Curse of Shattering (11) (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader "Old Ming" 22)

"You mean... this wasn't necessarily done by an enemy?"

In just a few minutes, Ni Huayuan had taken charge of the situation.

Hearing his explanation, Kamakura Mi was startled and understood what he meant.

"They did all this for the thing we're guarding?"

"That's just a guess. We need to verify it."

Ni Huayuan shook his head, still speaking cautiously.

"Since one of your people has already died in there, did he mention his purpose before going in?"

"My grandfather didn't say much."

Kamakura Keiji had astonishingly strong willpower. Even now, he was barely managing to stay conscious and still had enough strength to speak.

"After the anomalies kept getting worse, he only said he was going down to look for a solution. Then he never came back. Are you saying my grandfather may have been ambushed after all?"

As he spoke, Kamakura Keiji couldn't help glancing at Fu Qian.

"Hard to say. Of course, this doesn't seem to have much to do with Mr. Yun. With his strength, he wouldn't need to go to so much trouble to find something."

Having been looked down on again, Kamakura Mi was left speechless.

"Although this concerns a family secret, the situation is urgent..."

After hesitating for a moment, however, he chose to be honest.

"The truth is, although we're known as tomb guardians, that ruin was destroyed long ago. After all these years, we still haven't found anything unusual there."

"I really can't imagine what they could be looking for in there."

"I believe you."

Ni Huayuan smiled mysteriously.

"If you had found it, that person might not have died."

"So, right now, I imagine you don't want to die either?"

Driven by the desire to survive, Ni Huayuan's words were undeniably persuasive.

Before long, the tomb-guardian family unanimously