The Blue White Society had supported Ying Fei's idea, but only from the standpoint that finding it would be best, while not finding it would be fine too.
A Contained Object that had not appeared in the world for several thousand years had never harmed society. As long as it remained buried, the danger it posed was almost nonexistent.
If it had any negative effects, digging it up would only be asking for trouble.
Therefore, the higher-ups' attitude was to let nature take its course.
Ying Fei himself refused to give up, however, and continued searching for the Art of Wooden Automata for several more years.
In terms of time, Ying Fei was a veteran Outsider Personnel member, but in terms of authority, he was still an ordinary Outsider Personnel member.
That was simply because he had spent all his time researching this ancient mystery.
After Ying Fei went on at length, he really did convince Mo Qiong. Mo Qiong truly believed that such a Contained Object existed.
However, his request for money at the end suddenly made Mo Qiong realize that this was a bottomless pit.
Finding tombs was already troublesome. He had to make inquiries throughout the tomb-raiding trade and spend money buying things containing clues.
Moreover, the unearthed artifacts would be purchased by the Blue White Society and then returned to the country. The reason the Blue White Society had to buy them first was to maintain his identity as a tomb raider.
Thus, this kind of excavation offered little reward. The only reward was that once a Contained Object was discovered, Mo Qiong could learn about it immediately and then take on the mission himself.
But who knew how long that would take? They might search another ten thousand ancient tombs without finding a clue—or the