The staircase continued to descend until it reached deep underground.
Relying on the flickering light from the flashlight in his backpack, Gu Jun could vaguely make out his surroundings in the darkness.
There were only 2 hours left in the countdown.
Gu Jun, Yu Chi, Keziah Mason and the cat had been walking down the stairs for 2 hours already. They had been calculating the depth, they were already more than 1000 metres underground. His body was already exhausted, but the iron staircase in his hand seemed to have no end.
The deeper they went, the thinner the oxygen but they did not notice this change. It was unclear whether it was due to the dimension or the supernatural energy here.
The other possibility was that the distance that could be shortened with a single step on the surface did not happen here.
In this kind of environment, the Ganzfeld effect was very common.
For a moment, Gu Jun saw illusions flash by, perhaps they were not illusions but shadows from another world. The Flying Locusts were flying towards the city …
Yu Chi had his eyes on something. The weak light shone on the carvings on the concrete wall. There were many fine lines that looked like locusts. Rituals often required an environment to be set up and these were probably part of it.
"Meow?" At that moment, the cat meowed suspiciously. It sounded uneasy.
"What's wrong?" Gu Jun asked. It was harder to communicate with the cat down here.
However, the cat's meow stopped all three of them in their tracks.
The next moment, the entire staircase started to shake. It went from light to violent. Yu Chi gasped, "Hold on tight!" The three gripped the staircase tightly and leaned against it. The cat hugged Gu Jun's neck with both paws and hooked her tail onto the staircase.
There was a bottomless abyss below them. If they fell, they would be crushed to death.
"Hmm …" Keziah Mason groaned through gritted teeth.
Gu Jun understood that if she really did not have that kind of witch power, this situation would be very difficult for her.
Unlike them, she did not have the strength of a grown man, nor had she received any military training. Instead, she was a young lady from a wealthy family in the 17th century. Perhaps the most tiring thing she had ever done was to dance at a social dinner party, and she had even been imprisoned for a while.
However, he still did not relax his vigilance against her. The witch's power was still nowhere to be found.
Was it possessed by Keziah Mason? Even she herself didn't know that she could be controlled by her future self at any time.
After a minute, not only did the shaking show no signs of stopping, it was even getting stronger. Even the walls and the ground were shaking, as if something was about to rush up from below.
"Meow, meow!" The multi-colored cat cried again. Things had changed.
Although there were still two hours left on the countdown, it was just an unknown deadline. No one could guarantee that nothing would happen before the deadline.
"Continue!" Gu Jun shouted. "We have to continue. This shaking won't stop."
Since Keziah Mason was the first to go down, if she did not, they would not be able to move. However, she struggled down a few steps. She almost lost her grip on each step. At that moment, Gu Jun missed Captain Xue Ba. With Captain Xue's size, he should have no problem carrying Mason down but he could only carry a cat.
"My arms are shaking …" Keziah Mason's voice was shaking as well. "I can't hold on any longer …"
"Miss Mason, show me your courage and hold on a little longer." Gu Jun said immediately. "I can already see the bottom, it's not far away!"
That was just a lie, like a doctor telling his patient to hold on for a little longer, it's almost over.
Looking down, all he could see was darkness where no light could penetrate.
He had no idea how much strength these words gave to Keziah Mason but the girl still managed to hold on to the ground and did not fall. He couldn't help but suspect that this weakness and powerlessness wasn't just a facade. One had to know that even he himself was about to complain to the heavens.
"Captain Gu, we still need to rest more …" Yu Chi said between breaths, "The staircase from last time."
Yu Chi did not finish but Gu Jun understood. He was the one who told Yu Chi about the staircase at Pnakotus City's library.
Was this a trap? First, they had to be exhausted. Something was guarding them below …
Was this their creation or was this the way things were supposed to be …
"But we can't rest even if we're hanging here." Gu Jun said helplessly, "The longer we stay, the more exhausted we'll be. We'd better push on."
"You're right." Yu Chi agreed but that only made him more anxious.
The shaking did not stop. They could only continue. Each step was harder than the one before.
After half an hour, this time Gu Jun did see the hazy underground. It was a smooth tunnel, there was no sign of people.
"Hold on a little longer, we're almost there!"
This time, it was Keziah Mason who answered hoarsely, "Sir … this is the tenth time you've said that …"
But when she, Yu Chi and the multi-coloured cat looked down, they could see the difference too. So they gathered their courage and continued to go down.
Thud, thud. Not long after, the three of them landed on the ground at the crossing. They all collapsed on the ground, unable to move a finger.
"Meow …" The multi-colored cat also landed firmly on the ground. She stood still, and her tail was erect, but she looked at the three people on the ground with envy. That was how she should be.
Perhaps there were not that many Locust God believers left. Most of them were gathered at the altar. They did not expect people to enter this place. The tunnel was surrounded by 8 identical junctions. They were all lit up by oddly-shaped lights. The 3 metres wide road was smooth. It extended into the tunnel like a maze.
The shaking continued. The three rested for a while before they could stand up again.
The two men had no idea what was happening to the girl, they only knew they were about to fall apart.
"Which way should we go?" Yu Chi scratched his head as he looked around. "Which junction leads to the altar? Or is this the altar? "
"Do we really have enough power to destroy this place?" Gu Jun asked with a frown. No one could answer him.
This was not a small place, it was more like an underground city.
Furthermore, the cultists at Angel City not only had supernatural powers, they had firearms and cannons.
However, they were unarmed and exhausted. They had walked all the way to where they were now. Compared to talking about changing anything, it was more like walking towards their own destiny.
"Meow." The cat raised her paw to point at a junction. Then she pointed at the alphabet and said, "I believe it's that way, I can hear something. Let me lead the way. I'm small and light on my feet, I won't be easily discovered. Plus, I have 9 lives. "
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