System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

[Ding, command received, fusion initiation.]

As the system notification sounded, the collapsed piece of leather instantly expanded and enveloped Zhang Hao inside.

It then transformed into countless tiny molecules that entered his body and merged with it.

[Ding, congratulations host, 23rd fusion complete. Fusion item: Green Cicada Insect.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have acquired the fusion item's trait: Telepathy (You can mark any person and sense their location regardless of distance).]

The ability gained from fusing with the Green Cicada is indeed this, but compared to the Green Cicada's ability, telepathy is better.

You can mark them according to your own wishes, without having to distinguish between mother insects and daughter insects, and you don't even need to use green cicada larvae, saving you the trouble of cultivating green cicada larvae.

While telepathy may seem like a useless skill, it can actually play a very important role in specific situations.

In addition, the Qingfu insect is a special item; fusing it can accelerate the evolution of the Qilin bloodline.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on fusing with the special item, the Azure Fly Insect. Bloodline evolution progress +1, Tier 1 evolution progress (3/20).]

Upgrading the Qilin bloodline to Tier 2 requires fusing 20 special items, and there's still some distance to go before advancing.

Zhang Hao glanced at the attribute panel again; there were still 8 fusion attempts left.

In addition, the All Things Fusion System only needs to be fused 7 more times to upgrade.

The first system upgrade unlocks a new feature called exploration, which can discover special items within a certain range.

I wonder what new features will be added in the second upgrade; I'm really looking forward to it.

The remaining attempts are more than enough to upgrade the system to level 2, but we lack suitable fusion items.

Every fusion attempt is precious, and Zhang Hao wants to maximize the benefits.

Furthermore, he wasn't in a hurry to upgrade the system. He didn't plan to fuse anything for the time being, and it wouldn't be too late to fuse things after he obtained items with special abilities.

After fusing with the Qingfu insect, Zhang Hao quickly took a few steps to catch up with the group, walking discreetly within the ranks.

With a thought, he imprinted an invisible mark on Wu Tianzhen's body.

In an instant, he established a connection with Wu Tianzhen, and even with his eyes closed, he could clearly sense Wu Tianzhen's location without using any methods.

Telepathy is truly amazing.

Zhang Hao then imprinted the mark on Fatty, Yi Sa, and Ding Yudie.

The moment they are marked, they will establish a connection with Zhang Hao, and Zhang Hao can clearly sense the location of everyone.

If you don't want to know someone's location, it's very simple; with a thought, you can remove the mark from someone else's body.

The group passed through the passage in the middle of the human skin figurines and arrived at the other side of the tomb chamber.

There is a stone door here, and outside the door is a passageway. It is pitch black in the distance, and you can't see anything.

“The Khmer king’s tomb is eerie in every way, so I’ll go first.”

Zhang Hao quickly walked a few steps to the front of the line.

His body had been warning him of danger ever since he entered the Khmer royal tomb.

When the green-fly worm appeared, it was initially thought to be a green-fly worm.

However, even after dealing with the green worms, the warning signals from his body did not subside, meaning that what made him sense the danger was something else.

As they ventured deeper into the Khmer king's tomb, the warnings from their bodies grew stronger.

Zhang Hao was very curious about what terrifying things were in the Khmer king's tomb that made him instinctively feel danger and his body constantly sending warning signals.

Passing through the passage in the middle of the human skin figurines, one exits the tomb chamber and enters the corridor.

No sooner had I stepped inside than I heard two loud bangs.

Suddenly, two fist-sized stone spheres burning with flames emerged from the walls on either side of the passageway.

The stone ball rolled into the ditches on both sides of the passageway, and with a "boom," it ignited the oil inside, burning fiercely and illuminating the entire passageway.

The passageway was not wide to begin with, and a row of human skin figurines was placed on both sides, leaving only a narrow passage in the middle.

When Zhang Hao and his group walked through the middle, it felt like they were being stared at by those human-skinned terracotta warriors, sending chills down their spines.

"Why do you think the Khmer kings were so fond of human skin figurines?"

"Wasn't it previously speculated that it was for raising caterpillars?"

"That's true, but I still think things aren't that simple. If they were raising Qingfu insects, why was there only one? All the human skin figurines in the tomb, including those in the passageway, should be Qingfu insects."

As he spoke, the fat man took the dagger in his hand and stabbed it into the human skin puppet next to him.

"Fuck!"

These human skin figurines were just like paper figures; the fat man punctured a large hole in them.

The fat man has become smarter now; he no longer attacks directly but uses a dagger instead, because he's afraid of drawing blood and attracting monsters like the Green Cicada.

As he walked, the fat man kept digging into the bodies; they were all ordinary human skin puppets, not a single green-skinned insect.

The fat man took a step forward, and his hand holding the dagger instinctively stabbed into the human skin puppet.

The moment he made his move, the human skin puppet suddenly moved and grabbed the fat man's wrist.

The fat man reflexively pulled his hand back, but failed to break free.

"Holy crap, how did this thing come back to life? And it's so strong!"

Before he finished speaking, all the human skin puppets in the passageway suddenly opened their eyes and approached Zhang Hao and his group step by step.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Hao and his group were surrounded by a group of human skin puppets.

Wu Tianzhen rubbed her eyes and turned to look at Zhang Hao.

"Uncle, this isn't a hallucination, is it? It feels so real!"

Zhang Hao nodded; it was certainly not a hallucination.

These human skin figurines have truly come back to life.

Just as the human skin puppet came to life, a strong stench of corpses filled the air.

Zhang Hao was very familiar with this smell; he first smelled it when the three people who suddenly appeared in the Lu Palace first came to him.

This is not the usual stench of a corpse; it is a peculiar smell emanating from a body that has been possessed by the soul of another person.

In other words, the reason these human skin puppets came to life was because the consciousness of some people was attached to them.

Zhang Hao never imagined that such a thing would exist in the Khmer king's tomb in Southeast Asia.

This means that these gods who achieve immortality by possessing the bodies of others are not only found in the Great Xia Kingdom, but are found all over the world.

"Roar!"

One of the human-skin puppets let out a strange roar, and all the other human-skin puppets stopped and raised their spears, aiming at the location where Zhang Hao and his group were.

Suddenly, with a loud "boom," the spear in the human skin puppet's hand burst into flames.

"Roar!"

At this moment, the human skin puppet that had roared at the beginning roared again.

As if receiving a command, all the human skin puppets in the passageway simultaneously unleashed their flaming spears, aiming them at Zhang Hao and his companions.

The passageway was already narrow, and it was further encroached upon by human skin figurines.

There was nowhere to dodge; everyone had no choice but to take the attacks head-on.