The screams were clearly audible, filled with immense pain.
But to Zhou Lin, they were a symbol of excitement.
Didn't they want to use these ropes to hang the mercenaries earlier? Now, they would get to experience the agony of being suspended and suffering.
Zhou Lin tightened his grip. The white-clothed woman beside him had vanished.
However, just as Zhou Lin was about to finish off the green-clothed woman, a rope silently appeared behind him, inching closer.
*Bang!*
Zhou Lin's whip instantly loosened.
He stumbled back a few steps, finding himself bound by the rope behind him.
At the other end of the whip, a head was dangling.
The rope continued to tighten, and Zhou Lin's expression grew serious.
He tried to break free, only to find that not only could he not loosen it, but it was also drawing nearer.
What was going on?
In the live stream.
"Holy crap, what's happening? Why does it look like the boss is in trouble? Why can't he break free?"
"I was just startled by something. There was a human head at the other end of the whip, it was terrifying."
"What's even more terrifying now is what's happening to the boss. This situation looks wrong."
"Why can't the boss break free from this rope? It should be easy for him."
"Look, this rope seems off. Why has its color changed?"
...
The netizens in the live stream, seeing the rope change color, felt a sense of alarm.
Zhou Lin tried to break free, but it was utterly useless.
Zhou Lin's eyes darkened as he heard a strange sound.
"Hahaha... Did you really think I would be killed by you?"
"I was hanged, so whatever is hanging me is useless."
"Now I will use this rope to strangle you to death."
The voice was faint, but Zhou Lin heard it clearly.
Zhou Lin's eyes flashed crimson as he saw a green figure appear nearby.
He had underestimated this woman.
She had performed the 'golden cicada shedding its shell' technique.
Zhou Lin grinned and pulled out a doll. In an instant, his figure transformed into a straw effigy.
As the red rope tightened around Zhou Lin's body.
His skin began to show marks.
This made the live stream viewers anxious.
"Damn it, what's happening? Why is there blood? How could this happen?"
"What's wrong with the boss? Why is he bleeding? Did the rope injure him?"
"Look, why has the boss's body changed? It looks like there's a deep pit in his abdomen. Holy crap, he's going to be split in half!"
...
In the Dean's conference room.
The Dean and the others were shocked to see Zhou Lin's condition.
Zhou Lin was injured? How could he be injured?
"If this rope tightens any further, Zhou Lin might be broken in half at the waist."
"This is similar to ancient beheading."
Professor Hu looked at Zhou Lin's appearance and couldn't help but worry.
"Zhou Lin will be cut in half... Is this true?"
Professor Wen's face changed upon hearing this.
The Dean frowned as he looked at the large screen, feeling that something was amiss, but he couldn't pinpoint what it was.
The main issue was that Zhou Lin's appearance was not right; shouldn't he be in extreme pain?
After a long period of thought, the Dean finally realized something...
This was not Zhou Lin.
Inside the tomb.
Blood was increasingly flowing from 'Zhou Lin's' body, his lower half soaked in crimson.
*Crack—*
Zhou Lin's body was broken in half at the waist and fell to the ground, motionless.
The green-clothed woman, seeing Zhou Lin dead, couldn't contain her smile.
But the next moment.
"What are you smiling about? Are you happy that I'm dead?"
Zhou Lin's voice came from behind the green-clothed woman.
Behind him stood a majestic Qilin.
The man and the Qilin were looking at the green-clothed woman.
The green-clothed woman's body gradually became clearer, her eyes filled with surprise as she looked at him.
"You... How are you here? Who was that just now?"
The green-clothed woman's voice trembled as she looked at Zhou Lin beside her.
"It was me, but also not me. You can shed your skin, why can't I? I'm just more advanced than you. Look at you, talking too much brought you no good."
Zhou Lin sneered, then waved his hand.
Before the green-clothed woman could speak, the Qilin opened its mouth wide and swallowed her.
However, after eating, it looked at Zhou Lin with a look of disdain, as if dissatisfied.
Its gaze seemed to say, this thing was really unpalatable.
"There's no other way. This is how it is in here, either vengeful spirits or resentful souls. Just make do with it."
Zhou Lin understood the Qilin's expression and could only offer words of comfort.
The Qilin then disappeared.
Zhou Lin walked over to the equipment and picked it up.
The netizens, seeing Zhou Lin alive and well before their eyes, transitioned from sadness to joy.
"Boss, you're alive? Are you okay?"
"Wuwu, thank goodness you're okay, I was so scared, I thought you were dead. I would have become a widow, wuwu."
"Stop it. I wouldn't easily believe that Boss Zhou Lin would be in trouble. I'm very sure of that."
"Me too. Boss Zhou Lin has been through so much, how could he capsize in a ditch?"
"But what now? Has this woman been dealt with? Should we press on and see what this coffin is?"
"I'm more curious, who is inside this coffin?"
The netizens' questions poured in like a tide.
Zhou Lin only glanced at a few of them.
"This coffin cannot be opened for now. This funeral, with a living person being buried, was not successful. This coffin will not open easily, so we have to wait."
Zhou Lin glanced at the coffin in the center. The chains around it were like restraints, firmly binding it.
A coffin that had been trapped for thousands of years must be very lonely.
"Boss, who is in here? Why is there such a highly respected person? That they would go to such lengths to help him, even in death. I can't understand it."
"Me too, I'm completely bewildered. Why? Who has such courage?"
"Your Great Xia has so many historical figures, it's dizzying just looking at them."
"Exactly. Even with immense prestige, they shouldn't have caused these people to die, right?"
"Your Old Eagle Country's biological and chemical research also resulted in deaths..."
"Forget it, let's not talk. You shut up, just shut up."
"That's because you're guilty."