Chapter 161 Golden Clouds, Spirit of Fire_2

It is subordinate to the People's Navy of China.

Stationed with the First Special Fleet at the Stargate.

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In the darkness,

With a buzz, a golden light flew out of Fang Hong's hand, describing a self-spun arc before shooting back the way it came, snapping back into Fang Hong's hand with a click.

From the depths of the darkness, the sound of pebbles falling into water echoed.

Fang Hong turned his head toward that direction, the light from the hand-held lamp in his other hand penetrated the cliff's rocky ceiling, illuminating clumps of dense mushroom forests atop it. He lifted the lamp higher, and on the surrounding rock walls grew massive purple crystal columns; some peculiar glowing animals moved among the crystal clusters.

This ancient ruins passage, rather than being said to be a part of the Snake People Ruins, was better described as a natural underground cavern, the space vast, with an underground river murmuring its way through.