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Chapter 250: Flight I first had Old Qian help me steady the two flashlights, which were beginning to dim. Using the ring of starlight shadows they cast, I constructed a coordinate system in my mind. With this system, I could pinpoint the vertical and horizontal positions of each star. After a quick survey, I knelt on the ground and opened my tool kit. I pulled out a curved Cloud-Probing Needle. This needle was specialized, featuring a small spring at the tip that allowed it to automatically expand…-
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Chapter 251: The Bullet He Yu attached three safety buckles to the last twenty-meter rope, clipping them onto my belt and Old Qian's. He had jammed the end of the rope into some rock crevice - he didn't even know which one - but as long as it held for ten seconds, we had a chance of survival. This was a last resort. We had lost our supply packs back in the Royal City, and this solitary rope was far too thin. We certainly couldn't count on it holding for long. In other words, my signal to He Yu wasn't…
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Chapter 252: Going with the Flow I tossed the blood-stained bullet casing onto the ground and wrapped the bleeding wound tightly with gauze. A numbing wave of pain followed immediately. Leaning against the cave wall, my vision swam in dizzying pulses. I sat on the ground for a while to recover; the pain was so intense I felt the urge to vomit. Having eaten nothing, I had nothing to bring up, so I simply dry-heaved a few times before using the wall to pull myself to my feet. He Yu came over to support…
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Chapter 253: Something Unexpected Feeling a lingering sense of worry, I went back to the tents to ask around. I learned that Chen Canghai and Kuba had reacted quickly when the earthquake struck; they hadn't fallen into the fissures. Once my Fourth Brother found them, he had them forcibly sent back. Following Tian Yuqing's instructions, I handed the entire Burial Bone Testament over to Fourth Brother. However, I kept the copper piece that had come out of it for myself. Tian Yuqing hadn't mentioned it,…
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Chapter 254: The Cold Shoulder A whip cracked against the horse's flank, and Kuba's mount bolted forward instantly. I gripped the reins with one hand and swung the whip with the other, galloping across the vast expanse of the grasslands. Just as I surged ahead, I heard the locals behind us shouting and cheering. They were drinking mare's milk wine, laughing and hollering as they watched us go. The horse followed the trail left by Tian Xiaoqi for about a li. Once the campfires of the locals were no…
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Chapter 255: Qian Shizhong Once Fourth Brother finished his deployments, his men began moving to their respective tasks. They hauled their gear into the beds of the pickup trucks. He Yu and I stood up, preparing to follow, but as we passed Fourth Brother, he grabbed me by the collar and waved He Yu toward one of the trucks. "How much do you know about your great-grandfather's business?" Fourth Brother hooked an arm around my neck and pulled me toward the lead pickup. That truck was filled with the…
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Chapter 256: Following the Map Wu Yili pulled the two fragmented pieces of the Burial Bone Testament from his bag and held them out to Qian Shizhong. Pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose, he spoke before I could get a word in. "I must ask you to help us decipher this map, old gentleman. Where exactly in Northern Shaanxi is the location indicated on this parchment?" Qian Shizhong closed his eyes and turned his head away. Leaning both hands on his cane, he showed no intention of acknowledging…
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Chapter 257: Stepping into Pit-traps We passed through the center of a stone fissure that had split open beneath Yellow Wind Ravine. This crack had been open for a long time, and even now, there were still fissures beneath the ground we walked upon. If you lay flat on the ground, you could see a pitch-black chasm reaching deep into the mountain ridge. In the years to come, it was highly likely that these mountain cracks would continue to split further. Beyond Yellow Wind Ravine lay a stretch of…
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