Chapter 2697

The crowd exchanged glances, and it seemed they all chose to accept it; those who didn't quite understand didn't want to press further, including Peter Chu Yi and the others.

They felt that continuing to ask questions probably wouldn't do them any good. In any case, they had already decided to follow Yang Lu Si, which meant their fate was tightly bound to the Second Archaeological Team.

So there was no need to dwell on those other questions now; they only needed to deal with what was right in front of them. Based on this, they naturally maintained a calm state of mind to face what came next.

But at this moment, Ake was rather at a loss for whether to laugh or cry; he hadn't expected Yang Lu Si to speak so directly. Of course, some people were very curious about that person's title, but the person Yang Lu Si described—anyone who used their brain would understand at once.

It must be the mysterious figure behind the Wang family coming, and Shen Qiong felt a bit nervous at this moment.

Instinctively, she asked: "Captain Yang, if that mysterious person really comes, what should we do afterward?"

Yang Lu Si didn't answer Shen Qiong's question at this moment; instead, she looked at Su Nan. Just one glance, and the other party felt a sense of unease.

She understood that Yang Lu Si looking at her at this moment was definitely not without purpose; most likely she wanted to ask about that mysterious person.

But no matter how Su Nan thought it over, her understanding of that mysterious person was extremely limited. Under this premise, she definitely couldn't provide the other party with an answer to the corresponding question. At this point, Su Nan was already constantly pondering in her mind how to answer Yang Lu Si's question.

But at this moment, Yang Lu Si still used the same approach as before; she wouldn't deliberately change the subject herself. Her gaze drifted to Ake again, and Ake pressed his palms together, chanted a Buddhist invocation, and sighed.

Then he said: "Alright, since Captain Yang has already put it that way, I have nothing to hide!"

Hearing this, everyone pricked up their ears; they understood that what Ake was about to say must be pretty hard-core. Even when Zhang Lin went to the Crescent Moon Restaurant, they would only hear about the corresponding matters then.

But Ake held a natural advantage—because he was a Heaven-Bestowed Singing Poet, so it wasn't surprising that he could now tell everyone some things in advance.

This was exactly what Yang Lu Si had valued from the start; only the others didn't understand. Moreover, now that Ake had spoken these words, when Zhang Lin went to the Crescent Moon Restaurant in the evening, it would also serve as a kind of confirmation.

The direction of this confirmation came from whether Ake had told the truth. Perhaps there were some discrepancies between his account and Lin's Claim, but if they were too far apart, or didn't match up at the most critical points, then Ake, as a Heaven-Bestowed Singing Poet, must have lied—this was beyond doubt.

Yang Lu Si believed Ake understood this principle himself, so he should now be very clear on what to do. Some things were unavoidable; it didn't mean that running away would solve them.

Seeing everyone's state, Ake shook his head.

Then he said slowly: "Actually, what I know is pretty much what you've already thought. Before answering these questions, I need to bring up one person first—the Queen of Jingjue!"

The crowd exchanged glances, especially those who had been to the Ancient City of Jingjue; they were now even more baffled. They didn't understand why Ake had suddenly brought up the Queen of Jingjue.

Even though they knew the place they were in now was related to the Demon Kingdom, the Queen of Jingjue had established the Ancient City of Jingjue herself, within the borders of the Taklimakan.

The connection between these was already very thin. If Ake had never been to the Ancient City of Jingjue, then his mention of the Queen of Jingjue might mean there really were things here they didn't understand.

Before the crowd could ask, Ake continued: "The reason I bring up the Queen of Jingjue is actually very simple—it's because I saw that you should be under a curse. Of course, during the whole process, you've discussed this yourselves, and you didn't avoid the topic."

Hearing this, Yang Lu Si frowned slightly, then shook her head and said: "No, no, no. The fact that we didn't avoid the topic is one thing, but you seeing it is another. Which of these two things happened first? You need to make that clear."

This matter was indeed quite important to Yang Lu Si, because she had never expected Ake to know so much. At first, Yang Lu Si had thought that what Ake could know was only that much—after all, his long poem only recorded some history of the Kunlun Divine Palace.

Yang Lu Si believed that what Ake could help the Second Archaeological Team with was extremely limited. She wasn't questioning Zhang Lin's decision, but she also assumed that the reason Zhang Lin did this was probably to add this extra layer of insurance.

So Yang Lu Si had never paid too much attention to Ake from start to finish. But at this point, Yang Lu Si came to her senses; she felt Zhang Lin would definitely not act without purpose, and also wanted to know in advance about the records in the long poem, and what the real reason was behind what they had experienced before.

Under this premise, Yang Lu Si had pressed Ake hard, but once Ake opened his mouth, the information that came out turned out to be so sensational. It wasn't that Yang Lu Si was unwilling to believe—it's just that who could tell at a glance that something was a curse?

If Ake had known from the very beginning that the Second Archaeological Team was under a curse, then was there another reason he had come here?

Unexpectedly, before Ake could reply, Wang Wang Kaixuan grinned, then patted Ake on the shoulder and said: "What you're saying is too far-fetched. Anyone who's watched the livestream before knows we're carrying a curse on us—this isn't news anymore!"

Wang Wang Kaixuan's meaning was very clear: he was accusing Ake of being deliberately mysterious. From his perspective, the vast majority of people in the world had watched the livestream about the archaeological team. Even if they didn't follow the archaeological team, they followed Zhang Lin. As long as they followed one side, the cause and effect before and after could be made very clear.

Based on this, Wang Wang Kaixuan had made this statement. The next moment, Ake silently shook his head, then sighed.

He said: "You think I'm a person who eats vegetarian food and chants Buddhist prayers, and that I'd have time in the Sichuan-Tibet region to watch livestreams? Even if I did, I couldn't get that kind of thing. The people who came to my place before should have seen how crude my place is, so these things are simply beyond me."

At these words, everyone was stunned, and for the moment they couldn't give themselves a very good explanation.

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