Chapter 93 - Stone Slab Above (1/2)
Chapter 93: Stone Slab Above
Translator: Lonelytree Editor: Lonelytree
The Demon Hunters advanced up the spiral staircase for the past twenty-four hours with occasional breaks They took shi+fts to rest as they slowly approached the surface There were still quite a lot of MREs, but clean water had run out about eleven hours ago The team had started to resort to the water the eries Naturally, this ca risk, but the sole consolation was that if the water was in any way contaminated, they would have been infected already without the need to ingest it The tea Lin Mo up on the stretcher; Lou Xiaoning insisted on walking on her own, although she was still not peruns or others weapon
The closer they got to the surface, the narrower the space around them became Eventually, the space between the wall and the staircase was less than a h a beast’s so ca underneath their feet Everyone could even hear a sound akin to the creaking of old wooden staircase This did not appear to be fully made up in their minds because the dark red pattern on the stone steps and as receding In its place were spidery cracks Obviously, the energy of life in the stone ilting as the place appeared like it could crue eons, even death may die’ Gu Jun was re, perishi+ng When they were still about one hundred meters from the surface, the morale of the team was the lowest it had been This was because everyone’s stay had been almost coues were dry, and their lips were chapped And the blasted steps underneath their feet were still spiraling up endlessly This was an agitation caused by biological disco one’s determination, the mind had to succumb to the body The Demon Hunter was a Special Mobile Force fro an abnormal space like this, a hurdle that tested one’s her they went, the ht at that h the night vision binoculars, Xue Ba saw that their way up was blocked So had cut into the steps, but…
“Ah Jun, take a look at this” Xue Ba studied it for a while before handing the binoculars to Gu Jun by his side Gu Jun accepted them and locked his eyes behind the binoculars At the end of the spiral staircase was a narrow platfor up Less than one , but in the ht above the platform, an inconspicuous stone slab was embedded The underbelly of the stone slab was covered in strange patterns They looked like hand flowers
Gu Jun was suddenly reminded of Pedra’s hometown—Sars, the ho the scenic view of Sars But the more he looked at it, the more his heart beat out of pace Visions of incorporeality appeared at the corner of his eyes
‘There is soer my illusions?’
Gu Jun focused harder, but the feeling did not deepen If anything, the confusion in his e, no lock, nothing else at the bottoap between it and the ceiling that it was attached to on all four sides It appeared like it had been designed so that it could be pulled or pushed open Perhaps they could push it open from below and reach the surface
“Captain Xue, I did not discover anything too out of place” Gu Jun handed the binoculars back to Xue Ba “But I have a feeling that is the exit”
Xue Ba nodded and passed the binoculars to the rest Soon, everyone understood as going on If they wanted to leave, they needed to get rid of the stone slab Perhaps they could blow it up with C4 or the rocket missile?
“That won’t work” Once Lin Mo heard that, he rejected it in of the parasite infection “It is too close to the stairs! No matter how contained the blast it, the aftershock will affect the stairs, and the rocks will slide If the stone staircase cruree with Lin Mo” The others could see the fragility of the stone around them They eaker than dried branches
“Then we should go up to take a look” Xue Ba led the assault teaht below the platform By then, they could reach out the touch the stone slab At that place, the feeling of vertigo intensified, and the cracks on the stone becah the cracks
They used their gun barrels to poke through the platform and pushed hard at the stone slab above them It did not move They tried different pressure points The left side shi+fted the most It appeared like the stone slab could only be opened from the left side
“How about we use our hands to push against it?” Xue Ba suggested They would be able to applyleft other than souns, ammo, water, food, and medical tools There was no other device to help in this situation The most banal as also the most effective in this situation Two of the assault teauard while the other five faced the left of the platform and reached out to find purchase on the bottom of the stone slab
“Three, two, one, push!+”
As they pushed with all their ht, the faces of the five men were red from effort