Hao Ren casually pulled out the Data Terminal, intending to smash it against the ground a few times. It was one thing for this crappy thing to be unreliable normally, but whenever it occasionally did something useful, it still had to run its mouth. He had never seen such a difficult PDA in his life!
"What's wrong?" Vivian was baffled by Hao Ren's actions. "Taking your anger out on it won't help."
"Open the stone wall." Hao Ren angrily shoved the Data Terminal back into his pocket. "The Underground Palace's sealing system has been broken for ages. Even if whatever's being suppressed inside wanted to escape, it would get out through some other place—we're just unlucky enough to be trapped in the only dead end that still works!"
Vivian glanced at Hao Ren without bothering to ask how he knew all that, then turned to deal with the stone wall covered in runes. Soon, however, she dejectedly delivered some bad news: "As expected, it won't open."
"Didn't you say this thing was very thin?"
"The stone wall itself is very thin, but the Rune of Leta on it forms the phrase 'the castle of the earthly monarch,' so it has the same strength as a city wall. Besides, the Rune of Leta suppresses my power... Lily, don't bother trying either. This can't be opened with brute force."
The Werewolf girl was scratching and digging beneath the rune-covered wall, trying to dig a hole through it. "I'll try digging a passage underground!"
Vivian rolled her eyes. "Go ahead, then. Judging by the strength of the runes, you'll have to dig at least half a kilometer down."
At that, Lily looked as though she had been struck by lightning. Her tail and ears drooped listlessly, and she looked at Hao Ren with