Chapter 561: The Desert Trembled (2/2)

Lan noticed the sudden calm that surrounded his friend, and understood that this place held something special; however, when looking at his surroundings, black lines formed on his forehead.

How was this place any different? The dunes were very similar to those they had passed on the way, even the sand had the same color.

Even Xue Wei felt somewhat perplexed. If not for the strange feelings that had dominated his mind all the way here, he would not have been so confident of his arrival.

With furrowed brows, he began to examine the place where they had arrived, but there was truly nothing special about it.

He moved a few steps forward, but the feeling did not return. Everything had calmed down, and it felt as if the emotions he had experienced prior to this were simply his imagination.

Feeling puzzled and starting to doubt himself, Xue Wei touched the sand beneath him to see if he could get any hints.

As his palm landed on the sand, a tremor ran through the whole area. The tremor was so strong that even the dunes shook and began to collapse.

The sudden reaction took both Xue Wei and Lan by surprise. They could not help but share a glance before they put their focus on the sand beneath their feet.

There was no fear in their eyes. Instead, interest was brewing within as they finally felt that they had taken a step forward toward solving the topic that had confused them.

Xue Wei withdrew his hand, but the shaking of the ground did not diminish. Instead, it grew stronger and stronger, to the point where it could no longer be considered a tremor but an earthquake.

The land beneath their feet suddenly cracked, and the sand fell into the abyss that had formed beneath their feet. Xue Wei and Lan both retreated rapidly to observe the changes in their surroundings, but there was only one crack on the ground; the one in front of them.

The crack continued to expand, but it did not grow much in length. Instead, it grew wider until it slowly became a hole that opened up to a whole new world beneath the desert.

There was a set of stairs visible in the sand, but the hole itself was as dark as the moonless midnight sky, and it was impossible to tell what was hiding within the darkness.

Xue Wei raised an eyebrow in surprise. He had expected many things, but he had not thought that there would be an entrance to something hidden beneath the sand.

It was a dangerous choice to enter, as the world below would clearly be hard to escape from, but he was not a person who would shy away from danger. With a smirk, and a glance towards Lan, Xue Wei unhesitatingly walked to the stairs and began his descent.