Chapter 734 Not Willing to Protect You
Captain Liu's face darkened after hearing Gao Wu's words, and he coldly said, "These people died because of the monster in the tomb, and I, as the team leader, also bear some responsibility. But this has nothing to do with Mr. Feng."
"How can it not have anything to do with him? He..."
"What's wrong with him? Just because someone is capable and powerful doesn't mean they have to protect you. Just because your parents gave birth to you doesn't mean they have to breastfeed you for the rest of your life until you die. You're such a filial son who can't be weaned! Oh, no, this should be called a giant baby."
He Ziyuan's junior brother disliked this kind of incompetent but morally manipulative scoundrel the most, and he spoke his mind without any restraint.
Gao Wu was so angry that his face turned red and he looked like he was about to burst into flames: "You!"
Before he could finish speaking, he was startled by the cold gaze that Feng Tianyu had cast over him.
Feng Tianyu was impatient to explain so much to someone he didn't know well, and simply said, "I'm not willing to protect you."
Gao Wu's face turned pale, and he wanted to say something, but Captain Liu interrupted him: "Mr. Feng is right. He is not from a special department, much less from our team. To be precise, he has no relation to anyone here."
"The reason he is traveling with us is not because your seniors or superiors have any requirements, but because he requested that we travel together. So, he can protect whomever he wants to protect, and he is free to not protect whomever he doesn't want to protect. Everyone should rely on their own abilities, and no one should interfere with anyone else."
The subtext is that you should be grateful if someone is willing to protect you; it's a skill to be able to ask for someone's protection, and if you can't, then you'd better pray for good fortune.
Captain Liu's words effectively silenced all of Gao Wu's complaints and accusations.
In addition, Captain Liu gave a wink to several of his men, who immediately gathered around Gao Wu.
Gao Wu was startled and immediately shouted, "What do you want to do? Kill me to cover it up? There are so many eyes here, do you really think you can cover up everything? If you dare to kill me, I will haunt you even as a ghost!"
Captain Liu almost laughed out of anger: "You really have a vivid imagination, are you paranoid or something? They're just keeping an eye on things and making sure you don't have any chance to play tricks. As long as you obediently follow the rules and don't cause trouble, they won't do anything to you. But if you insist on playing with our lives..."
Gao Wu subconsciously shrank his neck: "How is it?"
Captain Liu sneered, "Since so many people have already died here, I guess no one would mind if one more died."
Gao Wu's eyes widened suddenly, as if he could hardly believe that Captain Liu would say such a thing.
Captain Liu snorted coldly and ignored him.
He was obviously bluffing when he said that, but for a group of people who keep nagging and complaining like this, you have to use a mix of bluffing and intimidation to get them to cooperate.
Having dealt with the troublesome person, Captain Liu hurriedly returned to Feng Tianyu's side and told him about Mr. Qi's earlier discovery.
Feng Tianyu's expression finally changed after hearing this: "The main tomb chamber is nearby?"
"Yes. Mr. Qi did say that earlier, but unfortunately, he just..."
Mr. Qi just died trying to save one of his apprentices from the mouthparts of a giant spider.
"that……"
As Feng Tianyu and the others remained silent, a small voice suddenly came from behind them.
Everyone looked over at the sound and realized that the speaker was a young man in his early twenties.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the junior apprentice whom Mr. Qi had saved.
"I might know the location of the main burial chamber."
"Speak quickly."
“If I’m not mistaken, this tomb chamber is arranged according to the orientation of the Big Dipper, with the main chamber most likely located at the dipper’s ladle. I just don’t know if the tomb is aligned with the exact Big Dipper or the reverse Big Dipper. If it’s the exact Big Dipper, it’s most likely in this direction…” The young man pointed to the wall on the side of the tomb chamber.
"What if it's not the North Star?"
The young man turned around and pointed to another wall.
The two walls faced completely opposite directions, and Captain Liu was unsure what to do, so he turned to look at Feng Tianyu for advice.
Feng Tianyu flicked his right hand, and a gleaming longsword immediately appeared in his hand.
The eyes of everyone present brightened slightly, instantly recalling the sword light that had split the giant spider in two not long ago.
Feng Tianyu simply raised his hand and deftly drew the character "four" on the stone wall. The wall, which had previously been impervious to bullets and bludgeons, was now dismantled into eight pieces like tofu, crashing to the ground with a thud, revealing the path behind the wall.
Captain Liu's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets: "Mr. Feng, what are you doing...?"
"Too lazy to research it, just go there, and if it doesn't work, we'll try something else."
Everyone: "..." What the hell? If it doesn't work, try another one. Are they planning to just go all out and beat the game?
But it must be admitted that his move does save a lot of trouble. With such a bug that can directly open the tomb, who would want to rack their brains to study those messy mechanisms, look around carefully, and run around cautiously?
The group, who had just been chased by black beetles and giant spiders, immediately straightened their backs and followed Feng Tianyu.
As it turned out, the young man's judgment was correct, and Feng Tianyu's sixth sense was accurate as well; the direction he chose really did lead directly to the main tomb chamber.
However, the owner who built this tomb was quite cautious. After the front burial chamber, he prepared several other empty burial chambers, and each of them contained some terrible poisonous insects.
Besides the giant spider they encountered at the beginning, they later met a poisonous scorpion and a poisonous centipede.
The most outrageous thing was that when they finally arrived at the main burial chamber, they discovered that it was filled with many... people.
It's not accurate to call it a person; strictly speaking, it should be something that looks very much like a human.
These "people" were all gathered around the coffin in the main burial chamber, their heads slightly bowed. From the direction from which Feng Tianyu and the others entered, their specific appearances were not clearly visible.
When He Ziyuan and the others entered and saw this scene, they instinctively felt a chill run down their spines.
The junior brother, trembling, sidled up to his senior brother and tugged at his clothes, asking, "Senior brother, what are these things? They look so scary! Are they zombies?"
"You're asking me? Who should I ask?" He Ziyuan glared at him, though he himself was also suspicious.
If they really are zombies, with so many of them coming in, won't these things... wake up?
He Ziyuan subconsciously thought of this, but little did he expect that his sudden inspiration would cause those "people" to actually start moving!
"They moved! They moved!"
Many people in the crowd were startled and instinctively screamed.
By the time they realized something was wrong and hurriedly covered their mouths, it was too late.
Upon hearing the sound, all the people guarding the coffin immediately raised their heads and looked in their direction.
Upon seeing this, everyone almost screamed again.
The eyes on those faces had no pupils!
(End of this chapter)
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