On the schoolyard, buildings began sinking into the underground.
Mysterious runes appeared on the ground, forming a new defensive barrier.
This was the second line of defense!
In the darkness.
The stairs ca to an end.
Below was the first layer of the Great Tomb.
In ancient tis, this place was used to store various types of digging tools, and it was quite spacious.
The ground was covered with thick green bricks.
The walls were adorned with various stone carvings and torches that had already been prepared.
Zhang Xiaoyi, as the class monitor, took the initiative to light all the torches on the wall.
But that wasn't all.
He took out a pile of weapons and armor, neatly arranged them on the ground, and announced loudly,
"These are the equipnts Teacher Yang instructed to collect, please help yourselves, classmates."
Many people stepped forward to choose their equipnt.
Shen Ye glanced at them too.
The equipnt provided by Xi Rang was quite good, mostly at Green Level (Excellent); wearing a set of protective gear could indeed provide so protection.
Although he had Prince Norton's top-notch Undead Battle Armor, revealing it now would surely lead to many questions.
He stepped forward and picked up a set of leather armor to wear.
Guo Yunye and Zhang Xiaoyi also put on their battle armors.
Many scions of noble families did not take the communal battle armors, but instead brought out their family's own armors to wear.
Xiao ngyu now had on an extrely well-fitting and majestic silver chainmail.
Shen Ye took another glance at Nangong Sirui.
Upon this look, he froze in place.
"What's wrong?"
Xiao ngyu asked quietly from the side, already gripping the sword in her hand.
"Ha!"
Shen Ye suddenly laughed and pointed at Nangong Sirui.
"Have you lost your mind?" Nangong Sirui frowned.
"No, Xiao San, take a look at your head," Shen Ye said.
Nangong Sirui was taken aback for a mont, then quickly realized sothing and hurriedly looked up.
In his vision, multiple halos of light appeared above his head, interweaving with each other, dazzling and splendid.
"It's 'Na'."
Nangong Sirui spoke in a hoarse voice, "The Dharma Realm finally recognizes ."
Yang Yingzhen glanced at him and beca happy,
"Your 'Na' is almost taking shape, congratulations, Nangong classmate."
"Teacher, what should I do now?" Nangong Sirui was sowhat unsure.
The "Na" he had longed for day and night was finally coming!
"Your family should have explained it to you, but I'll repeat," Yang Yingzhen patiently explained, "Do not disconnect from your current surroundings, continue doing what you were just doing—"
"Think carefully, what did you do that caused this phenonon to occur."
Everyone recalled together.
"You were protecting everyone," Shen Ye said.
"Right, I was repairing the barrier, so is this the reason the Dharma Realm recognizes ?" Nangong Sirui said.
"Xi Rang High is an entrance to the Dharma Realm, by repairing barriers here, you're doing good deeds under the eyes of the Dharma Realm, of course it will earn their recognition," Xiao ngyu said.
Everyone felt sowhat happy for him.
Nangong Sirui's face bead with happiness, he pondered for a mont, and then nodded,
"I understand, as long as I continue to protect everyone, this 'Na' will gradually take shape."
"Exactly, that should be the case," Yang Yingzhen affird his view.
A dull and violent thumping sound echoed again.
That attack had returned!
Everyone fell silent and cald down.
This ti, staying underground, the sensation of those powerful shockwaves seed even more unsettling.
Dust pattered down from the ceiling.
Slowly, no one spoke anymore.
Yang Yingzhen pressed her hand against sothing on the wall that seed like a hinge, as if sensing the situation outside.
Her brow furrowed more tightly.
Nangong Sirui sat alone to one side, taking out a pill and popping it into his mouth, while he contemplated his next move as he ate.
Xiao ngyu stood with her hand on the hilt of her sword, next to Shen Ye.
Shen Ye was accustod to standing shoulder to shoulder with her—
Especially when a battle could break out at any mont.
At this ti, Zhang Xiaoyi toured around and sohow ended up in front of Shen Ye.
"Brother Ye, can you and Guo Yunye go check the supplies together?"
He seed unusually nervous, stretching his hand to point to a stone platform in the distance.
"What's the problem." Shen Ye said.
He and Guo Yun left the group and headed towards the stone platform.
Xiao ngyu followed close beside Shen Ye.
Upon reaching the platform, Guo Yun took out a stone plaque, placed it into a slot, and announced,
"This is the food storage room Teacher Yang ntioned, let's inspect the food supplies together."
Many people looked away.
At that ti, the roaring outside grew louder and louder.
Everyone tensed up, looking up above.
Taking advantage of the mont when no one was paying attention—
Guo Yunye lowered his voice and said to Shen Ye,
"Brother Ye, the headcount is off."
His face pallid and shivering, he said, "A Yi was afraid to cause a panic, so he didn't dare to ntion it, but just now everyone clearly ca down, yet now the numbers don't match."
"Are there more people, or fewer?" Shen Ye asked.
Xiao ngyu listened silently on the side, her expression already on alert.
"There should be 136 freshn, but when A Yi counted just now, he found 5 people missing!" Guo Yunye's voice was quick and urgent.
"Could it be that they didn't gather in the plaza?" Shen Ye asked.
"No, when we gathered, A Yi had count everyone. We were only missing you; as soon as you arrived, we had the full count."
"So you're saying, after entering the Great Tomb, we're short 5 people."
"Yes."
Shen Ye looked towards the crowd.
In a group of over a hundred people, missing five wasn't obvious.
So no one else knew about this and could remain calm.
Five people missing...
Where did they go?
"Did you tell Teacher Yang?" Xiao ngyu asked.
"A Yi just wanted to report to Teacher Yang, but Teacher gestured for him to keep quiet," Guo Yunye was sowhat at a loss.
The three of them looked at Yang Yingzhen.
They saw the guide with one hand on the pivot and the other forming a Hand Seal.
Rumble, rumble, rumble—
A crack opened in the green stone tiles.
A downward-extending secret passage appeared again before everyone.
"Everyone, imdiately move down!"
Yang Yingzhen called out loudly, her tone tinged with urgency.
The next mont.
Shen Ye watched helplessly as a column of light pierced the ceiling and entered the ground.
The entire world seed to lose its sound.
Everything slowed down dramatically.
An incredibly terrifying force hit them, causing everyone to float in mid-air.
Under the impact of that light column, the ground tore open layer by layer.
Shen Ye looked down.
Deep within the massive fissure—
Layer upon layer of Tombs appeared before everyone, stretching out of sight.
Screams, cries, groans, and roars slowly reached their ears.
The enormous force of the impact kept coming.
The crowd scattered, like leaves in the wind, instantly swept away and falling towards the Tombs below.
Shen Ye, at least, knew how to fly.
Under such powerful force, a large Skeleton suddenly projected a white Bone Shield, temporarily resisting the impact.
Seizing the mont, Shen Ye grabbed Xiao ngyu with one hand and reached out for Guo Yunye with the other.
Got him!
He clutched Guo Yunye by the neck but found he couldn't lift him no matter how he tried.
The kid was so heavy!
At that mont, the Bone Shield faced a massive impact and was flying off to the side, carrying him along.
Shen Ye held onto Xiao ngyu with one hand, his body bracing against the shield's drifting force, and tried to grab Guo Yunye, but he was on the brink of losing hold.
Guo Yunye was quick-witted—
His physique scattered, suddenly transforming into a Teddy dog.
Shen Ye felt his grip lighten instantly, and he snatched the Teddy by the neck, pulling it back to him.
"Brother Ye, thank you!"
The Teddy dog barked loudly.
The Bone Shield, like a solitary leaf adrift in the wind, was swiftly carried into one of the Tombs.
The strong gusting wind dissipated.
Seven or eight sword lights flashed suddenly.
Several unknown worms embedded in the rock wall were sliced into pieces and fell to the ground.
Xiao ngyu, wielding her sword, looked around and warned loudly,
"Be careful! This is the most dangerous mont, we must not let our guard down."
"What do you an?" Shen Ye asked.
"The Great Tomb... In truth, for countless years, humans have only unearthed a re surface, the deeper parts remain unreachable."
Xiao ngyu continued,
"And now, we have delved deep inside the Great Tomb."
"Even those powerful Professionals might not have reached where we are."
As she spoke, Shen Ye understood.
"Right, we need to first determine our position... otherwise, it's as if we know nothing."
The trio examined their surroundings carefully.
I saw it wrong just now—
This place did not seem to be one of the layers of the Great Tomb, but rather a recessed cave in the steep rock walls.
The cave was about seven or eight square ters in size.
Teddy scrambled in the dust, pulling out a few plastic bags.
Xiao ngyu shone her phone on them.
They turned out to be two plastic pouches of liquid nutrition, dated over a hundred years ago.
—They had stayed in this sunless place deep underground for so long that they had not decomposed until now.
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