44: Chapter 44 Because she believed she was the true god!

Wu Ren looked at Gong Chen, who was walking in front of him, in disbelief. The latter slowly turned around at this moment. When he realized that Wu Ren had almost opened fire, he also took two steps upward with a lingering sense of fear.

"Captain Wu? What's going on?? Are you… could it be that you wanted to…"

"No,"

Wu Ren shook his head slightly, directly denying the situation just now, but he was very clear that if it hadn't been for Song Yiqing's intervention, the soul under his gun would have been Gong Chen's.

"Let's go up first,"

As he spoke, he secretly bit the tip of his tongue, trying to maintain a high level of mental focus so he wouldn't easily fall into hallucinations.

[Damn! That was close! He almost killed someone just now!]

[Hiss!! So Wu Ren was caught in a hallucination just now? He thought there was a snake in front of him, but in reality, it wasn't a snake? It was a person!]

[Thank goodness for Song Yiqing. Without Song Yiqing, it's hard to imagine what kind of tragic outcome this would have caused.]

[Do you think the previous expedition teams that wandered in here died by killing each other like this?]

[That possibility is quite high; after all, there is no evidence to prove that the meat-tumor snake actually exists.]

Within the Flying Tiger Archaeological Expedition Team, everyone naturally saw Wu Ren's rather panicked actions, and at the same time, everyone felt a trace of strangeness in their hearts.

"Could it be that in this place, there really isn't any so-called meat-tumor strange snake?"

"If that's the case, then the sacrifices of the expedition teams must have been caused by hallucinations."

"Hallucinations, hallucinations, it's always hallucinations. This black tower is truly too eerie."

"But just now, Song Yiqing didn't seem to fall under any illusion. This person is really mysterious."

Everyone kept talking, and at this moment, Bai Yao suddenly interjected,

"Yeah! Such an incredible person, yet he ends up being accused of academic theft. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Since when did Kyoto University of Archaeology research the ghost cave script? And they've been hiding it all this time?"

Saying this, she turned back to look at the displeased Xue Xingye. "Xue Xingye, what do you think? Didn't you graduate from that school? Did you learn it when you were in class?"

"..." Xue Xingye looked at her, clearly understanding that Bai Yao was deliberately targeting him, wanting to vent for Song Yiqing and Dong Chengming. However, for such matters, he could only choose to cooperate.

"I have heard of it!"

After saying this, he immediately felt the gathering of numerous gazes from the people around him. Everyone seemed to be looking at him, but all Xue Xingye could do was ignore it. Currently, regardless of what decision Kyoto University of Archaeology makes, he has no choice but to cooperate.

What Xue Xingye found hard to understand was that they actually directly claimed the credit for deciphering the ghost cave script! They even engaged in extreme acts of forceful seizure. Even though he felt it was outrageous, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and acknowledge it. The arrow had already left the string; there was no turning back.

Fei Erfeng, who was in front, shook his head slightly after hearing these words and didn't say much.

On the contrary, Kang Mo smiled and said, "Since it is a statement from Kyoto University of Archaeology, then I suppose it must be true. Perhaps the deciphering of the ghost cave script is at a critical stage, which is why it hasn't been announced. It's quite reasonable that we are unaware of it, isn't it? Our Flying Tiger Archaeology Team is either on an expedition or resting all year round. Perhaps someone else discovered the ghost cave script in advance and handed it over to Kyoto University of Archaeology for deciphering. These are all very possible."

"No, Elder Kang!!" Upon hearing this, Bai Yao was immediately unhappy. It was clearly black and white, so why insist on twisting the truth here? Does someone without a family background have to be bullied alive? Why on earth!!

Bai Yao was extremely dissatisfied in her heart, but Kang Mo spoke up, "As for what really happened, after Song Yiqing and the others successfully survive the dangers of the black tower, can't we just let them face each other in court then?"

Saying this, he chuckled coldly, "Of course, that's assuming they can survive."

A single sentence made everyone present feel a sense of dread, and this Professor Kang Mo made everyone feel a sense of unfamiliarity.

However, at this moment, another scholar from the Archaeological Team who was watching other live streams—Dou Nanchun—pushed up the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then said in a rather excited tone, "It's bad, Elder Fei!! I see an expedition team approaching the black tower at a very high speed!"

"A very high speed?" Fei Erfeng stopped again upon hearing this and moved to the other person's side. When he saw the name of the live stream room, he also revealed a look of surprise. "Luohang Expedition Team, it's actually them."

They were naturally all aware of this Luohang Expedition Team. In this Taklamakan Desert Forbidden Zone, besides the official Archaeological Team having relatively sophisticated equipment, only expedition teams like this, with large companies backing them, could afford to wear such sophisticated gear.

For example, in the live stream of the Luohang Expedition Team at this very moment, everyone in the Luohang Expedition Team was wearing exoskeletons designed and manufactured by Luohang Technology Co., Ltd. After wearing the exoskeletons, the improvement in physical strength and other aspects is immense, and now their travel speed can easily reach thirty kilometers per hour. Such a speed is definitely not something humans can achieve.

And when Fei Erfeng noticed it was the Luohang Expedition Team, his brows furrowed slightly. "It seems that these private expedition teams might have grasped some intelligence information, which is why they have directly locked their targets onto Song Yiqing and the others. It's the same with Wu Ren."

"Could it be because of that eyeball jade?" Shi Zhishan guessed at this moment. "If that's really the case, then this jade is a hot potato."

"Hot potato? Just give it to them and be done with it," Kang Mo said lightly, but at the same time, he secretly reached his hand into his sleeve.

...

Meanwhile, on the live stream screen, Gong Chen, who was walking in the front, was a bit confused hearing Wu Ren's words. He immediately climbed up in a few steps. There was no difference between this place and the surroundings, except for a statue of a masked queen in the center.

When everyone saw this, they were also somewhat stunned. "Normally, shouldn't the snake, as the totem of worship, be on the very top level? Why is the queen herself on the very top level?" Gong Chen asked in confusion.

But at this moment, Song Yiqing said calmly, "Because she believes she is the true god!"