Tomb Raiding: All Things Merge, Starting with 400x Strength

"What happened more than a decade ago, and how could it be related to the shipwreck tomb?"

"I asked."

Yi Sa glanced at the crowd around her and replied, "Everyone in our three-surname Water Demon family knows that a Water Demon will appear in each generation."

The water demon not only has the ability to breathe underwater, but also knows the Six Arts of the Water Demon, and is the highest-ranking member of the family.

But eighteen years ago, when all the elites of our Yi family were mobilized for the next tomb, an accident occurred.

All the family's elites were wiped out, leaving only me.

It was from that time that my body began to mutate, and I became the new generation of the Yi family's Water Demon.

However, I am different from other water demons. My personality did not change after the mutation. Other water demons undergo a drastic change in temperament after becoming water demons, as if they are completely different people.

Later, after further investigation, I discovered that the matter of the water demon seemed to be more complex than it appeared, so I continued my investigation, eventually tracing it back to the shipwreck tomb.

"Is Brother Ding's current effeminate mannerism due to the mutation he underwent after becoming a water demon?"

The fat man looked at Ding Yudie and smiled.

Yi Sa smiled and said, "No, to be precise, none of the water spirits of our generation have changed significantly, but our abilities are still inferior to those of those whose moods have changed drastically."

Zhang Hao had previously guessed that the so-called water demon was actually a person whose body was possessed by the so-called god, and now it seems that his guess was correct.

However, something unexpected happened that prevented Yi Sa, Ding Yudie, and their generation of water demons from completely mutating.

In other words, Yi Sa and Ding Yudie are not complete water demons, so their water demon abilities are limited.

As for why this situation occurred, Zhang Hao guessed that the consciousness of the person controlling the situation had been weakening over time and was no longer able to completely take over another person's body.

This is why Yi Sa and Ding Yudie, despite being water spirits, still retain their own consciousness.

They only briefly lose control of their bodies when using ancestral amulets.

Combining these clues, it's easy to understand why they were so eager to obtain the Faqiu Seal.

The faqiu imprint has the ability to store consciousness and memory.

As long as they preserve their consciousness and memories in the Faqiu seal, they will not weaken, and then they can continue to live forever by occupying a new body through special means.

In the world of tomb raiding, bronze not only has the ability to materialize but also the ability to erase memories.

The arrows shot from the tomb passage all have lotus-shaped arrowheads, so they won't kill anyone, but each arrow contains a bronze needle.

Combining these two points, we can understand the true purpose of this mechanism: it doesn't aim to kill people, but rather to erase their memories.

"You'd better not use the ancestral tablets anymore."

Zhang Hao offered a reminder, but whether they believed him or not was none of his business.

"Brother Zhang Hao, do you know something?"

Yi Sa immediately reacted upon hearing the reminder.

"I'm not sure either. Maybe we should continue exploring the shipwreck tombs; we might find the answer inside."

"Clang, clang..."

At this moment, the earthenware pot that had been leading the way started rolling again.

Zhang Hao followed the pottery jar at a leisurely pace, and soon they reached the end of the tomb passage.

There is a stone gate here, which is octagonal, taller than a person, and about two meters wide.

The pottery jar was bounced away as soon as it approached the stone gate, as if an invisible hand was pushing it away. No matter how hard it tried, it could not get closer to the stone gate.

"The Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams!"

Zhang Qilin muttered something to himself and stepped forward, sliding two long fingers across the stone gate.

"This is the Faqiu Finger Technique! Who exactly is this young man? How could he possibly know the Faqiu Finger Technique, a technique that has long been lost!"

Yi Sa was shocked to recognize that Zhang Qilin was using the "Fox Spirit Technique".

"Is it really necessary to be so shocked? My brother Zhang Hao would do that too."

"That's right, my uncle can do it too!"

Upon hearing this, Yi Sa looked as if she had seen a ghost. She had already witnessed Zhang Hao's skill, but she never expected that he would also possess such a long-lost technique.

Zhang Hao smiled. He didn't know any special "Fox Spirit Finger" technique; he was just imitating it based on his physical strength and power.

Even so, his "Finger of the Tomb Raider" technique was no weaker than Zhang Qilin's, and its power was even greater.

"Hey buddy, how's it going? Did you manage to crack the mechanism on the stone door?"

Zhang Hao arrived at the stone gate and inquired.

Zhang Qilin nodded without saying a word. He then exerted a sudden force, inserting two fingers into the stone door and starting to turn it.

After a series of mechanical turning sounds, a loud "boom" was heard, and the octagonal stone door suddenly contracted in all eight directions, revealing an entrance.

The moment the stone door opened, Aning and Fatty immediately turned their flashlights so that the light could shine inside.

Behind the stone gate is a tomb chamber of over 100 square meters, densely packed with small coffins.

These coffins are exactly the same as the one Zhang Hao and his group found when they first entered the tomb.

"Normally, only one pair of golden boys and jade maidens are buried with the deceased. There are at least a hundred small coffins here. Who on earth would need so many golden boys and jade maidens?"

Even the fat man, with his strong heart, was shocked by the scene before him.

"The ancients were truly foolish; even after death, they continued to harm people, because hundreds of their babies lost their lives in vain."

Wu Tianzhen was furious when she saw the room full of small coffins.

"Alright, let's go in and see what's going on, why the little rice dumpling led us here."

Zhang Hao said something and then walked into the tomb chamber.

As soon as I stepped into the tomb, I felt the temperature drop a few degrees and a chilly wind was blowing around me.

He approached a small coffin, lifted the lid, and found the body of a newborn baby lying inside, the umbilical cord still attached.

The fat man looked puzzled upon seeing the corpse: "That's not right, the Golden Boy and Jade Girl wouldn't have talismans drawn on their bodies."

Zhang Hao also sensed something was wrong. When he saw the corpse, he felt that something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

At this moment, Yi Sa and Ding Yudie stepped forward and began gesturing at the corpse in the coffin.

"Quick, open the other coffins and see if the situation is the same inside!"

Yi Sa gave the instructions to Ding Yudie.

"Okay, Sasa."

Ding Yudie responded and hurriedly opened the lids of the nearby coffins, only to find that the situation inside each coffin was the same.

Inside lay the corpses of infants, their bodies covered in talismans.

“I saw it in an ancient book. It’s a spirit-sealing talisman that seals a person’s soul inside the body. As long as the power of the talisman remains, the soul will not perish.”

Yi Sa actually recognized the talisman.

If she wasn't mistaken, the little rice dumpling had lured Zhang Hao and the others over so they could help remove the talismans from their bodies.

Yi Sa had the same idea as Zhang Hao; she directly wiped off the talismans on the corpse with her hand.

The next second she rolled her eyes, as if she had become a different person, and said in a deep voice:

"Unfortunately, this body doesn't have much time left; I need to get a new one!"

"not good!"

Seeing Yi Sa's reaction, Zhang Hao immediately understood what was going on.

These infant corpses were not buried with the emperor and his concubines, but were containers used to store consciousness and memories!