Escape Tower Special Train

"I never expected there to be a hidden world inside these mountains." Ning Wanjun looked around curiously. "It must have taken no small amount of manpower to excavate such a vast underground space back then."

"At the very least, the Qi State could not have completed a project of this scale." Qian pondered. "Perhaps it could be done by pooling the strength of the Seven Stars, but... the construction period might stretch beyond several decades."

"The Seven Stars?" Venerable Shengtian snorted disdainfully. "They may appear to be an alliance of the Six States, but in truth, each harbors their own designs. Before a true king is born, this so-called grand union of the Bureau of Military Affairs is nothing but a joke."

"It seems Your Excellency holds deep prejudice against the Seven Stars Bureau of Military Affairs..."

"What, am I supposed to speak well of them?"

The minor dispute between Qian's group and the Salvation Sect did not concern Xia Fan. He was the first to pass through the disabled isolation barrier and enter the parked carriage.

What could be confirmed was that these carriages had endured an exceptionally long passage of time. Most of their facilities had already been damaged. Components like the seats were reduced to nothing but two bare stone stumps, while the floor was covered in a glazed layer of dried mud and dust. Its design also differed greatly from the subway trains Xia Fan knew—its windows, set along both sides, were barely half an arm's length wide. They resembled the sealed portholes used on aircraft rather than broad panes of transparent glass. Perhaps that was precisely why Li and the others had mistaken it for a room.

Then, a woman's voice abruptly rang out—

"This is the special train bound for the Escape Tower. As