The wind and sand gradually subsided.
The Sandworm finally stopped thrashing and burrowed underground, vanishing from sight.
Nearby, Li Tianming froze inside the Capsule Pod.
"Xiao Qin... does this mean he passed the trial?"
At that moment, Qin Siyang stood in utter darkness.
All the clamor had been cut off in an instant.
The wind, the rasp of sand, and the Sandworm's furious hissing seemed to have been sealed away in another world.
There was no up or down, left or right here. His vision was completely useless.
"Hiss, hiss..."
A faint rustling came from the surface of his Armor, as though it was being corroded. The space around him was not empty, but filled with viscous liquid.
The liquid surged in wave after wave, making Qin Siyang feel as though he stood amid ocean tides.
Qin Siyang tentatively moved his feet. Each step brought a springy resistance beneath his soles, like stepping on a slab of raw flesh. He could even feel it slowly writhing beneath him.
"Looks like I'm inside the Sandworm."
Having reached that conclusion, Qin Siyang breathed a sigh of relief.
Since he had entered the Sandworm's body without being killed, he must have passed the trial.
He raised a hand and felt the Crimson Crystal charger at his waist. It was vibrating faintly, indicating that it was recharging the Crimson Armor.
The liquid around him was corroding the Crimson Armor intensely. To be safe, he had to keep its energy reserves for self-repair fully charged.
Fortunately, everything was going smoothly.
"Click-"
A powerful beam of cool white light pierced the darkness, spreading out in a fan before Qin Siyang and illuminating his surroundings.
Though he had prepared himself mentally, Qin Siyang still could not help feeling a little horrified when he saw the environment around