A comprehensive overview of tombs: starting with the Yellow Weasel's Tomb

Bai Jing walked over and opened the door. Seeing that it was Professor Chen, he quickly tried to let him in.

He waved to Professor Chen and said, "Xiao Bai, Ai Guo, come to our place for a moment."

After saying that, Professor Chen turned and left.

Bai Jing and Hao Aiguo were unaware of what had happened, but they still followed.

Upon entering Professor Chen and Shirley Yang's private room, Bai Jing saw that the table and bed were covered with all sorts of tools, blueprints, books, and the like.

Professor Chen explained the situation after seeing Bai Jing and Professor Hao enter.

It turned out that Shirley Yang had discovered while reviewing the information that her father had visited the Kunlun Glacier before going to the Jingjue Ancient City, so she decided to change her plans and visit the Kunlun Glacier instead.

Let's give Bai Jing and Professor Hao some extra time in advance.

Bai Jing and Professor Hao were perfectly fine, but Bai Jing knew that the most crucial person was Hu Bayi.

After Bai Jing shared his thoughts, Professor Chen asked Sa Dipeng to call Hu Bayi over.

A moment later, Hu Bayi entered the private room.

When Hu Bayi heard that the route would be changed to the Kunlun Glacier, he immediately exploded.

"Change course to the Kunlun Glacier? Why didn't you tell me beforehand that you wanted to change course?"

After saying this, Hu Bayi pushed open the door and went out.

Fatty had just seen Sadi Peng call out to Hu Bayi, so he naturally followed. Now, seeing Hu Bayi outside, Fatty was very excited and came out. Although Fatty was puzzled, he quickly followed Hu Bayi.

Bai Jing glanced at Professor Chen and Shirley Yang and said, "I'll go ask what's going on."

After saying that, Bai Jing also got up and walked in the direction Hu Bayi had left.

As Bai Jing walked over, he saw Hu Bayi look at the fat man and say, "Fatty, do you have a cigarette? Give me one."

Seeing this, Bai Jing took out a cigarette from his pocket and offered one to Hu Bayi, saying, "Have one of mine."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi took the cigarette that Bai Jing offered him.

Then Bai Jing handed the fat man a cigarette and lit one for himself.

After a moment of silence, the fat man suddenly spoke up: "Isn't it just about going to the Kunlun Glacier? Let them ask for more money, and we..."

However, before the fat man could finish speaking, Hu Bayi excitedly replied, "I said I'm not going!"

There was another moment of silence.

Seeing this, Bai Jing spoke after a moment: "Old Hu, I remember when I first joined the army, I went up the Kunlun Glacier with the troops. I suppose something must have happened there? Can you tell me about it?"

Hearing Bai Jing's words, Hu Bayi turned around, looked towards the glass, and watched the scenes disappear before his eyes. Finally, he spoke: "Back in 1970, it was my first year in the army. Once, a comrade and I went to transport supplies. On the way, the vehicle broke down, so we got out to check it."

After getting off the bus, I found a ladybug that was glowing blue all over. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but Xiao Luan, the soldier who was with me, caught the bug in a glass bottle.

At first, although I found it a bit strange to see insects on the Kunlun Glacier, I didn't pay much attention to it.

Because the vehicle had a problem and couldn't be started, and we were only a few kilometers away from the nearest supply depot, I asked Xiao Luan to stay in the vehicle to watch over the supplies while I went to the supply depot to find someone to help repair the vehicle.

When I returned to the parking lot with everyone, I found that Xiao Luan was missing. We searched for a long time but couldn't find her. Finally, we found a pile of burn marks about ten meters behind the car. The bottle that Xiao Luan used to catch the ladybug was right next to it, but the ladybug was gone.

After investigation, Xiao Luan was posthumously recognized as a martyr, and the cause of her death was determined to be encountering reactionary elements. However, I've always believed that Xiao Luan's death was absolutely related to that ladybug. And what happened afterward certainly confirmed my suspicion.

The fat man seemed to realize something and looked at Hu Bayi, asking, "Did you encounter that thing again later?"

Hu Bayi nodded, and just as he was about to say something, he saw Shirley Yang listening to their conversation from around the corner.

Shirley Yang didn't seem to have any intention of hiding anything. When she saw Bai Jing and the other two looking at her, she said directly, "Mr. Bai, Mr. Hu, Mr. Wang, could you come to my place for a moment? I have some things I want to talk to you about."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing and the other two exchanged glances, and then followed Shirley Yang to their private room.

After the three of them sat down, Shirley Yang picked up a magazine from the table and handed it to Hu Bayi. Then, pointing to a page in the magazine, she asked, "Mr. Hu, is this the kind of insect you're looking for?"

When Hu Bayi took the magazine and saw the picture, his expression immediately changed and he said excitedly, "That's right, that's it! I'll never forget what this thing looks like."

Shirley Yang raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, and then said, "So these kinds of insects really do exist."

Bai Jing, having also seen the appearance of the insect in the magazine, replied, "Yes!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present turned their gaze to Bai Jing.

Upon seeing that Bai Jing recognized the object, the fat man excitedly asked, "Old Bai, do you know this?"

Shirley Yang glanced at Bai Jing with some confusion, but didn't pay it any mind. She then said, "The scientific name of this insect is 'The Beatieon Fire,' which translates to 'fire beetle' in Chinese. Currently, it is only recorded in the notes of explorers all over the world, but for most people, it is just a legend."

Bai Jing shook his head and said, "This is not a legend, and this thing is not called a firefly. Its official name is '".

This is a kind of demonic insect driven by the ancient demon kingdom in Tibet. It is called by the locals. Dapu means demonic insect in Tibetan. According to records, this thing is a transparent ladybug that looks like a ladybug.

This insect is completely transparent and smaller than a fingernail. It is only commonly found in the tombs of the Demon Queens throughout history.

This is divided into two forms, which are respectively called 'Boundless Karmic Fire' and 'Exhaustive Divine Ice'.

The 'Boundless Karmic Fire' is relatively common. This thing is transparent all over, and it seems that there are flames flowing inside its body. It exists in almost all the tombs of the Demon Kingdom's Ghost Mother. As long as people come into contact with them, they will be instantly burned to ashes. Its weakness is that it is afraid of water.

"I suppose this is what Lao Hu encountered back then?"

Hu Bayi nodded after hearing Bai Jing's words.

Chapter 144 Heading to the Kunlun Glacier

Then Hu Bayi said, "Old Bai is right, that's exactly it. But can this 'ghost worm' really be eliminated with water?"

Bai Jing nodded and said, "That's right. Didn't I just say that the Dapu Ghost Worm has two forms: 'Boundless Karmic Fire' and 'Poor Divine Ice'?"

In fact, the Naiqiong Divine Ice should be considered an evolved version of the Boundless Karmic Fire.

'Naiqiong Shenbing' is generally silvery-white, and its entire body is like a sparkling ice crystal. It can freeze the person it touches into frost the moment it comes into contact with them, and then shatter into ice dust. It is said that this kind of ghost insect only exists in the tomb of the first ghost mother of the Demon Kingdom, and its weakness is that it is afraid of fire.

Actually, it's not entirely accurate to say that 'Naiqiong Shenbing' is afraid of fire, because this insect can switch between ice and fire as needed. To eliminate them, you can only attack their weakness the instant they switch between the two poles.

Because after each transformation, these insects experience a few seconds of cooling down, meaning they cannot change form during those few seconds.

Therefore, you only need to seize these few seconds and eliminate it in the short time after it transforms.

However, there's no need to worry too much, because this kind of 'Naiqiong Divine Ice' is said to be the guardian of the tomb of the first Ghost Mother of the Demon Kingdom's Dragon Peak, and only there can you find this form of Dapu Ghost Insect.

Hearing this, the others breathed a sigh of relief.

Although you can tell how dangerous this thing is just by hearing about it, it's easy to deal with since there's a way to deal with it.

After a moment of silence, Hu Bayi finally spoke up, "So, my comrades back then were killed by these 'Boundless Karmic Fires'."

Then, Hu Bayi began to recount those past events. It was his third year in the army, when he had already become a squad leader and was leading a squad of soldiers deep into the Kunlun Glacier to complete a secret mission.

As a result, an accident occurred midway through the journey. One of Hu Bayi's comrades accidentally fell off the glacier during the march.

When they went down to find their comrade, they encountered the Dapu Ghost Worm again.

The young soldiers in the platoon got nervous and fired their guns, which triggered an avalanche.

Fortunately, they discovered an ice cave while running, and they fled into it in a panic.

Inside the ice cave, they discovered many unbelievable things: countless Dapu ghost insects and a nine-story demon tower.

Of his group of comrades, only a female medic and a tall local guide survived.

The female military doctor was bitten by a white wolf during their escape and suffered a lifelong disability.

The others all perished beneath the Kunlun Glacier.

After listening to Hu Bayi's story, everyone present fell silent.

Bai Jing could understand that witnessing a living person being burned alive was an unforgettable experience, and as a result, Hu Bayi still had some deep psychological trauma.

At this point, Hu Bayi turned to Shirley Yang and Professor Chen and questioned, "I don't understand why you changed your route to the Kunlun Glacier. Didn't we agree to go to the desert? Didn't we just say we'd go to..."

Looking for the ancient city of Jingjue?

Bai Jing understood Hu Bayi's feelings; he knew that Hu Bayi had a phobia of the Kunlun Glacier.

Therefore, Bai Jing did not try to persuade Hu Bayi at this moment.

But Bai Jing believed that Hu Bayi would be able to figure it out.

Going to the Kunlun Glacier again would be a way for Hu Bayi to get rid of his psychological shadow and put an end to his heartache.

Shirley Yang then explained why she suddenly changed her route. It turned out that the last message she received from her father came from the Kunlun Glacier, so she had to go to the Kunlun Glacier no matter what.

What Big Gold Tooth told Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang was that Shirley Yang was going to find her father.

At that time, Shirley Yang's father organized an expedition to explore the Western Regions. However, on the way to find the ancient city of Jingjue, they suddenly changed course and went to the Kunlun Glacier for some reason.

After that, they lost contact. The last message the expedition sent before losing contact came from the Kunlun Glacier.

Shirley Yang discovered this incident while reviewing the information. She felt that her father might have perished in the Kunlun Glacier, so she changed her route to investigate.

Bai Jing curled his lip upon hearing this.

The whole "Shirley Yang is looking for her father" thing is just a pretext.

However, Bai Jing didn't dwell on these matters too much.

Professor Chen then explained that their goal was to find a notebook in the Kunlun Glacier, which was the diary of Mr. Walter, a British explorer from the early 20th century.

Mr. Walter recorded in detail in his diary how they found the ancient city of Jingjue.

This greatly helped them find the ancient city of Jingjue.