The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 25: Not All Bean Sprouts Are Edible

These are stories I heard from a surviving Tomb Robber, whose team was numbered 303. There were initially twelve people who went down, but only two made it to the main tomb chamber.

One of them was dead, and the surviving person only realized something was wrong with his companion after entering the main tomb chamber.

I heard the survivor in the coffin say, "You’re infected too." Out of curiosity, I half sat up and peered outside from the edge of the coffin, just as I saw that person swing an axe to split the dead person’s head open.

Splitting wasn’t enough; then he smashed it over ten times until the dead person’s head turned into smashed watermelon.

He later told me, that this that’s how you completely disable a corpse’s ability to move.

After he smashed the deceased’s head, things like Bean Sprout started growing from the corpse.

He said this is how those organisms spread, if there’s any living thing nearby, they will attach to it and proliferate inside the living creature.

The growth of ’Bean Sprout’ happens because the infected person is already dead and lost the ability to move, they must find new ’fertile ground,’ thus they grow outside.

Out of the twelve people of the 303 Tomb Robber team, five died at the hands of ’Bean Sprout.’

Soon after, the surviving Tomb Robber used the same axe to smash open his own head.

It seems only humans dare to be so harsh to themselves, the means to seek death are extremely cruel.

Miss Scream was sitting on the ground crying and screaming, Shunfeng went over to check her wounds, the corpse under control by those microorganisms bit down ruthlessly, if not for Qinghan’s quick actions, Miss Scream’s thigh would have lost a chunk of flesh.

Now there are just two rows of bloody teeth marks, with some blood flowing, we didn’t have any disinfectant medication, Shunfeng could only wrap it up simply with a cloth strip.

Miss Scream with the injured leg refused to walk, expressly asking Qinghan to carry her.

She and Wen Jing had completely fallen out, at this point, even if she had the nerve to ask, Wen Jing would not carry her again.

"Professor Chen is our leader, only he has the skills, if sudden situations arise, carrying you would make it inconvenient for him to act, otherwise, I—"

"Get lost!" Miss Scream no longer cared for her image, reverted to her true self, and cursed in crude language, before she was the ’delicate’ young lady, now she wore a venomous stepmother’s face.

She refused to go alone, then none of us could leave, at least Qinghan and the others could not walk away.

"Let me." I thought Shunfeng made sense, Qinghan carried the sword, enough to handle various emergencies, if he carried Miss Scream, it would slow down his reactive speed.

Miss Scream was evidently dissatisfied with me, but she suddenly let out a cold laugh and nodded in agreement.

I handed my backpack to Wen Jing, carried Miss Scream, and continued walking forward.

Miss Scream’s arm tightly strangled my neck, if it were someone else, they might feel breathless, but I wouldn’t.

Qinghan led the way, Wen Jing brought up the rear, Shunfeng and I walked in the middle of the group, Miss Scream one moment complained I walked too fast bobbing her up and down, the next moment complained I walked too slow.

Using these lame excuses to pull my hair, pinch my arm, and kick me with her good leg.

A thousand-year-old zongzi, turned into an old society’s maidservant, yet when I opened my mouth to take this task, I expected she would find a reason to vent her anger on me, I can accept it, all thanks to being near the exit.

Compared to obtaining freedom, being a punchbag is nothing, moreover she thought I’d feel pain, in reality, I felt nothing at all.

Qinghan remained silent, his face clenched tight, like someone owed him money.

Shunfeng was beside me, naturally, he saw Miss Scream’s petty actions, hesitated to speak several times, lastly only sighed and looked away not watching me.

We trekked across the sea of sand for over an hour when suddenly the entire space shook, a dull explosion sound came from ahead of us.

Qinghan rushed forward not waiting to steady himself, more and more debris fell from the top, Wen Jing shouted ’It’s collapsing,’ pushing me from behind to speed up our running forward.

"The exit must be ahead." Shunfeng raised his head from time to time, avoiding the falling debris above.

"I can’t see clearly, you lead the way!" Wen Jing was highly myopic, underground was even darker, he handed over the task of leading to Shunfeng.

Shunfeng with the flashlight, but he ran in a zigzag manner, the flashlight’s beam was dizzying to look at.

A huge rock fell, separating us, Wen Jing shouted, "Xiao Feng? Are you okay?"

Shunfeng’s flashlight should have fallen, the beam glued to the ground, pointing in a fixed direction.

"I’m okay, I’m okay." Shunfeng replied while coughing.

"Damn it, it must be Boss Lu, who blew up the exit." Wen Jing swore, circled around the blocking giant stone to check Shunfeng’s situation.

I also planned to get around the giant stone, but a larger stone from above fell again, I moved back wanting to avoid the falling stone, unexpectedly Miss Scream suddenly jumped off my back and pushed me forward.

This stone, though not as big as the last one, firmly pinned down one of my legs, with my strength I couldn’t budge it.

Miss Scream hopped with one leg and ran away, urging Wen Jing and Shunfeng up ahead to hasten.

Stones were falling more densely overhead, large chunks dropping, it seems this underground space really was about to collapse.

Even if not entirely cave-in, the falling debris was enough to bury us alive.

I wanted to call them to wait, but deep inside I know, at this point, any pause and we’d all be doomed.

I couldn’t die, yet their lives were fragile, so when Miss Scream told Wen Jing I was buried, I didn’t make a sound.

Wen Jing wanted to come find me, they had already run a good distance, Miss Scream issued another threat, her threats lacked finesse but were clear and effective.

Wen Jing could only carry her and continue to run out, Shunfeng called for me a few times, I did not answer because the falling stones here were more dense, stones were also getting bigger.

In a blink, I found myself surrounded by gigantic stone blocks, the last big stone fell from above like a lid, completely trapping me underneath.

But because stones supported around me, I had a small space within, I wasn’t directly crushed.

Stone coffin... this was the first word that popped into my head, indeed zongzi should stay within the coffin, don’t vainly hope to see the light again.

Even though the entire leg was crushed under the stone, I didn’t feel pain, just this time, I fear I won’t be able to move freely for a large duration.

Next time I can move, maybe until the stones weather away, roughly after two minutes, the sound of falling stones ceased.

During which I heard Qinghan shout, urging Wen Jing and the others to run quickly, the exit still had a little gap remaining, but soon it will be buried shut.

Miss Scream shouted hoarsely about letting her go first, they exchanged a few words afterward, but due to the distance and interference from the falling stones I didn’t hear clearly, once the dust settled, nobody spoke anymore, the surroundings returned to silence, they should have gotten out.