"Blake, there's no need to be like this! John Jones, he's insatiable. He insisted on digging the grave. He deserves it. There's no need to risk your life to save someone like him!"
"That's right, young Blake. You didn't hold a grudge against him regardless of what he did to you earlier. The other exploration team members have already evacuated, and you're the only one who came back for him. There's no need for you to be like this!"
"I was wrong about him. In the face of danger, one's true self is shown! Good job, Blake!"
Everyone in the livestream was deeply moved by Blake's actions. They really had not expected Blake to take the initiative to leap into that huge pit of a tomb!
They knew, deep down, that they themselves would not have been able to do the same if they had been put into the same situation. This high school student, whom they had ridiculed as a coward, actually dared to risk his life for someone who had betrayed him!
What kind of righteousness and courage was this?
Everyone was amazed and did not comment for a while; they felt so ashamed of themselves, even more so for mocking Blake's honorable behavior.
...
Then, there was Blake.
He was clueless about the reactions of the audience in the livestream.
Of course, if he knew what the audience was thinking, he wouldn't have known how to react.
He hadn't jumped into the tomb to save John Jones.
He did it to find a way not to be consumed by the ghostly qi.
When he leaped into the tomb, he found that the interior and exterior of the tomb were different!
Firstly, the soil in the tomb felt soft; stepping on it was like stepping on cotton.
Secondly, he found the soil very slippery, and the slope of the side of the pit was very steep. Once he fell into the tomb, he found that he could not gain full control of his body as he slid deep down, completely unable to maintain balance.
No wonder John could not exert his strength at all.
In such an environment, no matter how strong you were, you would feel powerless against the situation.
As such, Blake allowed the smooth soil to glide him down along the side of the pit and fell deeper into the bottom of the tomb.
Along the way, he was greeted by dense ghostly qi and a damp smell.
This was inevitable. Because he was holding the compass the whole time in his hand, his body was surrounded with streaks of red light.
These red lights protected him from the ghostly qi, deflecting them away from every inch of his body. At the same time, he equipped his Yin-Yang Eyes, allowing him to clearly see the scene inside the tomb.
Using his Yang Eye, he could see the tomb turning into two thick long lines.
The lines extended underground, and he could not see the end, even after a long time.
'I didn't expect this tomb to be so deep...'
Blake was surprised.
However, just as he landed at the bottom of the tomb, everything began to shake violently.
The ground started to undulate like surging tides, and everything around him began to crumble.
On the surface, the broadcasting equipment placed on level ground also lost its balance as the ground shook powerfully.
The members of the expedition team who were standing at the side of the cemetery anxiously were also hit by layers of rising soil that resembled fierce, thrashing waves.
Four or five of them were even wrapped up by the soil and dragged to the center of the cemetery. Just like Blake and John, they slid deeper into the pit.
"Run! Get out of here! The cemetery is moving... It's moving!"
Some of them screamed in terror.
When the others above heard the roar, they turned pale with fright and fled for their lives.
The live broadcast equipment on the ground managed to film the entire scene, and through the lens, the huge number of viewers caught sight of this terrifying wipeout.
They were screaming in panic.
Many viewers picked up their devices in hopes of recording this scene.
However, they were too late as the live broadcast equipment was abruptly cut off, disconnecting the recording of the livestream.
The only means of communication between the expedition team and the outside world... was gone!
Buzz!
A piercing dread coursed through everyone's veins.
The last scene of Jack London's livestream the night before flashed in everyone's mind.
Ghost...
Cemetery...
Death...
Everyone thought in despair...
Despite the distress put onto everyone, all 200,000 viewers immediately sprang into action!
Ring!
Ring!
Phone calls rang out one by one.
At this moment, everyone present in the livestream only had one thought in their minds.
Go to their rescue!
Contact the police!
Get a professional team to go to the scene!
Otherwise, it would be too late!
At this point, no one was suspicious of the haunted cemetery anymore; the cemetery moved, and they had witnessed it along with the series of events that scared the life out of them. Tonight would definitely become a nightmare for many of them for the rest of their lives!
...
"Hello? This is the criminal investigation department of H City, what's the matter?"
An operator of the Criminal Investigation Department answered the call with a smile.
Right after, he heard a deafening screech from the phone.
"Cemetery! Go to the cemetery in the suburbs! There's a ghost there! You have to get there now!"
The man on the other end said in a voice alarmed with horror, gasping.
The operator was stunned. A ghost?
"Sir, please don't joke around, or we will arrest you for intentionally spreading rumors..."
"I'm not spreading rumors! It's true! The expedition team is in trouble!! You have to get there right now! They are in danger!"
The man shouted anxiously.
The operator of the Criminal Investigation Division was still confused.
Immediately, a dozen other operator phone calls rang throughout the entire criminal investigation division at the same time with the same plea.
"The suburban cemetery! The expedition team is in danger! You have to get there as quickly as possible!"
"What's the Criminal Investigation Division even for? More than a dozen people are calling in about the same trouble, and you still don't believe us? Are you taking us lightly?"
...
Ring, ring, ring!
Ring, ring, ring!
In the next few minutes, the entire Criminal Investigation Division's crime reporting center was filled with incessant calls!
Countless operators were at a loss of what to do as they busied themselves with the incoming phone calls.
They answered the calls one by one, and they would hear the exact same situation being reported! Haunted cemetery!
An expedition team in distress!
These words kept playing in their minds, and the phone operators were on the verge of going nuts!
In this phone call barrage, these operators finally realized that something was probably going on.
Such a large-scale report was definitely not a prank!
It was very likely that... something big had actually happened!
The operators did not hesitate any further and immediately forwarded the reports to the leader.
The leader of the Criminal Investigation Department was already asleep by this time, but the incoming phone calls woke him from his slumber.
Then, after he learned of the whole situation, he quickly connected the reports to the 'Cemetery Expedition' team that the mayor had been telling him about during the day.
His intuition told him that this wasn't going to be a simple case, he had to inform the mayor immediately!
Without hesitation, the leader of the Criminal Investigation Department directly called the mayor to fill him in on everything that had taken place in the office.
Speaking of which, the mayor had really been concerned about the murder of Jack London in the cemetery the day before.
Otherwise, he would not have bothered to send an expedition team of eleven people and even appointed a major general explorer like John Jones as the captain.
However, he still underestimated the seriousness of this matter.
He originally thought that with such a lineup of members, it would be easy to solve this matter.
However, he hadn't actually expected something to happen to them!
"Listen to my orders. To the Secret Service Team of the Criminal Investigation Division, I want you to dispatch your first, second, and third teams. All of you, move out immediately!
"While the lot of you are at it, contact the garrison of H City and inform them to send a battalion of soldiers to seal off the area around the cemetery. No one is allowed to get close.
"Tonight, we must rescue the entire expedition team!"
The mayor barked his orders at the phone.
Soon after, all the armed forces of H City were deployed and ready to charge at the cemetery!