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“Grab the blood vessels… Uh, I mean the vines, and climb down!” Keeping his back to the rock, He Lingchuan edged downward along the wall. He reached out a hand and retracted it at once. “Right. Gloves first!”
The moment his bare skin brushed the stone wall, pain lanced through his palm as if it were being seared over open flame, followed by a prickling numbness.
A slick layer of slime now coated his hand.
He hurriedly dusted on some medicinal powder. White froth hissed up where it touched the skin. Only after he rinsed his palm with water from his flask did the pain ease a little.
That slime was acidic and poisonous; whatever it was, it was definitely not friendly to humans.
Patrolmen always carried gloves when on assignment; they were standard issue. Everyone put theirs on, and this time their hands were fine as they grabbed the “vines” and descended.
The squad slid down the wall for more than three meters before realizing they were standing inside a massive cavern. At the bottom of which lay a murky, viscous pool.
Every so often, a bubble would break the surface. A single look was all it took to tell you the liquid down there was trouble.
Willow said suddenly, “Look in the pool!”
She leaned out as far as she dared and stretched the bundle of glowgrass toward the water. In its light, they saw...
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