Chen Mo took out a new set of clothes from the Heavenly Profound Ring and put it on, following behind the Empress.
This branch tunnel was noticeably calmer, with only occasional aftershocks but no large-scale explosions.
After about the time it takes to burn an incense stick, the tunnel finally reached its end.
A massive stone door stood before them. Chen Mo exerted force to push it open and was instantly shocked by the scene before him.
"This is..."
Behind the stone door was a gigantic hemispherical stone chamber, filled to the brim with piles of skeletons, roughly estimated to be nearly a thousand!
These corpses were dark and black, without a trace of flesh, with bite marks on the joints as if gnawed by beasts. Some wore tattered palace uniforms, clearly inner court palace servants or eunuchs.
Chu Yanli had once mentioned that in recent years, a large number of palace attendants had disappeared from Qianji Palace.
