“Where are we now?” Mike asked.
“We’re still standing on the platform. This is a holographic projection. It’s a doorway back to level seventeen in the game.”
“What do we do then? Just walk into it?”
“That’s my guess, but to be honest, I’m not one hundred percent sure. I’ve never been here before.”
“Great. This is system generated code, right? The same system controlling that thing shooting at us?”
“Pretty much. Let’s move,” said Marcus.
“And you’re sure this isn’t just us walking off this platform that’s seventeen floors in the air?”
Another explosion rocked the platform and Marcus dropped to his knees. Mike balanced himself as the floor below them shook violently.
“I don’t know about you,” Marcus said getting back to his feet, “but I’m chancing it. Our odds staying here don’t seem
