A bizarre and terrifying experience; I messed up the dungeon world.

Surrounding Lin Qi were five monsters. The monsters resembled hunting dogs, with no fur on their bodies, covered in black scales. Their tails were long bone spikes.

Lin Qi was panting. She looked at the monsters ahead. She thought, "These things are too fast. Their physical defense is too high. I can't break through alone."

A scaly hound lunged forward, its mouth full of sharp teeth aimed at Lin Qi's throat. Lin Qi ducked to avoid it. His right hand thrust his short knife towards the hound's belly. The tip of the knife grazed the hound's scales, leaving only a white mark. The hound's tail swept across, striking Lin Qi's back.

Lin Qi staggered forward two steps and fell to the ground.

The other four scaled dogs pounced at the same time.

Han Yingying drew her straight sword and charged out.

Twenty meters away. Han Yingying stepped onto the hood of a car. She leaped into the air, gripping her sword with both hands. She slashed at the foremost scaled dog. The straight blade cleaved through the dog's head, cutting through the scales. It continued downwards, splitting the dog in two.

Green bodily fluids splattered on the ground.

Lu Chen cut in from the side. A purple butterfly knife spun between his fingertips. He approached a scaled dog. The butterfly knife pierced the scaled dog's eye. He twisted it forcefully. The scaled dog collapsed, convulsing.

Wang Jianguo walked out carrying a Gatling gun. He pulled the trigger. The barrel warmed up. Bullets poured out, hitting the remaining three scaled dogs. The bullets couldn't penetrate the scales, but the powerful impact sent them flying five or six meters.

Old Li raised his rifle. He aimed at the armored dog's eyes. He fired a burst. Two shots hit. One armored dog lost its sight and began to run around aimlessly.

Chen Pi held up the repaired tower shield, blocking Lin Qi's path.

Han Yingying landed. A straight blade swept across, severing the foreleg of a scaly dog. Lu Chen finished it off, cutting open its throat.

The last blind scaly dog ​​was torn to shreds by Wang Jianguo's firepower.

The battle is over. It took less than a minute.

Lin Qi stood up. She sheathed her dagger back in her waistband. Looking at Han Yingying, she thought, "The coordination of these six people is flawless. Suppressive fire. Close-quarters combat. Defensive cover. This is a well-formed army."

"You didn't leave." Han Yingying flicked the green liquid off the knife and put it away.

"We can't get out," Lin Qi said, clutching the wound on her right arm. "The entire block is blocked by a red wall of flesh. I tried to cut it open. I couldn't."

"Where are you going?" Han Yingying asked.

"The top floor of the Changsheng Building." Lin Qi looked into Han Yingying's eyes. "There's a safe there. It contains what I need."

Han Yingying looked at Lin Qi. She thought, "This woman is quite skilled. She might know something about the inside of the building. I can use her."

"Let's team up," Han Yingying said.

Lin Qi didn't hesitate. "Okay. But I'll only lead the way. I'll take the things and leave. We won't interfere with each other."

"Deal," Han Yingying said.

Old Li took a roll of bandage and a bottle of hemostatic medicine from his backpack and tossed them to Lin Qi. "Bandage yourself. Don't hold me back."

Lin Qi caught it. She unwrapped the bandage with one hand, poured the medicine powder onto the wound, gritted her teeth, and wrapped the bandage tightly. She remained silent throughout the entire process.

Lin Qi ignored him. She walked ahead. "Follow me. We can't go in through the main entrance. There are high-level monsters guarding it. I just found an underground ventilation duct that leads directly to the second basement level of the building."

The seven people continued walking down the street. Ten minutes later, they arrived at the entrance to an abandoned subway station. The entrance was half-covered by red, fleshy tissue.

Lin Qi pointed to a rusty iron fence next to him. "Go down from here."

Chen Pi stepped forward, grabbed the iron fence with both hands, and pulled hard. The fence was uprooted and thrown aside.

Inside was a dark ventilation duct, about 1.5 meters in diameter, barely large enough for a person to walk through while bending over.

"I'll lead the way," Chen Pi said, holding up his tower shield. He was the first to crawl inside.

Han Yingying followed behind. Lu Chen was third. Lin Qi walked in the middle. A Jie. Lao Li. Wang Jianguo brought up the rear.

There was a strong, putrid smell coming from the pipes. The pipe walls were covered with a layer of sticky, transparent liquid.

Han Yingying turned on her flashlight. The beam of light illuminated the path ahead. The pipe stretched downwards.

After climbing for about twenty minutes, light appeared ahead.

Chen Pi pushed open the blinds at the end of the pipe and jumped down.

Han Yingying jumped down after her. There was no sound when they landed.

This is a spacious underground parking garage. The parking garage lights are flickering. The ground is covered in puddles. The puddles are reddish.

All seven people landed. Ah Jie took out his tablet and scanned the surrounding environment.

"There are no signs of life," Ajay said. "But the magnetic field here is very chaotic. My equipment is being severely interfered with."

Han Yingying looked around. Thick cables were wrapped around the pillars in the parking lot. The cables crawled on the ground.

"Something's not right here." Lin Qi drew her short sword. She leaned against a pillar, looking around. She thought, "Just now outside, those monsters were solid. Here, there's nothing. But the feeling of danger is even stronger."

Han Yingying walked to an abandoned car. The car door was open. A skeleton sat in the driver's seat, wearing a security guard uniform from Changsheng Biotechnology.

Han Yingying reached out and touched the white bones. The bones turned into a pile of powder, which scattered on the seat.

"The flow of time has been altered," Han Yingying said. She looked at the powder on the ground. She thought. Zero was conducting some kind of experiment using real space. It was testing the limits of the laws of physics.

A gust of wind blew by. All the lights in the parking lot went out. Darkness enveloped everything.

In the darkness, only the faint light from A-Jie's tablet screen shone through.

"Boss. The gravitational field has changed." A-Jie stared at the screen, his fingers tapping rapidly.

Han Yingying felt her body become lighter. Her feet left the ground. She floated into the air.

Wang Jianguo cursed. "What's going on? I'm flying!" The Gatling gun slipped from his hand and floated towards the ceiling.

Lu Chen reacted extremely quickly. He slashed his knife into a nearby concrete pillar with a backhand motion. Using the momentum, he swung his body, wrapping his legs around the pillar to steady himself.

Han Yingying adjusted her posture in mid-air. She used her waist to generate power, flipped her body, and landed on the ceiling with both feet.

The ceiling became the floor.

*Snap.* The parking lot lights came back on.

Seven people stood on the ceiling, looking up at the ground that had been suspended above them. Abandoned cars. Puddles. Bone dust. All hanging upside down.

"Spatial folding technology." A-Jie stepped on the ventilation ducts in the ceiling. "Zero changed the spatial parameters here. We're now in an inverted coordinate system."

Lin Qi gripped her short knife tightly. She looked around. She thought, "I can't exert my strength in this environment. My speed advantage is gone." She glanced at Han Yingying. Han Yingying stood there, her center of gravity stable, without any sign of panic.

"Find an exit," Han Yingying said.

They walked along the ceiling. Ahead was a double fire door. The door was labeled "Elevator Lobby, Second Basement Level".

Han Yingying walked over and pushed open the door.

Behind the door wasn't an elevator lobby. It was a spacious white room. The room had no boundaries. It was entirely made of white cubes.