Zuo Lin looked at him with surprise.
Did he really give it to them?
"I said, you performed well, and you will be rewarded. These are enough for you to live back, but the road ahead, you must listen to me, otherwise, if you die, don't blame me."
After Zhou Lin finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the people of Great Xia.
Looking at Zhou Lin's back, Zuo Lin's heart was filled with excitement.
Compared to the people from the well, Zhou Lin was like a god.
"Professor..."
"Is this really for us? These must be very expensive. Will we have money after we go back?"
"Yes, yes."
The students were all excited.
"From now on, we must listen to Zhou Lin, otherwise we will all die here, understand?"
Zuo Lin's heart was filled with excitement as he gave them a final warning.
"Yes, we will."
"Yes, we will be good, we still want to leave alive."
These students looked at Zhou Lin with eyes full of surprise.
Zhou Lin walked to Huo Qi's side, and Huo Qi glanced at the people from Sakura Country.
"You're quite good at winning people over."
Huo Qi looked at Zhou Lin, thinking that although Zhou Lin looked young, he had at least eight hundred schemes.
"The road ahead will be even more difficult. At least some people are needed to protect you. Giving them these diamonds is like settling accounts, the same as me asking for money to save your lives."
"Consider it as paying to avoid disaster."
Zhou Lin shrugged indifferently.
Huo Qi and the metaphysics professor looked sympathetically at Zuo Lin and the others behind them.
They had been sold out, yet they were still grateful to Zhou Lin...
How pitiful.
In the live broadcast room.
"Damn, is this Zuo Lin blind? How could he accept Zhou Lin's money? This is a disgrace to bow down."
"You Great Xia people are despicable, trying to make us dogs. Have you no shame?"
"Are you blind? If you're a dog, who gives dogs money? You're hilarious."
"It's not hilarious, it's idiotic. You're so poor you can't afford pants, yet you dare to act high and mighty. Isn't that foolish?"
"This isn't foolish, it's idiotic behavior. Who's the joke here? As they said, this is the price of obedience. If it were you, would you have such courage?"
...
Inside the tomb.
Captain Zhao searched everywhere but couldn't find an exit, nor any mechanism.
"Professor Zhou Lin, do you know where this mechanism is?"
Captain Zhao looked at Zhou Lin with some apology.
"Mm."
Zhou Lin looked at the white jade wall. On the wall, there was a protrusion, and on the protrusion, he saw a pixiu.
He then picked up the whip he had and flicked it gently.
*Crack*
The white jade pixiu on top fell to the ground, shattering into two pieces.
A dark hole appeared on the side, revealing a secret passage.
"I never thought this thing would be hidden so deeply. Who would have thought there would be a switch on the wall?"
Captain Zhao never dreamed of it. If Zhou Lin hadn't acted, he wouldn't have noticed this connection.
"Let's go."
Zhou Lin looked at the people around him and walked forward first.
Then came Huo Qi, the metaphysics professor, and the mercenaries.
As they entered the dark secret passage, the narrow space made everyone's hearts tense.
Following the passage, there was a faint smell of moisture in the air, a fishy odor.
"What's this smell? Why does it smell like fish to me?"
The metaphysics professor smelled a strong fishy odor, which grew more intense the further they went, and it was also foul.
"Is this fishy? Why do I smell blood? Is my nose wrong?"
Huo Qi looked at the metaphysics professor, confused.
"It's fishy, I smell it."
"Me too."
"No, it's the smell of blood, and a hint of rust."
The students behind them also sniffed and said.
"Whatever it is, we'll know when we get there."
Zhou Lin heard this and didn't pay much attention, walking further inside.
As the flashlight illuminated the scene before them, everyone was stunned.
Before them stood a castle. The castle had several arched openings, adorned with luminous pearls. However, the light from these luminous pearls was a pale green.
Anyone who saw it would find it eerie, mainly eerie.
"Professor, are these luminous pearls? Why do they look so strange? Although they are round, but..."
A student beside him asked in a low voice.
Zuo Lin quickly put a finger to his lips, signaling the student to be quiet.
Seeing this, the student immediately shut his mouth.
"This doesn't look like a luminous pearl, but I don't know what it is either."
Huo Qi also felt that this was not like a luminous pearl, but he didn't recognize it.
The metaphysics professor felt a sense of familiarity. There were some records of such things, but he couldn't recall them for a moment.
In the live broadcast room.
"Why do I feel like I've seen this somewhere before? It was in a report."
"Are you dreaming? How could this be reported? This is a newly discovered tomb, you must be dreaming?"
"Our Sakura Country once reported on this. I remember, this is called a Jiaozhu, something found only in the deep sea."
"I remember too. There seems to be such a thing. It was all the rage back then and caused quite a stir in our local area, but we still don't know who the original owner of this Jiaozhu was."
"No way, have you really seen it? I don't believe it?"
"Such a thing does exist. I saw it once, but because there was no trace of it, the matter didn't develop further."
...
Inside the tomb.
"This is Jiaozhu, something found only in the deep sea, meaning it's related to merfolk. But why does it look so sinister?"
Zhou Lin looked at the object with some strangeness and said in confusion.
"Why does it look sinister? Aren't merfolk inherently sinister?"
The metaphysics professor remembered when he heard Jiaozhu. It seemed there were reports about it.
But at the time, it was just a guess, not confirmed. Now, seeing it, it was indeed the same. Could this be Jiaozhu?
"Merfolk are creatures of the deep sea, but as long as you don't provoke them, nothing will happen. There are at least more than ten Jiaozhu here, which means more than ten merfolk are in the Queen's hands..."
"I'd like to know what this thing is used for."
After Zhou Lin finished speaking, he strode into the ancient castle.
Everyone was stunned when they saw this.