Chapter 2299: Footsteps in the darkness! Is it the Wang family again?

Now the two needed to do was wait for the arrival of the others from the Second Archaeological Team. Yang Lusi's shout just now had already announced to everyone that she was safe.

And under this situation, the choice everyone made immediately was to hurry down and meet up with her, nothing else.

Yang Lusi saw that A Xiang's emotions gradually stabilized, and began to observe the surrounding situation. Just as Zhang Lin thought, at this current juncture, what Yang Lusi needed to do was determine the safety of the location they were in.

As long as she could guarantee that this place was relatively safe, then Yang Lusi could cast aside all her thoughts, just choosing to rest here and wait for Zhang Lin to board the Crescent Hotel.

As for wanting to prove her subjective intentions, they would all be restrained.

In fact, it wasn't that Yang Lusi didn't want to be a "hands-off leader," but regardless of whether as the team leader of the Second Archaeological Team or Zhang Lin's junior sister, all realistic identities didn't allow her to do so. She had to take up the responsibilities she should fulfill. Facing this kind of responsibility that couldn't be jumped out of, Yang Lusi's awareness was much higher than anyone else's.

Although Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan would occasionally stop Yang Lusi from doing some dangerous behaviors in their cognition.

But in most situations, they couldn't stop the other party in the end. This wasn't that Yang Lusi wanted to be arrogant; after all, besides her, no one else could do those things.

Even if Yang Lusi was truly that kind of ruthless team leader, choosing to let Wang Kaixuan and Hu Bayi take risks, what would be the meaning?

The two were destined to return in defeat. Being able to keep their lives would already be considered very lucky. As long as they wanted to continue moving forward afterward, all of this still had to rely on herself.

So Yang Lusi chose to do it herself directly, without making any probes, which could solve the problem more quickly, and they could walk forward smoothly.

After a moment of exploration, Yang Lusi nodded slowly, determining that this place was indeed safe, so there was nothing to worry about.

But just at this moment, she heard footsteps coming from afar.

Yang Lusi was stunned at first, and after confirmation, determined that this came from afar, not from above.

Now the others from the Second Archaeological Team were coming down from above, so if footsteps came from the trestle path that couldn't be seen.

Then Yang Lusi wouldn't be strange at all; that was precisely the others from the Second Archaeological Team listening to her current orders and choosing to come down to meet up with her.

But this sound came from afar, so Yang Lusi had to raise her spirits to the twelfth degree. She took A Xiang to one side, letting the other party hide in a corner first.

And Yang Lusi picked up the Vajra Umbrella and touched over from the side. In fact, Yang Lusi's best choice was to hide like A Xiang.

Quietly waiting for the change in the situation, seeing who exactly came before acting, that way she could wait for her team members to come and meet up, and their grasp would be greater.

But Yang Lusi instinctively had a suspicion, just like the Wang family members who caused them trouble before—it was the same logic.

Although in intuition, she leaned more toward the Wang family not following the Second Archaeological Team anymore, she also knew that perhaps this possibility wasn't very great. The Wang family had existed for so many years; never underestimate their persistence.

Moreover, there was still someone commanding the Wang family behind the scenes. Under the urging of this situation, there would always be those who were stubborn and couldn't suppress their greed. Moreover, the person behind this had been coveting the Dust-Suppressing Pearl for more than a day or two.

After opening the mechanism just now, Yang Lusi immediately took back the Dust-Suppressing Pearl. Now her protection of the Dust-Suppressing Pearl was also done more thoroughly.

If it was truly the arrival of the Wang family's main force, the only purpose of Yang Lusi making this choice was to let the others of the Second Archaeological Team not come down.

And then she would draw the Wang family away by herself. Even if the Dust-Suppressing Pearl was still on her, Yang Lusi still had great confidence in escaping from the other party's encirclement.

Regarding untying the curse, they could even discuss it in the long run. Now Yang Lusi had recognized very clearly that if she didn't destroy all the Wang family members, they were destined not to be able to continue moving forward peacefully. Since that was the case, what was there to struggle with? Even if she didn't seek Zhang Lin's opinion on this matter.

But Yang Lusi also determined that even if she acted on her own, from the side, to cooperate with Zhang Lin, the other party definitely wouldn't make things difficult for her because of the decision she made.

After all, everything before basically verified this point. Having figured all this out, Yang Lusi would be so resolute.

It was just that for her at the moment, the most awkward thing was that she couldn't send a signal to the people above very intuitively, as that might alert the enemy. Because the footsteps from afar had already come over, Yang Lusi had to go over and check the situation first.

After the situation was confirmed, it wouldn't be too late to make a choice.

In the dark corner, A Xiang, who was curled up there, was full of confusion. She also heard the footsteps, but A Xiang's ability to distinguish position by sound wasn't that strong, so she didn't have the slightest suspicion, just determining that the footsteps were made by their own people.

At this time, she was thinking to herself: hadn't Yang Lusi already said how to choose regarding similar situations before? Why was the other party more nervous than anyone else when their own people came down?

Yang Lusi didn't have time to explain so much to A Xiang, only letting the other party act according to her orders.

She walked forward dozens of meters alone, stealthily, deliberately hiding the sound of her footsteps, until the footsteps on the opposite side became increasingly heavy, and only then did Yang Lusi find a dark corner to hide.

Now she didn't want to struggle with those anymore. If the other party was truly the Wang family, then she would act directly, without even the slightest hesitation.

Holding this thought, Yang Lusi gripped the Vajra Umbrella in her hand. Just at this moment, the faint light of a flashlight came over.

At first, that group of people on the opposite side was in a cave at a corner, and only footsteps could be heard, with no flashlight light visible at all. And this beam of light coming over was considered to have sent a signal to Yang Lusi.

Yang Lusi took a deep breath. If it were normal times, she wouldn't need to be so nervous; ultimately, all of this was still under her own rhythm.

But now, the realistic situation told Yang Lusi that she couldn't be too dragging.

Relying solely on her individual strength, she indeed couldn't solve all the problems.

But Yang Lusi was acting even more resolutely now.

Perhaps she didn't need to really take the Dust-Suppressing Pearl and draw everyone away; she could find an opportunity to give the Dust-Suppressing Pearl to Shen Qiong, letting them continue to move forward, thereby untying the curse.

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