Tomb raiding: It all started with shocking the archaeological team.

Chapter 166 Brick Paintings Under the Livid Moss

Although I had doubts in my heart, I really couldn't find anything.

Chen Yibai finally turned his gaze to the southeast corner of the cave, to a huge, dark entrance.

In fact, when Chen Yibai first entered, he had already seen this huge opening. Strictly speaking, it should be called a 'door'. Inside was a passageway built of stone bricks, which was nearly one meter wide and two meters high.

The existence of this passageway basically suggests that this underground cave is equivalent to the 'front hall' or 'front temple' of the tomb.

Since there was nothing to be found here and no immediate threat, Chen Yibai felt there was no need to waste time fighting to the death here.

Finding the Skywalker Society's whereabouts is the most important thing.

But just before leaving, Chen Yibai turned his head to look at the ghost fetuses hanging upside down on the ceiling of the cave. His brows furrowed slightly. After thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, and decided to go all out. He grabbed the crimson ancient sword in his hand and went up to slash wildly, killing them all!

No one knows what these evil fetuses will be like when they grow up, but even a fool could guess that they will definitely not be benevolent. So this is called preventing future troubles and taking precautions before they happen.

Furthermore, the existence of these evil fetuses is inherently 'against the heavens,' and they must act on behalf of the heavens.

Unsurprisingly, all of these ghost babies were members of the Heavenly Path Society, numbering around twenty or thirty.

This must be a significant loss for the Skywalker Society.

As for what happened to them, no one knows for the time being.

[Damn! This streamer is so cruel!]

[This is terrifying, I can't watch anymore, I can't watch anymore...]

That's over thirty lives! I've never killed that many people in the zombie mode of CrossFire.

[No need to watch anymore. Judging from this streamer's methods, this is definitely not the first time he's done this. There must be a story behind it. I suggest the relevant departments investigate this thoroughly...]

After finishing, Chen Yibai looked at the limbs and remains scattered all over the ground, nodded with relief and satisfaction, then turned around and walked to the southeast corner of the cave, entering the passageway.

This stone-paved passageway is also very deep and meanders like a sheep's intestine, as if it were deliberately leading to a certain destination, with no end in sight.

Perhaps because it's deep underground, this passage is more humid.

Not only is the humidity high, but a layer of black moss also grows on the walls on both sides of the passage. Apart from the color, it looks no different from ordinary moss. This is called 'corpse spot moss'. As the name suggests, it looks like the black lividity spots that appear on the body after a person dies. It usually only appears in tombs in the south where the humidity is relatively high, and it is only found in ancient tombs that are at least a thousand years old.

Ordinary mosses reproduce by spores, but this 'corpse spot moss' is produced by the reproduction of a large amount of human blood in a long-term humid environment.

Therefore, any passageway walls covered with 'living lichen' have been soaked in human blood.

Furthermore, this 'livid lichen' also emits a hallucinogenic gas.

Fortunately, Chen Yibai was wearing a rosin mask, which could protect him from the toxic fumes.

After walking another few dozen meters or so, a dark shadow suddenly appeared in front of the passageway, standing motionless against the wall.

Because of the distance, it was not very clear, but it looked like a human-shaped stone sculpture, but with a pair of long horns on its head and long arms that reached past its knees.

Chen Yibai originally wanted to get closer to take a closer look, but suddenly the 'stone figure' moved, turned its head to look at Chen Yibai, and then instantly turned and ran into the depths of the passage. It was incredibly fast and silent, like a ghost, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Since it was only for a moment, Chen Yibai didn't get a clear look at the face that turned to look at him, only vaguely feeling that it resembled a hideous ghost face.

What left the deepest impression on me was that grotesque face with a tongue sticking out that almost reached its chest.

Tongue?

Could it be that this thing just licked the back of his head with its long tongue?

The possibility is great!

Recalling the scene of being licked on the back of his head, Chen Yibai felt nauseous.

[Captain Chen, did you see that just now? There's something ahead!]

I saw it, I saw it... it's a hanged ghost!

Does this world really have ghosts?

[Wasn't the creation of spirits prohibited after the founding of the People's Republic of China?]

[Holy crap, that's absolutely terrifying! Is this streamer made of iron? Aren't they scared at all?]

[Nonsense! Otherwise, why would they be tomb raiders?]

[I can't even see real ghosts in movies, why doesn't the platform ban these accounts?]

Chen Yibai didn't have time to interact with the viewers in the live stream, because he had a big question in his mind: "That thing just now, maybe it was a Japanese soldier that came out of the 'placenta' in the underground cave! But it had such a good opportunity to attack, and it only licked itself with its tongue? And now it suddenly appeared and disappeared, as if it was deliberately trying to get my attention!"

As Lu Xun once said, "Where there is impermanence in the world, there must be something sinister!"

Could it be that this thing is deliberately playing tricks on me?

Chen Yibai shook his head, feeling that the possibility was not very high.

While pondering this in his mind, Chen Yibai became more cautious with his steps, and arrived at the spot where the ghostly thing had been standing. Then, he subconsciously turned his head to look at the wall of the passageway.

There was a clear five-fingered scratch mark on the black 'corpse spot moss' growing on the passageway wall, and a large piece had been torn off, revealing the dark brown stone bricks underneath.

The original color of the stone bricks should have been white-gray; the dark brown color is from bloodstains that were once poured on them.

But that's not the point!

The key feature is the obvious carving marks on the dark brown stone bricks, resembling parts of a mural, and even relief carvings!

Chen Yibai frowned sharply, his heart filled with surprise.

Because the walls of the passageway were covered with 'corpse spot moss', Chen Yibai had never imagined that there would be brick paintings on the walls of the passageway as he walked along!

Moreover, that Japanese soldier suddenly appeared here and then disappeared in an instant, leaving scratch marks on the wall and tearing off a large piece of 'corpse lichen'.

Looking back now and thinking about it more carefully, it seems that the Japanese soldier did this on purpose to guide me to look at the brick paintings on the walls of the passageway.

The more Chen Yibai thought about it, the more unbelievable it seemed, and a chill ran down his spine.

This is not just eerie, it has become a full-blown mystery.

If this is indeed the case, then the Japanese soldiers who were stuffed into the "ghost fetus" for "re-education" possessed independent thought.

And what's the point of it guiding me to look at the brick paintings on the walls of the passageway?

Chen Yibai's eyes widened immediately as he looked at the brick paintings on the corridor wall...