Time passed slowly...
Not long after the two small figures disappeared...
In the endless darkness...
Several emotionless voices, devoid of any fluctuation, echoed and spread...
"...It... is... dead..."
Silence...
"What happened...?"
...
...
"Someone... killed it... in the world it created..."
Silence...
"Who...?"
"A... tiny... little human..."
"Where is he...?"
"Right at..."
On the vast sea, wild winds gathered dark clouds. A Gull flapped its black wings in the sky, soaring...
And under the dark sky...
The shadow of a "110" giant floated above this endless, vast ocean...
A massive, round black shadow, its surface crawled with countless steel plates inlaid one after another, forming a rough yet sturdy body. A giant chimney stood straight at the top, towering into the clouds, constantly belching out thick, dense black smoke.
Looking at the shadow, it was like a greedy giant crocodile lurking beneath the water's surface, its mouth agape, waiting for any prey that was foolish enough to pass before it.
It floated, it swam, its heavy and strangely shaped steel body constantly pushing the water aside, continuously churning up waves of surging white foam.
This was a massive ship, a giant vessel floating upon the endless sea, known to few and utterly terrifying.
Of course, that is if a shape resembling a ball could even be called a ship.
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Inside the ship...
A television set suddenly emitted a burst of white light, and then...
*Poof*
Two figures suddenly flashed out from within.
"Ah hahaha! I'm finally back—" As soon as he landed, Mono couldn't help but open his arms and take a deep breath, his face full of intoxication.
He had truly had enough of the smell of that world.
But the next moment, the intoxicated expression on his face froze.
"It stinks!"
"Bleh?"
"Cough, cough, cough~"
"Mono..." Seeing this, Six hurriedly reached out her small hand.
Mono coughed for a while before barely regaining his vigor.
"What the hell is this place?"
Mono turned his head to look around.
If he wasn't mistaken, after passing through the Gate of Light, they should have returned to the real world.
So why did it still smell so disgusting?
However, Mono soon discovered an even more abnormal situation—the surrounding magnetic field seemed to be shielded.
Mono took another serious look around, but still couldn't see any clues.
He could only turn back and ask Six, "Six, do you know where this is?" He was just a Transmigrator and wasn't as familiar with the specifics of the real world as this native girl, Six.
Six silently raised her head and glanced around twice.
This was a room. Besides a television, there were only some shelves in the corner. Some rusted bolts and parts were placed on the shelves, and a faint, fishy stench permeated the surroundings.
Six shook her head. "Mono... I don't know..."
Her last memory before being captured and taken to that lusterless world was being on the coast...
Could it be that they still hadn't left the original place?
Mono pulled Six along as they slowly walked around.
His eyes were suddenly drawn to a poster lying on the floor.
What's this?
Mono bent down and picked up the poster.
On it, it read: "Want to experience a brand-new version of sea travel? The Maw welcomes you! Food is free for the whole journey, room and board included..."
And below the poster, a giant... cruise ship was drawn?
Mono recognized what this thing was at a single glance.
The Maw?
Wasn't this the ship that trapped Six in the first part of the game?
According to the original plot, after Six escaped from the Signal Tower, she seemed to have been...
Captured by someone wearing a human skin mask and brought to this ship—The Maw.
"Mono... what is this..." Six stood to the side, poking her head out to look at the poster in Mono's hand.
Mono glanced at her. Her faint, dark eyes were filled with a desire for knowledge, looking as cute as ever.
Six's recent behavior had indeed become much more lively; at least she was talking a bit more.
"It's nothing. This isn't a good place."
Mono directly crumpled the poster in his hand into a ball and threw it into a corner.
The Maw was full of dangers. Not to mention the Ship Master—the woman in Japanese dress who wore a mask and was afraid of the mirror—even the three thousand greedy Eaters...
...were not things an ordinary person would want to encounter.
Although his strength was no longer what it used to be, he still didn't dare to let his guard down because of it.
Besides...
Mono's gaze couldn't help but fall onto his system panel.
*Ding!*
"Congratulations to the Host for successfully killing [Cup]."
"Reward: ****"
This was the prompt issued by the system after he killed that "person" in the illusion.
If he remembered correctly, their shadows still existed on The Maw.
Those eyes were still watching at all times...
And although he had won the battle at the Signal Tower this time, it was because he had struck while it was off guard.
He wouldn't take it for granted that these guys were easy to deal with. Plus, the fact that the "person" had said "we" before being killed by him made him even more alert.
In the original plot, Six on The Maw seemed to have been influenced by something.
She became very cruel—everyone, including the three thousand Eaters and that terrifying Ship Master (except for a few Nomes), everyone was eventually killed by her.
In the original plot, why did Six have such a change?
Was it because of the ability she possessed?
Or was it because her nature was like that?
Mono instinctively dismissed these possibilities.
Just like what he had experienced.
A pair, no, many pairs of giant hands were looming over this world. If he was careless, no matter how powerful his ability was, he probably wouldn't come to a good end.
So, it was better to take Six far away from these dangerous places.
As for The Maw...
Forget it. Mono didn't believe there was such a thing as a free lunch in this world.
He didn't want to go near this ship; at this moment, he only wanted to properly enjoy the fresh air and the warmth of the sunlight.
But where the hell were they right now?
"Let's go, Six. Let's head out and take a look first." Mono snapped back to his senses, pulled Six, and walked outside.
Leaving this foul-smelling place was the most important thing.
"Mm..." Six nodded and silently followed behind him.
Anyway, no matter what they encountered, as long as Mono was by her side, it wouldn't feel so... depressing.
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