Outbreak

This was a small, plaza-like tomb chamber. The chamber was circular, with several ancient-patterned stone pillars arranged in a cross shape. Each pillar was carved with a deity's statue, and a black iron chain protruded from each deity's mouth. These chains all connected to the Goddess's Coffin at the center.

At the center of the tomb plaza's circular bronze apparatus, the corpse of Princess Augu of the Khitan Kingdom from over a thousand years ago lay quietly within, as if in a deep sleep.

Around the circular coffin were similarly three strange, fierce-ghost-like stone statues. A piece was missing from the forehead of each statue. Looking closely, Xiao Hen knew that these foreheads on the three statues were the mechanisms to open the coffin.

Ying Caihong suppressed her inner excitement and retrieved the three bronze emblems.

Hu Bayi's gaze flashed, and he said in a deep voice, "These three bronze emblems must be the keys to open the coffin."

"Correct!" Ying Caihong nodded with a cold smile, and handed the three bronze emblems to Hu Bayi. "The keys are yours. Go on, go open the coffin and do what you do best."

Hu Bayi gave her a cold look, took the three keys, and began to act.

Grappling hooks, climbing tools, and most importantly, lighting a candle in the southeast corner of the tomb chamber—the tradition of the Mojin Xiaowei.

After lighting the candle, the three of them looked at each other and smiled, then each produced their Mojin Amulet and put it on. Clasping hands together, the three said in a low voice, "Mojin Xiaowei, united we live, divided we die."

Xiao Hen's gaze fixed on the ground beneath their feet; there was a trap here. With the opening of the coffin, the ground would split and fall away, though in the movie the three of them had made it through without incident.

Big Gold Tooth ingratiated himself by Ying Caihong's side with a smile. "Look, now that's authentic Mojin style."

Hu Bayi and the other two dispersed, each standing before a statue, and slowly pressed the keys in their hands against the statues' foreheads. As the two parts fit together, the keys turned.

Creak, creak...

The circular bronze coffin began to emit a mechanical sound, and then the entire coffin unfolded in the shape of a lotus, revealing the corpse of Princess Augu inside.

Princess Augu's corpse looked lifelike, wearing a golden long-horned mask on her face and a gorgeous gold-and-red robe on her body. As she lay quietly on the lotus platform, the disk placed between her hands on her chest and abdomen attracted the gaze of everyone present.

"The Flower of the Other Shore..." Ying Caihong chanted in a low voice, her whole body trembling slightly as she slowly walked forward.

Yet at that moment, the candle in the southeast corner of the tomb chamber began to flicker, all but about to go out.

Xiao Hen wanted to rush forward and seize the Flower of the Other Shore right then, but the flickering candle made him pause his movement, and he reached out to block Ying Caihong's path forward.

"What do you think you're doing?" Ying Caihong snapped coldly, drawing her gun and pointing it at Xiao Hen.

"It's dangerous ahead!" Xiao Hen said in a deep voice. "Put your gun away!"

"Yoko..." At Ying Caihong's command, Yoko stepped forward, ready to make a move.

Boom!

The circular ground all around the coffin collapsed completely, and Hu Bayi and the other two all plummeted into the cavern below.

Ying Caihong and the others were startled, turning to look at Xiao Hen with lingering fear in their hearts. If not for Xiao Hen stopping them, the majority of their group would have died.

Xiao Hen stared intently at the Flower of the Other Shore upon the goddess's corpse; the Main Quest was about to be completed.

Treading the collapsing edge, Xiao Hen carefully walked toward the coffin. Seeing this, Ying Caihong's gaze flickered, yet she lacked the courage to risk taking the Flower of the Other Shore herself.

"Yoko..." Yoko was all Ying Caihong had to rely on.

"Understood!" With a nod from Yoko, she prepared to head over to the coffin and snatch the Flower of the Other Shore.

Xiao Hen followed the edge to a toppled cross-shaped statue. This cross-shaped statue was connected to the Goddess's Coffin at the center by black iron chains. Stepping onto the chain, Xiao Hen prepared to head to the central coffin, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Hu Bayi and the other two, who had fallen below, hanging precariously in mid-air.

Xiao Hen looked at the Flower of the Other Shore in the coffin, then looked at Hu Bayi and the other two dangling in mid-air. After a brief deliberation, he reached behind him, pulled out a rope, and threw it down. "Grab the rope!"

Xiao Hen shouted at the top of his lungs, and Hu Bayi and the others below heard him clearly enough.

Wang Kaixuan was positioned somewhat higher and grabbed the rope first. With a mighty heave, Xiao Hen pulled Wang Kaixuan up without breaking much of a sweat.

"This brother's got quite some strength!" Wang Kaixuan laughed heartily, patting Xiao Hen on the shoulder.

"Let's pull the other two up first." Xiao Hen smiled faintly and tossed the rope back down.

Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang were suspended in mid-air, unable to climb up on their own. At that moment, as Xiao Hen's rope came down, Shirley Yang, clinging to Hu Bayi, nimbly wrapped the rope tightly around both of them.

With strength in both hands, Xiao Hen began to hoist their bodies upward.

Wang Kaixuan wanted to help from the side, but seeing Xiao Hen pull the two of them up effortlessly, his eyes widened in astonishment.

Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang finally made it up from beneath the cliff, looked at Xiao Hen, and smiled. "Thanks, friend."

"No problem."

Since the three of them were already up, it was time to collect the Flower of the Other Shore.

Xiao Hen turned his head toward the coffin, but his expression instantly turned cold.

Over by the coffin, Yoko had secretly made her way along the chain from the other side to the side of the goddess's corpse, reaching her hand out toward the Flower of the Other Shore.

"Courting death!"

At this point, Xiao Hen no longer bothered to conceal anything. Pushing off with his feet and springing forward, he directly crossed a distance of several meters and leaped to the central coffin.

"Whoa..."

"Th-This jumping power..."

Big Gold Tooth and Wang Kaixuan exclaimed in shock, and Hu Bayi was likewise startled, looking at Xiao Hen as he lunged at Yoko, and at the Flower of the Other Shore in Yoko's hand.

A cold glint flashed in Xiao Hen's eyes. Flipping his hand, a dagger materialized, and with a sweep of his right hand, the blade flew out, embedding itself in the back of Yoko's right hand as she reached for the Flower of the Other Shore.

"Ah..." Yoko let out a cry of pain and glared viciously at Xiao Hen.

"Heh!" Xiao Hen smiled coldly. To prevent any accidents with the Flower of the Other Shore, he had followed the plot developments along the way and endured for a long time; now, he finally didn't need to hold back anymore.

Flipping his hand, a handgun appeared in his grip, and he fired a shot straight at Yoko. Xiao Hen's marksmanship was extremely precise, and as the bullet flew out, a hole appeared in Yoko's forehead.

"You..." Yoko's body tilted backward, wanting to speak but unable to get the words out as she plunged into the abyss.

Having killed Yoko, Xiao Hen turned his gaze to the Flower of the Other Shore on the goddess's corpse, his expression excited and a smile on his face. At last, the Main Quest was about to be completed.

"Yoko..." On the platform not far away, Ying Caihong let out a grief-stricken cry, perhaps mourning not Yoko's death, but despairing over failing to obtain the Flower of the Other Shore.

"She... she was just killed offhand like that. This is..." Big Gold Tooth looked in astonishment at Xiao Hen by the coffin. He had thought this fellow was all right just a moment ago, yet now he was mercilessly destroying flowers and gunning Yoko down in cold blood.

Bang, bang, bang...

Ying Caihong raised her pistol and unleashed a flurry of shots at Xiao Hen. Yet Xiao Hen's current Combat Power reached thirty-seven; at this range, he could entirely evade the trajectory of the pistol bullets. Casually twisting his body, Xiao Hen dodged Ying Caihong's gunfire.

Click, click, click... Ying Caihong's pistol ran out of bullets, emitting a series of clicking sounds.

Hmph.

Xiao Hen let out a cold laugh, then turned his gaze back to the Flower of the Other Shore. Better to secure the flower first.

Yet the moment Xiao Hen reached out, a red light flashed over the Flower of the Other Shore, and a towering crimson radiance blazed into the air.

"Not good!"

Xiao Hen grabbed toward the Flower of the Other Shore, but grasped empty air as the surrounding scenery underwent a drastic transformation.

"Red light! Oh no, everyone run, it's dangerous!" Hu Bayi shouted, preparing to evacuate with Shirley Yang and Wang Kaixuan.

Alas, it was already too late...

As the crimson radiance swept past, wave after wave of Japanese zombie soldiers emerged onto the scene, accompanied by skeletal warriors marching forward with broadswords in hand.

"Damn it!" Xiao Hen lowered his head to search for the Flower of the Other Shore. As long as he collected the flower, these illusions would vanish.

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