The floor of the passage was uneven and in some places quite narrow. Zhang Rishan pushed open the stone slab overhead, crawled out of the passage, and, once he had regained his footing, pulled the others out. Seeing the Zhulong about to poke its head up, he pressed it back down. "Wait a moment," he said, taking off his outer jacket and draping it over the Zhulong's head before stepping aside.
As the Zhulong emerged from the passage, a vast expanse of sand in the distance collapsed. In the direction where their vehicles were parked, one car after another sank into the shifting sand and disappeared.
"Xier, it's not safe here either. Let's walk a bit further before we rest," Xie Yuchen said, pulling Baili Xi along with a hint of worry, terrified that the expanding collapse area might trigger quicksand.
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