Just as Chu Qing set foot in the Purple Gold Corridor, inside a distant palace:
Second Generation Moon God, Bi Luo, and a group of monstrous geniuses from Azure Netherworld and Yellow Springs sat cross-legged, their faces clouded with worry.
They had been exploring this secret realm for more than half a year.
At first, relying on numerous rare treasures, their progress had been quite good.
But now, they were trapped inside this palace.
Most of the rare treasures on them had suffered heavy damage.
Without the protection of those treasures, not only could they not continue forward, they could not even retreat along the path they had come from.
What depressed them even more was this:
Since setting out, apart from the warehouse of resources so vast it could drive people mad that they had found at the beginning, they had gained nothing else.
At that moment, the two communicated through silent transmissions:
Second Generation Bi Luo said faintly, "If we had directly carried off everything in that warehouse back then, why would we be sitting here wasting away?"
Second Generation Moon God said softly, "It's fine!"
"We can do the same thing next time!"
Second Generation Bi Luo sighed. "No."
"This secret realm was only just discovered. After us, a second exploration team will immediately follow."
"When that happens, they will definitely take everything away!"
"Besides, those few Outsiders have contacted their headquarters!"
"I'm afraid it won't be long before headquarters sends even more experts to descend here by force!"
"By then, we probably won't even get to drink the leftover soup!"
Second Generation Moon God sighed. "If Chu Qing had agreed to come with us back then, perhaps with his strength and wisdom, we could have fought our way out of this palace!"
"Perhaps this palace is