Bai Ruqi, the people being protected, and everyone else all stared at me in disbelief. After all, no one had ever opened the seals before. What if doing so caused the mission to be judged a failure?
"No! Our mission doesn't count as complete until we reach the exit. We can't open the seals, can we?" Chen Lang asked doubtfully. But Tang Qiaoyu said, "How do you know we can't? Is there such a rule? Such a prohibition? Why don't I know about it? At worst, we can open it, take a look, and stick it back on!"
"We can't open it. My High God said that until we reach the designated location, I'm not allowed to give you the seal!" One immortal was still defending his brocade box.
"Indeed. I've decided to open mine at the exit too. I can't afford to shoulder the consequences if something goes wrong," another immortal said.
I let out a cold laugh. "There isn't even a qi disc inside now, or it was switched out. You won't be able to complete the Boundary Guardian mission. And if you can't complete it, even if we take the seals back, they absolutely won't sign off for us. In truth, we're already finished!"
All the immortals froze. Even Bai Ruqi asked me, "Are you saying we were doomed from the moment we accepted this mission? Then what about these Boundary Guardians pursuing us?"
"Just a smokescreen! These people are cannon fodder too! As long as they've come here, they become your High God's double insurance. After capturing them, he'll first make them prove that they've seen you, then pin the theft of the qi discs on them and cut off your retreat. By then, once you enter the God-Burying Coffin, he can take the 'robbers' to