"Shut up and close the door quickly!"
Xivier said coldly. We had already pushed open the bronze door and entered the next room.
The room had no extra furnishings, only a pool of water in the center.
I exerted all my strength to push the bronze door shut, temporarily blocking those spiders outside.
Listening to the spiders pounding on the door outside, the three of us breathed a sigh of relief.
Now those beasts couldn't get in.
If nothing else, the quality of the bronze doors in this underground palace was truly excellent, remaining very sturdy after an unknown amount of time.
I leaned against the door and sat on the ground, catching my breath. I watched Xivier placing an instrument into the central pool, and her expression became somewhat surprised.
"Hurry and take off your coats and throw them into this pool."
After speaking, Xivier was the first to toss her own coat into the pool, vigorously scrubbing it a few times.
Seeing Xivier's actions, a realization suddenly dawned on me.
When we were being chased by spiders earlier, we had inevitably been splattered with their bodily fluids.
We had managed to shake off these spiders multiple times along the way, but they always caught up. The reason was likely that we carried their familiar scent on us.
Now Xivier wanted us to take off our clothes and throw them into the pool, intending to wash away the scent on our clothes with water. This way, we wouldn't be chased by the spiders outside anymore.
With that thought, I expertly helped Qu Xiangyun take off her coat and threw it into the pool.
Damn, this cursed place was truly cold.
After taking off my coat, I couldn't help but shiver.
We were already beneath the ice layer, and the room had a pool that continuously emitted cold air. Without the warmth of our coats, I immediately felt uncomfortable.
"Bear with it for now, we still need to stay here for a while."
Xivier briefly washed the coats soaked in the pool and then took them all out.
The freshly washed coats were damp and couldn't be worn immediately. With no other choice, the three of us used the flint we carried to start a fire beside the pool to maintain our body temperature.
Only after the flames rose did I feel my body temperature gradually return to normal.
Tsk tsk tsk, although Xivier was a snake-hearted woman, I had to admit, her figure was truly...
Xivier's expression was grim, and after a long silence, she finally issued a strict order.
"We can't afford to delay any further. Only the three of us can move forward until we find the target!"