Chapter 946

Maxine pointed upward. “Based on Thomas' position when he fell, it seems impossible for him to have ended up here. He would have fallen on a rock about 100 meters from the opening of the hole and rolled...”

After a brief pause, she continued. “He should have stopped rolling at around 200 meters deep. When we descended, I saw a pit where he would’ve come to a stop.”

“Are you sure?”

James was uncertain. He had only cared about going deeper and had not checked the cavern’s surroundings.

“Alright, then. Let’s head back there to check”

Maxine jumped up, grabbed onto a stone a few meters away, and quickly climbed upward.

Following her lead, James also opted to not use a rope and began scaling the rocky cavern.

Eventually, they returned to the 100-meter mark

An enormous rock, more than 20 meters wide, jutted out precariously from the walls.

Maxine raised her head and pointed, saying, “If he fell from there, he would’ve landed here.”

She moved her body and pointed to the rock under her feet.

here. After hitting this rock, he’d roll toward the stone’s slope. Let’s head down and

“Okay.”

James nodded.

The two descended again.

down a few dozen meters, Maxine stopped and pointed to a recess in the wall, saying, "If he rolled down from that rock, he would’ve stopped here. Yet again,

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a chance my grandfather didn’t die from the

said, “The evidence from our initial findings seems to point

why didn’t he

told you last night that Thomas may have staged death to fool outsiders.

to believe that the Gu Devil had caught him and ultimately caused his fall from this place which resulted in his unfortunate

grandpa do such a

that he’s come up with this scheme beforehand. As for why

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thing was a ruse by my grandfather to confuse Tobias and me? Is

knows that I’ve been following you. He probably guessed that my job was to protect and monitor you. I’m sure he assumed that

heard the part about her reporting to her grandfather, James

quickly raised her hands and explained herself, “Although I’ve been monitoring the situation and reporting back to grandpa, I didn’t

probably still had not solved the painting’s secret. Otherwise, he would have reacted more after learning that Sacred Fire Figs

“Let’s go back up.”

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