Tomb raiding: Today is another day I don't want to go home.

Chapter 165 Targeting

Yan Huai turned around and went back the way he came. Zhang Qiling and the others were still where he had left them. The commotion on Yan Chen's side had also subsided, but one person was missing from the group...

"Where is that Sanmazi?"

"It was dragged away."

Seeing Yan Huai return safely, Zhang Qiling relaxed slightly. He gestured for Yan Huai to look towards the two people squatting there, which drew attention to a thin, almost invisible white thread slowly wriggling among the withered leaves and black mud around Black Glasses and Xie Lianrui, as if struggling to escape...

"what is this?"

"Hehe~ You didn't know, did you! Come on, come on!" Black Glasses stood up, hooked one arm around Yan Huai's neck, and waved the other arm in front of Yan Huai like a jellyfish swimming, pulling in and out repeatedly...

"This is from a jellyfish, foot~"

"..."

Yan Huai looked away with a look of disgust, rubbed his forehead, and the next second, he ruthlessly slapped away the hand with black glasses waving in front of him: "Alright, alright! Brother Ji, move aside."

"Ouch—" Black Glasses rubbed his hand, which had been slapped, and muttered in feigned grievance, "He's got a lot of bull-like strength!"

Ignoring the actor in black glasses who was acting again, Yan Huai was about to squat down to examine the jellyfish's tentacles when Zhang Qiling handed him a knife: "Be careful, it's poisonous."

Yan Huai looked up at Zhang Qiling, who was looking serious, and couldn't help but smile. He grasped Zhang Qiling's hand and pushed the knife back: "It's okay, I won't touch it."

"Um......"

Black Glasses and Xie Lianrui: "......" Who can outdo you guys?!

Okay, let's get back to the main topic!

The thin white thread was still wriggling and struggling. When Yan Huai approached, it seemed to have gone mad, desperately darting in the opposite direction, and in a short while it had crawled two or three meters.

Seeing this, Black Glasses offered his Nth free explanation: "It's a biological instinct; it's probably going to look for its head."

"Zhang Qiling, quickly go and hold the master's hand..." Qi Yu's voice suddenly came from his mind, sounding somewhat distant and anxious.

Zhang Qiling didn't think much of it, assuming it was something important, so she went over and grabbed Yan Huai's hand, startling the latter.

"how......"

"The thirteenth mission is now issued: follow the tentacles of the Turritopsis dohrnii, find its final nest, and release it."

Completing the mission will reward you with 1 Incineration Cauldron, 1 Ink Kirin Clue, and 1 Infinite Wardrobe. Failure to complete the mission will result in the forfeiture of all rewards.

Yan Huai's questioning was interrupted by the task issued by the system. He stood there silently for a long time until Zhang Qiling called him, and he slowly came back to his senses.

"Did you hear that?" Yan Huai asked.

“Yes,” Zhang Qiling nodded, without letting go of Yan Huai’s hand, “Together.”

Black Glasses and Xie Lianrui stood speechlessly to the side, watching the two of them speak in riddles. Yan Chen and the others had already walked far away. Did they have no revolutionary friendship left? What were they talking about now?

"How about we walk by ourselves?"

Xie Lianrui pursed his lips, thinking it was a good idea.

Xiu——

A bluish-black glow suddenly emerged from Yan Huai's fingertips, and before the others could react, it swept towards the jellyfish tentacle that couldn't escape in time.

As the tentacle ruptured, the transparent liquid inside splashed out, creating a small ripple...

Since there's no one to guide us, there's no need to release any more lighthouse jellyfish; we can just continue following Yanchen and the others.

Yan Huai grasped Zhang Qiling's hand in return, ignoring whether Qi Yu had heard his thoughts, and turned to walk in the direction Yan Chen and the others had left, not forgetting to call Black Glasses and Xie Lianrui to follow.

Zhang Qiling was pulled forward, and because of the shared fate between them, he could feel Yan Huai's emotions.

He was angry, sad, and like the tentacles of that jellyfish, he was running away...

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Let's go back to the moment when Sanmazi was dragged away by the tentacles, and the fierce battle temporarily came to an end.

"Hey Li, you didn't mention this in your ancestral book of He Mu Ji, did you? What exactly happened?"

With red eyes, Boss Wang grabbed Boss Li by the side of his collar, his tone very unfriendly.

"I don't know this either!"

At this moment, Boss Li's expression was also not good. After all, no one wants to die because of encountering something so inexplicable.

This shows that none of them anticipated what had just happened, at least not on the surface.

“He Mu Ji is over a thousand years old now, and probably no one has found it during that time, so it’s normal for other creatures to appear here, but…” Wu Xie paused here, seemingly hesitant.

"However, it doesn't seem like an ordinary creature; it's more like a mutated monster." Master Liang glanced at Wu Xie and added, "I suppose you all only saw the monster's tentacles, but not its true form!"

"Master, you might as well speak your mind." Taishu glanced at everyone, his cold gaze making people extremely uncomfortable.

"With the help of that book on tombs, Mr. Li entered the strange tombs with almost no difficulty. There's no reason why he would overlook such a crucial point here. It's not impossible that such a monster has emerged over a thousand years, but how did it come about, and why did it suddenly attack us? These two questions should be easy to answer."

As Master Liang spoke, he subtly leaned towards Boss Wang, the reflection in his glasses brushing past Yan Chen, who was following at the back of the group, as if hinting at something.

"If it was born in the ancient tomb we're looking for, then it's a tomb guardian beast. Once it encounters an intruder seeking the tomb, the two will fight to the death. But the monster didn't go all out just now; instead, it gave us a sense of impending death before retreating instantly. So, it's more likely that it was being controlled by someone..."

"It must be this pretty boy! We had a smooth journey before we met him, but after that, we encountered man-eating monster fish and those long arms. Also, have you noticed that we felt really hot just now, but now the closer we get to the hot waterfall, the less we feel it!"