On the evening of the fifth day.
Half of the ten-day time limit has passed, and SE.RA.PH has fallen to a position below sea level of 5000 meters. The light of the sun has long disappeared, leaving only the dense artificial light in the entire computer space.
If it was an ordinary marine base, even if it was made of metal, it should have been crushed by the huge water pressure at this time. Because this base has been computerized, it is equivalent to a collection of data, so it escaped the disaster.
The area in the soles of the feet is very narrow. This is the area that Meltélise was responsible for as a labyrinth guardian in the past. Although it is a thing of the past, Meltélise is obviously very familiar with this place. She can come and go freely here with a few people.
However, as they guessed at the beginning, there is no second labyrinth guardian in this area.
The last labyrinth guardian seems to be nowhere to be found.
After coming out of the soles of the feet area, Tachika Fujimaru fell into contemplation.
She finally noticed that the number of labyrinth areas is a bit wrong.
According to Meltélise, there are a total of seven main areas on the surface of SE.RA.PH.
So far, they have explored the hair, chest, arms, side abdomen, thighs, and soles of the feet, but there are only six of them.
Could it be that because there are two arms, the arm area can actually be regarded as two?
No, the night before yesterday, Meltélise clearly said that "there is only one arm area, it is just divided into two parts". So, there is still an area hidden?
"By the way, speaking of which, Lilith, you said before that there is a calf area, right?"
Tachika Fujimaru suddenly remembered something and quickly looked at Meltélise with a look of expectation in her eyes. "But we have explored until now, it seems that we have not found the calf area. When we came from the thigh area, there was no calf area at all. What is going on?"
Yes, although according to Meltélise, there is a calf area in SE.RA.PH, but they have not found the calf area on the surface.
Ryuga glanced at Tachika Fujimaru.
Now that things had progressed to this stage, it was time for them to discover some abnormalities.
In fact, she already knew that Meltélise was hiding something, but she didn't want to force her to say it. But at this time, she couldn't turn a blind eye to the situation in front of her.
If this continued, they definitely wouldn't be able to resolve the situation in SE.RA.PH and escape alive, so she had no choice but to ask her directly.
"Yeah, I think you're about to discover it too."
Meltélise's expression remained the same. Apparently, she had already guessed that she would ask such a question. "It doesn't matter. Since we've already explored everything on the surface, there's no need to hide it anymore. I'll just tell you what's going on inside."
In fact, to Meltélise, the existence of the Inner Side wasn't a secret that she had to hide.
However, in order to obtain the final victory, they indeed needed to explore the outer side completely before they could attempt to enter the inner side.
This involved the stock of cherry blossom coins, the existence of the labyrinth guards, and so on.
However, after the outer side was completely explored, there was naturally no need to hide the inner side.
"Inner side?"
Tachika Fujimaru couldn't help but be stunned. Then she couldn't help but ask: "You mean, this SE.RA.PH actually has two sides, in addition to the outer side, there's also an inner side?"
"Yes, the human body also has a front and a back, right?"
Meltélise replied: "After this SE.RA.PH transformed into the appearance of a woman's body, of course, it also has an outer side and an inner side. The calf area is actually on the inner side of SE.RA.PH."
"I see, no wonder I always felt that there were a lot of things that couldn't be found."
Tachika Fujimaru suddenly understood. She once learned about the facilities of the crude oil field from Marble, but after exploring around, she found that the number of facilities was actually a lot less. The number didn't match up.
If a part of the facility base was actually in the inner area, then it made sense.
In addition, in order to rescue the surviving humans in the control room, Tachika Fujimaru has also been trying to find other ways to go to the chest area, but she has been unable to find it.
There was also the Physique Room, which was still a mystery. These may all be related to the inner side.
"Is there a way to go to the inner side?"
Tachika Fujimaru blinked her eyes and cast an expectant look at Meltélise. "For example, the passage to the inner side?"
"No."
However, Meltélise's answer shattered her expectations very rudely. "There is no way to go to the inner side, and there is no convenient way."
"If you want to go back and forth between the outer and inner sides, there is only one way, and that is to use the Labyrinth Guardian's jumping ability. The Labyrinth Guardian selected by BB can go back and forth between the various areas of SE.RA.PH. Naturally, it can also jump between the outer and inner sides at will. But if you are not a Labyrinth Guardian, you can't do this."
She paused, then chuckled again. "We have not found any trace of Suzaku Gozen until now, right? That is actually because Suzaku Gozen was originally a Labyrinth Guardian in charge of guarding the inner area. The reason why she came to the outer side is because she has the ability to jump between the outer and inner sides at will. "
That's right, Suzaku Gozen was a Labyrinth Guardian in charge of guarding the inner side.
And the last unknown Labyrinth Guardian was probably the same as Suzaku Gozen, also on the inner side.
"Ah? This … "
The orange-haired girl was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say.
"There's actually such a thing?"
Nero frowned slightly, and her face showed obvious displeasure. "Unfortunately, I wasn't given this right, and I'm no longer a Labyrinth Guardian. Otherwise, I would be able to lead the performer over."
After Nero was defeated, her identity as a Labyrinth Guardian automatically disappeared. Now, she was no longer a Labyrinth Guardian.
"In short, in the scope of what I know, there is no way to enter the inner side by tricks."
Meltélise continued, "Perhaps there is a way that I don't know, but I can't find it at the moment. Maybe I can ask BB later?"
"… That's the only way."
Tachika Fujimaru pondered for a long time before she could only sigh and agree.
If BB really stood in the position of a fair and just operating officer, then she should not refuse to tell them about the inner side. This was also the duty of an operating officer.
"I have an ominous feeling that the cherry blossom coin might not be able to be kept …"
The orange-haired girl clutched her chest, revealing a pained expression, as if someone was strangling her throat, causing her to be unable to breathe.
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