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Chapter 92 The Thousand-Year-Old Tomb Guardian Beast

Jiang Nanxi had already sensed an unusual aura. The moment Shen Lan pushed her, she crouched down slightly and rolled away to avoid it.

Because Shen Lan failed to push her, she lost her balance and fell towards the bushes.

A sound like something cutting through the air came, and before Shen Lan could stand up, a thick spider silk was thrown out of the bushes and wrapped around his legs.

Jiang Nanxi nimbly got up and coldly watched as Shen Lan was tightly entangled in spider silk and then dragged away.

Troublemakers.

You still want to harm her?

Shen Lan fell to the ground and vaguely saw a strangely shaped, huge black shadow behind the bushes. The color drained from his face instantly, and he was terrified and covered in cold sweat.

"Help, help!"

Shen Lan's shouts attracted the attention of others.

"Shen Lan, what's wrong with you!"

Song Wanwan turned her head and saw that half of Shen Lan's leg had been pulled into the bushes.

He lay prostrate on the ground, his face deathly pale, clutching the exposed roots of a large tree.

His fingernails dug into the tree roots, but he still couldn't get a grip, and his body was gradually dragged into the bushes.

"Monster! Monster! Help me!"

Shen Lan's screams continued.

Song Wanwan rushed over to him, grabbed Shen Lan's hands, and tried to drag him out.

But the force pulling Shen Lan was too strong, and Song Wanwan couldn't pull her out at all; she herself was dragged to the ground.

"Everyone, come and help!"

Immediately afterwards, Hou Xiao, Song Shixing, and others came to help. After finally managing to pull Shen Lan out, they saw that his legs were covered in spider silk.

Hou Xiao was immediately shocked. "What is this? Spider silk? How come there's so much?!"

Song Shixing quickly took out a small knife. "You guys hold him tight, I'll cut the spider silk, otherwise we won't be able to pull him out at all."

"it is good!"

Song Shixing deftly cut all the spider silk, while the others pulled Shen Lan out.

Song Shixing put away his knife and looked at the lush bushes, wondering what creatures might be inside. However, many huge banana leaves were piled up above the bushes, obscuring his view.

He couldn't help but turn to look at Shen Lan, who was slumped on the ground. "Shen Lan, what kind of monster is that? How come there are so many spider silks? Those must be spider silks, right?"

Shen Lan looked in horror toward the bushes. "I don't know what kind of monster it is. I just saw a strange human face. That face... that face had distorted features. Its eyes were uneven and very prominent. It was also green, and it could spit out spider silk from its mouth!"

"..."

The others fell silent, clearly not believing Shen Lan's explanation, but then they thought about the strange things that had happened during the show and couldn't help but feel worried.

What on earth is that? Could it be that ghost with the severed head from last time?

[I don't think so. Shen Lan was scared by a female ghost once before; if it were a female ghost, she would definitely recognize it.]

[It has a human face, green eyes, and can spit spider silk—could it be a spider demon?]

[Is Journey to the West becoming reality? Do demons who can take human form really exist in this world?]

While the others were rescuing Shen Lan, Jiang Nanxi stood still, arms crossed, looking at the bushes covered by banana leaves.

Her eyes narrowed slightly, a thoughtful look in them, as if she had guessed what it was.

But the environment in which this thing is born is very harsh. It usually exists in ancient tombs that are over a thousand years old. How could it appear in this tropical rainforest?
"Let's get out of here quickly!"

"Shen Lan said anxiously. The others didn't dare to linger any longer and quickly continued along the route."

Walked for a while.

Liu Qingyan suddenly stopped and said, "Don't you think the surroundings look familiar? We seem to have been here before. There's a thicket of bushes here, covered with banana leaves."

“We’ve been moving forward, how could we possibly go back to where we started?”

Hou Xiao said.

“Shrubs and banana leaves are common vegetation in rainforests, so it’s normal for this place to look familiar to you.”

"is it?"

The group continued walking forward, but after a short while, they found many banana leaves around them, and Liu Qingyan even tripped over a tree root that was exposed on the ground.

“There are marks made by fingernails on the tree roots. Isn’t this the tree root that Shen Lan dug around? He was almost dragged into this bush just now.”

Upon hearing Liu Qingyan's voice, everyone came to his side and looked at the tree root on the ground.

Shen Lan's expression turned even uglier.

He looked down at his fingers; his fingernails still had a lot of tree root bark on them.

Shen Lan looked around again and found the surroundings increasingly familiar. "We're back again, in the same place! How could this be!"

Hou Xiao also looked at the tree roots on the ground with a serious expression. "Have we been going in circles? But the pathfinder shows that we are moving forward."

Hou Xiao examined the path finder in his hand carefully, his expression changing slightly. "It's over, the path finder has no signal, not even a satellite signal."

There was a snap.

A drone camera not far from them fell from the sky and landed on a pile of dead leaves.

Jiang Nanxi walked over and picked it up. "The drone has also lost signal and is no longer broadcasting. It seems that the magnetic field of this area has been affected by some force."

"What kind of power is it? Could it be the human-faced monster that Shen Lan saw?"

Hou Xiao said nervously.

"uncertain."

Jiang Nanxi glanced around. "That thing doesn't interfere with the magnetic field; something else must be affecting the magnetic field in this area. If the monster Shen Lan encountered is what I suspect, there's probably even greater danger waiting for us."

"What kind of monster are you guessing?"

Hou Xiao pressed for an answer, but Jiang Nanxi didn't reply. Instead, she took out a bunch of yellow paper and stuck it on the drone to start drawing talismans.

"Jiang Nanxi, say something! Since you know what it is, why don't you tell us?"

Hou Xiao ran to her side and continued, "You told us to take this road, so you have to tell us the specifics of the road!"

Jiang Nanxi drew a talisman to isolate the strange power in this area from the magnetic field affecting the drone, allowing the drone to regain its signal and fly.

Then, she slowly said, "That thing should be a human-faced spider, a monster that has been nurtured in the tomb with yin energy for thousands of years. In ancient times, some kings and nobles would specially hire masters to cultivate this kind of monster as a tomb guardian beast."

"Tomb guardian beasts? Shouldn't they be inside tombs? Why are they in the rainforest?"

"How would I know? You have to ask it."

Just as Jiang Nanxi and Hou Xiaogang finished talking, they heard Song Shixing shouting.

"Is this the human-faced spider you're talking about? It...it's back again, and it's biting Qingyan's trouser leg! Help!"

The two turned to look and saw Liu Qingyan standing next to the bushes, not daring to move, looking nervous. There was a dark thing at his feet.

(End of this chapter)