Bai Jing whispered to Lin Wu, "What did he take? Why did he do that?"

Lin Wu did not intend to hide it from Bai Jing, and told her what Professor Zhang and Jian Chonghe said in a few words. As for keeping the lotus cane secret, it might also be the key to the matter. There were many people around, so she did not speak directly, but only hinted at Bai Jing.

Bai Jing nodded in understanding.

After Lin Wu finished speaking, he looked towards the river.

She was not looking at Jian Chonghe's behavior, but at whether the thing she dug out last time was still there.

Unexpectedly, it was no longer there, completely covered by the mud at the bottom of the river, and could not be seen at all. If she had not seen it with her own eyes, she would not have thought that this place could lead to Mochuan's retreat.

At this time, exclamations were heard from the crowd.

Lin Wu's gaze followed the direction and landed on Jian Chonghe who was in the front.

When he dripped his blood into the lotus bud above the cane, a dazzling red light suddenly appeared and bloomed in an instant, forcing the people behind him to close their eyes to block it out.

Lin Wu too.

After feeling the light getting weaker, everyone opened their eyes again and saw a magical scene.

A dark red vortex appeared in the air above the river! It was still spinning, causing a gust of wind to blow around it, making everyone feel inexplicably cold.

"Okay, once we get in here, we will reach our real destination." Jian Chonghe carefully wrapped up the lotus cane and put it in his bag, then turned around and said to everyone, "But I hope that no matter what you encounter or see tonight, you can keep it secret after you come out. Of course, we hope that everyone can come out safely."

After saying that, he looked at Professor Zhang and nodded. He walked in first. After stepping into the vortex, he disappeared from everyone's sight!

Professor Zhang called the surprised Wang Lin and Qiu Mei to follow.

Gao Zhouwen turned around and reminded the others that time was limited, and then he and Han Yuesong followed with their men.

Following them came Chang Chi Chang San and others.

But before going in, they looked back at Lin Wu.

"No wonder when Bo Ning and I followed them that night, the archaeological team had to check the surroundings before taking action, and then miraculously disappeared out of thin air. It turns out it was because of this." Bai Jing suddenly realized and walked forward.

Bo Ning followed her.

But after they walked a few steps, they noticed that Lin Wu was still there, so they turned back and asked her what was wrong.

Ren Ke, who was about to leave, stopped immediately.

Lin Wu frowned slightly.

She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she sensed a trace of magic in the aura after the vortex appeared. Could this be caused by the artifact?

"……fine."

Lin Wu suppressed his thoughts and walked towards the whirlpool.

Bai Jing Baining, Ren Ke and others followed after seeing this.

As they got closer, the vortex showed no sign of rejection. They passed through it as if they were passing through a soft barrier, and the next moment they felt solid ground where they landed.

They opened their eyes at the same time, and saw a completely different scene! They were in an open space, with hard stone surfaces under their feet. It was pitch black all around, with only the light from the flashlights they had turned on. On both sides were steep, uneven stone walls, similar to a mountain, in an inverted eight shape, with a wide area. The higher they went, the more the stone walls on both sides moved closer and closer, as if they were about to merge together. The gap became narrower and narrower, and it was endless, and the light from the flashlights could not reach the end at all.

From this perspective, they looked like they were just under the rock layer at the bottom of a crack in the mountains.

"Where...where is this?!"

"Why does it look so spooky?"

"Didn't they say there was some ancient tomb complex? I thought we were in some stone tomb passage. What's going on now?"

After everyone was stunned for a moment, they couldn't help but speak in a random manner, which immediately diluted the gloomy and quiet atmosphere of the place and made it noisy instead.

Professor Zhang took Gao Zhouwen, who was easy to talk to, and counted the number of people diligently. After making sure that no one was left behind, Gao Zhouwen said, "Everyone, be quiet! We don't know what the situation is here, because we are no different from you. This is our first time here. However, our teammates have been here before, and I think they left marks and traces. As long as we follow the path they took, it will be much safer."

Gao Zhouwen glanced at Lin Wu and Chang Chi, "Please take care of yourselves and try to avoid any mistakes. I think we will be fine. If you have no objection, we will set off now."

Lin Wu and Chang Chi nodded.

Seeing this, the others stopped whispering and kept quiet and formed a formation in an orderly manner.

Han Yuesong had already led his men to check the surrounding area, and came back and pointed to the right and said, "They went that way."

Gao Zhouwen nodded and called the archaeological team to set off. The others followed one after another, and Lin Wu and others were still at the end.

"It seems like they value you very much," Ren Ke quickened his pace and walked to Lin Wu's side, "They didn't even let you lead the way. Are they afraid that something might happen to you? Or is your relationship with them much closer than I know?"

The two people following her looked up at the same time and looked at Lin Wu.

Lin Wu said indifferently, "Do you think I look familiar with them? If your eyes are not good, go get them treated. You have been a killer for so many years, you must have saved a lot, you should have enough money to treat your eyes."

"Really? I see, they care about you more than you think." Ren Ke looked ahead with an ambiguous look.

Lin Wu also looked and saw Luan Zhi slow down, turn around and run straight towards her.

"Ms. Lin!"

As soon as he met Lin Wu's eyes, he smiled, but frowned when he saw Ren Ke.

Ren Ke patted Lin Wu's shoulder and consciously slowed down and fell behind.

Luan Zhi then came to Lin Wu and said, "Ms. Lin, I have already told Professor Zhang and the others that I will follow you all the way. They agree. Don't worry, if you encounter any danger, I will definitely stand in front of you to protect you!"

Bai Jing's voice suddenly rang out: "It's not certain who will protect whom. And they agreed to let you come here, did we agree?"

Luan Zhi looked at Bai Jing and said in a good-tempered manner: "Even if I can't help Miss Lin, I am willing to let Miss Lin push me out to block the knife. I also believe that Miss Lin will keep me. After all, Miss Lin and I have some friendship. If we round it off, we can be considered friends. Miss Lin, don't you agree?"

His gaze returned to Lin Wu with deep meaning.

Lin Wu looked around with a flashlight in his hand. He glanced at Luan Zhi and said, "You have legs on your body. Where do you want to go? Can I stop you? Do you think you can go back if I say no?"

"No." Luan Zhi knew that Lin Wu's words were a disguised way of agreeing, and he smiled happily.

Lin Wu said: "Be quiet, don't disturb me."

Luan Zhi responded obediently: "Okay, Miss Lin!"

Seeing this, Bai Jing and Bai Ning shook their heads and said nothing more.

The group walked for a long time in the bottom of the mountain. After about an hour, the people in front suddenly stopped. They heard some voices, as if something had happened and there was quite a bit of noise.

"I'll go take a look." Luan Zhi took the initiative to go over.

There were a lot of people crowded in front and the passage was not very spacious. Lin Wu and others couldn't get through for a while, so they waited in the back.

Soon someone made way, and Luan Zhi came back and said, "Nothing, they found the bodies of some members of the archaeological team. It's just... they died tragically."