System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

"What hell is there? Have you all forgotten how you got into the Yi family's treasure vault?"

Zhang Hao clearly remembered that the situation was similar when Yi Sa led them into the Yi family's treasure vault.

At the time, he also used sound wave localization but could not find anything unusual.

Only with Yi Sa guiding the ancestral tablet can one enter the treasure vault through the so-called waterway.

The situation in the tomb passage should be similar at this point. The tortoise shell is equivalent to the ancestral tablet of the three-surname water demon, and it is the key to open the spatial passage.

The tomb of the Khmer king was actually built in an overlapping space, and could only be entered by burning tortoise shells to open a spatial passage.

After Zhang Hao reminded her, Yi Sa was the first to realize what was happening.

She pointed to the tortoise shell and said, "You mean it has the same function as the ancestral tablet, and can guide us?"

Wu Tianzhen, Fatty, and Ding Yudie weren't stupid either; they understood what was going on from Zhang Hao and Yi Sa's conversation.

The fat man slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "That's great! This ancient tomb is built in such a secluded place, it must have never been robbed before, there must be a lot of treasures inside, let's go in quickly!"

Zhang Hao nodded and had the fat man hold up the burning tortoise shell, leading everyone to push open the tomb door and go inside.

The moment they stepped through the tomb door, the scene changed, and they found themselves in a huge tomb chamber.

The tomb chamber was very empty, with nothing inside. Looking up at the sky, all one could see was a chaotic expanse, as if the tomb chamber were infinitely high.

"Fatty, you can turn off the tortoise shell now."

"okay."

The fat man responded and blew out the tortoise shell in one breath.

As the tortoise shell went out and the flashlight beam shone into the tomb, everything that everyone saw changed again.

The tomb chamber was still large, but no longer empty.

In the middle is a passageway inlaid with various gems, and on both sides of the passageway are countless paper soldiers neatly arranged.

These soldiers were all incredibly lifelike, just like real people. Not only were they different in height and weight, but even the expressions on their faces were different.

The surrounding walls are covered with murals that take up the entire wall.

"Naive! Quickly take a look at what's depicted in the murals!"

The fat man walked to a wall and called out to Wu Tianzhen.

Wu Tianzhen walked over quickly and shone her flashlight on the mural to examine it carefully.

"The Khmer Empire used to be just an ordinary tribe that was suppressed and oppressed by the surrounding tribes. One day, the daughter of the tribal chief was captured by other tribes and threatened to force the tribal chief to submit."

The tribal chief summoned water cockroaches to fight for him at the cost of burning his lifespan.

The water cockroach was easily defeated by the enemy.

Then the tribal chief summoned a type of seashell with human hands that could explode to fight, but it failed again.

Perhaps his fatherly love moved the heavens, who bestowed upon him an army of 100,000 paper figures.

He finally defeated the enemy and rescued his daughter.

But by this time, his daughter had become a man-eating monster.

In the years that followed, the tribal chief, with the help of his daughter, defeated all the surrounding tribes and established the Khmer Empire.

The leader's daughter also gained great prestige and was respectfully called the Khmer Princess.

Just when everyone thought the Khmer Empire would get better and better, a disaster struck.

The Khmer princess summoned a group of monsters just like her, with human skin and a life of devouring living people.

Once a person is swallowed, they will be digested by the monster instantly.

To prevent the Khmer princess from causing further harm, the Khmer king sacrificed himself to seal her away.

"This is ridiculous! Doesn't he have an army of 100,000 paper dolls? How could he be afraid of a few monsters?"

The fat man immediately thought that the artist had exaggerated the Khmer king's achievements.

Wu Tianzhen also thought that what the fat man said made sense.

"That's true. In order to sing praises, the ancients would indeed deliberately embellish and exaggerate some things."

Before Wu Tianzhen could finish speaking, she suddenly noticed a commotion behind her.

He turned around and saw that the countless paper soldiers in the tomb had all come to life at some point. They were all turning around, their spears aimed at him.

"what……"

Wu Tianzhen let out a scream.

Thousands upon thousands of spears instantly turned him into a hedgehog.

Blood gushed from the wound, and he felt all his strength rapidly draining away. His body grew colder and colder, and soon he lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground, dying instantly.

"Naive, wake up."

Wu Tianzhen winced in pain and slowly opened her eyes.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Zhang Hao, Fatty, Yi Sa, and Ding Yudie surrounding her, all with worried expressions.

"Where am I? Am I already dead?"

"What do you mean 'die'? With Brother Zhang Hao here, how could he let you die?"

Wu Tianzhen had just regained consciousness, her mind still a complete mess, not knowing what had happened.

He rubbed his head and turned to look at the paper soldiers in the tomb.

Those paper soldiers were still standing there perfectly fine; they hadn't come back to life at all.

Connecting this to what he had just experienced, he finally understood what had happened.

"Uncle, was I hallucinating just now?"

Zhang Hao nodded: "That's right, those murals can cause hallucinations. You were explaining the content of the murals at the beginning, but you lost focus as soon as you started talking."

"That's not right. Tianzhen and I both looked at the murals, so why am I fine but Tianzhen is?"

The fat guy had been helping Wu Tianzhen keep things lit, so how come he's fine while Wu Tianzhen is in trouble?

"It's possible that the content of the murals gave people some kind of suggestion, causing them to hallucinate."

Yi Sa explained, "I've encountered this kind of thing before."

"Ah."

Wu Tianzhen nodded, then stood up by supporting herself with her hands on the ground.

He stuck out his tongue and licked the corner of his mouth. It tasted fishy and salty, and he immediately realized that Zhang Hao had saved him with his blood.

"Uncle, thank you."

"It's alright. Who else would I save if not you, since you're my nephew? Are you alright now? If you're alright, then keep going."

Seeing that Wu Tianzhen had recovered, Zhang Hao walked into the ancient tomb.

As he walked into the passage and passed through the numerous paper soldiers, he couldn't help but feel a shiver run through him.

"It seems we've all been wrong. These paper soldiers aren't made of paper, but rather human skin puppets sewn together."

Zhang Hao didn't notice it at first, but he realized it when he got closer.

All the paper figures were sewn from human skin, and the needle holes and threads on the surface were clearly visible.

Upon hearing that it was a human skin puppet, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

There are at least several thousand, if not tens of thousands, of these human skin figurines displayed in the tomb.

Each human skin puppet kills one person, so that means thousands of people were killed.

"The Khmer king was too ruthless. No wonder the country was destroyed. I think he killed the country and brought it down!"

"The ancients were foolish; they didn't value the lives of ordinary people."

Zhang Hao walked ahead alone, observing the human skin figurines as he went.

He always felt that the human skin figurines were not as simple as they appeared on the surface.

Otherwise, his body wouldn't send out warning signals of danger.

Suddenly, a system notification sounded in its mind.

[Ding! Special item detected: Green Cicada Insect.]