He lives on another planet and is majoring in Earth Science.

Chapter 322 Entering the Tunnel and Becoming a Mysterious Mutant (The Long-Awaited Story is About to Begin)

Then it was Shark Baby's turn to introduce herself: "My name is Shark Baby, and I'm from—"

He glanced down at the documents.

"—A PhD from Cairo University in Rwanda, I am a child prodigy, um."

Both Li Ji and Ananta had doubts. He didn't look like a child prodigy; he looked more like a simple-minded village boy.

The two sides exchanged a round of polite compliments.

To Li Ji's surprise, the person dressed as Ultraman introduced himself in a very normal way: he was Dr. Ananta's assistant, nothing more.

As for why they wore that outfit, the other person's answer was so correct that it was hard to refute.

“Because I like it.”

Li Ji had not heard such pure words for many years.

So pure it was almost inhuman, Li Ji even suspected that the suit wasn't a costume, but rather an alien in Ultraman form.

It was getting late, so they asked Awang when they could get under the Sphinx.

Awang sat on the rock and always answered, "Wait a little longer."

Everyone could only wander around aimlessly.

Lee Ki plans to select a few more items from the souvenir stall as exhibits.

He stood in front of a stall selling papyrus paintings, carefully selecting them.

The stall owner was an elderly Arab woman, wrapped in a white headscarf, her face lined with wrinkles as deep as a pyramid, seemingly weathered by a thousand years of wind and sun.

"Are you an archaeological team?"

Lee Ki was wearing a name tag on his chest, so the other person must have seen it.

"Yes, we're going to the tunnel under the Sphinx. Do you know any eerie legends or anything like that?"

The old woman's voice was hoarse, like quicksand rubbing against each other: "Of course I know. I've been here for 20 years. I know everything."

Li Ji squatted down curiously: "Tell me about it."

The old woman suddenly pulled out a sign from behind her back that read: "Paid Q&A, $10 per session."

"You already asked me once, you owe me ten dollars."

Li Ji jumped up in surprise: "Holy crap, old lady, do you have to be so dark-skinned?"

"Yes, it'll be $20."

"It also--"

Li Ji swallowed back the criticism that was about to come out, lest the price rise to 30.

"Tell me, what exactly is in the tunnel beneath the Sphinx?"

"I don't know, it's $30."

Li Ji gritted his teeth: "You're playing me!"

He even deliberately changed his habit of using questions to complain.

"Grandma, if you keep doing this, I'm going to call the police."

The old woman had an indifferent expression: "It's okay, when the police come, I'll take off my headscarf and say you were going to rape me."

"I'm leaving. I'm not playing with you anymore."

Li Ji turned to leave, but the old woman called him back: "I can take off my headscarf right now and say you're going to rape me, and everyone will come to my aid."

Li Ji clenched his fist, making a cracking sound.

"If you keep doing this, I'm going to hit someone."

“Hitting someone costs a different price, $50 a time. Come back, and we’ll have a good talk. Give me fifty dollars all at once, and I’ll tell you everything I know.”

Li Ji walked back, took out $20 and handed it to the other party: "This is the deposit. Please pay the balance after you hear the final payment."

"also."

The old woman hurriedly stuffed the money into her chest.

She beckoned to Li Ji to come closer, looking rather mysterious.

Li Ji didn't have high hopes; he just treated it as paying to hear a story, since he printed the money himself, so it wasn't a loss.

“My ex-husband was a worker who participated in the exploration of the underground tunnels back then. Ever since he came back from the tunnels, everything has been different.” Li Ji showed some interest: “Different? Did he develop mental problems?”

"Not the mind, but the body."

"Body? Illness?"

"Almost, his physical strength has improved."

"Eh?"

“Since he came back, the impotence that had plagued him for fifteen years was cured. Not only that, he was also very energetic and could have sex many times a night. During that time, I felt like I was bathed in a spring breeze, and I felt like I had returned to my teenage years.”

The old lady covered her face excitedly, becoming more and more excited as she spoke.

Li Ji never imagined that this mysterious tunnel could have such an effect.

"Grandma, I don't want to hear about your private life anymore. How about we talk about something else? Has he changed in any other ways?"

“There were other changes too. He became very cold, I mean his body temperature. It felt completely different, you definitely don’t understand, there’s a huge difference between cold and hot in terms of physical sensation, it’s super stimulating.”

Li Ji now hates himself for having such a vivid imagination; images keep popping into his head, almost blinding him.

"Grandma! I'll give you another $10. Tell me something less private!"

"Okay, okay." The old woman excitedly took the money. "He has changed a bit. One night, when the lights were off, I saw a pair of eyes glowing green. I thought it was a stray cat that had run in, but when I turned on the lights, I saw him sitting blankly on the sofa. It scared me to death."

How did he explain it?

“He said I was mistaken, but I could never have been mistaken. I still remember those eyes.”

Has he turned back to his original form?

“He’s gone. Five years ago, he suddenly left without leaving any trace. I couldn’t find him anywhere, so I went to the police station to apply for a missing person report and register as widowed.”

Was there anything unusual about him before he left?

"Something's off? Yes, he often studies the globe, holding it in his hand every day. He always says he wants to go to big cities, to big cities. He even marks locations on the globe. It seems to be in Siberia."

"I don't think there are any big cities in Siberia."

"I don't know either. Be careful when you go in. I've heard that most of the people who come out are more or less abnormal."

After hearing the story, Li Ji stood up, his mind a jumble.

The situation inside the tunnel became even more unclear.

Improved function, colder skin, green eyes, and big cities and disappearing without a word.

These things are all very strange.

Either the person has been replaced, or biological modifications have been made, or there really is an ancient Egyptian curse.

As night deepened, the tourists and vendors left, leaving only empty yellow sand in front of the Sphinx.

The desert was a bit cold at night, and the night wind felt chilly.

Awang stood up and hoisted his bulging backpack: "It's time to go down."

He led everyone toward the Sphinx.

His Highness the Crown Prince also explained to the students, "Awang is very professional. He waited until everyone had left in order to avoid the crowd affecting the archaeological site."

When you get to the left foot of the Sphinx, you can see a sunken space, and there is a narrow door panel on the left foot of the Sphinx.

Only a small gap was visible in the door panel; the rest was buried under the yellow sand.

Awang jumped into the pit, took out an entrenching tool from his backpack, and the tool gleamed in the moonlight.

He swung his shovel and dug through the sand in front of the stone slab, his movements rough and he didn't seem to care about hitting the slab.

His Highness the Crown Prince excitedly told the students, "This is how Earthlings conduct archaeology. It's a bit primitive, but it's all knowledge."

Everyone nodded.

Li Ji looked puzzled: "Is this some kind of tomb raiding? No wonder they only dared to come in the middle of the night."

Faced with this scene, Ananta bit her lip lightly.

As a professional archaeologist, she was offended by such a barbaric and crude method, but since she was there to search for ancestral relics, she thought it best not to cause any unnecessary trouble.

Moreover, none of the experts present seemed to have any objections, so perhaps the team wasn't as normal as she imagined.

"opened!"

(End of this chapter)