Some time passed, and Apophis's group searched nine floors without finding anything more useful than basic weapons and armor. The players were beginning to look at one another desperately, wondering if they were just wasting their time.
With fifty players, the time to search a whole floor of the facility only took about ten minutes… but it was an eternity for those fending off the mechas up above.
Suddenly, Apophis received a message from Lotus. "Apophis, what are you doing down there?! We've been holding off the assault mechas for almost an hour! We've lost the players' motivation!"
Apophis answered, "We're doing the best we can. Many floors are blocked off from my rank, and they can't simply be broken through like most of the walls here. The others are filled with obsolete weapons… or, at least, ones that would be useless against the mechas' armor. You've got to keep resisting!"
