Luo Yan arrived at the vertical shaft entrance and shone a light down. He could barely make out the ground below.
"The shaft is about fifty meters long." As Xin Zeyang spoke, he had someone bring over a safety rope and lower it down.
"Tianyi and I will go down first. Once it's safe, we'll tell you to come down. But it'd be best if not too many people came down, just in case something goes wrong."
Luo Yan said this because he knew that Xin Zeyang, Hu Tianyi, and the others were willing to take the risk just to see the divine artifact, the Golden Apple.
Besides, they had provided all kinds of support along the way. Now that they had come this far, it would be unreasonable not to let them go down and see it for themselves.
Xin Zeyang nodded. "Old Hu and I will go down. We won't trouble you, Captain Luo."
Although the others also wanted to go down and take a look, they all knew that, at a time like this, it was best not to cause trouble for the Dragonriders.
Thus, Luo Yan and Zhang Tianyi slid down using the safety rope. After landing on the ground, Luo Yan shone his flashlight upward and saw a ring of inscriptions written around the entrance.
Unfortunately, they were Greek, and he couldn't understand a single one. Even so, he still shouted upward.
"Professor Hu, pay attention to the entrance when you come down later."
"There's a ring of inscriptions written here. I can't understand what they mean."
Hu Tianyi called down from above, "Got it."
Only then did Luo Yan examine the rest of the area. This secret chamber was one-third smaller than the mining area above. There were some murals on the surrounding walls,