Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

"Is this shrimp edible?"

Wu Xie was a little curious. The shrimp in the tomb must have been alive for a long time, right? Could they be imported?

"Yes! Why can't we eat them? Aren't they all high in protein? I'll catch one for you guys!"

Fatty Wang waved his hand and took the lead in pulling up his trouser leg with his hand before diving into the pool.

Thump! ...Thump!

Stepping into the water, the sounds of splashing and slapping echoed one after another. The icy water stimulated the skin, refreshing the whole body.

"Little naiveté! Over there, behind your feet... hey, right there! There are several shrimp over there on the edge of your pants leg, hurry up and catch them!"

Fatty Wang dipped his hands into the water, his gaze catching Wu Xie, who had just entered the pool. He had to admit, sometimes luck is a mysterious thing; Wu Xie's feet had barely touched the bottom when the shrimp that had been motionless in the water near his trousers were startled and began to dart about in all directions...

"Okay, okay! Really..."

Although Wu Xie had a speechless expression towards Fatty Wang, he immediately reached into the water and began sweeping up shrimp as soon as he heard what the other party said.

On the stone steps to one side of the stone chamber, the dust under Qin Henian's feet was completely repelled. He sat on the "clean" stone steps in his clean robes, his playful long black hair tied up with a hair crown, with a few strands occasionally flying.

Slurp...

His Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed, his sword-like eyebrows slanted upwards towards his temples, and a ring of golden light in his black pupils stared intently at the circular carvings on the ground in the center of the pool. Among those carvings, a picture of a bluebird soaring was hidden in the water.

Meanwhile, at the bottom of the water, as transparent shrimp swam around, the golden rings in Qin Henian's pupils faintly showed signs of life. Blinking his big eyes, Qin Henian lifted his foot into the water, walked to a feather on the chest of his bluebird, and stomped down hard.

Click!

creak creak creak...

The clear water in the pool began to change color as the mechanism clicked, turning increasingly dark.

"Holy crap! This water's poisoned! Get out of here!"

Wang Pangzi, Wu Xie, and the others who were still catching shrimp in the water, as well as those standing on the steps watching the sudden change, all had a sudden change in expression.

Fatty Wang couldn't help but swear, and quickly ran towards the steps.

Wu Xie's heart was pounding in his chest as if it was about to jump out of his chest. Just as he heard something was wrong with the water at his feet, he subconsciously looked into the water.

As soon as he looked, a problem arose. The clear water had turned murky, and several blackish-red soft strips could be vaguely seen at the bottom of the pool. These soft strips kept wriggling and approaching Wu Xie, who was so frightened that his face turned pale and he quickly ran towards the stone steps.

"There's something in the water! Fatty, get out there quickly!"

While reminding Wu Xie, he ran with his legs apart, his facial expression out of control.

Just as Wu Xie was desperately running up the steps, a white figure flashed by like a float, moving rapidly towards the center of the pool on the water's surface as if it were flat.

Click! boom!

A loud noise suddenly came from the tomb chamber, and the creaking and turning sound echoed in everyone's ears. A platform of two or three square meters suddenly rose in the center of the tomb chamber, which had previously only contained water. A black coffin was placed diagonally on the platform.

On the coffin, wisps of red worms, varying in size and length, crawled down into the water, undulating in circles. Each worm burrowed in silently, and the naturally fast red worms in the water relentlessly pursued Wu Xie. Just as they were about to catch up, two slender, white fingers pinched the plump worm's head.

"Strawberry juice flavored delivery!"

Qin Henian pouted, about to lower his head and suck the little worm's head to drink "strawberry juice," when he saw someone behind him suddenly start coughing violently. The red threadworms at the bottom of the water seemed to have eyes, and they all moved eight feet away from Qin Henian, who was floating on the surface of the water.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

that...

"Um... um... my dear little Henian, that thing doesn't taste good, let's put it down! Later, the blind man will take you out to eat some famous old Beijing snacks!"

"Let's put that ugly thing down first!"

One second Hei Xiazi was observing Wu Xie, the target of his job, and the next second he saw Qin Henian standing in the middle of the reservoir. To be honest, if he weren't older and more experienced, he really couldn't stand Qin Henian eating strange things.

A pained, sullen face appeared on Hei Xiazi's sunglasses-wearing face.

"You want to drink too?"

Qin Henian tilted his head, shook it slightly, and turned around on the water. His gaze fell on the faces of the people on the steps. He just grinned and showed his teeth as he looked at the strange or curious looks on their faces.

"Cough cough... No, no, no, that's unnecessary. We brothers can't enjoy any of that kind of blessing!"

Fatty Wang shook his wet pants and kept shaking his head, which made Wu Xie shake his head violently as well.

"Fatty's right, hehe... that Henian, you... um..."

As soon as Wu Xiegang stepped onto the steps, he turned around and agreed with what was said. But before he could say anything more, a large hand covered his mouth, and his eyes darted around and his gaze fell on Zhang Qilin.

The other person had a blank expression, their eyes fixed on the center of the pool.

"Wu Xie, don't talk nonsense. The mechanism in this tomb has been activated, and the layout has changed. The mechanism should be in that pool."

"Just now, after the mechanism was activated, a coffin appeared on the pool. There must be some connection. We need to find a way to break this mechanism, otherwise we definitely can't go any further."

Xie Yuchen's gaze drifted away from the person in the center of the pool, and he pointed to the large reservoir in front of him and the coffin that had suddenly appeared.

"Master Hua is right. So, Master Hua, how should we find a solution now? There's nothing in this tomb except for the steps leading in and a water-filled platform that's higher than the pool. The trap we just encountered was in the water, and those bloodsucking worms in the water are all as hungry as wolves."

Black Bear squatted by the reservoir with a smile, putting his hand in the water. A few seconds later, a thin, red, shriveled worm was about to attack Black Bear's hand, but just as he rushed over, his hand was already pulled out of the water.

"Blood-sucking worms? These worms suck blood... that's going to be troublesome. Do you have any ideas, buddy?"

Wu Xie's face was contorted with misery; why was he always so unlucky when he went into tombs...?

“Kill the thing in the coffin, and these insects will automatically lose their mother connection.”

Zhang Qilin twisted his arm to grip the knife on his back, his sharp eyes fixed on the coffin in the center of the pool. Before anyone else could react, he lightly slashed his own hand with the knife, the flowing crimson blood carrying a foul stench as it swept towards the coffin.

Zhang Qilin's target was the coffin, and the Qilin blood around him suppressed the blood-sucking worms in the pool. The black shadow, as swift as the wind, wielded a silver blade and slashed down at the coffin.

A cold wind swept by, and a feather about eighty centimeters long and wide blocked the coffin. Zhang Qilin's eyes flashed as he looked at Qin Henian, who was stopping him, with doubt and question in his eyes.

"Strawberry flavor...no! Let me do this kind of work, it's free!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lingyu's feather blade suddenly plunged into a spot slightly above the top half of the coffin!

Stab it!