Tomb Robber's Chronicle and Ghost Blows Out the Light

Thunder roared, and intense light continued to emanate from within the barrier. Russell had too much suppressed lightning inside him, and he felt uncomfortable if he didn't release it.

He defeated Supergirl, but he wasn't happy at all. Looking at the stone statue on the ground, he waved his hand and put it into his Space Ring.

When another Supergirl appears, let whoever wants to fight her fight; he simply doesn't want to anymore.

After a while, the lightning was released, and Russell felt completely relaxed as he stepped out of the barrier.

"You won?" Ying Yingying put away the barrier, looking at the scroll that had become waste paper with a heavy heart. She couldn't bear to throw it away and put it into her Space Ring.

Russell replied sullenly and ambiguously, "I suppose so!"

"A win is a win. What do you mean by 'a win'?" Ying Yingying said unhappily. "But don't get cocky. That was just a fake. If it were really our captain, you definitely wouldn't have won."

Russell rolled his eyes and didn't say anything. If it were a real Supergirl, he could win just by showing his face.

"Huh, where's our captain's body?" Ying Yingying looked around but couldn't find any remains. Even though it was a fake, she still planned to collect the remains.

"It vaporized!"

"What?"

"Supergirl's corpse poison penetrated deep into her bones, and she was so obviously restrained by lightning that she was directly struck and vaporized."

"No way, is it that exaggerated?"

"Yeah, tell your captain to be careful when you get back. Fel energy combined with corpse poison can cause her to mutate, making her too vulnerable and easy to target." Russell changed the subject, giving a friendly reminder.

"Impossible. If it were really the captain herself, she would never fall for it so easily." Ying Yingying said confidently, "Didn't you notice that the fake doesn't have Space Ring? Our captain is a rich woman, she has plenty of tools to deal with this."

Russell: "..."

I felt a bit depressed after hearing that. Defeating Supergirl is a long and arduous task, and I don't know when it will end!

Rumble—

The ground beneath their feet collapsed with a deafening roar, sinking for dozens of meters in all directions, extending to the edge of the underground river and causing the water to surge backward. Rock formations above the Cavern also collapsed, creating wide, palm-sized cracks that spread outwards, filling the entire Cavern.

Not only that, the vibrations became more and more frequent, and eventually the entire Cavern was shaking, as if the mountain was about to collapse.

"This place is about to collapse, let's quickly take the Flying Carpet and rush over there."

"No, Xinlan and the others are still behind us. We can't leave them behind."

Ying Yingying gritted her teeth. Not rushing forward might delay the mission, but if she did, the collapsed mountain would block the Cavern. Judging from the area covered by the cracks, once the path was blocked, there was no way to get through unless they dug through the mountain.

Between the mission and her teammates, she decisively chose her teammates.

Russell had no choice but to grab her by the ankle and fly backward, as he couldn't teach a child bad habits.

Rumble!!

Rocks fell, the ground collapsed, the Cavern became ruins, and the path was completely blocked. The underground river was blocked and slowly accumulated into a lake, threatening to submerge the Cavern.

The group looked at the blocked road ahead and sighed with regret.

"That's good, everyone take out the explosives and get ready to dig into the mountain."

"Indiscriminate use of explosives will only cause secondary collapses. Excavating a mountain is not something you can do at will. First, you need to conduct exploration and collect data, including the overall strength of the rock and the geological conditions..."

"Stop drinking water, my head hurts."

"Sigh, if only Jason's dogs were here. They're the best at Digging Holes, and we wouldn't have to do any data surveying."

"It's a wolf!"

Everyone chimed in with their opinions, reaching a consensus: they had to find a way to clear a passage, otherwise the mission would be impossible to complete, and they would be trapped and die in this world.

As for what will happen if someone is trapped to death...

It would be best to return to the Surface World, to blend into it carefree and live out my life in a relaxed and unrestrained manner.

If they couldn't return, and considering that Russell was most likely the only man in the underworld, he was even more motivated to complete the mission.

Russell: "..."

I feel like someone is saying I'm handsome behind my back!

"Vice Captain, there's a surprise! I've found a gap that allows us to leave directly from here."

Guan Yin landed in her Iron Man Suit and went to survey the data. She discovered that the Cavern ceiling had collapsed, revealing a large hole and accidentally exposing a hidden passage.

"Well done! Let's get up there right away."

Ying Yingying took out the Flying Carpet and led everyone into the entrance of the pit. The light above was bright and pale yellow. After flying for about a hundred meters, the view suddenly opened up.

This is a huge circular stone chamber, with brick walls on all four sides, illuminated by ever-burning lamps. The stone walls have hundreds of entrances and exits, each sealed by a bronze human-faced door, with two bronze tripods as standard for each door. In addition, a large number of bronze artifacts are scattered around the chamber.

Masks, weapons, chariots, chime bells, human figures, utensils, and even more bronze statues of various Beast, including ferocious beasts like lions and tigers, as well as creatures from mythology.

The bronze artifacts were stained with blood, and several corpses lay on them. These fresh corpses were not sacrificial slaves, but Reincarnator. They had fallen from the sky and been smashed into a bloody pulp, their flesh and blood splattering onto the bronze artifacts; their deaths were extremely gruesome.

"Everyone, look, there's a tree over there."

"That's not a tree... Damn, I think I know what this plot is all about!"

In the center of the stone chamber stands a massive bronze pillar, tens of meters in diameter, rooted in the ground and covered with relief patterns, rising straight up into the unseen darkness above.

Upon reaching a certain height, the bronze pillar extended branches from all four sides, numbering as many as a thousand as far as the eye could see. Some branches pointed upwards, while others drooped downwards, with fruits or strange beasts perched on their tips, creating an atmosphere of mystery.

The entire bronze pillar has lush branches that rise from the ground, cast in the shape of a tree, which is not wrong.

From a high vantage point, the layout of the stone chamber floor becomes clear. The vast pit is divided into four areas by stone slab paths, with numerous bronze artifacts piled up, surrounded by a circular passageway. Entering the stone chamber through the bronze door and then traversing the stone path, one arrives at the giant bronze tree at the center.

"Jason, what comes to mind when you see this tree?"

"Ghost Blows Out the Light!"

Ying Yingying: (_)

"Uh, this is the plot of the Qinling Divine Tree in the Tomb Robber's Chronicle ..." Jian Shaoxin whispered from the side.

Russell nodded and said, "That's about right, as long as the meaning is conveyed."

Ying Yingying rolled her eyes and walked along the stone path toward the bronze giant tree, saying as she walked, "The main god has changed the plot. This tree is slightly different from the one described in Tomb Robber's Chronicle. I have visited the Sanxingdui Museum, and the Bronze Divine Tree there is extremely similar to this one, except that the one in front of me is magnified countless times."

Seeing this giant tree, everyone roughly understood why they had encountered Supergirl earlier: the God had modified the plot to allow it to materialize the terrifying things deep within their hearts.

As for why the feared thing manifested without contact, it's likely because they kept circling around the giant tree, after all, they had walked a very long way.

If they hadn't accidentally broken through the upper rock layer, they would likely have had to continue.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh————

A whooshing sound came from above, and everyone hurriedly dodged to a safe area. Ying Yingying raised a magic shield above her head, and after a loud bang, a corpse of Reincarnator appeared in front of them.

"..."

Looking up at the towering, insurmountable tree, the dark area stretched endlessly, its height unknown. Considering the vast, desolate mountains beyond the ruins, everyone swallowed hard.

"Does it mean that you have to climb to the top to successfully explore the ruins?"

"Whether it is or not, some Reincarnator have already climbed. We are far behind and need to catch up with them quickly." Ying Yingying took out the Flying Carpet and raised an eyebrow. "Besides, it doesn't have to be crawling. It doesn't say that we can't fly."

"The vice-captain is brilliant!"

"Witty!"

"Heroic!"

"Big breasts!"

"They're all big!"

Hearing her teammate's praise, which was neither entirely flattery nor insult, Ying Yingying's face darkened. She saw Russell standing there in a daze, afraid that he might come up with something terrifying, so she quickly slapped him.

"Jason, what are you doing? I'm warning you, don't let your imagination run wild right now. Your mind is too wild, we can't handle it."

"I wasn't thinking anything..."

Russell remained silent for a moment before responding, "The contract just showed... Jason is dead!"

He died very suddenly, without any fighting, his soul returning to the contract. It felt like...

"No, no, no, that's impossible. You're overthinking it."

Russell muttered to himself as he sat on the Flying Carpet. Ying Yingying had to cast Illumination Spell and control the Flying Carpet to navigate through the bronze branches, so she didn't have enough Magic Power and needed some help.

Russell did not refuse and immediately replenished her magic, placing his hand on her back and gradually channeling his Magic Power into her.

"Everyone, tell me what you're afraid of. We can't avoid this, so let's talk about it now so we can deal with it later..."

"Jason, you go first!"