Tomb Raiding: The Bloodline of Dragons and Snakes, Starting from the Kunlun Divine Palace

What's puzzling is why there's a stone gate here, and why there's a handprint smeared with yak blood on the stone gate.

Fatty Wang kicked the stone door open.

The dust made it hard for people to breathe.

"Fatty, can't you be a little gentler?" Wu Yutian scolded irritably.

Fatty Wang chuckled, "Sorry, Brother Tian." As the dust settled, the group, guns in hand, went inside. Still, there was no one there, only chunks of fresh beef and a few steaming cowhides.

Oh, and there are also some slaughtering tools.

This place is basically a slaughterhouse.

As for the meat inside the house, it is so fresh only because it was just cut from a yak.

The cowhide, in particular, looks like it was just taken from a cow.

However, the room was covered in dust, indicating that no one had been there for a long time.

....... 0 ...

People with heart conditions would definitely be terrified by such a bizarre event.

Moo.....

Just then, the calls of yaks rang out again.

When Wu Yutian and the others looked up, they saw a huge bull's head hanging on the roof.

Similar to the ones we saw before, this bull's head was also covered in blood, and the skin on its head had already been peeled off.

But its bull-like eyes could still move, darting up and down, as if sizing up the crowd. Crucially, it could still bellow, and hot air was still coming out of its nostrils.

That's really scary, even scarier than seeing a monster that has become a spirit.

Wang Pangzi's first reaction was to raise his gun and fire, but Wu Yutian stopped him.

"Fatty, calm down. Trust me, you'll soon find out the answers to all of this." Wu Yutian could only say this because he was genuinely afraid of pushing Fatty to the edge and causing him to burn the place down.

"Let's go outside first, we'll talk about it later." Then everyone followed Wu Yutian outside.

It was already past midnight when I came out.

Even if this city is strange, they can only stay here for one more night.

Ah Xiang refuses to eat beef due to certain customs, so her body is not able to handle it.

The next day.

Wu Yutian took out the beef he had previously collected from the slaughterhouse and had the fat man cook another big pot of it.

There's no other way; they don't have much food left, so this is all they can eat.

We should use this last batch of canned goods sparingly.

After all, canned food has a long shelf life, and this beef, once it leaves this magical city, will rot and spoil as quickly as beef from other places.

Wu Yutian's storage space did not contain a refrigerator, and even if it did, it would not be able to supply electricity.

Chapter 141: The Remains of the Serpent God, a Gift from the Ghost Mother

After eating and drinking their fill, Wu Yutian led the group to continue their journey toward the city center.

The others followed Wu Yutian to the main city of Evil Luo Sea.

About half an hour later, everyone arrived at the very center of the city.

On a depression, thousands of eyeball totems were densely packed.

Giant cockroaches can be seen everywhere here.

Like the previous striped dragon, it should be an alien creature.

Cockroaches are ubiquitous on Earth, but they have no natural enemies here.

And due to some special influences, the largest of them grew to the size of a rugby ball.

Fortunately, they are afraid of fire, and they can be driven away with just an ordinary torch.

There is a very deep tunnel in the middle of the square; looking down, you can't see the end.

Everyone walked down the tunnel with flashlights in hand.

About ten minutes later, at the far end of the depths, there were two huge stone doors.

The massive stone gate was ajar, with two crystal gems, one blue and one white, inlaid on either side.

"crunch-"

Wu Yutian pushed open the huge stone door in front of him.

A musty, dusty smell followed.

In the center of the doorway stood a statue with a ferocious face, like a vengeful ghost.

Beneath the statue of the vengeful ghost was a row of ladybug patterns.

After entering the stone gate, Ah Xiang tugged at Wu Yutian's sleeve.

"Hu Bayi and his group are acting strangely," Ah Xiang whispered.

"Hmm?" Wu Yutian looked at the Iron Triangle with a puzzled expression.

"I saw what looked like a black vortex behind Hu Bayi."

"There was a peculiar aura that instilled fear, and it seemed as if terrifying snake eyes were also appearing."

Wu Yutian knew that the group was currently in the Evil Luo Sea City of their memories, and according to the terrain, they should be approaching Thunder Mountain, which was also the altar of the Phoenix Divine Palace.

It must be that the Electric Dust Bead that Hu Bayi was carrying resonated with the surrounding environment.

After Shirley Yang fell into the water, Hu Bayi carried her backpack to reduce her burden.

This way, she can better utilize her agility.

However, this made Wu Yutian somewhat uneasy.

"Don't be afraid, it's just an electric dust bead."

Wu Yutian gently patted Ah Xiang's head to calm her down.

"Oh." Ah Xiang and Wu Yutian had a tacit understanding and didn't need much explanation to understand what Wu Yutian wanted to express.

They then prepared to venture deeper into the palace with the Iron Triangle.

As she headed towards the city of Evil Luo Sea, Shirley Yang took out the scroll given to her by Uncle Ming, carefully examined it, and then said...

“The deepest part of Evil Luo Sea City is divided into the Fire Palace and the Water Palace.”

"We should be standing in this Fire Palace right now."

"And the depths beyond may be the legendary Phoenix Palace."

Hearing Shirley Yang's words, everyone cheered up even more.

Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang, in particular, were very excited, as if breaking the red spot curse was just around the corner.

“However,” Shirley Yang noticed that Wu Yutian didn’t seem as excited as the others, “this city is strange; you should have noticed it long ago.”

"What exactly did you mean when you said this was the City of Memories?"

"Hmm." Wu Yutian nodded. "I was afraid you would be disappointed if you heard that, so I didn't go into details before."

"The first generation of the Demon Kingdom's Ghost Mother, Nian Xiong Hei Yan, possesses six abilities inherited from the Snake God, one of which is the ability to transform realms."

"That is, the Ghost Cave!"

Upon hearing the term "ghost cave," the Iron Triangle all paled.

They thought of the bottomless, ghostly cave deep within the Taklamakan Desert.

"This enormous Evil Luo Sea City was constructed by the Demon Kingdom's Ghost Mother using her ability to transform realms," Wu Yutian said calmly.

"Gulp!" Everyone couldn't help but swallow.

"Could the beef we're eating be fake?" The fat man rubbed his belly, feeling that his stomach couldn't lie.

“No.” Wu Yutian shook his head. “This beef is real, or rather, it’s solid. Of course, you can think of it as artificial beef.”

The concept of artificial beef is not entirely far-fetched for Wu Yutian, who is from 2023.

Scientists of that era were already able to cultivate whole pieces of beef from a small number of cells for human consumption.

There is also technology that enables the production and sale of artificial eggs to the market.

But this was something that people in the 80s found unbelievable.

Shirley Yang was the first to grasp the concept.

"Brother Tian, ​​could it be that we're currently in an imaginary space, like a ghost cave?"

“That’s one way to understand it,” Wu Yutian said calmly. “However, there’s a slight difference. The objects here are all real, and they are replicated one-to-one with the original objects.”

“I do understand that somewhat.” Shirley Yang nodded. “The movie ‘Burning of the Yuanmingyuan’ filmed this year built a replica of the Yuanmingyuan’s Grand Waterworks. I heard that CCTV will be filming ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’ next year and will also build a Grand View Garden.”

“That’s right!” Wu Yutian originally wanted to use Hengdian World Studios as a metaphor, but there were no film studios in Xia Country at this time. Fortunately, Shirley Yang was knowledgeable and knew about the prototype of a film and television base.

"But if we enter another ghost cave, will the rest of you also be afflicted with a new red spot curse?" The horror of this ghost cave is not just in its appearance.