Chapter 532
Blue lightning suddenly flashed across the night sky . With a rumble, there was a slight delay before the thunder reached the people on the ground .
The land was covered in darkness as there was no moonlight . Withered trees spread out their dried branches as they stood on the cracked ground, while cold wind picked up the fallen leaves and dregs with crisp sounds .
A few men in coarse blackish-gray clothes were making their way forward with difficulty on the cracked ground . They were of an assortment of height and sizes, and left footsteps of different depth on the ground .
"We're almost there! Hang in there, everyone!" The skinny man in the lead panted heavily . He took a water bottle which hung from his belt and gulped down mouthfuls of water .
"F*ck this weather! Thunder and strong winds, yet it just won't rain . " The skinny man cursed .
"Ah Jin . Are you sure it's here? Why am I getting the feeling that something's off here?" The muscular man Chen Li, who had worked as a bailiff for the government's office before this, was hesitant when he saw this peculiar-looking ground .
The others were already having this thought long ago . However, they kept it to themselves all this while . It was only now that someone spoke up about this .
The skinny man Ah Jin chuckled .
"I know . When I first fled to this place, I was also scared out of my wits . It was only when it occurred a few more times and nothing happened that I thought that my chance to make it big has come!"
"After the Devil Disaster, the lands around here turned fertile . This is the only thing that remained unchanged . Perhaps there are bad things here . If we bump into them, maybe we'll all be…" A young man among the group whose face was slightly pale could not help but wonder out loud .
"Save your bullsh*t! I've come to this place more than ten times! If you try to jinx us again, I'll kill you!" When Ah Jin saw that even the young man dared to question him and even said that they might end up being affected by bad luck, he was immediately infuriated .
The others also looked at the young man with unfriendly expressions . He could have spoken about good omens, yet he chose to say that . Was he not trying to curse them?
The young man also knew that he had said something bad . He quickly lowered his head, and dared not make another sound .
"That's enough . Let's move on . " Ah Jin continued to lead the way . The others followed closely behind him .
The group continued onward on the cracked ground . After walking for an hour, Ah Jin finally found the largest crack in the area . He walked up to it, bent his back, and went into it .
The crack was more than a meter wide . It was pitch-black, and its bottom could not be seen .
The stone walls of the crack were lined with wooden piles fixed with thick nails . They were wedged into the hard earth . The wooden piles appeared like stairs that were arranged there, continuing downward .
"Quick! Come in! Quickly!" Half of Ah Jin's body had disappeared into the crack when he quickly called out to the others .
"One of you stay outside and keep watch . The others, come follow me!" he ordered . "If you want to make it big, it's now or never!"
The others had no other choice . They had no other way to turn to, and that was why they came here to try and make a fortune . When they heard these words, their eyes turned bloodshot, and they rubbed their palms together . When Ah Jin descended, the others lined up and went into the crack as well .
"You stay here and wait . When the older brothers have dug out everything, we'll give you some!" A fat man patted the shoulder of the cowardly young man and left him on the surface of the ground .
"I…" The young man wanted to say something, but stopped mid-sentence . However, when he saw the eager expressions of the others, he immediately felt intimidated, and could only nod helplessly .
The group quickly went down the crack . Ah Jin held up a lamp, and was already standing on level ground inside the crack .
This crack was more than 100 meters deep . There was a bronze-colored underground pathway which was connected to it . The right side of the path was a big and tall rock door .
The rock door was huge, as much as seven to eight meters big . In the light of the yellow oil lamp, countless ancient yet detailed patterns could be seen .
These patterns seemed to have come to life under the flickering of the lamp's light . They contorted and wriggled .
"Don't look at those patterns, look at the bottom!" Ah Jin hastily ordered them .
The others quickly averted their gaze, looking in the direction which Ah Jin pointed .
What they saw were several black cracks that were as wide as fingers under the stone door . A huge number of spiderweb-like cracks spread everywhere from the cracks .
Ah Jin whistled and quickly lunged . He inserted his fingers into the cracks and pulled .
"Clack . " A rock slab was pulled down from the door by him . The other side of the slab was coated in a brilliant gold .
"It's gold!" The cowardice the group of men felt before this instantly vanished under the temptation of the gold . They were quickly filled with greed as they lunged forward .
They quickly pulled down slabs after slabs of rock from the door . On the back of every slab was a thick layer of gold .
"We're rich! We're rich! Hahaha!"
"We've done it this time!"
"I can change my fortune! I can finally change my fortune!"
The others, Ah Jin included, removed the rock slabs in a frenzy . The crack on the stone door gradually grew larger and longer under the work of the group of people .
The fat man suddenly realized something . He looked at the mysterious patterns on the rock slab in his hands with some worry, and said, "This place… Could it be that we've stumbled upon some ancient ruins that sealed a monster?" Find authorized novels in Webnovel,faster updates, better experience,Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .
"You're overthinking it . Those ancient ruins that sealed monsters and whatnot are all protected by layers of formations . If ordinary men like us could break the seals, those monsters would've broken free of their own accord already," said Ah Jin nonchalantly .
"That's true . "
The few of them suppressed their uneasiness, and continued to remove the rock slabs in a frenzied manner .
Behind the rock door .
With the removing of the rock slabs, the crack grew larger . Within the darkness, a gray mist that floated in the air gradually churned . The frequency at which it moved increased…
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