The feeling of suffocation swept through her body. The woman's face turned ashen, her hand gripping Bai Ye's wrist, struggling incessantly. Fear and a hint of disbelief flickered in her eyes.
"Why?" she managed to ask.
Why?
This was, of course, due to the strengthening effects of the T-virus, which had amplified Bai Ye's already exceptional spiritual attribute to a terrifying degree, a so-called mental pollution ability.
Then…
*Crack!*
Bai Ye's palm tightened again, a crisp bone-snapping sound echoing. The woman's pupils constricted, her head lolled to the side, and she died.
"I am under no obligation to satisfy your curiosity."
Bai Ye dropped the woman's corpse and then looked around.
After the woman's death, the twelve people who had been sent to the tomb gate had all become corpses. Bai Ye cautiously inspected them one by one, and after confirming there were no survivors, he retrieved his gun and forcefully pushed open the tomb gate.
As the tomb gate opened, Bai Ye immediately felt the surrounding temperature plummet.
Before him lay a narrow, elongated passageway. The moment the tomb gate was opened, the oil lamps on both sides of the passage lit up on their own. However, the lamplight was eerie, a greenish hue that exuded a sense of mystery.
Without hesitation, Bai Ye shouldered his gun and stepped into the passage, walking forward. Suddenly…
*Creak!*
A piercing sound suddenly rang out, followed by the tomb gate slamming shut with a resounding bang.
The atmosphere was somewhat oppressive, but Bai Ye was unfazed.
So what if it was haunted!
When King Huai Nan died, he had many living people buried with him. These people had transformed into Yin Soldiers after death, helping to guard King Huai Nan's tomb.
In fact, the first of the three forbidden zone missions within King Huai Nan's mausoleum was to kill fifteen tomb guardian spirit monsters.
This was also why Bai Ye had intercepted at the tomb gate and eliminated everyone sent to this particular door.
The number of tomb guardian spirit monsters on each route was limited. If there were a crowd competing, it would not be easy to kill fifteen.
However, with only Bai Ye on this route, all the spirit monsters were his for the taking, making it much easier to gather fifteen.
He pressed onward, soon reaching the end, where an open jade door appeared before him.
Beyond the jade door was a square stone chamber, roughly a hundred square meters in size. In the center stood a jade coffin, and nothing else.
The moment Bai Ye stepped into the stone chamber…
A black mist materialized around him, revealing human-shaped outlines within the darkness. Soon, corpse children, only a meter tall, emerged from the mist, swaying as they walked. They were all child zombies, about seven to nine years old, about five or six in number.
Bai Ye did not hesitate. He raised his Aug rifle and pulled the trigger.
The bullets flew forward, but upon hitting the corpse children, they had little effect. The bullets struck them like steel plates, emitting metallic impacts.
Zombies were different from ghouls. Ghouls were not difficult to deal with; a shot to the head would suffice. But zombies were different. They had no obvious weak points. Bullets were not useless, but they simply didn't inflict enough damage.
"This goes to show, foreign goods are unreliable. Even dead spirits, domestic products are sturdier!"
Bai Ye muttered, quickly detaching the empty magazine, retreating to create distance, and reloading.
At this moment…
*Pfft!*
The corpse child before him suddenly opened its small mouth and spewed out a plume of purplish-black mist.
Bai Ye dared not delay, quickly dodging backward.
The purple mist was corpse poison; if one was infected, they would die within moments.
After evading the purple mist, Bai Ye finished reloading and raised his gun again. However, two corpse children used the cover of the black smoke to flank Bai Ye. Suddenly, they leaped forward, their hands outstretched, intending to grab Bai Ye's throat.
Bai Ye quickly swung his rifle in a wide arc, smashing the butt of the gun into the head of one corpse child, knocking it away. He then spun and kicked the other corpse child.
"Ningshuang, Sword Control!"
The Ningshuang Sword, suspended at Bai Ye's side, instantly transformed into a flash of light and shot forward.
*Clang, clang…*
Ningshuang Sword's light was incredibly fast, continuously slashing at the neck of a corpse child, emitting clear, ringing sounds.
But on the third strike…
*Pfft!*
The corpse child's neck finally succumbed to the sword's edge. A line of blood appeared on its neck, followed by its head flying off. The body then toppled backward.
Bai Ye seized the opportunity, loaded a grenade into the launcher, and aimed forward.
*Boom!*
With the sound of an explosion, flames raged.
A massive fireball erupted, scattering the surrounding corpse children. Black smoke billowed from their bodies, carrying a scorched odor.
At this very moment…
*Crunch, crunch!*
A grinding sound suddenly arose, and then Bai Ye felt a strong gust of wind.
The jade coffin in the center began to tremble, and then the lid of the coffin suddenly flew up, spinning through the air and hurtling towards Bai Ye.
Bai Ye quickly dodged to the side. The coffin lid smashed against the wall, shattering a piece.
Simultaneously…
A chilling wind swept through the surroundings, accompanied by ghostly wails.
From within the white jade coffin, a corpse child suddenly sat upright, its hands stretched forward, its pair of red eyes fixed on Bai Ye.
This corpse child appeared taller than the others, and its clothing was entirely different. Although tattered, it was still evident that it was far more opulent than that of an ordinary corpse child.
Bai Ye immediately raised his gun, aiming at the corpse child, intending to pull the trigger. But at this moment…
Bai Ye found that after pulling the trigger, there was no response. Furthermore, the body of the Aug rifle was gradually becoming translucent, turning semi-transparent, and then quickly vanishing without a trace.
Bai Ye was speechless. The 24-hour usage period for the gacha item had expired.
"Ah!"
At this point, the corpse child suddenly opened its mouth and let out a ghostly shriek, spewing a mass of black smoke from its mouth.
Bai Ye quickly performed a sideways dive, pushing off the ground with one hand, rolling to the side. The moment the smoke landed on the corner of the wall, a "sizzling" sound erupted. By the time the black smoke dissipated, a section of the stone slab in the corner had been corroded away, leaving a shocking sight.
Bai Ye got up from the ground, glanced at the wall corner, and winced. He could easily imagine what would happen if that black smoke landed on him.
Then…
Bai Ye suddenly lifted his shirt, revealing two decks of playing cards in his hands.