Exotic Battlefield: I Can Activate Dual Talents-Chapter 588 - 441: Drum, Black Crow

Grave goods?

Spirits can actually emerge from them?

Lu Lin found this bizarre, but he didn't think much of it.

However, he did obtain a useful piece of information from this spirit.

Grave goods.

Where would grave goods be found, if not in the tomb of the deceased?

Could it be that the world beyond the Star Gate is actually a massive tomb?

It's about time.

Lu Lin glanced at the pocket watch hanging around his neck; this mechanically-driven timepiece remained unaffected here.

Lu Lin confined the spirit of the Single-horned Fierce Lion within his Star Power Domain, collected the last soldier's remains, and then quickly retraced his steps.

He had just promised Cha Yuan that he would return within an hour, and since he promised, he couldn't break it.

Even if he had to step out to make a brief report and then come back to explore.

Now that Lu Lin had some understanding of the place, he could learn from professional archaeologists how to explore a tomb once he got out.

Lu Lin quickly returned.

But by this time, Cha Yuan, waiting outside the Star Gate, was pacing impatiently in circles.

As the agreed time with Lu Lin approached, Lu Lin still hadn't emerged, leaving Cha Yuan uneasy.

Earlier, although two teams of elite soldiers from the federation's special forces had emerged from the Star Gate, Cha Yuan had heard that inside was pitch black, with no visibility whatsoever.

Moreover, the soldiers from the second team, although still alive, had strange injuries.

This made Cha Yuan worry.

Suddenly, the Star Gate rippled, and Lu Lin's figure appeared. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Lu Lin, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Director, don't worry."

Seeing Cha Yuan so concerned about him warmed Lu Lin's heart, but soon his expression turned serious.

"However, Director, I'm sorry, but one team of members has died inside; when I arrived, they were already..."

Cha Yuan's eyes lowered, and he couldn't help but sigh.

He patted Lu Lin on the shoulder, "This is a sacrifice for the Human Federation; the federation will not forget them."

Discussing this matter, both Lu Lin and Cha Yuan felt a bit heavy-hearted.

For Cha Yuan, in all these years as a Titled King, many human experts had died in the Exotic Battlefield, and he had witnessed life and death countless times, so he could take it in stride.

But for Lu Lin, although he had faced numerous dangers and crises over the past year, only Zhang Xianzhi and Bao Hu had truly died by his side.

He couldn't handle it as Cha Yuan could.

The two returned to the camp at the foot of the mountain, and Lu Lin took all the fallen soldiers' bodies from his Storage Ring and laid them neatly on the ground.

He didn't know these people, but every year, countless heroes of the federation silently perish, sacrificing themselves.

Compared to these people who knowingly embraced danger, Lu Lin didn't see himself as a hero; they were the true heroes.

After that, Lu Lin was taken by Cha Yuan to a brief meeting with some senior officials, where he described the situation beyond the Star Gate.

When everyone heard about the Bat Shadow Vine, grave goods, curses, spirits, and Lu Lin's speculation that beyond the Star Gate lay a massive tomb, they displayed expressions of disbelief.

But Lu Lin didn't care about their reactions; he directly requested the cooperation of experienced federation archaeologists to explore the tomb with him.

It would be much faster than Lu Lin exploring and learning on his own.

Three hours later, two silver-haired old men in suits arrived at the foot of the Himalayas in an aircraft.

Lu Lin was speechless seeing them.

They must be at least a hundred years old, and the key point was that they were ordinary people; bringing such people inside, a slight misstep and they might not survive.

Of course, it was also Lu Lin's fault for not clarifying his requirements.

After waiting another five hours, a new aircraft arrived.

A woman stepped out, dressed lightly but with a face covered in dust and clothes smeared with dirt.

"Lu Lin, this is currently the only professional archaeologist on Blue Star who can meet your requirements."

"Xu Qing, a Level 3 Peak Star Core Martial Artist, the only professional with cultivation in the Blue Star Archaeology World."

"She is still a third-year student."

Cha Yuan quickly introduced the woman's background to Lu Lin.

Lu Lin gave Xu Qing a once-over. To be honest, Xu Qing wasn't exceptionally pretty, and coupled with her current attire smeared with dust, she didn't have the air of a goddess at all.

But Lu Lin sensed a different aura from her.

Youthful, vibrant, unrestrained.

Yet stable, cautious, professional.

The combination of these two contrasting qualities gave Xu Qing a distinctive charm.

"Alright, it's you then."

"Xu Qing, do you have any Star Skills now? Have you mastered Star Martial?"

Lu Lin asked.

"I only have one Star Skill, Clean Sweep, which can help clean the ground and clear some dust in the tomb, reducing my workload..."

Xu Qing said, feeling a bit embarrassed.

She was already Level 3, yet she only had one Star Skill, which seemed a bit inadequate.

But she had been interested in archaeology since childhood, so even when she awakened her Talent during the College Entrance Exam, she didn't choose to enter the Star Martial Arts University, instead traveling from other planets to Blue Star for the most renowned federation archaeology expert.