Chapter 499

For a brief moment, when Kayla saw the faint smile at the corner of Pete’s lips, she suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. It seemed like everything had been planned by him in advance. She just couldn’t figure out what he was truly scheming
In this dangerous situation and in such a perilous place, he placed himself on the frontline. If anything went wrong , he wouldn’t be able to escape either!
Kayla felt that Pete was like an enigma. Every move he made was impossible to predict
It was as it, despite standing in front of her, he was like an elusive breeze that couldn’t be grasped. He made her uneasy, yet she found herself inexplicably drawn to him. She continued to follow him .
Pete looked at Kayla, noticing that she was holding tightly onto his arm. He smiled and asked, “What’s wrong?
“N–Nothing…” Kayla bit her lip, hesitating before swallowing her words.
After the storm passed, all communication devices and compasses failed. The scattered teams, full of diverse and conflicting groups, started to panic, stumbling around like headless chickens. Some decided to continue the search, while others attempted to leave or contact the outside world.
But it was all useless.
In the depths of the rainforest, how could they tell the direction?
Every direction seemed to be filled with identical trees, and there were no visible paths , only rocky outcrops, ridgelines, and thick forests to navigate through.
Those who tried to signal the outside world fired flares, but there was no response. The rescue they hoped for never came.
After repeated disagreements, disputes, and conflicts, a bombshell of good news came.
canyon was the very location Pete had mentioned, the spot marked
Some in the group claimed they had found a canyon, and that ca on the map that the Fuller couple had spoken of!
In an instant , the scattered teams went wild!
Driven by greed, they all rushed toward the canyon with great urgency, fearing they might miss out on the opportunity. It became. a race to reach the location!
Kayla also felt anxious. Unable to hold back, she asked, “Pete, why are we still waiting? You worked so hard to decode the map. Are you really going to let others reap the rewards?”
“Just wait a little longer.” Pete turned his head, his gaze lingering somewhere behind him. Smiling, he added, “A big shot still hasn’t arrived. What’s the hurry?”
Big shot?
Kayla asked curiously, “Who is it?”
The Carrell family of Seldvale was already a powerful and influential family. In terms of status and influence, they were firmly. entrenched in the city’s elite.
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The only one in all of Seldvale who could be regarded as a “big shot” by the Cartell family could only be…
Kayla gasped, suddenly realizing something. “The Russell family of Seldvale? Mr. Russell?”
“Just what kind of treasure is hidden at the location marked on the map? To think that it’d even attract someone like Mr. Russell! “she asked the question aloud.
Pete paused for a moment, then smiled. “I don’t know either.”
Kayla was speechless. He was obviously lying!
She felt a bit wronged and accused him, “Pete! You don’t trust me!”
“I’m not–lying. I’ve never been to this place, so I don’t know what’s there. But if even Mr. Russell is going to great lengths to find it, it must be hiding something important.”
After Pete said that, Kayla’s eyes showed a brief flash of excitement, but she quickly concealed it.
1:00
And it was from that day onward everyone who entered the depths of this rainforest disappeared and lost contact. Nobody heard from them again!