Corpse Recovery Diver
Chapter 375 - 67

Chapter 375: Chapter 67

"Ha, haha, hahahahaha..."

At first, Tan Wenbin just laughed softly, then he couldn’t help but laugh more exaggeratedly, gradually making Run Sheng and Xue Liangliang join in the laughter.

Li Zhiyuan didn’t deliberately perform to fit in this time, and he indeed didn’t laugh out loud, but the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned.

After experiencing danger and witnessing mystery, and after several hardships, they finally escaped from the brink of death.

It’s a common trait for normal people to forget the pain once their wounds heal. No matter how tough and difficult the situation was, once you get through it, your brain deliberately fades away the negatives, even letting you reminisce with a sweetness akin to sipping flower petals on your way to and from school.

Right now, Tan Wenbin felt a top-down exhilaration.

Adventure can indeed be addictive.

But while they were laughing, the surroundings began to tremble.

Tan Wenbin was startled: "Did our laughter cause resonance?"

Definitely not from laughing, but it truly did shake, and rocks from above started to fall.

The four of them immediately stood up and moved towards a flatter area below.

After a while, the trembling stopped and peace was restored, but the spot where the four had been earlier had sunken down considerably, and the crack they had climbed out from had disappeared.

In fact, even if they could still find it, it would be pointless because the passage below was surely blocked.

Xue Liangliang said, "It must be a chain reaction caused by the collapse of the underground palace."

Tan Wenbin puzzled: "That thing went so viciously, collapsing its own home and burying itself too?"

Xue Liangliang shook his head: "Don’t know, maybe it wanted to go back and find its mother?"

Hearing this, Li Zhiyuan couldn’t help but recall the snake-faced woman sitting on the bed.

Xue Liangliang found a higher point to confirm their direction, then led everyone towards the camp.

It wasn’t too far in distance, just hard to navigate, taking quite a long time.

Luckily, by the afternoon they encountered some people; a militia team, carrying guns and explosives.

They must be the first support team called in after the attack occurred.

Upon learning that the four were the "missing members" of the expedition team, the others immediately arranged for them to be sent back. Along the way, they encountered some surveyors still assisting on site who enthusiastically thanked them.

This thanks puzzled them until a chat revealed, somehow, that the incident had spread as Xue Liangliang leading a few others into luring that creature into the cave, saving everyone.

Xue Liangliang quickly clarified that the creature had charged into the cave on its own, and they were forced to flee for their lives.

But obviously, his colleagues just nodded as if they knew, but from their expressions, it was evident they didn’t believe it.

This made Xue Liangliang a bit anxious; he didn’t want to wrongly claim this honor.

Tan Wenbin, however, muttered to Li Zhiyuan, "Could this honor add points to our college entrance exams?"

First, they were taken out of the mountain area, then by car, they returned to town, and from there, they were taken to a hospital in Wanzhou city area for a thorough medical check. After the checks, they rested in a guest house.

During this period, many related personnel came to visit, and some came to take statements.

These, Xue Liangliang handled, following a pre-agreed plan to temporarily keep the underground palace a secret.

It wasn’t about deliberately concealing it, but they had been informed that Luo Tingrui was arriving. Xue Liangliang and Li Zhiyuan planned to report the situation to Mr. Luo upon his arrival and let him decide how to report it further up.

Unlike before in the village where a Corpse appeared and for their life’s convenience, they concealed it after solving the matter; now, it concerned a national project and they surely had to be honest.

Just before Luo Tingrui arrived, team leader Ma Yiming came, his beard shaggy and his expression visibly scattered and tired. Upon seeing Xue Liangliang, he firmly grasped his hand, then visited Li Zhiyuan and the others in their room, continuously muttering, "Thank you, thank you."

Thank you for coming back alive.

Ever since the incident, he hadn’t slept a wink, continuously under tremendous mental pressure, where counting the temp workers and those not on the official payroll, he had all but lost eight people at once.

Now that these four had returned alive, his heart could finally feel somewhat relieved.

Just after Ma Yiming left, Luo Tingrui arrived with two others, likely intentionally timed not to overlap.

Xue Liangliang went into a room alone with those two accompanying staff, and reported everything about the underground palace, of course, omitting Li Zhiyuan’s special role during that period.

After the inquiry with Xue Liangliang ended, those two staff members entered another room, asked Li Zhiyuan, Run Sheng, and Tan Wenbin a few questions each, and then left.

In the room, five people remained.

Luo Tingrui vigorously grabbed Xue Liangliang’s shoulders and shook him a few times: "You had me worried to death."

At his age and position in the industry, it’s no exaggeration to say that often, a protégé’s position is considered more important than one’s own children, especially since he didn’t have a son, and his only daughter was not studying this profession.

Then, he walked over to Li Zhiyuan, bent down, and hugged the boy tightly.

Top professionals in the industry can see that the country is about to embark on many large-scale construction projects, which from design to completion, all require a lot of time. Luo Tingrui desires to fulfill his ambitions and truly needs the mentorship and relay between master and apprentice.

Luo Tingrui smiled and waved his hand: "Come on, let’s go get some late-night snacks."

The late-night food stall was not far from the guest house; it was a Wanzhou grilled fish shop.

Luo Tingrui looked at Xue Liangliang and the others, asking, "Do you want some drinks? I can join you for a bit."