For a brief moment, when Ka saw the faint smile at the corner of Pete’s lips, she suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. It seemed like everything had been nned by him in advance. She <b>just </b>couldn’t figure out what he was truly <b>scheming </b>
In this dangerous situation and in such a perilous ce, he ced himself on the frontline. If anything went wrong<b>, </b><b>he </b>wouldn’t be able to escape either!
Ka felt that Pete <b>was </b>like an enigma. Every move he made was impossible to predict
It was as it, despite standing in front of her, he was like an elusive breeze that couldn’t be grasped. He made her uneasy, yet she found herself inexplicably <b>drawn </b>to him. She continued to follow <b>him</b>.
Pete looked at Ka, noticing that she was holding tightly onto his arm. He smiled <b>and </b>asked, “What’s wrong?
“N–Nothing…” Ka bit her lip, hesitating before swallowing her words.
After the storm passed, allmunication devices andpasses failed. The scattered teams, full of diverse and conflicting groups, started to panic, stumbling around like headless chickens. Some decided to continue the search, while others attempted to leave or contact the outside world.
But it was all useless.
In the depths of the rainforest, how could they tell the direction?
Every direction seemed to be filled with identical trees, and there were no visible paths<b>, </b>only rocky outcrops, ridgelines, and <b>thick </b>forests to navigate through.
Those who tried to signal the outside world fired res, but there was no response. The rescue they hoped for never came.
After repeated disagreements, disputes, and conflicts, a bombshell of good news came.
canyon was the very location Pete had mentioned, the spot marked
Some in the group imed they had found a canyon, and that ca on the map that the Fuller couple had spoken of!
In an <b>instant</b>, the scattered teams went wild!
Driven by greed, they all rushed <b>toward </b>the canyon with great urgency, fearing they might miss out on the opportunity. It became. a race to reach the location!
Ka also felt anxious. Unable to hold back, she asked, “Pete, why are we still waiting? You worked so hard to decode the map. Are you really going to let others reap the rewards?”
“Just wait a little longer.” Pete turned his head, his gaze lingering somewhere behind him. Smiling, he added, “A big shot still hasn’t arrived. What’s the hurry?”
Big shot?
<b>Ka </b>asked curiously, “Who is it?”
The Carrell family of Seldvale was already a powerful and influential family. <b>In </b>terms of status and influence, they were firmly. entrenched in the city’s elite.
be
The only one in all of Seldvale who could be regarded as a “big shot” by <b>the </b>Cartell <b>family </b>could only be…
Ka gasped, suddenly realizing something. “The Russell family of Seldvale? Mr. Russell?” novelbin
“Just what kind of treasure is hidden at the location marked on the map? To think that it’d even attract someone like Mr. Russell! “she asked the question aloud.
Pete <b>paused </b>for a moment, then smiled. “I don’t know either.”
Ka was speechless. He was obviously lying!
She felt a bit wronged <b>and </b>used him, “Pete! You don’t trust me!”
“I’m not–lying. I’ve never been to this ce, so I don’t know what’s there. But if even Mr. Russell is going to great lengths to find it, it must be hiding something important.”
After Pete said that, <b>Ka’s </b>eyes showed a brief sh of excitement, but she quickly concealed it.
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And it was from that day onward everyone who entered the depths of this rainforest disappeared and lost contact. Nobody heard from them again!