After breaking through the defensive line formed by the flesh and blood of the Silvermane Guards, the protagonists plunged headfirst into the Corridor of Fading Echoes, a place known as Hell on Earth.
The moment they entered the area, the wind and snow around them abruptly became incomparably grim.
The already ruined city walls and streets had been forcibly twisted and stitched together by dark-purple Fragmentum crystals.
[March 7th: Say... don't you think this place is really creepy? It feels like... it feels like lots of eyes have been staring at us the whole time.]
[Seele: This place... gives me goosebumps. It's uncomfortable. It feels like bugs are crawling beneath my skin.]
Inside a private room at the Origin Internet Cafe—Heaven Dou City Branch.
Wang Dong shrank her neck involuntarily as she watched the sinister dark-purple scenery on the screen and listened to the hollow wails that occasionally echoed in the background.
"Yuhao... why does this place feel like we've entered an evil soul master's hideout? March 7th said there were eyes watching us. There can't really be something filthy here, right?" Wang Dong'er muttered softly, even becoming more cautious with her fingers on the keyboard.
Huo Yuhao smiled and shook his head as he controlled his character to scout ahead. "Don't be afraid. It's just environmental rendering for the game! Besides, even if there really are eyes watching us, my Mental Detection will catch them immediately. And if that doesn't work, you can use your Light Goddess Butterfly to light up the map."
Hearing Huo Yuhao's teasing, Wang Dong'er rolled her eyes at him. "Screw you. We can't even use martial souls in the game, so what are you putting on airs for?"
The group felt their way through the maze. Before long, sharp-eyed March 7th spotted an object