"Danger? What danger?" Egg Dragon asked.
Chu Feng turned around and closed the stone gate.
Then he looked at Xiao Yuer and the others.
"Just now, outside, I sensed someone watching us."
"Their gaze was very covert, observing from an extremely far distance."
"So I believe that there are other beings in this world besides us, and that their strength should be quite formidable."
"And whoever left this writing must have also sensed that presence, sensed the hidden danger. That's why they didn't crack open this ruin—they simply left these words and departed."
Chu Feng explained to the group.
"So, Big Brother, you were secretly asking Sister just now?" Xiao Yuer asked.
"That's right," Chu Feng confirmed.
"No wonder she said she'd keep us safe. Looks like she sensed it too," Xiao Yuer said.
"Perhaps she even knows exactly who that presence is," Xianhai Shaoyu guessed.
"Then it seems like what's here is no simple matter. There's, there's, there's someone eyeing it hungrily."
"Brother, what do you, what do you, what do you think?"
"Do we bail, or do we go for it?" Wang Qiang looked to Chu Feng.
"We go for it," Chu Feng said.
Since they were already here, there was no other choice. It wasn't a matter of trusting the red-haired woman—if they didn't follow the requirements, she might not let them go either.
"Then let's freaking do it!" Wang Qiang immediately rallied.
The others also voiced their agreement.
"So the question is—how, how, how do we do it?" Wang Qiang suddenly asked.
Normally there would be instructions, but ever since they stepped inside, they hadn't received any.
Chu Feng walked directly up to one of the stone gates and placed his hand on it. Immediately, he sensed the formation respond.
Chu Feng communicated with the formation.
Then, two words appeared on that gate: Chu Feng.
"Place your hand on it, and the formation will communicate with you," Chu Feng called back.
Wang Qiang and the others heard this and prepared to act.
Right at that moment, the pillar at the center of the great hall began to spin, and simultaneously, a wisp of light darted rapidly among the symbols.
In truth, the wisp of light had been aimed at Chu Feng's gate all along. The reason it kept shifting was because the pillar was rotating so quickly.
At the same time, the color of the light was constantly changing—cycling back and forth between white, green, blue, purple, and gold, five colors in total.
When the pillar stopped spinning, the light finally settled on white. It then transformed into a beam and shot toward Chu Feng's gate.
In an instant, four large characters appeared on Chu Feng's gate, condensed from white light.
Gate of Resources.
Staring at those four words, everyone was puzzled.
Just then, a being of light descended from the ceiling of the great hall and landed beside the pillar.
All that could be seen was a humanoid outline—no facial features, no way to tell male from female.
Even the voice was impossible to identify as belonging to a man or a woman.
"Gate of Resources. Enter, pass the examination, and you shall receive corresponding resources."
"But bad luck—this is the poorest resource this hall has to offer."
As soon as the words fell, the being of light vanished.
"The poorest resource? Is my luck really that bad?" Chu Feng was somewhat exasperated.
"Brother, it seems like, it seems like, it seems like it is," Wang Qiang nodded.
And at that very moment, the stone gate swung open. Before Chu Feng could even react, he was pulled inside.
……
"Looks like those rune symbols represent different challenges or rewards," Long Chengyu said.
"Most likely," Long Muxi agreed, nodding.
"Holy crap, my brother's luck has always been unbeatable. If even he got a bad one, doesn't that mean we're probably screwed too?"
Wang Qiang's jaw hung open, a sense of dread washing over him.
"Indeed," Xianhai Shaoyu agreed.
"Well, no, no, no point worrying about it now. We're already here, so let's test our luck!"
"Sigh—how about we all go together and see who gets the better deal." With that, Wang Qiang walked up to one of the stone gates.
"Sure," Xianhai Shaoyu responded, and one by one, the rest each picked a gate.