Arcane Detective of the Steam Age
Chapter 58

Into the depths

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Walking through walls was an incredibly handy cheat.

Never mind FPS games-even in open-world RPGs, this happened all the time. Players could see their destination right in front of them, but couldn't find the entrance to save their lives. After circling around forever without finding a way in, they'd angrily open the console and enter a noclip command, then pass straight through everything to reach their quest objective.

The upside was that they could go straight to their destination.

The downside was... sometimes they ended up completely bewildered.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?

Li Wei was feeling a little like that right now.

What is this place?

Controlling the black cat, Li Wei stared at the scene before him in utter bewilderment.

If he'd found a cellar, he wouldn't have been surprised.

If he'd found a graveyard, he wouldn't have been surprised either.

But what if he'd found ancient ruins?

Looking at the enormous cavern before him, Li Wei felt rather like someone who'd accidentally dug into the First Emperor's tomb while digging a hole.

And that wasn't far from the truth.

After using [Shadow Movement] to pass through several walls in succession, closing the distance between himself and that point of light, he passed through another wall. Suddenly, the space before him opened up. The black cat was completely unprepared, like someone stepping onto a stair that wasn't there. It dropped with a splat and hit the ground.

Good thing it wasn't a living cat, or it would've been flattened into a pancake.

Li Wei made the black cat raise its head and survey its surroundings. Then...

What the hell is this place?

The sight before him left Li Wei completely dumbstruck.

The cavern was roughly half the size of a football

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