System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

"Holy crap, so many human bones! How many people died?!"

Only after Zhang Hao reminded him did the fat man notice the human bones under the coral tree.

Zhang Hao smiled and said, "Not many, it looks like there are at most a dozen or so."

Those who can enter the Coral Tree tomb are all elites, and the fact that more than a dozen elites died here is enough to illustrate the danger of the Coral Tree.

The fat man withdrew his hand, which was halfway outstretched, and walked around the coral tree.

"Brother Zhang Hao, there are no traps or anything like that here, so how did those people die down there?"

"The mechanism is like the bells on the tree. Once touched, it will emit a soul-stirring sound. At best, it will cause people to fall into a hallucination; at worst, it will cause them to lose consciousness and memory and become just an empty shell."

"hiss……"

The fat man gasped and quickly took a few steps back, not daring to get too close to the coral tree.

"The person who designed this mechanism is so malicious! With such a treasure as red coral right here, who could resist touching it?"

He's right; that's precisely the brilliance of those who built the shipwreck tomb.

The danger came not only from the organization itself, but also from his grasp of human nature.

"Uncle, how do you know all this? You talk as if you've seen it all yourself?"

Wu Tianzhen asked curiously.

"I wrote it down after seeing it in an ancient book."

Zhang Hao casually said, "There's a passage behind the coral tree that leads to another tomb chamber. Let's go take a look."

After saying that, he went around behind the coral tree and through the passage to another tomb chamber.

As soon as I entered the passage, I saw a familiar figure. It was A Ning, who had separated from the group after entering the shipwreck tomb.

At this moment, she lay on the ground like a walking corpse, her hair disheveled.

"It's Aning."

Wu Tianzhen noticed A Ning and immediately rushed over to help her up, gently patting her cheek.

"A-Ning, wake up."

After being patted more than a dozen times, Ah Ning slowly opened her eyes.

"Where is this and why am I here?"

"Ah Ning, you really don't remember?"

Ah Ning frowned: "I only remember seeing a coral tree covered with bronze bells in a tomb chamber, and then hearing a strange sound. I don't remember what happened after that."

Upon hearing this, the fat man let out a deep breath.

"This must be a side effect of touching the hexagonal bell; she doesn't remember anything."

Zhang Hao nodded; Ah Ning's behavior was indeed like that.

Logically, touching the hexagonal bell should have erased all her memories, but something unexpected happened, causing her to only lose part of her memories.

Suddenly, Zhang Hao thought of a possibility: perhaps she hadn't touched the bell at all, and was just pretending to carry out a task assigned by her boss.

As for the specifics of the task, that remains unknown, but the fact that she's waiting here suggests that the task is not yet complete.

Zhang Hao didn't expose her, but simply had the fat man keep an eye on her, knowing that any movement she made would reveal the purpose of their trip.

"Fat man."

Zhang Hao called out and whispered in his ear, "Keep an eye on her. If she does anything rash, you'd better watch out."

The fat man nodded knowingly.

As the group walked through the passage, they were all stunned into silence when the light shone on the tomb chamber at the end.

Inside is a spherical tomb chamber, with the central part being at least 20 to 30 meters high, and the lowest part on both sides being 2 to 3 meters high.

The entire tomb chamber was supported by only a few beams and pillars.

The dome at the top resembles an inverted bowl, and is inlaid with many pearls of different sizes.

In each of the four corners of the tomb chamber, there is a huge bronze mirror with a diameter of over one meter, which reflects the light emitted by the pearl to all parts of the tomb chamber.

The center is occupied by a palace model that is ten meters long and ten meters wide.

When the light shone on it, it flashed with golden light.

"My God, it's made of gold!"

"Such a large model must have used tens of thousands of kilograms of gold!"

"Who exactly is the owner of this tomb, that they would spend so much money on it?"

……

With so much gold, it would be hard for even the fat man, let alone Zhang Hao, not to be tempted.

The fat man rushed inside the moment he spotted the model of the Golden Palace.

He rushed to the palace model and stroked it with a look of affection.

"It's a pity there's so much gold; Fatty can only take a portion with him."

As he spoke, he took out a dagger and prepared to cut off the protruding part of the palace model and take it away.

"Fatty, stop."

"Tianzhen, what's wrong?"

"Fatty, you're planning to destroy such an exquisite and massive palace model?"

"Naive. The whole model is so big, and gold is so heavy. You definitely can't take the whole thing out."

"Even if you can't take it out of the country, you can't destroy it; it's a national treasure."

Zhang Hao chuckled and chimed in, "Fatty, Tianzhen is right. It would be such a waste to destroy such a national treasure. Besides, the little bit of gold you cut off isn't even worth as much as any random antique in the tomb, so why bother?"

That's what they say, but in reality, the Golden Palace model is magnificent and grand. Although it's just a model, seeing it makes you feel like you're actually there.

Such a treasure is something that others can't take out, but it's no problem for Zhang Hao.

So how could he allow the fat man to ruin it?

Since Zhang Hao had spoken up, the fat man naturally listened and stopped trying to get his hands on the Golden Palace model.

"Sasa. Can you smell anything?"

As soon as Ding Yudie entered the tomb chamber, she asked Yi Sa.

"Humph!"

Yi Sa sniffed twice and nodded: "That's right, it smells almost the same as me."

Ding Yudie was overjoyed upon hearing this: "That means we're on the right track!"

Yi Sa and Ding Yudie came to the underwater tomb to look for clues. It seems they are very close to finding the clues, otherwise they wouldn't be so excited.

In addition, the so-called smell on Yi Sa was actually the smell of a corpse.

Zhang Hao smelled it the first time he met her.

This smell is unique to people whose bodies have been possessed by the consciousness of others.

It was only because Yi Sa, Ding Yudie, and their generation encountered an accident when their bodies were taken over by the people behind their families that they were able to retain their consciousness while gaining special abilities.

Previously at the Lu Palace, Zhang Hao and his group smelled this scent first, and then the three people appeared.

The reappearance of that smell in the tomb means that, besides them, there are other people whose bodies have been possessed by the consciousness of others.

"Everyone, be careful!"

Zhang Hao slowly approached, following the direction from which the stench of the corpse was coming.

He soon discovered that in the very center of the golden palace model sat a mummified corpse dressed in official robes, its entire body pitch black.

The stench was coming from the mummified corpse.

As soon as Zhang Hao approached, the mummified corpse suddenly opened its eyes and glared at him fiercely.