Mechanisms
Alvin was someone who respected the professionals...
Once everyone had eaten their fill, they entered the cramped cave one after another, following the order they had just agreed on...
At a height of only one and a half meters, they could only walk hunched over. At some of the bends, they even had to crawl along the ground.
Alvin absolutely hated this cramped, oppressive space!
The walls seemed as though they could close in on him at any moment, making his breathing quicken slightly.
It wasn't a physical reaction, but an instinctive human aversion to this sort of situation.
The Corpse-Eater Vine should have been able to help clear the way.
But Alvin was worried that the rough-and-ready Corpse-Eater Vine might damage the quicksand layers and mercury channels surrounding the outer layer of the underground city...
Whether the quicksand flooded the passage or mercury leaked in and submerged them...
Alvin might be fine, but it would cause Shang-Chi and the others a great deal of trouble, and could even prove fatal...
With no other choice, they could only obediently follow the path those who came before them had taken!
They struggled onward for an unknown distance before Lu Tong, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped...
"Boss, there are dead people. Lots of them...
But it looks like we've reached the place!"
Lu Tong, at the front, had an all-around light mounted on his shoulder. He turned sideways to make room so Alvin behind him could see what lay ahead...
Alvin crouched and moved a few steps forward. Not far ahead, he saw a stone passage that was somewhat larger than the one they had been in...
Dozens of withered corpses lay prone, all facing toward him, as if they had been scrambling over one another to get away...