Livestreaming Forbidden Zone: Starting with a Qilin Tattoo Terrifies the Entire Internet

"Damn it... this isn't a tomb at all!"

Jiang Han's fingers dug hard into the screen wall painted with nuclear radiation symbols, his fingertips even turning white from the force.

Xianyang 2,200 years ago.

Emperor Qin Shihuang.

Nuclear bomb.

The absurdity of these three words combined is enough to drive any normal person insane.

"Sizzle..."

A sudden, excruciating pain shot through his already metallic calf, as if countless ants were gnawing at his bone marrow.

The toxin has spread.

Jiang Han took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the turmoil in his heart.

Now is not the time for archaeology.

If he doesn't find the antidote or the so-called "source," he will become one of the thousands of terracotta warriors in this underground palace.

I will kneel here forever, a ghost guarding the tomb.

"Open it for me!"

Jiang Han roared, and instead of searching for the mechanism, he raised his right leg, which looked like it was made of cast steel, and kicked the bronze gate next to the screen wall hard.

"Boom!"

This kick was accompanied by the explosive sound of metal colliding.

The bronze door panel, which was half a meter thick, was actually dented by this kick!

The heavy door hinges groaned under the strain as they slowly opened inward.

A gust of air, old and decaying, yet mixed with a strange, sweet, and fishy smell, rushed towards me.

That taste...

It smelled just like the smell of formaldehyde mixed with rusty iron pipes in a hospital.

Jiang Han stepped inside.

The moment he saw the scene before him, even he couldn't help but shrink his pupils.

This is a huge circular hall.

It was more magnificent than any of the previous tombs, with a dome tens of meters high, inlaid with countless luminous pearls arranged in an unknown star map.

And in the very center of the hall.

A colossal cauldron stood prominently!

Unlike the previous industrial-looking "reactor" Yanzhou Ding.

This cauldron exudes an eerie aura.

It was completely pale white.

It's not the white of metal, but the white of bone.

If you don't look closely, you might even think it's made up of countless huge skeletons.

The cauldron is nine meters tall and floats in mid-air. There is no support at the bottom; it is only supported by swirling wisps of silver mist.

Above the mouth of the cauldron, visible blood-red steam was rising.

【warn!warn! 】

[S-level high-energy reaction detected!]

[High-energy radiation source ahead!]

【Item Name: Yuzhou Bone Demon Cauldron (One of the Nine Provinces Cauldrons)】

[Status: Activated (Currently feeding)]

[Note: This is not just a container, it's a living stomach!]

The system's red pop-up windows flashed wildly in Jiang Han's eyes.

"The Yuzhou Cauldron..."

Jiang Han narrowed his eyes, staring at the floating bone cauldron.

A sacred artifact symbolizing the central royal power.

How could it have turned into such a horrible sight here?

"Squeak..."

Just then, a faint scraping sound came from the doorway.

Jiang Han turned around abruptly.

A fox-like creature, entirely silver-white with a long mechanical tail trailing behind it, was lying in the shadows by the doorway.

Is it the "scavenger" that was demolished before?

No.

This one is more refined and more complete.

Its body lines are as smooth as a work of art, each armor plate fits perfectly, and its electronic eyes flash with a cunning red light.

But at the moment.

This S-class mechanical beast, however, seemed to have seen its natural enemy, gripping the threshold tightly, its whole body trembling violently.

It dared not come in.

It was afraid of that cauldron!

"Even machines know fear?"

Jiang Han sneered and turned to look at the giant cauldron.

Since he's afraid of even this thing, it means that what's inside the cauldron can definitely cure his poison!

Or, you could poison him to death!

Anyway, I'm going to die.

I'm taking the gamble!

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Han dragged his heavy metal right leg and strode towards the center of the hall.

With each step, the sweet, fishy smell grew stronger.

When he stood under the cauldron, the oppressive feeling almost suffocated him.

"superior!"

Jiang Han took a deep breath and, using the monstrous strength of the [Qilin Arm], inserted his five fingers, which were like hooks, directly into the bone crevices of the cauldron.

"Snap!"

He crushed the hard, bony shell with his bare hands.

He was like an ant climbing a giant beast, using both hands and feet to climb upwards quickly.

The higher you go, the lower the temperature.

By the time he flipped over and leaped onto the rim of the cauldron, a layer of white frost had already formed on his eyebrows.

He looked down into the cauldron.

That one glance.

It made his scalp tingle.

The contents of the cauldron were neither wine nor meat, nor sacrificial offerings.

Instead, it was a pool full of slowly wriggling... silver liquid.

Is that mercury?

No.

It's alive!

As the silvery liquid churned, distorted human faces kept emerging.

There were elderly people, children, soldiers...

They were screaming, wailing, trying to break free from the silvery swamp.

But the next second, it was swallowed up again and turned into part of the liquid.

These are... the raw materials for the elixir of immortality?

Is this what is known as "living mercury"?

[Ding! "Original Mother Solution" detected!]

This is the source of the metallization virus, and also the antidote!

[WARNING: Direct contact has a 99.9% fatality rate!]

Jiang Han looked at his right calf, which had completely lost sensation and turned bronze.

"Fatal rate?"

A crazy smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"I'm a dead man now!"

"Fighting poison with poison—that's scientifically sound!"

Before he could finish speaking...

Jiang Han suddenly stretched out his left hand and plunged it directly into the pool of silvery mother liquid!

"boom--!"

An indescribable chill instantly froze half of his body along his fingertips.

Immediately following was a burning, excruciating pain.

The Qilin bloodline within him sensed the invasion and instantly went berserk.

Golden blood and silver virus clashed fiercely in Jiang Han's veins, turning his body into a battlefield.

"ah--!!!"

Jiang Han looked up at the sky and let out a long, mournful howl.

But he did not let go.

Instead, they held on even tighter!

"Refine it for me!!!"

He frantically channeled the power within his body, using the domineering nature of the Qilin blood to forcibly devour this foreign power.

The liquid inside the cauldron began to boil violently.

The faces of those vengeful spirits seemed to sense the threat and frantically rushed toward Jiang Han's arm, trying to drag him away.

Just then.

The entire underground palace suddenly shook violently.

It was as if some enormous creature had been awakened by Jiang Han's actions.

"roar--!!!"

A roar powerful enough to shatter eardrums came from deep beneath the hall.

The sound didn't sound like a living being.

It looked like countless metals were violently rubbing and squeezing together.

The mechanical fox that had been trembling at the door let out a sharp "whimper" upon hearing the sound, tucked its tail between its legs, turned and ran away, disappearing in an instant.

It runs faster than a rabbit!

Jiang Han's heart sank.

The trouble is big.

It seems he... pressed the self-destruct switch on this base!

Or perhaps, they angered the gatekeeper!