77: Chapter 77 Hope Returns! The Mysterious Swordsman is...

"Elder Fei, it sounds like there is fighting ahead. Could an expedition team be in danger up front?" Shi Zhishan's voice rang out, followed by Fei Erfeng's command,

"Ban Licheng, stay alert!! Stay alert!!"

"Yes!"

After Ban Licheng's voice rang out, the soldiers holding rifles stepped forward in unison. However, when they arrived at the site where the Luohang Expedition Team had been fighting, they saw the devastation scattered across the ground, as well as Liang Jingcheng, who stood in the middle with a look of despair on his face.

"Liang Jingcheng?"

Shi Zhishan naturally recognized him; the Luohang Expedition Team had always been quite famous. But seeing him standing there all alone, he vaguely realized something.

The members of the Flying Tiger Archaeological Expedition Team also fell silent at this moment. During their journey, they had heard that the Luohang Expedition Team was locked in a fierce battle, but because they needed to hurry, they hadn't paid much attention to it. Now, however, just by seeing the scene, they could grasp a thing or two.

At this time, Fei Erfeng looked at Liang Jingcheng and asked, "Where is Guo Xueyan?"

"She's dying," Liang Jingcheng said, his gaze falling onto Guo Xueyan, who was lying on the ground, breathing faintly. A huge gash had been ripped into her chest, yet a piece of her heart was still stubbornly twitching.

Seeing this, Fei Erfeng couldn't help but gasp. When Guo Xueyan became the much-anticipated hope, he had always felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart. Gene agents were, after all, external aids. Over-reliance would only lead to very dangerous situations. For a moment, he fell into silence.

Meanwhile, the viewers who had originally been in the Luohang Expedition livestream had all arrived here at this moment.

[My god!! This, this, this... how did it end up like this??]

[Wait? Why is Guo Xueyan dying, but Liang Jingcheng isn't dead? Look over there, the Rat-Man is actually dead!!]

[What the hell! How did they do this? Could it be that Liang Jingcheng killed it? But this kid doesn't know how to use a sword at all! What is going on?]

[I have a very bold guess! Could it be Song Yiqing? Is it possible that Song Yiqing did it?]

[Damn! The person above has a really bold guess, is it always Song Yiqing? We don't even know if Song Yiqing is alive or dead yet.]

[Exactly, and besides, Guo Xueyan's strength after taking the drug might not be much weaker than Song Yiqing's. Even if Song Yiqing were here, it would be impossible to achieve such a kill.]

[So it's likely some mysterious master swordsman!]

[I agree with that. If that's the case, we might have new hope!]

The viewers kept flooding the chat with comments.

After seeing this, Bai Yao asked anxiously, "Captain Guo... Captain Guo is seriously injured, so who killed the Rat-Man?"

After this question was asked, everyone at the scene turned their gaze toward Liang Jingcheng. Among the crowd, Xue Xingye inexplicably felt a sense of palpitations, as if something he least wanted to hear was about to happen!!

Under everyone's gaze, Liang Jingcheng slowly said, "Song Yiqing!"

When he spat out those three words, Guo Xueyan, who only had a few breaths left, suddenly let out a cry, "I... I don't accept this!!"

Her voice was mixed with a pool of blood gushing out, but she was already at the end of her rope. Seeing her state, everyone firmly believed one thing: It was Song Yiqing!!!

At this moment, everyone felt dazed, finding it hard to believe. Why was Song Yiqing still alive? ...

The livestream chat exploded into another round of frenzy!

[Damn! Damn!! It's really Song Yiqing?? There's no way to call this fake now!]

[Exactly!! My god, it actually is Song Yiqing. This answer is something I never expected. Song Yiqing is actually still alive!]

[But why did he come from behind? This is just too weird, right?]

Just as the viewers were confused, She Xuan popped up to explain,

[She Xuan: It's actually not hard to understand. The Six-Pillar Temple itself uses complex Feng Shui and Bagua principles. Every expedition team enters from a different location. But if you connect them all, perhaps there are routes between different locations that intercommunicate. This is the charm of Feng Shui. It's very likely that Song Yiqing took a wrong turn and returned directly to the starting point, coincidentally ending up in front of the Flying Tiger Archaeology Team.]

[Wow! A professional is a professional, that explanation was great!] ...

After the news of Song Yiqing being alive was confirmed a second time, Weibo trending searches instantly spiked.

#Song Yiqing is still alive!!# #We still have hope!# #Hope returns!!#

Countless messages were frantically pushed to the trending list. What everyone was most curious about was when Song Yiqing would appear on the livestream again, and where he was currently located.

For a time, the news about Guo Xueyan's death was no longer of concern to netizens. Some comments even popped up saying that people created by agents were useless and that the original version was better. However, such messages were quickly erased as soon as they appeared, as if an invisible hand was controlling everything. ...

Meanwhile, at a certain location beneath the Six-Pillar Temple, an expedition team called 'Shadow' was fiercely slaughtering monsters. After they finished dealing with the immediate trouble, their leader, Huo Jin, stopped his movements and ordered his team members to clean up the aftermath. At the same time, he looked at the message he had just received on his wristband:

[Mission: Decapitation Operation] [Target: Kill Song Yiqing!]

When this message appeared, the corners of Huo Jin's mouth curled up slightly.

"Heh heh heh, the hope of humanity, it turns out you've become a stumbling block for some people. It seems the biggest mistake you made was leaving those survivors behind."

Huo Jin murmured, then called out, "Brothers, a big job has come in. Sharpen your knives. This time, we are going to kill—Song Yiqing!" ...

Meanwhile, after watching the Flying Tiger Archaeology Team leave, Liang Jingcheng prepared to collect Guo Xueyan's body. But just as he hadn't taken two steps, a sleeve arrow suddenly pierced through his chest. He turned his head back in shock to look at the newcomer.

"You!! You!!!"

"Phase two of the experiment can now begin." ...