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

Sun Xiaomei was quite interested in Erdoni, which Wu Xie mentioned, but Professor Sun sneered and interrupted Wu Xie.

"You know quite a lot, then you go first and into the cave!"

He raised the homemade pistol in his hand, and the dark muzzle was pressed directly against Wu Xie's back.

His other hand pointed to the end of the fossil forest, which is also the entrance to the end of the burial ditch.

The entrance is a water cave that is more than two meters high. Judging from the marks on the edge, it should have been dug by man.

Helpless, Wu Xie could only wade through the icy river water and slowly walk into the cave.

As he walked, he kept giving Li Changsheng meaningful glances.

But Li Changsheng acted as if he hadn't seen anything, leisurely following behind, seemingly with no intention of making a move.

Wu Xie had witnessed Li Changsheng beating up the blood corpse and knew that with his strength, dealing with Professor Sun and his daughter would be effortless, even if they had guns!

After all, in Wu Xie's eyes, Li Changsheng had already transcended the realm of mortals.

"Brother Li's inaction must mean he has other plans..."

Wu Xie could only silently comfort himself and was not too worried about the coercion from Professor Sun and his daughter.

After entering the water cave, the four discovered that it was a hidden paradise.

The environment inside the cave is completely different from that of the burial gully. It is like a semi-circular natural cave with smooth walls and groundwater that just reaches waist level underfoot.

Moreover, this cave also contains many fossil stalactites.

Besides the stone pillar, Wu Xie also discovered many insects flying around the fossil when he swept the area with his flashlight.

These flying insects look somewhat like midges.

Midges also have a nickname, "black mosquitoes," because they are dark green all over and are close relatives of chironomids. They also feed on the blood of humans and animals.

The difference is that midges are smaller, only one to three millimeters in size, about half the size of mosquitoes, and are also more widely distributed, ranging from basins to the Himalayas.

but……

These flying insects that look like midges have several features that are completely different from them!

First, there's their size. These flying insects are all larger than dragonflies, and they don't have compound eyes on their heads, suggesting that they've lived underground for a long time and their eye function has degenerated.

Wu Xie observed for a moment and whispered, "Big brother, have you noticed that the inside of this cave is somewhat gourd-shaped, which corresponds exactly to the red gourd-shaped stone carving at the entrance?"

Li Changsheng nodded.

He knew that this gourd cave was formed by the eruption of the Zhelong Mountain volcano millions of years ago, which also led to the formation of a unique natural system inside the mountain.

King Xian later discovered the gourd-shaped cave inside the mountain. He then used the gourd-shaped cave as a base to set up multiple traps and mechanisms to prevent tomb robbers from entering his tomb.

According to King Xian's plan, the poisonous miasma on the outside can prevent tomb raiders. As long as the feng shui formation of Zhelong Mountain is not destroyed, no one will be able to enter the mountain!

That is, the saying that can only be broken if the sky collapses.

But who could have imagined that with the rapid development of technology in later generations, humanity would actually achieve this and create such an incredible product as airplanes? And by sheer coincidence, a transport plane crashed at the core of the formation on Zhelong Mountain, breaking this divine arrangement.

Even with such a fortuitous coincidence, King Xian still made arrangements for a backup plan.

There are two mechanisms inside the gourd cave!

There is a Gu infant in the front cave, capable of killing anyone skilled in it.

The back cave is inhabited by the Huo Clan's Undying Worms, whose strength surpasses that of the Gu Infant, making them even more difficult to deal with.

Professor Sun seemed lost in thought, and couldn't help but murmur, "In the mouth of the toad, under the gourd, so that's what the ancestral teachings mean..."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie looked at Professor Sun with curiosity.

"Professor Sun, you previously said that you and my younger sister are from the Zhelong clan, so you were originally from Zhelong Village?"

Upon hearing this, Professor Sun frowned slightly, but instead of reprimanding Wu Xie again, he spoke with a somewhat gloomy tone.

"Hmph, I might as well tell you."

"That's right, I am a native of Zhelong Village. More than twenty years ago, a mercenary broke into Zhelong Village, attempting to find the secret of immortality left behind by the King of Xian. When he failed to find it, he killed everyone in our village and burned the village to the ground. If I hadn't happened to be away on a scholarly visit at the time and escaped the calamity, I would have died in that fire long ago..."

At this point, Professor Sun grabbed his daughter and tore off a section of her sleeve.

All that could be seen were Sun Xiaomei's snow-white arms, but starting from her elbows, they were covered with burn scars.

Clearly, Sun Xiaomei was also a victim of that fire back then, but she was lucky enough to survive.

Professor Sun's eyes flashed with a hint of ferocity: "From that day on, I vowed to find out the secret of King Xian's immortality first, and to find out the mastermind behind those mercenaries, so as to avenge myself."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xie's resentment towards Professor Sun lessened somewhat, and he couldn't help but feel a little more sympathy for him.

Relatives, friends, and everyone in the village were all murdered.

If it were him, he would probably have become even more extreme than Professor Sun.

However, Wu Xie couldn't help but speak up.

"Why didn't you call the police?!"

"Call the police?"

Professor Sun gave a cold laugh and remained silent.

Li Changsheng, however, hit the nail on the head and explained the reason.

"A group of mercenaries who can penetrate deep into Zhelong Village must have a much stronger protective umbrella above them. Moreover, the allure of immortality is too captivating. The higher one's position and power, the more obsessed one becomes with it, no matter how illusory it may seem."

Various conspiracy theories emerged in later generations, until the US dropped a major bombshell, and everyone realized that it wasn't the common people's fault for having conspiracy theories; the US high command really was dreaming of immortality...

Wu Xie fell silent.

For a moment, I was speechless.

He could understand the underlying meaning in Li Changsheng's words, and more importantly, Professor Sun was half a Miao and did not trust the Han people.

Sun Xiaomei silently pulled down her sleeve to cover the hideous scars on her arm.

Just as they were talking, suddenly...

dong dong!

dong dong!

A dull, thumping sound suddenly rang out.

Wu Xie frowned and looked over, only to find that the voice was coming from the black coffin on Li Changsheng's back.

"Brother, you can scare someone to death! Could you please ask the boss inside to be quiet?"

Li Changsheng didn't reply to Wu Xie's words, but stared at the water not far away and uttered two words.

"They're here!"

"You're here?"

Wu Xie was puzzled and was about to speak when he caught a glimpse of a white shadow on the water not far away out of the corner of his eye.

He quickly shone his flashlight over and saw a female corpse slowly rising to the surface of the water.

The female corpse was dressed in a wide-sleeved robe and plain ancient costume.

Her flowing hair cascaded across the water, and she floated on the surface, her face down.

Although he couldn't see her face, Wu Xie still felt a chill creep into his heart.

His eyes widened, and he blurted out involuntarily:

"Is this... a dead drift?"