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

As time ticked by, the woman's agonizing screams never ceased, as if she were undergoing some cruel form of torture; the sound was chilling to behold.

This made the archaeological team increasingly suspicious that Captain Chen might actually be killing people up there just to show off.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Two minutes later, a loud, unrestrained laugh suddenly came from the darkness above.

The laughter belonged to Captain Chen. It was not only arrogant and unrestrained, but also seemed to carry a sense of arrogance and cunning. The members of the archaeological team looked at each other in surprise, completely bewildered.

In order to force Prince Kang to show himself, Chen Yibai has taken arrogance to the extreme.

The uppermost layer of the thousand coffins hanging in the ground.

Chen Yibai continued to stomp on the head of the smiling female corpse, laughing wildly while his sharp eyes swept over the surroundings.

But nothing came of it.

After trampling the smiling female corpse like this, how could you still stand it?

This made Chen Yibai wonder: "Could it be... that Prince Kang is really not here?"

"Woo...Woo..."

Just as Chen Yibai was pondering this, the female corpse beneath his feet suddenly changed from a painful and shrill scream to a mournful cry, a cry that sounded rather chilling.

The screams were changed to crying?

This reaffirmed Chen Yibai's previously wavering resolve: the Prince of Kang was definitely still alive!

Not only is he still here, but the smiling female corpse is also having some kind of communication with him.

Does this crying mean 'parting from you'?

If that's really the case, then it seems that this tactic won't be able to force King Kang to reveal himself.

Chen Yibai looked down at the female corpse, a chill flashing in his eyes.

"Since that's the case, let's just leave it at that! I'm not going to waste any more time arguing with you here!"

Chen Yibai stopped laughing wildly, and simultaneously pulled out the remaining three corpse-suppressing nails from his body, inserting them directly into the other three Qixing acupoints of the female corpse!

"what……"

As the last corpse-suppressing nail was driven into the female corpse's Yaoguang acupoint, the Seven Star Corpse Suppression was complete. With a final, shrill scream, the female corpse emitted black smoke from her body, crackling and popping as she burned.

In just a few blinks of an eye, the smiling female corpse's body, encased in a red robe, burned into a stream of black liquid.

The stench of burning and decay spread through the air, and the entire cave returned to its previous deathly silence and tranquility, as if nothing had ever happened.

Chen Yibai took one last look down at the ground.

Even this failed to force King Kang to reveal his true intentions, so it seems that for now, we can only leave it at that.

He glanced at the female corpse one last time, then put away the seven corpse-suppressing nails on the ground and slung the crimson ancient sword over his shoulder.

Chen Yibai grabbed the climbing rope and quickly went back down the same way.

The archaeological team members, who had been waiting anxiously, immediately surrounded Chen Yibai as he descended: "Captain Chen, what's the situation up there?"

"There are still many hanging coffins up there, all filled with burial goods. You're going to make a fortune on this archaeological expedition. I've already dealt with the female zombie that came back to life at the very top..."

Chen Yibai put away the climbing rope and handed it to Yan Wanlei, casually replying in a relaxed tone. Then he pointed straight ahead and said, "I saw a pool of water and what looks like a cave just now. That should be the ventilation shaft we're looking for!"

Wang Haichuan heard that there were many hanging coffins up there and was about to ask for more details when Chen Yibai said that he saw a ventilation shaft ahead. He immediately organized everyone to move forward quickly.

Anyway, Captain Chen has basically taken care of all the dangers here. As long as we can get out first, we can come back and study the plan later.

The pool of water that Chen Yibai mentioned is at the very end of the cave, directly in front of it.

The entire pool is an irregular semi-circle, estimated to be over a thousand square meters in area, and is located close to the cave wall.

The group, holding their torches high, came to the edge of the pool.

In the firelight, the pool in front of me had a strange sense of familiarity, somewhat like the pool outside the ancient tomb where the inner coffin was soaked. The dark water indicated that it was very deep.

Furthermore, the surface of the pool was not calm, with ripples spreading outwards in layers, as if some disturbance had occurred in the pool before the group arrived.

Perhaps because they had experienced too many close calls, when they saw something on the water, they immediately took a step back as a reflex, and none of them dared to get too close.

Only Chen Yibai stood by the pool, his eyes slightly narrowed as he watched the ripples spreading across the water, as if he were pondering something.

"Captain Chen, there don't seem to be any caves or ventilation shafts here that you mentioned?"

Wang Haichuan held up the torch and carefully looked around the edge of the pool. Although the view was somewhat dim, he could still see clearly that there was indeed no cave or ventilation shaft as Chen Yibai had described.

"Captain Chen, do you think... this pool might work on the same principle as the one we saw outside before?"

Yan Wanlei frowned, carefully examined the pool, then looked at Chen Yibai and asked.

The beginning and end echo each other, using the same method to block the entrance and exit of the tomb. Logically speaking, this possibility cannot be ruled out.

Chen Yibai shook his head, denying Yan Wanlei's guess.

"That……"

Seeing Chen Yibai shake his head, Yan Wanlei opened his mouth, wanting to ask another question.

Just as Yan Wanlei opened his mouth, before he could even utter a word, he suddenly saw the water level in the pool next to him drop sharply.

“Stand back!”

Chen Yibai quickly called out.

This sudden and unexpected event startled everyone, and upon hearing Chen Yibai's shout, they quickly took several steps back.

The water level in the pool was visibly dropping rapidly.

They descended to about two meters, and a dark stone cave was suddenly revealed on the rock wall opposite the pool.

Before anyone could react, the water level, which had been dropping, suddenly surged back up.

And it rose very quickly, like a breath, with a loud 'bang' as the rising waves crashed against the shore, splashing water three or four meters high, crashing down with a whooshing sound, while also bringing a gust of wind that blew against everyone's faces.

The cool breeze carrying water droplets jolted everyone awake, and they instantly understood where the intermittent gusts of strange wind had come from.

But what's going on with this sudden drop and rise in water level?

Is there something strange hidden inside, or some kind of mechanism?

After calming down a bit, everyone turned to look at Chen Yibai.

"This is called 'Moso Dragon Swallowing the Sea'! It's not a strange phenomenon, nor is it a trap; it's an extremely special geographical phenomenon, similar to a siphon effect. The basic principle is that there are many winding caves beneath the pool, some well-ventilated and some sealed off. It's like having a one-way valve installed in a pipe..."

Chen Yibai lit a cigarette and said that they would definitely be even more confused about feng shui, so he tried his best to explain this geographical phenomenon using modern terms.

Although the members of the archaeological team were indeed a little confused, they only needed to summarize that it was just a special geographical phenomenon.

Another crucial piece of information here is: "Ventilation!"

"Captain Chen, when you mentioned ventilation, were you referring to the outside air?"

Yan Wanlei immediately looked at Chen Yibai and asked.

Chen Yibai took a drag of his cigarette, exhaled a smoke ring, watched the smoke drift in the wind, and nodded, saying, "That's for sure, otherwise where would the wind come from..."

Before Chen Yibai could finish speaking, Wang Haichuan chimed in, "Then as long as we follow the well-ventilated areas, we can get out, right?"

"Yes! That's the right answer!"

Chen Yibai nodded, but before everyone could even rejoice.

Chen Yibai changed his tone again and said, "But the premise is that we need to find the right cave with ventilation. As I just said, the caves inside are extremely complex and winding. Not only are most of them water caves, but many are also dead caves, which is why a siphon effect is formed, creating this scene of a dragon swallowing the sea..."

The caves inside are not only complex and winding, but most of them are also water caves!

This means that torches cannot be brought in; one can only enter the water cave in the dark and find the correct passage within a limited time to get out!

Once you go in, there's no turning back.

As we all know, it is very difficult for people to distinguish directions in the dark, especially in underground water caves.

So after hearing what Chen Yibai just said, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

However, Yan Wanlei still asked Chen Yibai tentatively, "Captain Chen, do you have a solution?"

hiss……

Chen Yibai took one last big drag of his cigarette, threw the butt on the ground and stomped it out. He squinted at the pool, exhaling smoke as he said, "There's no better way. We can only force our way through. The chances are fifty-fifty!"

Chen Yibai's "50/50 chance" was based on his ability to see clearly even underwater, so he was willing to take a gamble and maybe there was a chance.

Without night vision, there is absolutely no way you could have gotten out alive.

Let alone getting out alive, even a corpse wouldn't be able to float out.

Even if one's breathing technique is mastered to its peak, allowing one to hold their breath for a whole day, it is still impossible to find a way out in an extremely complex water cave without any line of sight.

"Alright, stop dawdling. There's no other way!"

Chen Yibai looked at Yan Wanlei and Wang Haichuan and said, "Have your men unload their equipment and travel as lightly as possible. Don't bring anything you don't need to bring. Then tie them together with ropes, not too far apart, every half meter. I'll lead the way, you just need to hold your breath and follow behind."

Yan Wanlei and Wang Haichuan exchanged a glance subconsciously.

Even if it's only a 50/50 chance, they can only follow Chen Yibai and gamble on this last one.