43: Chapter 43 I almost killed Gong Chen?

After hearing Wan Shu's words, She Xuan sighed deeply, "Sigh, that question should really be asked of you, the Vice Principal. Such a good talent, why were you the one to push him to the opposite side? He is clearly the person who should have been standing within the official Archaeological Team, so why was he replaced? Old Wan, is sponsorship really that important sometimes?"

"..." Wan Shu on the other end of the phone fell silent again, and then he said, "I have no other choice. Since I have taken this step, I can only continue to walk down this path, even if the person who is wrong was me from the start."

"Old Wan..." She Xuan wanted to offer a few more words of advice, but the other party had already hung up.

Seeing this, he could not say anything more and could only turn his gaze toward the livestream screen.

At that moment, Song Yiqing let out a roar and instantly shattered the one-eyed stone statue.

Boom!! In an instant, the scene suddenly experienced an extremely violent tremor. Then, thick fog began to rise from the shattered stone statue, gradually obscuring everything.

[What's going on? Why is there so much fog appearing??]

[What happened?]

[Has the situation been resolved or not? Ah!! Tell me! I'm so anxious, I'm really so anxious!!]

[He must be fine, he must be fine!! Please be fine!!]

The viewers were shouting and offering all sorts of prayers, but there were always troublemakers who didn't want Song Yiqing and his group to survive.

[Still want to live? What a joke! Elder Fei said earlier that the danger level here is so high, how could they possibly survive?]

[Forget it, go watch other adventure livestreams, this one is about to end anyway.]

[It's useless. After all, he's a criminal who faked his grades and even plagiarized academic work. It's better for someone like that to just die!]

All sorts of comments kept popping up, but not long after, on the livestream screen, the gray fog gradually dissipated, and Song Yiqing and the others were standing on camera, completely unharmed.

However, there were now staircases in the surrounding area—one leading up, and the other leading down.

When Wu Ren and the others noticed this, their emotions were undoubtedly the most stirred, "My god!! He actually solved it??"

Wu Ren exclaimed in shock. He had naturally known of Song Yiqing's strength all along the way, but to break through yet again in what was essentially a hopeless situation made fear rise in his heart.

Gong Chen and Wei Zhiyuan's thoughts were much the same; there was a bit more fear in their eyes when they looked at Song Yiqing.

Although it was a temporary cooperation, they themselves had their own little schemes. But now, Song Yiqing's strength undoubtedly forced them to hide those schemes.

However, Song Yiqing didn't take their reactions to heart; after all, they were just tails he brought along casually. If something went wrong, he would just cut the tail to survive.

[Challenge Mission: Solve the Soul-Confusing Array, completed. Obtained A-rank reward: Snake Language!]

This time, solving the array also had a mission, but because the difficulty was indeed quite low, it was only an A-rank level, which couldn't help but make Song Yiqing feel a slight sense of regret.

[Challenge Mission: Enter the top floor of the Black Tower, seize the pure vision agama orb, can obtain S-rank reward]

Hmm? The pure vision agama orb? What is this thing?

Song Yiqing looked at the light screen that appeared before him in surprise.

Originally, he had already thought about leaving, but now that the system had suddenly popped up with a new mission, he couldn't help but develop a rather strong interest in this so-called pure vision agama orb.

Just as he was thinking about this, Wu Ren spoke up, "Lord Song, the danger level here is so high, should we... withdraw first?"

"Are you afraid?" Song Yiqing looked back at him teasingly.

Upon hearing this, Wu Ren immediately shook his head, "Afraid? The word 'afraid' does not exist in my, Wu Ren's, dictionary!!"

"Good, then we'll listen to you; let's keep going." Song Yiqing nodded decisively, then waved his hand to signal the other party to walk in front.

Upon hearing this, Wu Ren was stunned on the spot. He had absolutely not expected the other party to say something like this at a time like this.

'What do you mean, listen to me? You are clearly just finding an excuse!!'

However, Wu Ren did not question the other party's judgment. After all, the biggest thigh to hug right now was the other party.

To truly go deeper, he had to rely on him, and at the same time, he had to demonstrate corresponding value; otherwise, why would he take them along to take risks?

After weighing the pros and cons, Wu Ren waved for Gong Chen and Wei Zhiyuan to move to the front.

All three were carrying guns, and every step they took was exceptionally heavy and difficult, as if they were walking on the road to the execution ground.

Yet, they didn't encounter any danger on any of the subsequent floors. They only saw that the stone statues placed on each floor had changed, gradually shifting from cattle, sheep, and people to snakes, and then to warriors holding weapons, as if they had laid out people of every class layer by layer.

Watching this scene, Wu Ren couldn't help but say, "In this Jingjue Kingdom, human life really is as cheap as grass."

"In ancient times, that was mostly the case," Song Yiqing said indifferently.

At this moment, they had reached the tenth floor, with only the final staircase remaining before the last floor.

However, Wu Ren looked back at Song Yiqing and, seeing that the other party had no intention of retreating, finally stepped up, followed closely by Gong Chen and Wei Zhiyuan.

But the feeling of walking up these stairs was very different from before; it was as if every step was a bit narrower, and every move required more careful attention.

Then, the moment Wu Ren looked up, suddenly, a strange snake with a fleshy lump on its head appeared before his eyes. The snake was flicking its tongue, and its scarlet eyes seemed capable of eating a person.

Gulp—Wu Ren swallowed hard, and just as he was about to pull the trigger of the gun in his hand, a hand suddenly pressed down on him!

"Don't shoot!" "There's a snake!!"

Wu Ren lowered his voice, suppressing the anger in his heart as he said this, because the person stopping him at this moment was Song Yiqing.

He feared Song Yiqing, but he understood the other party's actions even less.

But the next second, Song Yiqing waved a single arm. Bang!

The snake that had been about to pounce instantly dissipated like smoke.

Wu Ren stood there, stunned, because after the dissipated snake vanished, what appeared was his subordinate, Gong Chen.

"Why? Did I just almost kill Gong Chen??"

"Stay clear-headed, stay rational," Song Yiqing's voice came faintly, but it caused a powerful shock in Wu Ren's heart!