Amid the violent shaking, it seemed as if explosives had detonated above them.
They could hear, in the distance, the relentless sound of gunfire, as if someone was continuously attacking this place. The vibrations and roars kept rising from the underground space.
Huai Shi and Liu DongLi exchanged glances, recalling that unexplored fork in the road, and ran at full speed towards the upper level.
When they reached the end of that ascending passageway, they only saw a floor littered with dead bodies.
It appeared this was the actual gathering place for the operators of the Sacrifice Stage. The spacious office was lavishly decorated, but now the magnificent columns and walls covered with bas-reliefs were splattered with blood.
One after another, corpses lay on the ground, their faces still etched with confusion, despair, and even obsequious smiles that had not yet faded.
Gunfire kept resounding from the inner layer.
The massacre was in progress.
