Tomb raiding: It all started with shocking the archaeological team.

In the blink of an eye, everything in the entire hall, including the pillars, the bluestone floor tiles and the walls, was covered with patches of green mold covered with fine fuzz.

The bronze artifacts and gold, silver and jade pieces that were previously blasted out of the Nine Dragons Golden Coffin were instantly corroded by the green mold, causing the gilding to fall off and the surface to be covered with a layer of dark green rust. All the dazzling gemstones and jade pieces also lost their original luster and became dull and lusterless.

It truly felt like an ancient plague had struck, leaving a dead zone wherever it spread!

Looking at the scene before him and smelling the indescribable musty and rotten odor permeating the air, Chen Yibai was certain that this was not an illusion, but reality, so the Tomb Raider Seal was completely useless here.

The evil technique that the Lonely Ancestor uses to control the plague is truly vicious and ruthless!

Moreover, this plague is not only extremely deadly and contagious, but more importantly, it is also highly corrosive, capable of destroying almost anything.

Chen Yibai quickly looked down at the bluestone floor tiles under his feet, which were covered with a layer of mold and looked just like a layer of moss.

Although it is not yet certain whether this plague can be transmitted through the air, we have already witnessed its terrifying corrosiveness.

So even if you're wearing shoes, it's no use. The entire hall is covered in mold, like a poisonous cave, with nowhere to hide and nowhere to avoid it.

Unless you can float in the air like the Lonely Star Ancestor!

This is obviously nonsense; it's impossible for the body to float. Only the soul can float.

So, before the soles of his shoes were corroded, Chen Yibai's first thought was to get out of there as soon as possible!

If we wait until the soles of our shoes are corroded by the plague, then we'll probably have to blow out the candles and wax right here.

However, just as Chen Yibai was about to turn around and move away, a hysterical scream suddenly came from the foreign mercenaries. All the mercenaries, just like the black man who had been infected with the plague, first started to emit black smoke as if their bodies were spontaneously combusting for no reason. After their clothes were corroded, their exposed skin began to ulcerate and swell with pustules...

Anyone who is infected with this terrifying plague will surely die!

It seems these foreign mercenaries really have become a 'one-day trip'.

However, Chen Yibai noticed that the rubber-soled combat boots worn by the foreign mercenaries were not corroded by the plague virus first.

In other words, the plague did not spread from the feet to the body first.

It seems this plague is not as simple as we thought; there must be other insidious ways it spreads!

Chen Yibai immediately realized something was wrong. He quickly stopped moving and shouted at Yan Xuefei, "Don't move! Stay where you are!"

On Yan Xuefei's side, after seeing all the foreign mercenaries she had brought abandon her and defect, and looking at the terrifying mold covering the main hall, she was also preparing to run away.

Upon seeing that all the foreign mercenaries had been infected with the plague without warning and upon hearing Chen Yibai's shout, she immediately straightened up, subconsciously withdrew her foot that was about to step out, and looked at Chen Yibai nervously, asking loudly, "Captain Chen, what's going on? How did they get infected with the plague?"

It seems that Yan Xuefei is quite intelligent, as she also noticed from those mercenaries that the transmission route of this plague was very unusual.

Although Yan Xuefei didn't know, judging from Chen Yibai's tone, he seemed to have figured something out.

Yan Xuefei almost forgot about Captain Chen beside her. After all, he was a descendant of the tomb raiders who knew everything from astronomy to geography, was proficient in Yin and Yang and the Eight Trigrams, and could use all sorts of Yin and Yang secret techniques at will!

Therefore, Yan Xuefei placed all her hopes on Chen Yibai.

On the other hand, Chen Yibai received a prepayment of 50 million, which, in a sense, means he was employed by their Shending Group.

Chen Yibai looked down at his uncorroded sneakers again, and recalling everything that had just happened, his mind raced, and he had a rough idea of ​​what had happened.

To confirm his suspicions, Chen Yibai looked at the mold-covered pillar next to him, frowned deeply, and considered for a few seconds before steeling himself and reaching out to touch it with his finger.

Yan Xuefei was startled by Chen Yibai's unusual behavior. She was about to speak to stop him, but Chen Yibai's hand had already touched her.

To Yan Xuefei's surprise, when Chen Yibai touched the mold on the palace pillar, he showed no signs of being infected with the plague.

Looking at the green mold spots on his fingers, Chen Yibai's guess was confirmed: "This is not an ordinary plague, but a sword plague that spreads only through metal!"

As mentioned before, plague is a type of transmissible bacterial virus.

In ancient times, the most common disease was rat plague, which was spread by bacteria and viruses parasitizing rats. There were also similar diseases such as chicken plague and canine plague.

But plagues do not necessarily only parasitize and spread in living organisms.

Legend has it that during the ancient times of the Investiture of the Gods, the Plague Emperor Haotian, who was in charge of plagues in the Three Realms, possessed a magical artifact called the 'Plague-Pointing Sword'.

This finger plague sword does not kill people, but it is an extremely yin and evil magic weapon that can spread sword plague, causing the opponent's magic weapon to become infected like an animal. At best, the magic weapon will malfunction; at worst, it will be directly corrupted!

Just now, those five foreign mercenaries were infected with the plague simply by pulling on the anchor hook steel cable.

As for the foreign mercenaries who ran away, their apparent poisoning was actually due to stepping on fragments of bronze vessels contaminated with plague.

These all fit the characteristics of 'Sword Plague'.

In other words, the green mold that covers the hall is not toxic when it comes into direct contact with the skin, but once it comes into contact with metal, whether it is gold, silver, copper, iron, or an alloy, it will produce a plague!

As for why this Old Ancestor Guchen could spread the Sword Plague without the Plague-Pointing Sword in his possession, that remains uncertain for now.

However, it cannot be ruled out that he is a disciple or grand-disciple of the Plague Emperor Haotian.

It might also be related to the Divine Pearl that houses his essence and soul.

Moreover, if the Old Ancestor Guchen really had the Plague-Pointing Sword at this moment, then it wouldn't be a matter of first covering the entire hall with mold and then sticking metal on it to produce plague.

Instead, with each swing of the sword, all the metal on his body was directly infected with the sword plague, producing a plague poison. Even the plague poison produced by a small earring could be instantly fatal!

"A sword plague that spreads only through metal?"

Upon hearing Chen Yibai's words, Yan Xuefei's brows furrowed in surprise. Although she had never heard of the term "Sword Plague" before, upon careful reflection, it seemed that, as Chen Yibai had said, this plague only spread through metal.