125: Chapter 125 The Chilling Footsteps

Saying this, Professor Yang turned to look at the Bodyguard Team Captain and said:

"Thanks to you all for this journey! Otherwise, we would never have been able to make it this far!"

"But now, I want to ask one more thing of you... Help me take these kids out! They are the future pillars of the country!"

"Give me a gun. Although I am old, I still have the strength to fight!"

Saying this, Professor Yang took the firearm from the Bodyguard Team, expertly pulled the bolt, and engaged the safety.

After aiming into the distance, he grinned and said:

"Back in the early days when Tomb Raiders were rampant, we had to carry these things when we went down into tombs! Now that the country is at peace, I haven't touched one in a long time!"

"However, this is a good thing, a good thing indeed!"

Professor Yang aimed the firearm in his hand toward the distance, his eyes slightly narrowed.

In an instant, a momentum completely different from his scholarly demeanor radiated from Professor Yang.

It was as if Professor Yang had changed into a different person; he instantly transformed into a decisive soldier.

His expression was cold, serious, and filled with a murderous aura.

The Bodyguard Team Captain watched this scene, and his eyes inexplicably turned red.

He knew Professor Yang's intention.

At their current speed, there was a high probability that they would be caught by the monster behind them before reaching the previous hall.

Furthermore, with Professor Yang's limited physical strength, the members of the Bodyguard Team had to divert some energy to take care of him.

As a result, the overall speed of the team slowed down.

The final battle would very likely extend into the hall.

The hall was filled with countless gold and jade artifacts, plus the yongle encyclopedia, which could be called a treasure of the Great Xia.

Any damage received would be completely irreversible!

To avoid such an accident, Professor Yang ultimately chose to sacrifice himself.

Thereby allowing the team to leave this passage smoothly.

The Bodyguard Team Captain was moved.

He wiped a tear from the corner of his eye, turned to look at Professor Yang, and said firmly:

"Rest assured! Unless I die, not a single hair on them will be lost!"

Professor Yang smiled with relief.

This smile was like that of an elderly person on their deathbed, knowing that their time was near, but also knowing that they had no regrets in this life.

In an instant, all the viewers were moved.

"Professor Yang, don't say that! Everyone will definitely be able to leave this ancient tomb!"

"I remembered my grandfather... He held my daughter's hand before he passed away, and he smiled just like that! I will never forget it in my life!"

"There wasn't a day without 'Internet Depression', but I ended up crying anyway! 'Protecting cultural relics with one's life is not just talk'—this sentence made me burst into tears!"

"It is the fortune of these cultural relics to have Professor Yang! Archaeological personnel have given too much so that they wouldn't be covered in dust!"

"Professor Yang! Teacher! Have a... safe journey!"

The atmosphere in the Live Stream Room was extremely heavy.

Professor Yang's words, "Protecting cultural relics with one's life is not just talk," made many viewers burst into tears directly.

In an instant, the entire screen was completely filled with "Professor Yang, have a safe journey!"

Professor Yang's profound righteousness moved countless viewers at this moment.

In the Symposium, the experts present could not help but tear up as well.

In fact, when choosing the members to descend into the tomb, many experts present had submitted requests to go down.

But Professor Yang, with his passion for archaeology, was directly selected by the higher-ups.

To say there were no complaints would certainly be impossible.

At the time, many archaeological experts felt that they were the ones most capable of entering this ancient tomb.

Even knowing that this ancient tomb was extremely dangerous, they still thought so.

But until this moment, this feeling silently vanished from their hearts.

Because they felt that if it were them in this situation, they would certainly not be able to do better or more decisively than Professor Yang.

Giving up one's life for something is not a sentence everyone can say.

Even if said, not everyone can execute it.

Not everyone can face death calmly.

But Professor Yang... did it.

This is worthy of people's respect.

Suddenly, the experts at the Symposium all stood up, their eyes red.

Ye Xiao, sitting at the conference table, also stood up silently at this moment and paid a deep tribute to Professor Yang.

At the conference table, Old Professor Zhou's eyes were already completely blurred by tears.

In fact, before Professor Yang descended into the tomb, he had already said similar words to him.

It was equivalent to arranging his affairs.

But at the time, both of them were joking.

But who knew... it has now come true.

Old Professor Zhou looked up at the big screen, then, as if having made up his mind, gritted his teeth and pressed the button on his headset:

"Bodyguard Team, take the Archaeological Team... retreat quickly!"

This suppressed voice immediately made the Archaeological Team members in the tomb burst into tears.

The Bodyguard Team Captain also gritted his teeth hard, turned around, and led the Archaeological Team members, resolutely retreating toward the passage behind them.

"Go! If we don't go now, it will really be too late! Don't let Professor Yang's sacrifice be in vain!"

Saying this, the Bodyguard Team Captain carried the Burly Man on his back and prepared to set off.

But just at this moment...

A familiar sound of footsteps suddenly came from the passage.

"Thump..."

"Thump..."

"Thump..."

These footsteps were extremely heavy, and every step seemed to tread upon the hearts of the Archaeological Team members.

In an instant, whether it was the Bodyguard Team Captain, the Archaeological Team members, the viewers in the Live Stream Room, or the many experts at the Symposium, all revealed expressions of extreme terror in an instant.

Because this sound did not come from behind them, but from... the passage in front!

In an instant, including Professor Yang, everyone turned their eyes to the passage in front of them.

They had only heard these footsteps twice.

But just those two times were enough to remember these hair-raising footsteps.

The first time, they missed each other in the Bagua Array of the passage.

The second time, they lost two Bodyguard Team members before they could escape from under its hands and trap it in the Bagua Array.

They had originally thought they would not hear these footsteps again.

At least, they would not hear them again before they left this massive underground palace.

But no one expected that these terrifying footsteps would haunt their ears again.

Suddenly, not only in the tomb, but even the experts in the Seminar Hall and the viewers in the Live Stream Room held their breath.

Their hearts were beating "thump, thump" violently.

Immediately after, the Live Stream Room seemed to have a bomb thrown into it, and it exploded with a "boom."

The entire Live Stream Room was filled with surging barrage comments.

"These footsteps... could it be that 'It' has come out???"

"My god, these nightmare-like footsteps, I actually heard them again!"

"Wasn't it trapped in the Bagua Array? How could it appear here again! My god!"

"Too terrifying! Now the Archaeological Team is being attacked from the front and back, caught in a dilemma!"

"It's over, it's over, this time not only Professor Yang, everyone will be buried here!"