As Yun Meng moved forward, torches on either side lit up.
Yun Meng stepped on a stone slab ahead.
With a sound:
"Crack......"
The stone slab beneath Yun Meng's feet slowly lowered.
Yun Meng immediately unleashed his true qi.
The stone wall ahead suddenly slid backward, revealing a device for launching heavy crossbow bolts.
Several heavy crossbows were drawn and fired.
"Swoosh....swoosh....swoosh...." Several heavy bolts were shot out.
Yun Meng did not flee, but instead blocked the bolts with his true qi.
As the heavy crossbow bolts were about to hit the group, they were shattered by Yun Meng's true qi. This was Yun Meng's strength.
The crossbows continued to fire bolts, but Yun Meng waited until the bolts were close and shattered them, then he walked to the stone slab of the heavy crossbows. With one palm, he smashed the slab.
"As expected of the leader of District Thirteen, he truly has extraordinary abilities," Chen Fan said.
"What do you mean?" Bai Lin, who was behind Chen Fan, was confused by Chen Fan's praise for Yun Meng.
Chen Fan explained.
"Normally, when encountering such a crossbow trap, one would directly extend their true qi to smash it. This method consumes too much true qi, and in this ancient tomb, where dangers lurk everywhere, one must make thorough preparations. Yun Meng's approach is to only use brief bursts of true qi to block a few attacks. These short releases of true qi are like nothing to him, a Golden Core cultivator, in terms of absorption."
Bai Lin nodded as if she understood, and still held Chen Fan's hand, following the main group.
Within the tomb passage, which was already narrow, only one person could move at a time.
Those behind could not see Bai Lin holding Chen Fan's hand.
As Chen Fan had predicted, before long, the heavy crossbow stone slabs became more numerous, and Yun Meng continued to use the same method again and again.
After several hours, they still had not exited the tomb passage.
"This tomb passage is too long," a member of District Thirteen from the rear complained.
Bai Lin was also exhausted, while Chen Fan looked relaxed.
"Aren't you tired? Then carry me." Bai Lin looked at Chen Fan, who showed no signs of fatigue, while many armed men in high-tech armor behind her began to complain.
Seeing the situation, Yun Meng instructed everyone to rest by the wall for ten minutes.
"Something is wrong with this tomb passage!" Bai Lin spoke first.
Yun Meng, at the front of the group, turned back with mild interest and called out, "Oh? What is wrong?"
"We've been going in circles. This is a super figure-eight corridor designed to trap people inside! But in this confined space, we haven't felt any significant turns!"
Upon hearing Bai Lin's words, Yun Meng also frowned, as he knew that Bai Lin would never lie in such a critical situation. This was the trust District Thirteen had in its own people. Although they might curse each other privately or openly, or have bad relationships, District Thirteen was truly united in times of crisis. However, this was only true for the senior management.
Chen Fan had already known all of this. He just wanted to see how strong the endurance of the people of District Thirteen was, or how intelligent Yun Meng was.
He feared that if Bai Lin hadn't come down this time, Yun Meng would truly be trapped here.
"Bai Lin, do you have any solutions?" Yun Meng, at the forefront of the group, asked.
A few seconds later, Bai Lin's voice came through.
After all, the tunnel was too long and there were too many people. Chen Fan and the others were only in the middle of the group.
Bai Lin had no cultivation, and everything she heard was transmitted to her by Chen Fan.
Yun Meng, with his peak Golden Core cultivation, had much better hearing than ordinary people.
"Fortunately, we brought many people this time. Order everyone to spread out in a line, maintaining a distance of about three meters between each person!" Bai Lin's voice came through.
Hearing Bai Lin's reply.
Yun Meng did not hesitate and immediately used the roar of a Golden Core cultivator.
"Everyone spread out in a line, maintain a distance of about three meters between each person, and move quickly!"
This command spread throughout the entire group, reaching the ears of the Golden Core cultivators at the rear.
Hearing their leader's command, everyone maintained their formation and began to spread out one after another.
"Bai Lin, you're quite clever," Chen Fan said, pleased that Bai Lin had quickly found the solution.
"Hmph... I'm not some foolishly cute type. I'm the number one secretary of District Thirteen, how could I be incompetent?"
Hearing Bai Lin's reply.
"That's right. You are the number one secretary of District Thirteen," Chen Fan teased.
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As the team spread out, Yun Meng finally noticed a familiar figure ahead.
"What the heck??? We really were going in circles???" Yun Meng saw a Golden Core cultivator who was supposed to be at the back of the group. Since they had brought many people this time, a large portion of the group ahead had not yet spread out.
Yun Meng quickly reacted, "Everyone stop! Carefully search the surroundings for any usable mechanisms!"
Yun Meng's command was effective again, and everyone began to feel along the walls.
As time passed, due to the large number of people, it took less than a quarter of an hour to discover the secret mechanism.
With the mechanism pressed.
"Click...." another sound.
The entire tomb passage emitted.
A "hum....." of movement.
And then, in front of one of the team members, a new tomb passage leading downwards appeared.