Tomb raiding: following the plot while tearing up the script

Ah Ning didn't know what Wu Xie meant by that, so she just nodded randomly and went inside with a helper to find someone.

Wu Xie and Su Li squatted at the entrance, watching their movements.

Catching them one by one is too much trouble; they prefer to sell them in packages, including the jars.

Imagine a bizarrely ordinary dungeon where every space contains such a ceramic jar.

Just as the players were letting their guard down, one of them, out of nowhere, accidentally broke a ceramic jar...

Then the entire team was wiped out.

A bizarre dungeon where you either clear it without taking any damage or suffer a total wipeout...

Wow...

Stimulate!!!!

Player from the eerie world: Listen to me, thank you, because of you...

"Host, that's a great idea! I think we can sell the jars and the idea together. Let's go!!!"

The system was just about to announce the scores when Su Li's wild idea sparked a sudden burst of energy. This little blockhead's mischievous ideas are really coming out one after another! The system loves it!!! Hehehe...

When Aning and her men dragged out the only survivor, Lao Gao, they turned around and saw Su Li and the others jumping in like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

No, you weren't helping just now, and now that the people are out, why are you going back in?

Suddenly remembering Wu Xie's warning to him, he couldn't help but start to have doubts.

What were those pottery jars filled with—something deadly or something that could change one's fate?

Wu Xie was unaware that A Ning suspected him of trying to keep the treasure for himself; otherwise, he would have been very generous in rewarding her with a bowl of raw, pickled corpse beetle king to broaden her horizons.

The five men who had gone down into the cabin began examining the pottery jars in the cracked mud.

"Ding ding, a bizarre creature—a swarm of Corpse Beetle Kings (hidden version)—has been detected, along with a script from the host's imagination. It can be exchanged for 800000 points. Do you want to exchange?"

Hey!

The content in this side quest is almost as valuable as the main quest, the Qinling Sacred Tree.

Wu Xie took a picture of the painted patterns on several pottery jars, and then it was time for Su Li to pack and sell them.

"Hey, there's one here that's broken." Black Bear was looking at the exposed pottery jars in the corner when he spotted a broken one.

Judging from its appearance, it must have been broken by Lao Gao and his two companions when they entered this place.

Strangely, the Corpse Beetle King inside had disappeared, and Lao Gao and the others showed no signs of being affected.

That eerie, cold laugh just now was definitely related to the Corpse Beetle King horde. So, has a small group of Corpse Beetle Kings already slipped out to enjoy the world?

By the time Zuli had sold all the pottery jars and left the sunken ship that had been used to transport biological weapons, Aning had already settled Lao Gao into the car.

The team doctor only gave Lao Gao's injuries simple bandaging. The cause of the strange bloody gashes all over his stomach was still unknown, and he needed to return to the camp for further examination.

Ah Ning and the others were waiting for them in the car.

"Beep beep, a strange creature has been detected - Corpse Beetle King Larva (Egg) *98, redeemable for 980 points, do you want to redeem?"

Damn it! ! ! !

They initially thought they hadn't been infected, but it turns out they were being used as incubators.

"It's over, Lao Gao is doomed." Su Li whispered to Wu Xie.

Wu Xie and Lao Gao had a good chat on the way. They originally thought that Lao Gao was the only survivor among the three missing people. This time, without the siege of the Corpse Beetle King, Lao Gao should be able to survive.

Little did they know, it turned out that Lao Gao's fate was sealed the moment he entered the sinking ship.

The larvae have already hatched, and by now, Lao Gao's body is probably riddled with holes.

Wu Xie was silent for a moment, but could only sigh helplessly.

Old Gao was still clinging to life, occasionally letting out a painful groan, until the team doctor gave him an injection, at which point he gradually calmed down.

The two vehicles started driving back following the flashlight markers along the road, which was much easier to spot than Zaxi's damn pile of stones.

By the time they reached the first fork in the road, dawn had broken, and the faint light made the surrounding scenery a little clearer.

"Hey? There's a tiny red cloud over there," said the man in Ah Ning's car, pointing to the red cloud moving in front of them in surprise.

"Ah Ning, Ah Ning, immediately notify the camp that a Corpse Beetle King is heading towards the camp. Have everyone get into the vehicles and take cover. Do not have any contact with the Corpse Beetle King."

Wu Xie's urgent voice came from the radio. A Ning's heart tightened. Before she could ask Wu Xie for details about the Corpse Beetle King, she immediately picked up the walkie-talkie to contact Wu Lao Si.

The two vehicles then accelerated and sped towards the camp.

When they returned to the camp, they saw a swarm of small red insects attacking a vehicle in the distance, and several corpses with severely ulcerated skin lying on the ground.

Despite their timely notification, a few unruly individuals who preferred to be different still fell into the trap.

With their leader, Ah Ning, absent, this motley crew wasn't all under the control of Wu Lao Si, this cultured man.

All I can say is that if you don't court disaster, you'll suffer the consequences.

Perhaps sensing the presence of the larvae, the Corpse Beetle King, which was originally besieging the camp vehicles, turned around and surrounded A Ning's car.

Although there were only about a hundred flying insects, and they weren't as big as the corpse beetles in the Lu King's Palace back then, it was still quite terrifying when they swarmed together against the car window and made those eerie, cold laughs that they had been listening to for almost a whole night.

Suddenly, everyone present felt a tightness in their hearts as a strange pressure swept across the entire area. The Corpse Beetle King, which had been flying around trying to break through the car window defenses, seemed to have encountered its natural enemy and could no longer flap its wings, falling to the ground one by one.

To A Ning's astonishment, Lao Gao, who had been lying in the back seat, suddenly twitched and then fell silent.

The wound, which had been bandaged, began to bleed again. Something seemed to be wriggling under the gauze. The gauze was torn, and blood-red larvae rushed out of Lao Gao's body, landing stiffly to one side, motionless.

After Zhang Qiling released his oppressive aura, Su Li jumped out of the car, took away the Corpse Beetle King on the ground, and hurriedly opened the car door on A Ning's side.

All that came into view were the pale faces of Ah Ning and the others, the red larvae lying to the side, and Lao Gao's lifeless body.

There was no way to stop it; the corpse beetle king larvae had already hatched, and even if the larvae left, Lao Gao couldn't hold on any longer.

(Waaaaa X﹏X, I didn't mean to kill off Lao Gao. From the moment in the original story, when Lao Gao's clothes weren't torn but had countless small holes inside, it was already destined that Lao Gao would die.)