The dim underground space echoed with dripping water and a steady machine hum.
The air stank of oil mixed with many foul smells.
Mingyue released a burst of qi and formed a transparent barrier around them. The stench vanished inside the barrier.
She scanned the area with sharp eyes, then frowned.
"Any idea?" she asked.
"We are surrounded by machines that use lifeforce somehow, so our normal detection methods will not work," Alex said.
He used his ability to check their surroundings.
Many possibilities ran through his mind. Their teleportation might have gone wrong again.
Something might have happened to his world.
Each guess sounded absurd, but he reminded himself, "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
He suspected that time had flowed very differently here.
The time fluctuation between the two worlds must have been forcefully synchronized when the formation was destroyed.
