By the time dusk fell the next day, the setting sun resembled blood, dyeing the western horizon red. White clouds densely filled the sky, morphing into various shapes with the wind, resembling animals or human forms, showcasing myriad variations, exquisitely captivating. In the vast mountains, dense shrubs swayed with the wind, rustling softly; several wild birds hovered above, frolicking. Two people lay hidden behind a massive dark brown boulder, cautiously observing ahead.
Before them stretched rolling mountains, with hills standing guard like countless fierce beasts in a complex weave. Between them lay a bottomless ravine, where six towering stone columns rose from the hilltops, not too distant from each other, arranged in a pentagonal formation, clustering around the central stone column, exuding an extreme sense of eeriness.
