To be precise, it became even brighter.
It was as if they had suddenly returned to the surface. The bright and blinding light shot in from outside, causing every pair of eyes accustomed to darkness to squint slightly. All around was a dazzling white, and their eyes stung slightly.
Qian and the miner instinctively turned their heads. Only the stronger Kulan and Medisha could steady themselves to look around, but they both immediately let out a low exclamation.
The sounds around them suddenly grew louder.
It was a cheer like the roaring of a mountain and a raging sea, pouring into everyone's ears like a tide. And as everyone gradually adapted to the piercing light and the deafening shouts around them, they looked up and finally saw everything clearly.
They remembered that just a moment ago, they were in a dark underground tunnel, blocked by a heavy iron door. But now, they found themselves in a brightly lit plaza.
Or perhaps it was worse.
