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

In the center of this square area, which covers approximately one square kilometer, the ancient temple also occupies a very large area. Although it is magnificent and imposing, it is not very tall, with its highest point only approaching twenty meters.

Furthermore, the rampant growth of vines has covered the area, which is why it has been able to evade satellites and remain hidden here for thousands of years, even without the dense foliage of towering trees!

From above, this place appears to be an ordinary, pristine tropical rainforest landscape. Only by experiencing it firsthand can one witness its mysterious true nature.

Meanwhile, inside the police task force meeting room.

Leaders from all departments were extremely excited as they watched the live broadcast.

This certainly includes Wang Haichuan!

As an archaeology expert and professor, discovering such a large-scale structure in the country's tropical rainforest is no less significant than the police cracking a world-shaking case!

Furthermore, this site has greater archaeological value than the previous Qishan Kangwang Tomb.

Because the Qishan Kangwang Tomb is at most a study of the history and culture of a rather mysterious vassal state of the Shang Dynasty.

And this place might be a mysterious culture buried by the long river of history!

Therefore, there is absolutely no comparability between the two.

"Mr. Liu! Should we take action now? We've identified our target location and can airdrop directly there!"

At this moment, a team leader in the meeting room looked at Liu Shi and asked a question.

Liu Shi was thinking about this as well. Now that the target location had been determined, the Tianxing Society was definitely here. He could simply send a large number of police officers down to make arrests.

Closing the net as soon as possible can prevent the Tianxing gang from damaging the ancient temple and cultural relics.

Just as Liu Shi hesitated and was about to give the order to close the net, something unexpected happened in the live broadcast room.

Chen Yibai had only taken a few steps forward when he seemed to suddenly realize something was wrong. He abruptly stopped and used his sword to cut off a dark vine blocking his way.

From a first-person perspective during the live stream.

After Chen Yibai severed the dark vine with his sword, a sap that looked like blood flowed from the cut.

And following the severed vine branches, looking down at the roots of the black vine, they were shocked to see a corpse beneath the roots!

Strictly speaking, it should be a mummified corpse, and the roots of the black vines grew out of the body of this mummified corpse, just like a sweet potato, sprouting and growing vines all over its body.

One of the thickest black vine roots was as thick as an arm, and it grew right out of the mummy's gaping mouth, making the mummy's entire face extremely distorted, terrifying and horrifying!

This has far exceeded the dangers that should exist in a primeval tropical rainforest.

It's like a scene from an extreme horror sci-fi movie.

So Liu Shi was about to give the order to close the net, but he quickly swallowed his words and turned to Professor Wang Haichuan beside him, asking in a questioning tone, "Professor Wang, do you know what's going on here?"

At this moment, Wang Haichuan was also shocked and dumbfounded. At the same time, he was cursing Liu Shi for being so clueless about social etiquette. Asking this question in front of so many people, wasn't he deliberately trying to embarrass me?

If I had known what was going on, I wouldn't be sitting here watching the live stream with you guys.

Didn't you just post about the carnival? You're a level 20 die-hard fan, why don't you just ask Captain Chen in the live chat!

Liu Shi seemed to have seen through Wang Haichuan's thoughts, and to avoid embarrassment, he quickly asked the main question: "Professor Wang, do you think now is the right time to close the net?"

You've asked the right person.

Wang Haichuan shook his head without hesitation, his expression serious and his tone firm: "President Liu, now is not the right time. The dangers of this place far exceed our control..."

Wang Haichuan is arguably the most qualified to speak on this matter.

Once they go, no matter how many police officers are sent, they will definitely be a burden to Captain Chen!

The more you go, the more severely you drag your team down!

Wang Haichuan had experience with this burden before, and was quite experienced in it...

"Ok!"

Liu Shi didn't say anything more, just gave a soft "hmm" and continued watching the live broadcast on the big screen with a serious expression.

Chen Yibai raised his sword again and slashed at the mummified corpse's neck, simultaneously severing the arm-thick black vine root growing from the corpse's mouth.

After the mummified corpse's head and vine roots were severed, you could see that some of the surrounding branches instantly withered and died, and the leaves fell off, as if it had life and then died.

Strictly speaking, these black vines growing from the mummies do indeed have 'life'; they are the life of the mummies.

Chen Yibai sheathed his sword and said calmly, "This can also be considered a kind of Gu technique called Blood-Eating Vine. First, you have to give someone a special vine seed that has strong resistance to corrosion and stomach acid. Normally, if the food a person eats is not digested, it will be excreted through the lower passage. However, by forcibly blocking the anus with an anal plug, the vine seed along with the filth will be trapped in the stomach and then take root and sprout inside the body!"

However, the process of the seed taking root and sprouting inside the body is very long, ranging from ten days to half a month to a whole month. During this period, the person must be fed a lot of food to ensure that the body is well-nourished, but the person must not die! Otherwise, the body will rot after death, which is equivalent to the lack of the growing environment for the seed.

This is also the most cruel and evil part. The person who controls the Gu technique will try all sorts of evil methods to prevent the person from dying during this period, until the seed takes root in the body, breaks through the skin and sprouts!

This "internal rooting" refers to its roots spreading throughout the body's blood vessels, using the physical body as soil and nourishment from essence and blood; hence the name "Bloodthirsty Vine"!

Chen Yibai's lengthy popular science explanation seemed to open a door to a new world for the viewers in the live stream.

It turns out that there really are so many evil things in this world!

[Captain Chen, how do you know so much? Are you a walking encyclopedia?]

[Damn! I'm getting more and more interested. What kind of civilization is this? They have so many evil arts; it sounds terrifying!]

Such an evil civilization deserves to disappear!

[Using an anal plug to seal the anus and holding it in for a month? That doesn't seem very reasonable, does it? How can a person endure that for a month? Wouldn't they burst?]

[Did the guy upstairs even listen? Captain Chen said he'd use a special method to keep someone from dying, forcing them to suffocate in extreme agony for a whole month!]

What method? My ex-girlfriend said she wants to try it!

[Host, I'm also a little curious, what was the purpose of the ancients using such an evil technique to plant these bloodthirsty vines inside the human body? Was it simply for landscaping purposes?]

Did people thousands of years ago also value greenery this much?