The decision Ross made was a wise one; had they continued to move forward without observing their surroundings, it could have ended very badly.
The instant they came to a stop, the wall that Ross noticed instantly moved at speeds no less than their moving speed. It instantaneously moved to close the path forward with a loud boom.
Abigail swallowed nervously as her heartbeat quickened. 'That could have been bad.' Her expression was bleak and filled with dread.
She then looked behind and saw that the path they had travelled along was similarly blocked off, cutting them off from the other four students.
Paths closed and new ones opened, students were trapped, and others were plunged into despair as they were locked in with void creatures.
Those unfortunate souls who found themselves directly in the path of a fast-moving wall and could not escape quickly enough were crushed to death.
