After walking for an unknown amount of time, a tightly closed stone door suddenly appeared in front of us, like a silent behemoth blocking our way.

The stone gate is made of ancient and heavy boulders, and upon closer inspection, it is covered with dazzling patterns.

The writing was crooked and illegible, neither fully written nor clearly readable, leaving one completely baffled.

Between the characters are carved many strange and unusual beasts in different shapes and sizes.

One of the strange beasts resembled a bull, but had three enormous, lantern-like eyes located on its head, forehead, and chin, each emitting a ghostly green light.

Even more bizarrely, it also has two pairs of huge wings growing from its back.

Beneath the cow's body, where there should be four legs, six thick octopus tentacles extend, covered with countless suckers.

There was another strange beast with the head of a majestic lion, its mane billowing like burning flames, but a long, forked snake tongue protruded from the lion's mouth.

On the lion's body, an eagle's wing was spliced ​​together, and its tail was a huge scorpion's tail.

Luo Tianhe stared blankly at the strange patterns on the stone gate and asked me, "Old Chen, what kind of strange beasts are these?"

I stared at it for a long time, still completely baffled, and said, "It's probably from the Classic of Mountains and Seas."

"Does the Classic of Mountains and Seas contain such a thing?"

Luo Tianhe leaned closer to take a look, pushing the stone door as he did so, but the stone door seemed rooted to the spot and wouldn't budge.

"I can't open it!" he muttered.

I went up and tried to push it, but it really wouldn't budge; it seemed stuck.

"Damn it, what is Wu Zhiguo up to? This doesn't look like a magic furnace for saving people, it's like an ancient tomb!"

Luo Tianhe was cursing and swearing.