Tomb raiders: You stole my little Qilin?

Wu Wei glanced at him.

With a round face and small eyes, even though he was squatting in the tomb passage, he exuded an irresistible festive energy.

He immediately understood.

"A living person," Wu Wei replied briefly, putting away his short sword and spreading his hands to indicate that he meant no harm.

The man visibly relaxed and planted his entrenching tool on the ground.

"That scared me to death, Fatty! I thought those two things had caught up with us. Were you also chased in by the poisonous zombies?"

"You encountered them too?" Wu Wei asked in return.

"It wasn't just an accident; Fatty almost died over there." The man pointed behind him, his face still showing lingering fear.

"Those two are impervious to swords and spears; they just won't die no matter how you fight them. You guys are unlucky to run into the same kind."

Wu Xie's heart tightened upon hearing this: "Are those two poisonous corpses over here?"

"They're chasing after Fatty. Fatty used two metal boxes to temporarily hold them off, but it won't last long."

Fatty Wang was very outgoing; he acted like they'd known each other for a long time after just a few words.

"Let's go, we can talk as we walk. This dilapidated tomb passage is like a maze, Fatty has been wandering around for ages and still can't find the exit."

Just as the three were about to leave, a low, indistinct roar came from deep within the passageway.

Then another sound followed.

Two poisoned corpses emerged from the darkness, one after the other.

His grayish-green skin gleamed with an oily sheen under the flashlight beam, and thick pus continued to seep from the wounds that had been pierced by bullets and cleaved open by the Black Gold Ancient Blade.

"Run!" Without saying a word, Wu Wei grabbed Wu Xie and retreated in the direction Wang Pangzi had come from.

As he ran, Fatty Wang turned back and cursed, "You fucking have to keep chasing me! How about I kowtow to you for a second?"

"There are traps ahead," 999 warned at the opportune moment.

"The gravity-fed trapdoor has a very low load-bearing capacity, enough to trap those two poisonous corpses."

"Turn left!" Wu Wei decisively pushed Wu Xie and Fatty into the left fork in the road.

The ground level of this side passage is slightly higher than that of the other tomb passages.

The gaps in the stone slabs were wider than in other places, and you could vaguely see a bottomless black hole underneath.

Wu Wei abruptly stopped before flipping the board, turned around and stood in front of Wu Xie and Fatty, holding his short sword horizontally in front of him.

The two poisonous corpses quickly caught up to the fork in the road.

They have no thoughts or judgment; seeing their prey in front of them, they drag their heavy steps straight ahead.

Wu Wei silently counted their steps, just one second before the first zombie's foot stepped onto the flip board.

He suddenly took a step back, leading Wu Xie and Fatty to the other side of the flip panel.

Heavy footsteps trod on the seemingly flat stone slab.

The mechanism's load-bearing capacity exceeded its limit in an instant, and the entire flap, carrying the living corpse, flipped over with a crash.

The second zombie followed closely behind, also carried down by the momentum of its fallen companion.

Two muffled impacts came from the depths of the dark pit, and several iron bolts automatically popped out from both sides of the stone wall, firmly locking the flap.

Wu Wei waited a few seconds, making sure the two zombies couldn't climb up any further, before asking Fatty Wang, "Is there still a road in your direction?"

"Yes, Fatty took several turns on his way here, there's definitely another side road."

Wu Wei nodded: "Wait a while, then you lead the way back. Our men are still over there."

Wu Wei took the opportunity to rest and sat down.

Pretending to catch his breath, he secretly absorbed all the remaining energy under the flap.

Although there was no lottery hint, every little bit collected is a good thing.

After absorbing the nutrients, the three of them retraced their steps.

Fatty Wang walked ahead, introducing himself as he went.

His name was Wang Yueban, and he called himself a tomb raider. He came in with another team.

As a result, the group ran faster than rabbits after encountering the zombies, leaving him alone in the tomb passage.

Wu Xie and Fatty hit it off immediately.

One is quiet and the other is lively; they start joking with each other after only a few words.

Wu Wei followed behind them, carefully observing the surrounding environment.

After passing through two forks in the road, a familiar beam of flashlight light appeared ahead.

Black Bear was leaning against the stone wall, loading bullets into his magazine.

Wu Sansheng and Pan Zi were also nearby, both looking quite disheveled, but thankfully neither of them were injured.

"Third Uncle!" Wu Xie ran over quickly.

Seeing that they were both unharmed, Wu Sansheng's tense face finally relaxed: "It's good that you weren't injured."

He turned to look at Fatty Wang, who was walking behind him, his eyes filled with wariness and questions.

Before he could ask, Wu Wei took the initiative to introduce:

"This is someone we met in the tomb. His surname is Wang. He was also chased by the zombies. The three of us were together just now, and he led us out of the maze."

"Wang Yueban, I, Fatty, am incredibly lucky and have a long life ahead of me."

The fat man, acting as if he knew everyone well, clasped his hands in a fist salute.

His gaze lingered on the black bear for a moment.

He glanced at the gun in Hei Xiazi's hand and wisely refrained from saying anything more.

Wu Sansheng glanced at the gangster-like air about him and made a rough judgment in his mind.

He had seen many characters like this, encountered halfway through a journey in a tomb.

There was no question of trust, but since the other party had just helped his nephew, he couldn't be cold to them, so he just nodded indifferently.

Wu Wei looked around and suddenly realized that one person was missing.

I've felt something was missing from the team since just now; Zhang Qiling wasn't there.

"Where's the delivery guy?"

Black Bear raised his chin towards the distance: "We were just together a moment ago, and when I looked up, he was gone."

"That's how the mute always is, used to being alone. He probably discovered something and left on his own."

Wu Wei frowned.

Zhang Qiling wasn't the type to leave the team without saying goodbye, unless he discovered something he had to chase immediately.

Suppressing her unease, she turned to Wu Sansheng and said, "Third Uncle, the main burial chamber shouldn't be far away."

Wu Sansheng observed the surrounding environment: "It should be just ahead."

After a short rest, the group set off again.

After walking along the gentle slope of the tomb passage for nearly twenty minutes, the path ahead became wider and wider, and the carvings on the stone walls became more and more exquisite.

At the end of the passageway is a huge stone gate, with intricate patterns carved on it, and a narrow gap on the side that allows only one person to pass through.

The crowd squeezed in one by one, sideways.

The main burial chamber was several times larger than the accompanying burial hall, and the walls were covered with complete murals, the colors of which remained stunningly vibrant even after thousands of years.

A huge stone coffin, entirely black, was placed on a high platform in the center of the tomb chamber.

It was even more solemn than the coffin of the Blue-Eyed Fox Corpse.

Hei Xiazi and Pan Zi stepped forward and worked together to push open the coffin lid.

The heavy coffin lid slid to the side, revealing the contents inside.

A corpse dressed in a jade burial suit lay quietly inside.

The gold threads between the jade pieces gleamed softly in the firelight, making the corpse appear both luxurious and unreal.

What's even more chilling is that its chest was rising and falling slightly, as if it were breathing.

Everyone froze in place.

"Good heavens, what's going on here?" Fatty Wang's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"This is the first time in all the years I've been down in graves that I've seen one that can still breathe."

Black Bear walked half a circle around the stone coffin, stroking his chin and examining it for a moment.

Suddenly he grinned: "Boss Wu, a jade burial suit. This trip wasn't in vain."

Wu Sansheng's voice was also excited, "I've spent my whole life digging graves, and I've finally found a top-notch treasure."