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

"Devil...Devil City..." It was unclear which mercenary had spoken, but a voice with a heavy accent, clearly gripped by extreme fear, trembled as it uttered the words.

Everyone's gaze suddenly followed the direction the mercenary was pointing—

Not far from the edge of that huge quicksand pit, a yellowish-brown, angular boulder, not particularly conspicuous in the desert, is now stubbornly peeking out from the slowly flowing sand! It's as if the coat that was blown away by the storm has been churned up from the depths, or like a mocking finger bone extending from the desert itself.

The surface of the stone is covered with deep ravines eroded by wind and sand, as weathered as the skeleton of an ancient behemoth. On the most conspicuous and relatively flat slope, three huge, simple, and powerful Chinese characters are carved, yet they also exude a sinister and ghostly aura: Devil City.

These three characters are like hot irons branding them directly onto stone, or marks carved out by the claws of some giant beast. The edges are somewhat blurred by the wind and sand, but the strength of the characters and the warning they contain, transcending time and space, are clearly imprinted in the eyes of everyone who sees them.

“Devil City…” Wu Xie murmured repeatedly, unaware that a chill ran from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.

Ah Ning's expression changed completely. She stared intently at the stone tablet before carefully examining the gradually clearing outline of the landform in the distance amidst the lingering effects of the sandstorm—a vast, continuous, and strangely shaped group of wind-eroded Yardang landforms!

Towering, earthen-yellow rock pillars cast distorted, elongated shadows in the dim light. As the landscape gradually came into focus, countless wind-eroded holes, like the empty eye sockets of demons, silently stared at these tiny intruders. The wind whistled through those holes, producing mournful, high-pitched cries, as if countless vengeful spirits were howling.

“Be careful, getting here is not a good omen. Rather than calling it the Devil City, I prefer to call it…” Ling Xiao’s voice lowered, with a cold rhythm that was almost like an aria, “…the Queen Mother of the West’s Welcoming Hall.”

With a loud bang, something exploded in Chen Yunjin's mind. She opened her mouth and sobbed, but the situation was not good.

The next second, to everyone's horrified gaze, the sand around Chen Yunjin's body suddenly bulged upwards! Countless insects, the size of fingernails, blood-red in color, with glossy carapaces and sharp mouthparts, burst forth from the sand like a gushing fountain of blood!

It's a corpse beetle! And a mutated, even more ferocious red corpse beetle, its color resembling congealed blood!

Their numbers were countless, like a surging crimson tide, instantly engulfing Chen Yunjin's broken and twisted body! Only her arm, with the knife embedded in the sand wall, remained exposed, twitching in vain.

"Uhhhhhh-!!!"

A short, agonizing scream, filled with unimaginable agony, erupted from the heart of the swarm, then abruptly ceased! In its place came a sickening, guttural gnawing sound! Like countless tiny files frantically scraping against metal and bone!

The crimson waves rolled! Within seconds, Chen Yunjin's remains, which had not yet been worn away by the storm, were completely devoured by this terrifying swarm of blood-red insects! Only a few strands of hair remained on the sand, proving that something had once existed there.

The swarm of insects arrived quickly and disappeared even faster. After their feast, they vanished like receding tides of blood, accompanied by a chilling rustling sound, swiftly burrowing back into the sand and disappearing without a trace. Only the enormous quicksand pit remained, its bottom a scene of utter devastation, and the air thick with the pungent stench of blood and an indescribable, rusty, sweet-smelling aroma.

"Beware! There's a swarm of corpse beetles in the sand!" The mercenary who was closest quickly ran back, his voice hoarse from shouting.