Although Zhu Tang had not heard Iver's whisper clearly, he had more or less guessed how serious the problem was.
"Since these ruins involve matters on the level of the Pillar Gods and the Source River, should we continue exploring upward?"
Zhu Tang asked Iver cautiously, "Or should we... stop here for now?"
Hearing his words, everyone who had come over after the device was shut down and disconnected from power fell into a brief silence.
People like Rogue and Little Cat, who were relatively short on money, still hoped to keep going. But Zhu Tang himself was also rather short on money, and he was an expert in rituals.
If even he was getting cold feet, then the problem was clearly quite serious.
Most people actually wanted to continue forward. But in Star Antimony, most "archaeological mercenaries" were fairly willing to take advice. The ones who refused to listen were instead those hot-blooded archaeologists who knew nothing about the supernatural.
As the saying went, "Every trade has its own mountain." Once a field became even slightly complex, it might diverge from the areas one was familiar with. And in an environment where a mistake anywhere could cost them their lives, everyone had clearly become much more willing to heed advice—at least far more so than they were outside.
For example, everyone had some ability to disarm traps, more or less, but none of them could compare with Little Cat, the Trap Master. Therefore, if Little Cat said that the traps in a certain place were too dangerous to disarm, everyone would tend to trust the "expert opinion."
That was experience and hard-earned wisdom forged in the blood of their predecessors.
In such a complex and dangerous environment, it was best not to be too stubborn.
However, since Zhu Tang