against the very edge of the building—opaque and completely sealed.
They were now in the underground parking garage on level B1, which also had an elevator.
Zoe Pierce was the first to approach. She placed her palm on the dust-covered elevator doors and extended her spiritual power downward.
'An elevator needs a pit for its car, so there has to be some sunken space.'
