111: Chapter 111 No! Don't come any closer!

At the very moment Xue Xingye's blade was about to swing down,

Kang Mo's voice rang out calmly,

"It's me."

"Elder Kang?"

Xue Xingye looked at the old man in front of him in surprise, highly confused as to why the other party was still alive.

But Kang Mo ignored his surprise, gently pushing aside the blade hovering above his head.

He then walked toward the Archaeological Team.

In that instant, Xue Xingye realized that this Kang Mo was no simple person either.

However, he didn't say much.

After all, neither was he.

Xue Xingye looked down at the tentacles hidden under his clothes, which lay flat and blended into the color of his skin.

With a single thought, the tentacles would immediately stand up, acting like a part of his body.

And there was no longer just one tentacle; they covered his entire arm.

Just like Guo Xueyan on the livestream screen before.

"Whew..."

Xue Xingye gradually accepted the reality because he could clearly feel that he was different from Guo Xueyan.

He could control it!

On the other side, Kang Mo slowly approached the members of the Archaeological Team and looked at Fei Erfeng.

"Elder Fei."

"Where did you go?"

Fei Erfeng was shocked by the other man's return. He had thought Kang Mo and Shi Zhishan had been swallowed by some monster.

The fact that he suddenly appeared now inexplicably sent a shock through his heart.

Kang Mo had long since fabricated an excuse.

"I was originally following Shi Zhishan to use the restroom, but I ended up getting lost.

Then I got separated from Shi Zhishan, and when I tried to find him again, he was nowhere to be found."

"Nowhere to be found?"

Fei Erfeng looked at him and let out a deep sigh.

“Sigh, it’s fine as long as you’re back. Rejoin the team.”

"Mm."

Kang Mo continued,

"When I walked over there just now, I saw a very strange-looking tower. From its shape, it looks a bit like the Demon Tower we saw in the side hall earlier."

"Oh?"

Fei Erfeng was startled and immediately said,

"Great!! So the correct path is this way. Let's go!!"

At his signal, everyone at the scene moved together.

[I really didn't expect Kang Mo to still be alive. What a surprise!]

[Yeah! I originally thought he was dead! It's a good thing he's alive!]

[But what are those scholars from the Archaeological Team setting up? Why do they look like antennas?]

[The person above clearly hasn't been to school. That's the latest model of a small signal base station.]

[Otherwise, why do you think our signal is still so good at this location?]

[Maybe after these portable base stations go deeper,]

[Song Yiqing and the others' livestream signal can be reconnected.]

[LMAO, is the person above still dreaming? Do you still think they're alive? Face reality! Some things just can't be done just because you want them to be.]

On the Flying Tiger Archaeology Team's livestream screen, everyone at the scene had arrived before the Demon Tower.

When they looked at the Demon Tower, they couldn't help but show expressions of fear.

After all, everyone knew what had happened inside, and that was what they feared most.

However, Xue Xingye still took the lead and walked inside.

This drew bursts of admiration from the people present.

"He really is different now."

"So brave! It's almost like he's a different person."

"Not simple! Not simple at all! I want to inject the serum too."

They discussed in low voices.

Kang Mo had already noticed the changes in Xue Xingye, but he didn't say anything.

After Xue Xingye entered the Demon Tower, he immediately saw the corpse of the killed Guo Xueyan.

Just as he wanted to pass by, he noticed some small fragments nearby growing tentacles and crawling toward him.

In that instant, Xue Xingye was quite panicked.

He didn't understand why there was suddenly another even more miniature Blue-faced Buddha Man!

But what truly terrified him wasn't the appearance of this eerie monster,

but that the tentacles on his body were beginning to get excited, wanting to receive it.

'No!! No!! Don't come over!! Don't come over!!'

The fear in Xue Xingye's heart began to climb to its peak. He wanted to resist, but at this moment, his body felt like it was occupied and controlled by another person.

He was watching everything as if from a third-person perspective.

That Blue-faced Buddha Man quickly crawled into his pant leg, but it didn't crawl up along his leg; it burrowed directly into his body.

Then it climbed unimpeded inside his body until it rushed into his heart!

'No!!!'

Xue Xingye wanted to scream, but he still couldn't do anything.

Only when he regained his senses did he have the feeling that nothing had happened.

It was as if everything was an illusion, not real.

"I..."

Just as Xue Xingye was about to speak in surprise, Kang Mo came to his side.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Ah?"

Xue Xingye was a bit flustered on the spot, but he suppressed the panic in his heart and shook his head vigorously.

"No... nothing, I'm fine."

"It's good that you're fine."

Kang Mo nodded slightly.

"I heard that you killed many eerie monsters. It seems you are also an Ancient Martial Arts Master. Very impressive. Our team needs people like you."

"Uh..."

Xue Xingye was a bit uncomfortable with this sudden praise.

After all, while some people in the team praised him, those at the professor level had never shown any intent to give him appreciation.

It was as if they somewhat looked down on him.

But now, a single sentence from Kang Mo made him feel greatly encouraged!

Finally, he squeezed out a sentence,

"Thank you."

"Mm."

Kang Mo walked past him as if he knew nothing and began to study some of the surrounding murals with Fei Erfeng and the others.

Because when Song Yiqing and the others had come here before, they had left in a life-fleeing manner, so there were no detailed descriptions of these murals and such.

Now, however, was an opportunity.

After a period of study and observation, Fei Erfeng was slightly stunned.

"According to the descriptions on these murals, is the interior of the Mongoose Gate the residence of the people of the Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue after they moved underground?

But what do the little figures in this picture mean? Truly strange, too strange."

"I think the content of these murals cannot be entirely taken as truth,"

Kang Mo spoke up,

"The previous murals said there was a monster in the Demon Tower that could turn people into stone, but Song Yiqing and the others didn't encounter it even when they went to the top floor.

They even only encountered a White-faced Jade Buddha; I'm afraid this place has already undergone changes."

"You're right,"

Fei Erfeng nodded slightly and then speculated,

"Could it be that latecomers once entered this underground and then made a series of alterations and changes?

Just like how that Mongoose Gate looks very much like the handiwork of a latecomer."

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