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

Unwilling to accept the shattering of his dream of getting rich from fossils, Wang Yueban, who had been sweeping the surface of the Gobi Desert, immediately stopped upon hearing Pan Zi's words, turned around and looked at everyone, "It seems that this Queen Mother of the West is indeed a tyrant!"

This time, the fat man wasn't careful at all while cleaning; instead, he was full of resentment!

The more surprised and delighted the fat man was when he discovered the fossils, the angrier he became when he saw these human face fossils!

……

About five or six minutes later, under Wang Yueban's vengeful rage, a cloud of dust suddenly rose from the Gobi Desert covered with fossilized human faces, heading straight for the group.

Everyone quickly covered their mouths and noses.

Su Mo took a step forward, his blood surging, the air swirling in the void, and a cold wind rose from his ribs, instantly scattering the dust in the air.

Such a bizarre scene unfolded right before everyone's eyes in broad daylight, causing everyone to panic.

Panzi quickly shouted, "Alright, Fatty, stop digging! Something's not right!"

Fatty Wang was also quite frightened and jumped out of the pit in a disheveled state.

He seemed to be standing in the center of a mass grave, amidst countless human faces and skulls on the desolate Gobi Desert, a scene that was exceptionally eerie.

Wang Yueban instantly broke out in a cold sweat, obediently stood facing the Gobi Desert, bowed respectfully to the pit, and said, "I'm so sorry, gentlemen, we've disturbed you all. We'll be leaving now!"

After saying that, Wang Yueban grabbed Wu Xie and turned to run away.

"Snapped!"

Su Mo slapped Wang Yueban on the back of the head.

"what!"

Wang Yueban winced in pain, "Who hit Fatty? I can't stand it! Even if the King of Heaven himself came, Fatty would fight you to the death!"

Wang Yueban shouted, but when he turned around and saw Su Mo, his expression immediately fell. "Master Su?"

Wang Yueban looked aggrieved. "Why did you hit me, Master Su?"

Seeing Wang Yueban acting like a wronged little wife, Su Mo almost laughed out of anger and scolded, "Tell me, with your cowardice, can't you make your master proud?"

"Stop embarrassing yourselves in public, okay? You've completely disgraced the tomb raiders!"

"It's broad daylight, what are you afraid of with so many of us?"

"Take a closer look. Although it looks like human bones, it's not human at all!"

Su Mo pointed to the "human face" fossil in the Gobi Desert and said.

Wang Yueban was taken aback. He quickly approached and examined it more closely, but still couldn't figure it out. So he simply asked, "Master Su, if this isn't human bone, then what is it?"

"..."

Su Mo was speechless.

This generation of kids is so hard to raise!

Su Mo shook his head, pointing to the fossilized bone connected to the "human face" bone, and reminded him, "Take a closer look at the edge of this stone..."

"This is…"

Wang Yueban could hardly believe it, "The human spine??"

Upon hearing this, Ah Ning, who was standing behind, stepped forward and said, "A human spine isn't that short; this is a fish bone!"

Su Mo nodded, "Yes, it's a legendary animal called a human-faced fish!"

Chapter 423: The Lair of the Queen Mother of the West.

"right…"

Su Mo looked at everyone and explained, "This is a legendary animal called a human-faced fish!"

"The Heavenly Palace on the Clouds has a human-faced bird, and the Tamutuo has a human-faced fish. The connection between them... is quite interesting..."

Su Mo's lips curled up, and a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

"A fish with a human face???"

Wang Yueban looked at Su Mo with a completely bewildered expression, "Master Su, I'm not very educated, don't try to fool me..."

"Human-faced fish!!!"

Wu Xie looked surprised. "That's a species from ten thousand years ago!"

Tens of thousands of years!

Upon hearing the year, Wang Yueban became excited again and began to happily sweep the dust off the human-faced fish fossil.

This is an artifact that's tens of thousands of years old; it's worth a fortune!

"The abundance of anthropomorphic fish fossils here, combined with the structure of these rock layers, basically confirms that this was once an ancient riverbed!"

Wu Xie suddenly remembered something, "Oh right, you guys haven't forgotten that ancient ship, have you!"

"That ship?"

Ah Ning suddenly realized, "If that boat was a funeral boat for a close relative of the Queen Mother of the West, it should have departed from the Queen Mother of the West's palace, so there must be a river here!"

“That’s right!” Wu Xie nodded with a smile.

Pan Zi was extremely excited, "This proves that Master Su's location was correct, and the road we're on now is the right one..."

Su Mo said to everyone, "Alright, now that we've confirmed our location again through other clues, let's not waste any more time and set off!"

After saying that, he continued to lead the way.

The four villains, along with A Ning, Zhang Qiling, Pan Zi, and others, followed.

Wang Yueban was left embarrassed, clutching the human-faced fish fossil he had just unearthed. Seeing the others already leaving, he anxiously called out, "Hey, don't go! Let's take this fossil back and have the local cultural relics agency study it!"

Wu Xie, who had also stayed behind to keep Wang Pangzi company, laughed and said, "Pangzi, do you know why this human-faced fish has a human face?"

"Why?" Wang Yue asked, holding the fossilized human-faced fish slab, puzzled.

Wu Xie laughed heartily, "Because, we ate too many people!"

After saying that, Wu Xie patted Wang Pangzi on the shoulder and walked towards the main group.

Wang Yueban: "..."

"You think you know everything!"

Seeing that Wu Xie had also left, Wang Yueban looked at the huge human-faced fish fossil plate in his hand, and then at the group of people who were almost far away. He could only helplessly put down the fossil plate and reluctantly chased after them.

.........

A few hours later!

The group stood on the cliff face in the Gobi Desert, their faces grave as they gazed down into the bottomless abyss.

"Master Su, are you sure we can find the Queen Mother of the West's Palace by going down from here???"

Wang Yueban swallowed hard as he looked down into the abyss.

"how?"

Su Mo remained expressionless. "You don't believe me?"

"No, no, no..."

Wang Yueban shook his head repeatedly, "No, Master Su, this is way too deep! This isn't a basin, it's practically a meteorite crater!"

"Besides, it's bottomless, and we don't know if our safety rope is long enough. What if it's not long enough? We'll be stuck halfway up, which would be quite embarrassing."

Fatty Wang looked at everyone with a worried expression.

"rest assured!"

Su Mo comforted them, "Since I've come this far, it means I can walk through here. Everyone, get the ropes ready!"

Everyone nodded and prepared their ropes.

A dozen minutes later, everyone except the timid Wu Xie and Wang Yueban was ready. One end of the rope was fixed to the rock above, and the other end was tied around their waists.

Su Mo stood on the edge of the cliff, turned to look at Wu Xie and Wang Yueban, and encouraged them, "Good luck to you two, we'll be waiting for you down there!"

After speaking, he nodded to the four fierce generals, A Ning, and Pan Zi.

The next moment!

The group grabbed the rope and slid down without hesitation, leaving Wu Xie and Wang Yueban standing there dumbfounded.

Wu Xie and his companion hesitated for a moment, then gritted their teeth and took out their ropes from their backpacks.

.........

A minute later, just as Su Mo and the others slid to the middle of the cliff, the rope reached its end.

"Master Su!!"

Panzi shouted, "What do we do? The rope isn't long enough!"

Looking at the countless vines on the cliff edge, Su Mo immediately untied the rope, grabbed one of the vines, and said, "Let's use the vines to get down!"

"it is good!"

The others listened and acted accordingly.

After grabbing the vines, this time no one dared to slide down. Considering how sturdy the vines were, they all climbed down step by step.

A few minutes later, the group landed safely on the ground.

"..."

The group stared in astonishment at the scene before them.

All around were dense stones, and the ground was no longer sand but fertile soil.

Ahead lay a vast and magical jungle, with every tree covered in lush foliage—a veritable deep, ancient forest!

Moreover, they could hear birdsong and other normal forest sounds from time to time.

Looking at everything before her, Ah Ning exclaimed in surprise, "I never imagined there would be such a large forest in this desert! It's truly breathtaking!"

"The environment here is complicated, we need to be extra careful!" Panzi looked warily around and into the jungle ahead.

Su Mo said, "The Queen Mother of the West's Palace is located in this forest. This is the Queen Mother of the West's lair, and it is fraught with danger. Everyone, please remain vigilant!"