The utility room was indeed extremely messy. Wherever the flashlight beam shone, there were piles of garbage, instant noodle boxes, toilet paper and food bags thrown everywhere.
Wang Xiaohai moved the flashlight and found an overturned trash can in the corner, with several used condoms and chocolate wrappers falling out of it.
He shone all around the wall but found no secret passage.
"That's strange. Is there no secret passage here? Should we look somewhere else?" Cheng Yan said.
Wang Xiaohai didn't say anything, but pointed at the wall cabinet with one hand and moved it away with the other. To his disappointment, there was no secret door or passage behind it.
Wang Xiaohai placed the flashlight upright at his feet and thought about his next move.
One of the twins suddenly spoke up: "Just now you shook your flashlight, and I thought I saw something different on the ceiling above."
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiaohai immediately stood up, grabbed the flashlight, and shone it towards the ceiling.
Sure enough, I found something strange!
There was a vent in the middle of the ceiling of the utility room, and half of the iron mesh of the vent had been removed.
"Found it!" Wang Xiaohai said, "Anyone of you who wants to go up with me can come over. It's voluntary."
"I'll go." Cheng Yan said, "Although I'm no match for the mutants, I should be able to escape."
"We'll go too," the twins said in unison. "A warrior should have no fear."
Wang Xiaohai flipped over the cabinet and table, stacked them in the middle of the utility room, stood on them and moved the circular ventilation net away. Then he put his feet on the flashlight, climbed on the edge with both hands, did pull-ups with straight arms, and flipped over. Although he could jump up, he couldn't control the strength well and would damage the wooden cabinet below.
Wang Xiaohai turned on the flashlight and illuminated the front of the vent. It was pitch black like the belly of a giant snake.
Cheng Yan and the twin brothers also climbed up. This kind of suspended climbing was not difficult for the students of the martial arts academy. Even Fang Fang could climb up.
After walking about thirty meters, Wang Xiaohai reached the end of the passage. He moved the iron net above the end and was the first to lean out.
This is also a utility room!
It turns out there's a vent connecting the utility rooms on the eighth and seventh floors. Come to think of it, the eighth floor is sealed off from above to prevent passengers from being blown out to sea. How does that keep the air flowing? Wang Xiaohai suspects there's more than one vent, perhaps even inside the walls. Many of the walls appear unusually wide, so they're probably hollow!
The four of them climbed up one after another and gathered in the room to discuss their next plan.
"You three stay here first, I'll go and investigate first." Wang Xiaohai said.
"No, let's go together. We promise not to be a burden." Cheng Yan said, "If you encounter danger, you can abandon us."
"Then let's go together." Wang Xiaohai said.
Although Cheng Yan said that he could abandon them if they were in danger, Wang Xiaohai would not do so, because they were the only ones in so many layers who believed in him and were willing to take risks with him. Anyway, he would try his best to save them if he could, and he couldn't blame him if he really couldn't save them!
The four of them quietly went out of the utility room on the eighth floor. Unlike the floors below which had more than a hundred rooms on each floor, there were only nine rooms on the eighth floor, namely presidential suites No. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. The area of each room was more than ten times that of an ordinary room. At this moment, Wang Xiaohai and the others opened presidential suite No. 1.
Wang Xiaohai turned on the light and had to say that the presidential suite was incredibly luxurious!
Inside, there's a comfortable round bed with a gilded curtain draped over it. Wall decorations range from modern sconces and metal fixtures to antique-style screens and wine cabinets. There's a spacious, plush sofa, a 3D TV, an antique sandalwood tea table, a small gym, a small swimming pool, and a spacious bathroom! The floor-to-ceiling windows are made of newly manufactured Allied tempered glass, designed to protect against missiles!
"If I could stay here for one night, it would be worth dying for!" said one of the twins.
"Are you two that poor?" Wang Xiaohai said with a smile, "You can stay here tonight."
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