The two of them agreed to let Julius walk in front.
Julius did not drag his feet. He held the torch and crawled into the tunnel.
After he went in, Rei climbed in as well.
The two of them walked with their heads and feet close to each other as they moved deeper into the tunnel.
After entering the tunnel, Julius found that the tunnel was not as narrow as he thought. It was just that the entrance was small. After crawling for a while, the tunnel widened, allowing Rei to crawl with him.
The two of them could even crawl forward with their upper bodies straight. However, it was inconvenient for them to move in such a position, so they continued to use their hands and feet to move faster.
The tunnel was not straight ahead. After crawling for a while, there might be a downward slope, or there might be a left or right turn.
After entering the tunnel for a while, there was a strange noise around them. It sounded like metal rubbing against each other.
"Did you hear that?" Julius asked Rei beside him.
Rei raised her finger and placed it in front of her mouth, signaling Julius to shut up. He obediently kept his mouth shut.
Rei leaned her head against the side of the tunnel and listened. After a while, she whispered to Julius, "We are in a big space."
Her voice was so soft that Julius almost did not hear it clearly.
After hearing Rei's words, he frowned.
He and Rei were clearly in a narrow tunnel. Why did she say that they were in a big space?
A place like this was completely not fated to be big.
Rei would not joke with him at a time like this, so why did she say that?
"Are you talking about where we are now?" Julius asked in a low voice.
Rei nodded and did not reply to Julius.
She continued to crawl forward, and Julius hurriedly followed.
After crawling for a while, Julius felt a wind blowing from the front.
How could there be wind in a place like this?
He felt strange, but Rei did not say anything. He could only remain silent and continue to crawl forward with her.
More and more strange things happened, and his uneasiness grew stronger.
Rei stopped and reached out to block Julius.
She stretched out her hand and pointed forward, indicating for Julius to look ahead.
Julius saw that there was a gap in front of him. It seemed that he could jump down from the pipe.
The wind should have come from there, but Julius not only heard the sound of the wind, but also the sound of human voices.
It sounded like someone was talking. It sounded like something Julius and Ray could understand, but they just couldn't hear it clearly.
Hearing people's voices in such a place did not make anyone happy at all.
At this moment, both Rei and Julius were thinking about the same thing. If there were really people down there, would they be friendly or malicious?
None of them dared to gamble on this possibility. After spending so much time in the rat tunnel and the sewers, it was better to be more careful when dealing with strangers.
Meeting might not necessarily be a good thing. It might be a bad thing.
The two of them carefully crawled over and found that they could cross this gap and continue forward. The two of them could also jump down from here and reach a new place.
The two of them crouched and stuck their heads into the gap, looking down.
Julius finally understood why Rei said that they were in a big space.
Compared to the space below, this narrow pipe was only a small part of it. It could be said that the two of them were indeed in this space.
The pipe they were in should be above this space, where they could overlook the space below.
The space below was different from the sewers they usually saw. There were many light sources that lit up the whole space, and the light made the space below look bigger — without these light sources, Julius probably would not have known the size of the space below. As for Rei, she already knew.
Those light sources were not flames, but something more special.
It should be some kind of magic. The light balls were small white spheres that stuck to the walls of the space below. They were everywhere, making the space below not as gloomy as before.
The white light did not hurt the eyes, and it seemed to have no temperature. However, the light was more eye-catching and gave people a more comfortable feeling.
Just now, Julius vaguely heard people's voices. It was not an illusion.
There were indeed people moving around below, and there were also voices of conversation.
Two people in black robes were not far below Julius and Rei, very close to the gap.
There were many strange devices below, and the two people were standing near them.
Those behemoths were called devices because they were "moving".
It was not that they had legs to walk, but that they were making sounds.
Their cylindrical bodies took up most of the space, and below them were countless tentacle-like pipes that connected the ground to their bodies.
Compared to the two people in black robes below, it looked like a giant. Just by standing there, it gave off an overwhelming sense of existence.
Those devices seemed to be still working, making slight vibrating sounds, and occasionally a roaring sound.
Julius did not know what those devices were, but they were undoubtedly working. They seemed to be made of metal.
The surface of the metal looked very much like the useless scrap iron that Rei collected.
However, Rei's scrap iron seemed to be useless except for its hardness. As for the devices below, if they could move, they would probably be worth a lot of money — at least they could be used. Although Roland did not know what they were used for, the two people in black robes below should know.
The two people's voices were not loud, but in this quiet space, only the strange devices made slight vibrations and the occasional roaring sound allowed Julius and Rei to hear what they were talking about.
"The water reservoir above is rising again. What's the problem?"
"I don't know, but the rising water reservoir shouldn't be a big problem, right?"
"It's not supposed to happen in this season. Aren't you worried?"
One of the black robes looked a little anxious, walking back and forth as he spoke.
Judging from their voices, the two people below were men, one young and the other old.
The one who sounded a little nervous was the old man.
"There shouldn't be a problem with this thing, right?"
The old man in black robes asked. "If there is a problem with it, then it doesn't matter what happens to the reservoir … because we will all die here, and after that, everything will have nothing to do with us."