Chapter 73: The Grave in the Mirror (Part 2)

  Di Liang immediately tensed up as soon as he heard it was Xiao Hai's.

  Everyone followed the light pink bloodstains on the ground, which continued to form a line and extended forward. Even at the turn, they didn't break off, and occasionally when they did, they immediately connected again.

  Di Liang looked at the bloodstain on the ground and said, "Did Xiaohai intentionally leave this behind?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "It seems that the zongzi might know the way to the tomb, we should follow the blood trail and it shouldn't be wrong."

  The crowd quickly followed the blood trail, rushing forward for about half an hour. Because there was only one blood trail on the ground, and it never led to a dead end, everyone walked very fast, and soon they saw the stone array in front of them disappear.

  They really walked out of the maze, and Di Liang drew a map as he walked, but he was in a hurry and his drawing was rough.

  The stone array walked to the end, and in front of it was another vast expanse of flat land overgrown with weeds. The ground was mostly covered with broken stones, making it difficult to step on.

  Because the ground was covered with gravel, Xiaohai's blood drops fell into the gaps between the stones and disappeared instantly. Moreover, the weeds on the ground were very tall, making it even harder to find Xiaohai's bloodstains.

  Everyone stood at the edge of the stone array, looking ahead, and Di Liang said: "What should we do now?"

  Wen Baiyu said to Jiuming: "Take a sniff and see."

  Jiuming suddenly got a bit furious and said: "Master, I'm a cat, not a dog."

  Wen Baiyu said: "But Xiao Hai is in the sea water, his blood smells a bit fragrant, I'm afraid it's a bit fishy for you, you must be able to smell it."

  Jiǔ Mìng thought for a moment and felt that it was indeed the case, so he waved his hand to let Dong Hai move further away, saying: "You're too smelly, you've covered up all the other smells, move further away."

  The East Sea had no choice but to move a little to the side.

  For others, Xiao Hai didn't have any fishy smell, but for Jiu Ming it was different. Jiu Ming sniffed and said: "It should be in this direction."

  He pointed forward and everyone quickly followed to find.

  Some weeds are as tall as an adult and everyone has to struggle to push them aside.

  Zou Chengyi suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute, over here."

  The crowd rushed over, and Zou Cheng brushed aside the weeds on the ground, pointing to the exposed cave and saying: "There's a bit of pink color at the roots of this clump of grass. Has the blood been absorbed?"

  Wen Bai Yu crouched down and took a look, Jiu Ming said: "It must be, it smells fishy."

  Everyone looked at the cave and Wan Zijing said: "I'll go first."

  He said that and then crawled into the hole, Wen Baiyu hastily followed up, and the others also crawled into the hole one after another, with Jiuming and Donghai at the bottom.

  The cave was extremely narrow, only allowing adults to crawl, and slightly raising their heads would hit the top of their heads. Wen Baiyu tried his best to lower his head, he didn't want to hit his head again, one more time and he would definitely become stupid.

  Everyone's legs were stretched straight, hands bent at the elbows, with forearms propped on the ground, moving forward bit by bit. In a flash, Wan Zonghou suddenly stopped.

  Wen Baiyu felt his pause from behind and immediately stopped as well. The crowd of people behind him were all slamming on the brakes, almost piling up together.

  "What's wrong?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "The earth cave in front has turned into a stone cave, hold your breath as much as possible. There is the blood of Xiao Hai on the ground, don't inhale too much fragrance and don't touch the bloodstains."

  Everyone responded with a sound, and Wan Xi Jing Hou began to crawl forward. The crowd followed, and Wen Bai Yu soon saw the stone cave. The earth cave suddenly connected to the stone cave, and looking at the stone cave, it was clearly man-made. The surroundings were very smooth, no longer as rough as the earth cave earlier, and slightly wider, with more comfortable movements, allowing them to slightly lift their heads.

  On the ground of the stone cave, there were indeed small bloodstains of the sea, still light pink in color. In the dark stone cave, a faint pink glow was emitted, like high-quality pearls.

  Wen Baiyu didn't even have time to hold her breath before she caught a whiff of a faint, sweet scent that was similar to the fragrance of flowers but without the pungency. It was extremely gentle and it was this very scent that wafted from Xiao Hai's blood beads, which were poisonous.

  Wen Baiyu held her breath and lifted her body as high as possible, avoiding the blood beads that continued to crawl forward.

  Di Liang was also holding his breath, looking at the string of blood beads on the ground, and he didn't know what to feel in his heart. It was a bit numb and worried, and he couldn't stop worrying that Xiao Hai had lost so much blood, wondering if it was dangerous.

  After climbing for about ten more minutes, the front became wider and wider, and Wang Xi Jing Hou's movements also became faster and faster, then changed to a height that could be crouched down.

  The stone cave in front ended, and Wan Qi Jing Hou squatted at the entrance of the cave, looking down. It wasn't too high, just over a meter. Below the entrance was another deep cave. This time, the cave seemed to be half natural and half man-made, not narrow, but extending straight into the depths, though there was a lot of water accumulated inside the cave.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou took a rough estimate, the water depth will not be too deep, but the cave is too dark, do not know what's in the water, most importantly, Xiao Hai was injured, his blood must have dripped into the water.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou paused for a moment and said to the crowd behind him: "I'll go down first and try, wait for me here."

  Everyone nodded, and Wan Qi Jing Hou quickly supported his hand and jumped down. With a soft "splash", Wan Qi Jing Hou jumped into the water from the cave entrance. The water only reached his knees, and the depth was just right. Wan Qi Jing Hou took a slight breath, and indeed, there was a hint of Xiao Hai's blood in the water. The water here emitted a faint fragrance.

  Xiao Hai should be a poisonous clam, Wen Bai Yu actually has never seen a poisonous clam until now, Xiao Hai is the first one. Maybe because of the beautiful patterns on his shell, Wen Bai Yu should have known he was poisonous long ago.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou looked back at them and said: "The water is only knee-deep, tidy up your clothes and try not to let the water touch your skin."

  Wen Baiyu adjusted his pant legs, tucked them back into his boots, and sealed himself in as much as possible before jumping down from the hole.

  "Whoosh——"

  A splash of water, Wen Baiyu suddenly felt the water splashing up from below, almost splashing on his own face. He lowered his head to take a look and was shocked to find that the water had already risen to the middle of his thighs. This was simply disdain for his height.

  Everyone jumped down, and among them, in terms of body shape, Zou Chengyi should be the shortest. However, Yi Feng put Zou Chengyi on his shoulders, letting him sit on his own shoulders, so that Zou Chengyi's legs would not touch the toxic water.

  Unfortunately, everyone else's height was higher than Wen Baiyu's, although it also exceeded the knee, but not much.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou pulled on Wen Bai Yu's hand, and Wen Bai Yu said: "What are you doing?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "You're being pulled along, aren't you afraid of water?"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu really wanted to take a picture of him. Although he was afraid of water, the water hadn't reached his thighs yet, so he shouldn't be scared.

  However, Wan Jie Jing Hou La pulled tightly, and Wen Bai Yu didn't let go either.

  The cave is very deep, with water reaching up to the knees of Wanxi Jinghou, and there are artificial excavation marks all around.

  Wen Baiyu said: "What is this place after all? Is it the entrance to a tomb? But who would make their own tomb so damp and wet, with so much accumulated water, which would affect the preservation of the corpse?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head, stretched out his hand to touch the wall, then lowered his head and pointed to a mark on the stone wall beside the deep water, which seemed to be carved.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "This place should be a man-made water storage."

  Wen Baiyu also saw the mark and felt like it was a scale.

  Wen Bai Yu said in surprise: "A man-made reservoir? This is a pond!"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou's eyes suddenly narrowed and said: "I think it is a fish pond."

  As he spoke, he pointed forward, and at the dark end, a sudden "gurgling" sound was heard, and many water splashes appeared on the surface of the water, as if something was rushing towards them quickly.

  Wen Baiyu took a step back and suddenly saw the water splash become larger, then a fish head emerged from the surface of the water. The appearance of the fish head was exactly like that of a dried fish head.

  "What about that monster?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou blocked their way and retreated, saying: "The body type should be smaller."

  He said, taking out the dragon scale ladle/first, and rushed towards the fish. The strange fish suddenly jumped out of the water, as if it was going to pounce on Wang Zijun's face. As soon as it jumped out, everyone saw clearly that it was just an ordinary fish, but its head was as big as a human brain, and its body was slightly larger than usual.

  The fish had a mouth with three rows of teeth, densely packed like nails, looking exceptionally sharp. If it bit down on something, there was no way to escape.

  A strange fish opened its mouth, and the blade of General Wan's sword "swish" passed by. The strange fish jumped in mid-air, its tail swishing back and forth twice, before falling into the water with a "splash". The surface of the water immediately turned blood red.

  They let out a slight sigh of relief, just as Wan Gui Jing Hou said: "Here we go again."

  "Whoosh——"

  "Whoosh!"

  At the same time, several splashes of water sounded simultaneously, and strange fish rushed over from all directions, as if they had seen the owner's scattered bait.

  A strange fish jumped up, with great strength, they can jump out of the water for a certain period of time. The white feathers on Wen Bai's spear suddenly stood up, and the reverse thorns on Dong Hai's hand suddenly grew out.

  The wind on his face was still very cold and indifferent, saying: "Young master, please hold me tight."

  Jiǔ Mìng coldly laughed and said: "I don't know if the fish here are good to eat, but I'll catch some for a snack." He was the first to dive in.

  Di Liang's strength was not small, and he had been on the island for nearly seven years. Although he initially came as a Ph.D. student to do research with the scientific expedition team, he was now different from his past self, and his skills had long since been honed.

  Di Liang quickly resolved a strange fish that pounced over, and then heard a gust of wind behind him. Just as he was about to turn his head around, his back was violently struck, and he instantly fell out, tumbling into the water with a splash.

  Di Liang was shocked, the water is toxic, Xiao Hai's blood has been diluted, and it's unknown whether the toxin is still potent or not. Di Liang quickly got up and saw that his hands had some red spots, with a slight allergic reaction, which should be an irritant to the skin.

  And these fish, because they have hard scales protecting them, were not affected by the small amount of tetrodotoxin.

  Everyone solved the strange fish while walking into the cave. Jiǔ Mìng said, "This fish looks so pathetic, I don't even have the mood to eat it."

  The strange fish only had one batch, and after they were resolved, there were no more. They continued to walk very far inside, with water on the ground all the way until they reached the end of the cave.

  Right in front of me was a huge gate, which wasn't sealed shut and had rails at the bottom, probably for easy opening.

  There was a faint pink bloodstain under the stone gate.

  The crowd quickly pushed the stone gate open, and in front of it was no longer a simple stone cave, but already showed signs of artificial excavation. Behind the stone gate, there were intricate patterns.

  The crowd walked into the stone gate, a huge empty space. Wen Baiyu found it hard to say how big this space was. A gigantic white ancient building stood right in the middle of this vast empty space.

  Di Liang raised his head and looked at the tall white ancient building, with a somewhat complex expression, saying: "It's here, it's this building... But we didn't enter from this side back then."

  The white ancient building looks exceptionally grand, with a polygonal structure, each side having a gate built on it, and above the gate is an image of a three-legged golden crow, looking down from a high place.

  Wen Baiyu stretched out her hand and touched the white door, saying: "Made of bones?"

  Zou Chengyi also reached out and touched it, saying: "It should be a crow's skeleton."

  Wen Baiyu looked at the ancient building with some shock, its entire body was white, and it felt extremely like bones. Was the whole building made of crow bones? How many crows would have to be killed?

  "Run! Run!"

  "Run quickly!"

  "Run quickly!"

  Suddenly there were sounds coming from all directions, faintly, as if swirling around the ancient building.

  Everyone was shocked and quickly looked around in a circle, but nothing was found, however, the sound did exist.

  The sound paused for a moment, seemingly mechanical and sharp, as if it wasn't a human voice at all, then continued to ring out.

  "Run quickly!"

  "Run quickly!"

  "Run..."

  The voice was not loud, but extremely urgent, with the same tone every time, like a tape recorder. However, the old building was very quiet, with echoes and reverberations all around.

  Di Liang's mind went "buzz" and he looked around in all directions with some shock.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is it Xiao Hai? Let's hurry and run! What happened to him?"

  Di Liang shook his head and muttered: "No... This is... My master's last words..."

  Everyone's goosebumps rose at the same time, Di Liang's teacher was buried by their own hands, and in the forest, very far from this ancient building.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Go in and take a look."

  He said, and walked around the old building in a circle, as if looking for bloodstains on the ground. Sure enough, he saw some at the edge of a door.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou stretched out his hand to push open the bone gate, inside was a piece of darkness, gloomy and eerie. As soon as the door opened, a burst of cool air rushed towards him, and inside was also a vast expanse of white. Everything was made of bones.

  The crowd followed Wan Qi Jing Hou into the ancient building, in the middle of which was a very large hall, actually it would be better to say that it was a temple. The four walls were white, but you could see that they had been carefully carved, with big and small ravens engraved on them.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Strange, there are actually water ripple patterns here."

  Wen Baiyu said, pointing to a carving, "The female corpse in the photo is a fish head, and it must have some connection with the sea."

  The grand hall has staircases made of bones all around, spiraling up to the top. Looking up, each floor is extremely high, making one feel dizzy and disoriented.

  After entering the old building, the bloodstains on the ground disappeared.

  "Run quickly!"

  "Run quickly!"

  The sound suddenly rang out again, and everyone looked up to see Wen Baiyu say: "It's above!"

  As he spoke, everyone immediately went up the steps and ran upstairs.

  "Wait!"

  Wan Qi Jinghou suddenly shouted, and then saw that there was actually a corpse on the stairs. The corpse lay not far in front of him, with several crows perched on top of it. The crows saw someone coming but were not afraid, continuing to peck at the corpse on the ground.

  Di Liang was shocked and saw that the corpse had dropped a badge next to it, with an emblem of a three-legged golden crow.

  The corpse had been pecked at until it was unrecognizable, almost everything edible had been eaten away, leaving only a forest of white bones exposed.

  "Let's go, let's find Xiao Hai quickly," said Di Liang, taking a deep breath.

  The crowd continued to climb up, the stairs were very high and spiraling upwards. The second floor was slightly smaller than the first floor, with a spacious large skylight in the middle, surrounded by a circle of white bony rooms.

  "Crack...crack..."

  Crows began to gather on their heads, many crows surrounded them from all sides, and swirled above their heads in a dense black mass.

  Crows are birds of prey. Although they are small in size, when gathered together, they can be more ferocious than hawks. Many disaster movies feature crows.

  Those crows were just circling above their heads, but not attacking, as if waiting for an opportunity to peep at something, and observing their weaknesses to find a place to break through.

  In an instant, about twenty crows had gathered, making a coarse "Ga la... Ga la..." cry, one circling without dispersing.

  Very soon, all the crows flew away, flying over their heads and landing on the floor not far away. They stood on the ground, their black eyes staring at them.

  "What are these crows doing?"

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Everyone be careful, they may attack us at any time.'"

  The crowd slowly moved forward, and Di Liang suddenly stopped everyone's action, saying: "These crows are preying..."

  He said, pointing to the white floor in front of him, "You see the floor, there are obvious bloodstains on it. Although they're very light, it looks like they've been cleaned up, but you can still see the remaining bloodstains. This proves that something must have happened here. In Zimbabwe, there are vultures that wait for food near the electrified fences of game reserves. They wait until someone or some animal steps on a landmine and gets blown up, then they feed on the carcasses. Crows are highly intelligent, much more so than vultures, I think they're also waiting for us to make a move."

  He said that, and everyone looked at each other in confusion. Wen Baiyu reached into his pocket and pulled out a coin, saying: "Let's try it."

  He said, tossing the coin, and just as it touched the floor in front of him, a sharp blade suddenly emerged from the ground, "whooshing" out of the ground. The blades all emerged in an instant, and after emerging, they were as tall as a person, enough to cut a person into two pieces in the shortest time.

  Everyone was in a cold sweat, and it really made Di Liang say that these crows were too smart. They were waiting for ready-made food, waiting for the blade to cut people alive into two halves, and then share the corpses.

  Di Liang said: "How did we get here?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou took a look around, the floors were really too high, to go upstairs, they had to take the stairs, and the staircase from the second floor to the third floor was right in front of them, to find the staircase they had to pass through here.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Seize the fence and swing over."

  He pointed to the railing, the second floor was a circular intermediate hollow with a patio, and there was a guardrail around the patio. Wan Gui Jing Hou let them grab the guardrail, their bodies hanging in mid-air, relying solely on arm strength to move past the guardrail.

  Although the difficulty has increased a bit, it's not too hard since the floor is just that one piece. However, the problem is, if they climb over with such high difficulty and are attacked by crows halfway through, what will happen? If the crows peck at their hands, everyone will fall from above and splatter into meat paste on the first floor.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou said: "I'll cover for you, you can leave with peace of mind."

  He said, taking out the old-fashioned handgun, although it was quite old, but still usable.

  The wind blew against his back as Zou Chengyi first swung past the railing.

  Yi Feng's hands grasped the railing, just as he was about to climb up, those crows suddenly let out a loud "ga la ga la" cry and flew up, pecking at Yi Feng's hands.

  "Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and Wan Qi Jinghou's single bullet brought down three crows. The three crows instantly fell from the second floor to the first floor with a "thud", landing on the ground in a mess of blood and flesh.

  "Ahh, the wind from the bullet even brushed against my palm. I couldn't help but look up at Wan Qi Jing Hou and say, 'Good marksmanship, next time please fire earlier.'"

  Yi Feng said, with quick hands overlapping each other crawling forward, bringing Zou Chengyi to a safe place immediately. Then, with a burst of energy, he jumped onto the floorboard on this side, which was very safe and had no blades at all.

  Everyone climbed over in turn, and Wan Zongjing's shooting was very accurate. Often one bullet could knock down two or more crows. Those crows were extremely fearful, circling around and not daring to attack them again.

  After everyone else had climbed over, General Wan Zhi Jing Hou holstered his gun at his waist and then grasped the railing with both hands, starting to climb forward.

  Those crows saw Wan Jie Jing Hou fall alone, and they got a little excited. They made "ga la ga la" sounds in their mouths, circling high and low, watching Wan Jie Jing Hou move very quickly, about to climb over. Those crows finally couldn't bear it, and immediately dived down.

  "Be careful!"

  Wen Baiyu shouted, and Wan Xi Jinghou suddenly raised one hand, holding a dagger. With a "chi" sound, the black crow was slashed and fell from the sky.

  The crow cawed "ga la ga la", and everyone saw that Wan Qi Jing Hou was fine, so they felt relieved and let him hurry over.

  But Wan Xi Jing Hou's movements suddenly stopped halfway, and his face changed color.

  Those crows seemed to have seen the momentary flaw of Wan Jieying, and they swooped down together, crying "Ga La Ga La", and went to peck at Wan Jieying.

  Wan Jie Jing Hou did not move immediately, and the crow rushed forward, starting to frantically peck at Wan Jie Jing Hou's hand and arm.

  His back was suddenly covered with many bloodstains, those crows were ferociously abnormal, as if they wanted to tear Wang Jinghou alive.

  A dozen or so crows swooped down at the same time, Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat, Wan Qi Jinghou's expression was not quite right, with a hint of endurance and restraint, his face twisted into a grotesque shape.

  Wen Bai's mind flashed, could it be that the thing Dr. Wang injected last time was acting up again? At that time, Wan Qi Jing Hou's expression was very ferocious.

  This time, however, Wan Xi Jing Hou did not immediately turn into a dragon. He panted heavily, and although he was much better than the last time, he still couldn't suppress his violent rage.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou grasped the railing with both hands, those crows pecking at him non-stop, and instantly there were many bloodstains on his hands and arms, with several pieces of skin torn off.

  Di Liang looked at him anxiously and said, "What's wrong with him?"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou endured, his eyes turned bright red, as if he couldn't feel the pain, but at the same time, his will was slowly being worn down, and suddenly his hands loosened.

  Wen Baiyu let out a cold "hiss" and suddenly flipped over the railing, jumping down. Di Liang shouted loudly, trying to grab him, but Wen Baiyu's speed was too fast, and he quickly leapt into the skywell, leaving Di Liang unable to catch him.

  Wen Baiyu leaped out, and his body immediately began to plummet downwards. Suddenly, a dazzling golden red light burst forth from his entire body, and he transformed from human form into a swan goose, bringing with him a fierce gust of wind as he dived down, grabbing Wan Jingshou who was falling in an instant.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou closed his eyes, and suddenly his waist was grasped by Hong Yue's claws. He abruptly opened his eyes, which were filled with a bloody red color, emitting a terrifying and violent glow.

  The white feather darted quickly through the air, suddenly changing direction, and before falling to the ground, it soared upwards into the sky. The crowd only felt a huge gust of wind, and they couldn't help but cover their eyes with their hands, their eyes almost unable to open from the blow.

  Wen Baiyu had already grabbed Wan Kuang Jinghou and jumped up to the second floor, putting him on the floorboard. Then in an instant, he transformed from a swan into human form.

  Hong'e's body was also extremely large, and before everyone could react to Wen Baiyu transforming into a human form after being completely naked, Wan Kuang Jinghou suddenly let out a loud roar and pounced over, with a "hong" sound, knocking Wen Baiyu to the ground.

  Two people slid out very far, "bang" hit the railing, and then heard a loud "crash", the railing suddenly couldn't bear the weight, was knocked flying, Wen Baiyu's body was light, Jiuming immediately pounced on him, pressed down on Wan Kuang Jinghou, Wen Baiyu grabbed the edge of the floor with both hands, taking advantage of this time, jumped up at once.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou was completely enraged, but this time he didn't transform into a dragon, and with one swing of his arm, he flung the Nine Lives away. The East Sea caught the Nine Lives, while Wan Qi Jing Hou turned back around to continue attacking Wen Bai Yu.

  Di Liang was stunned by the scene, Wen Baiyu suddenly turned into a flying phoenix, with six long tails, Di Liang looked very real and almost didn't dare to believe his eyes.

  But now the scene didn't give Di Liang time to be dazed, Wan Kuang Jing Hou was like a madman, spitting out coarse air, his eyes blood red, and with one hand he pressed Wen Bai Yu to the ground.

  Wen Baiyu let out a soft cry, feeling the floor creak with a "creak" as if it was about to collapse under the weight of Zhu Long.

  Wen Baiyu was pinned to the ground by him, with Wan Jingshou's fingernails almost digging into his flesh. He breathed heavily, revealing a ferocious expression.

  Wen Baiyu's cough was suddenly suppressed, and with a fierce knee strike, Wan Qi Jinghou's eyes had already turned red with rage, completely disregarding any rules or defenses. He was instantly sent tumbling backward by Wen Baiyu's sudden collision.

  Wen Baiyu quickly bounced up from the ground and shouted: "Catch him for me!"

  The crowd almost rushed up, but Wan Zong Jing Hou's strength was terrifyingly great, and he became more and more furious. With one hand, he threw Dong Hai from the second floor down. Jiǔ Mìng let out a loud cry and stretched out his hand to grab Dong Hai, but Dong Hai wasn't a bird and didn't have wings.

  The long thorn on the back of Donghai's hand suddenly flew out and turned into a trident, hooking onto the railing of the second floor with a "slap" sound. His body swung upwards from below, and only then did Jiǔ Mìng let out a sigh of relief.

  They are already in a big mess with their internal conflicts, and those crows have very high IQs. Whenever they see an opportunity, they quickly fly down from the sky and dive-bomb to peck at them.

  Wen Baiyu let out a blood-curdling scream as a crow suddenly tore off a piece of flesh from his body, and blood splattered everywhere, some of it landing on Wan Jinhong's face.

  A warm, crimson liquid splashed out, and suddenly, Wan Xi Jing Hou felt somewhat lucid. The redness in his eyes receded, and he stared blankly at the ravens circling above. Over twenty ravens had gathered, their black silhouettes swooping down in a frenzy, pecking ceaselessly at the crowd.

  Wen Baiyu swatted away one of the crows, but several more swooped down from above. Wan Qi Jinghou immediately rushed over and wrapped his arms around Wen Baiyu, as a burst of flame erupted from his hand. The crow let out a blood-curdling screech before plummeting to the ground from the rooftop.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at Wen Bai Yu's body and saw several wounds, the area around his collarbone was covered in blood, which he had caused himself. He couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart as he said, "Bai Yu?"

  Wen Baiyu's face was pale as he asked, "Are you awake?"

  Jiuming heard Wan Kuang Jinghou's words and threw the two black crows off the building, saying: "Tyrant, you finally woke up, it was too scary."

  Wan Qi Jinghou threw his spear at Di Liang, but Di Liang had no weapon in his hand.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou quickly took off his own coat and put it on Wen Bai Yu, while Long Lin's dagger flashed out to meet the two ravens that swooped down from the building, letting out a loud cry as they fell.

  Di Liang fired two more shots, he counted and found that the bullets were not enough, there should be only one left, so he didn't fire again. They had just entered the old building, something unknown happened behind them, they had to stay back and use it.

  The crows soon discovered that they were no longer "rebelling in the nest", some of them could not withstand the attack, and immediately flew high up and quickly dispersed.

  Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief and then each treated their own wounds.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou wrapped Wen Bai Yu tightly in his large coat, accidentally touching his wound. Wen Bai Yu let out a faint "hiss".

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at him with some unease and said, "Sorry."

  Wen Baiyu shook his head and said, "It's just a little painful, it'll heal in a while."

  He said, Wan Jie Jing Hou suddenly lowered his head, and Wen Bai Yu immediately let out another "hiss" sound. Wan Jie Jing Hou's tongue/head licked the wound on his collarbone, with a high-temperature tongue tip sliding back and forth. Wen Bai Yu instantly felt a scorching heat, followed by a cool, wet sensation, and his face suddenly flushed.

  Wen Baiyu's skin was covered in goosebumps as he was licked, especially since he wasn't wearing anything inside. The rough texture of the coat rubbed against his skin, making him feel short of breath and dizzy. Wan Jingshou held him around the waist, the coat and his skin tightly touching, constantly rubbing together.

  When the wound on his collarbone healed, Wan Jie Jing Hou let him go, and Wen Bai Yu almost fell to his knees.

  Di Liang is a bookworm, when he came to the island was only in his early twenties, and then devoted himself to academic pursuits, with no intention of thinking about other things. However, this does not mean that he is ignorant, after all, Di Liang is now over thirty years old.

  But Di Liang's face was obviously thinner, and he quickly turned his back, pretending he hadn't seen anything.

  Nine lives were spent watching them with their chins up.

  Wen Baiyu felt a bit embarrassed, but this method of treating the wound really healed quickly, and it was fine in an instant.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's back of his hand also had many wounds, just pecked by the crow earlier, but his healing ability was very good, and it was almost nothing.

  Everyone tidied up and continued to head upwards in a hurry, Xiao Hai was still missing, had to find him quickly.

  The second floor has no rooms, only a corridor surrounding the courtyard, and on the wall of the corridor are carved many patterns of crows, most of which are three-legged golden crows.

  The crowd stepped onto the stairs and continued up to the third floor. The third floor started having rooms, they had to look one by one, not knowing where Xiaohai would be taken.

  "Run quickly!"

  "Run quickly!"

  They had just reached the third floor when the mechanical and sharp voice sounded again, as if it was near them.

  Di Liang suddenly pushed open the door of the first room. "Whoosh!" A black crow flew out from inside, rushing straight at him.

  Di Liang reacted quickly, suddenly lowering his head, the crow flew over from above him with a "whoosh", its claws grasping, wanting to grab onto him, but was dodged by Di Liang.

  The crow clawed and missed, immediately turned back, Di Liang wanted to fire a shot, but restrained himself, reversed the gun, and slammed it heavily with the gun butt.

  With a "bang", the crow was knocked against the wall, instantly leaving a bloodstain. Everyone shuddered at the sight, and it was clear that the person's strength was formidable.

  There is a stone coffin in the room, and nothing else.

  The stone coffin was not opened. Di Liang said, "When we came in, it wasn't from this entrance. The entrance led directly to the upper level, which should be the highest level. We haven't been to these places before."

  The stone coffin was not opened and it is unknown what's inside.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou walked in, surrounded by the stone coffin and looked around, then inserted a dagger into it, prying open a small opening.

  Because the light was very dim, as soon as the stone coffin was opened, a faint blue mist emerged, and everyone immediately understood that it was blue bones.

  The skeleton buried in this coffin is also a member of the Divine Crow tribe.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou pushed the stone coffin open, and the corpse inside was clearly visible. Indeed, it was a blue skeleton, but what was different was that this corpse's skull was shaped like a fish head.

  Wen Baiyu glanced at Zou Chengyi, who shrugged and said: "Due to genetic diseases, our clan members basically do not intermarry with outsiders, they are all married within the clan. However, many clan members have left the tribe, your uncle's ancestors were among them. It seems that this corpse should also be."

  The ancient building is carved with three-legged golden crows, but the edge decorations have many waves, perhaps it's really a manifestation of the divine crow's tribe and other tribes intermarrying.

  There were no burial objects in the stone coffin, it looked very pitiful, and there was no inscription either. Wan Qi Jing Hou put the stone coffin back on, and everyone left the room, continuing to move forward.

  They opened many rooms, mostly with a stone coffin inside, some were joint burial stone coffins, none of which were wooden coffins.

  This should be a collective ancient tomb, and all the corpses inside are fish-headed human-bodied.

  They continued upstairs and soon reached the fourth floor, where there were fewer rooms, replaced by several large ones.

  The first room hadn't even been opened yet, but Wen Baiyu already smelled a pungent stench coming from inside. Everyone exchanged a glance; this was the smell of rot and decay.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou pushed open the door, and that smell came out all at once, it was indeed very pungent. What entered his line of sight was a large group of corpses, piled up like mountains.

  The room was extremely large, with countless corpses piled up inside. Di Liang could see at a glance that there were at least three or four people wearing black and blue clothes, although the clothes were all stained with blood, they were still easily recognizable.

  Di Liang took a step back and closed his eyes.

  Those corpses, some had rotted beyond recognition, others had turned into white bones, piled on top of each other, looking extremely terrifying, like a huge dumping ground for the dead, as if they were just trash, casually discarded.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes scanned and said, "These corpses are too strange."

  He said, pointing to several of the more intact ones, "You see, these corpses are just like the ones we saw in the giant clamshell at sea, with their chests and hands dug out."

  Wen Baiyu had always found it strange, and now that he saw so many corpses with their chests and hands dug out, he finally understood a bit. "Those fish-headed monsters we encountered before," he said, "were actually made from the heads of fish, the tails of merfolk, and human torsos. I suspect these things are actually pieced together from corpses."

  Dong Hai said: "In that case, go take a look at the other rooms and you'll know."

  Everyone nodded and exited the room, entering the next one. The next room revealed a strong stench, and when everyone pushed open the door, they saw piles of dead fish.

  To be exact, it's the carcass of a dead fish, all the heads have been cut off, only leaving the body and tail.

  The third room was indeed a place where the corpses of merfolk were piled up, and all of their tails had been cut off. Although merfolk without tails are very similar to humans, they are not difficult to distinguish. The females have enchanting faces, while the males have tall and sturdy physiques. Especially since Donghai himself is the king of the merfolk, it's easy to tell at a glance whether someone is a merperson or a human. There was no doubt that these corpses were those of merfolk.

  Wen Baiyu's guess was indeed correct.

  Nine Lives looked at those corpses and said: "This is really perverted, why did you have to do this and create a bunch of freaks?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou looked at the corpses, the female mermaids were beautiful and delicate, but the faces of the female mermaids here all showed extreme fear, their facial features twisted, they should have had their tails cut off while still alive.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said faintly: "It's a kind of desire for domination."

  As soon as Wan Zha Jing Hou opened his mouth, Jiu Ming immediately believed him, because Wan Zha Jing Hou was the Xiang King himself, and no one understood this desire for domination better than he did.

  The ninth life looked at him with disdain and said, "How do you know so much?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said faintly: "I have a desire to govern, but it does not represent what I have done."

  He finished speaking, turned around and walked out of the room, saying: "Go upstairs."

  They have gone up to the fourth floor and still haven't seen Xiaohai, everyone is even more worried than before, they don't know where that Zongzi will take Xiaohai.

  "Run quickly!"

  "Run quickly!"

  Everyone went up to the fifth floor again and heard that strange sound echoing in the dark floors.

  "Crack——"

  A huge crow suddenly swooped out, Wen Baiyu immediately lowered his body, but in an instant, he felt a tightness on his back, the crow had grasped his coat and lifted Wen Baiyu into the air.

  The huge crow was highly intelligent and after grabbing Wen Baiyu, it immediately flew to the sky well, leaving Wen Baiyu suspended in mid-air, as if daring him not to struggle.

  "Ah——" The ninth life sucked in a breath and said: "Master! Master, quickly take off your clothes!"

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu's heart was screaming, what the f**k is this, but Jiǔ Mìng said it right, a huge crow grabbed his coat and dragged him away without even taking off his clothes.

  Wen Baiyu had no choice but to grit his teeth, shrink back his hands and withdraw from the coat. The coat belonged to Wan Kuangjinghou, so it was naturally bigger. He shrank back and came out, suddenly smooth and shiny.

  He immediately fell down, and at the same time, a golden red light flashed on Wen Baiyu's body, transforming into a swan. With a "whoosh" sound, it flew up from below and landed in front of everyone.

  Wen Baiyu wanted to transform into a human form, but Wan Kuang Jinghou suddenly said seriously: "Wait a minute."

  He said, rummaging through his backpack, all the spare clothes had been used up and there were no more clothes left. Wan Jingshou had to take off his own top before letting Wen Baiyu transform into human form.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly transformed into a human form. Wan Xizong quickly put clothes on him and then rapidly fastened the buttons.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou's clothes were long, but Wen Bai Yu was not as delicate/small as Rao Shou and Xiao Hai, his clothes barely covered his buttocks...

  The nine-tailed fox burst out laughing and said: "Master, you look too ridiculous like this."

  Wen Baiyu glared at him, and then the huge crow let out a loud "Ga la!" and flapped its claws, throwing the coat down from the fifth floor. Then it dived back down again.

  The crow swooped down, opening its mouth and shouting loudly, this time it wasn't a "Ga La" cry, but "Run! Run! Run!"

  Everyone was stunned, and then they understood that the crow's IQ is almost ranked first among birds, much smarter than parrots and mynah birds. They not only hunt for food but can also imitate human speech. It is said that a crow can learn three to four different languages.

  Those mechanical, sharp voices just now were obviously imitated by this crow. It must have heard Teacher Di's loud shout. Wen Baiyu had already imagined the scene at that time. The teacher was frantically shouting and yelling non-stop for Di to run quickly. This kind of emotional voice was very intense, making the crow remember it.

  A crow rushed over, shouting "Run! Run!", and when it reached the front, it shouted again: "The mirror is going to eat people! The mirror eats people!"

  Di Liang's heart skipped a beat, this was also something the teacher had said before. He hadn't seen any mirrors, but the teacher, apart from shouting at him to run fast, also shouted that the mirror would eat people. The loud and hoarse cry made Di Liang remember it vividly.

  A huge crow flew over, and everyone was about to deal with it when they heard a "pa" sound. Zou Chengyi suddenly snapped his fingers, and the crow stopped in mid-air, as if someone had pressed the pause button.

  Everyone looked at him in incredulity.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Can you tame beasts?"

  Zou Chengyi said: "Only limited to crows, this is a skill that every clan leader must have."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Why didn't you tame it just now?"

  Zou Chengyi said: "The crow just now was obviously free-range, to put it bluntly, it hadn't been trained. This one is different, it can understand my gestures. In short, this crow has someone taking care of it."

  As soon as he said that, everyone quickly looked around to see if anyone was raising this crow. Someone raised a crow in the tomb, is there still something alive in the tomb? Otherwise, how could they tame the crow?

  Zou Chengyi raised his arm and made a gesture towards the crow, and the huge crow flew over very obediently, landing on Zou Chengyi's arm.

  The crow's body was very large, and it landed on his arm, Zou Chengyi even felt a bit overwhelmed, his face stiffened for a moment, his arm trembled slightly, and he said: "Good kid, quite heavy..."

  Yi Feng laughed and said, "Young Master, your arm is trembling."

  Zou Cheng glared at him and said, "Shut up."

  Yi Feng said: "Yes, young master."

  Zou Chengyi raised his other hand and gently stroked the black feathers of the crow, which lowered its head in a tame manner and even rubbed against Zou Chengyi's cheek. The crow let out a "Ga la... Ga la..." sound from its mouth, although it was still very coarse, but it sounded much more gentle than before.

  Everyone looked at Wu Ya and Zou Cheng being intimate, and couldn't help but blink rapidly.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Can crows lead the way for us?"

  Zou Chengyi said: "It can be done, but it may not find Xiaohai, only the main tomb chamber."

  Di Liang's face sank as he said, "First and foremost, we need to find Xiao Hai. The longer it takes, the more danger Xiao Hai will be in. No one understands the terror of this tomb better than I do, and Xiao Hai is in constant peril."

  "Crack..."

  The crow cawed, and Zou Chengyi suddenly tilted his head to one side, "Huh?" he said, then reached out to touch the crow's head, and the crow also turned its head.

  Zou Chengyi's face was even more shocked, he stretched out his hand to part the crow's hair on its head and saw a small red dot.

  "What did you find?"

  Zou Chengyi said, "In our clan, since ancient times, only the head of the family can get the secret of the crow's trend. This is a symbol of status. I thought this crow was raised by the tomb owner, but it seems not to be the case. Look at the crow's forehead, there is a small red dot here."

  The crowd gathered around and took a look, and indeed there was a red dot, which looked like a needle prick.

  The East Sea frowned and said: "This is a kind of sea worm that can drill into the brain, absorb the essence, and control the host through the worm."

  Dong Hai paused for a moment, then continued: "In my domain, only serious offenders would use this kind of sea worm. The sea worm's body is very small, and after absorbing enough spiritual energy, it will rapidly grow larger and drill out from the brain."

  He shook his sleeves and said, "How disgusting."

  Zou Chengyi said, "That's right, it's clear that the tomb owner is not the patriarch of the divine crow clan, but she has an extremely strong desire to control. This crow was stung by a sea insect and can be controlled. Do you still remember the zongzi in the stone labyrinth?"

  He said that, and suddenly everyone's mind lit up. Wen Baiyu said: "Right, the zongzi itself had already been killed, but it suddenly grabbed Xiao Hai and disappeared. If he was also poisoned by the sea worm, then this makes sense."

  Di Liang's heart sank, and he said, "What about Xiao Hai? Could it be that...?"

  He said as much and didn't dare continue.

  Di Liang asked Dong Hai: "Is there a cure for this sea worm?"

  Dong Hai said: "There is, but it needs to use poison to attack poison, using the toxin that sea worms are afraid of to force it out."

  A crow landed on Zou Chengyi's arm, suddenly sank, and flew up fiercely, circling in the air, "Ga la ga la" loudly.

  "Run! Run!"

  "The mirror is going to eat people! Run quickly! Run quickly!"

  "Just two more!"

  The crow cried loudly, suddenly circled twice, and then dived into the dark place, disappearing.

  Everyone was shocked, and the crow, apart from saying "run quickly" and "the mirror will eat people", actually said another sentence.

  Still two missing?

  What does "still lack two" mean?

  Di Liang also shook his head and said, "The last sentence I didn't hear, it shouldn't be what the teacher said, but it can't be confirmed either, because at that time it was very chaotic, I didn't pay attention, the deepest impression is just running fast and mirrors."

  What's the meaning of these two characters, a crow suddenly cried out loudly, and everyone was stunned.

  The five-story room has even more rooms inside, in addition to coffins, there are also some strange carvings that people can't understand.

  Wen Baiyu looked at those carvings and suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of nostalgia for Gan Zhu, as if these were some kind of witchcraft.

  Jiǔ Mìng said: "How many floors are there in total?"

  Dong Hai said: "It should be six floors, I just roughly counted outside."

  Witchcraft...

  Six-story building...

  Wen Baiyu's mind buzzed for a moment, and he said, "Wait a minute, the six-story bone tower, and there's also sorcery. This is similar to what we saw in the tree coffin?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou was also stunned for a moment and said: "The tomb owner wants to revive."

  He said that, Zou Cheng furrowed his brow, took out the photo of the female corpse and said: "Have you guys noticed anything strange?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "This female corpse has not completely turned into bones."

  "However, all of our clan members turn into skeletons when they die naturally. But this corpse didn't, which means she didn't die a natural death. Yet, judging from her appearance, it doesn't seem like she died an unnatural death either. If what you said is true, that this female corpse was trying to revive herself, then it's highly likely that she was buried alive."

  Everyone felt a chill run down their spines as they climbed up to the fifth floor, and soon they would reach the sixth floor, where they would see the female corpse.

  Everyone looked up and saw that the second to fifth floors were all courtyards, with a string of rooms surrounding them in a circular shape. The sixth floor had no courtyard, and from the fifth floor upwards, only stairs could be seen, with a sealed top above.

  The crowd followed the room to the stairs, and soon discovered that this floor was a bit damp, gradually surging up a misty air, blocking their eyes, and suddenly they couldn't even see the ground in front of their feet.

  "What's going on?" Jiǔ Mìng shouted loudly.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Everyone gather together, don't get lost."

  He said that, and the crowd immediately gathered together, all scrambling to grab a breath of air, soon they were huddled together, they couldn't even see their own toes, waving their hands to fan away the fog.

  Wen Baiyu first saw Wan Jinhou, and then heard a "da da da, da da da" sound, as if something was around them.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Seize those around you."

  Wen Baiyu quickly grabbed Wan Jie Jinghou, while the other hand grasped Zou Chengyi. Wan Jie Jinghou grabbed Donghai beside him, and Donghai grabbed Jiuming. Jiuming stretched out his hand to grab something, and suddenly let out a loud "ah" cry, saying: "What ghost!"

  Nine lives thought he had grasped Di Liang, but as a result of one grasp, his hands were all bones. He took it to the front and looked at it, and it was actually a bony hand. The skin on his hand had completely disappeared, and the bony fingers were still moving!

  Nine lives were not prepared to be scared so much, hand relaxed, and that thing was thrown out in an instant.

  He used a lot of force, and that thing flew out with a "whoosh" sound, followed by a "crash" sound, probably fell to the floor.

  "What's wrong?" Dong Hai said immediately.

  Jiuming shouted loudly: "Di Liang is gone, I just caught a skull... another one!"

  Just as Jiǔ Mìng had spoken, something suddenly surged out of the thick fog, and everyone heard Jiǔ Mìng let out a loud shout.

  Wen Baiyu wanted to help, but he couldn't see where Jiuying was. Just as he was about to move, the thick fog suddenly churned and a large face emerged from it, giving him a fright.

  A face with a pale complexion, a ferocious grin, staring with a pair of eyes, the expression on his face was extremely painful, but surprisingly, there was still a smile on his face, that smile was gritted and sinister.

  Wen Baiyu was so frightened that he let out a "hiss" of air, and immediately kicked out with one foot. Then there was a loud "thud", followed by Dong Hai shouting "Jiu Ming!"

  Jiǔ Mìng was the most unlucky, Wēn Bái Yǔ kicked out a startled rice dumpling with great force because he was suddenly frightened. The rice dumpling flew out and hit Jiǔ Mìng on the back, who was entangled in a fierce battle with another startled rice dumpling. After being hit, Jiǔ Mìng immediately pounced forward, almost sticking together with the rice dumpling!

  The nine lives were battered, the seven pungent and eight pure ones shook their heads and got up from the ground. However, with this tumble, they immediately felt that the fog close to the ground was much smaller, not to the point where nothing could be seen.

  "Get down! Get down! The fog is thin below."

  He said so, and everyone quickly got down, and indeed there was much less fog below.

  But at the same time, I saw many rice dumplings climbing down from the sixth floor staircase, rushing over like waves and surrounding them.

  Wen Baiyu was busy solving the zongzi, when he suddenly saw a pair of black and blue pants. To his surprise, it was Di Liang. Di Liang quickly ran through the smiling zongzi, all the way to the front.

  Wen Baiyu shouted loudly: "Di Liang!"

  Di Liang just paused for a moment, without looking back, and rushed out, shouting: "I saw Xiao Hai!"

  Wen Baiyu wanted him not to act alone, but Di Liang ran too fast, his movements were swift and agile, like a cheetah, he suddenly darted out and quickly flashed into the thick fog.

  Wen Baiyu pounced on the ground, slammed the floor and said: "Hurry up and chase, don't let Di Liang fall behind!"

  He said, with a "whoosh" sound, a large flame burst out from his palm, burning the thick fog in the air. Wan Qi Jing Hou's palm also surged with flames, and the two men's flames were very large. Those grinning rice dumplings didn't dare to crawl forward, retreating in disorder, but not fleeing, forming a wall of bronze and iron that wouldn't let them move forward.

  Zou Chengyi said, "This is too strange, it doesn't feel right. When Di Liang ran over just now, these zongzi didn't block them, but now they're clearly playing house with us and won't let us pass."

  Wen Baiyu suddenly opened his eyes wide and said: "Not good, two are still missing!"

  He said that, and everyone looked at him strangely. Wen Baiyu immediately rushed forward and said: "Just now the crow said two were missing, we just lost two people, if the female corpse wants to use this ancient building to resurrect, then it means there are still two missing."

  As soon as he said this, everyone became tense, and it seemed that Di Liang and Xiao Hai were in danger.

  Di Liang caught a glimpse of Xiao Hai in an instant, thinking it was just an illusion. But when he turned his head, he saw Xiao Hai's figure flash by, running upstairs and turning back to look at him, as if telling him to follow.

  Di Liang was shocked and immediately ran up, no longer paying attention to those leering dumplings. However, the strange thing was that those dumplings did not attack him. Di Liang sprinted up the stairs, and there was no fog upstairs.

  Di Liang caught sight of Xiao Hai standing at the staircase entrance, surrounded by darkness.

  Di Liang shouted "Xiao Hai!"

  Xiao Hai took a step back, turned around and ran, Di Liang didn't know why he wanted to run, so he quickly chased after him.

  The sixth floor was indeed the top, with no skylight, replaced by a spacious great hall. Xiaohai's figure ran in the great hall, and Diliang quickly chased after him.

  Xiao Hai ran very fast, but Di Liang had already gone mad in pursuit. With a loud "bang", he pounced on Xiao Hai and sent him tumbling to the ground.

  Two people rolled on the ground, Di Liang immediately felt a burning sensation in his palm, raised his hand to look, and found that his palm was red and swollen. He had touched something wet earlier, which turned out to be Xiao Hai's blood.

  Di Liang couldn't help but look at his own palm, and saw a faint pink blood stain on Xiao Hai's back. His heart skipped a beat as he asked, "Xiao Hai, what happened to you? Why did you run?"

  Xiao Hai didn't say a word, and fell to the ground, as if he had fainted. Di Liang's heart tightened even more, could it be that he had used too much force just now and knocked Xiao Hai unconscious?

  Di Liang hastily picked up Xiao Hai, Xiao Hai's whole body was soft and limp, his eyes closed, there were many wounds on his body, except for the back, most of them were on his arms, his pale arms had many scratch marks, but these scratches seemed to be self-inflicted, and light pink blood like pearls rolled out from inside.

  Xiao Hai seems to be guiding them with blood...

  Di Liang couldn't express what he felt in his heart. Xiao Hai's blood was toxic, and when it dripped onto his hand, a burning sensation spread quickly, followed by red swelling.

  Di Liang didn't let go, gently patting Xiao Hai's face and saying: "Xiao Hai, what's wrong with you? Wake up..."

  He said, suddenly feeling something against his abdomen, looked down and found it was his own gun. Di Liang's throat moved slightly, he raised his head to look, and Xiao Hai had actually opened his eyes.

  Xiao Hai's eyes were unfocused, lying in Di Liang's arms, but his hand was still holding a gun, pressed against Di Liang's abdomen, with a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth.

  Di Liang was startled, Xiao Hai's hand pushed forward slightly, making the gun more forceful. His smile was very strange, his eyes wide open, his black and white eyes were dull, his teeth clenched, the corners of his mouth twitched upwards, and the muscles on his face were all trembling.

  "Little Sea?"

  Di Liang was shocked beyond measure.

  Xiao Haiyan smiled and let out a strange "heh heh" sound from her throat, muttering to herself: "Still two more..."

  He said, "Bang", and pulled the trigger.

  Di Liang suddenly opened his eyes wide, feeling his breath catch in his throat. After Xiaohai fired the gun, he immediately pointed it at himself and then suddenly pulled the trigger.

  "Clang."

  Di Liang let out a heavy sigh of relief, fortunately there was only one bullet left...

  Xiaohai frowned at the gun in his hand, suddenly pushed Dilang away. With a "bang", Dilang crashed to the floor, the back of his head felt warm and bleeding. Dilang's mind was dizzy, with waves of blackness, but he saw Xiaohai get up, eyes coldly staring at him, then turned around and left.

  Di Liang saw a small red blood spot on Xiaohai's temple as he fainted.

  Everyone on the fifth floor heard a gunshot and their hearts skipped a beat. Di Liang has fired his gun? He must have encountered danger.

  The crowd chased up to the fifth floor, but unexpectedly saw Di Liang lying on the ground covered in blood. His abdomen had been pierced and there was blood all over the floor. The back of his head was also bleeding profusely, with a handgun lying nearby.

  The crowd rushed up, and Wan Qi Jing Hou pressed down on Di Liang's wound. Di Liang still had consciousness, and as soon as he moved, he immediately passed out, struggling to open his eyes, panting heavily, saying: "Xiao Hai... Xiao Hai..."

  Di Liang said, using all his strength to lift his hand and point forward.

  Wen Baiyu's heart felt a pang, and she said, "Don't talk for now."

  Wan Xi Jinghou used a dagger to slash open his own palm, dripping blood onto Di Liang's abdomen. Because he was too close, Di Liang's abdomen was pierced through, and the bullet didn't stay inside, which was a good thing.

  Di Liang had lost too much blood, and even with the healing properties of the Wan Kui Jing Hou's blood, his wound could heal automatically, but he was also severely injured, to say nothing of standing up, even speaking was difficult.

  Jiǔ Mìng said: "What's wrong with Di Liáng? Don't tell me the dumplings are going to shoot, is it Xiao Hai?"

  Wen Baiyu shook his head, unsure of the reason, but Di Liang quickly opened his eyes. His face was deathly pale and his lips were purple as he said: "Xiao Hai... temple... has..."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Sea worm?"

  Di Liang nodded immediately, his movements extremely labored.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Oh no, there are only two left. Xiao Hai shot at Di Liang, he must think Di Liang is dead. And then Xiao Hai was bitten by a sea snake, so next..."

  Nine Lives Interface quickly said: "Suicide?!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately felt Di Liang's body stiffen, and then struggled to get up.

  Jiǔ Mìng also regretted that he had spoken too hastily, but what he said was true. There were only two left. Xiao Hai lured Di Liang into a solitary place and then shot him. However, it seemed that he didn't know about Wan Kui Jing Hou's strong healing abilities. Di Liang was just weak, but not dead.

  Xiao Hai was arrested and controlled, killed one, and the remaining ones were left to commit suicide.

  Everyone immediately stood up, Donghai carried Di Liang on his back, and everyone quickly walked forward.

  There were bloodstains on the ground, pale pink pearls stretching out before them. Everyone was afraid of being too late and walked very quickly.

  Not far away was a large gate, the gate was tightly closed, and Xiao Hai stood in front of it, holding a shattered bone in his hand, raised it up, about to stab it into his own chest.

  Di Liang was startled and panicked, shouting: "Xiao Hai!"

  Xiao Hai was taken aback, then slowly put down the bone in his hand and looked at Di Liang, clearly not expecting him to still be alive. A sly smile spread across his face as he quickly pounced over.

  Donghai put Di Liang down, and the trident on his hand suddenly appeared, "slapping" onto the floorboard, blocking Xiaohai who was rushing over, a piece of the floorboard was pierced through.

  Xiao Hai took a step back, after all, Dong Hai was the king of the merfolk, and Xiao Hai was also a creature of the sea, not daring to rush forward recklessly.

  Everyone saw clearly at this time, and there was indeed a small red blood point on Xiaohai's temple, just like the crow.

  Wen Baiyu said: "What's going on? How can we use that method of fighting poison with poison?"

  Dong Hai shook his head and said: "First catch him, we don't have medicine on hand, we need to bring Xiao Hai back before it's okay."

  Everyone thought that was all they could do, and Wan Qi Jing Hou rummaged through his backpack, found a rope, and said, "Tie him up."

  Xiao Hai saw them coming and took a step back, about to open the big gate. His face was full of sinister smiles as he muttered: "Then let's all die."

  Wen Baiyu whispered, "Don't let him open the door, there must be something inside."

  Jiǔ Mìng immediately jumped up, his body soft and bouncy, jumping extremely high. He rushed over, borrowing force from his feet to stomp down, right on Xiao Hai's shoulder, using force downwards.

  Xiaohai let out a pained cry and suddenly knelt on the ground, Di Liang watched with a shocked heart. Xiaohai's hand had opened a crack in the stone door, Jiuming immediately pushed it back shut with a loud "bang".

  Xiao Hai quickly scrambled to his feet, reaching out to grab Jiǔ Mìng. However, although Xiao Hai's body was poisonous, his attack power was too weak and he was no match for Jiǔ Mìng. He was caught by Jiǔ Mìng with one hand, and then had his wrist twisted back.

  Xiao Hai let out another cry of pain and was pressed down onto the ground.

  The crowd rushed over, and Wen Baiyu and Wan Qi Jinghou quickly tied up Xiao Hai's hands and feet, binding them behind his back, with only his head left free, not even a finger could move.

  The little sea was struggling on the ground, constantly twisting its head and roaring, making a series of loud bellowing sounds, and its throat immediately became hoarse.

  Everyone struggled for a while, exhausted, the stone gate opened a gap, and immediately closed again, as if nothing strange came out.

  Donghai walked over and checked Xiaohai's temple. There was a blood spot. Something had indeed gone in.

  Di Liang said: "How is Xiao Hai?"

  That sea worm is said to be extremely terrifying, like sucking brain marrow, and it's not just Diliang who is worried, others are also quite concerned.

  Dong Hai said: "Don't worry, this thing can't absorb all the essence in one day. Besides, Xiao Hai is still so energetic now, obviously his essence is still abundant."

  Everyone let out a sigh of relief and sat on the ground panting, when Yi Feng suddenly said: "The door is open."

  The sound of the wind was always calm and cold, filled with ease, now it is still like this, but when everyone heard it, they were shocked, no one moved that door, but it suddenly opened!

  Everyone quickly got up from the ground. Wen Baiyu turned his head to Jiuming and Donghai, saying: "We have two wounded people, you find someone to take care of them."

  Donghai nodded, and Jiuming smiled: "Don't worry, he said, as he picked up the struggling Xiao Hai from the ground like a small cat."

  Di Liang was startled and said, "Be gentle."

  Jiǔ Mìng said: "You'd better be careful, I see you're even unstable when walking now."

  Di Liang had lost too much blood, and being an ordinary person, how could he possibly compare to someone with a physique like Jiu Ming's? He had already gotten used to the dizziness and weakness, Di Liang felt a bit better, actually it was just his adaptability that was good.

  Di Liang didn't let Dong Hai carry him again, Dong Hai supported him, and they all walked forward.

  The stone gate really opened quietly...

  Silent and stealthy, I don't know when it opened, who opened it, everything is unknown.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is there really a living thing in this tomb?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou made a silencing gesture, and the crowd immediately fell silent. He pointed to the main gate, and first, the silent Cat Waist walked over quietly.

  The crowd followed behind, and Wen Baiyu felt that he had walked to the door, immediately feeling a cool breeze blowing in his face. He was only wearing a top, and he shivered with cold. The airflow inside was too eerie.

  Di Liang's hands shook violently, and Dong Hai thought he was going to collapse, but saw Di Liang's face turn deathly pale as he strained to whisper: "It's here... the coffin..."

  Everyone peeked through the door gap, a huge tomb chamber, inside there was a huge coffin, with a photo of a female corpse on it. It's obvious that the coffin must be opened to take pictures, and the investigation team must have opened the coffin, but now the coffin is closed again!

  The tomb is quiet and peaceful, with four long-lasting lamps in the corners, blown by the yin wind, flickering constantly, the flames jumping and dimming.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou pushed open the door and walked in, Xiao Hai was still struggling non-stop, making loud noises from his mouth, which sounded exceptionally eerie in the empty tomb chamber.

  The tomb is filled with all kinds of gold, silver and jade burial objects, the walls are painted with murals, a three-legged golden crow dominates various creatures, including humans and animals, an absolute manifestation of excessive desire for domination.

  The huge coffin was erected on a four-legged base, and the four golden crows carried a coffin on their backs, as if they had become loyal slaves.

  Di Liang quickly glanced around the tomb, and it was exactly the same as when they came in. It seemed like someone had cleaned up, and it was spotless, without a single drop of blood. Many members of the archaeological team had died in this very tomb, Di Liang remembered that at the time, it was chaotic, with mournful cries everywhere, some people's faces were burned, and there was a large amount of blood splattered everywhere.

  But now, there is nothing, as if everything was just a terrible nightmare he imagined.

  Di Liang's face turned pale, and Wen Baiyu said, "You'd better sit down and rest for a while."

  Di Liang nodded, he now clearly felt dizzy, had lost too much blood, couldn't afford to expend too much physical strength, so he sat down against the wall, his back leaning against the wall, panting heavily.

  Jiǔ Mìng also put down Xiao Hai, and Xiao Hai was beside Di Liang, half lying on the ground, still making crazy calls, his throat hoarse beyond recognition. Di Liang looked at him with a heavy heart, but Xiao Hai didn't recognize anyone, nor did he listen to Di Liang's words.

  Zou Chengyi said: "In the photo, Jianmu is in the female corpse's hand, so it must be opened, open the coffin."

  He said, and everyone else nodded in agreement, anyway it's already very strange, so what's wrong with being even stranger.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou took the shovel and inserted it into the coffin lid, Wen Bai Yu stood at the other end, also inserting the shovel into the coffin lid. The two people simultaneously moved the shovels and then used force to pry it open.

  "Crack..."

  A faint sound, the coffin was not sealed tightly, it had indeed been opened before, this point can be confirmed absolutely.

  Wen Baiyu looked up at Wan Jingshou, Wan Jingshou nodded, and the two of them simultaneously used force to push the coffin lid open.

  "Bang!" The lid slid open with a loud noise, and half of the coffin was exposed.

  "Hmm—"

  Everyone gasped in unison, and Wen Baiyu exclaimed in surprise: "Empty!?"

  There were countless burial objects in the coffin, all of which were perfectly intact. However, there was no corpse inside, not even a single bone fragment.

  Empty!

  Zou Cheng's eyes widened and he said, "There are no fragments of Jianmu."

  He said, slamming the coffin lid, "Damn it, where did he go!?"

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Wait a minute, you see, the mirror...'"

  He said, pointing at the coffin.

  A pile of burial objects in the coffin, in the huge coffin it's like a vast ocean, among the gaps of these burial objects, there is something reflecting light, which is a mirror.

  A mirror...

  There really is a mirror, Di Liang's teacher wasn't wrong.

  But this mirror lay quietly at the bottom of the coffin, without any movement, it's hard to imagine how the mirror eats people.

  "Glass? Did ancient times have glass mirrors?"

  Wen Baiyu shook her head and said, "It's not glass."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou and Wen Bai Yu used a spoon to scoop away the burial objects, and the mirror was revealed.

  A golden mirror, the overall shape is a three-legged golden crow, with a polished and smooth reflective surface in the middle, reflecting extremely clearly. However, it's obviously not a copper mirror. Under the dim longming lamp, the mirror emits a blue cold glow.

  This mirror is preserved very well, but in the lower left corner, a piece of the mirror surface has been knocked off.

  Zou Chengyi's lips trembled as he said, "It's a bone..."

  Wen Baiyu said: "The bones of your clansmen? What's the use of making a mirror out of them?"

  Zou Chengyi shook his head, and Wan Xiang Jinghou suddenly said in a low voice: "This mirror is not right."

  He said, stretching out his hand and pointing at the mirror, "Take a good look."

  Everyone gathered around to take a closer look, and the mirror reflected very clearly. However, something was off, because in addition to reflecting themselves, they also saw something else in the mirror...

  It is an island, a solitary island in the vast ocean, and this solitary island is covered with a glass.

  That glass cover is like a huge coffin, hiding the island inside.

  Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat and said: "The island... is in the mirror?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou nodded and said: "Perhaps the entire island is a tomb, and the glass cover that Xiao Hai mentioned earlier is a huge coffin."

  Jiuming's eyes widened and he said: "If we're all in the grave, aren't we just burial objects?"

  After finishing speaking, everyone fell silent.

  Those dried fish heads are pieced together from female corpses, always going out to sea to catch people, bringing them in as living sacrifices...

  Zou Chengyi said: "We must first find the female corpse, she has fragments of Jianmu on her hands, and then quickly leave here."

  Everyone nodded, this was the purpose of their trip.

  "Where did the female corpse go? Did she run away by herself or was she moved by the forensic team earlier? Ask Di Liang..."

  I see...

  Jiǔ Mìng said, turned his head around, and the words got stuck in his throat. Suddenly, he felt like he was going to grow needles in his eyes...

  Everyone who heard him suddenly stopped talking and turned their heads to look, and as a result, they all felt like they were going to grow needles in their eyes.

  Only to see Xiao Hai somehow struggled up from the ground, but his whole body was tied up and couldn't run away. Xiao Hai leaned into Di Liang's arms, lifted his head, and covered Di Liang's lips with his own.

  Di Liang was apparently taken aback, not expecting Xiao Hai to suddenly struggle over and kiss him.

  This time it wasn't just a simple touch, Xiao Hai used his lips to hold onto Di Liang's double lips, constantly rubbing against them, making gasping sounds in his throat, then opening his mouth and sticking out his small tongue, which drilled into Di Liang's mouth.

  Di Liang was even more shocked, trembling with his hands, and hugged Xiao Hai's waist.

  Xiao Hai's lips were pressed against Di Liang's, their tender tongues entwined as they sucked on each other's tongue tips. Xiao Hai's tongue slid along the base of Di Liang's tongue, and the saliva that they couldn't swallow in time flowed out from the corners of their mouths. The sound of their ragged breathing filled the air.

  Wan Kuang's face suddenly changed color, and he growled in a low voice: "Not good!"

  He said, rushing up quickly, grabbing Xiao Hai's shoulder and pulling him back.

  Xiaohai and Diliang parted ways immediately, Xiaohai's eyes were still filled with confusion, the corners of his mouth curled up in a sneer, and his throat made a low humming noise.

  Wen Baiyu immediately remembered that Xiao Hai was poisonous by nature. He had seen Xiao Hai sneak up on Di Liang twice before, and both times Xiao Hai would just lightly touch him with his lips and quickly run away. This was because not only did Xiao Hai's blood contain poison, but all of his bodily fluids were also toxic, just like the "longing bean", whose leaves were poisonous as well as its beans.

  Di Liang was now having difficulty breathing, he clutched at his chest with one hand, a greenish tint spreading across his face, his lips rapidly turning blue, clearly showing signs of poisoning. He began to cough violently, spitting out blood, instantly splattering it all over the ground...