System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

"Stop! What's that sound?!"

Upon hearing the sound, Xie Xiaohua immediately stopped all her movements and listened intently.

Others had similar reactions, but because they weren't as proficient in music theory as Jie Xiaohua, they were a beat slower in their reactions.

Xie Xiaohua was a student of Er Yuehong, and in addition to his iron egg, he also surpassed his master in opera.

"This music seems to be conveying some kind of message..."

His words had barely left his mouth when the sound abruptly stopped.

After a while, the sound started again, and then stopped abruptly once more.

"Xiaohua, did you figure out what was going on?"

Xie Xiaohua shook her head: "The ancient city of Gutongjing was destroyed. Even if the wind rises again and makes a sound, it will be like an intestinal obstruction. It will stop at the crucial moment and you won't be able to hear anything. However, it may be related to an alternative way of achieving immortality."

"An alternative way to achieve immortality?"

Zhang Hao asked in confusion.

"Uncle, it's the kind of thing you mentioned, where one's consciousness takes over another person's body to gain immortality."

"Ah."

Zhang Hao had just heard the sound of the ancient Tongjing music, but perhaps because he didn't understand music theory, he didn't understand anything about it.

He never imagined that Gutongjing would also have information about that kind of longevity method.

If one could hear the complete piece of music, one would likely receive more information from God, including a possible way to kill Him.

However, to hear the complete music, the ancient city of Gutongjing needs to be fully restored, and the passages in the surrounding mountains need to be opened up.

This task was far too difficult for them, and could even be considered an impossible mission.

Suddenly, Zhang Hao remembered that there was a dragon around. If it were there, things would be much easier.

In addition, there are the cave-dwelling scale armor, which can easily solve any obstacles you encounter.

In other words, all we need to do is find those passages that are connected to the ancient city of Tongjing and open them up.

Besides these, we can also take advantage of the Wang family members in the base. If we spare their lives and let them work together to restore the ancient city of Gutongjing, we can hear the complete music and uncover its secrets.

However, according to the information available, the wind in Gutongjing is not always present; it only blows at specific times.

Now is the time when the wind is picking up, and if you miss it, you'll have to wait a long time.

In other words, time is running out, and we must restore this enormous musical instrument, Gutongjing, as soon as possible.

……

Zhang Hao and his group waited in place for about half an hour, but the music stopped playing. So they continued walking towards the coffin bed in the middle.

The coffin on the coffin bed was enormous, and the coffin below it was even larger, about the size of a basketball court.

Zhang Hao and the others walked onto the coffin bed and were shocked to see the coffin, which was almost as big as the bed itself.

"Who could be buried inside such a large coffin?"

"Could it be the city lord of Gutongjing?"

"No, inside is that dead dragon."

"Uncle, why are you so sure that the corpse inside is that of a dragon?"

Zhang Hao smiled. Just as he approached, a system notification sounded in his mind, indicating that a dragon had been buried there—the very dragon that fought for the ancient city of Tongjing and ultimately perished.

"Click, click, click..."

Just then, the entire tomb began to shake violently. Cracks appeared all around the tomb, including the ceiling, walls, and floor, as if something was trying to crawl out of it.

Soon they saw vines as thick as telephone poles creeping in from all directions.

"It's a nine-headed hydra cypress!"

"Without the suppression of those radioactive Buddha statues, their range of activity has continued to expand, and they have already caused damage here!"

"Uncle, what should we do? At this rate, we won't find the Wang family's secret base before it's destroyed by the Hydra Cypress."

Zhang Hao smiled and said, "It's alright. What do you think is the reason why Gutongjing still exists after so many years and hasn't been completely destroyed? Along the way, I discovered that important underground areas of Gutongjing have been coated with that kind of radioactive material, and the Nine-Headed Cypress doesn't dare to get close to it."

"So that's how it is. No wonder my uncle wasn't worried at all."

Before they could finish speaking, the nine-headed cypress trees had already retreated.

He had just used sound waves to locate and probe the area above the tomb chamber, which was one of the passageways that formed a musical instrument with the ancient city.

However, this passage was initially blocked, and the strong winds were obstructed, causing serious damage to the feng shui of the area. This allowed the Hydra Cypress to find a way in and enter through the area damaged by the strong winds.

However, the materials used to build the tomb also contained radioactive substances that could suppress the Hydra Cypress, and the cypresses immediately retreated upon sensing them.

"Woooooooo..."

At that moment, the music that had just disappeared started playing again, and everyone could clearly feel a strong wind blowing through the passageway above their heads.

At the same time, the entire tomb chamber began to shake again, like an earthquake, and the shaking became more and more intense.

As the tremors began, the tomb chamber started to sway precariously, and it was in danger of collapsing at any moment.

"Oh no! The tomb is about to collapse! We have to get out of here right now!"

"But the coffin hasn't been opened yet! There must be a lot of treasures inside such a big coffin!"

"Fatty, is your life more important or your treasure?"

"Of course, life is more important. I can tell the difference. Let's run!"

"Crawl in through that crack over there!"

Zhang Hao used sonic localization to find a crack that connected to other places, and pointed at the crack and shouted.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately rushed toward the crack he pointed to.

Before leaving, Zhang Hao placed his hand on the huge stone coffin and, with a thought, stored the entire coffin into his storage space.

Then it burst into high speed and caught up.

Before entering the crevice, the fat man looked back one last time with lingering reluctance.

The enormous stone coffin had long since disappeared.

"What happened? How did such a large coffin suddenly disappear?"

Zhang Hao patted Fatty on the shoulder: "Fatty, what are you muttering about? We need to get out of here."

"Oh."

The fat man responded and quickened his pace.

The tremors stopped shortly after Zhang Hao and his group rushed into the crevice.

So they slowed down, and everyone was panting heavily.

"What a pity! Whatever's inside that coffin would be priceless!"

"Yes, even if we can't take it with us, it would be worth it to see it. It's a pity we didn't even have time to open it and take a look."

"Many parts of the cracks have collapsed, and we can't go back at all!"

……

Zhang Hao couldn't help but smile when he heard everyone's discussion. If they knew that he had brought the coffin out, their expressions would probably be quite interesting.

The group walked a few hundred meters more through the crevice before reaching the end.

The fat man, carrying a flashlight, walked at the front of the group, then suddenly stepped back.

"Fatty, what's wrong?"

"There were hordes of black-haired snakes in front of us; I was terrified when they suddenly appeared!"

"is it?"

Zhang Hao stepped forward and saw that at the end of the crack was a room arranged like a laboratory, filled with four or five layers of shelves.

The shelves were full of glass tanks and jars, all filled with black hairy snake larvae, which were indeed a bit creepy at first glance.

"Everyone, keep it down. This must be the Wang family's secret experimental base!"