Tomb raiding: Carrying a coffin during a funeral procession, rewarded with the Dragon Elephant Prajn

American Mike quickly gestured wildly to identify himself.

Li Changsheng asked in confusion, "Mike, why did you come to Changbai Mountain?"

Mike quickly explained, "I came with Miss Aning. There's a new project at Pansuo Geological Exploration. But I don't know the specifics; only Miss Aning knows."

"Ah Ning is here too?"

"Boss Li, Miss Aning is at the campsite on the edge of the forest. We've actually been here for over half a month. We've been to the snow mountain several times but haven't found any clues, so we can only wait. I've been on patrol these past few days, and I heard some noise in the forest, so I came to check it out. Who knew that before I could even say a word, this fatso made his move."

Hearing this, Fatty Wang felt a little wronged and muttered under his breath, "Who told him to peek at me..."

"Pah, shameless!"

Looking at Mike, the American, whose accent had even become authentic, Li Changsheng couldn't help but laugh.

"Alright, fat guy, give the gun back. Mike is telling the truth; he didn't do it on purpose."

Upon hearing this, Fatty Wang returned the pistol to Mike.

Mike took the pistol and immediately looked at Li Changsheng.

"Boss Li, come with me to the camp. Miss Aning will be very happy to know you're here."

After a moment's thought, Li Changsheng nodded in agreement.

He was also very curious and didn't understand why Aning was here.

Normally, A Ning's boss, Jude Kao, should be busy refining the longevity medicine extracted from the corpse ape right now and wouldn't have time to deal with other things.

No one else objected, so they followed Mike to the camp of the Panso Geological Survey Company.

The camp is quite large, with more than a dozen large tents and a lot of supplies and equipment that were airlifted in.

The group, numbering around a hundred, appeared well-organized.

However, Aning wasn't at the camp. According to Mike, Aning had been leading a small team deep into the mountains above the snow line these past few days to search for the target of this mission.

However, the target that Aning was looking for was very mysterious, and after searching for more than half a month, she still had no clue.

In fact, this was already the fifth time Aning had led her team into the mountains!

It wasn't until nightfall that Li Changsheng finally saw A Ning.

At this moment, Aning looked exhausted and somewhat disheveled.

However, when she saw Li Changsheng, a hint of surprise flashed across her face!

"Boss Li, what brings you to Changbai Mountain?"

Li Changsheng smiled faintly and said softly, "Shouldn't I be the one asking you that? Didn't you say last time that you wanted to retire from the life of a criminal?"

Aning didn't actually like the life of traveling all over the world every day, nor did she like the life of a mercenary who lived on the edge of a knife.

More importantly, Jude Kao had been kind to her.

When Aning's father passed away, the family was heavily in debt. It was Jude Kao who helped them and even gave her younger brother an education.

So even though she was tired of this kind of life, Aning couldn't refuse Jude Kao's orders.

Ah Ning hesitated for a moment, but still answered truthfully: "The boss had an accident in his laboratory in the United States. He has a special substance in his body that prevents him from absorbing serum made from corpse ape cells."

"What does it mean?"

"It means the boss's experiment failed, and he doesn't have much time left. That's why he's even more eager to find a way to achieve immortality!"

Li Changsheng nodded upon hearing this.

Qiu Dekao lived during the Republic of China era; he's almost ninety, practically a hundred years old...

Not to mention, he was seriously ill and indeed didn't have long to live.

Everyone in this world is afraid of death. Jude Kao was no exception, and since he was a rich man, he was even more afraid of dying.

In order to survive, Jude Kao has sent out a large number of people over the years to search for a way to achieve immortality.

The key point is his experiences in China during the early years of the Republic of China!

Qiu Dekao personally experienced the Changsha mine incident, knew about the existence of Qingwuzi, and also knew that there was a piece of extraterrestrial copper with magical power under the Changsha mine!

It was from that time that Jude Kao gradually realized that there was a group of people in China who had mastered the power of meteorite copper. This group was very mysterious, powerful, and might even have the ability to live forever.

Therefore, Jude Kao spared no expense and mobilized enormous human and material resources, operating under the guise of a resource exploration company while secretly investigating various ancient tombs and the whereabouts and traces of these mysterious forces.

It can be said that the closest Jude Kao came to the Zhang family was undoubtedly more than half a year ago in the Xisha Islands!

Jude Kao never expected that the Zhang family member he had been searching for, and even the Zhang family patriarch, was lurking in his company.

Upon hearing A Ning's words, Wu Xie asked in surprise, "You're also here to find the Tomb of the King of Ten Thousand Slaves?"

A Ning nodded and glanced at Wu Xie.

"Young Master, it's been a long time. Looks like your third uncle didn't tell you!"

Tell me what?

Ah Ning smiled and said calmly, "Wu Sansheng is an old acquaintance of our boss, they've known each other for over twenty years. Back then, Wu Sansheng discovered records of the Wannu King in ancient books at a museum, which piqued his interest. When the boss learned of this, he specially approved a grant for Wu Sansheng to search for clues about the Wannu King. Wu Sansheng lived up to expectations and actually found some information about the Wannu King."

At this point, Aning paused.

She gestured for everyone to go into the tent first, and after everyone was inside, she unfolded a world map, placed it on the table, and continued speaking.

According to historical records, after the Jingnan Campaign in the early Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yongle (Zhu Di) prepared to move the capital and ordered officials of the Ministry of Works to build palaces.

"This palace later became the Forbidden City!"

"The person in charge of this project at the time was a fifth-rank official named Wang Zanghai from the Ministry of Works! Wang Zanghai was quite knowledgeable about architecture and was known as a master craftsman of his time. After the Forbidden City was completed, Zhu Di was very satisfied and rewarded him handsomely."

"Although Wang Zanghai did not rise to prominence overnight, he benefited greatly. Who knew that his good fortune would not last long? Just a few years later, Wang Zanghai was suddenly captured by a group of people from the Eastern Xia Kingdom and brought to Changbai Mountain."

At this point, A Ning paused deliberately, her gaze sweeping across everyone's faces, and sure enough, she saw that Wu Xie's expression had become serious.

Before A Ning could continue, Wu Xie quietly pressed, "So that's why my third uncle cooperated with you to search for Wang Zanghai's tomb in the Xisha Islands?"

"Not bad!" Ah Ning nodded.

But Wu Xie became even more confused after hearing this!

He stepped forward, pointed to the Xisha Islands on the map, and asked with a puzzled expression, "I still don't understand. You said Wang Zanghai was captured and brought to Changbai Mountain, so why is his tomb built in the Xisha Islands? They are six or seven thousand miles apart, almost spanning the easternmost and westernmost points of China..."

Not only Wu Xie couldn't understand it, but Fatty Wang was equally puzzled.

He scratched his head and muttered to himself, "Could it be that Wang Zanghai was kidnapped and developed psychological trauma, which is why he ran away so far away?"

Wu Xie shook his head and casually said, "It's unlikely. The tomb that Wang Zanghai built in the Xisha Islands is grand in scale and exquisitely designed. It's obviously the result of careful preparation! He must have some purpose that we don't know about."