They walked through the twisting labyrinth of never-ending hallways for more than an hour before coming to a gradual standstill. In front of them was a room, or would it be more appropriate to call it a separate space?
"Is...this real...?" one of the barbarians whispered in disbelief.
"What do you see?"
"A forest! An actual forest with white trees! But...how can it be here?"
Hao Xuan heard their incredulous whispering before reading the translated meanings to figure out what was happening. He was almost at the very back and the girthy silhouettes of the Barbarians in front of him blotted out almost everything in sight.
The hallway got wider and wider until it could hold half of the barbarians standing side by side. It was only then that Hao Xuan finally saw what everyone was talking about.