The stone staircase was not old, and it was not damp. It appeared to be very old, but it was as clean as new. There was not even a speck of dust on it.
This was what confused the Demon Hunters. A staircase that had been underground for so long should not look like this.
It was too clean and too quiet.
The members who led the way walked up the ninetieth step and stopped at the hundredth step. Xue Ba made another report that he was not sure whether he could send out or not. "Command central, we have reached the hundredth step, but there is still no discovery."
The hundredth step had not changed at all! The angle and scale of all the stone steps remained the same, and there was not a single crack on the stone wall that looked like it was made by heaven.
If not for the fact that the light at the entrance had disappeared and there were not sixteen witnesses and someone counting the number of steps, they would have thought they were walking on the same spot.
"This is unbelievable …" Lin Mo, who was lying on the stretcher, sighed. He was the leader of the team's research team, so he had some knowledge of geology and architecture. Even those who did not know that would understand that building a tunnel like this was impossible even with modern machinery.
'Where did this tunnel and this high wall come from? '
The few flashlights lit up the surroundings, but they could not penetrate the darkness below.
'Is this an endless tunnel? '
The group was silent. Xue Ba keenly sensed the rising pressure. After he finished his report, he said, "Uncle Dan, why don't you tell us a joke? Do you have any meat?"
Xue Ba knew that 'this is just a tunnel, don't be afraid' was a waste of words, but a joke could lighten the mood.
"Of course!" Naturally, Uncle Dan understood. His friendly round face turned into an ambiguous expression. The remaining hair on the top of his head seemed to stand up. He said with a smile, "Let me tell you about the time I met a female online friend. It was a real person …"
Soon, the group chuckled, but Gu Jun did not listen to them. He carried the stretcher and walked in the middle of the group. His mind was gradually attracted by the dark red lines on the surface of the stone, and it felt like blood was flowing through them.
Life force, he could feel a strong life force.
Was it an illusion because he was moving? Gu Jun asked Zhang Huohuo, who was behind the stretcher, to stop. When they looked around, the feeling was clearly getting heavier …
Suddenly, he felt as if something had brushed against his face, and every pore on his body stood on end.
"Wind …" Gu Jun mumbled. "There's wind … there's wind!" He quickly raised his voice. "Captain Xue, there's wind."
Is there wind? Everyone immediately paid attention to it, but they did not notice it. Even Lin Mo, Uncle Dan, and Zhang Huohuo, who were standing next to Gu Jun, said that they did not notice it.
On the other side, the team member holding a small air detector also shook his head. There was no change in the data. It was still puzzlingly stable. The deeper they went, the lower the oxygen level.
However, Xue Ba did not dare to underestimate it. He frowned. What did Gu Jun's inspiration mean?
As the team doctor, Uncle Dan had another thought. Was Gu Jun hallucinating? Everyone's S value could not be seen from their appearance …
"It's breathing …" Gu Jun was still trying to figure out what he was feeling. "The tunnel is breathing. We've awakened it."
"Hmm?" "The tunnel is breathing?" The team looked at each other. After two days of interaction, they had joked with each other many times. Now that they were downstairs, Xiao Ning scolded with a smile, "Kid, you're not a good doctor, are you?"
"No, there's really wind …" Gu Jun's heart raced because he could feel the breathing and even the heartbeat of the stones around him.
He could feel the wind as well. He said urgently, "We need to move to the side, the wind is strong!"
"Listen to Ah Jun!" Even though Xue Ba was confused, he still yelled, "Grab each other's hands and sit against the wall! Ah Jun, Huohuo, hold the stretcher at the back. Grab the stretcher and the people on the side as well. "
The team moved instantly. They followed Gu Jun to the left side of the stairs and sat down to form a human wall. Only Gu Jun and Zhang Huohuo, the two youths, held the stretcher with both hands and blocked the way.
Ten seconds passed in silence. Their hearts were taut, and their breaths were heavy from the possibility of a nightmare descending upon them.
Suddenly, every member could feel the wind through their pores. The wind … it was coming from the depths of the tunnel.
Almost at the same time, the howling wind rushed at them. It swallowed them up instantly. The strong wind scattered the team's belongings and almost lifted them off the ground. The howling wind seemed to be mixed with some kind of strange whisper. It swept past their ears. There were cries, howls, and curses …
"Everyone, hold on!" Xue Ba screamed. The veins on his body bulged. "Don't let go, don't listen to that sound!"
Other than Lin Mo, who was tied to the stretcher, everyone was using all their strength to stay where they were. They tried their best to ignore the strange and crazy sound.
But they saw it. The wind had color, and it was the color of darkness …
The wind was the flow of air. The human eye should not be able to see color. The black was not the air but a large amount of other substances mixed in the wind.
A wave of shock rose in their hearts. This was direct skin contact, and they were sucking the substances into their bodies.
"Let's not worry about that for now. Hold on! "Xue Ba shouted again, but his voice sounded so weak in the wind, like a thin layer of fog that would disappear at any moment.
At the same time, Gu Jun's head started to hurt. It was as if countless indescribable images were surging into the depths of his mind …
Strange, frenzied, and scary … This was a feeling that he had only experienced that day at the bottom of the Longkan Seabed, when he saw the rock that was half the height of a man …
"Ah …" Gu Jun could not help but scream in pain. His head felt like it was going to explode. He turned to look at the walls around him. The dark red lines were clearly moving. In fact, they were changing to form different patterns and patterns. They looked like the mysterious carvings on the rock.
It was power, a kind of life force …
He saw countless shadows in the wind.
This was because at that moment, he was not the only one who was screaming. Lou Xiaoning was whimpering like a trapped beast, and Xue Ba was still yelling, "Hold on, hold on." They were using all their strength and willpower to hold on.
However, the wind did not stop after a while. Half an hour later, it was still howling. One hour later, it was still howling.
At this point, even Xue Ba, who was the largest and had the strongest stamina, was almost destroyed by the wind. His hoarse voice could no longer move. Uncle Dan, Zhang Huohuo, and the rest were holding on with their last breath. Once this breath gave out, they would be carried away by the wind …
Darkness crept into the group's heart. Before this abnormal power, humans were so insignificant.
Suddenly, Xue Ba, Uncle Dan, and Lou Xiaoning saw … Gu Jun let go of the stretcher and stood up shakily.
The group saw with shock and confusion that even though Gu Jun was swaying, he did not collapse …
In the wind, he walked to the middle of the stairs that he was standing on. He looked down the tunnel and uttered a strange language.
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