Yao couldn't hold it anymore and let out a world-shattering sneeze.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the priceless Golden Parrot Orchid was pulverized into dust by the force of the sneeze.
All the experts' mouths hung open, unable to close.
Over there, Dai Xiaomei glared at Yao reproachfully.
"How could you be so careless!"
"I... I'm sorry."
Yao rubbed his head and apologized.
"It's okay, it doesn't matter."
Dai Xiaomei waved her hand grandly.
"Dear viewers, this useless plant has been humanely destroyed. Now, I will introduce you to something new."
In the live stream, countless super bullet comments instantly bombarded the screen.
"Ahhh! Stop introducing!"
"Is this something humans do? Why aren't the platform officials stopping this? Hurry up and stop them."
"Treasures, China's treasures are being destroyed."
"My old bones are about to be destroyed too..."
After a flurry of intense comments, the super bullet comments stopped. Perhaps those experts had fainted from anger, or their accounts had been banned by the system.
The netizens finally found an opportunity to voice their opinions.
"These experts are hilarious, and their voices are so loud. Still energetic, aren't they?"
"It's just a plant that's been destroyed, why are they shouting so loudly?"
"You can't say that. Didn't you hear Professor Zhang? He said it's a precious plant extinct for many years, a living fossil."
"There are many extinct ancient creatures. It's more important to keep searching for Chiyou's treasure."
"Yeah, maybe we can even inherit Chiyou's bloodline and awaken our martial spirits."
In the hall, Jiang Fan and the others split up and started moving.
Dai Xiaomei and Zhou Niannian were busy introducing treasures, while Jiang Fan and Yao searched for the next exit.
Those small orbs called "Observers" also buzzed around everyone like flies.
They darted up and down, swayed left and right, and even performed acrobatic feats of flying under people's legs.
Despite being machines, they seemed more excited than the humans who had found treasures.
"That's strange. I've never seen these things so excited before."
Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei whispered to each other.
"Exactly. They usually sneak around and film us. It's the first time they've been so brazen."
Dai Xiaomei also sensed something was off.
"We're deep underground. Could it be magnetic field interference?"
"Perhaps there are treasures hidden here that we haven't discovered, and they've sensed them!"
Zhou Niannian's eyes lit up. She followed the Observers around, touching the walls where they lingered and exploring the floor where they hovered.
After busy work yielded no results, Zhou Niannian sat on the ground in disappointment.
Jiang Fan chuckled. He had also noticed the strange behavior of the Observers.
Just as Jiang Fan approached an Observer, intending to catch one for study, he heard something strange from above.
Something was wriggling in the passage through which Jiang Fan had descended.
Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei shrieked in fear and hid behind Jiang Fan.
Jiang Fan also became vigilant. In movies, anything that crawled out of a pipe was usually not good news.
He picked up a steel knife and threw an iron rod to Yao, preparing for battle.
The experts were probably already fainted from anger. If they saw Jiang Fan and Yao armed with ancient weapons, ready to fight, they would likely have complained again.
The rustling sound grew closer. Something was about to emerge from the pipe.
Jiang Fan told the women to step back and raised his weapon with Yao.
Suddenly, a dirty, fuzzy, strange object, black, white, and gray, appeared before them!
The strange creature had a crack for a head, two sharp claws, and short, fuzzy antennae.
Jiang Fan leaped forward and fiercely beat the strange creature with the flat of his knife.
Yao also charged forward, striking it with the iron rod.
No matter what kind of strange creature emerged from below, it was best to knock it out first.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
The strange creature yelped in pain, its cries echoing heavily in the passage.
"Wait, this sound is so familiar!"
Jiang Fan signaled Yao to stop. He seemed to have heard this sound before.
"It's Gun Gun!"
Dai Xiaomei suddenly sprang up from the ground and shouted.
Jiang Fan looked closely. Indeed, it wasn't a strange creature. It was the lower half of a panda, its large backside swaying back and forth before them.
It turned out that after the panda had finished eating all the food above, it got scared and followed them down the passage.
The passage was easy for humans to navigate but somewhat narrow for a panda.
It had to wriggle for a long time to move even a small step forward.
Fortunately, most of a panda's body is fat and very soft, with great elasticity.
By rubbing and grinding its way through the passage, the panda finally managed to make its way down.
The narrowness had its advantages; at least it wouldn't accidentally fall and die.
Using its paws and feet, it wriggled down the passage, getting covered in dust, before finally reaching the bottom.
As the panda's lower half entered the opening at the bottom, its upper body got stuck.
As a result, Jiang Fan and Yao mistook it for a monster and beat it soundly.
Realizing it was a misunderstanding, Jiang Fan and Yao quickly pulled the panda down with all their might.
"Roar!"
After a lot of effort, the panda was finally pulled out of the passage by them. It sat down on the ground with a thump, crying out in pain.
After sitting for a while, it stood up, touched the bruises on its backside, and roared at Jiang Fan and Yao.
The implication was clear: someone had hit it below, and it wanted to know who.
Jiang Fan and Yao exchanged glances, nodded to each other with unspoken understanding, and left.
The panda looked at the weapons on the ground, picked them up, and compared them with the bruises on its backside. It looked at Jiang Fan and Yao with suspicion.
"Hahaha."
Dai Xiaomei and Zhou Niannian pointed at the panda and burst into laughter.
The panda was already covered in dirt. The passage hadn't been used by anyone for years, so it was covered in thick layers of dust.
Now, all that dust stuck to the panda, turning it into a black, white, and gray three-colored panda, looking dirty and foolish.
The panda realized Dai Xiaomei and Zhou Niannian were laughing at it. It stood up and growled at them.
Dai Xiaomei looked up at the hole above.
"Wow, such a small hole. How did you, with your big body, manage to squeeze through?"
The panda snorted, sat on the ground, crossed its arms, and ignored Dai Xiaomei and Zhou Niannian.
Dai Xiaomei and Zhou Niannian weren't planning to let it off the hook. They pounced on it, forcibly petting it, intending to rub it into a fluff ball smaller than the hole.
As they petted it, they also teased the panda.
"Look how dirty you are."
"Don't call yourself Gun Gun anymore. Call yourself Zang Zang (Dirty Dirty)."
"Zang Zang doesn't sound good. Let's call you Chou Chou (Smelly Smelly)."
"Okay, Panda Chou Chou, hahaha!"
The panda roared in protest, grabbing Jiang Fan's arm.
Jiang Fan looked at the dust flying everywhere, then at the panda's dirty paws, and then at his clean jacket.
He immediately lunged forward with a forward punch, hitting the panda in the belly!