60: Chapter 60 The Red-Hearted Copper Bell: Returning the Soul

Countless experts stared at the Live Stream Room, their hearts pounding with anxiety as they watched the Archaeological Team members step closer and closer to the abyss.

They wanted nothing more than to tear open the screen and shout into the ears of the Archaeological Team members: "There is an abyss ahead, don't keep walking forward!"

However, there was no way; that was impossible!

The members of the Archaeological Team seemed as if they were truly possessed, blankly taking step after step toward the abyss.

No one could stop them.

They couldn't tear open the screen to stand in front of the Archaeological Team and stop them either.

They could only stand where they were, anxious and helpless.

Professor Zhou's brows were furrowed into a deep frown.

Watching this scene, a sense of powerlessness welled up from the bottom of Professor Zhou's heart.

These Archaeological Team members had almost instantly transformed into this state.

No one knew what the cause of the Archaeological Team's condition was.

In an instant, the atmosphere throughout the Symposium became incredibly panicked.

Because if things continued like this, in just a few seconds, the members of the Archaeological Team would fall into the abyss one after another and be smashed to pieces.

No one wanted to see that happen.

Professor Zhou continued to press the button on his headset, calling out loudly and incessantly.

However, there was no response from the headset.

On the screen, the Archaeological Team members continued to walk toward the abyss, step by step.

Seeing this, the viewers in the Live Stream Room couldn't help but feel a sense of despair.

Suddenly, all the viewers in the Live Stream Room began to worry.

"It's over! There seems to be no way to stop the Archaeological Team from moving forward; what should we do!"

"What exactly is wrong with them? Why are they walking toward the abyss? Are they possessed?"

"Stop quickly! Don't walk forward anymore! You're about to fall into the abyss!"

"Someone stop them! Hurry and think of a way! Otherwise, the Archaeological Team is really going to fall into the abyss!"

"Someone come up with a solution! If this continues, they're done for!"

A desperate atmosphere now permeated the Live Stream Room.

They could also see that in the Seminar Hall, the many experts had no way to wake Professor Yang and the others.

Nor did they have any way to stop Professor Yang and the others from continuing to advance toward the abyss ahead.

They could only watch helplessly as Professor Yang and the rest of the Archaeological Team walked step by step toward the abyss.

Slowly sinking into despair!

The most helpless and desperate thing in the world is watching the people you want to protect walk step by step toward an abyss.

Yet, all you can do is watch...

And there is nothing else you can do!

In an instant, not only the Live Stream Room but also the Seminar Hall was suddenly filled with a desperate atmosphere.

Every expert, including Professor Zhou at the conference table, had lost all hope at this moment.

Because the members of the Archaeological Team... were only a few steps away from the abyss ahead.

In a few more seconds, they would fall into the abyss.

To be smashed into broken bones and mangled flesh.

The experts present all stared at the scene before them with bloodshot eyes.

Their hands were trembling incessantly, filled with despair and sorrow.

Professor Zhou continued to press the button on his headset, calling out until his voice grew hoarse.

Even though his voice had become somewhat raspy, and his face had flushed bright red.

Even though... his eyes were rimmed with red.

No one had expected that entering this door would be like stepping onto the road to the Underworld for the Archaeological Team.

Pulled into the gates of hell by a single talismanic order from the King of Hell.

Most of the viewers in the Live Stream Room had closed their eyes by this point.

No one wanted to watch with their own eyes as Professor Yang and the others stepped off the cliff and fell into the abyss.

This was a scene that left everyone in absolute despair.

Except for... Ye Xiao!

In fact, Ye Xiao had already become alert the moment the expressions and behavior of the Archaeological Team began to appear strange.

He could also tell that the members of the Archaeological Team were very likely trapped in a hallucination.

That was why their actions were so abnormal, to the point where they couldn't even hear the calls of Professor Zhou through their headsets.

They also ignored the abyss ahead, walking forward blankly.

But one had to know that to make someone fall into a hallucination, one must rely on some kind of medium to achieve the purpose of inducing hallucinations.

This medium could be sound, similar to the sound emitted by a copper bell, or the sound of the figure on the cliff playing the guqin.

It could also be something else, such as visual stimuli, or hallucinogenic drugs transmitted through the air; all were possible.

It could even be through a specific magnetic field to achieve the purpose of causing hallucinations.

But Ye Xiao looked around, and nothing in the surroundings seemed to qualify as a medium for inducing hallucinations.

The withered bones sitting and playing the guqin on the cliff were not emitting any music.

Although the placement of the seven ancient coffins in this great hall was somewhat peculiar, it did not fit the visual effects required to induce hallucinations.

Furthermore, there was the air, but Ye Xiao could not be certain about that.

Therefore, for a moment, Ye Xiao could not be sure whether the members of the Archaeological Team were truly trapped in a hallucination.

But suddenly, Ye Xiao remembered the description of the chixin copper bell given by the system when he received it as a reward.

[Ding! The chixin copper bell is a precious artifact of the Faqiu Lingguan lineage! It can summon souls and guide spirits, cleanse the mind, and deter demons!]

"Summoning souls and guiding spirits... cleansing the mind?" Ye Xiao couldn't help but murmur.

"Could this chixin copper bell help people escape from a hallucination?"

He frowned slightly, and with a flip of his palm, an ancient, deep-red copper bell immediately appeared in Ye Xiao's hand.

Turning the bell over, Ye Xiao stared at the bell, which lacked a clapper, and couldn't help but feel conflicted.

A large one is a bell, a small one is a handbell. Whether it is a large bell or a handbell, the purpose of their creation is to awaken the world.

The clapper inside is undoubtedly the most important part of a bell.

But the bell in front of him had no clapper; it was just an empty shell.

In other words, did this copper bell still have any use?

Ye Xiao looked at the bell before him, and for a moment, he fell into conflict.

After a long while, Ye Xiao let out a long breath and made up his mind: "Forget it, I'll just try it and see!"

After all, when he first obtained this bell, shaking it had emitted a sound.

It had even startled him for quite a while back then.

Although only he had heard the ringing at the time, by comparison, it showed that the copper bell should still have some effect.

It was just that Ye Xiao didn't know if the members of the Archaeological Team would be able to hear the sound.

Or whether the sound of the copper bell transmitted through the headset would still be effective.

But now, the Archaeological Team members were only three steps away from the cliff ahead.

Time did not allow Ye Xiao to continue hesitating.

He just had to try it first!

If he did nothing, he would surely regret it for the rest of his life...