What a Windfall!

The pitch-black passage was utterly silent.

If something like that 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 determined 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 was unlikely to do as he said.

Yue shook her head. However, her reply 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. Before this, the girl 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 perfectly well, so there was no need to worry about her safety.

Having made up their minds, the two continued deeper inside. After another twenty minutes, the end of the passage finally looked different from before.

Standing at the end and looking out, Ye Chen saw what appeared to be a transit-station plaza.

Directly ahead was another equally dark passage. Behind them—or rather, along the walls of the plaza parallel to where Ye Chen and Yue stood—were countless openings.

From the looks of it, there were many routes leading here from Mingdu, scattered 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 Chen even began