Chapter 47

Hong Bang was already impatient. Ganglao stopped and, with a hawk-like gaze, stared at Lin Qing.

Ci Dao immediately said coldly, "You little brat, are you playing us?"

The triangular bayonet in his hand rose and fell, piercing straight into Lin Qing's back!

Lin Qing felt a sharp pain, already pierced through his heart and lungs!

Li Meilin and Yanran cried out in alarm, "You gangsters, what do you want to do?"

They disregarded everything and pounced onto Lin Qing, preventing Ci Dao from attacking again.

Ganglao, with a metallic grinding voice, said coldly, "Brat, you're cheating!"

Lin Qing, spitting out blood, smiled bitterly, "Very well. You can kill me now, Boss, and then find it yourself."

Ganglao looked around.

Lin Qing had led them through the maze-like secret passage on Bright Peak for a full two hours. At first, they could still find their way on the map, but who could remember every turn? Now, looking around, all the stalactites and pillars looked the same; how could they tell their direction?

This was another of Lin Qing's plots.

He led Hong Bang through the tunnels, making them lose their sense of direction and making them hesitant to kill him easily.

Ganglao's cold gaze turned to Ci Dao.

Ci Dao pondered for a moment, unfolded the map, and finally smiled bitterly.

He was also confused by Lin Qing's actions.

This was an issue of initiative.

Lin Qing circled around, his eyes sharp, one circle after another, sometimes even retracing his steps. Ci Dao had to prevent Lin Qing from escaping and also pay attention to the map's direction; how could he manage both?

Ganglao snorted, and the doctor came forward, throwing a Yunnan Baiyao to Lin Qing, then turned and left.

Lin Qing weakly got up from the ground, looking severely injured.

Ci Dao said in a shrill voice, "Don't think that just because you led us through the maze, I won't dare to kill you. I'll tell you, we have a tool called [Restoration Insect] that can lead us back to the starting point of the maze!"

Lin Qing was first startled, then his eyes twinkled, and he laughed.

"Bullshit!" he thought to himself, "Even if you return to the starting point of the secret passage, would you dare to go back to Bright Peak? Yang Buhui's room? There must be Yang Xiao and many experts waiting for you."

But he didn't reveal this, and with a fearful expression, he said, "I understand. But I haven't walked this secret passage before; I can only do my best."

The flip-flops, impatient, said, "It's already the second day! Hurry up!"

Although Ganglao remained calm, his eyes showed signs of anxiety.

Lin Qing saw all this and understood clearly in his heart.

The six major sects were about to attack Bright Peak, and they were eager to return and claim their rewards!

This urgency was the biggest difference between the two sides!

Lin Qing had gradually taken control of the situation.

Ganglao gave Ci Dao a look.

Ci Dao coldly asked Lin Qing, "Where are we now?"

He unfolded the map.

Lin Qing had another chance to memorize the map, making it even more firmly in his mind, but he pointed to a random location that was similar to their current environment.

Then, he continued to lead the group through the tunnels, making the direction very confusing, moving east and west, making Ci Dao behind him quickly confused.

Lin Qing's goal was still the dead-end path on the map where the Ming Jiao leader's tomb might be.

In the next two hours, he found five more tombs.

The secret codes on them were "for," "remove," "light," "joy," and "sorrow."

None of them was the "worry" that Yang Dingtian needed.

But Lin Qing was filled with joy!

Because he had already figured out the location of Yang Dingtian's hidden secret tomb!

With the increasing number of samples, after obtaining nine samples, a map of the secret passage on Bright Peak gradually formed in Lin Qing's mind.

He found that the tombs of the Ming Jiao leaders in the secret passage were similar to the Ming Dynasty's Thirteen Tombs, which he had visited during his archaeological internship.

The Thirteen Tombs followed a pattern: starting from the Changling where the Ming Chengzu was buried, then the Dingling, Zhaoling, and Yongling, up to the Siling where the last emperor Chongzhen was buried, arranged symmetrically with the center as the head and the left as the upper side.

From the samples collected so far, the tombs of the nine Ming Jiao leaders all followed this pattern.

Don't forget, the Ming Jiao and the Ming Dynasty had a thousand and one connections!

Although Zhu Yuanzhang, after taking power, severely suppressed the Ming Jiao, he didn't dare to go against the many Ming Jiao brothers and named the new dynasty the Ming!

The distribution pattern of the Ming emperors' tombs being similar to the Ming Jiao leaders' tombs was not impossible.

Therefore, the tomb of the 33rd Ming Jiao leader, Yang Dingtian, should be located in the...

Lower right corner of the map!

The secret passage on Bright Peak could accommodate 36 tombs, distributed in a 360-degree circle, with one tomb every 10 degrees. The maze-like structure made it difficult to discern the pattern.

Yang Dingtian's tomb, according to the direction, should be at 170 degrees clockwise!

Lin Qing recalled that there was indeed a dead-end path at the 170-degree direction on the map!

He knew the location of Yang Dingtian's tomb!

This discovery made Lin Qing almost jump with excitement.

But the suspicious gaze of Ci Dao behind him made him calm down.

Lin Qing's mind began to race, thinking of ways to escape.

As time passed, the unconscious remote team member, named KG, also woke up, seemingly saved by the doctor.

This made Hong Bang even stronger.

Li Meilin and Yanran sighed.

If only the Hong Bang members had all been killed by the traps, it would have been great.

Lin Qing secretly observed and found that the Hong Bang members had different attitudes towards KG's recovery.

Gouzi, Tieshan, and the flip-flops were very close to KG, very happy.

But Ganglao's expression was indifferent, the same as Ci Dao's. The doctor remained neutral, with no expression.

Lin Qing saw all this.

These seven people were not united.

Lin Qing smiled coldly in his heart.

A team had the advantage of division of labor and group strength, but sometimes it also had many fatal flaws.

Internal conflicts were one of the most important.

Lin Qing didn't know if the conflict between Ganglao and Gouzi was due to interests or old grudges. But from KG's attitude towards Ganglao after waking up, Lin Qing could feel a strong resentment.

Gouzi, the flip-flops, and Tieshan were very close to KG, patting and chatting with him.

KG walked towards Ganglao.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Gouzi and others, sensing something was wrong, quickly came over.

KG suddenly stopped, less than half a meter from Ganglao, their eyes meeting, noses almost touching.

"Since you're awake, go back to your position and do your job," Ganglao said indifferently, playing with the liquid metal on his arm.

KG's eyes seemed to spout flames.

"Can you say that what happened just now wasn't your doing! You knew it was a trap but still ordered me, the remote, to go and scout!"

"Everyone has to do their job. Ci Dao has already removed the trap," Ganglao said coldly and sternly. "Now go back to your position!"

KG roared, "Ci Dao is your man! He deliberately left a trap to frame me. Because I'm the leader of the remote team and don't respect you, you deliberately set me up, right?"

Ganglao's cold gaze swept over KG, then looked at Tieshan, Gouzi, and the flip-flops, saying coldly, "What do you think?"

Under his authority, Tieshan laughed dryly. The flip-flops sniffed.

Only Gouzi grinned, "Boss, KG is an old member of the team, the leader of the remote team. I think it's better to clear up the suspicions. It might be good to talk it out."

This clearly put him on KG's side.

Ganglao said coldly, "Do you want to rebel?"

Gouzi laughed, neither confirming nor denying.

The team was now subtly divided into three factions.

Ganglao and Ci Dao.

KG, Gouzi, the flip-flops, and Tieshan.

The doctor remained aloof, coldly watching from the side, as if uninvolved.

"Interesting!" Ganglao said coldly, "You all know the rules, right? Rebellion is a serious crime, and you'll be hanged when we return."

KG said nonchalantly, "The big shots? They don't care about our lives."

Ganglao frowned, "Didn't I say that each of you will get 300 supply points, and 10% of the total value as a bonus pool?"

"Bonus pool?" KG laughed, then stopped, saying viciously, "I've been in the team for five worlds, risking my life every time, and they always talk about bonuses. Not once have they been paid! 300 supply points? How generous! Brothers, do you want to be exploited to death by the big shots?"

Gouzi, the flip-flops, and Tieshan looked at each other, their eyes flashing with a fierce light.

Ganglao said solemnly, "No matter what you think of the higher-ups' policies, we'll talk about it after the adventure. Now we're in a high-difficulty dungeon with dangers everywhere. How can we have internal conflicts?"

His eyes were calm, but his authority was evident, and the liquid metal on his arm disappeared.

KG said proudly, "Do you think we're all fools? When we return, will we even dare to fart? I say, we've gained a lot in this world. Let's divide the spoils here and run away with the money!"

"What if I don't agree?" Ganglao said coldly.

"Ganglao, we all admire your liquid metal ability," KG countered, "But now it's four against two. Even if your liquid metal can change in a thousand ways, we are many and not afraid!"

Ci Dao said coldly, "Without me to break the traps, you would all die here."

KG laughed, pointing at Lin Qing, "These people can get here and go back down the mountain. With him, I don't need you, Ci Dao!"

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