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However, the passage within was pitch-black. Only the first few steps at the entrance were illuminated by the sliver of daylight filtering in from outside, making the depths beyond seem all the more profound and inscrutable.
Lynch took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the urge to charge right in.
The prospect of obtaining the treasure left behind by his fellow transmigrator certainly made him ecstatic, but caution always came first.
He had, in fact, considered the possibility that his fellow, Lester, was trying to lure someone here for a possession. But on second thought, that seemed unlikely.
After all, if Lester wanted to possess someone, he could have just found a talented native. There was no need to go to such great lengths to find a Transmigrator and set the requirements for inheritance so high.
Besides, by any logical deduction, Lester couldn't have been certain that another Transmigrator would even appear after him.
