Liu Chengchao's Three Guesses

Liu Chengchao frowned.

"What does Old Qin think happened to the Wolf Guard?"

Liu Chengchao had his own suspicions, but he didn't voice them directly.

Doing so would make him seem unprofessional and lacking in skill.

Sometimes, giving someone a few clues and letting them figure things out for themselves was more convincing.

"Based on the information I've gathered so far, it's nothing more than the most popular theory online.

Heize wasn't an ordinary general; he commanded a veteran army.

Relying on favorable timing, location, and popular support, Heize ambushed the Wolf Guard in the Great Wilderness Mountain Range and annihilated them."

Qin Jiawei offered a simple answer that seemed to have no flaws.

It was also an answer that was easier for people to accept.

However, in the next second, his tone shifted.

"But an ordinary veteran army would definitely not be an unknown force in Great Feng.

And ordinary veteran soldiers wouldn't cause the corpses of these Wolf Tribe members to mutate like this.

If I recall correctly..."

Qin Jiawei stared at Liu Chengchao. "So far, not a single corpse belonging to a Great Feng border soldier, or rather, a soldier with Great Xia blood, has been found."

Liu Chengchao nodded.

The main battlefield had already been discovered.

Currently, their team conducted tens of thousands of tests daily.

They had only examined a tiny fraction of the area.

However, the results they had obtained so far were very peculiar.

In that valley, almost no items belonging to Great Feng were found.

There were many items related to the Wolf Tribe, however.

Armor, golden totems, stone wolf swords, and so on.

Yet, based on the positioning of the corpses, many of these Wolf Tribe members had indeed died in combat with others.

"Why do you think no Great Feng soldier's remains have been found?" Qin Jiawei asked Liu Chengchao.

The investigation wasn't complete yet.

But based on the results so far, it was almost certain that no Great Feng soldiers' remains were present.

"I have three hypotheses.

The first is that someone collected the Great Feng soldiers' remains.

However, this is highly unlikely."

The Great Wilderness Mountain Range had experienced landslides and earthquakes, and the valley had been sealed off, making it inaccessible to anyone.

If it weren't for a chance discovery, it wouldn't have been found by people now after thousands of years.

Qin Jiawei naturally understood this point and nodded, agreeing with Liu Chengchao.

"The second hypothesis is that Heize actually had another identity.

He was a spy, a mole within the Wolf Tribe, who rose to become a leader among the Wolf Guard.

During their march, he fought against the Wolf Guard's leader, and in an internal conflict, the Wolf Guard was wiped out."

Liu Chengchao said calmly.

This guess was equally shocking, and a bit dramatic, but more plausible than the previous one.

"A very good idea.

But... the Great Xia people and the Wolf Tribe have significant differences in appearance, not to mention other aspects.

A person from Great Feng who could become Liu Xiu's disciple would never be able to join the Wolf Guard, let alone become one of its high-ranking members.

The Wolf Tribe isn't like other tribes that readily employ Xia officials.

What's your third hypothesis? I'm very curious."

"The third..."

At this point, Liu Chengchao took a deep breath.

"Old Qin should know about the Shrine of Life and Death, right?"

"The Shrine of Life and Death in the Great Wilderness Mountain Range?" Qin Jiawei asked with a smile. "I know it. I even read it thoroughly."

"What were your thoughts after reading it, Old Qin?"

"Are you suggesting that the third possibility is that the contents of the Shrine of Life and Death are true, and that Heize alone killed tens of thousands of Wolf Guards?"

Liu Chengchao nodded.

After seeing the Shrine of Life and Death, this thought had been lingering in his mind, unable to dissipate for a long time.

Of course, this kind of speculation was too horrifying.

"It's a wild idea," Qin Jiawei offered his evaluation. "But I feel it's not as plausible as the second option."

As a leading figure in the field of bioengineering and gene editing, Qin Jiawei understood the fragility of the human body.

Although his current research was also unconventional, it was still within the scope of his understanding.

Humans were carbon-based life forms; no matter how strong their physical bodies were, they couldn't compare to steel.

That was why he didn't believe Heize alone could slaughter the Wolf Guard.

This was not something a human, a carbon-based life form, could achieve.

Even if gene engineering advanced by one or two levels, creating super-soldiers.

Relying solely on their physical bodies, they wouldn't be able to slaughter tens of thousands of Wolf Guards alone, especially those accompanied by Giant Wolves.

Liu Chengchao smiled, masking his awkwardness. "Indeed, the second option is currently more likely. Of course, as our subsequent excavation work progresses and we obtain more information, we might discover other useful details."

"That's true," Qin Jiawei also smiled. "What if Heize is a transmigrator, who wiped out the Wolf Tribe with an infinite-ammo iron forest rifle?"

Liu Chengchao chuckled as well.

He knew Qin Jiawei was referencing a meme.

This was a saying that had recently been circulating online.

Of course, it was best to just take it as a joke.

Time travel was even more exaggerated than Superman, and even harder to explain.