The higher they climbed, the more people crowded the stairs. Their postures varied; some seemed to be yearning for the outside world, while others appeared to be running toward the tunnel.
They were frozen in that exact moment. Liu Hong couldn't even tell the men from the women. Some had been burned to charcoal, while others standing near the corners were lucky enough not to be directly hit by the explosive heatwave, yet the blistering temperature had still roasted them alive.
None of these people were standing; they had all collapsed inside the passageway.
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