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"We're buried in the mountains right now. It'll take a long time for outsiders to dig us in."

San Tai shrugged, his expression innocent: "In other words, we're all in the same boat now."

Although they couldn't see what was happening outside, Santai figured that if this tunnel collapsed, the entire tunnel would collapse as well.

Go ahead and dig the 63-kilometer-long tunnel.

"Who's a grasshopper to you?" Long Ao sneered, his blood and qi surging uncontrollably once again.

Seeing this, Chen Guan casually shared his treatment with them.

As his skill in creation and regeneration increases, he can now heal people remotely.

"Tsk, what an inflexible brat." Santai shook his head, seemingly feeling somewhat helpless about his stubbornness.

She ignored Long Ao and, in a flash, appeared atop the blue brick and tile roof.

An Changqing and Long Ao were on edge.

San Tai casually sat down on it, her two long legs swinging gently in the air. Then she took a lollipop out of her trench coat pocket, tore open the wrapper, and put it in her mouth.

"..."

"..."

An Changqing and Long Ao were both stunned.

This art style is off.

One second they were mortal enemies, the next they were sitting there eating candy.

This person is too arrogant!

[Three stations: We're tired, time for a halftime break. Let's grab a candy to replenish our energy.]

[The most lax person, who doesn't run away even after doing something wrong, and doesn't care if the things she stole fall into the ground; the person with the worst professional ethics in the world.]

[Brother Coffin, quickly ambush her while she's eating candy!]

Chen Guan's eye twitched. He wasn't going to fall for the tricks of the bullet comments; he'd die if he tried.

This woman exudes an eerie aura from head to toe.

The way she's acting now is clearly saying, "I'm too lazy to play with you guys anymore."

Anyone who actually believed she was completely unsuspecting would be a fool.

"Hey, you kid with the sword."

With a candy in her mouth, San Tai's voice was a little muffled. She pointed to the dome and asked, "Isn't your Huaqing Academy's library supposed to have everything? Do you recognize this thing?"

An Changqing was taken aback, not expecting her to ask that.

He frowned and, following the direction of the three fingers, carefully examined the buildings once more.

The green tiles, brackets, and unique mortise and tenon structure all exude a strong ancient style, but he couldn't tell which dynasty it belonged to at all.

There was nothing he could do; he only knew the content in the textbooks and was completely ignorant of any extracurricular knowledge.

"I don't recognize it." An Changqing finally shook his head and answered truthfully, "This type of building is not recorded in any known historical documents."

"Oh?" San Tai's eyes lit up even more upon hearing this. "No record of it? That means we might have discovered something extraordinary?"

Her tone was full of excitement, just like a child about to unpack a new toy.

"Anyway, our problem now is how to get out of this godforsaken place."

San Tai shrugged, the lollipop in his mouth dangling: "And, figure out what exactly is that thing above our heads."

After she finished speaking, she stopped looking at the people on the ground, turned around, and walked towards the large hole in the dome.

There, a section of collapsed wall formed a ramp leading upwards.

"I'll go up and take a look. You guys do as you please."

With those words, she vanished into the dark entrance to the palace in a few leaps.

Inside the tunnel, only three students from Huaqing College and a few trembling bodyguards remained.

"What should we do?" Long Ao looked at An Changqing, waiting for him to make a decision.

Compared to his unfamiliar colleague from Santai, with whom he had just been fighting, he naturally trusted An Changqing more.

An Changqing remained silent for a moment. He glanced at the bottomless ravine and then at the eerie blue tiles above his head.

Finally, his gaze fell on the coffin.

"Chen Guan, how are you?"

"She's out of danger."

Chen Guan answered truthfully, and then took out a new set of clothes for himself to wear. As for the old clothes? He threw them away.

"Let's follow them." An Changqing made the decision, his voice leaving no room for argument.

"Follow her? Follow that crazy woman?" Long Ao's eyes widened.

"What else can we do?" An Changqing asked, looking troubled. "Stay here and wait for outsiders to dig this mountain open?"

Most importantly, he was genuinely afraid that Santai would cause some major disturbance, leading to a secondary collapse, in which case staying here would be tantamount to waiting to die.

Chen Guan's leopard can only move short distances; it has no way to move people away over long distances.

As for having Chen Guan hide the person in Leopard's alternate dimension... An Changqing knew without asking that the other party would definitely not be willing.

Because the coffin was inside, An Changqing was afraid that if he made this request, he would be kicked out by the other party.

He pointed to the ceiling: "Whatever's up there, right now, that's the only thing we can do."

Long Ao opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a rebuttal.

Yes, it's the only way out.

Chen Guan nodded in agreement.

He also wanted to see what the origins of this ancient temple buried in the mountain were.

Even if An Changqing and the others don't go, he will still go.

The three reached a consensus. An Changqing reassured the survivors, telling them to hide and wait for rescue.

Then, the three of them followed the collapsed slope toward the dark palace.

The lights in the tunnel had been completely turned off, and flames burst forth from Long Ao's palm, illuminating the rugged path beneath his feet.

The higher you go, the fainter the smell of dust in the air becomes, replaced by a scent similar to sandalwood.

After walking several dozen steps, the view suddenly opened up, and they arrived at the entrance of a magnificent hall.

Underfoot are smooth bluestone slabs, and looking up, you see a huge palace roof that is tens of meters high, supported by giant pillars that require several people to hug.

The giant pillars are carved with intricate patterns that resemble birds and beasts, yet they are unlike any known totem.

"This place must be thousands of years old," Long Ao murmured to himself, looking at the scene before him.

Every brick and every pillar here exudes a heavy sense of history, so oppressive that it's hard to breathe.

It's hard to believe that such an ancient building is still so well preserved.

An Changqing remained silent. He cautiously surveyed his surroundings, his longsword held horizontally in front of his chest, the tip slightly lowered, ready to respond to any unforeseen events.

Chen Guan's attention was completely drawn to the darkness deep within the main hall.

His senses told him that there was something there.

"Hey, you're up here."

The voices of the three people came from the side.

She was leaning against a huge stone pillar, watching the three of them with a leisurely air. She had finished her lollipop, leaving only a bare plastic stick spinning between her fingers.

"Looks like you guys aren't too stupid after all." She smiled.

Long Ao's face darkened when he saw her smiling face.

An Changqing looked at the three platforms, his voice calm: "Since you've come in first, have you discovered anything?"

He lowered his stance.

In this bizarre environment, going head-to-head with an unfathomable and powerful figure is the stupidest choice.

San Tai raised an eyebrow, noticing the change in his tone, straightened up, and patted non-existent dust off his trench coat: "Of course there is."