After waiting for a few minutes, Zheng Yuan called back.
Lin Wu answered the call and asked directly: "Where are you now?"
"Still in Mr. Zheng's camp." Zheng Yuan's voice was a little unstable, as if he was talking while walking. It was also very quiet over there, with only the chirping of insects and birds. He should be in a remote place with no one around.
Without Lin Wu saying anything, Zheng Yuan had already spoken respectfully.
"That night, I found Mr. Zheng's camp and discovered that there were three people stationed there. This place is disconnected from the capital, and they couldn't contact Mr. Zheng. All they received was the information we gave them, so they reluctantly believed that I was sent to help them. But they were also very wary of me, and for two days they didn't let me access their equipment secrets."
"Until this afternoon, two bodies floated out of the river cave they were guarding, bringing news that the people inside had died. They went to rescue them and took me with them. But deep inside was actually a pile of corpses. Not only was there a poisonous miasma of corpses everywhere, but there were also strange insects in the water that were very aggressive. They lost one person, and the remaining two were rescued by me."
"After that, they began to trust me and told me what happened. First, there were no strange bugs in the depths, and it wasn't a mass grave. They all appeared suddenly from nowhere. Then they told me what happened in the past two days."
Lin Wuxian asked first: "Are you sure Zheng Mingxian is in the same team as them?"
"Sure."
"Except Zheng Mingxian, are the others from Shixing?"
"……no."
Lin Wu asked suddenly. Zheng Yuan was stunned for a moment. After thinking carefully, he explained to Lin Wu: "They don't know how to identify stones. Although their behavior is concealed, they are well-trained. I have tested them and they should be quite skilled. Overall, they look like special personnel from some kind of organization."
Lin Wu narrowed his eyes slightly, "You continue."
Zheng Yuan said, "In fact, they have lost contact with Zheng Mingxian and others."
At first, there were only six people who entered. Except Zheng Mingxian, the rest of the people were said to be very powerful and very skilled in cold weapons. They also brought a lot of weapons with them, so everything went smoothly at that time. They went in several times to survey and explore the way, and no accidents occurred.
However, a few days ago, after they went in again, Zheng Mingxian suddenly ordered them to take a route that had not been recorded or surveyed. During the process, they encountered some unexpected dangers, resulting in casualties.
The people outside didn't know at first, but when they contacted again and heard something wrong, they asked about it, and Zheng Mingxian told them. They had opinions, but Zheng Mingxian was the commander-in-chief, so they had to listen to him.
Zheng Mingxian did not tell the people outside what he had encountered specifically. He only vowed to bring out the necessary meteorites, but he accidentally broke into an unknown area. He said that there were many strange little houses there, and he also met some people with weird shapes, who took him in to rest.
The people outside found it very strange. How could there be someone inside? They wanted to go in to look for them, but Zheng Mingxian strictly prohibited them. After that, they never contacted each other again.
A day later, Zheng Yuan arrived.
The three men waited for news for a long time in fear, then contacted for help. When they saw a body on the way, they went in first, but unexpectedly they encountered danger.
"We blocked Shixing's channels, so they should not be able to contact Mr. Zheng and Jingzhong. But they actually got in touch, which shows that their identities are definitely not simple, and they have channels that we don't know about." Zheng Yuan said.
Lin Wu thought for a moment, "Are you still planning to go in?"
Zheng Yuan said: "One of them received a call in the evening and said that there was no need to go in and wait for news. I think their foreign aid has arrived."
"Indeed, we have arrived." Lin Wu curled his lips, "Do they have any other news? For example, tombs or something like that?"
"No, they don't even know why there are so many dead people. But they are sure that it must be because of what Mr. Zheng experienced in there. After all, the last time we contacted Mr. Zheng, he said something about a small house and someone to entertain him. It sounds like he has water in his brain and it is not credible at all."
Zheng Yuan said seriously, "In my opinion, Mr. Zheng and his men may have had hallucinations for some reason and wandered into the tombs you mentioned, and dug up the graves and said hello, which is why the bodies came out. But with so many bodies, even if Mr. Zheng and his men work hard, they can't do it in a short time, so I'm more inclined to believe that Mr. Zheng and his men have come to a very special place."
Lin Wu rubbed his brows and said, "I understand."
Zheng Yuan asked: "Master, should I go find you now?"
"No." Lin Wu refused. "Go find some people for me and do some work. Tomorrow I will go into that place with the people from the B&B. I will leave marks along the way. When you are done, come in and find me. Inside, I will also leave marks for you to find me. When the time is right, I will leave the team and find a place to meet you."
"Yes!" Zheng Yuan agreed.
Lin Wu told him in detail what he should do, then hung up the phone and went to sleep.
When I opened the door, I saw a few people standing outside.
They were Gao Zhouwen and Han Yuesong from the archaeological team, and the two young men from the Huo family.
“What are you doing…”
Lin Wu glanced at them.
They were obviously not getting along, both sides kept their distance from each other and their faces were not very good.
Seeing Lin Wu coming out, Gao Zhouwen stepped forward first and said, "Ms. Lin, after considering it, we decided to accept your proposal last night and go down together. But, I wonder if it is convenient for you to go with us? We feel at ease with you and Miss Bai here."
"You talk as if we are more willing to cooperate than you." The young man next to him mocked.
Han Yuesong gave them a cold look.
The other silent man frowned, stepped forward to block his gaze, and stared back at him coldly.
The young man snorted coldly, turned to Lin Wu, raised his chin and said, "We can go in together, but you must be there too, otherwise they will take the opportunity to attack us, and then come out and accuse us of being thieves. What if I don't believe them!"
Gao Zhouwen and Han Yuesong looked even worse.
Lin Wu waited for them to finish speaking, then looked at the two people next to him and said, "I'll go in too, all right. But before I go in, I should at least know your names, right?"
The young man was silent, "... Chang Chi."
The person next to him paused, finally looked at Lin Wu, and said, "Chang San."
"Brother?"
Lin Wu raised his eyebrows.
Chang Chi said: "How is that possible? We are just... ordinary friends who happen to work together. It's not important. Now that it's settled, I'm going back first!"
After saying that, he quickly pulled Chang San away, almost running.
Han Yuesong then said, "Ms. Lin, I hope we will have a pleasant cooperation this time."
Lin Wu nodded: "Yes."
Gao Zhouwen then said, "It's like this. We are in a hurry to save people, so after discussing it just now, we decided to leave in the afternoon. Is the time convenient for you?"
"If it's convenient, let's do it in the afternoon. But there are too many of you, and I'm worried, so I have to bring some people with me. Can you two understand? In case we encounter danger, there will be people to help." Lin Wu said.
"I understand."
Han Yuesong and Gao Zhouwen agreed immediately and turned to leave.
Lin Wu went to look for Bai Jing.
Bai Jing was a little surprised when he learned that the cooperation had been finalized: "Did the Huo family really agree? No, it's just that... Chang Chi and Chang San, I thought they would strongly oppose you going down with them."
"It's useless for them to object. The Huo family members who followed me already know me. They hate me, so how could they let go of this opportunity that might make me 'die'? After all, there are all kinds of dangers on this journey, and I might end up stuck there and unable to get out one day." Lin Wu said calmly.
Bai Jing frowned, "I won't let them have this chance."
Lin Wu smiled and said, "We have you, me, Bo Ning, and two more people here, which is enough. I will add three more people."