When a person finds themselves in peril and utterly alone, despair slowly begins to consume them.
Big Radish Head was in just such a situation, with a burning pain starting to emanate from the palm of his right hand, but he didn't dare to look at it even once.
In such circumstances, any abnormality could completely crush his sanity.
His fate had been hinted at in the online journal of an "Adventurer," with no way to ascend or descend from where he was.
The "Adventurer" had called this place "The Contaminated Stairwell," after mistakenly entering the area while following new exploration instructions from the Void Investigation Bureau when he was supposed to use the emergency passage to go downstairs.
There were no Void creatures in this area, but there was an indeterminable source of contamination, with every attempt to move either up or down the stairs exacerbating the pollution.
The dividing lines were the 10th, 20th, and 30th floors.
