6 Who Killed the Explorers?

The two young students from the archaeological team did not share her concerns. They followed their mentors excitedly.

The male student was called Alan. From the way he dressed, he seemed to be a young master of a rich family. He looked quite handsome.

Actually, he had been chosen for this project out of so many other students because of his family's assistance to the team.

They donated about five million pounds to the archaeological team.

Hence, he was arrogant when interacting with other staff members of the team.

The female student was Anna, and her personality was exactly the opposite of that rich young master.

She was kind-hearted and treated others well.

She was selected for the archaeological team for her solid professional knowledge and sharp insight.

"Professors! Look!"

At this moment, Anna suddenly shouted.

Everyone followed her finger and quickly looked at the ground.

They saw that the ground was covered with footprints.

"Based on the number of footprints, I guess there were about three people."

"And the footprints are rather deep. It looks like they entered not long ago." Kohler analyzed.

Taylor chimed in, but he sounded furious.

"It's the explorers! Damn it, how did they get in so quickly?"

"They actually sneaked in under our noses to steal the relics inside. How audacious!"

Who would have thought that some explorers would have blended into the group in such a grand archaeological project?

Explorers were different from archaeologists.

They would use powerful weapons to obtain relics.

Such as explosives.

Taylor had been deeply affected by them before. Every time he arrived, the relics would be long gone.

Nothing valuable was left.

There was only a pile of broken pieces for him to salvage.

They were here to steal his job!

Seeing that the two professors were so angry, Alan ingratiated himself with them and said, "Don't worry, professors. We are well prepared this time. I brought more than ten special security officers."

"Moreover, we also have weapons and equipment specially issued by the World Archaeological Congress."

"If we run into that group of explorers, we can fight them!"

Taylor nodded and said, "Yes! Explorers are indeed abominable. We should teach them a lesson."

"Professors, look at these footprints. There are only footprints going in but none coming out." At this moment, Anna made a perceptive remark. "I guess that the grave robbers are still inside."

Kohler gave her an approving look. He appreciated Anna's insights.

"Yes. Explorers are a bunch of greedy people. They won't come out unless they get enough treasures that they are satisfied with."

"But remember, don't shoot unless you have no other choice!"

The Great Pyramid of Giza was over 4,000 years old, so all the treasures inside were extremely valuable.

If he broke a piece, Professor Kohler would probably regret it for the rest of his life.

Thinking of this, everyone perked up and continued walking forward.

The beautiful hostess also briefed the netizens in the live stream about the situation in the passageway.

"Dear netizens, can you see that? We noticed some explorers' footprints as soon as we entered the pyramid."

"But don't worry, everyone. Even though we may run into an explorer at any time, we have enough security personnel to handle all kinds of situations."

With that said, she turned the camera to the security guards behind her. All of them were armed and well-equipped, giving everyone a great sense of security.

After much consideration, the World Archaeological Congress selected over ten special security personnel from the International Security Services to protect the archaeological team.

With their protection, three explorers posed no threat to them.

However, it was thrilling that they had noticed traces of tomb raiders as soon as they entered the passage. Moreover, it was the Great Pyramid of Giza that they were investigating this time.

This was exactly what the netizens loved to see.

"I can finally see the internal structure of the Great Pyramid of Giza!"

"Those explorers are indeed despicable!"

"Jesus, those security guards are so hot! Are they really from the Special Forces?"

"Yeah, I feel like something thrilling is about to happen. A battle between the special forces and the explorers sounds so exciting."

"However, this group of archaeologists gave me the same feeling as the explorers, heading into the pyramid for its treasures. Maybe they'll steal some relics themselves."

"What nonsense are you talking about?! How can you say that archaeologists are the same as explorers? Explorers only steal relics and destroy tombs with force, whereas archaeologists retrieve the artifacts and keep them in museums!"

"Tsk! Who knows if they actually pocketed some of the artifacts? In my opinion, they're no different from explorers!"

All of a sudden, the netizens in the live stream started to anticipate what would happen next. The few people who were debating about the credibility of the archaeological team were quickly ignored in the sea of comments.

That could not be helped.

Public opinion was not on their side. Those faint voices of disapproval could not cause much of a stir.

Even if what they said was true, who would protest against the excavation project?

...

Back to the pyramid.

The broadcast team followed the archaeologists down the path.

The structure of the tomb passage was fully presented to everyone.

"Wait!"

At this moment, a special security officer stepped forward and stopped the archaeologists. He said solemnly, "Those explorers may be right in front."

Everyone had only just calmed down. But when they heard his words, they became alert again.

"How did you know?" Alan asked in disbelief.

"There's the smell of blood in the air!"

The security guard replied.

In fact, he wasn't the only one. The other security guards also frowned.

They were often out on missions, so they were especially sensitive to the smell of blood.

Blood?

Could it be that the explorers had a fight because they couldn't agree on how to split the loot?

Everyone felt puzzled.

Meanwhile, the security team loaded their guns, ready to deal with any unexpected situations.

Moreover, in order not to alert the enemy, everyone dimmed their lights.

Under such circumstances, they had no choice but to move forward in the darkness.

At this moment…

Thud!

Alan, who was walking in front, suddenly fell to the ground!

It was as if he'd tripped over something.

Alert, Alan immediately took out his pistol and pulled the trigger lock.

Having noticed the unusual situation, everyone shone their weak flashlights toward Alan.

But when they saw what had tripped him, all of them gasped.

Cold sweat trickled down their backs.

There were two dead bodies curled up on the ground, dressed as excavation workers.

Furthermore, they had already dried up!

The pretty hostess immediately covered her mouth and forced back a scream.

The others were also very nervous.

Even Anna, who had followed Kohler to many ancient tombs, had never encountered such a scene before.

Were they explorers?

How did they die?

Furthermore, why did their bodies dry up?

"They are dead!" A special forces soldier went forward to take a closer look and confirmed that they had been dead for some time.

But who killed them?

Could it really be an internal fight because they couldn't split the loot?