"We shouldn't waste any more time. We need to find an exit quickly, or we'll all die here."
Hearing Jiang Fan's words, Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei immediately put on their small gloves.
They clearly wanted to help Jiang Fan, but their efforts seemed to lack efficiency, and Jiang Fan didn't feel any lighter because of them.
Fortunately, Gun Gun and Yao were nearby. The two of them were quite fast, quickly shoveling one pile of sand to another side.
The most important thing now was to find clues underground, not to actually clear away all the flying sand and stones.
If they forcefully opened this large door, they might be ambushed by the dragon. Therefore, they didn't consider how to open the door and remove the sand.
A group of people, along with Gun Gun, frantically cleared the ground, piling all the sand into a small hill.
The floor soon revealed its original texture, but it wasn't as everyone present had imagined. Although the sand had been cleared to reveal the original appearance due to their actions, it seemed to be of no use.
The floor had nothing peculiar about it. It was merely a mosaic of golden-like bricks pieced together, with no discernible difference across the entire area.
"There are no clues here either. Could we have been working for nothing?"
Zhou Niannian, seeing the full extent of the floor, couldn't help but voice her doubt.
But her doubt was perfectly valid, as it was indeed as she had imagined: the floor held no clues.
Both Jiang Fan and Yao, upon seeing the floor, sighed helplessly.
"No, it seems the clues aren't on the floor. We'll have to find another way to escape this place."
"However, everyone is quite tired now. Let's sit down and rest for a while. We can't possibly expend all our energy here. We still need to eat when it's time."
Although Jiang Fan didn't want to stay too long and deplete their rations, if their energy was exhausted due to their actions, they had to eat something to compensate.
Otherwise, not only Jiang Fan, but also his companions would be exhausted and collapse midway.
If they encountered monsters and needed to escape, the support of this energy would be crucial.
Fortunately, Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei had eaten enough food earlier, or they would have likely been chased and eaten by monsters long ago.
Upon hearing Jiang Fan's words, Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei huddled closer, looking at Jiang Fan with anticipation.
Gun Gun, seemingly hungry as well, joined the two girls.
Yao, on the other hand, was more composed. He sat aside with his eyes closed, meditating, quietly waiting for the others to finish with their rations.
"Yao, come and eat something, drink some water, and let's rest here properly before figuring out how to get out."
Upon hearing this, Yao slowly opened his eyes and took the dinosaur meat from Jiang Fan's hand.
"This place is like a dead end. Although a powerful mechanism sent us up, we don't know if this is truly the place for us to pass."
"Could it be that the place to pass is outside, and the stone pillar array we encountered earlier is highly suspicious?"
Yao thought the same as Jiang Fan. Neither of them wanted to sit and wait for death here. They wanted to quickly find a way to leave.
Hearing Yao's words, Jiang Fan slowly sat down.
"I can't say for sure right now. All four sides are square and rectangular, and I can't find any clues."
"We've already uncovered the yellow sand on the ground, and there are no clues in any corner."
"And looking at it this way, it seems this yellow sand has nothing to do with any clues."
Yao nodded helplessly upon hearing this.
Since they hadn't found any clues all day, everyone was quite exhausted. Even after eating, Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei couldn't help but fall asleep.
Gun Gun served as a pillow for the two girls.
Although covered in bloodstains, they had become somewhat cleaner after Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei's efforts.
The two of them used Gun Gun's body as a pillow to lean on and rest a little.
Clearly, Gun Gun also greeted Yao and Jiang Fan, offering its body for them to lean on and sleep, but Jiang Fan and Yao quickly refused.
Their resting conditions were very casual.
They simply sat on the ground, closed their eyes, tightly gripped their weapons in case of sudden danger, and began to rest.
Even so, they could fall asleep with ease.
Seeing how formidable the two were, Gun Gun followed their actions to rest.
However, it soon discovered that resting in this seated position was uncomfortable and unfamiliar. After just a few minutes, its head leaned against the wall with its arms spread out.
As soon as it sat like this, it began to snore.
Jiang Fan and Yao could feel its deafening snores, but they were not disturbed by it.
This was because everyone was too exhausted to pay attention to the snoring, and the same was true for Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei.
However, just as Jiang Fan thought he could get some good rest, he heard a sound of yellow sand falling nearby.
Judging by the direction of the sound, the falling sand was definitely not coming from the pile of earth.
After a moment of assessment, Jiang Fan quickly opened his eyes.
He focused his gaze in the direction where the sand had fallen.
Indeed, the yellow sand on that section of the wall was continuously falling off.
Under normal circumstances, such a scene would not be unusual, but Jiang Fan felt something was amiss.
"If the yellow sand on the floor was useless, could the clues be covered by this sand on the wall?"
As Jiang Fan murmured these words, his pupils suddenly dilated. Yao also opened his eyes instantly.
"I think it's very likely to be as you say."