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

The sudden change in the pool startled the fat man, who almost lost his grip and fell off the bronze chains.

"What's going on? Could there be a monster in the water?"

"With you here, why would the water monster need to drink water? Wouldn't it be better if it ate you?"

"My fat body is nowhere near as tasty as you. If anyone's going to eat someone, it's you!"

"Alright, everyone be careful. Besides monsters like the Drought Demon, who knows what other powerful creatures are waiting for us in the shipwreck tomb. You two, stop arguing."

Zhang Hao intervened to stop the fat man from arguing with Ding Yudie.

"Hmph, I'm giving the boss face by not arguing with you."

Zhang Hao smiled. At first, Ding Yudie called him Brother Zhang Hao, but after witnessing his strength, she now called him the boss.

Indeed, strength reigns supreme everywhere.

Zhang Hao and his group stood by the pool, watching the changes in the water.

At first, the water inside kept swirling, forming a huge whirlpool in the middle.

Then the water level in the pool began to drop rapidly, revealing a bottomless cave.

A staircase spiraling down the cave wall came into view.

The fat man, lying on the burial coffin, turned his flashlight and aimed it at the bottom of the cave, immediately breaking out in a cold sweat.

"My God, it's so deep!"

Zhang Hao stood at the edge of the pool and looked down. He saw that the cave was bottomless, and after going down dozens of meters, the bottom was shrouded in water vapor, making it impossible to see what was below.

It's no wonder the fat man was so scared of such a deep place; he's always had a fear of heights.

Initially, the pool was full of water, and the burial coffin was suspended only three or four meters above the water surface. Now, the water level in the pool has dropped to tens of meters below the bottom, which is why they were frightened.

Seeing the fat man's frightened expression, Ding Yudie laughed and said, "What's wrong? You're such a big guy and you're afraid of heights? Don't wet your pants later."

"Who says Fatty is scared? The treasure in the coffin is still waiting for me."

The fat man looked up at the burial coffin, trying to keep his gaze from looking down, and gritted his teeth as he continued to climb toward the coffin.

After climbing up to the side of the large number of burial coffins, he hugged the coffin tightly before he felt at ease.

This is a bronze coffin shaped like a seashell, with intricate patterns carved on the outside.

The fat man lifted the top shell and flipped it up, opening the coffin.

His face fell instantly when he looked inside.

"What's wrong, Fatty? No treasure?"

"Damn it, there are three burnt dead kids inside."

"Hey, wait a minute, these three brats all have fish-like tails!"

"A fish tail, isn't that a mermaid?"

Yi Sa exclaimed in surprise.

"Are there really creatures called merfolk?"

Wu Tianzhen asked curiously.

Yi Sa nodded: "That's right, but there are very few merfolk in the world now. They only exist in the South China Sea Ruins, and ordinary people have no chance to see them."

Legend has it that a single drop of fish oil roasted by mermaids could burn for months, and many nobles in ancient times used it to make everlasting lamps.

Zhang Hao had never seen a merman before, and he was curious about what they looked like.

He leaped up and landed next to the burial coffin.

The fat man was startled when Zhang Hao suddenly appeared beside him and almost fell.

"Wow, Zhang Hao, when did you get up here?"

"They just jumped up here."

It's more like flying than jumping; a distance of three or four meters is not so easy to jump.

The fat man glanced down and immediately looked at Zhang Hao with a look of utter disbelief.

Zhang Hao ignored the fat man and looked directly into the burial coffin.

Inside the coffin lay three monsters, each the size of an infant, completely black, with human bodies and fish tails.

However, they weren't charred as the fat man claimed; their scales were originally black.

Suddenly, Zhang Hao noticed that the corpses had bronze plaques tied to their ankles with some ancient characters on them.

"Naive, come up here and see what's written on this!"

"Okay, Uncle."

Wu Tianzhen responded and climbed onto the bronze chain, then followed the chain toward the burial coffin.

He picked up the bronze plaque on the mermaid's ankle, glanced at it, and translated, "Guiding Immortals and Saints, it seems these three corpses are guiding children, used by the tomb owner to lead the way after becoming an immortal."

Just as the three were examining the merman's corpse, there was a sudden commotion in the tomb.

The bronze burial coffin, suspended in mid-air by several bronze chains, began to shake inexplicably.

Caught off guard, Zhang Hao, Wu Tianzhen, and Fatty almost fell off the bronze chains.

The fat man turned pale with fright and clung tightly to the burial coffin, refusing to let go.

Zhang Hao looked around and saw that the bronze chains that hung the burial coffins had become loose at some point and could fall off at any moment.

"Get down quickly. These chains have been oxidized by seawater for many years and are rotten. They can no longer support the weight of several of us."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Hao grabbed Wu Tianzhen and the fat man by the arms and jumped off the chains.

Only then did the bronze chains stop shaking.

"call……"

After landing, the fat man let out a long sigh of relief.

"I was so scared just now. If I fell from that height, I would definitely be smashed to pieces."

"Fatty, how can a grown man like you be afraid of heights?"

Zhang Hao glanced at the fat man, who was tall and strong and usually fearless, even daring to confront the zombies in the ancient tomb.

This person happens to have a fear of heights.

"Brother Zhang Hao, if I knew the reason, I wouldn't be afraid of heights."

"Alright, let's not waste any more time. Let's go down and check the situation."

After Zhang Hao finished speaking, he told the others to walk down the steps along the edge of the cave, while he himself walked at the very back.

While the others weren't paying attention, he put the bronze burial coffin, along with the three merman corpses inside, into his storage space.

These things are of little use to him, but they are extremely valuable outside.

The annual auction at the Crescent Hotel will be held in a little over a month.

We'll package all these useless items together and sell them at the auction, and then bid on the special items.

Currently, one only needs to fuse two special items, the Qilin Bloodline, to advance to the next level.

Besides doubling all attributes, the most important thing about the Qilin bloodline evolution is that after advancing 9 times, you will gain the ability to transform your bloodline into human form.

Previously in the Lu Palace, when other people's consciousness entered their bodies, the Qilin bloodline briefly took form, and with a roar, it could devour that consciousness completely.

When the Qilin bloodline evolves nine times and truly possesses the ability to transform into human form, the power of the summoned Qilin will likely be a thousand or even ten thousand times greater than before.

Just thinking about it makes me excited.

Therefore, in order to evolve the Qilin bloodline 9 times as soon as possible, it is necessary to obtain as many fusion attempts as possible and collect more special items.

The cave was even deeper than it appeared from above. Zhang Hao followed the group down for over a hundred meters before entering the part shrouded in mist.

We hadn't even reached the bottom of the cave yet; the steps were already spiraling downwards, with no end in sight.

About half an hour later, the fat man at the front suddenly stopped and pointed downwards:

"Look, there's someone combing their hair in front of a mirror, they look just like that woman, Ah Ning!"