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

"This is terrifying! In that case, our true essence sword energy is completely useless against these corpses. Does that mean we'll be stuck here forever?"

Chen Le was shocked after hearing Qin Feng's words, his face turned extremely pale, and then he said with some worry.

"Yes, if that's the case, then it's troublesome. Does that mean we'll never be able to leave here, that we'll be trapped here forever, and never be able to get out?" Qin Feng said with some fear.

“Yes, this corpse poison is indeed very troublesome,” Chen Le nodded and said in the same tone.

"What do we do then? Are we really going to be trapped here like this? That would be too pathetic, wouldn't it?" Jiang Hua looked at Qin Feng, her brows furrowed slightly, and asked with a somewhat grim expression.

"I don't know either, but I don't think this matter will be too simple. After all, although these corpse poisons are powerful, their numbers are not particularly large, and there are also limitations on the amount of these corpse poisons."

"Once their numbers decrease, their numbers will gradually decrease. When their numbers are completely reduced, the number of zombies here will become increasingly sparse. At that time, we can leave this place."

"If we find these zombie lairs, then we'll have a chance to get out of here," Qin Feng said, shaking his head with a serious expression.

"But where exactly is this zombie lair?" Jiang Hua frowned, looking slightly troubled, and then asked.

"I don't know either, but I guess it's definitely not in this cave. Otherwise, how could we have destroyed these corpses?" Qin Feng shook his head and said helplessly.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hua and Chen Le immediately fell into deep thought.

"In any case, let's search for it first. If this zombie lair is indeed here, then we can use its power to break through and see how big and deep it really is!"

After a moment's thought, Jiang Hua spoke.

"Well, okay, that's the only way." Qin Feng and Chen Le nodded, then followed Jiang Hua deeper into the cave without saying anything more.

As they continued to walk forward, the cave became increasingly spacious. Eventually, it was large enough for Jiang Hua and his companions to walk side by side, and it was even a bit cramped!
The sheer size of this underground cave surprised Jiang Hua and Qin Feng.

After walking for about half an hour, Jiang Hua, Qin Feng, and Chen Le finally emerged from the underground cave and appeared in a vast, flat space.

Here, there is a lush green lawn, which occupies a third of the entire square. Around the lawn, there is a rolling hillside.

These hillsides stretch deep into the mountains, their edges invisible in the distance.

At the foot of the mountain, there were dense thickets and some forests stretching as far as the eye could see. The mountain range looked very desolate, without a trace of life, as if there were only withered branches and fallen leaves.

"I think we've arrived at the center of this zombie lair, but the environment here doesn't look very good; there's not a single ray of light."

Not a single ray of sunlight shone in; instead, it was pitch black, and you couldn't see anything at all.

I suspect the reason this mountain range has so many forests and bushes is because of the dense, bewitching miasma in this valley. That's why it's so dark and eerie. However, I believe the entrance to this zombie lair isn't very far away; otherwise, there wouldn't be so many forests and bushes.

Looking around at the pitch blackness, devoid of any signs of life, Qin Feng frowned and then spoke.

"Yes, I think so too. The environment here is similar to the outside environment. However, since it's so gloomy and there's no sunlight here, we need to be careful. This kind of environment is very dangerous."

Chen Le nodded, then spoke somewhat cautiously.

"We shouldn't be careless right now. Let's search this place first and see where this zombie nest is." Jiang Hua nodded after hearing Chen Le's words, agreeing with his point of view.

"Then let's take a look first." Qin Feng and Chen Le had no objections and nodded.

"Let's look around carefully now and see where this zombie nest is. In any case, there shouldn't be too many zombies in here, but I have a feeling that there are definitely more than a few!"

Jiang Hua thought for a moment, then added.

"Yes." Chen Le and Qin Feng nodded in unison after hearing Jiang Hua's words.

Then, Jiang Hua, Qin Feng, and Chen Le began searching the surrounding mountain walls, hoping to find the location of the zombie nest by looking at the uneven rocks on the walls.

This time, Jiang Hua and his two companions found it very quickly. Soon after, they found a large cliff face, which was more than 20 meters high. At the top of the cliff face, there was a huge cave.

The entrance to this cave is two or three meters long and two or three meters wide. At the entrance of this cave, there is a stone door covered with all sorts of strange runes.

These runes are clearly ancient, and in the center of them is a dark hole.

"Wow, the runes here are quite complex. These runes look like some kind of formation. They're so amazing!" Chen Le exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the dark cave.

“That’s right, the runes here are indeed an array. These runes should all be seals personally set up by the leader of that cult, and there’s more than one array.”

“There are many, many arrays, each with a different function, and this array here should be the strongest seal, and the most powerful seal.”

Looking at the cave, at the runes on the cave ceiling, and at the dark caverns above the runes, Jiang Hua exclaimed in amazement.

"What might be inside this cave?" Chen Le couldn't help but ask, somewhat curiously.

"I don't know either, but judging from the aura emanating from above, it's definitely not simple." After hearing Chen Le's words, Jiang Hua immediately shook his head, indicating that he also didn't know what might be in this cave.

Afterwards, Chen Le and Jiang Hua did not linger there for long, but went directly into the cave and entered its interior. (End of Chapter)