Wasn't that from Qin Shi Huang's tomb before? How did it end up in here? It's not a short journey, how did they all appear together?
"Be careful, we don't have any firearms now, only the daggers in our hands..."
The mercenary beside them shielded the archaeology students, but his hands were still fumbling around his body, wishing he could conjure up some kind of weapon.
Boom—
Song Lin pulled out a grenade and casually tossed it.
The entire vine and the corpse beetles were blown to pieces.
"Holy crap, where did you get that from?"
Captain Zhao beside him was astonished. Did this guy stash it privately?
"This is waterproof. I just grabbed a few at random before, so I'm fine. Who would have thought there would be water in the desert."
Song Lin felt a surge of fear. Fortunately, he had grabbed the wrong thing, otherwise, wouldn't he be in a bad situation right now?
"Can you control it for now?"
Captain Zhao looked at the corpse beetles opposite them. Even if they could hold on for a while, they couldn't kill them all.
"I don't know. We can retreat for now. Let's retreat first, or we'll all die here."
Song Lin no longer cared about national boundaries. At this moment, they should work together to fight the enemy. If they didn't cooperate, no one would escape.
"You can't leave now."
Zhou Lin looked at their faces and said slowly.
"Why?"
Captain Zhao and Song Lin beside him looked at Zhou Lin in confusion upon hearing this. If Zhou Lin also said this, wouldn't it be very dangerous?
"Look behind you. Who can leave?"
Zhou Lin casually waved his hand, telling them to look behind them.
Everyone who heard Zhou Lin speaking looked towards the back. They saw that a giant green vine net had appeared behind them at some point.
This was something formed by the vines themselves.
This is truly...
This is going to kill us!
Help...
What can we do?
"Damn it, aren't we trapped?"
"Then what do we do? We can't get close to this thing, or we'll all be taken by these vines."
"What should we do? It's so terrifying?"
"Professor, save us."
The students looked at the vines beside them, their hearts tightening. What in the world was happening?
In the live broadcast room.
"Holy crap, how can we fight this? This is going to kill us! Corpse beetles in front, vines behind, it's a trap! What can we do?"
"Now it's up to the big shot. The big shot is capable of dealing with corpse beetles, but these vines... can't they be cut?"
"How to put it? If they could be cut, the big shot would have dealt with them before, but he didn't, so you understand what's going on."
"So, the big shot can't touch these vines? No way? Is there anything the big shot can't solve?"
"Hmph, of course. No matter how amazing your professor from Great Xia is, he's still just a person, not a god. If he knew everything, you wouldn't be human."
"Exactly. No matter what, he's still human. We already think it's amazing that he's knowledgeable, but he can't know everything."
"Damn it, say that again, and even if he's human, you're nothing compared to the Great Xia professor."
"Isn't that right? He's nothing."
Inside the tomb.
Zhou Lin looked at these vines and corpse beetles. If he dealt with these corpse beetles, then the original form of these vines would be exposed.
"Zhou Lin, do you have any concerns?"
The metaphysics professor had, after all, descended into two tombs with Zhou Lin. He understood Zhou Lin's temperament. For someone who never backed down to hesitate to act, it meant he had concerns.
"Indeed. This tree is called Hydra Cypress. It's irrigated with mercury and fresh blood, and these vines are already filled with mercury."
"If the green layer on these vines is damaged, their aggressiveness will increase significantly. They won't be as gentle as they are now. I don't care, but you do, so I need to find a way..."
Zhou Lin's current dilemma was that if these people weren't here, he wouldn't have any concerns.
"I think we should deal with these corpse beetles first. Otherwise, we'll all be eaten. Whether the vines attack or not is secondary, we'll become food on a plate. Who can stand that?"
Captain Zhao felt they should deal with the immediate threat first. As for the vines, they could worry about them later.
Zhou Lin looked at the vines. A giant net was closing in on them. Indeed, if they continued to wait, there might only be one outcome.
Zhou Lin muttered something and then looked at the corpse beetles opposite them.
"Funeral of Fire Sea."
A powerful high temperature descended from above. Everyone felt the temperature was even higher than before.
Their bodies instantly felt as if they had been washed with water.
Everyone's faces turned red, and they groaned inwardly. What was going on? Their clothes were still damp from the cold sweat they'd broken out in earlier, and now this again. This was truly life-threatening.
What was that smell coming from their bodies?
And now this again, wasn't this going to kill them?
At the moment the great fire descended, the Hydra Cypress opposite them instantly turned from green to white.
As the fire came down, the corpse beetles' bodies instantly became dry shells, their color turning a pale gray.
One by one, they lay on the ground motionless, as if frozen.
When the fire disappeared, the entire space fell silent.
Everyone was curious. What was going on? Why was it different from before?
The metaphysics professor looked at the corpse beetles just a few steps away from him and gently lifted his foot.
Crunch—
It was incredibly crisp. The fist-sized corpse beetles were now dried out, with no moisture left.
Even the corpses hanging on the trees had been ignited by the fire, burning fiercely, as if burning away the corpse beetles on their bodies.
"They were just dried out? No moisture left? In an instant? You really went all out this time? No wonder it was so hot."
The metaphysics professor found Zhou Lin to be increasingly formidable. He had excellent control over the temperature of the flames.
Zhou Lin looked at the metaphysics professor's expression... and suddenly felt that his status was gone. Didn't he think it was amazing? If not, how could he get paid?
"Yes, Zhou Lin's technique has become very skillful."
Huo Qi, standing beside him, also said.
Everyone behind them chimed in with the wind.
In the live broadcast room.
"The big shot's skills are truly amazing. Is it done just like that?"
"It's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. This is roasted corpse beetle, can it be eaten?"