Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 692 - 440: Surprises and Scares

Chapter 692: Chapter 440: Surprises and Scares

The three of them had excellent hearing and decent eyesight.

At this moment, they had already seen the object that had fallen from the plane.

The object wasn’t falling freely, but rather drifted down.

"There’s a parachute!"

All three of them felt the same way.

"Boss, do you think their purpose here is the same as ours?" Elijah asked in a serious tone.

"It should be." Sean nodded, "The plane has been circling this area for several days; it must have been searching for a target. Now that it has returned, I’m afraid it’s time for people and equipment to be deployed."

"What should we do?" Douglas gritted his teeth, "Do you want to strike them when they’re off guard?"

Sean shook his head and said:

"Not yet. Our main mission now is to find Lincoln. As for them... we’ll deal with them after we find Lincoln."

If they found Lincoln and the other party hadn’t found the treasure yet, Sean wouldn’t mind competing with them.

In the world of treasure hunting, it was natural for the strong to prey on the weak. Survival of the fittest was not unexpected.

Douglas and Elijah exchanged glances, understanding the situation.

Yes, the priority was to find Lincoln.

Everything else could be dealt with later!

"Let’s go and search for him overnight!" Sean suddenly said. "It’s more challenging during the day. We can take advantage of the night and follow the river channel upstream. Maybe we can find the breakpoint of the river channel sooner, and enter the underground river."

Though they thought this way, all three of them knew that while there was a possibility, it wasn’t a very big one.

But if Lincoln could enter the underground river without a trace, they should have a chance too.

Sean even regretted not searching carefully at the water pit at that time. Maybe they could have found the entrance to the underground river then.

But it was too late for any regrets. He couldn’t be sure if his decision to follow the river channel upstream at that time had any ulterior motives.

He just hoped they could truly find a new entrance to the underground river.

The three of them picked up their bags and walked forward silently.

After walking more than a kilometer, they suddenly heard a muffled rumble!

"Boss, listen!" Douglas was immediately excited, "Is this the underground river?"

"Yes." Sean activated his Sky Eye and saw the underground river beneath them. The underground river was a river bay with rapid water flow, which was why the sound carried to the surface.

Moreover, the underground river was only about five or six meters below the ground, which was much shallower than before. This gave Sean even more hope!

"Let’s go on. Maybe if we keep looking, we’ll find the entrance!"

All three of them were excited, and their pace quickened.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Suddenly, several crisp gunshots in the distance halted their steps.

"The gunshots came from the southwest, almost 500 meters away." Elijah reported in a low voice.

"At that distance, we should be fine." Sean nodded, "Let’s continue."

Actually, he was quite happy about the gunshots.

It meant that it was not only the group looking for the treasure. There was also the group that had landed, and possibly even more unknown parties.

Now that they were out of the picture, it was time to let the dogs fight among themselves.

The three of them continued their journey, but their footsteps became lighter.

They all wanted to avoid attracting the attention of those people. In fact, all three had similar thoughts now.

"Stop!"

Sean suddenly whispered.

Elijah and Douglas immediately halted.

"Hide by the riverbank!" Sean gave another command, and he himself flashed to the side, leaning against the riverbank.

The widest part of the riverbank here was no more than 20 meters, and from bottom to top, it was just over 2 meters. It seemed that the water wasn’t very deep.

All three of them hid motionlessly leaning against the bank. A few minutes later, they heard rustling footsteps from above.

Sean could tell by the sound that there were five people, and they were walking downstream along the riverbank. After a while, they turned back in a direction further from the shore.

Several minutes later, Sean spoke:

"All right, let’s move on."

"Boss, who do you think they are?"

Douglas asked while walking.

"Perhaps they’re also treasure hunters. But some were barefoot, so they might be natives from the desert."

Sean wasn’t sure since he hadn’t looked up earlier and hadn’t used his sky eye, so he hadn’t seen the newcomers.

Whatever, there was no real intersection of interests at the moment anyway.

"The sound of the underground river has disappeared!" Douglas suddenly remarked.

At this moment, Sean and Elijah also took notice.

Sean checked with his Sky Eye and said:

"It’s probably because the underground river’s flow has become more gentle, so we can’t hear it."

The Sky Eye showed that the underground river was now even closer to the surface, and although the water flow wasn’t very strong, the width of the river channel had grown, making it almost half a meter deep, so no sound was transmitted to the surface.

"That’s good!" Douglas was slightly relieved.

He had faith in Sean.

After walking a few hundred meters more, they saw a patch of dark things ahead. Sean suddenly became excited:

"Here, if we go down from here, we should find the entrance to the underground river!" This spot was much lower, like a deep pit within the river channel. At the very bottom of the pit, there was some water – not much, but very clear.

"Is there anything strange in the water?" Both Douglas and Elijah, while better than the average person at seeing things at night, were not as good as Sean.

But they could only see the water in the pit, not discern if there was anything in the water.

"There’s nothing." Sean replied, "Let’s go. We don’t need to go into the water, just follow me..."