The old man told me that if you want to get out of this tunnel, you have to go back the same way. Where I came in before, there was a small switch and you could just press it and leave.

I went back to where I had been before, and instead of rushing out, I sat on the ground and listened quietly to see if there was any sound coming from outside.

Sure enough, just a moment later, I heard a noisy voice outside. To be safe, I carefully poked a small hole in the wall and looked out through it.

In the previous room, the people of the...