Tomb raiding: The awesome life that started from Ganggangyingzi

Chapter 147 The Dap Ghost Insect and the Speculation About the Blue Bead

In contrast to their dejection, Yang Xueli's face lit up with joy, and she quickly grabbed Ji Haobo's arm and asked:

"Haobo, are you serious? When will I be able to walk on water without sinking?"

"That depends on your comprehension; the most important thing is to practice diligently."

Before Ji Haobo could finish speaking, Laura grabbed his other arm and looked at him pitifully.

"Don't rush. I can sense a power accumulating within you; it should be that some kind of bloodline is about to awaken."

The group was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then their eyes widened, especially Fatty Wang's exclamation, which almost made him bite his tongue.

"What? She has bloodline too? Foreigners have that stuff too?"

"laugh"

"You don't actually think that only the ancestors of the Xia Kingdom are the most awesome, and everyone else is trash, do you?!"

Ji Haobo rolled his eyes, shook his head, and then looked at the group, saying in a deep voice:

"Our historical and cultural heritage, myths and legends, are longer and more comprehensive than those of others."

But you should not be complacent and think that apart from the land of Xia, the rest of the world is barbaric and that everyone else is an uncivilized savage.

Think about the myths and legends of other countries. Do you think they are all made up?

There must be something hidden inside, so it's not surprising that they have a bloodline.

"Uh...that makes sense!"

Fatty Wang looked as if he had learned something, then changed the subject, his eyes burning with eagerness, and asked:

"Brother Bo, do you think there's any bloodline between me and Lao Hu that's about to awaken?"

"Stop thinking about all that nonsense all day long. Does it matter whether you have bloodlines or not?"

Seeing that this guy was persistent and would ask whenever he had the chance, Ji Haobo couldn't help but glare at him in annoyance.

"You two have already gained the ability to ward off insects and evil spirits after consuming Qilin's Blood. With the blessing of the Heavenly Coffin, you are already much stronger than the average person when awakening their bloodline. What more could you want?"

"Uh... Bo-ye is right, hehe!"

Fatty Wang shrank back and chuckled awkwardly as he was being teased. He mainly felt that since everyone else had bloodlines, it would be a bit uncomfortable if he didn't have one himself.

"Bo, when do you think my bloodline will awaken?"

Laura was so excited to know she had blood that she almost jumped up and cheered.

"Uh...it's hard to say for sure. Maybe I'll just wake up one day and awaken."

Afraid that she would continue to ask questions, Ji Haobo quickly changed the subject, saying that he himself had awakened through taking drugs and didn't have much experience to pass on to others!

"Let's go take a look ahead now."

On this side of the rock wall, there was also a passage carved out of a crack. Ji Haobo walked in front, and the others followed carefully.

Compared to the passage they came through, this one was much shorter, less than a hundred meters long, before they could see a hazy blue light flickering ahead.

As the group carefully made their way to the exit of the passage, they were stunned by the sight before them.

Before them lay an enormous underground space, with a nine-story tower, tens of meters high, built against the rock wall. It was shrouded in a layer of eerie blue light, like a neon light, flashing and appearing quite magnificent.

Around the tower were rows of kneeling, mummified corpses, which had decayed due to the passage of time, and also shimmered with blue light.

Besides that, there were a lot of debris scattered around the underground space, as well as some craters caused by explosives or something.

"hiss…"

When Lao Hu saw the scene inside, he couldn't help but gasp.

"Brother Bo, if I'm not mistaken, that flashing blue light should be the Dap Ghost Worm, right?"

"I…"

Upon hearing this, Fatty Wang almost cried out in surprise, but quickly covered his mouth and lowered his voice after realizing what he had said.

"Damn, so many Dapu Ghost Insects! If this gets alerted, we're doomed!"

Although he and Lao Hu had consumed Qilin Jie (a type of insecticide), making them resistant to ordinary insects, it was hard to say whether it would be effective against the Dapu Ghost Insect.

"Don't worry too much, those insects have entered a dormant state. As long as they don't make too much noise, we should be fine if we go over carefully."

After scanning the area, Ji Haobo put the drone away. There was a lot of blue light flashing around, so there was no need for lights to illuminate Lao Hu and the others.

The group then tiptoed into the underground space, passing through a trail of debris.

"Haobo, my dad brought a team of men here back then, these pits must have been left by them."

Suppressing her sadness, Yang Xueli looked around, hoping to find something.

"Hmm! Very likely. There's a humanoid mark over there. Let's go take a look."

Ji Haobo nodded, patted her on the shoulder, and turned to walk away.

As the group approached the mark, a chill ran down their spines; it was clearly left behind by someone who had been burned to ashes.

"Brother Bo, look over there, how many are left?"

After their first discovery, they found several more such markings in the vicinity.

"Everyone, search the area and see if these people left anything behind."

They found several marks, but no leather bag or notes. Ji Haobo frowned and had no choice but to have everyone split up to search.

After about half a cup of tea's time, Fatty Wang suddenly gestured to the group.

When Ji Haobo and his group arrived, they found a small shoulder bag buried under a pile of wreckage, with only a corner showing.

What made everyone frown was that a large number of Dapu Ghost Insects lingered on the wreckage.

Seeing this, Ji Boda was also somewhat helpless. It was almost impossible to take the bag out without alerting the Dap Ghost Worm.

Although he could instantly kill the insects on it, the burst of his blood energy would definitely alarm all the Dapu Ghost Insects.

These insects, though few in number, pose no threat to him, but there are hundreds of millions of them in the underground space.

If they all gathered together, who knows what kind of quantitative change would occur? That's why he didn't wake them up first and then wipe them all out at once.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him. He took out the blue bead and poured a stream of blood and qi into it, and immediately a small ball of boundless karmic fire rose up.

What happened next surprised everyone: the Dap Ghost Worms on the wreckage immediately awoke, but did not fly toward the group.

Instead, they all rushed into the flames and disappeared—yes, disappeared, not burned to ashes.

"Haobo, what... what's going on? Could there be another dimension inside the bead?"

"I'm not sure, but I have a guess about it."

Ji Haobo shook his head, took the handbag out from under the wreckage, and seeing that they were still staring at the beads, continued:

"Do you think this bead could be an aggregate of countless Dap Ghost Insects spontaneously combusting?"

"That's...possible."

Yang Xueli had received a lot of scientific indoctrination in the United States, and upon hearing his words, she immediately seemed to understand something and said thoughtfully:

"If the flame of a single insect is so terrifying, imagine what would happen if countless insects gathered together."

For example, burning away space or burning a hole in it, I think that's possible.

Old Hu and the others nodded, seemingly impressed but not really interested in understanding, and all looked at the satchel.