Chapter 63
The number of floors quickly exceeded 100, but Lu Jiamu did not feel nervous or anxious.
He just tried his best to press all the floor buttons he could, and then stared at the electronic display screen, concentrating on watching the numbers jumping on it.
In the Wheel of Time, he swallowed the star sand and now has the abnormal ability of high dodge. Even if he didn't jump off the elevator on the 444th floor, I'm afraid that the impact might not have really killed him.
The edges of Lu Jiamu's figure appeared distorted, like a string of modified data.
In his eyes, the speed at which the floor numbers jumped began to slow down, and each jump was particularly clear. He began to calculate the intervals between the floors and the degree of acceleration.
But in just a moment, the floor number on the display screen was about to reach 400.
Lu Jiamu was already rising, and had estimated the pattern of the digital display screen's jumps, ready to jump out of the car at any time.
As soon as the elevator displayed the 420th floor, he seized the opportunity and suddenly jumped out of the elevator car.
Lu Jiamu jumped directly into a brightly lit floor. His body twisted for a moment, avoiding most of the damage from the fall. He rolled over and landed steadily.
The elevator car did not crash into the top floor during its rapid ascent. Instead, it stopped instantly, which was very contrary to the laws of physics, and stopped at the 445th floor.
After a moment, it began to descend.
Outside the elevator was a long corridor, at the other end of which stood a humanoid creature in a suit and tie. He looked very respectable, except for having no face.
Seeing him jump out, the creature bowed deeply and politely: "I am glad to see you arrive at the 444th floor safely. I am the butler of the Batti family. I will be in charge of the interview process. Please come here and wait in line. Please sit wherever you like."
This seemed to be the voice on the radio that had guided them all the way.
Lu Jiamu looked over there and saw a room on the other side of the corridor. There were small benches lined up at the door, and three people were already sitting on them.
Nineteen people had come in before, but only three of them successfully reached the 444th floor?
The butler raised his wrist, revealing his watch, and said gently, "Please wait patiently."
"Okay." Lu Jiamu nodded, walked over obediently and sat next to the three people.
Looking closer, this butler looked very much like a paper man made of pulp, but because his face was blank, it was impossible to observe his emotions, and it was even more impossible to tell where his eyes were looking.
The other three applicants sat on the stools with dull looks on their faces, trembling like trembling chickens.
Although Lu Jiamu thought it looked like a paper man, he didn't dare to reach out and poke it to feel its material.
Lu Jiamu glanced at the faces of the three people and then started to tremble with them. He blended in with the others without feeling out of place.
The butler didn't seem to pay too much attention to him, and his featureless face continued to look towards the elevator.
After the elevator car went down, it didn't come back up for a while. It was probably playing games with the applicants on the first floor.
In the elevator on the first floor, the remaining nine people watched the number of floors rising rapidly and swallowed their saliva secretly.
It was just…just like a rocket launch.
It didn't stop until it reached the 445th floor, which was said to be the highest floor of the building, and then it began to slowly descend after a moment.
They all didn't know what Lu Jiamu's outcome was.
Wang Biao and Kou Man looked at each other.
The abnormal abilities that both of them awakened brought them physical enhancements, but Yu Leng and Wei Xiaoyan had one awakened a weak auxiliary ability, and the other had no ability at all. If they were to take the elevator alone, even if they didn't get stuck when entering the door, they would probably die halfway.
The four of them had a quick conversation and decided to take the two people up one by one.
Fortunately, after entering the building, they were only told to take the elevator to the designated floor, but there was no limit on the number of people in the elevator.
Although this will affect the performance of two people, it maximizes the interests of the team.
The elevator car had slowly descended back to the first floor and stopped in front of them. The bright red arrow on the digital display screen looked like a malicious smile, staring down at them.
A few people looked inside and saw that the elevator was clean and there was no blood or anything like that. They all breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Lu Jiamu, who was the first to go to the mine, had already escaped.
But Kou Man and Wang Biao did not move, because none of the four people's serial numbers were 22.
Just as these people previously thought that Lu Jiamuhe, who was at the front of the list, should be the first to step on the mine, they are now waiting for the second person to take the initiative to step forward.
In the sight of others, applicant No. 22 was worried that if he didn't take action, he would be thrown into the elevator by the others, so he had to stand up with his card in his hand and started to step on the elevator like Lu Jiamu.
On the 444th floor, the four people who had been waiting at the door of the room sat in a row and trembled for a while before they heard the huge noise of machinery running in the elevator shaft. The "clucking" sound made by the friction between the elevator and the shaft wall sounded like some kind of devil's laughter.
Someone else came up.
A moment later, the elevator reached the 444th floor, but no one jumped out. The elevator car flashed past this floor, and before I could see clearly whether there was anyone inside, it rushed to a higher floor at high speed.
This time, it did not brake immediately on the 445th floor, which went against common sense of physics.
With a loud "boom", a small explosion occurred in the elevator shaft, and flames swept the elevator debris and rushed downwards.
Lu Jiamu adjusted his glasses and noticed that the other three people trembled violently.
The paper butler, whose face was blurred and without any facial features, seemed to chuckle and said with some pleasure, "We have lost another applicant."
The elevator that had apparently crashed reappeared and began to slowly descend.
On the first floor of the building, the remaining few people did not see what happened, but they heard the collision and saw the deformed elevator fragments falling from above. But soon, the elevator car stopped in front of them again with ill intentions.
Kou Man carried Wei Xiaoyan on his back and prepared to get on the elevator. Wang Biao also picked up Yu Leng, and the luster of his scales flashed.
On the 444th floor, four people sat obediently on the benches, shivering as they welcomed the noise of another elevator rise. Although the butler had no face, his body movements betrayed his excitement.
However, this time when the elevator reached the 444th floor, a rather slender hand strangely stretched out from the elevator and forcefully stuck onto the elevator shaft.
The speed of the elevator was unexpectedly slowed down, revealing Kou Man's almost distorted face. She took advantage of this slowdown and rolled out with Wei Xiaoyan.
The butler did not seem disappointed. He clapped his hands gently and bowed politely to them. "I am glad to see that you have arrived at the 444th floor safely. Please feel free to sit down and wait for a moment. The interview will begin after all applicants arrive."
Coleman had obviously used up all his strength in that miracle of power and collapsed to the ground in exhaustion.
Now that his companions had arrived, Lu Jiamu was no longer so reserved.
He stopped trembling and turned his gaze to the butler.
Because he was worried that it would decide that he lacked professionalism and needed to be eliminated, Lu Jiamu stood up and imitated it to bow, then put on a proper smile and asked, "Mr. Butler, can I go over there and take a look?"
"Of course." The butler's voice was pleasant and meaningful. "Before the interview officially begins, all actions are allowed."
Lu Jiamu got permission and walked through the corridor to the elevator shaft.
Kou Man had managed to sit up, but Wei Xiaoyan was so frightened by the life-and-death moment that she felt, her legs went weak, and she couldn't help her up.
Seeing Lu Jiamu coming over, Kou Man nodded slightly to indicate that he was fine, and then said, "Wang Biao will bring Yu Leng up immediately."
The elevator went down to one floor, and after a moment it went up again with a loud "cluck" noise.
This time when it reached the 444th floor, it still didn't see anyone jumping out.
Didn’t escape?
But Lu Jiamu was staring at the elevator shaft the whole time and was very close to it, so when the elevator flashed by, he didn't seem to see anyone inside.
Just as the three applicants sitting in a row at the door were trembling all over, the elevator suddenly went against common sense of physics and hovered at the 445th floor without crashing itself.
Then, with a loud "clack" sound, it suddenly rushed down again, but stopped after only a few floors, and issued the "elevator going up" prompt sound again.
Lu Jiamu took advantage of the moment when it returned to the top floor and paused to look down, and saw Wang Biao who was also looking up.
It turned out that they did not fail to escape, but jumped to the wrong floor.
"The elevator is going down!"
Lu Jiamu immediately retracted his head and watched the elevator whizzing past him.
It repeats this back and forth, surely hoping to crush someone to death.
Is this okay?
Lu Jiamu leaned over to look down again. Wang Biao probably guessed that the elevator would turn around and kill them, so he was not in a hurry to climb up with Yu Leng. He was still hiding in the lower floors and couldn't get out.
The elevator seemed to have no intention of letting them go and issued an upward warning tone again.
It looks like it is very patient.
Seeing this, Wang Biao gritted his teeth, retracted his head and communicated something with Yu Leng, then when the elevator reached the top floor again, he suddenly crawled out from his hiding place.
The elevator immediately screamed in excitement: "The elevator is going down!"
As expected, it bumped into Wang Biao who was climbing the elevator shaft.
However, even Coleman couldn't penetrate the scales produced by Wang Biao's abnormal ability, and the elevator couldn't kill him in one hit.
Yu Leng had already climbed out from the floor where he was hiding the moment it rushed down, and quickly climbed up while the elevator was distracting attention.
Seeing this, Lu Jiamu leaned into the elevator and reached out to help him. Kou Man also took a deep breath and stood up, ready to provide help at any time.
The elevator noticed this and after descending halfway, it rushed up again.
But Yu Leng had just climbed to this level with the help of two people.
The moment he came out, Lu Jiamu felt that his body was soaked with cold sweat. Yu Leng raised his face and tried to smile, but his expression was uglier than crying.
Wang Biao was not knocked away. He held on to the bottom of the elevator car and fell hard into the 444th floor before the elevator reached the top floor.
This wave of feints to the east and attacks to the west resulted in the elevator losing both its main body and its soldiers. Not a single person was driven out, and it hung in a depressed mood on the top floor for a while before going down again.
The butler bowed to them without any sign of boredom. "It is a pleasure to meet you on the 444th floor. I am the butler of the Batti family. Please come and sit here and wait for a moment. The interview will begin after all applicants arrive. All actions are allowed before the interview officially begins."
Now that all five people have reached the designated floor, they no longer care about the other interviewees.
After resting for a while, they supported each other and walked away from the elevator shaft and sat on the small bench at the door of the room.
Lu Jiamu straightened his cuffs, looked at the still dazed Yu Leng, smiled and asked, "What's on the lower floor?"
"I thought I was going to die..." Yu Leng said dully, "There was nothing down there, it was pitch black, and it seemed like there was a wall built not far from the elevator."
Lu Jiamu nodded and stopped asking.
Among the three applicants sitting next to him, one of them trembled for a moment and suddenly asked: "Are you guys... together?"
Lu Jiamu looked at him with a smile: "Why do you say that?"
"If we're not together, there's no reason to help others." He said, "I see there are only five of you, but you're recruiting nine people. Want to form an alliance?"
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