"Where have you been?" The rest exclaimed upon seeing Feng Lin. Most of them had a hint of suspicion in their tone. Only a rare few, like Yue`e and Iron Pillar, were asking out of concern.
"This bonewall passageway seemed to go on forever. Since I couldn't understand the ancient murals, I went on to explore the passageway instead!" Feng Lin replied nonchalantly, feigning ignorance.
So that was what happened!
Most of them seemed to have bought his lie, with Sutt being the exception.
"So, what did you find?" Sutt probed.
"Well, just the ancient murals!" Feng Lin said with a shrug and continued, "Look, this was what I scanned with the microchip!" He had expected this situation and had prepared what was needed for a convincing cover-up.
Using the identity microchip, he switched on the holographic projection to display holograms of ancient murals, one after another, dissipating the crowd's suspicion.
