Chapter 794

Was it really that effective? Did paranormal incidents actually happen the moment that candle went out? Evenson headed off, gesticulating with delight, leaving Skye alone and bewildered in the dark, chilly tunnel. It was not until a drop of water fell from above onto the back of her neck, making her shudder from the icy sensation, that she finally snapped out of it.

There couldn't really be one of those legendary tomb zombies here, could there? Skye looked into the pitch-black tomb passage, feeling as though a rotten corpse would come hopping out and pounce on her at any moment. "Wait for me!" With that thought, she turned and hurried after Evenson.

Originally, Ward had been assigned to explore the underground tomb alone because he was a capable fighter. He carried a cellphone-like spectrometric detector that was supposedly capable of detecting the radiation emitted by alien objects and helping him locate the Berserker Staff.

At first, Evenson had been rather unhappy about that. Using high-tech gadgets for everything—could this still be called tomb raiding... ah, no, archaeology?! And more importantly, why hadn't they given him one of those high-tech devices? It wasn't like he would secretly pocket it and sell it on the black market! They couldn't discriminate like this! Did they look down on people or what?!

While Ward was struggling with the cobwebs overhead, testing his courage against the rats constantly scurrying past his feet, and slowly making his way deeper inside, Fitz, who had stayed outside to provide logistical support, suddenly contacted him. "Ward, I'm detecting a radiation source approaching you."

Ward stopped pulling at the spiderwebs and warily looked around. However, the tomb passage was extremely narrow, twisting and turning in every direction, while the lighting was exceedingly dim. After looking around, he found nothing at