Several people walked around the corner, and there was a faint flicker of fire at the end of the corridor in front of them. As they continued to move forward, the scene in the distance gradually became clearer.

"Tents" made of animal skins and bones were crisscrossed, and torches made of weird bones stood symbolically at the exit of the corridor. Dozens of figures with "animal-like" characteristics appeared in their field of vision.

Behind the torch, there were two muscular weirdos standing.

A guy with a face that looked like some kind of upright lizard was the first to see Ma En and the others.

"Oh, I didn't expect you to come back empty-handed one day." The strong lizard man looked at Ma En and the girl behind the old man in surprise, "Are you lucky? You actually brought back two top-quality goods."

The old man said with a flattering tone:

"I want to take them to see the Queen."

The lizard man said impatiently:

"go in."

He nodded and bowed a few more times, then led several others into the group of tents, heading towards the giant tent in the center.

After gaining some distance, the old man began to explain to Ma En and the girl:

"They are soldiers. On the third floor, the status of soldiers loyal to the queen is only under the ruler. Beautiful newcomers like you should be handed over to the queen, and those who are more ordinary will be provided to these soldiers for distribution.

Eating ritual.

"As the fresh flesh and blood is torn off, bodies like ours will grow on it, and the newcomers will gain the ability to survive here and become one of us completely.

"Except for those ogres on the eighth floor, they think that as long as they eat enough meat, they can return to a pure body that can leave here. Legend has it that the queen encountered several cannibals when she first came here, and was beaten by them

The limbs were chopped off.

"Then they died."

When they said this, all three of them showed more or less respect for this ruler.

"Are we asking her to help us get back?" the girl asked in a low voice.

Ma En nodded:

"I thought so."

The old man sneered at Ma En's promise in his heart. There were many capable people in the underground, and they were often overconfident in themselves.

After all, when outside, these ability users are above everyone else, and in their eyes, these settled residents were just ordinary people before, and they all feel that they will continue to maintain their status when they get here.

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But it turns out that their original strength is indeed an advantage here, but it is far less obvious than imagined. What really determines the strength of the nine underground levels is the strength they gained after transforming into beasts.

It only depends on their hearts, cruelty, courage, bloodthirsty, madness, self-confidence, arrogance, majesty, darkness, greed, desire...

These are the keys to determining a person's strength.

The central tent appeared in front of them. It was supported by several different giant beast skeletons. The highest point was nearly eight meters. The animal skins covering the skeletons looked like they came from some terrifying beasts.

"This is the palace." The old man walked a few steps faster and opened the door curtain.

No one is guarding here.

Ma En and the girl also followed,

There were thousands of square meters of space inside the tent, but the moment they walked in, they directly saw the throne made of bones, and the woman on it stepping on the beast's skull with her furry paws.

Almost all of the queen's body showed obvious signs of animalization, only her forearms and calves. She looked like she was wearing yellow, white and black plush boots and gloves, but with sharp claws.

Beside her, there were several beauties clinging to her body and on either side of the throne. There were two men and three women among them, and there were almost no signs of animal transformation on their bodies.

She looked at Ma En with a proud expression.

The old man was almost in front of her, and his body became stooped:

"Queen, we found them. I wanted them to perform a finger-cutting ceremony, but the man didn't listen to my explanation at all and started..."

She patted the chest of the woman in her arms with the pads of her claws, and then motioned for these beauties to retreat.

The tiger's claws whizzed by like the wind.

Blood splattered along with the brain matter, and the old man who was still complaining fell silent before he realized what was going on. When the insect woman and the fat fish man saw this scene, they were so frightened that their whole bodies froze, and then their bodies began to tremble uncontrollably.

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"This is a meeting gift." Tiger Girl grinned arrogantly, "I can tell by your eyes that you are a strong person, and I respect strong people. What is your name?"

Although it is a bit outrageous that she relies on her eyes to determine that she is a strong person, this is not what Ma En cares about most...

He thought the other party had seen him before.

"Ma En." He introduced himself, "You are the ruler here."

"Queen, this is what they call me. You can also call me king." She paused and said, "Sit down."

The beauties who had just retreated came over and placed two beautiful bone chairs in front of Ma En and Ning Changkong with natural expressions. It seemed that the sudden death of the old man just now was not a surprise to them.

Ma En and the girl sat down one after another

"Animal bones are one of the most important renewable resources here." She explained, "And here, the use of bone products also symbolizes honor and strength."

"Your Majesty the King." Ma En said sincerely, "We are here because..."

She leaned on the throne casually and flicked her paw:

"I can think of what you're going to say, and yes, it's possible for you to get out of here.

"But what I want to tell you is that the rumors are not accurate. What they didn't say is that all the guys guarding the second underground floor have no hope.

"That's why they invented the finger-severing ritual, they didn't want anyone to have a chance to get out.

"No matter how you go to the second underground floor, they won't be able to let you return to the ground intact. In fact, it's a mystery whether there is a passage.

"So don't worry, let's talk about other things. For example, do you want to join my kingdom and rule these thousands of ability users with me?"

Having said this, the tiger girl licked her lips and looked at Ma En's body with longing eyes.

Only then did he realize that there might be a second reason why the other party was so friendly.

"No." Ma En said, "If possible, I still want to try to leave."

She retracted her eyes with regret, then shook her tiger tail behind her:

"What a pity. If you really want to go to the second underground floor, I can indeed help you arrange a test. So the question is what can you give?"

Having said this, her eyes drifted to the girl behind him, and then she suggested:
Chapter completed!