The White Lotus and the Exploration Team's Harvest

The narrow space was unfavorable for the expedition team, but very advantageous for Luke.

Checking the time on his watch, he said, "Everybody, stay as close to me as possible. The ruins are going to start changing."

Everybody immediately did as he said.

There had been a lot of them earlier, but they had been separated when the ruins transformed; chances were the others were already dead.

Nobody wanted to face the black monsters alone; that was just suicide.

As soon as they gathered round, the ruins shook yet again. With a rumble, the passage that the black monsters were in rose up, while their group's side of the passage dropped, separating the two parties.

Ten seconds later, the ruins stopped moving, and everybody was now in a small space, not far from which was a triangular passage.

Everybody looked at Luke.

But his gaze was shuttered, as if he was pondering something.