Left with no other choice, the group made the unanimous decision to advance.
At present, they were in a dimly illuminated narrow tunnel that led to an unknown destination. A hushed tension hung in the air as everyone mentally prepared themselves for any unforeseen circumstances. For a while, only the echoes of their cautious footsteps, racing heartbeats, and the faint whisper of moving air filled the space.
Shen Nianzu counted the time silently inside his heart. Twenty seconds… sixty… one hundred twenty…
By the two-and-a-half-minute mark, he began to sense a vivid change in his body. His limbs extended, and his perspective suddenly grew higher. With a gasp, he raised his hands and witnessed a rapid transformation happening before his eyes. The small hands of a teenager continued to grow until they became the hands he was intimately familiar with.
