Until here.
Zhou Lin finally stopped his 'chant' and wiped the sweat from his forehead, gasping for breath. He then asked the others, "Did it leave?"
The gymnastics champion glanced down the cliff and said, "It's gone..."
Elder Tang and the archaeological team all let out a sigh of relief.
"It's good that it's gone. Fortunately, when I came here, I read this spell in a book. I didn't expect it to be so effective. I earned fifty million. As expected, there's a golden house in books!"
Zhou Lin also sighed in relief.
Wilderness Survival Expert: ??????
Elder Tang: ...
Other members of the archaeological team: ...
Live stream audience: ...
"Are novelists this competitive now?"
"No way, no way. What book is this from? Are these things real! Damn, I want to learn too. I don't ask for anything else, just learning how to interact with octopuses is enough for me!"
"Am I watching a tomb-raiding drama or a conversation between immortals? This is so outlandish, yet so captivating!"
"Another day of envying Boss Zhou Lin for earning fifty million for free!"
Soon, the live stream audience calculated for Zhou Lin.
"Boss Zhou Lin has prestige, earning over a hundred million!"
"My god, others come in risking their lives, and he comes in for money? Boss Zhou Lin is truly amazing!"
"Some people lost their lives and their money, haha!"
...
Although the giant octopus's inexplicable retreat was difficult to explain.
The live stream footage had already been captured by many.
Especially by major media outlets.
The never-before-seen giant octopus was terrifying enough, but there was also language that could communicate with it.
This made everyone realize that Zhou Lin was not simple.
Thus, the major media outlets couldn't sit still.
UV Latest Developments: Giant Octopus from Thousands of Years Ago Communicates with a Human!
iQIYI: In times of crisis, you can always trust the light!
Tencent Video: A Thousand-Year-Old Giant Monster is Actually Controlled by One Person, the Novelist's True Identity Remains a Mystery!
Kukou Video: A Millennium of Deformity, Welcome to Man vs. Beast!
...
The mood of the crowd, influenced by the media and the pace of the video, relaxed considerably.
Coupled with the after-effects of facing the giant monster.
Everyone felt as if they were drained.
But at this moment,
Two people were not resting.
One was the Taoist priest,
And the other was Zhou Lin.
The Taoist priest held his compass, his eyes strange, and muttered, "Wrong, wrong!"
Olympic Champion asked curiously:
"Old Taoist, what's wrong? Why are you frowning? Don't tell me there's still danger..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was quickly covered by others to prevent him from speaking ill luck.
However, the old Taoist nodded solemnly:
"I initially thought the danger here came from the giant octopus, but that giant octopus is gone, yet the danger has not."
As soon as he said this,
The entire archaeological team shivered.
They knew that the giant octopus was something that even mortars couldn't deal with.
Yet, that thing wasn't considered the danger here.
Then what was?
At this point, everyone had lost the mood to rest.
They looked around and found that although the space was large, it wasn't enough to cause a crisis.
And the only place where danger might reappear was where the octopus had fled!
Could it be...
Everyone unconsciously looked down into the abyss!
"Someone, throw a flare to see what it is!"
The security captain ordered.
Soon, a flare was thrown down, and with a splash.
It illuminated the entire cliff face.
Following the light, everyone's eyes kept looking down.
However, the further down they looked, the more shocked they became!
Because on the cliff face, they saw not just one coffin.
To be precise,
The entire cliff face was covered with coffins.
The coffins were arranged in a particularly orderly manner, making them look like an inverted Buddhist pagoda!
The sight sent a chill down the spines of Elder Tang and the others.
The gymnastics champion and the Olympic champion looked at it, and cold sweat broke out.
Wolf King silently raised his weapon in front of him, ready for a fatal blow.
The architecture champion was incredibly shocked:
"This, this is a Ghost Buddha Pagoda?"
Facing the architecture champion's terrified and astonished expression, everyone else was bewildered.
What is a Ghost Buddha Pagoda?
Adhering to the principle of asking when you don't understand, Elder Tang was the first to approach the architecture champion.
"What is this Ghost Buddha Pagoda? Can you explain it?"
The architecture champion then realized he had lost his composure, but he looked at the red coffins below with great unease.
"Look down here, Ghost Buddha Pagoda. Don't the positions of these coffins resemble the locations in Buddhist caves? But they should contain Buddha statues, not coffins for the dead."
"And this is a spiral pagoda, which is what we call a Ghost Buddha Pagoda in architecture."
The architecture champion then glanced at the Taoist priest.
"You Taoist priests have taboos about certain things, and so do we in the construction industry. We shouldn't easily come into contact with things related to the dead. It's the same principle."
The Taoist priest, Elder Tang, the paleontologist, and the security personnel looked at the architecture champion with such an expression, and they all felt terrible.
In the live stream:
"Damn, I'm really speechless. Why do I feel my hair standing on end?"
"This place was originally for housing Buddha statues, and now there are coffins, and they're red. Oh my god, I'm about to pee myself from fear."
"What are you yelling about? I'm about to defecate and I haven't said anything, why are you yelling about peeing yourself?"
Just as everyone was hesitating, wondering whether to go down, Zhou Lin's flippant voice echoed again.
"Elder Tang, when are we going down?"
Zhou Lin looked at the red coffins below, his eyes practically shining with gold.
The things inside the coffins were equivalent to points, and he couldn't pass up points.
Elder Tang: ...
Architecture Champion: ... Did I just say all that for nothing?
Taoist Priest: ... Is this kid an idiot? Doesn't he know how dangerous that is?
Security Personnel: ... This guy is amazing.
Archaeological Team and others: We need this kind of courage.
"Then let's... go down now."
Elder Tang's mouth twitched. He never understood why Zhou Lin was always so excited.
"Elder Tang, since I'm being so proactive, can you give me more money? I'm also someone who can stir up emotions, right?"
Zhou Lin said cautiously.
Elder Tang: ...
Has this kid fallen into a pit of money?
The security personnel took out ropes. Below the cliff, there was a large platform, and from the platform, they could descend using stairs.
Elder Tang and everyone else carefully descended along the ropes.
Only the wilderness survival expert who had bet with Zhou Lin earlier waited for them above, standing foolishly by the dark cliff edge.
As everyone descended the stairs and passed by these red coffins, they instinctively shivered.
They all rubbed their arms and their footsteps became much faster than before.
When Zhou Lin's feet landed at the bottom, he looked around the environment. By the edge of the bottom, there was a very deep river.
The current was very swift.
Elder Tang and the archaeological team walked onto the coffins at the edge.
There was a strong smell of blood near the coffins, very pungent.
"Is this blood on it? Why hasn't it dried up after so long?"
Elder Tang, wearing gloves, gently touched it.
The Taoist priest's compass was still spinning, and his eyes looked at the coffins opposite with horror.
His hand holding the compass trembled. Danger...