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

"How could it be an empty coffin!"

Chen Yibai stared in astonishment at the open, empty obsidian coffin before him, his first thought being that the corpse inside had indeed risen from the dead!

And it's not just any ordinary zombie that's come back to life!

Obsidian is a crystalline stone, similar to glass. It is already quite incredible that it could remain intact after being dropped from a dragon-locking pillar tens of meters high.

Moreover, the coffin lid was open, and the inside was empty!

This undoubtedly means that not only did the corpse inside the coffin come back to life, but it also pushed open the coffin lid and ran away!

Ran?

Did the rice dumpling run away?

As a tomb raider, Chen Yibai had raided countless tombs in his previous life and seen all kinds of scenes. He had also killed countless zombies, but he had never seen a zombie open its own coffin and run away!

What's going on here?

Chen Yibai now felt incredibly strong and originally wanted to challenge Kang Wang to a head-on confrontation.

But I never expected to encounter this situation.

"Could it be... that King Kang only possessed the essence and power of the Candle Dragon for four thousand years, and didn't achieve full mastery, so he was frightened and hid away?"

Chen Yibai frowned deeply, pondering in his heart.

"Or is there something else going on here?"

Upon closer examination, this possibility cannot be ruled out. After all, judging from the fact that the King of Kang feigned surrender and captured Zhulong alive during the sacrifice, it shows that he was very cunning!

The more Chen Yibai thought about it, the stronger he felt that there was a pair of eyes watching him from somewhere!

Chen Yibai subconsciously looked up and around, but the surroundings were quiet and still, without any sound.

"Captain Chen, what are you looking at?"

Seeing Chen Yibai's gloomy and uncertain expression, and his constant turning of his head to look around, Wang Haichuan, who was standing next to him, hurriedly asked nervously.

Because Wang Haichuan had already heard Chen Yibai say that the Kang King might have risen from the dead, seeing the 'empty coffin' was as expected, and he didn't seem particularly surprised or strange.

His eyes were filled with excitement as he looked at the coffin's inner lining crammed full of gold, jade, and other precious stones.

Seeing Chen Yibai squinting and shaking his head, indicating that there was no immediate danger, Wang Haichuan couldn't contain his excitement and led several archaeological experts to surround the obsidian coffin.

This looks like something out of a tomb raider.

The only difference was that these archaeological experts were very 'gentle' with the various burial objects in the coffin, and even took out white gloves and a magnifying glass from their backpacks.

A few minutes later, Wang Haichuan, wearing white gloves, holding a magnifying glass in one hand and a square animal-shaped seal in the other, excitedly shouted, "It's confirmed! It's confirmed! This is the tomb of King Kang! The owner of this coffin is King Kang!"

Seals are the best proof of the tomb owner's identity.

Therefore, the discovery of this seal marks the true completion of this archaeological research for Wang Haichuan.

As for the body of the tomb's occupant...

"Captain Chen, could the voice we just heard not have been King Kang's at all? Could King Kang's body have already decomposed inside this coffin? After all, four thousand years have passed..."

Yan Wanlei seemed to have seen through Chen Yibai's thoughts and tentatively asked a question.

Chen Yibai was certain that the voice just now was not that of the Prince of Kang.

As for the fact that King Kang's body was completely decomposed inside the coffin, that is absolutely impossible.

Before Chen Yibai could speak, Wang Haichuan excitedly interjected, "I think the possibility Captain Yan mentioned isn't entirely out of the question, but it still requires further, more detailed scientific research on this coffin..."

At this point, Wang Haichuan looked at Chen Yibai and said, "Captain Chen, now that the identity of the tomb's occupant is 100% confirmed, can we go find the exit? Let's leave these things here for now. Anyway, we've already been here once and know the way. I'll go back and do a detailed research report, then report it to my superiors and formulate an excavation plan. Then..."

Wang Haichuan was already imagining how much honor his contribution would bring to the archaeological community after the magnificent tomb of King Kang was rediscovered...

Chen Yibai pondered for a moment, then nodded.

Although there are still many unsolved mysteries in Chen Yibai's heart.

But given the current situation, this is the only way for now.

Because the cave is so large, even with night vision, it would be unrealistic to find King Kang if he really intended to hide it.

Furthermore, if King Kang was indeed intentionally hiding, it would mean that he had successfully possessed a soul and gained a mind, and therefore was no longer a zombie!

"All personnel line up! Do not move anything inside the coffin!"

Seeing Chen Yibai nod, Yan Wanlei shouted at the special operations team.

Chen Yibai gathered his thoughts and took the torch from Yan Wanlei's hand.

Although the strange winds that seemed to come from nowhere were intermittent and came in gusts, the air was circulating.

Therefore, by carefully observing the upward-burning flame of a torch, one can roughly determine where the air is flowing from.

Chen Yibai led his team, observing the fire as they went, and began to move forward.

As for the vanished King Kang, although there is regret in my heart, I can only put it aside for the time being.

As you walk further ahead, the space in the cave gradually narrows, like a round bag slowly closing its opening.

"Captain Chen, you said that the Kang Dynasty had the entire nation buried alive with the dead, leaving no one alive. Could it be that this ancient tomb also doesn't have an exit?"

Yan Wanlei followed behind Chen Yibai, a question lingering in his mind, which he finally couldn't help but voice.

"will not!"

Chen Yibai answered decisively and confidently, then explained, "Although this is an ancient tomb, it was originally the dwelling cave of the Zhulong. Remember the strange sound we heard when we first entered the passage and the tower lid opened in the niche of the passage? That was the sound made by the Zhulong! This means that there are actually many interconnected places in this entire cave that we cannot see with the naked eye..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Yibai suddenly stopped in his tracks, startled.

"Captain Chen, what's wrong?"

Everyone was listening attentively to Chen Yibai's explanation when they suddenly saw him stop and look ahead with surprise in his eyes. They immediately became nervous and hurriedly asked him questions.

Chen Yibai didn't speak, but continued to lead everyone forward, only at a much slower pace.

After everyone walked forward for about a hundred meters, they finally understood why Chen Yibai had looked at them that way earlier.

At this moment, everyone looked at the scene illuminated by the torches, and the surprise in their eyes was even more exaggerated than Chen Yibai's. In addition to surprise, there was also shock!

On the rock walls of the cave, there were many niches of various sizes, all filled with wooden coffins, numbering in the thousands.

The view is spectacular.

And it also carried an indescribable sense of oppression!

"A thousand coffins suspended in the air!"

Chen Yibai narrowed his eyes and gasped.

Unexpectedly, besides King Kang's coffin, there were other surprises here.