When Qin Lie and Ayina, looking like evil ghosts returning from hell, staggered out of the iconic entrance of Myriad Poison Valley—where a grayish-green miasma lingered year-round—the blinding daylight forced both of them to instinctively squint.
The humid, fresh air outside rushed into their lungs, bringing a dizziness of having survived a catastrophe.
The black mud and venomous insect bodily fluids caked on their bodies had long since dried and hardened, giving off a sickening, fishy stench. On their exposed skin, the purple-black spots eroded by the toxic miasma were still striking, sending waves of dull pain.
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