39: Chapter 39 Death Desert 22

She stiffly cradled the uninvited guest in her hands, her mind filled with question marks. No, how did this thing end up in her hands? This staff might be a treasure to others, but to her, it was a hot potato!

She was still trying to find a way to return the staff to the yellow-haired youth, but the others in the team had already started a new topic.

Camo Uncle saw the ancient staff in the hands of the White-haired Girl, and looking at her indifferent expression, he knew he certainly wouldn't get it, so he sighed. He hesitated for a moment, then looked at Wolf-tail Guy and Luo Yuejian: "Do you guys feel that this Lady Ba is a bit strange?"

The yellow-haired youth waved his hand, "Probably just driven crazy by being locked up, what's so strange about that? If you were locked up for thousands of years, you'd be crazy too."

"It is very strange." Wolf-tail Guy said. He looked at the calm lake, then suddenly turned his head to look at Luo Yuejian, "You noticed it too, right?"

Luo Yuejian was originally still struggling with how to return this staff to the yellow-haired youth, and upon hearing someone cue her again, she was instantly bewildered: What did I notice?

The yellow-haired youth and Camo Uncle both looked over, clearly expecting Luo Yuejian to say something. Luo Yuejian couldn't play dead this time; if she really couldn't say anything, it would be too awkward. She stammered for a while, feeling it best to pick something from Lady Ba's words to fake it, so she said vaguely: "Moss."

Lady Ba was wearing that cyan divine garment woven from moss; these were obviously unreasonable! How could short plants like moss be woven into clothes? Luo Yuejian gave herself a thumbs up in her heart. She could even discover such a loophole; she was truly too witty.

Her tone was very cold, her gaze indifferent as if asking: What is there to ask about this?

But the few people beside her didn't feel there was any problem with Luo Yuejian's attitude. Wolf-tail Guy looked deeply at Luo Yuejian and nodded: "Indeed. These mosses cover the entire space, and combined with what Lady Ba said, it is not difficult to infer that these mosses are actually the symbol of Lady Ba's power."

"Lady Ba previously said that the great array here bound her energy, but in reality, her power was not bound, she just couldn't break free from the seal. This proves that the array here was set up specifically for Lady Ba."

The yellow-haired youth hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Uh, is there a problem with that? Lady Ba asked the Yellow Emperor to seal her, so this array must be aimed at her, right?"

Camo Uncle shook his head instead: "You didn't understand Wolf-tail Guy's meaning. If it is an array specifically aimed at one person, it certainly couldn't have been thought of on the spot. This proves that the Yellow Emperor must have prepared for this seal for a very long time."

"Damn, then this Yellow Emperor is too much of a jerk, right?" The yellow-haired youth was filled with righteous indignation.

Wolf-tail Guy shook his head with a cold expression: "No, you are wrong."

The yellow-haired youth didn't know what he had said wrong, but he really couldn't stand Wolf-tail Guy's arrogant appearance, so he asked irritably: "Wolf-tail Guy, what do you mean?"

Wolf-tail Guy didn't speak, but Camo Uncle said thoughtfully: "I think I understand..." He pondered for a moment, his face becoming somewhat ugly, "That woman has been lying to us all along."

"Exactly. After entering the game, we have seen more than just this space; there was a magnificent palace ahead. If Lady Ba was really sealed on the spot, how was that palace built? Where did the jewels in the palace come from? Moreover, those monsters that appeared in this palace are all of the same type as Lady Ba. Could it be that the Yellow Emperor specially brought those creatures to accompany Lady Ba?"

"Full of holes." Wolf-tail Guy's tone carried a hint of coldness, "She is treating us like fools."

Idiot · Yellow-haired youth · Number One: ...

Idiot · Camo Uncle · Number Two: ...

Idiot · Luo Yuejian · Number Three: ...

"You must have realized this point long ago too." Wolf-tail Guy turned his head to look at Luo Yuejian, "At that time, when Lady Ba asked us to retrieve the eye of the desert, I knew it was a trap and originally wanted to refuse, but you told me you had a way."

Luo Yuejian: ?

When the hell did I tell you that? Do you have delusions? Luo Yuejian simply felt that Wolf-tail Guy was crazy. If this isn't spreading rumors, what is? Passing the buck so hard?

Wolf-tail Guy was still continuing his words, "I chose to believe you once, so I followed Lady Ba's words, and in the end, we certainly didn't retrieve the eye of the desert as Lady Ba wished. What method did you use to achieve the goal?"

He continued to analyze, "Our entire team has been acting together almost the whole time. The only time you left the team, or should I ask..." A flash of scrutiny crossed his eyes: "What did you find in the water?"

Regardless of Luo Yuejian's bewildered emotions, the livestream room had already exploded at this moment.

[What's the situation? What's the situation? When did they have a shady deal under our noses?]

[I was clearly watching this wave, why can't I keep up with the rhythm again?]

[Wait, Wolf-tail Guy said he and the White-haired Girl communicated, could it be that look they exchanged?]

[What look? Can you riddle-makers get out of the livestream room!]

[I just watched the replay, it seems like when Lady Ba asked them who climbed the Goddess Statue, those two exchanged a look.]

[Damn, these two old schemers, if we didn't have the replay hack, who the hell would know what they were hinting at?]

[Are these two people perverts? Where did that tacit understanding come from when they met for the first time? Who opened a hack for them?]

[Shocking discovery! I flipped through the replay again. After the Moon Goddess cleared those mosses at the bottom of the water, there really were patterns on the side wall of that giant stone platform base! I have already analyzed those patterns in detail on the Tieba, interested friends can go take a look!]

[Really? I'll go and come back!]

...

Outside the livestream room, Luo Yuejian was still in a daze. What did she find underwater? What could she find underwater? Didn't she just hide for a while because she was scared? How did this increase the intensity for her?

She just wanted to say something to defend herself, when suddenly, a huge column of water rose on the lake, shooting straight to the cave ceiling.

The huge sound startled everyone, and they hurriedly found nearby rocks or stone pillars to hide, trembling with fear that some other crisis would appear.

The water surface suddenly burst into millions of silver flowers, but in an instant, they solidified into a bead curtain. Amidst the steaming water mist, the cyan-clad Lady Ba broke through the water, her exposed skin covered in traces of being scorched, charred-brown patterns snaking up from her neck, from her neck to her face, covering her entire face like cracked earth after Burning, looming in the steaming white smoke, looking incomparably ferocious.