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Thud, thud thud...
In the darkness, a succession of faint noises kept coming, Lin Ge asked in a low voice, but received no response, so he asked again.
"Did you hear that?"
Behind him, there was still complete silence. Only then did he notice that the footsteps behind him had at some point disappeared. After Baigu turned the corner ahead, the unique bone-clashing sound of his walk had vanished as well.
Lin Ge turned sharply around to a swath of darkness; Seria, Lanya, and Dilu's figures had all vanished.
The faint knocking sounds in the darkness grew louder, and Lin Ge's brow furrowed as he realized something was very wrong, and he had likely inadvertently fallen into someone else's trap.
He heightened his vigilance, watching the surrounding darkness closely.
Soon, the knocking sounds from the darkness got louder and louder until it resembled the roar of some great beast.