Following one of the passages downward, after crossing more than two hundred steps, they found themselves before a massive Underground Palace.
Actually, it should not have been called an Underground Palace. Judging by the traces left behind, it had once been a palace aboveground, only to be buried during the long geological changes of an era.
Looking at the ancient, mysterious architectural remains on both sides, Miss F12488 walked over to a pillar and lightly touched it.
"Careful, don't touch things randomly," a soldier shouted.
"Sorry." She hurriedly withdrew her hand.
There really was a risk.
That did not mean certain death, though.
She followed the people ahead for a while, and then everyone stopped before a platform.
The officer leading the group looked at the evenly drawn patterns on the ground. Something stirred in his heart as he asked the man beside him, "Is this the scene?"
"That's right. It's exactly as expected." The other man took a deep breath and stepped forward, a strange glint flashing through his eyes.
He turned back to look at everyone present, narrowing his eyes before walking directly onto the platform.
A trickle of blood welled from his hand and dripped onto the ground.
The blood immediately spread in an eerie manner, following the hidden lines on the floor and slowly forming a mysterious pattern.
Then...
Bang!
The gate behind them suddenly dropped.
In an instant, everyone was trapped inside the ruins.
"This is bad." Someone sensed the danger.
A blood-red light suddenly shone down from above.
The light itself was not destructive, but when it fell upon her skin, F12488 felt a kind of mental Pollution.
"Knew there was something wrong."
Clearly, that man and the officer intended to trick everyone they had brought in and leave them to die here.
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