75: Chapter 75 You all know this person, it's—Song Yiqing!

Leng Chang looked at the gun in his hand, his mind recalling Guo Xueyan, who had become very strong after using the Xue Group's potion,

A seed quietly began to take root in his heart,

...

On the Weibo hot searches, besides a large number of entries regarding Song Yiqing's death,

there were also many statements from Kyoto University of Archaeology and advertisements for the Xue Group.

#xue potion helps you become as powerful as Song Yiqing!#

#Kyoto University of Archaeology declares the potion legal and effective!#

#Guo Xueyan will be the one to truly uncover the truth behind the secret of the forbidden zone!#

#xue potion will lead humanity to a new level!#

And these news reports were being frantically forwarded by various marketing accounts,

continuously building hype for the xue potion.

Because of this, Xue Xingye, who was in the Flying Tiger Archaeology Team, finally understood why his father supported him so much when he said he wanted to join the Official Archaeological Team.

Everything had already been set in motion long before he even had that thought.

Especially since he even had five of them prepared in his backpack right now!

Xue Xingye couldn't tell if he was feeling sorrow or joy right now.

Song Yiqing's death allowed Guo Xueyan to rise to prominence thanks to the xue potion,

becoming a star hero at this stage!

She even carried the hopes of countless people,

while he, Xue Xingye, remained exactly the same,

without any change at all.

Actually, that wasn't true.

There was a change.

Within the Flying Tiger Archaeology Team, many people's attitudes toward him had softened, all thanks to the credit of the xue potion.

"Brother Xue, I didn't expect your family to create such a potion. That's truly amazing!"

"Exactly! Who would have thought that after using your family's potion, Guo Xueyan's strength would be comparable to Song Yiqing's? It's truly unimaginable!"

"Don't you think if we all used it, our expedition team's strength would advance by leaps and bounds?

Luckily, it was Brother Xue who joined our team!"

Listening to everyone's words,

Xue Xingye also smiled warmly; after all, this was a rare moment of glory in his life,

a rare time being surrounded by supporters.

Beside him, Bai Yao looked at his smug expression with a look of displeasure on her face.

"Hmph, what's there to be so proud of? Song Yiqing might have already killed the monster!"

"Alright, Bai Yao, say less,"

Yi Menglian pulled Bai Yao's hand, signaling her not to offend Xue Xingye at this time.

And Bai Yao obediently shut her mouth. When it was time to rest, she saw Yi Menglian secretly go to find Xue Xingye.

The two chatted and laughed merrily; the young girl's face was even flushed, as if she had mentioned something indescribable.

Seeing this, Bai Yao pursed her lips and didn't comment.

After all, everyone has their own choices.

The Xue Group was in the limelight, so it was only natural for Xue Xingye to be fawned over.

What angered Bai Yao, however, was that the Xue Group kept bringing up Song Yiqing for comparison.

This kind of behavior, exploiting the deceased, was simply too despicable.

Soon, the group set off again.

However, they hadn't gone far this time before they encountered an expedition team that was turning back.

Fei Erfeng, walking at the front, saw them and asked in confusion,

"Were you attacked by monsters? You survived?"

"Hehehe,"

Leng Chang smiled bitterly,

"We survived, but the price we paid was agonizing.

Out of our eight-man squad, only the three of us survived in the end."

"My condolences,"

Fei Erfeng offered words of comfort and then said,

"I have food and medicine here. You can treat yourselves here and, while you're at it, tell us what kind of monsters you encountered in there.

We are the Flying Tiger Archaeological Expedition Team, affiliated with the government. Telling us will also earn you points."

"Uh..."

Leng Chang looked troubled. After hesitating, he still said,

"The monster wasn't killed by us."

"Hmm?"

Fei Erfeng looked puzzled, and Ban Licheng, the captain of the special forces team, quickly gripped his rifle and slowly aimed the muzzle at the other party.

Seeing this, Leng Chang also hurriedly explained,

"You all know this person, it's—Song Yiqing!"

This one sentence was like pressing the mute button on the scene. Everyone in the Archaeological Team, who had been chatting, was drawn to this statement.

At the same time, they looked at Leng Chang with great astonishment.

Bai Yao, in particular, excitedly jogged forward.

"What did you say? Song Yiqing killed the monster? Song Yiqing saved you??"

"Yes,"

Leng Chang nodded heavily.

And his response once again left everyone on the scene stunned.

The bullet chat in the live stream room, however, boiled over at this moment!

[What? Am I hallucinating? Song Yiqing? Song Yiqing saved them?]

[No way? For real? It's really Song Yiqing? No way? How is that possible!!]

[Dammit! Why say it's Song Yiqing? That's simply impossible!]

[No way? This is nonsense, right? How could it be Song Yiqing? Wasn't he already eaten by the Gate-Keeping Beast?]

[This, this, this... is simply impossible!]

Amidst their astonishment, the viewers also felt a sliver of anticipation. If Song Yiqing wasn't dead, then the probability of uncovering the secrets of the forbidden zone would increase significantly!!

Humanity's hope would rise significantly!! At this moment, on the live stream screen, Xue Xingye said with a hint of urgency,

"That's simply impossible! Song Yiqing and the others must be very deep in. Even if our routes are different,

it's impossible for him to appear behind us!

According to the experts' deductions, the location where Song Yiqing fought the Gatekeeper Beast Mother was already in the middle section!

So you're lying!!"

His words were intense, but they also drew the agreement of many people in the Archaeological Team around him.

But to his words, Leng Chang simply shrugged.

"Whether you believe it or not is your business. I've already said what I needed to say,"

After saying that, he took the medicine from the logistics staff and hurriedly left with his two team members.

At this time, Kang Mo spoke up,

"I think he might just be unwilling to share, so he intentionally said that Song Yiqing is still alive."

"That's also a possibility,"

Shi Zhishan nodded slightly.

"Even though we're all expedition teams, there are still significant conflicts of interest after all."

"Alright, more talk is useless. Just be careful,"

Fei Erfeng didn't think too much more about it and instead waved his hand to signal everyone to continue forward.

Just a few minutes after they had started walking,

Bai Yao suddenly called out,

"Elder Fei!! Elder Fei!! The stream! The stream!! Song Yiqing's live stream room is back online!!"

"What did you say?"

Fei Erfeng, who had been maintaining his composure, walked over quickly at this moment and urgently looked at the live stream on Bai Yao's phone.

On the screen that was full of static, the image gradually became clear.

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