Jiang Fan was the first to raise his hand. Since they were here, they definitely wanted to go in.
His adventurous heart began to pound.
Jiang Fan was never one to refuse an exploration, eager to try.
Yao thought for a moment and also raised his hand. His intuition told him it would be dangerous inside, but there were plenty of dangerous places in the wilderness, with hidden dangers lurking everywhere in the wild forests.
If he stopped at every sign of danger, he would never make progress in the wild.
Jiang Fan insisted on going in, and Yao, naturally, followed Jiang Fan’s lead.
While Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei were still hesitating, Panda had already raised its paws high, both of them.
It seemed Panda was determined to go in.
Jiang Fan chuckled.
"Raising all four legs is useless; beasts have no right to vote."
Panda was very displeased. It had actually planned to raise all four legs, counting as four votes.
However, Jiang Fan revoked its voting rights.
The viewers watching burst into laughter.
Zhou Niannian pulled Dai Xiaomei aside and whispered.
"Could there be a maze inside? The kind you can't get out of once you enter."
"Maybe there are traps too, and one wrong step leads to falling into a pit."
"There might even be ferocious Minotaurs. I've read Greek mythology; Minotaurs specifically guard mazes."
As they spoke, Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei became even more frightened.
The two women were scaring themselves, conjuring up all sorts of strange things, making their faces turn pale.
After a long wait, Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei remained hesitant.
Jiang Fan found it both exasperating and amusing. Why weren't they thinking about good things?
"How about this, we'll operate on a voluntary basis."
"If you're really scared, don't go in. Stay outside and guard this door."
Jiang Fan saw their indecision and stepped forward to speak.
Panda nodded vigorously, its expression seeming to say, "Cowards shouldn't go in."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei became unhappy.
"No, no! We can't be deserters. We must go in."
"That's right. There might be treasure inside. Don't think of cutting us out and keeping it for yourselves."
"Hmph, what demons and ghosts, they'll flee at the sight of me. I'm not afraid."
On one hand, they were provoked by Jiang Fan's words; on the other hand, they had no choice but to go in.
If they stayed outside to guard the door, the three strong fighters in the team—Jiang Fan, Yao, and Panda—would all be inside, leaving them unprotected.
Who knew what might suddenly appear in this desolate wilderness? If a tiger or a black panther showed up, it would be trouble.
With their combat strength being practically zero, even twenty of them would be useless, let alone two.
There was danger inside, but also danger outside. They might as well take a gamble and go in, what if there was treasure?
"Alright, since we're all in agreement, we'll go in together."
Jiang Fan nodded with a smile and gestured with his eyes for Yao to open the door.
Yao scraped away the moss and vines on the door with a small knife, feeling around.
The door had no handle, nor a keyhole, so he didn't know how to open it.
He could only rely on his intuition, pressing here and there on the door, hoping to trigger something miraculous.
The viewers in the livestream were also on edge, their hearts in their throats.
"How do we open this door?"
"There's a panda painted on the door. Maybe only a panda can open it."
"How is that possible? If a panda could open it, it would have done so already."
"There's probably some kind of mechanism."
"Pressing around on the door more should give us a chance to open it!"
Jiang Fan looked at Panda. Panda touched its forehead, apparently clueless about how to open the door.
Suddenly, Yao felt a strange spot on the door.
The entire door was flat, except for a peculiar indentation there.
The indentation was just large enough to fit a palm.
The edge of this palm-shaped indentation was very smooth, appearing to be man-made rather than damaged by external force.
Yao instinctively opened his palm and placed it in the indentation. He pressed down, but nothing happened.
Jiang Fan thought for a moment and made a rotating gesture to Yao.
Yao followed, rotating his palm, but still nothing happened.
Jiang Fan made a gesture in the opposite direction of rotation, and Yao did the same.
With a creak, a miracle happened.
The stone door slowly opened, revealing a dark passage behind it.
The passage was long and clearly had not been visited for a long time, emitting a scent of decay.
Jiang Fan and the others exchanged glances and entered one by one.
Jiang Fan, with his agile skills, took the lead, followed closely by the familiar Panda.
If there were any traps or mechanisms, Panda could warn him earlier.
Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei swallowed and hid behind Jiang Fan, following them in.
They were terrified, but following Jiang Fan, no matter how dangerous the situation, was better than being alone in the wilderness.
Yao was responsible for guarding the rear.
As soon as they entered, the stone door slammed shut with a rumble.
The door opened slowly but closed quite swiftly.
Yao felt around the back of the stone door. It was smooth as a mirror, with nothing on it, and naturally, the mechanism for opening it was gone.
It seemed impossible to open the door from the inside to get out, so the group had no choice but to move forward.
It was pitch dark inside, and they couldn't see their hands in front of their faces.
They couldn't see each other and could only guess each other's location by sound.
"Wow, it's so dark. Hurry up and light the torches!"
Zhou Niannian grumbled.
Jiang Fan ignored Zhou Niannian. Torches could not be lit casually in underground tunnels.
He knew that underground passages often contained decaying matter, some of which could release flammable gases like marsh gas when they rotted.
If there were any flammable gases here, and they lit a fire without knowing, wouldn't it cause an explosion?
"Everyone, don't panic. It's like a movie theater. Your eyes just need to adjust to the darkness. It will be fine in a moment. Don't wander around."
"Also, try to stay put and don't touch the walls randomly."
"I'll check the walls for any mechanisms."
Jiang Fan's eyesight was the best, and he quickly adapted to the dark environment.
He could vaguely make out the outlines of some walls.
While reassuring everyone, he took deep breaths to test if the air here could ignite a torch.
Then, he slowly felt the walls with his hands, checking for any strange mechanisms.
Fortunately, apart from slippery moss covering the walls, everything else seemed normal.
Dai Xiaomei was most afraid of the dark. The more Jiang Fan told her not to move, the more flustered she became.
After standing still for a while, she started to feel uneasy, as if something was touching her from behind, sending chills down her spine.
She needed to take a few steps to comfort her terrified heart.
As Dai Xiaomei shuffled forward, she suddenly stepped on something hard!
"Ah!!"
Dai Xiaomei screamed loudly!