Tomb Raider: Evolution of the Red Dragon, Starting from the Ancient City of Jingjue

"Ahhhh!"

The screams caught Jiang Hua's attention, and she quickly turned to look at Qin Feng and Yun.

They discovered that the insects were attacking the two of them.

Perhaps because Jiang Hua was wearing armor, these insects did not attack him.

However, neither Qin Feng nor Yun were wearing this armor.

Including these insects, they may have been starving there for many years.

Upon smelling the fresh scent of blood, it couldn't resist launching an attack, causing Jiang Hua a headache.

"Go and put on your armor!"

After Jiang Hua finished speaking, he realized that they were still some distance from opening a home.

So Jiang Hua quickly jumped off the coffin and headed towards the armor.

When these insects came into contact with Jiang Hua, they quickly avoided him, not wanting to touch him at all. This made Jiang Hua even more certain that these insects were afraid of the scent on the armor.

After taking the armor in his hand, Jiang Hua threw it directly at Qin Feng and Yun.

However, since Qin Feng and the others did not have ropes on them, they could only cover themselves with armor.

"Put the armor outside! Form a circle around it, just so they can't get close to you!"

Seeing their panicked expressions, Jiang Hua couldn't help but feel a headache coming on and said to them.

After Jiang Hua reminded them, they realized how panicked they had been.

Seeing that they were temporarily safe, Jiang Hua quickly took the key from the coffin.

Although he didn't know what the key's purpose was, Jiang Hua was certain it was a very important key.

Otherwise, how could it be placed in this coffin, and why is it protected by so many insects inside?

After glancing at the keys, Jiang Hua still put them into her bosom.

Qin Feng and Yun quickly realized what was happening and placed their armor in front of them.

With these armored creatures blocking their way, the insects indeed dared not continue advancing towards them.

At this moment, Jiang Hua silently walked over and took out the tinderbox from his pocket again.

These insects were indeed afraid of fire, and they quickly retreated when the tinderbox lit up.

Jiang Hua held the tinderbox in his hand, threatening them. When the insects realized there was nothing left to eat, they gave up and returned to their coffins.

After seeing the insects return, Qin Feng and Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

The sight of these black insects rushing towards them filled them with dread, and for a moment they wondered if they were about to leave this beautiful world.

Now that they saw the insects had gone back, the two of them slowly relaxed and lay down on the ground.

Jiang Hua couldn't help but laugh when she saw their flustered appearance.

“I was wearing armor when I opened this coffin, but neither of you thought of using it to protect yourselves.”

Jiang Hua shook his head and said to the two of them with a hint of helplessness.

Qin Feng and Yun realized that they hadn't thought things through when they heard Jiang Hua say that.

"You can't blame us. When those insects swarmed towards us, our first instinct was to run away as fast as we could and keep our distance. We weren't thinking about anything else."

Qin Feng tried to explain and save face, but it seemed that no matter how he explained, it was too late to salvage the situation.

So he chose to keep quiet, looking at Jiang Hua somewhat embarrassed. Now Jiang Hua was too lazy to dwell on the matter any longer, and he took out a key from his pocket.

"The key is inside the coffin, but I haven't figured out what its purpose is yet. Have you found any suitable place to put the key?"

Jiang Hua thought they might have found a place to leave their keys while they were wandering around, so he asked them.

But when they heard Jiang Hua say that, they scratched their heads, completely bewildered.

“We’ve been wandering around here for ages, but we haven’t seen a really suitable place to insert the key. You know you told us not to touch these walls, so we’ve been keeping a certain distance from them.”

Qin Feng and Yun shook their heads, indicating that they weren't quite sure either.

Seeing their shaking heads, Jiang Hua knew that relying on them was pointless, so he put the key back into his pocket.

"It shouldn't be here. Let's go check other places."

As Jiang Hua spoke, he began searching for an exit, but the walls on all sides made it difficult for Jiang Hua, Qin Feng, and the other two.

They are now turning their heads to look at the coffin in the middle again.

"How about we check if there's anything under this coffin?" Qin Feng walked up and looked around the coffin for a while before saying to Jiang Hua beside him.

Jiang Hua thought Qin Feng's words made sense, so the three of them stepped forward and tried pushing it.

However, the coffin was incredibly heavy. Despite the combined efforts of the three of them, they couldn't move it an inch.

"Something doesn't seem right about what you're saying. If it were really as you described, it should have been very easy to push just now. How come the three of us couldn't move this coffin even after pushing it for so long?"

Yun pushed for a while and then felt a bit tired, so she sat down on the floor.

Jiang Hua was also a little puzzled, suspecting that the exit was no longer at this point.

"Let's look at other places."

"Hey! Here!"

Suddenly, Qin Feng excitedly spoke to Jiang Hua.

Jiang Hua listened and came to Qin Feng's side.

There was a small crack in the place Qin Feng mentioned, but it wasn't a crack big enough to insert a key.

So even after looking at it, Jiang Hua couldn't figure it out and felt that the crack was useless.

"Wait, I think I've just realized something!"

Just as Jiang Hua was walking away, something suddenly occurred to her, and she abruptly turned back to look at the crack.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Hua pulled a knife from his pocket and stuck it into the middle of the crack.

As Jiang Hua plunged the knife in, the coffin above seemed to be pushed, slowly tilting to the side before crashing to the floor and shattering into pieces.

This scene surprised Jiang Hua, Qin Feng, and the other two.

"Won't the owner of this place come after us tonight to settle scores?"

Qin Feng twitched the corner of his mouth and said to Jiang Hua and Yun beside him with some concern.

Hearing Qin Feng say that, Yun, who was initially a little worried, couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

"Can't you have a little guts? There's nothing in there, just a bunch of corpses, bones, and worms. Do you think these worms are going to come after you tonight?"

Seeing this, Jiang Hua rolled her eyes helplessly and said to Qin Feng. (End of Chapter)