Xia Baiyu groggily awoke, feeling something hard pressing against her behind.
She opened her eyes in confusion, but it was as if she hadn't—pitch blackness enveloped her, rendering her unable to see anything.
The darkness was utterly silent, making her faint breathing seem almost deafening.
She held her breath in terror, struggling a little, only to discover her limbs were bound behind her to something cold and hard.
Based on the sensation coming from her arms and buttocks, it was a cross-shaped metal frame.
She strained to remember what had happened before she lost consciousness.
She heard footsteps coming from the corridor behind her, turned around, and then darkness engulfed her consciousness.
She shivered and suspected that her current location might be that hidden underground chamber beneath the passageway.
Who brought me here? What is their purpose? What are they going to do to me?