From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Damn it! I completely overlooked that!

We need bait!

Xiao Honglu tried his best to think, wanting to show off and surpass Chu Xuan, and he actually came up with an idea: "I, the newcomer, can act as bait. Together with this... Brother Jiang, we should be able to attract the enemy's attention."

Upon hearing the word "bait," Zheng Zha, Zhan Lan, Zhang Jie, and the others all looked at Chu Xuan—this Xiao Honglu was really similar to the original Chu Xuan, both of them had thought of a bait plan. However, Chu Xuan initially schemed against others, while Xiao Honglu planned to use himself as bait.

However, compared to Chu Xuan, Xiao Honglu seemed too inexperienced, just like how he hadn't even considered that rashly taking action to rescue O'Connor would expose their location.

[After all, he's just a child, unlike a mature cultivator like Jiang Liu. We need to be more careful with him in the future.]

An idea popped into Zheng Zha's mind.

"Choosing bait is suicide."

Chu Xuan now admires Xiao Honglu somewhat, but he denies it, saying, "Besides deducting points for nothing and making most of us anxious and passive, it's of no use."

—He is now taking the team's emotional issues into account.

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

Xiao Honglu was somewhat exasperated, but he remained calm and asked in return.

"Can you help them control their Qi?" Chu Xuan didn't answer, but instead looked at Jiang Liu.

"Happy cooperation!"

Jiang Liu stretched out his hand, revealing a shrewd businessman's smile.

"Pleasant to work with."

Chu Xuan shook hands with Jiang Liu, signifying a cooperation agreement, and then took out a pile of modern technological blueprints from his storage ring—blueprints that didn't exist in the 20th century…

# Chapter 512 O'Connor's Special Case

After accepting the blueprints, Jiang Liu instantly extended two magnetic fields, probing into the nine orifices of Xiao Honglu and Qin Zhuiyu, sorting out their eight meridians, forcibly making them feel the existence of Qi within their bodies, and perceiving the flow of that energy.

"This is!"

After gaining control of Qi, Qin Zhuiyu felt he could fight ten times his former self. He clenched his fist, extremely excited, "With this power, I will definitely not have to put up with those people's opinions when I go back!"

Xiao Honglu was much calmer, focusing most of his attention on Chu Xuan—he owed Chu Xuan a favor.

"If one's temperament is not strong enough, controlling power becomes a rather troublesome matter."

Jiang Liu glanced at Qin Zhuiyu and said to Chu Xuan, "You decide for yourself. Due to the special nature of reincarnators, even if I wanted to provide 'after-sales service,' I couldn't."

"It's alright. I've given her the opportunity. Whether she seizes it or not is up to her." Chu Xuan said expressionlessly.

But Zheng Zha understood that Chu Xuan had become much more restrained than before.

"Speaking of which, is it possible for us to avoid fighting with other teams?" Qin Zhuiyu wasn't stupid. He realized that even if he gained power, he would at most be a little stronger than Xiao Honglu. Therefore, he calmed down and asked about the possibility of avoiding battle.

"It's impossible."

Zheng Zha has also matured a lot. "The reward points for killing enemy members and the side quests alone are enough to drive them crazy."

We were the last team to join the Mummy series, and there's a high chance they'll team up and eliminate us first.

This isn't reality; you can't survive if you're thinking about peace talks!

So when you encounter other teams later, I hope you can show courage. Even if you die, take a piece of their flesh. They won't let you go because you're worth a C-level side quest and two thousand reward points!

This is a battlefield where you must fight to the death!

Qin Zhuiyu dared not speak.

Chu Xuan nodded slightly at Zheng Zha's performance, then added, "We're already down to one."

"what?"

Zheng Zha was taken aback. "We didn't lose a single person to the enemy, so how could we have a negative score?"

"It's because of this scoundrel."

Xiao Honglu pointed at the man who had fainted after Zheng Zha twisted his arms and legs, "In reality, he is a criminal with a twisted personality and cannot stay in our team. Once he exceeds O'Connor by 5,000 meters, he will theoretically die. However, the main god has never stipulated that negative points are only awarded when killed by the enemy."

Originally, Xiao Honglu had intended to use this opportunity to gain the trust of the Zhongzhou team.

But since Chu Xuan had revealed this, he could only try his best to show that he also understood this, in order to truly join the Central Continent Team, even if it meant becoming a reserve player.

Only in this way can he fight against Chu Xuan.

Damn it!

Zheng Zha gritted his teeth, but he was already mentally prepared to eliminate the opposing team. "Chu Xuan, what's your plan?"

"None available."

Chu Xuan remained calm.

“Then I have a plan.”

Xiao Honglu came up with an idea, "Among the four teams including us, we are the strongest, so the other three teams will most likely join forces, as you have guessed. But to confirm the specifics, we still need to capture one of their members... Is that one of the reasons you had Brother Jiang 'enhance' me and Qin Zhuiyu?"

No, you're overthinking it.

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses and said calmly, "Even if we were to use you as bait, I wouldn't send you two. Besides making us lose two points for nothing, it would be of no use."

The enemy has three teams. Who are their members? What are their abilities? What are their personalities? All of this is unknown. Revealing ourselves rashly would be the stupidest choice.

Xiao Honglu's face darkened, suspecting that Chu Xuan was implying something about him: "So what's your idea?"

"Let's hold back for now."

Chu Xuan said calmly, "Follow Jiang Liu and first ascertain the situation in the City of Death."

"This is too passive!"

Xiao Honglu, not to be outdone, stared straight at Chu Xuan.

But Chu Xuan ignored the young man and glanced at Evelyn's location, asking Jiang Liu, "Besides you and Lu Jin, who else is with Evelyn?"

“Duanmu Ying is skilled in medicine and comes from a family of doctors; the other three are from Flamel Academy: Isaac Taber, Hermione, and Ron,” Jiang Liu said.

Hermione? Ron?

After returning to the Main God Space last time, Zhan Lan also learned about "Under One Person" and complained, "The classic Harry Potter trio!"

How did they get here?

Zheng Zha was puzzled.

"Study abroad."

Jiang Liudao said, "Times are changing, and magicians also need to enter ordinary society to learn how to conduct themselves and navigate social interactions. This is not just an Eastern specialty."

Zheng Zha wanted to complain, but didn't know how: "..."

Snapped!

At that moment, the wooden plank beneath O'Connor's feet came loose, and she fell to the ground. Her neck was tightly strangled by a rope, and her face was flushed red, making her look extremely uncomfortable.

But Jiang Liu noticed that a surge of Qi seemed to be emerging from the back of his right hand, stimulating his entire body, trying his best to maintain his smooth breathing, and passively strengthening his bones.

That's why he was able to survive. If he were just an ordinary person, the force of gravity during the fall would have been enough to break his cervical spine!

Using his mental power, Jiang Liu constructed the image of O'Connor's right hand wrapped in cloth within his mental landscape—

The overall shape is triangular, with an eye outlined in the center, and two cobras coiled above the eyebrow and on both sides of the triangle.

"A tattoo similar to the 'Sea-Piercing Array' pattern?" Jiang Liu pondered, then made a note of it.

Now let's look at O'Connor.

He had already been lowered from the gallows.

Because Evelyn revealed that O'Connor knew the location of Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, the warden, tempted by the prospect of wealth, decided to go with them.

"It looks like things are going very well."

"Returning to the team," Jiang Liu said with a smile.

"I've learned something new. It turns out that you can bail someone out just by paying money."

Duanmu Ying witnessed the entire process of Evelyn negotiating with the warden, and suddenly had the thought that "the West's advancement is nothing special."

Noticing Zheng Zha, Chu Xuan, and the others, she asked in confusion, "Who are these people?"

"Fellow villager."

Jiang Liu succinctly stated, "I also plan to explore the City of the Dead."

"what?"

Before the others could speak, Evelyn couldn't sit still any longer. "You disobedient student, it's one thing to leave the group, but you actually want to bring others with you? I absolutely disagree!"

Jonathan, however, had a guess and quickly said to Evelyn, "Sister, it's more lively when everyone is together, isn't it?"

Moreover, we might encounter bandits along the way, and with their protection, we will be safer.

After all, there are plenty of explorers and archaeologists eager to find gold in the City of the Dead. If a conflict arises with them, you might have to hand over the gold you've worked so hard to find… I mean, antiques.”

# Chapter 513 Departure

After Jonathan's persuasion, Evelyn could only reluctantly agree, but she still warned Jiang Liu, "Don't bring any more people into the team after this! Do you hear me? Otherwise, you won't be able to get your official international student status!"

"I understand, I understand."

"Are you even listening to me?" Seeing Jiang Liu's perfunctory attitude, Evelyn put her hands on her hips, but finally sighed and said, "I'm really scared of you! If you hadn't stopped that O'Connor guy earlier, I would have definitely kicked you out of the team!"

Afterwards, O'Connor was brought before the group by the soldiers.

“Remember what you said: find the City of Death, and I’ll take 25% of the gold.” The warden, a somewhat overweight Egyptian, grabbed O’Connor and dragged him in front of Evelyn, holding up two fingers.

"Please rest assured, if we don't give you 25% of the gold we harvest in the end, you can just throw us in this prison," Evelyn assured her confidently.

In reality, Evelyn had a clever trick up her sleeve. She wasn't actually searching for the gold in Hamunaptra; she wanted to understand Egyptian history, uncover the truth, and then showcase the culture and civilization of ancient Egypt to the world!