I'm a Stingray?

Chapter 164: Taming the upcoming era

When it came to rupturing a hole through the ground, it was made clear that Haze was fully qualified to do so. Most of the time, such a procedure wouldn't even take a minute but this time they were looking at a larger patch of holy-tar. It stretched 15 meters across and the substance over it made it a tad more difficult to work with.

The little lady knew well regarding just how much her abilities could handle, so towards the idea of sinking the pool, she added. "I'm not strong enough to sink all of it, it can take all day."

Although the idea was directly refused, neither of them were worried considering that the overall arsenal in this team was far too powerful now. The last thing they would worry about was sinking this pool.

Proving that thought right, the same lady planted the seeds for a counter offer. "But this entire cavern is on the verge of collapsing because it was made in a rush and didn't have enough fish to work in it either. That old gas back said that there were 77 fish who sacrificed everything... that's not a lot of animals when it comes to building a place this big."

Philip managed to catch up where this was going but the rest were mostly unaware, that's why the little lady had to command. "All of you need to get out now. I'm guessing that you have remembered the way out, Philip?"

"I never really saw anything in the tunnels, but it is easy for me to remember how long to swim before taking any specific turns that can lead us out of here." Just like that the plan was made although the other siblings were unaware what the plan was.

Yet both of these siblings encouraged, "It's time to leave this place."

Most of them began heading for the broken down ceiling, and made their way out of here. The holy-tar offered a bit of illumination to the tunnels now thanks to the wide opening that was broken down before.

Haze was left behind according to the swiftly built up plan and her eyes were stalking the entire cavern here. Swiftly but accurately, she recounted all of the weak points here and began inflicting damage.

She had given the most focus on the upper portions of this structure, which seemed unstable just by looking at them. And with just a little bit of concentration, a few bits of dust began individually flying off from those same upper spots.

Within a few seconds, up to 100 particles counted and that's when a few pounds of dirt fell down and landed on the patch of holy-tar. The effect didn't stop there as she continued rupturing through a few other portions that were close to the ceiling's section.

Sand mixed with dirt, along with a few rocks too, began crashing down from all directions and this time the quantity was much more overwhelming. They weighed a few hundred pounds so once this quantity met with the ground, a small earthquake had erupted.

It lasted only a second but it's weight was enough to even allow the rest of the siblings to feel it. That wasn't a surprise considering that they did not yet leave the tunnels.

The collapse had managed to cause a massive dust cloud, and the little lady was even buried a foot below the outskirts of this collapse, but it was nothing she couldn't escape out of.

Once digging out of the dirt and sand, she put in effort to look through the cloud. Within a few seconds of attempt, it became easier to do so but obviously the sight wasn't clear enough.

That's when the young girl felt a tremendous shake. From the faint glimpse she could catch, the commotion was coming from the left walls of the cavern. This forced the situation to accelerate quickly because the collapse from the left side had also somehow spread to the very ceiling.

Sure she has broken the cavern's ceiling but there was a portion above that as well which specifically belonged to the tunnels. Haze was brave but she could notice when a situation was leading towards the odds of life and death itself.

So she headed towards the right side of the cavern with hopes of avoiding this place. And thankfully there were a few tunnels available to barge through, one of them was close enough to reach.

The little stingray had bashed through the tunnel, and that's when a dust cloud followed along and even managed to cause pain in her eyes this time. But what stood as the biggest problem, was that the tunnel on this lower portion of the cavern, was completely blocked.

She couldn't possibly dig out of here although her powers include destroying any small mass with her mind. Two particular reasons made this situation difficult to dig out of.

The first would be the lack of knowledge of her surroundings. Sure a tunnel could be dug but it's difficult to predict how firm that tunnel will stand. She can see through sand and dirt itself, but once particles were broken down to dig a tunnel, the weak-spots of the ceiling will be rearranged. Meaning what wasn't a problem before, can be a problem after trying to progress with the digging.

What stood as the second problem, was the fact that she was over 40 meters underground. Even if it's possible to make a tunnel that long, it will take far more than a day. And by then other aspects will become a problem, such as hunger.

This meant that in all ways, the lady was stuck here and there was nothing she could do about it.

Giving a large sigh, she expressed. "So much for doing good. I try so hard and this is how it ends up?"

That's when she started hearing a weird sound. It didn't sound like an earthquake nor did it portray anything that a light shake would cause, but instead her senses were tingling because this sound had rough commotion. It was as if dirt was fighting against dirt and one side only, was winning.