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Through his conversation with Kru, Gu Xi learned the details of the scenario he had entered.
Kru was a fairly well-known archaeologist and paleontologist, though Gu Xi had no idea whether he counted as the protagonist of this world for the foreseeable future.
Publicly, he was employed by three human kingdoms and was free to conduct archaeological work in the wilderness.
The items he unearthed would be bought back by the three human kingdoms according to their quality.
Some particularly good archaeological finds would even trigger bidding wars between the three human kingdoms.
This gave Kru relatively high status near those three human kingdoms and also guaranteed his safety to a certain extent.
Therefore, whenever he went into the wilderness for archaeological work, he usually traveled alone.
After all, with too many archaeologists around, there were bound to be people with ulterior motives.
And Kru possessed passive mind-reading abilities.
He could always hear people's private thoughts, and whenever he heard someone planning to steal unearthed antiquities, he would strike first.
Over time, rumors began to spread that Kru had a habit of killing his teammates.
Whatever the reason, Kru had traveled alone for the past few years, seeking targets by himself and living alone in the wilderness.
This time, he had discovered something unusual during an excavation. That was why he had used an employment system in his possession to hire a mercenary to escort him back to the city.
As for what exactly he had found, Kru did not explain in detail.
He merely said that he had encountered some curses when he found it.
He had surely caught the attention of an ancient dragon.
He hoped that the mercenary who came here could protect him and get him back