Zander was completely swallowed by the thick gray fog, and the two powerhouses followed close behind.
Immediately afterward, He Xi and Zoya exchanged a glance before plunging in with Bruce.
His vision was instantly filled with endless gray, while the solid sensation beneath his feet seemed to vanish. In its place came a weightless, floating sensation.
After a nauseating feeling of spatial folding, damp air rushed into his nostrils.
Bang!
The instant He Xi's feet touched the ground, he felt as if he had crashed into something soft.
"Flora, stop pushing me!" Fivik's disgruntled voice came from farther away. "Why is it so narrow here?!"
"Big Guy! Don't just stand there—move forward! My nose is practically pressed against your back armor!"
It turned out that after passing through the fog barrier, they had not entered an open area at all. Instead, they had squeezed into a narrow gap that could only accommodate one person passing sideways.
Fortunately, the sensation of having their sight and sense of smell obscured while being trapped in a confined space did not last long.
Once they crossed the gap, a powerful current of air instantly dispersed the stagnant fog around them.
A gentle white light shone from the tip of the staff, driving away the darkness and illuminating the surroundings.
Amid the howling wind, He Xi examined the area.
It was completely different from the narrow, muddy natural cave filled with bat droppings that he had imagined.
What appeared before him was actually a spacious passage paved with large bluish-gray stone bricks. It was four or five meters wide and more than three meters high.
The bricks on the floor and walls had been polished extremely evenly. Although the gaps were covered in slippery moss and the edges showed plenty of damage and cracks, revealing