34: Chapter 34 is for me; I can save their lives.

Seeing the predicament of the Archaeological Team, the audience in the Live Stream Room all panicked.

There was no other reason; the speed at which the stone steps were disappearing was simply too fast!

At this rate, it would soon catch up to the members of the Archaeological Team climbing on the stone steps.

And right now, the Archaeological Team was still a full few minutes away from the stone platform at the end.

It was impossible for them to reach the high platform at the end before the stone steps disappeared.

Noticing this phenomenon, everyone's hearts sank to the bottom...

Meanwhile, in the Seminar Hall, the experts' expressions turned extremely grave as they saw the Archaeological Team's situation.

Everyone's heart felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer, making it difficult for them to breathe.

A tense atmosphere instantly filled the hall.

They, too, had realized the desperate plight of the Archaeological Team.

But as they were also encountering this type of mechanism for the first time, they had no way of knowing how to stop it.

A deep sense of powerlessness welled up in their hearts.

Professor Zhou at the front of the conference table was glaring with split eyes, his lips trembling as he wanted to say something, but ultimately he didn't say it.

Although he had seen similar mechanisms before, he did not know the method to break this one.

He could only watch helplessly as the stone steps behind slowly disappeared, spreading step by step toward the Archaeological Team.

Professor Zhou gripped his pen tightly, his nails piercing his palm, drawing faint traces of blood without him even noticing.

His eyes were fixed intently on the large screen in the center, his heart frantically chanting: "Run! Run to the high platform..."

But he knew this was extremely difficult!

Not to mention that the Archaeological Team had been climbing the stairs for so long that their physical strength was already severely overdrawn.

Even now, they had only managed to increase their speed slightly due to a burst of adrenaline.

Furthermore, the speed at which the stone steps behind were disappearing meant it would only take nearly two minutes to catch up to the Archaeological Team.

In such a short amount of time, even an Archaeological Team with full physical strength would not be able to reach the stone platform at the end.

They could only watch as the Archaeological Team drew closer and closer to death.

The hall fell into an eerie silence.

Meanwhile, the audience in the Live Stream Room, seeing the silence in the Symposium, could not help but boil over again!

"Think of a way! Why is everyone silent! Professor Yang and the others are going to die!"

"Do you think Professor Zhou and the others don't want to save the Archaeological Team?! But Professor Zhou and the others have no way to deal with this kind of mechanism! Who can understand their powerlessness?"

"Why is everyone silent! Professor Zhou, Professor Lin, say something! Think of a way to save the Archaeological Team!"

"They have no way either; the Archaeological Team can only rely on themselves to race against death! If they can reach the stone platform, maybe one or two can survive!"

"It's over, the speed of the stone steps disappearing is getting faster! The Archaeological Team won't make it in time!"

"Are we just going to watch them die here?"

The Live Stream Room instantly plunged into despair.

Everyone fell silent, spontaneously beginning to pray for Professor Yang and the others.

In the Seminar Hall, the experts also watched this scene with utter despair, their hearts turning to ashes.

The cruelest thing in the world is when others entrust their fate to you, yet you can only watch helplessly as they die before your eyes.

At this moment, they felt as if their hearts were being cut by knives!

This anomaly at the Dragon Locking Well had led them to accidentally detect the large tomb beneath the well.

They had thought that the mystery of the Dragon Locking Well, which had plagued everyone for thousands of years, had finally been brought to light.

As a result, before they even found the tomb, the first advance team had been buried in the belly of the fish, almost completely wiped out.

And although the second, well-equipped, professional Archaeological Team had found the tomb, they were unable to even enter it before losing their lives here.

What was most regrettable was that with the sacrifice of the Archaeological Team, this long, extending staircase would also disappear!

By then, even if they had found this tomb, they would still be unable to enter!

Their exploration of this great tomb was a complete failure!

All the experts fell into a pessimistic mood, a wave of bitterness rising in their hearts.

Even Bingbing on the hosting stage had a face that had turned deathly pale.

She gripped the microphone tightly, standing on the stage, feeling somewhat at a loss.

Everyone had fallen completely into despair!

However, just at this moment, a slender figure beside the conference table suddenly stood up and walked quickly to the front of the conference table.

Amidst everyone's astonished gazes, he snatched the headset from Professor Zhou's hand.

"Xiao Ye?"

Professor Zhou's eyes were already red, and he turned to stare at Ye Xiao in surprise.

The other experts were also stunned in place, unable to react for a moment, not knowing what Ye Xiao intended by this action.

Ye Xiao stared into Professor Zhou's reddened eyes and said word by word: "Leave it to me, I can save their lives!"

Upon hearing this, Professor Zhou's expression suddenly stiffened, and a turbid tear slid from his eye socket.

His lips trembled with excitement, and he choked out: "Re... really?"

Ye Xiao did not answer immediately; he turned around to scan the experts present, then firmly spat out three words: "Believe me!"

Afterwards, he turned to look at the large screen.

Professor Zhou did not stop Ye Xiao, just watching him silently from behind.

They had no way to crack the mechanism on the stairs.

But since Ye Xiao had suddenly stood up and said he could save these people's lives, they could only place their last hope on him.

Meanwhile, Ye Xiao walked to the front, slowly pressed the button on the headset, and said urgently:

"Whoever can run to the stone platform at the end of the stone steps within two minutes will be able to save everyone's lives!"

"Does anyone want to try?"

On the stone steps, the sound of "buzzing" electrical interference rang out, and a strange voice came from the headset, causing everyone to pause slightly.

But they didn't think too much about it.

They also knew that their current situation was not optimistic, or rather, they had reached a desperate situation.

Only by running to the stone platform at the end of the stone steps before the steps beneath their feet completely disappeared could they survive.

So they didn't really care about things from the outside world anymore.

But suddenly, Ye Xiao's last sentence attracted everyone's attention.

"Able to save everyone's lives?"

The Archaeological Team members couldn't help but murmur, their expressions brightening with joy.

But then, they looked toward the distant end of the stone platform, which seemed like the ends of the earth.

Everyone fell back into despair.

Such a long distance, not to mention that they were already physically exhausted.

Even when they were full of energy, they couldn't have run to the stone platform in such a short time.

The Archaeological Team members couldn't help but shake their heads with a bitter smile, looking at the stone steps behind them that were disappearing ever faster, as if they could smell the scent of death spreading!