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

However, the little bit of time that Chen Yibai bought on his own was still very useful.

Before the dark mass of mummified corpses rushed at them, the entire special forces team had already safely climbed the rope ladder.

There were four rope ladders in total, with more than 300 people hanging there in a dense mass. Looking down from above, they looked like ants crawling on ropes.

To lighten the load on the rope ladder, much of the equipment he was carrying was temporarily discarded.

Fortunately, the rope ladder was of good quality; if it had broken from the top, it could have killed a large number of people...

At this moment, the person at the top of the rope ladder was about to climb up, and the person at the bottom had climbed nearly two meters high.

Now only Chen Yibai is left to cover the rear.

"Captain Chen, come up here quickly!"

Zhao Changjun gripped the rope ladder with both hands and shouted hysterically at Chen Yibai.

Chen Yibai also wanted to go over, but he was surrounded by dried corpses. One wave of them would be cut down and another would immediately take their place. It was like trying to cut water with a knife, but the water would just keep flowing. He could only try to move forward little by little.

However, what surprised everyone even more was that these mummies seemed to possess intelligence, and their limbs were extremely flexible. They were even able to climb up the rope ladder, and even climbed faster than special forces soldiers!

With agility like a monkey, he gripped the rope ladder and used all four limbs to grab the special forces soldier's ankle from below in several arm spans.

A scream rang out as the mummified corpse's sharp claws seemed to pierce through the special forces soldier's ankle bones, causing him to scream in agony.

At the same time, dragged down by the mummies, the special forces soldier at the back of the rope ladder was forcibly pulled down by his ankles and instantly submerged by the dark mass of mummies below. His painful screams came to an abrupt end.

"Captain Chen, hurry up!"

Seeing this situation from below, Zhao Changjun was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

Even mummies can climb rope ladders, so wouldn't they all be dragged down one by one?

At this rate of rate at which the mummified corpses survive, they'd be lucky to make it up even if half of them make it.

Unless the rope ladder is cut, the mummified corpse won't be able to climb up, but Chen Yibai hasn't come up yet.

"Don't worry about me, cut the rope!"

Chen Yibai is still about ten meters away from the rope ladder, and he can't get across in a short time, so they have to use a rope first.

"how about you?"

Zhao Changjun understood Chen Yibai's meaning and felt a pang of guilt, so he abandoned Chen Yibai.

"I'll think of another way, stop dawdling!"

Chen Yibai shouted.

"Captain Chen, I will always remember you. You are a hero, and you will live forever in our hearts..."

Hearing Chen Yibai's unusually firm and resolute tone, Zhao Changjun's eyes welled up with tears, and he could only grit his teeth and order the last person to cut the rope ladder.

Chen Yibai's lips twitched. "I'm not dead yet, what kind of talk is that? If you can't speak properly, then say less..."

Under Zhao Changjun's orders, the last special forces soldier decisively cut the rope ladder from a height of more than two meters above the ground.

In this way, the mummified corpses below couldn't reach them, so naturally they couldn't climb up.

As for the pit walls, which are extremely steep, these mummies are neither monkeys nor the Japanese soldiers we encountered before, so it's even more impossible for them to have climbed up the pit walls.

In this way, the special forces could seemingly withdraw safely.

"Seriously? You're just going to abandon Captain Chen like this?"

This time, the streamer is really going to become a hero...

[No, they should be martyrs!]

[What a pity, what a real pity, the last successor of the Tomb Raiders has passed away...]

Are tomb raiders going to become extinct?

The live stream was filled with cries of despair.

Inside the project meeting room.

After watching the last special forces soldier cut the rope ladder to safety, Liu Shi finally let out a long sigh of relief, his tense heart filled with a breath he had been holding in for a long time.

The sacrifice of one tomb raider saved the lives of more than two hundred elite special forces soldiers, which can be considered the best possible outcome.

Although Liu Shi felt very sad to see Chen Yibai being 'abandoned'.

But this was Chen Yibai's own request, so he'll definitely be awarded a hero's title, have his portrait enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and have a monument erected in his honor...

The focus shifted back to Chen Yibai.

Seeing that the special forces had safely covered the rear, Chen Yibai temporarily put aside his worries. Now that he was no longer a burden, he needed to find a way to extricate himself.

It's certainly not possible to sit and wait for death, or to give up the will to live.

However, it would be extremely difficult for one person to cut down all of these thousands of mummies.

Although Chen Yibai possesses extraordinary physical abilities due to his Candle Dragon bloodline, he is not as exaggerated as a perpetual motion machine.

The only way is to get as close as possible to the rope ladder, and then take the opportunity to have the people above lower the rope and pull you up.

However, after everything had been perfectly planned in his mind...

Chen Yibai suddenly noticed that the four rope ladders were full of people, but they had stopped moving.

Looking up again, I saw a large, dark crowd gathered at the very edge of the pit.

"What's going on up there? Get the hell out of there! What are you all doing huddled together, watching a show?"

Chen Yibai shouted the question, while a sense of foreboding rose in his heart.

Could it be that something weird has happened again?

Zhao Changjun, hanging in the middle of the rope ladder, was also gritting his teeth anxiously, constantly asking about the situation upstairs through the walkie-talkie.

About ten seconds later, Zhao Changjun heard the report from above over the walkie-talkie. His expression changed drastically, and he quickly shouted back to Chen Yibai below, "Captain Chen, the entrance to the hole above is blocked by something, like a black insect eggshell. It's very hard! We can't break it open!"

Damn it, they've pulled another stunt.

The black eggshells immediately reminded Chen Yibai of the evil fetuses in the underground nest.

However, Chen Yibai didn't have time to ponder why the tunnel entrance had suddenly been blocked. He immediately shouted, "Didn't you bring grenades? If you can't break it open, just blow it up!"

Zhao Changjun nodded and quickly relayed the message to the top via walkie-talkie.

About ten seconds later, two more explosions were heard from above, followed by flashes of light.

After the two consecutive explosions, Chen Yibai glanced up during a lull in his frantic hacking. There was still a large group of people crammed together at the edge, and it seemed there was no progress at all.

"Captain Chen, even explosives won't break it open!"

Zhao Changjun shouted loudly towards Chen Yibai in a panic.

After continuous hysterical shouts, Zhao Changjun's voice became hoarse, and his emotions became increasingly volatile.

One second you think there's hope for a safe retreat, the next second something unexpected happens. It's hard for anyone to stay calm in this situation.

"Don't panic, let me think of another way!"

Chen Yibai was also fighting hard against the onslaught of the mummies, which was like a raging flood. He dared not be careless or stop for even half a second. If he relaxed his guard and left an opening, he might be instantly overwhelmed by these mummies...