People from the headquarters were just about to scold Yun Ran, feeling disappointed as they had previously started to think better of her. They didn’t expect her to be such a coward!
Yun Ran glanced at Duan Shouyuan, her gaze carrying a hint of dominance.
Duan Shouyuan shivered and blurted out, "Let’s all leave."
Yun Ran originally ant to shut up the people from the headquarters, but unexpectedly, soone who used to be at odds with her now seed to share an unspoken understanding and even knew to follow her lead.
Although the others were sowhat confused and dissatisfied, they didn’t dare to say anything more at this point.
Not until Yun Ran and her group had completely left the range of the Array Barrier.
Then the people from the headquarters turned to Yun Ran with hostile gazes, their tone questioning, "To think you’re from the Special Administration Bureau, yet you’re so faint-hearted and timid.
Do you realize how much threat that Tomb Guardian Beast Zhenling Xuanwu could have posed to the people nearby if it had erged?"
Yun Ran looked at them sowhat speechlessly, "Don’t tell you people from the headquarters are all brawn and no brains.
Can’t you see that the Tomb Guardian Beast Zhenling Xuanwu was just the vanguard? There must be other Tomb Guardian Beasts below.
With just a few of us, unprepared, how could we possibly take them down, not to ntion, if we enraged them, even with so many people here, we wouldn’t be enough to fill the gaps between their teeth."
After being scolded by Yun Ran, the others imdiately fell in line.
However, they really had not noticed anything wrong before; just one Xuanwu had given them such a hard ti.
Several more Tomb Guardian Beasts would indeed be, as Yun Ran said, not enough even to fill the gaps between their teeth.
Duan Shouyuan glanced at the still sturdy Array and suddenly asked, "Could those people who ambushed Doctor Yu’s team halfway be targeting these Tomb Guardian Beasts?"
In this vicinity, only the archaeological project had been approved to use heavy machinery. If the project team had indeed been controlled by those people,
they could make a big commotion nearby without anyone coming to investigate, and could covertly take away the Tomb Guardian Beasts.
The others weren’t foolish either. Hearing Duan Shouyuan’s guess, they instantly understood why Yun Ran had decided to make a strategic retreat.
Their opponents were never just those Tomb Guardian Beasts, but also those who were hiding in the shadows.
If they were locked in a life-and-death struggle with the Tomb Guardian Beasts, they would definitely be wiped out in one fell swoop by those people.
Yun Ran saw that they all understood and let out a sigh, "Ask for backup from the superiors. With just the few of us, it would be easy to get surrounded, and I don’t want to set the stage for soone else’s gain."
Duan Shouyuan nodded, his rank much higher than Yun Ran’s, so it was natural for him to make the request.
Yun Ran returned to the camp and started checking around, confirming that the camp had not been tampered with. She then found Doctor Yu and told them to halt the work and evacuate everyone.
If anyone else had made such a request, they would have been fiercely scolded by Doctor Yu.
"Is there danger here?"
Yun Ran nodded, and just as she was about to explain in detail to Doctor Yu,
Doctor Yu waved his hand, "Alright, I’ll listen to you. No need to explain so much."
Faced with Doctor Yu’s surprisingly easy-going attitude, Yun Ran was caught off guard.
With Doctor Yu’s support, the project team evacuated very quickly, and even the heavy machinery they brought was taken away without missing a single item.
Dean Liu looked at Doctor Yu with dissatisfaction, "You trust them so much, what if the relics are damaged during our evacuation..."
Despite the evacuation, Doctor Yu was busy checking the artifacts that had been excavated, without taking a break.
Without lifting his head, he firmly answered, "If there’s a problem, I’ll take full responsibility!"
Seeing Doctor Yu so impervious to reason, swayed by a word from Yun Ran and her group, Dean Liu glared at him furiously.
"Fine, you’re tough. I’d like to see how much you can bear if sothing really goes wrong!"
Wan Ji was supposed to leave as well, but he stayed behind, as there would always be use for him.
In an afternoon, he served as a handyman, helping Yun Ran to protect the pits left by the project team.
As twilight approached, the sound of helicopters was heard in the sky. Yun Ran looked up, realizing that there were quite a few people arriving.
Duan Shouyuan’s gaze flickered slightly when he saw who was arriving and then looked at Yun Ran with a complex hint of sympathy.
After everyone disembarked from the helicopter, Yun Ran found out that she had never seen any of these people before.
It was at this mont that she belatedly confird that most of the Special Administration Bureau people she had t before were either on Xie Xuzhi’s side or neutral.
This was the first ti she had t Special Administration Bureau personnel who were opposed to Xie Xuzhi’s stance.
Fortunately, she was professional, and as soon as she had confird the presence of Tomb Guardian Beasts here, she had quietly sent a ssage to Xie Xuzhi.
Just who Xie Xuzhi would send in the end, she didn’t know.
She was sowhat eager to see what it would be like when the two groups with different stances, ’our own people,’ clashed.
The leader of the newcors was an old man with a sharp aura. When his eyes fell on Yun Ran, it was as if they carried blades.
Standing beside Yun Ran were Ginsengfruit and Wan Ji. Compared with the newcors, they seed a bit frail.
Luckily, Yun Ran’s aura was strong, preventing her from being at a disadvantage.
Wan Ji felt a rush of blood in reverse when the old man’s gaze swept over him, and he felt as though he was in an ice cave.
Ginsengfruit also felt like he was being targeted, but this kind of targeting had no deterrent effect on him.
Compared to the targeting by the old ancestor of Qingfeng Temple, this feeling was like a slight drizzle now.
With a "crack," everyone’s attention was drawn to Ginsengfruit, who was holding a walnut.
Around his feet were scattered several walnut shells, indicating that he wasn’t crushing the walnut out of nervousness but was actually eating them from the start.
Everyone: ...
Well, this is so boldness, to be so relaxed in front of this big shot. Truly, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.
The old man retracted his aura and looked at Yun Ran, "You are Yun Ran?"
Yun Ran nodded, "Yes, that’s ."
"The young lady has comndable courage, it’s just a pity..."
Whatever the pity was, the old man suddenly stopped talking, looking at Yun Ran with a face full of regret.
Yun Ran couldn’t help rolling her eyes, "I’m not accepting any PUA tactics, thank you. I’m great, the best there is! There’s nothing to pity."
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