Tang Yu didn't waste time either, his gaze quickly fell on the hollow encircled by grey airflow at the entrance.
After pondering for a while, he took out a small ball from his pocket, which unfolded into a basic Puppet that walked into the hollow under his control.
After a while, Tang Yu nodded, "Get ready to go in."
He swept his gaze around, landing on the Patrol Team members and the dozen or so big men from Grey Blade, "There may be unknown dangers inside, and having more people isn't necessarily better. Besides those who have reached the third layer of Awakening, the rest should stay here."
Among the few Patrol Team members he brought, only the Iron Hammer Brothers and Peng Bo met the requirements, and among the dozen or so big men, only Yan Dazhuang had reached the third layer of Awakening.
The others inevitably showed disappointed expressions, but they didn't say anything, especially the dozen big men, who were still in the shock of "so the boss of our former boss is so formidable," and didn't dare to object.
"You guys stay outside and guard this helicopter," Tang Yu thought, "You might not be strong enough, so..."
Tang Yu scattered a handful of small balls that, with a faint sound of transformation, unfolded into round and chubby Puppets that landed on the ground and dispersed to guard the helicopter from all sides.
This was only part of it.
He then took out a few fist-sized balls and handed them to several members of the Patrol Team, "These contain Fighter Puppets. If you encounter danger, you can throw the balls and control them with some voice commands..."
Having said that, Tang Yu led the remaining people towards the hollow.
The group wasn't large, yet no one dared to stop them.
Silver Wolf and Warhammer, who were initially prepared to enter first, also watched as Tang Yu walked past them and disappeared into the hollow.
Of course, the two Commanders themselves didn't intend to stop anyone; they followed him right after, entering it as well.
The other mercenaries hesitated for a moment, but many followed suit and entered, leaving only a few who, due to various concerns, hesitated to move forward.
It was as if they were walking in a space of chaotic intersections.
Behind was a grey darkness, with only the light ahead guiding them forward.
Kong walked at the forefront with a double sword in hand, his expression serious.
Tang Yu walked slowly in the middle of the team, with Eileen by his side wielding a Magic Wand, her face full of vigilance. The other followers were also cautious; places like Secret Realms, although understood through various channels, were encountered for the first time by everyone, so no one dared to take it lightly.
It was as if they had leaped from underwater to the surface, and suddenly their bodies felt lighter. Looking around, they had emerged from the spatial passage and were now in a spacious plaza.
Above them was not the sky, but a dome resembling rock. The surroundings were completely enclosed, yet surprisingly, it wasn't entirely dark; the rock walls and the dome were constantly emitting a faint phosphorescent glow.
With the Awakener's vision, they could still see their surroundings clearly in this environment.
Behind them, including the two major Mercenary Corps and other top teams, the mercenaries had also come in, each maintaining a certain distance, half on guard and half curiously observing the surroundings.
"This place actually holds a hidden paradise; it's indeed not just an ordinary cave!"
"It's not just a cave, right! Maybe it's the legendary Cave Heaven Blessed Land. I feel like fortune is waving at me!"
The plaza was very large, and the newcomers were currently in one corner. Some people tapped the nearby rock walls, finding them quite hard. Even when Tang Yu struck them with a basic Longsword, it only sparked some sparks.
Obviously, the environment here was enclosed.
Even the entrance they had come through was now completely invisible.
Tang Yu speculated that these entrances were one-way, and that in the Secret Realm, there might be fixed exits or perhaps, certain key items or special methods were needed to open the passage back.
However, he was not worried.
He had previously thrown a basic Puppet into the realm as an experiment. Before dispatching the Puppet, he had stuffed a Return City Scroll into its hand and issued a command beforehand. Although he lost contact with the Puppet as soon as it entered the Secret Realm, the Puppet still loyally executed the order, crushing the Return City Scroll and returning to his Territory.
Tang Yu, who could remotely control his Territory, naturally perceived this.
Since the Return City Scroll worked, he felt confident enough.
Coming into the Secret Realm personally, Tang Yu was also worried that others might not recognize the Sky-splitting Crystal. If the Sky-splitting Crystal required some special method to collect, his presence was even more necessary.
The plaza was vast, and as the group slowly moved forward, they could vaguely see something resembling a passageway under the rock wall at the far end of the plaza, which might be the only direction to go forward.
Suddenly a commotion arose ahead.
Tang Yu was startled, the mercenaries had just dispersed, but it seemed...
He walked in the direction from which the clamor came and saw a group of mercenaries confronting another group.
The mercenaries numbered dozens, likely several Mercenary Corps collaborating. However, the opposing group was larger, comprising over a hundred Awakeners.
Tang Yu frowned, could it be mercenaries with outside grudges taking the opportunity in this enclosed space to seek revenge? It seemed unlikely; in an unfamiliar environment, he felt no one would be so irrational.
At that moment, the opposing group spoke, "Gibberish gibberish asada sada…"
What kind of language was that!
He frowned; the lighting was dim around, and he hadn't noticed at first, but he realized then that although the hundred or so Awakeners were also of Asian descent, the finer details of their features were somewhat different from those of Hua Country people.
These were people from another country!
The foreigners, realizing the language barrier, finally had someone step forward tentatively asking, "Hua, guo, ren?"
They were surprised, but that was the only Chinese they knew.
Tang Yu silently repeated the word "system" in his mind several times to no avail, feeling a bit disappointed.
Indeed, the system was never reliable unless it was a critical moment.
The noise here attracted more and more Awakeners, and people were surprised to find that there were far more people in this spacious plaza than they had imagined.
Just from Hua Country alone, there were people from two different regions. As for other countries, due to mutual wariness and language barriers, Tang Yu had not figured out exactly how many there were.
Clearly, there were far more than one entrance into this space!
People from various countries confronted each other for a while but did not clash, maintaining a certain distance as they continued towards what seemed like an exit.
Finally, Tang Yu saw the scenery at the end of the plaza.
There stood many statues of wild beasts, resembling a forest of stones, and beyond the statues, at the end of the plaza on the rock wall, were four entrances.
These entrances, each modeled as the fierce gaping mouth of a ferocious beast, led to spacious avenues beyond.
Tang Yu looked from left to right.
They were respectively the Bear's Mouth, Tiger's Mouth, Lion's Mouth, and Snake's Mouth.
Here, there were indeed four different Beast Mouth avenues!