Chapter 96

Elaine’s words must’ve been a hell of a shocker, ’cause everyone around fell silent.

Burton felt embarrassed, his face turning red. He quickly approached and pulled Elaine away.

Elaine struggled all the way.

Eileen stood still for a moment before gently patting Egbert’s arm. He turned to look at her.

Eileen looked puzzled and asked, “What’s her deal?”

“She wants to team up with you.” Before Egbert could speak, Eddie chimed in with a laugh.

As soon as Eddie finished speaking, he seemed to get a bright idea. He threw his arm around Lucas’ shoulder and said, “Let’s form an alliance too. We’ve been through hell and back together.”

Lucas shrugged off Eddie’s arm and walked towards Egbert, saying, “Mr. Reed, I want to take another look at the map.”

Egbert put his pocketknife away. He glanced back at Eileen, then he and Lucas went off to the side to discuss their route.

After a while, Burton and Elaine returned.

Eileen was lounging in the branches of a large tree! With her legs crossed and a blade of grass in her mouth, she was sneakily watching the siblings below.

Seeing her gaze, Burton called out, “Auntie.”

Elaine stood behind Burton, and she also seemed a bit shy now, sneakily watching Eileen and mumbling along, “Auntie.”

Eileen laughed, ignored them, and beckoned two little white monkeys over.

A few minutes passe. Egbert folded up the map and said, “There are two paths, one short and one long.”

Eddie was stumped, asking, “What’s the difference?”

three or four days to reach the exit. But the shorter route is

should take the short

little monkey while lounging in the tree, casually

a river. We need to

eyebrow, “Is the

head, “It’s not marked on

little white monkey, jumped down from the tree, hands on hips, and said, “Then let’s take the short route. No matter how wide the river is, we can always swim across. That’s

they kept walking for a few more days, they’d lose too much time. If other teams got out first, they’d lose the

the end, everyone agreed to take the short route.

had been walking for less than an hour when they saw the bridgeless river, which seemed to be

“That’s manageable. We

the bank, observing the river, shaking her head and

puzzled,

a stone from the other side and threw

the water, snapped up the stone in its mouth, and slowly sank

visibly

“This is also a

leaned on Lucas’ shoulder, lamenting, “The showrunners are really too much. Never mind, let’s play it safe and take the safe route.”

nor Egbert

warned, “Don’t act rashly. This river is not the same as the previous dangerous one. That one only required us to find items, but this one requires us to cross it. We can’t just swing across, and even if we

the river and said,

in surprise, “But it’s on the other side. How will we tie

while, then suddenly turned to Eddie and

his eyes widened

bit of the money will just round it off. I won’t ask for more, just put

aside and asked Eileen, “How are

have

“If you can get us across the river,

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