The girl had just finished complaining when I felt another tremor beneath my feet, this time even more violent and sudden than before.

The ground in the center of the sinking compass chamber suddenly collapsed, and I quickly pulled the girl back a step to the side.

With a loud crash, it was as if the house had collapsed, with the sound of falling rubble everywhere and a cloud of dust rising up.

This feeling is like when we were in Mr. He's hotel, and in his memory, we saw those management buildings and the surrounding roads collapse almost simultaneously.

It was almost equally shocking and breathtaking.

But after Mr. He's house collapsed, we went to another place.

I protected my vital points, and finally, when I could see a little better, I realized that the scenery around us hadn't changed much this time.

It seems to be the same narrow piece of land, the only difference being that there are more gravel and debris on it.

Upon closer inspection, I realized that these stone fragments seemed to have been transported from a very distant place, and they still retained a bit of their earthy smell.

These don't look like items from this place at all.

Upon seeing this, Yiyi also took a step back, her brows furrowed.

"Master, are we still inside the Compass Chamber? I feel like we've already left!"

Lei Jijian's voice came through, his tone full of questions.

I simply gave him a few perfunctory replies. Where he was, Lei Jijian didn't know, so how could I possibly know?

Without much thought, Lei Jijian immediately floated over and rummaged through all the rock fragments.

I was about to tell him to stop wasting his time, but the next second, Lei Jijian screamed, and when I looked over, he had actually found something!

I noticed that among the rubble that had been removed, there was a dark hole!

I examined the opening carefully; it was just the right size for the two of us to go in. Inside, it was pitch black.

Yiyi also took a step forward, but the entrance to the cave seemed to be very slippery. Yiyi lost her footing and almost slipped into it!

I quickly grabbed the girl, but the opening seemed to have a suction force, and we were about to slide down together!

In my panic, I grabbed the leg of a stone chair to try and steady myself.

And it was with this grab that the stone chair, which had seemed quite stable just moments before, suddenly began to slide.

No way, this thing looked very sturdy to me just now!

Why does this thing start to become slippery as soon as I touch it?

Without the slightest hesitation, I quickly grabbed the girl up again with all my might, but the stone chair, along with the girl herself, seemed to become slippery at that moment, as if the ground beneath her feet was covered in foam.

Let's guess that this thing is likely to make our feet slippery, and it started the moment the girl stepped into the hole!

I shouted "Lightning Strike Sword" in my mind, and at that moment, the Lightning Strike Sword quickly appeared behind me, stopped at the chair, and unleashed the light from within its body.

And just then, as if struck by some kind of impact, the chair suddenly stood still again.

It was with the help of this force that I was finally able to pull the girl up.

Yiyi stood there, nodding at me as if she had survived a disaster; she was speechless.

Then I shone the flashlight that Lao Liu had given me on the hole, and what I saw there shocked me even more.

Inside, the steps were paved with gold bricks!

It extends downwards, and looking down from these steps, the outline of another room seems to appear at the end.

The girl quickly peeked over, and when she saw the palace at the end, she was completely stunned.

She stood there stunned for a long time before I moved my lips slightly, as if I still had something to say.

"This... seems to be inside the manor..."

When I heard her say that, my mind raced, and then I looked inside again.

I was completely dumbfounded!

This does indeed seem somewhat similar to the layout of the girl's bedroom and some rooms in the manor!

It's not just that they're somewhat similar; looking at this scene, it seems to be almost exactly the same as the room in the manor where I had just fused with the Dragon Scale Claw and encountered the left and right guardians barging in!

I was completely dumbfounded when I saw this.

Just then, Yiyi grabbed my arm tightly.

I could sense that the fear in her heart was very deep.

After all, this is the seabed, Zhou Qiliang, and this is just a well in the manor.

Entering from there, one can even see the houses inside the manor from within this deep compass house, at the boundary between the shallow and deep layers.

This is absolutely outrageous!

If I were a teenage girl, I would probably be quite devastated at this point.

I glanced at Yiyi. At this moment, her eyes were mainly filled with panic, but I also caught a hint of hesitation in them.

Could it be that she really wants to go down and take a look?

Or perhaps... it's because we've been trapped by this contract with the Blue Armor for too long, and the girl wants to get rid of it as soon as possible.

If she were to return to the manor, to her base of operations, I think the girl might actually have the opportunity or means to terminate the contract.

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