After several loud rumbles, the stone walls of the passage they had come through began closing in toward the middle.
"Run!"
Everyone was startled and charged forward as fast as they could, diving into the small Stone Chamber at the very last moment.
But the people behind them were out of luck. After several shrill screams, they were crushed into paper-thin figures by the closing stone walls.
Having narrowly escaped death, everyone wore blank, frightened expressions.
"What do we do now? The way back is blocked."
Including Professor Tang and Old He, no one had expected this to happen.
The stone walls were so long, yet they could actually slide toward the middle.
Professor Tang and Old He exchanged a secret glance before sighing. "We can only keep moving forward now."
There was no way back.
"Looks like there are other groups in this tomb besides us. Everyone needs to be careful from here on."
Gu Ling patted her chest, still shaken. "Weren't all the mechanisms already disarmed? How are there still mechanisms?"
Professor Tang gave Su Qiao and Jiang Han a suspicious glance, but ultimately asked nothing.
"The passages here crisscross each other. Some mechanisms have been disarmed, but many haven't. If you accidentally touch the wrong place, any of them could be triggered."
"So, to be safe, we'll follow the path the people ahead of us took. Don't wander off just because you're curious, and don't touch the stone walls or anything else at random."
"Ugh..."
Gu Han leaned against the stone wall and struggled to stand, but half his body had already gone numb. In the end, he fell to his knees with a thump once more.
"Brother! Brother, what's wrong?"
Gu Ling noticed something was wrong and hurried over to support him.
The others gathered around