Chapter 22: To the Yellow Springs Together

Netizens were expressing all sorts of emotions and praises.

It wasn't until Zhou Yuyu, who was being strangled, slowly knelt on the ground with her hands raised, crying for help, that they began to feel something was wrong.

【Holy shit, is this... not a scene change for filming?】

【Isn't this acting? Zhou Yuyu looks like she's actually about to die.】

【The things they're holding... they aren't real AKs, are they?】

【Ah!!! Something terrible has happened, they've run into tomb raiders!】

【Tomb raiders?!! Oh my god! This is intense!】

【I told you, right? Following Stupid Sister is a real heart-pounding experience.】

【Don't, please, I hope it's fake. If Stupid Sister leaves, who's going to make me laugh?】

Compared to the chaos and clamor above, the atmosphere beneath the secret passage was much quieter.

The tunnel had suddenly collapsed just moments ago, causing Jiang Xiaoya and her group to fall down collectively.

Jiang Xiaoya and Zhou Yuyu were close to each other, and because of that proximity, they were both quite literally taken hostage.

Two men wearing black masks in front gripped their necks with one hand, giving them no chance to resist.

Several others stood behind them, holding two AK pistols, while the rest aimed shorter firearms at the others.

The moment Jiang Xiaoya's neck was gripped, she didn't struggle; instead, she just kept rolling her eyes upward, her whole body convulsing, looking as if she were on the verge of death.

The person choking her was doing so to hold a hostage, not to kill her directly. Seeing her acting like she was having an epileptic seizure, he hurriedly loosened his grip, his face visibly pale with panic.

"You... you stay still! I just started this job, I don't want a murder on my hands."

Jiang Xiaoya nodded frantically, as if she were desperately trying to restrain her "seizure."

"Bro, bro, don't be afraid. It'll pass after a few convulsions, it'll pass after a few..."

The tomb raider: "..."

Should he praise her for being so sensible?

On the other side, because Zhou Yuyu's reaction wasn't as effective as Jiang Xiaoya's, the second her throat was gripped, she began to struggle and scream wildly. This enraged the criminal, whose grip tightened, causing her to nearly faint as her body went limp and her knees buckled.

"Big brother, please don't, don't do anything! We'll listen and do whatever you say!"

"Yes, yes, we'll be good, please don't do anything."

"Big brother, just tell us what to do and we'll do it. Don't be impulsive, please don't be impulsive!"

The history teacher and the others were collectively terrified by this scene. Seeing the dying Zhou Yuyu kneeling on the ground, they hurriedly raised their hands in surrender.

Good grief, these people could kill Zhou Yuyu now, and they could kill them next. Naturally, they had to persuade the culprits to lay down their weapons and stop the violence.

Seeing that Zhou Yuyu had lost her voice, the criminal loosened his grip slightly and hauled her up.

"Stand up straight and behave! If you play dead again, I'll kill you right now!"

The tomb raider choking Zhou Yuyu slapped her face repeatedly, forcibly waking the nearly unconscious girl.

Zhou Yuyu regained consciousness in a daze, feeling nothing but throbbing pain in her throat, her face, and her head. Every part of her body ached fatally. Unable to speak, she looked up into the eyes visible behind the tomb raider's mask and nearly fainted again, before shaking her head tearfully in plea.

Never mind the history teacher and the others; even the netizens in the livestream and Jiang Xiaoya felt a pang of pity.

But the tomb raider didn't even blink. He held her in front of him as a shield and began to interrogate the history teacher's group about how they had discovered this place.

As for why he wasn't holding Jiang Xiaoya, it was because that woman seemed to have epilepsy—convulsing and twitching in a way that made her look clearly unstable.

The netizens in the livestream were also shocked. They knew about tomb raiding crimes, but these people looked more like desperate outlaws.

【Zhou Yuyu is so miserable!】

【Holy crap, they actually dare to kill people. Zhou Yuyu almost died just now.】

【Why is Stupid Sister convulsing like that? She's even sticking her tongue out. Is she having a fit?】

【Does Stupid Sister have a history of epilepsy?】

【The way they're looking at Stupid Sister is like she's something filthy.】

【Well, she does look like something filthy.】

【Actually, I wanted to say this earlier: the production crew has been following Jiang Xiaoya all day just because they're greedy for her recent earnings. But they seem to have overlooked one thing—they haven't noticed at all how much bad luck Jiang Xiaoya has been having lately!!!】

【Jiang Xiaoya: Yesterday I stepped on a rocket by myself; today, everyone is joining me on the journey to the underworld. Truly good brothers and sisters—seek wealth in danger and never forget me.】

【Wait, people are about to die, isn't anyone calling the police?】

【Are you stupid? Look at who the top donor is. That's the Licheng Police Department. Do they even need to call?】

Everyone then noticed that the icon for the top donor, "Big Brother," was actually the Licheng Police.

Good heavens, was Jiang Xiaoya some kind of outlaw? The Licheng Police were personally watching her.

Zhou Yuyu's livestream was equally harrowing, filled with wails and cries.

【Yuyu!!! Quickly release our Yuyu!!】

【It's all Jiang Xiaoya's fault! If it weren't for her, Yuyu wouldn't have helped dig the pit, and if she hadn't dug the pit, she wouldn't have fallen into the tunnel! Why aren't they choking Jiang Xiaoya? Why is our Yuyu the one suffering?】

【If anything happens to Yuyu, I'll make sure Jiang Xiaoya pays with her life!】

【Yuyu is so pitiful, my heart breaks for her.】

【Hang in there, Yuyu! The police are on their way!】

【Jiang Xiaoya is playing crazy and convulsing again. I suggest the police investigate her thoroughly; she must be in league with them, otherwise, how could they run into each other so coincidentally?】

Casual fans didn't like Zhou Yuyu, but they knew this was the real deal. Look at how her face was turning blue from being choked; they truly didn't seem to care about causing a death.

"How did you end up here?"

The tomb raider gripped Zhou Yuyu and interrogated the history teacher's group.

"We... we... how could we be here... ah, right, we got lost. We got lost while coming down the mountain, and that's why we're here."

The history teacher answered honestly.

"Lost? Then how did you end up in this specific spot?"

The tomb raider's gaze was clearly skeptical.

"Really, really! It was just a coincidence. We were just standing on the ground above, and then there was a sudden collapse, and we fell down. We had no idea this place existed."

The round-faced middle-aged man beside them was also quite shrewd. Seeing the history teacher trembling uncontrollably, he worried the man would blurt out that they were livestreaming the show. If the raiders found out they were wearing "Heavenly Eye" earpieces, they wouldn't stand a chance of survival.

The tomb raider didn't seem to think he was lying, but he still didn't let his guard down, refusing to believe such a coincidence could exist.

"If you don't tell the truth today, no one leaves."

The tomb raider's voice carried a veiled threat as he tested them.

His grip on Zhou Yuyu's neck gradually loosened, as if signaling that a life was about to end.

The originally dying Zhou Yuyu suddenly seemed to be triggered by something and screamed loudly.

"I'll talk! I'll talk! Just don't kill me, please don't kill me!"