The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 129: Living Creature

"Ha, didn’t expect you to see through me! Yes, I am actually the Outsider Expert, originally wanted to keep a low profile, alas...but unfortunately, my strength doesn’t allow it." I shook my head and sighed.

"Share your thoughts, Expert." The leader swallowed and then adjusted his expression. They were seriously discussing survival methods, and definitely didn’t expect me to act so ridiculous at such a critical moment.

I’m a professional at breaking the tense atmosphere, or maybe I’ve long adapted to this kind of scene and simply can’t feel nervous anymore.

"My view is simple: this creature is still alive, those three people were eaten by it, gone." Considering the leader was sincere in listening, I straightforwardly expressed my guess. Some things are not about whether to speak but to whom to speak. If you know the other party would just take your words as nonsense, why waste your breath?

"Alive?" Professor Liu listened to my words and, like Chen Qinghan just now, frowned and pondered.

"Hey, Expert, your line of thinking is definitely different from ours. It’s already bones, can this thing still be alive?" Guan Hai was curious, but his tone was full of curiosity without any hint of ridicule.

"There are many things in this world that existing knowledge can’t explain, and the definition of life is actually broad. You’re educated, you must understand these principles better than I do." I’m also not someone who doesn’t know how to speak properly. It mainly depends on the person. If the other party is willing to chat peacefully, I’m also willing to chat calmly.

"We understand the principles, just don’t dare to think, your idea is particularly bold."

"Just wild guesses, throwing a brick to attract jade."

"Do you often participate in expedition activities? Why aren’t you afraid of those Flying Ants?" Guan Hai had a strong desire to learn. In the woods, he was the one who asked the most questions, always grabbing Professor Liu to ask about this and that.

But Cong Zhibo seldom spoke, and even when listening to Professor Liu talk about the characteristics of plants, he was absent-minded, looking around.

In comparison, Guan Hai is a curious baby, but I can’t answer some of his questions truthfully and had to make up a reason to deceive him.

"Can you help us find Cong Zhibo?" Guan Hai didn’t dig deep into the truth of my answers, he seemed to just want to confirm if I was really experienced in exploration, wanting to ensure that I had the capability to help them.

But everyone present was skilled hands, they are a team, we joined halfway, his trust in us should be quite low.

"In places like this, finding people relies on brains and knowledge. Sorry, I have neither, but if you need manpower, no problem." My answer was sincere, not intentionally shirking.

Guan Hai sighed helplessly, his vacant gaze somewhat confused, perhaps he felt bewildered because the knowledge he learned couldn’t lead him out of this Stone Forest.

Professor Liu had already returned from his deep thoughts, digging down with a shovel, clearing the stones from the ground, and suddenly a stream of bright red liquid gushed out from where he dug.

The liquid kept pouring out, and Professor Liu had to step back because he didn’t know what this liquid was and feared it might be dangerous if it got on him. He retreated a few steps, and the liquid flowed out, staining the surrounding bones red.

Professor Liu frowned tightly. He was the closest, so he quickly recognized that the liquid was blood. We only then smelled the spreading bloody scent.

How could there be fresh blood underground? Could there really be living people?

But in the place where Professor Liu dug, there was only stone and soil, no human or animal remains.

I’d heard of the strange phenomenon of old trees bleeding, but never heard of blood being dug out from underneath stone.

Professor Liu seemed to be inspired, changed places and continued digging, and in three different locations, fresh blood also gushed out.

He called to the others, and almost everyone had a shovel, digging into the ground.

We didn’t have tools, could only stand by and watch, the leader told everyone not to scatter, still standing in a circle, ensuring everyone could see each other.

As more pits were dug in the ground, the fresh blood gushed like a spring, filling the gaps between the stones, forming blood pools in the low spots.

"Everyone be careful, this blood might be poisonous, and the reason other animals don’t dare come near here might be because of this." Professor Liu reminded everyone.

Before Professor Liu finished his sentence, a bone pillar beside him suddenly tilted, but he didn’t need others to remind or help, with a flash, he dodged the falling bone pillar.

His reaction speed and fitness were nothing like a university professor. My initial impression of Chen Qinghan was also like this, only his skills were not as good as Chen Qinghan’s.

Perhaps modern people focus on fitness and exercise. In any case, although Professor Liu is not young, he’s fitter than his two students, and so far hasn’t run himself into a state of exhaustion.

But this bone pillar falling was just the beginning, then the other bone pillars also began to tilt and fall, like dominoes, falling in circles, and our field of view expanded in circles.

Before the dust settled, I seemed to receive a signal, though it was too weak, it was like a ’voice’ calling out.

If this bone forest was really some unknown creature we’ve never seen, then this call might be its dying wail, it might have some intelligence but was very slow.

The Stone Forest turned into a blood pool, we all retreated to the edge of the Stone Forest, this time no one went missing again, or you could say after the ground bled, no one went missing again.

Digging and retreating all the way, we saw many animal bones sandwiched between the skeletons, among them were a few human bones, but not many.

This island was difficult to discover in the first place, and those who managed to land here alive must be very few.

Moreover, there are so many carnivorous creatures in the jungle, anyone who made it to the Stone Forest alive is a rarity.

After the entire Stone Forest collapsed, we heard Cong Wenbo vomiting.

The leader went over, following the sound, and rescued someone from the blood pool, and the other two people were right beside him.

But they had already fallen into a coma. After the bone pillars collapsed, the ground began to sink, but the blood continued to gush upward. If it wasn’t for Cong Zhibo’s vomiting, the other two might have drowned in the blood pool.

Three people covered in blood were carried out of the Stone Forest by the leader and Professor Liu’s team.

Chen Qinghan helped find the nearest water source. The leader first dropped the three people into the river to wash off the blood.

He always suspected that this blood was toxic, so it had to be cleaned off quickly.

With three additional ’wounded,’ the team needed to stop and rest again. Other members lit fires by the river. Although the beasts are fierce, most of them fear fire.

Even though the other two were still unconscious, at least they were alive, and the leader and Professor Liu both breathed a sigh of relief.

The leader specifically thanked me. I was bewildered by the thanks, it was Professor Liu who dug the ground, rescued, carried, and washed the people, I did nothing.

While roasting by the fire, Professor Liu also whispered a thank you to me. I felt undeserving of their gratitude and quickly said it was unnecessary.