After taking the key in hand, Tina walked around the newly formed opening, wanting to see if there was anything special or unusual about it. But after making a full circuit, she found nothing. All she could confirm now was that if they wanted to continue exploring, or find that emperor's coffin, they had to take the Stone Ladder that had appeared.
The Stone Ladder stretched into a place beyond her sight, its pitch-black depths seeming capable of swallowing everything, which was unsettling. But she had no choice but to continue.
She first stepped down from the top of the stone pillar and stood on the Stone Ladder extending from it. After crouching down and inspecting it with her Mental Power, she found nothing unusual. These steps simply extended out from the stone pillar.
The steps themselves were each made from a single piece of stone. Judging from their thickness and length, they could easily support a thousand kilograms.
Besides, the protruding section accounted for only one-third of each stone beam, while the other two-thirds remained embedded in the stone pillar. That ensured the stone beams would not snap at the joint as soon as someone stepped on them.
After finishing her inspection, Tina deliberately took a few steps, walking down on the protruding stone steps. Of course, Yam and Fei Charlie came over to persuade her that it would be better to send the mercenaries down first.
Were the mercenaries not here to clear mines? This was the perfect time to use them. There was only this spiral staircase in this damn pitch-black abyss, leading down into unfathomable depths. Who knew what they would do if an accident happened?
But it would not be appropriate for Yam to say that, because he did not want the mercenaries to dislike