Chapter 3037

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 burning gaze, offering neither words of comfort nor any further mention of what had come before; instead, that look told him he had to say something. She believed that no matter how stupid Peter might be, he would understand exactly what her eyes meant.

At that moment Peter was toying with his dagger, and upon 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 managed to recover some parts, I can't let him die without a proper burial. So I have to get out of here alive, but on my own I can't do it—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 had not yet hurried to take a stance, when suddenly Wang Kaixuan stepped forward, first fixing Peter with a fierce glare.

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 die for no apparent reason.

Finding no reason to, fearing death wasn't shameful; dying a wrongful death was. If everyone perished unjustly in this godforsaken place, their souls wouldn't even find release.

But what Wang Kaixuan mainly couldn't understand was why Peter was still listening to Uncle Ming at this point—or believing that if Uncle Ming were already dead, repaying all his debts would bring everything to an end.

But that kind of thinking was far too naive; Wang Kaixuan, for one, would absolutely not accept it.

Yet the next moment Wang Kaixuan actually said to Yang Lu, "Captain Yang, I think Peter's fine. At least his boss is gone now, and there's nothing wrong with his character—we saw that clearly enough before."

Chu Yi even nodded unconsciously, then vouched for Peter on his behalf.

No one was a fool, especially amid this life-and-death struggle, in such a perilous situation—they knew all too well how rare a man like Peter was.

Someone who could still carry that kind of loyalty in a situation like this was absolutely first-rate. Moreover, now that the right and wrong of this matter were clear for everyone to see.

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

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

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

Looking at the others, some had died, some had run. That Red Sister had it the worst. Only Peter now had a relatively decent outcome, but what would happen to the archaeological team afterward was unclear to anyone—perhaps only Zhang Lin, up at New Moon Restaurant, could know what kind of situation the Second Archaeological Team would face next.

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

Letting the Second Archaeological Team act on its own and make its own choices was the situation Zhang Lin had always painstakingly striven to bring about. Now that situation had roughly taken shape, so Zhang Lin wouldn't let it simply vanish.

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