Movie variety show soul travels between two worlds to become a rich man

Chapter 701 Everyone is Wang Zanghai

This wasn't just Gao Dongxu overthinking or scaring himself.

Rather, anyone who knows a little about Wang Zanghai's life knows how extraordinary he was. It wasn't just his talent; what was terrifying was his control over human nature, his use of power, his schemes, methods, and plans—all of which reached an unparalleled level.

From personally entering the game and being voluntarily captured by the King of Ten Thousand Slaves to build the Heavenly Palace on the Cloud Top, to entering the Bronze Gate, discovering the secret, seeing the ultimate truth, and learning the secret of the King of Ten Thousand Slaves' symbiotic relationship.

Then, the Wang family was established, which fought with the Zhang family for hundreds of years. They also led people to Tamutuo and obtained the meteorite jade and elixirs that the Queen Mother of the West needed for immortality.

However, Wang Zanghai discovered that the three methods of immortality he knew—coexisting with monsters, relying on the Corpse Beetle King to prolong life, and being trapped in the Meteorite Jade for eternal life—while granting longevity, would all become prisons of suffering. He concluded that true immortality was nothing but eternal torment, and thus he deemed none of them usable and refused to use them at all. Combining the three immortality techniques he had mastered, he built the Underwater Tomb and continuously experimented with and improved the Corpse Beetle Pill, thereby refining the Queen Mother of the West's method of immortality.

Finally, they completed a method of achieving immortality that did not require physical immortality, but only the transfer of memories and soul.

Who can underestimate him, and who dares to underestimate him?

Connecting everything about the underwater tomb, Gao Dongxu was certain that Wang Zanghai had finally initiated his plan for immortality, ate the elixir, and lay in the jade coffin, his memories temporarily stored in something.

Then, he used the snake-browed bronze fish to lure many skilled tomb raiders to him, and used them to revive his consciousness, so that he could come back to life without having to wait 3000 years.

Moreover, just in case, he also borrowed the method used by Tie Miansheng to set up the Seven Star Coffins, and used the heaven-defying property of the Corpse Beetle Pill that could store and copy memories to store his own memories in the Corpse Beetle Pill he made.

If someone consumes the corpse beetle pill he deliberately left behind, and once the hexagonal bell on the coral tree is activated, erasing all of that person's memories, he can use the memories stored in the corpse beetle pill to gain immortality in another sense.

Even if the six-pointed bell of the coral tree is not triggered and the possession cannot be completed, the memories stored in the corpse beetle pill will still pollute the other party's mind, making them a symbiotic entity where you are in me and I am in you.

As a result, the team members who conducted the scientific expedition to the underwater tomb in Xisha that year were all fed with corpse beetle pills specially prepared by Wang Zanghai after they fell into a coma in the ancient tomb.

Wu Sansheng and Xie Lianhuan, who remained hidden behind the scenes until they finally merged completely into it, Huo Ling, who became the Forbidden Woman, and Chen Wenjin, who hid until she finally entered the West Queen Mother's Meteorite and gained immortality... all harbored the image of Wang Zanghai in their minds!

"What a remarkable Wang Zanghai!"

Thinking of the corpse beetle pill he obtained from Wu Sansheng, Gao Dongxu couldn't help but sigh. If he were to eventually consume that corpse beetle pill as well, his soul and memories would likely be corrupted by Wang Zanghai's memories.

"Let's go, let's get out of here first—" After thinking all this, Gao Dongxu looked at the specimen glass bottle in his hand, which still hadn't produced the Corpse Beetle King, and decided not to wait any longer.

"Yes!"

Gao Dongxu took Ruqing from Ruxin's hands, picked her up in a princess carry, and led everyone back the way they came.

When Gao Dongxu passed by the Seven Star Coffins again, looking at the seven stone coffins arranged according to the Big Dipper, he couldn't help but sigh once more at the ruthlessness of Tie Miansheng.

Logically speaking, one of the Seven Star Coffins should be real, while the others are all set with deadly traps. Choosing the wrong coffin will trigger a mechanism, which usually releases poison arrows or poison gas.

The worst part is that all seven coffins are fake. Each coffin contains a slave who has been fed the Corpse Beetle Pill by the Iron-Faced Man and has become a blood corpse. So no matter which one you choose to open, you will face a near-death experience.

Think about it, if it weren't for his God's-eye view and Wu Xie's protagonist halo, he really might not have been able to walk out of this tomb alive.

The tomb was riddled with traps, filled with potent acid, haunted by ferocious blood-soaked corpses, and even the coffins appeared to be fake. A blue-eyed fox corpse lurked in the air, while a nine-headed cypress strangled its prey. In short, this ancient tomb was a veritable series of death traps, showcasing the ruthless wisdom and anti-theft measures of two generations of tomb owners. Unfortunately, despite three thousand years of meticulous planning, it ultimately could not escape the thieves' clutches.

Gao Dongxu handed Ruqing to Ruxin and said to everyone, "Put on your gas masks and wait for me up ahead. I'll deal with these seven stone coffins."

“Be careful—” said Ah Ning, one of her subordinates who had been killed and dragged into the stone coffin by a blood corpse the last time she came to open it.

"Don't worry," Gao Dongxu said confidently with a smile.

Without hesitation, everyone put on gas masks and headed towards the outer tomb chamber.

Gao Dongxu also put on a gas mask, and a peach wood sword appeared in his hand. He came to a stone coffin, kicked the coffin lid with one foot, and then used the force to fly backward.

The next moment, the heavy stone coffin lid crashed open and hit the ground with a loud bang. A plume of black smoke billowed out of the coffin, and a shriveled, armored corpse suddenly sat up, its body rapidly sprouting white hair.

"It's not a blood corpse, it's a white-haired zongzi..." Gao Dongxu frowned slightly, but without hesitation, he ran towards the stone coffin, picked up the peach wood sword and swung it with a sharp golden light. Before the zongzi could even be fully lifted out of the stone coffin, it was decapitated.

Shining a flashlight inside the stone coffin, he found no burial goods and couldn't help but curl his lip. Iron-Faced Sheng was truly heartless. Next, Gao Dongxu kicked open the lids of the other six stone coffins one by one, and with a swift stroke of his sword, he chopped off the heads of the zombies before they could even grow their white fur.

From then on, the only danger left to the Seven Star Lu Palace was the corpse beetle swarm.

After meeting up with Aning and the others, they walked out of the ancient tomb. The officials and archaeological experts who were waiting outside immediately surrounded them when they saw them come out, asking about the situation and looking curiously at the body bag carried by two people.

Gao Dongxu led the four responsible persons and experts into the tent and gave a brief introduction to the ancient tomb.

"What?! You mean this ancient tomb is the mausoleum of King Mu of Zhou, Ji Man?! Are you kidding me? How could his mausoleum be here?!"

After hearing the introduction, the experts present were immediately shocked and began to question it.

"There are many murals depicting the life of King Mu of Zhou in the tomb passage. However, unfortunately, the tomb was robbed by a general or feudal lord during the Warring States period and was taken over by him and turned into a mausoleum."

In other words, this ancient tomb is a tomb within a tomb. The first owner was the legendary monarch King Mu of Zhou, and the second was a general or minor vassal state during the Warring States period.

Gao Dongxu decided to give these experts some guidance to avoid academic blunders. The ancient tomb had already been thoroughly searched, leaving little evidence. Who knew what kind of absurd conclusions these experts would eventually reach?

"If what you're saying is true, then this will be the biggest archaeological discovery of the year, absolutely shocking the nation and even the world..."

"Yes, if it really is the tomb of King Mu of Zhou, then its value..."

Several experts, incredibly excited, began to chatter incessantly.

There's no way around it; in the long torrent of China's five-thousand-year history, King Mu of Zhou, Ji Man, is like a mysterious and dazzling star, radiating his unique brilliance.

As the fifth monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty, he was the longest-reigning king in the Western Zhou Dynasty. His many deeds during his reign are full of legendary charm and are fascinating.

His life included both the clashing of swords and the romantic and fantastical journeys he took. He also promulgated a significant legal code that had a profound impact on the development of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

“It’s a pity that such a legendary king turned into a monster in the end—” Gao Dongxu then took the glass specimen bottle out of his backpack and placed it on the table. Under the horrified and astonished gazes of everyone, Gao Dongxu said, “This is the head of King Mu of Zhou, Ji Man. The bag contains its body, which has become a blood corpse.”

"This, this, this..."

The four officials and experts present were all dumbfounded, their faces showing shock. The reality that shattered their worldview left them speechless, stuttering, and incoherent.

"How can you be so sure that it is King Mu of Zhou, Ji Man?!"

Gao Dongxu put on a pair of leather gloves, opened the body bag, revealing the bloodied corpse inside. Pointing to the blood-stained strips of cloth that could no longer cover the body, he said, "Although it is tattered, if you look closely, you can still identify it as an imperial robe. Combined with the numerous murals in the tomb passage, such as the chariot tour of Kunlun and the meeting of the Queen Mother of the West, I can't think of anyone else in history who fits this description except for King Mu of Zhou."

Blood corpses are highly poisonous; contact with them will result in death. It's best not to touch them carelessly. I'm telling you all this and showing you this to protect you, in case you make wild guesses without knowing the truth when you're doing excavations and archaeological work.

The dangers within the ancient tomb have been largely eliminated, but the most troublesome swarm of corpse beetles still needs to be eradicated.

After Gao Dongxu finished speaking, he ignored the experts who were extremely excited and had entered research mode, and looked at the other four department heads who were equally shocked, saying: "Prepare as much realgar as possible, and also gather some flamethrowers and prepare more fireproof protective gear. Tomorrow afternoon, I will lead a group down into the tomb to exterminate the insects. Members are required to have strong mental fortitude and not have trypophobia. Once the carrion beetle swarm appears, there will be tens of thousands of them, a dark mass. Those who are not mentally prepared should not go down and cause trouble."

"Yes!"

"Okay, I'll have someone prepare it right away—"

. . . . . .

When Gao Dongxu led his men out of the tomb unharmed, carrying the supernatural corpse of the Blood Corpse, the doubts and disdain in the four men's hearts vanished completely, leaving only faith and respect, and of course, even more excitement and honor.

They had the opportunity to come into contact with Gao Dongxu and his group of mysterious and capable people, and even work together to deal with supernatural events. This was a legendary experience that each of them would never forget.

Sometimes, knowing the truth that most people don't know is also a kind of superiority, a superiority that blossoms silently.

(End of this chapter)