Suo Beihua was a remarkably practical person.
While Mai Mingle stood frozen, her mind a complete blank, unsure of what to do next, Suo Beihua was actually interrogating the uneven forest of figures in the stairwell. "Where did you all crawl out from? I didn't hear you go up or down the stairs. Have you been hiding in the concrete this whole time? How do you fit? How do you get around?"
The dense, undulating forest of people was topped with countless flesh-colored, not-quite-human faces.
A few seconds later, a face that looked like a melted version of Suo Beihua's spoke. "That's not important. Come, once you become one of us..."
"Either kill me or cut the crap." Suo Beihua cut off the melted version of herself, her voice cold. "Why are you just standing there? Make a move."
"They want to force us to jump,"
