The graveyard was dark and still.
After Tooth Choker and Laurie exchanged another question and answer, the atmosphere in the team on the other end of the connection plummeted again. For a moment, everyone seemed ready to offer their condolences.
Everything had its pros and cons.
An overly cohesive team could greatly improve its members' chances of survival, but the price was that a single bad apple could make things troublesome.
Having witnessed this scene, Fu Qian could understand how everyone felt.
Their reaction also made it clear that the group had no means of remotely stopping anyone.
Though, judging from what they had just said, they did have a way to withdraw.
Before leaving Shangjing, they had probably debated heatedly over whether to deal with Jiang En outright, to keep this disruptive element from continuing to damage the team's morale. Tooth Choker had simply vetoed the idea.
Of course, there was probably another factor at play. With him and Chief Yuan in contact, the Night Watchers had reacted far too quickly, and the Greedy Worms hadn't dared to stay long.
Otherwise, a group so committed to teamwork shouldn't have been so swayed by one person's opinion.
In short, that special withdrawal mechanism allowed them to cut off a limb to save the body without putting anyone else's life at risk.
A'wei, who had been sent to Unseen Hill, had already demonstrated a similar procedure.
Although Fu Qian didn't know exactly how the Greedy Worms' version worked, he suspected it depended on Jiang En being executed.
The reason was simple: if there were a way to withdraw unharmed, then regardless of whether it cut off their path to transcendence, someone would already have thought of running away to escape their predicament.
Their morale had hit rock bottom, but the team's