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

As he recalled the details of what had happened, he subconsciously sensed that something was amiss. Just in case, Wu Tianjiao checked the special items he possessed once more.

The Mountain Moving Taoist's Three-Edged Flying Tiger Claw, Soul-Soothing Talisman, and Eye-Clearing Talisman; the Tomb Raider General's Phosphorescent Tube; the Mountain Moving Taoist's unique skill, the Scroll of Kui Xing Kicking the Dipper; the Ridge Warrior's martial arts, the Ridge Unloading Soaring Serpent Hand; and 1000 gold coins from the system shop!

From this, it seems I have two weapons, two martial arts scrolls, two talismans, and some gold coins.

Although there seemed to be a lot of stuff, Wu Tianjiao still felt that entering such a tomb at the start of the game was quite difficult, as the traps and mechanisms along the way were all interconnected.

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Master Yuanxin, amidst the crowd, continued to calmly and unhurriedly expound the Dharma:

Buddhism, from its shallowest to its deepest level, can be roughly divided into five categories: 1. Human and Deva Buddhism; 2. Hinayana Buddhism; 3. Mahayana Yogacara Buddhism; 4. Mahayana Buddhism that refutes appearances; 5. The One Vehicle (Eight Vehicles) that reveals one's true nature...

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"Hey! Wait! Wait! Master Yuanxin, please stop talking!"

Just then, Fatty Wang suddenly spoke up from the crowd, his expression somewhat grave:

"It seems we're all safe for now, but I still suggest we summarize the information. After all, there have been too many unexpected situations along the way, and we didn't have time to communicate before because of the crisis!"

"For the sake of our safety in the next operation, I suggest we carefully plan the division of labor. Otherwise, if we encounter another crisis, we'll be like a pile of loose sand, and we'll be picked off one by one by the traps in this tomb!"

Wang Yueban, relying on his strong physique, squeezed to the front of the line. He stretched out his hand to stop the students in front of him, speaking in a serious tone.

"Hey~ I didn't realize you were so smart, Fatty Wang. I wonder who was the first to shout about running away and going their separate ways when we were under the nose of that Human-Faced Snake!"

The tall young man, Jiang Jiaxu, still carried his precious camera on his shoulder, pointing it at Wang Yueban in front of him, and everyone could hear the sarcasm in his tone.

However, no one spoke up to refute it, after all, what Jiang Jiaxu said was true, although as the saying goes.

"Husband and wife" are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly away separately, which is understandable to everyone.

But seeing such a scene happen to you still makes you feel a little sad.

Wang Yueban ignored the mocking words of the tall young man Jiang Jiaxu, and instead looked at Kong Zhengye in the crowd and spoke seriously:

"Old Kong, come out. I think it's necessary to tell everyone the truth this time. After all, a crisis is imminent. If they are still kept in the dark, they will definitely face certain death later on!"

All eyes fell on Kong Zhengye in surprise.

Feeling the gaze upon him, Kong Zhengye's expression changed repeatedly, and finally he sighed and opened his mouth:

"Alright! The situation is not optimistic. Sharing useful information might be of some help in the current situation!"

"Just a few weeks ago, Wang Yueban, Duan Tao, and I, along with dozens of other people, came to this tomb of the Qin Empire. Two days later... only the three of us escaped..."

"A few days later, we returned here and found some differences. First of all, the 'Courting Phoenix' Shoushan stone statue at the entrance of the tomb passage was originally placed in the main burial chamber, but it's unclear why it was here at the entrance of the tomb passage this time..."

Suddenly, Wang Yueban interrupted Kong Zhengye:

"Old Kong, you're being too long-winded. Let me just tell you directly. Do you remember Old Xu? When we encountered the lice, we split up on either side of the tomb passage. I met my deceased companion on the right. I initially thought he had lost his way in the tomb passage and escaped to this location, but I discovered that his body was still warm, clearly indicating that he had only recently died!"

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"That's impossible! I saw him fall into the tomb's trap with my own eyes. There were dozens of sharp, barbed spears inside; he definitely wouldn't have survived that fall..."

Kong Zhengye looked incredulous; he couldn't accept that Wang Yueban had personally revealed that Lao Xu had just died.

Just then, another voice rang out from the crowd:

"Hey, stop talking like that, it's getting weirder and weirder. I'll just ask you straight! What did you see in the tomb? And why were only the three of you the ones who came out?"

The tall young man, Jiang Jiaxu, had a gloomy expression and went straight to the heart of the matter.

However, at that moment, both Wang Yueban and Kong Zhengye fell silent. After a long while, Wang Yueban awkwardly spoke up:

"Well... I don't really know how to describe it. That thing was just too bizarre. I can't think of the right words to describe it. Now that we're in this position, we should be able to reach the place where we encountered danger not far away. You'll understand once you see it for yourselves from a distance..."

Wang Yue shrugged and subconsciously took a step back, fearing that his perfunctory behavior would lead to retaliation from the other party.

It was obvious that the tall young man Jiang Jiaxu was angered by Wang Pangzi's remarks:

"There's danger ahead, yet you still want us to go! Fatty Wang, what are you really up to?"

Just then, Wu Tianjiao swayed and took a few steps forward to stop Jiang Jiaxu's next move:

"Stop arguing, look up and see what that is!"

After Wu Tianjiao finished speaking, he shone the beam of his flashlight toward the front of the tomb passage, where he saw a person lying on the ground not far away.

He was about fifty meters away from the group.

The scene fell silent immediately. Fatty Wang, with his sharp eyes, exclaimed in surprise after seeing what had happened:

"Hey Kong Zhengye, wasn't this guy your henchman back then? What's he doing here...?"

Everyone instantly understood what was going on and instinctively followed Fatty Wang's retreating figure to take a look.

Chapter 210: The Black Spots on the Corpse

Before they even got close, Ah Ning, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up:

"It's hopeless... The skin outside the clothes has already developed lividity, it's obvious that he's been dead for several days!"

wrong!

not like this!

Please keep your distance!

Inside the burial passage of the Qin Empire, everyone's bodies froze as they walked forward, some not yet reacting.

"Wu Tianjiao, what did you say? Why won't you let us get closer?"

Kong Zhengye was somewhat taken aback and asked in confusion.

“I’m certain that the person in front of me is the same person who went down into the tomb with me a while ago. This brother and I have a life-or-death bond. You’re telling me not to go over there? Does that mean I, Kong, am supposed to just watch my brother’s body being dumped in the tomb passage?”

"No matter how heartless I, Kong Zhengye, may be, I still put my brothers' lives first."

Kong Zhengye's voice was unusually loud, his facial expression was somewhat exaggerated, and his face was flushed with an abnormal redness, clearly indicating that he was angry.

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"Hey! Hey! Hey! Comrade Lao Kong, don't speak to Brother Wu Tianjiao like that without knowing the facts. Although I don't know exactly what happened, this corpse was right next to us. We didn't see it before, but the fact that Brother Wu Tianjiao noticed it immediately proves a lot of details!"

"Besides, Miss Aning just said that your brother has lividity on his skin, and there might be some unknown gas in his body. Also, his sudden appearance in this place could easily lead to an accident if we make any rash contact with him!"

Wang Yueban reached out and tugged at Kong Zhengye's arm, his expression somewhat solemn. He was more inclined to side with Wu Tianjiao, after all, the other party's performance in the previous tomb passage was quite extraordinary.

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The crowd was undecided and stood there waiting for Wu Tianjiao to give a reasonable explanation.

Faced with this scene, Wu Tianjiao didn't pay much attention. He stretched out his hand and gestured for everyone to follow him to a stop about three meters away from the corpse on the ground.

"Wu Xie, can I borrow your high beam flashlight?"

As Wu Tianjiao spoke, he took the flashlight handed to him and shone it on the area on the ground not covered by clothing:

"After a person dies, the purplish-red patches that appear only on the skin of the lower part of the body are called livor mortis. The formation of livor mortis is due to the cessation of blood circulation after death. Blood in the cardiovascular system lacks power and falls along the vascular network to accumulate in the lower part of the body, resulting in empty and congested blood vessels in the upper part of the body."

"The capillaries and venules in the lower parts of the body were filled with blood, showing dark red to dark purplish-red marks through the skin. These marks initially appeared as cloud-like or striped patterns, eventually forming patches..."

"This is what we commonly see as livor mortis!"

Wu Tianjiao focused the beam of his flashlight on a section of the corpse on the ground, his tone somewhat grave:

"Judging solely from the color, dark red to dark purplish-red marks are the kind of signs that should appear after a normal, prolonged death, but the marks on this corpse are pure black..."

"The normal process of blood clotting can be divided into three phases: the accumulation phase, the diffusion phase, and the moistening phase..."

"But there's no way it could be black; this is highly unusual!"

Wu Tianjiao spoke slowly and with a firm, resonant voice. This knowledge stemmed from the accumulation of knowledge on Earth and should be applicable to the Great Xia Federation as well.

Ah Ning, standing to the side, looked a little embarrassed. She hadn't expected her judgment to be wrong. She opened her cherry-like mouth but couldn't say anything to refute it for a long time.

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"Hey! Brother Wu Tianjiao, what you're saying is way too spooky. If the skin deposits on this corpse aren't lividity, what else could they be?"

"Could it be a birthmark? But I remember what this guy looked like before; he didn't have any birthmarks on his body!"

Wang Banyue looked at Kong Zhengye with some doubt, hoping to get confirmation from him!

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Kong Zhengye glared at the other person, a bitter smile appearing on his lips:

"So... what should we do now? Just go around it? Just ignore it...?"

The atmosphere was somewhat somber among the people present. After all, it was impossible for anyone to remain unmoved when a body that had died under mysterious circumstances appeared before them!

The tomb passage was eerily silent for a moment!

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"Cough cough!"

Wu Tianjiao coughed softly, his eyes fixed on the front, his doubts growing stronger.

In the tomb passage before encountering the human-faced snake, he had previously encountered a corpse. After moving away from the corpse, he saw a dark figure rush out from the lower abdomen of that corpse.

In that instant, Wu Tianjiao was able to determine the existence of some "living thing"!

So....