"But here, everything is fresh. What we will encounter is unknown, so we are deeply in love with it."


    Suddenly, an old man in the exploration team with a white beard said, "We are back in nature''s embrace here. The man-made outside world is nothing inparison."


    Mitch nced at the old man and introduced, "This is Vernon. He''s the eldest in our team, and he''s in charge of navigating our team. You should know that people get lost in this forest easily, so we need a good navigator. Navigation between two points is rtive, so we need a professional to do this for us, and Vernon is the right person for that."


    Vernon nodded at Wilbur and said, "Hello, young man. I see bravery and passion in you. Good luck and keep improving. I believe you''ll reach your goal one day."


    Wilbur nodded and said, "Thanks, Vernon. Actually, I would like to say that it''s verymon to get lost in the forest. A person who is familiar with navigation is the core of an exploration team."


    "Ha."


    Suddenly, the chubby man with short hairughed. Mitch asked the chubby man, "Veda, what are youughing at? Do you think it''s funny?"


    Veda shrugged and replied, "Is it not funny? If Vernon is the core of our exploration team, then what are you, Mitch? We''re only an ordinary exploration team. Why don''t you tell this young man about your treasure hunt?"


    "What nonsense are you spewing about?"


    "We''ve been here twenty-three times, and you im that you can find us treasure every time. However, we always turned back in a hurry every time we traveled up to five kilometers. I can''t believe you still think about your treasure and your box full of gold after so many tries! You probably don''t know this, young man. Mitch told us that there is a box of gold in the depths of the Vicente Primeval Forest, and that''s not even the most absurd part yet. The most absurd thing is that we actually believed him. We followed him to the forest twenty-three times, yet we only gone five kilometers every time before we had to turn back for various reasons. Five kilometers! I don''t know if that number means anything to the treasure. If we have to pay with our lives to get to the treasure, I rather not find it."


    Mitch looked at Veda coldly and said, "You can quit right now if you don''t want the treasure."


    "Fine. I''ll leave."


    Veda turned around to walk out of the forest. Mitch watched as Veda left and yelled, "Are you seriously leaving us, Veda?"


    Veda did not look back. He kept walking, and then shouted back, "I''ve had enough. I think the endless exploring is meaningless. I''m sorry, but I''ll be leaving first."


    Wilbur nced at Mitch. He was not interested in the so-called treasure, but Wilbur expected Veda to influence the rest of the team. He thought at least two of them would also choose to leave.


    However, the two people Wilbur thought might quit did not seem like they wanted to leave as they silently followed the team and carried on.