I just broke up with my boyfriend and then I transmigrated into the world of "The Lost Tomb&quo

'upgrade!'

[Ding—The Myriad Manifestations Umbrella has been upgraded]

Host: Ling Xiao

Age: 26 (Countdown: 24:05:39)

Bloodline: Spider Lily (Effect: The entire body under this bloodline is highly poisonous; any living creature that comes into contact with the host's blood will die. The more developed the bloodline, the stronger the toxicity. The current level of bloodline development is weak.)

Skills: None

Weapon: Thousand Chance Umbrella (Beginner)

(In its initial forms, it takes the shapes of an umbrella, shield, musket, and spear, making it indestructible.)

The Thousand Chance Umbrella in Ling Xiao's hand suddenly changed slightly, but no one else noticed; only the young man looked over.

The old man patted the ox's neck and said, "Everyone, you don't need to take the luggage down. I'll pull the ox and the cart onto the second boat together, and we'll sit in the first boat to save some effort."

Panzi laughed and said, "Some things can't stand water, so it's best to carry them with you. If that cow jumps into the water, we'll all be doomed."

Hearing this, the old man smiled and nodded: "That's true, but this ox isn't a water buffalo, it won't jump into the water. If it does, I'll help you retrieve it piece by piece, and you won't be shortchanged."

After the old man finished speaking, he led the cow away.

Several people boarded the boat, and after the boat had been sailing for some time...

The boatman looked at the group and said, "When you get into the cave, please speak very quietly and don't disturb the river god, especially don't say anything bad about him!"

Ling Xiao asked, "How long will it take us to get through that cave?"

The boatman chuckled: "If you hurry, it'll only take 5 minutes. The water is very strong, it'll be there very quickly!"

"How can it be slow at times?" Wu Sansheng asked.

"Sometimes the water flows against the current. You see, I came out with the current, but now we have to go in against the current. It will probably take about 15 minutes. There are a few bends in the water, and it's quite dangerous."

"Is that hole dark?" High asked.

"Black? It's pitch black, not a glimmer of light!" The boatman pointed to his ears. "I've been rowing boats for over ten years. I can manage with just my ears!"

"Then we can at least use a flashlight, right?" Panzi raised the miner's lamp in his hand.

"That's alright, but don't look into the water, or you'll be scared to death," the boatman said again.

"What, is there a water ghost?" Wu Sansheng said with a chuckle.

"Water ghosts? What are those? I can't really say what's in the water, and I dare not say what it is. If you're really brave, just take a look for yourselves in a bit. Remember, just one look. If you're lucky, you'll see black water. If you're not, it'll scare you to death."

After saying this, the group saw the cave entrance.

"Wow, this cave is way too small!" Wu Xie exclaimed.

“This is considered big; there’s a section inside that’s quite low,” the old man behind said.

Wu Sansheng glanced at Pan Zi, who smiled insincerely and said, "With such a small hole, if someone robbed us inside, we wouldn't be able to escape at all."

After Pan Zi finished speaking, the boatman and the old man made hand gestures, and Wu Sansheng and the others also got into defensive positions.

With a whoosh, the boat entered the cave.

"Hold on to me, it's dangerous here," Wu Xie whispered in Ling Xiao's ear.

Ling Xiao glanced at him but didn't say anything. He did clench his fist a little tighter, which made Wu Xie feel a great sense of accomplishment.

He looked at the little brother and thought to himself: Finally, he is not the weakest in the team!

Soon, the only light left here was the miner's lamp in Panzi's hand.

[Ding—System Task (Long-Term): Protect Wu Xie. Reward: Three days of health points]

'No way? Only three days' worth of health points in total?'

Ling Xiao looked at Wu Xie again, wondering why he was only worth so little. Wu Xie noticed Ling Xiao's gaze and said to him, "Don't be afraid!"

Ling Xiao nodded and continued looking ahead.

At this moment, Da Kui said, "Third Master, this is a tomb robber's tunnel!"

"The Water Thief Cave is round with a square shape, and it looks like it's been around for a long time."

The group started discussing, but Ling Xiao didn't listen carefully. He knew there would be danger soon, so he gripped the Thousand Chance Umbrella tightly, assuming a protective stance towards Wu Xie.

He wasn't a fan of the novel, but Qin Feng was. He often listened to Qin Feng talk about the plot, so he knew about these events. Although he didn't know the details as well as he did from the book, he thought the general direction was correct. He remembered Qin Feng saying that this was Wu Xie's first time going into a tomb.

The young man saw Ling Xiao change his posture, glanced at him again, and tightened his grip on the Black Gold Ancient Blade.

At this moment, the young man suddenly spoke up: "Shh, listen, someone is talking."

The group immediately held their breath and, sure enough, heard rustling sounds coming from deep within the cave, but they couldn't make out what they were hearing or understanding.

At this moment, Wu Xie looked around and found that the two boatmen were gone. Wu Sansheng was also a little anxious and hurriedly asked who had eaten the dead.

[Host, you have the aura of a corpse on you.]

'Me? How could that be? I've never eaten anything like that.'

[The host's bloodline is the Red Spider Lily, a flower of the underworld. From the moment the host met the boatman and the others, the host has been automatically absorbing this corpse energy. As the corpse energy in this cave becomes denser, the host absorbs more and more of it.]

'You want me to say it?'

[The host decides for themselves]

'I won't tell. With that old fox Wu Sansheng around, if I tell them now, it might not be a problem right now, but they'll definitely be curious about where the corpse energy on my body came from, and they might kill me as soon as we get out.' This system is clearly setting a trap for him!

The system stopped talking.

Just then, a huge thing swept across the water, and Da Kui was heard yelling, "Third Master, let's get out of here! We can't die here!"

Pan Zi also started to feel intimidated, while Wu Sansheng looked at the young man.

Wu Xie asked Pan Zi, "What's the background of this Silent One?"

Panzi then showed Wuxie the little brother's hand.

Wu Xie exclaimed in surprise, "The Fingers of the Tomb Raiders?"

Wu Xie was still thinking about what his grandfather had written in his notes when he saw Xiao Ge fish something out of the water. He threw the dark, worm-like creature onto the board and said, "This is what I was looking at earlier."

Wu Xie looked at it and said, "Isn't that a water beetle? Could it be that a large swarm of water beetles swam past just now?"

"Yes," the young man said.

Da Kui stepped on it and yelled, "Damn it, this thing scared the hell out of me!"

“It’s a corpse beetle!” Ling Xiao said.

Ling Xiao didn't want to speak at this moment, but his mission was to protect Wu Xie, and it was a long-term mission, so he had to appear to be of some use.

Everyone looked at him, curious. This little boy hadn't even moved, yet he claimed the thing was a corpse beetle. Was that reasonable?

Ling Xiao also sensed something was wrong, thinking to himself, 'Oh no, I should have gone to check earlier. Will that old fox suspect me?'

As if to verify his statement, Wu Sansheng stepped forward, picked up one of the corpse beetle's tentacles, and smelled it: "Damn it, it really is a corpse beetle!"

"This thing eats carrion. The more dead things there are, the bigger it grows. Judging from the looks of it, there must be a huge mass of corpses upstream!"

"Does this thing eat living people?" Da Kui asked timidly.

“Normal size? No way. But this thing is so big, I’m not sure. Logically speaking, this thing should stay where there are many dead people. How could it be here?” Wu Sansheng said, puzzled.

The young man looked into the depths of the cave entrance and said, "I'm afraid they're fleeing for their lives."

Ling Xiao also sensed the movement at this moment. Having acquired a bloodline that made his five senses superior to ordinary people, he spoke up to warn, "Something is coming."

Upon hearing this, Da Kui quickly said, "What? Then let's hurry up and move forward, what are we standing here for?"

Before he could finish speaking, Ling Xiao said, "It's too late!"

The young man nodded and said, "They dared to let us in because they knew we wouldn't be able to get out of here!"

Pan Zi said to Wu Sansheng, "We can't just wait here to die. We can't go in now, so let's retreat first. The way we came in wasn't complicated, maybe we can get out!"

Wu Sansheng nodded in agreement with the method. As the group discussed how to return, the sounds from the depths of the cave became much clearer, and Wu Xie and the others seemed to suddenly become possessed.

[Host, kick them into the water. Remember your mission.]

Ling Xiao shoved Wu Xie into the water, then went to kick the others. He noticed that Xiao Ge was also kicking people. The two nodded to each other and jumped into the water together.

Ling Xiao swam towards Wu Xie and pulled him out.

Wu Xie grabbed his shoulders, half-embracing Ling Xiao, and said thank you.

[Host, your bloodline has both an attraction-and-suppression effect on these things.]

'What's the meaning? ’

[As the spider lily of the underworld, you possess a fatal attraction for them, yet they are extremely resistant to you because you are covered in poison. Any living thing that comes into contact with your blood will die instantly. Moreover, the spider lily is the flower that leads to the Yellow Springs; seeing it is tantamount to seeing death. However, the host's bloodline is currently impure. If there are powerful ghosts, the host cannot suppress them, but it is sufficient to deal with these corpse beetles.]

'So they're afraid to come near me? Then will they listen to me?'

Not yet. Only as the bloodline develops will the host be able to control these things...

While Ling Xiao was still in a daze, Pan Zi was bitten by a corpse beetle. He shook off the beetle, which flew towards Wu Xie's face. Ling Xiao subconsciously caught the beetle with his hand.

Wu Xie was so frightened that he cursed Pan Zi, "You damned Pan Zi, are you trying to kill me?"

He quickly thanked Ling Xiao, "Thank you, Ling Xiao, you saved me again. Hey, is this corpse beetle dead? Why isn't it moving?"

The young man swam over and said, "He's not dead."

Ling Xiao threw the corpse beetle onto the boat.

Once everyone was on the boat, the young man used his "tomb-hunting fingers" to dig out the nerves of the corpse beetle and found a hexagonal copper bell at its tail.

The bronze bell was engraved with dense talismans. Pan Zi kicked the bell in anger, and it started ringing on its own, just like before. It kept ringing, as if there were vengeful spirits howling inside, which was very annoying.

Ling Xiao stepped forward and picked up the copper bell. The bell stopped ringing, and the wronged spirits stopped crying.

[Ding—Congratulations, host, you have obtained the Hexagonal Copper Bell from the Corpse Pit. Absorb it?]

'I won't absorb it for now.' What if it gets discovered after I absorb it?

"Haha, this young Ling is no ordinary guy. Young Ling, thank you for saving my nephew," Wu Sansheng said to Ling Xiao.

Wu Xie wanted to say something, but swallowed the words back down.

"It's nothing," Ling Xiao replied.