The pitch-black passage was utterly silent.
If something like this could scare him, then he wouldn't be Ye Chen. On the contrary, seeing the condition of that Body Sect member only made him more curious about what lay inside.
No matter what, Ye Chen was going to get to the bottom of this.
"This place should be safe. Why don't you head back first? Once the big move outside is over, you can leave directly. You probably won't be discovered." After pondering for a moment, Ye Chen decided to try persuading her once more.
Even though he knew the girl before him would never let him order her around.
Yue shook her head. However, her answer this time carried a little more warmth. "Let's go in together. With two people, we can look out for each other."
Ye Chen was somewhat surprised. Until now, the girl before him had always given off an unapproachable air. Hearing her suddenly say something like that left him a little unaccustomed to it.
But what else could he say? He understood Yue's strength well enough. There was no need to worry about her safety at all.
Having made up their minds, the two continued deeper inside. Before long, twenty minutes passed, and the end of the passage finally looked different from before.
Standing at the end and looking outward, Ye Chen saw what seemed to be a plaza resembling a transfer station.
Directly ahead was another equally dark passage. Behind them—or rather, on the walls of the plaza level with the two of them—were countless openings.
From the looks of it, Mingdu had many such routes, spread throughout numerous secret locations.
Moreover, if nothing unexpected had happened, the end of every opening should have contained an identical Soul Tool door.
At that moment, Ye