29 28 301 After what feels like an eternity, Camu finally reaches the top level of the pump room.
30 29 301 A "pump room," but the sight Camu sees is decidedly... inhuman in design.
31 30 301 Strange growths meld and link with others in incomprehensible ways. Only the squirming red electric currents, faintly visible on the abnormal euclidean dimensions, hint at its history as a pump room.
32 31 301 What could the pumps be transporting? The answer might be better left unanswered.
33 32 301 Camu knows better than to delve into it. He is merely trying to find a miracle hatch that could lead him to the surface.
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35 34 301 1 Camu Oh. There's a hatch... 1
36 35 301 In the overhanging structure ahead lies a hatch.
37 36 301 With a hatch above ground, a corresponding one below should also exist—that must be the logic that the auto-building system operates on.
38 37 301 ...The only issue, is that the hatch is covered in an excess of ashen lock marks, and even the hinges are infested with strange viral growths.
45 46 301 Camu slams his greatsword in a fury, attempting to destroy the hatch, but it budges not even a little—evidently not something easily broken at his normal output.
46 47 301 But if Camu tries to increase his power output... His lack of a mind link with a commandant will likely...
47 48 301 But... the surface is close. Perhaps...?
48 49 301 1 Camu Tch... 1
49 50 301 1 AniZhuanchangBegin Camu decides to try his luck and activates his communications link.
