Chapter 2478

A faint smile appeared on Ada's face, and he nodded. He very much wanted to express his thanks, but felt that doing so would be too sentimental, so he did not.

The atmosphere in the Second Archaeology Team was very strange right now, because of Su Nan's joining, and because Peter still hadn't said a single word. With Uncle Ming's death, everyone seemed happier than the last, and only Peter remained silent. Yang Lu naturally noticed Peter's change and shook her head.

For her, any unknown factor in the Second Archaeology Team had to be silenced at the first opportunity. If it weren't for the fact that she trusted Peter as a person very deeply, Yang Lu would probably really have chosen to let him leave the Second Archaeology Team temporarily — even if it meant waiting in place, she would have had no problem with that.

Even though Yang Lu couldn't guarantee that staying put would truly lead to a safe outcome, she still had to take responsibility for the lives of more people.

She couldn't throw herself into danger just because one or two people had run into trouble, especially since this person wasn't even a member of the Second Archaeology Team.

Approving of the other party's character was one thing, but if she were really expected to consider that person's life — even to the point of risking her own — that would be an entirely different matter!

Clearly Yang Lu was not the saintly type; she wouldn't do that. As long as she was responsible for her own team members, that was enough.

Of course, there was one exception. The reason she thought this way was that if Peter ever showed any other kind of mentality and Yang Lu noticed it, she would eliminate the hidden danger at the first opportunity — even if she didn't strike him down directly, she would do exactly as she had thought before.

But if Peter could prove he had no such thoughts, then Yang Lu would naturally let him off in an instant — that was certain. Now Peter had to give Yang Lu an answer.

So Yang Lu fixed Peter with a piercing gaze. She offered no words of comfort, nor did she bring up what had happened before; instead, with that look she told him he had to say something. She believed that no matter how foolish Peter was, he understood exactly what that gaze meant.

At that moment Peter was toying with his dagger. After catching Yang Lu's look, he let out a long breath.

Then he drove the dagger into the ground and said, "Captain Yang, I have to let my boss return to the soil. Even though I only recovered some parts, I can't let him die without a proper burial. So I have to get out of here alive, but I can't do it on my own — I can only follow you."

Sure enough, Peter had indeed guessed Yang Lu's thoughts, and at the same time his words told her he had no other intentions.

He only hoped to leave this place alive. Yang Lu hadn't yet rushed to respond when Wang Kaixuan suddenly stepped forward, first glaring hard at Peter.

If Peter simply wanted to get out alive, Wang Kaixuan could understand — after all, no one wanted to die in a place like this, or to die for no apparent reason.

Finding no reason to go on, being afraid to die wasn't shameful; dying an unjust death was. If everyone died an unjust death in this godforsaken place, their souls wouldn't even be able to find release.

But what Wang Kaixuan mainly couldn't understand was why Peter was still listening to Uncle Ming at this point, or thinking that with Uncle Ming already dead, repaying all the debts would mean everything could be over.

But that kind of thinking was far too naive — Wang Kaixuan certainly wouldn't accept it.

Yet the next moment, Wang Kaixuan actually said to Yang Lu, "Captain Yang, I don't think Peter's got a problem. At least his boss is gone now, and his character has no issues — we saw that already."

Chu Yi also instinctively nodded, then vouched for Peter.

No one was a fool, especially in a life-and-death struggle like this, in such a perilous situation. They all understood even more clearly how rare a person like Peter was.

Someone who could still carry that kind of loyalty in a situation like this was absolutely first-rate. Moreover, as for whether this matter was good or bad, right or wrong, everyone could tell clearly.

So Peter had no standing to avenge his boss. When Uncle Ming was still alive, Peter did have a duty to stand in front of him and shield him from every danger.

But now things were completely different. Besides, before he died Uncle Ming had also asked the archaeology team to take Peter out with them. The fate of their group was a tragic one.

A-Xiang voluntarily turned her back on the dark and joined the light, which could be considered as repaying Uncle Ming's kindness — and afterward she could join the Second Archaeology Team with a clear conscience.

Looking at the others, some died, some ran. That Red Sister had it the worst. Only Peter had a relatively decent outcome. But what would happen to the archaeology team afterward, no one knew. Perhaps only Zhang Lin, up at New Moon Restaurant, could know what kind of situation the Second Archaeology Team would face next.

But right now Zhang Lin certainly wouldn't give them the answer directly — everything still had to wait for the Second Archaeology Team to explore. Otherwise all of Zhang Lin's previous efforts would have been wasted.

He wanted the Second Archaeology Team to act on their own initiative, to make their own choices — this was the situation Zhang Lin had always painstakingly strived to bring about. Now that situation had roughly taken shape, so Zhang Lin wouldn't let it simply vanish.

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