This was not a conversation between normal people, nor was it something that should have happened in an underground ruin. Xu Huo turned to look at Unpolished Jade and the others, who were still digging. The final life-form scan on their device continued to show only the five of them.
"Your device must be broken," Zhuo Mingfeng called from a distance. "It keeps going off. This sub-district is different from the others, especially underground. A lot of devices don't work here."
Uncle Qiao, who had been holding the device, said nothing. After adjusting it for a while, it seemed to return to normal, and new data began appearing on the screen.
"It's working now."
Xu Huo shifted his gaze, then turned to Granny Qiao, who had suddenly walked to the edge of the cliff. "What are you looking at?"
Granny Qiao paused. "There's something moving below."
Yan Jiayu hurried over. "Could it be a snake?"
As soon as she spoke, a rustling sound came from below the cliff. Xu Huo frowned and immediately warned them, "Get back!"
Before the words had left his mouth, a huge tail suddenly whipped up from below and swept Yan Jiayu and Granny Qiao away!
With their skills, Granny Qiao and Yan Jiayu should have had no trouble dealing with a Mutant Animal like this. But after they were flung away, for some reason Yan Jiayu suddenly lost control and began falling!
Granny Qiao reached out from beside her but couldn't pull her back. In the blink of an eye, Xu Huo sealed off the space around the cliff and caught Yan Jiayu. But at that very moment, a Giant Python raised its head from below. It opened its mouth, bit through the spatial barrier, and swallowed Yan Jiayu whole!
Countless spatial bodies began forming