In Panjiayuan, the first thing they did was trick Lao Hu into going tomb raiding.

As a mercenary, Aning is also quite skilled.

Su Mo, skilled and daring, strode towards the jar.

Upon arriving, to reassure everyone, Su Mo shone a lamp on the area.

There was no one there, nothing at all!

There was a small coffin behind the jar, but it was also empty.

Damn it... Where did the little rice dumpling go?

Everyone looked at each other.

"Let's go... don't scare yourself..."

Su Mo shook his head and walked out first.

The others shrugged and followed behind Su Mo.

Upon exiting the side chamber of the tomb, a deep and secluded tomb passage comes into view.

Su Mo was much more careful this time.

Just as described in the original novel, the tomb passage was filled with a barrage of arrows, but fortunately, Su Mo was skilled in mechanisms and easily deciphered them, allowing everyone to pass through safely.

At the far end of the corner, a small shadow flashed past.

Zhang Qiling seemed to have seen it too, and immediately chased after them.

After a long while, Zhang Qiling reunited with the others.

Su Mo asked, "Did you catch them?"

Zhang Qiling shook his head. "They ran too fast, the ancient tomb was too complicated, we lost them..."

"Oh…"

Su Mo nodded, looking at Zhang Qiling's bald disguise, and couldn't help but laugh, "By the way, aren't you uncomfortable wearing a human skin mask?"

Human skin mask?

Everyone looked at Bald Zhang with curiosity.

Helpless, Bald Zhang reached out and took off the human skin mask, then performed a magic trick of turning a person into a living being on the spot.

"..."

Wu Xie stared at Zhang Qiling, his mouth agape.

Wang Yueban rolled her eyes. "Mute Zhang, are you kidding us..."

The human skin mask was removed, and Zhang Qiling's unpleasant, deadpan face reappeared. "How did you find me?"

Su Mo truthfully replied, "Your destiny is too unique; there's no one else in the entire world like you..."

Is it really that mysterious? Zhang Qiling frowned.

Wang Kaixuan glanced behind him casually and checked the number of people. "One, two... wait, there's one person missing!"

Old Hu complained, "Fatty, it's not like we're going to lose any people. Don't create a scary atmosphere..."

Old Hu looked back and counted again. His face immediately froze. Damn it, what the hell? There really was one person missing from the group.

Zhang Qiling said, "A-Ning, A-Ning disappeared on purpose..."

Su Mo nodded. "She definitely didn't come in to find Wu Sansheng; she's probably looking for something else in the tomb..."

Zhang Qiling's expression subtly changed. "I...I feel like I've been here before..."

Having seen the photos of the Xisha archaeological team before, Wu Xie finally confirmed that Zhang Qiling was the young man in black in the photos.

terrible!

Many years ago, the young man actually went tomb raiding with his third uncle, and he... he didn't age at all!

Wu Xie looked at Zhang Qiling with surprise and uncertainty.

Su Mo stared directly at Zhang Qiling, "How much do you know about this Xisha Tomb?"

Zhang Qiling thought for a moment and said, "My memories are incomplete; many things require a trigger to recall..."

"At that time, Xie Lianhuan left the archaeological team alone. When we saw him again, he was already dead, and in his hand was the snake-browed bronze fish..."

"Later, because Xie Lianhuan's body could not be preserved, we decided to have someone take the body back to the shore to handle the aftermath."

"The others left behind equipment and food to excavate the underwater tomb. Later, while underwater, an extra person emerged from among the team members. Wu Sansheng went to check and discovered it was a sea monkey..."

"We retraced our steps and returned to the side chamber, only to find that it wasn't the room we had entered before. Later, we realized that this underwater tomb was constantly changing..."

An ancient tomb that changes?

This is really strange; this underwater tomb is truly bizarre.

Everyone was shocked.

Zhang Qiling continued, "After that, as far as I remember, the group vaguely seemed to have encountered the Forbidden Woman... As for the rest, I can't recall anything..."

Recalling the white-clad female ghost she encountered when entering the underwater tomb, Wang Yueban's face paled with fear. "Where do these 'forbidden women' come from? Do they transform into human form after death?"

Speaking of the forbidden woman, Su Mo recalled his encounter with Xie Lianhuan in Panjiayuan decades ago.

It's likely that Xie Lianhuan had just returned from the Xisha Islands at that time.

Black mist swirled around it, and it seemed to be on its last legs.

If he hadn't intervened, Jie Lianhuan would have almost become a forbidden woman.

Su Mo said, "The Forbidden Woman... she's nothing more than a product of a failed immortality experiment!"

"An experiment to achieve immortality?"

Wu Xie and Wang Yueban exclaimed in unison.

Chapter 202: The Six-Headed, Twelve-Armed Ancient Corpse

Su Mo said, "The Forbidden Woman... she's nothing more than a product of a failed immortality experiment!"

"An experiment to achieve immortality?"

Wu Xie and Wang Yueban exclaimed in unison.

Zhang Qiling looked at Su Mo thoughtfully, his thoughts unreadable.

Su Mo looked at the two of them: "Alright, you'll find out later. Let's talk about what happened here!"

Su Mo gave Wu Xie a meaningful look.

In the original novel, Wu Xie seems to be similar to a drug-man, a kind of experimental subject.

Wu Xie didn't notice Su Mo's gaze...

Zhang Qiling's words reminded Wu Xie of something he had overheard his third uncle mentioning when he was a child. He immediately said, "My third uncle did talk about what happened in the tomb, just like what Xiao Ge said. When my third uncle fell asleep, he was shocked when he woke up."

"All the team members who were in the tomb have disappeared, even the porcelain is gone, and then, there's a very exquisite coffin in the tomb..."

"Water kept flowing out of the coffin. My third uncle went closer to check, and suddenly the coffin opened, and he was grabbed by the corpse inside..."

"Later, my third uncle managed to break free but fell into the pool. He eventually swam out of the pool and reached a beach near the sea."

"My third uncle was eventually found by a fishing boat and rescued, then taken to the hospital..."

"Later, my third uncle inquired about the archaeological team and found that everyone had disappeared and almost lost their lives..."

Upon hearing Wu Xie's words, everyone fell into deep thought.

The entire archaeological team disappeared, and only Wu Sansheng survived?

Is this really a coincidence?

Who is lying?

Wang Yueban pondered for a long time but couldn't figure it out. He simply shook his head and began to think about something else, saying, "Then... what about the changing tomb chamber? Could it be some kind of mechanism?"

Su Mo got up, walked around the tomb chamber, and said, "I think the reason why the tomb chamber here has changed is because of the mechanism."

"organ?

Everyone looked at Su Mo with suspicion.

Su Mo explained, "It's similar to an elevator; the tomb chambers can move up and down, or like a carousel, they can rotate left and right. Only in this way can we explain why Wu Sansheng returned the way he came, but entered a different side chamber!"

Wu Xie suddenly understood, nodding repeatedly: "That's right, that must be it! Our previous tomb chamber must have been moved to the top or the bottom now!"

Su Mo said, "Let's go back and find out what's going on!"

To prove his guess, Su Mo led everyone back the way they came.

The road is still the same road, but the side chamber is no longer the same side chamber.

There is also a coffin in this side room, but it is made of Phoebe zhennan wood.

In ancient times, only high-ranking officials, nobles, and members of the imperial family of feudal dynasties could afford such coffins.

Wu Xie smiled happily, "It seems we guessed right. This side chamber is either double-layered, or it moves left and right. And the side chambers in this ancient tomb are usually symmetrical..."

Wang Yueban looked at the coffin inside and laughed, "Oh, I was wrong before. The owner of this tomb is quite wealthy. The coffin in the side chamber is made of Phoebe zhennan wood. Impressive!"

Zhang Qiling took out a dagger and personally opened the coffin.

"Oh!"

Zhang Qiling violently yanked the coffin lid off, opening the coffin and causing everyone to crowd around.

"Holy crap!"

A strange odor wafted from inside the coffin. Everyone covered their mouths and noses.

Wang Yueban exclaimed, "This taste is absolutely divine!"

The coffin was filled with white liquid, and inside lay a strange corpse.

There were quite a few gold and silver jewelry pieces on the corpse.

"It's so filthy, it's covered in human oil!"

As he spoke, Wang Yueban was about to reach for something, but in the end he couldn't bring himself to do it and pulled his hand back.