Missing Person

Meng Chao dared not imagine what would have happened if he had not woken up in time. 

Would he have ended up like those poor seniors in the Ancient Ruins Research Center? They had bored into the deformed and twisted crevices without a care for the injuries they sustained. Eventually, they became monsters with torn flesh and broken bones that fused together and disappeared into the darkness forever.

Wait, he was already awake, so where were the others?

Meng Chao's heart tightened. He quickly scanned his surroundings and inhaled the cold air. 

He realized that everyone in the rescue team, including himself, was no longer where they were.

Earlier, they had been at a depth of about seventy to eighty meters below the rift.

However, in the few seconds or minutes that he had been trapped in the illusion, they had dropped to at least a hundred meters below ground.

The surrounding rock walls became increasingly deformed and shattered.