Tomb raiding: Intercepting Yin Xinyue and building a family of immortals

boom!

Suddenly, a hazy white light appeared on the Tomb Raider Seal in Su Chen's hand.

Under the light, the corpse beetle suddenly let out a sharp, squeaking sound.

Then, they quickly retreated from the large rock.

"efficient!"

Su Chen's face lit up with joy, and he quickly shone the Tomb Raider Seal around the large rock.

Sure enough, without exception, all the corpse beetles were somewhat afraid of the Tomb Raider's Seal, and soon they all dispersed.

Old Wu turned his head and saw this scene. His eyes narrowed suddenly, but he didn't say anything.

Seeing the corpse beetles retreat, Old Dog Wu breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, his second brother suddenly said in a deep voice, "Look, what's that?!"

Following the direction he pointed, everyone looked and discovered that the army of corpse beetles had already gnawed through the top of the tomb.

Immediately afterwards, four crimson corpse beetle kings slowly flew out of the tomb.

They emitted a red glow, making them exceptionally conspicuous in the darkness!

The Corpse Beetle Kings look completely different from ordinary corpse beetles. The four Corpse Beetle Kings are less than an inch in size and have wings, allowing them to fly. They look more like cockroaches than shelled shrimp.

What surprised Su Chen the most was that these four Corpse Beetle Kings seemed to be able to control tens of thousands of ordinary Corpse Beetles around them.

"This seems more like the division of labor in an ant colony. The newborn queen ant has wings and can fly out of the nest to find a new nest. Once she finds a suitable nest, she will start laying eggs and hatching worker ants. When there are enough worker ants, a cooperative colony will be formed. This cycle continues, constantly producing new queen ants and colonies."

"The corpse beetle swarm follows the same pattern. The corpse beetle king has control over the swarm, which is also achieved through pheromones."

Su Chen thought to himself, and then he saw four Corpse Beetle Kings, surrounded by countless ordinary Corpse Beetles, slowly flying towards his location.

Instantly, everyone tensed up.

"Brother Su, they're coming towards us!"

"Do not talk!"

Wu Jizong glared at his son, then quietly pulled Wu Laogou and his second brother behind him.

If there are only a few or a few dozen corpse beetles, it is indeed possible to try to break through.

But right now, the mountains and fields are covered with corpse beetles, almost covering an area of ​​several hundred meters in radius, and there are probably more than tens of thousands of them.

Breaking out under these circumstances would be tantamount to courting death.

The only way now is to pin our hopes on the seal in Su Chen's possession, which can hold back these corpse beetles.

Seeing this, Black-backed Old Six, though he didn't say anything, also gripped his Guanshan knife tightly, stood in front of Su Chen, and became alert.

Soon, the army of corpse beetles resembled a dark blue-black, surging tide.

It soon spread to the area under the large rock where everyone was.

However, these corpse beetles seemed somewhat afraid of the tomb raider's seal and did not climb the large rock. Instead, they went around it and passed by on both sides.

Immediately following were four Corpse Beetle Kings flying in mid-air.

Su Chen swallowed hard, feeling equally nervous.

If bitten by the Corpse Beetle King, you will turn into a blood corpse. It is a thousand times, ten thousand times more terrifying than an ordinary corpse beetle.

These four corpse beetle kings seemed to be deliberately toying with everyone. They came above the big rock but did not rush to leave.

Instead, it circled the stone several times.

During this time, Wu Jizong almost couldn't resist and wanted to swing the shovel in his hand and fight these corpse beetle kings, but fortunately the old foreman stopped him!

Time passed second by second. After circling the large rock several times, the four Corpse Beetle Kings finally caught up with the Corpse Beetle army and continued to surge forward.

As the last carrion beetle crawled past from below, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and slowly collapsed to the ground.

Su Chen touched his back and found that his clothes were completely soaked.

When the swarm of corpse beetles passed by, especially the four corpse beetle kings, he wasn't actually confident that the Tomb Raider Seal could stop them.

Fortunately, the outcome was good; the Corpse Beetle King led his swarm of corpse beetles and eventually left.

Su Chen took a deep breath, put the Tomb Raider Seal back into the system space, and then stood up to look in the direction where the Corpse Beetle Swarm had left.

From a distance, the dark blue-green swarm of corpse beetles, illuminated by the moonlight, resembled a giant serpent winding along the mountain ridge.

Looking at the swarm of corpse beetles stretching for nearly a thousand meters, Wu Jizong was amazed and couldn't help but say, "Goodness, it's a good thing we didn't make a move just now. If we had really killed the Corpse Beetle King, these corpse beetles would have swarmed us, and we probably wouldn't even have left as bone fragments!"

Old Wu took deep breaths of fresh air, his voice filled with lingering fear.

"Luckily, Brother Su has a treasure. By the way, Brother Su, what kind of treasure is this? Why are those corpse beetles so afraid of it?"

Su Chen smiled but did not answer.

Old Wu, the foreman, tapped Old Dog Wu on the head with his pipe.

"Don't be talkative, and don't ask questions you shouldn't ask."

Old Wu mostly used his pipe to tap his son, rarely his grandson. Realizing something was wrong, Old Wu quickly gave Su Chen a forced smile, then changed the subject, saying, "Hey, Brother Su, where do you think these corpse beetles are going?"

Everyone present was taken aback when they heard Wu Laogou's question.

Su Chen shook his head and replied, "I don't know."

Old Wu looked in the direction the insect swarm had retreated, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Judging from this, it seems they're heading towards Jiufeng Lake..."

Upon hearing the words "Jiufeng Lake," Wu Jizong paused for a moment, then subconsciously said:

"Jiufeng Lake? That's where you used to lead people, Dad..."

Halfway through his sentence, Wu Jizong realized he had let something slip and quickly shut his mouth.

Old Wu smiled and casually added, "Little Su isn't an outsider, it's fine to tell him."

Before Wu Jizong could speak, he began to explain on his own.

"Jiufeng Lake, also known as Jiufeng Reservoir, is a natural lake in the valley north of Biaozi Ridge, which is dozens of miles away from here."

"This is a river valley lake, with the deepest part reaching tens or even hundreds of meters, and it basically never dries up."

"However, fifty years ago, there was a drought near Changsha that lasted for more than half a year. At that time, all the springs and wells dried up, and the land was barren for thousands of miles. Even Jiufeng Lake dried up. Then, when the local people went into the mountains to look for water, they found many ancient buildings on the exposed riverbed of Jiufeng Lake."

Upon hearing this, Su Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked, "Could it be an underwater fortress?"

Old Wu nodded and smiled, "Young Su has good insight. That's right, it's a Jintang acupoint."

In the tomb raiding business, ancient tombs are divided into dry pits and water pits.

Dry pits are the most common type of burial site.

As for the water pit, it does not actually refer to an underwater tomb, but rather to a tomb that was originally a dry pit but was later accidentally flooded or soaked.

True underwater tombs differ in design and form from underground tombs, and there is a specific term for them: underwater "golden fortress" tombs.

but……

The Jintang acupoint has always been controlled by the water ghosts of the Three Rivers, and outsiders are not allowed to meddle with it.

Perhaps recalling the past, the old foreman sighed softly.

"That year, I had just become the head of several companies that had joined together, and I was a spirited young man..."