Chapter 356 Retirement

After exiting instance 334, Shadow Squad returned to instance 771. Maya, who was usually not one for pleasantries, surprisingly expressed gratitude to Snow Egg for holding down the fort and then began to pry up the floorboards to install mines. After setting up 20 mines indoors, Maya instructed, "Be sure to remember their locations; don't step on them."

Laying mines was not complicated. First, they lifted the carpet and pried up the ceramic tiles. Then they chiseled into the cement with the tools they had brought and placed the mines inside. Afterward, they carefully relaid the intact or broken ceramic tiles and covered them back with the carpet before unscrewing several light bulbs in the corridor.

Some hotel corridors, especially those of guest rooms, used very thick fire-resistant carpets. These carpets were comfortable to walk on and did not betray the presence of hard objects beneath them. They were detachable and relatively easy to maintain.