The soil on the walls was mixed with large quantities of rat carcass fragments.
From time to time, they rustled down into the darkness below.
No echo came back for a long time.
Farther down, a layer of murky yellow-green mist came into view.
Their vision could not penetrate the mist, leaving them unable to see just how deep the pit was.
But listening carefully, they could faintly hear a soft rustling from deep inside the pit.
It mingled with the faint grinding of teeth.
The sounds drifted eerily through that layer of yellow-green mist.
There were so many overlapping sounds that they could not tell how many mutant giant rats still lurked in the depths, or what dangers lay hidden below.
"Senior, I feel a little dizzy..."
Xia Shuran swayed slightly on her feet and gently raised a hand to hold Gu Qing's arm, her voice tinged with weakness.
Yellow-green mist kept drifting out from deep inside the pit.
It carried a pungent, rotten stench.
It slowly floated toward the five people standing at the edge of the pit.
Xia Shuran had inhaled quite a bit. Gradually, her throat tightened, her eyes stung, and her head grew foggy, leaving her feeling extremely unwell.
Nearby, the moment Zhao Chuan heard her say she was dizzy, he took out a bottle of pale blue liquid, walked over, and handed it to her.
"You've inhaled too much rat poison. Drink this bottle of Antidote Potion, and it'll ease the symptoms."
"Thank you."
Xia Shuran accepted the potion without thinking much of it, opened the cap, and drank it straight down.
The moment the potion entered her mouth, it transformed into countless streams of cool energy that surged through her body, dealing with the rat poison that had invaded it.
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