"Tell me about the ancient tomb." Lin Jin turned to Wang Zhenshan.
Wang Zhenshan put away his smile, his expression turning serious, and spread the map across the off-road vehicle's hood.
The map marked the exceptionally rugged terrain of the Cangnan Mountains, and the ancient tomb lay in a gorge in the deepest part of the range.
"The entrance is halfway up the mountainside. It was originally covered in vegetation, but last week's landslide completely exposed the stone tomb door."
"By the time our people received the news and arrived, there were already six grave robbers' tunnels nearby, all from different periods. The most recent was no more than three months old."
"There were extensive bloodstains from dragging at the mouth of one tunnel. Our preliminary assessment is that at least four grave robbers encountered a Weird after entering the tomb. None survived."
He pointed to a red circle marking the tomb's location. "Yesterday afternoon, the survey team scanned the entire interior with a Psychic Energy Detector."
"The energy fluctuations briefly peaked above Domain Realm level. Our preliminary assessment puts it at peak S-Rank at the very least. But judging from the distribution of the fluctuations, the burial chamber has more than one level. There's an even larger space deeper inside that the scan couldn't penetrate. We can't rule out the possibility of an SS-Rank Weird."
Lin Jin nodded. Peak S-Rank at a minimum, with a possible SS-Rank as well. This trip should yield quite a haul.
"Where's your squad?" he asked.
Wang Zhenshan pointed to the five team members behind him.
All five wore dark teal combat uniforms with silver Demon Suppression Bureau insignias on their chests. Their auras were steady and condensed, and every one of them was at the Domain Realm or above.
At the front stood