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As soon as I saw the blood, I was momentarily stunned.
This plot seemed familiar; suddenly, I recalled a story from Uncle Three's Tomb Raiding Notes. It mentioned a tale of blood emerging from a sealed tomb. According to that account, it was about the Vermilion Tomb, which contained the Blood Corpse King. However, the "blood" seen when the Vermilion Tomb was opened was not real blood; it was moisture from the soil that had soaked into the cinnabar over time, creating a bright red appearance that resembled blood.
But the blood before me was vastly different. After Bald Qiang smashed the dark Tomb Wall with his Entrenching Shovel, the blood gushed out in a flowing manner. I was completely at a loss, standing there dumbfounded.
"What the hell is this?"
Bald Qiang was equally bewildered. He tossed aside the broken Entrenching Shovel and wiped his face with his sleeve. Leaning closer to the bright red liquid, he sniffed it and turned to me, saying, "Xia, this really seems to be blood! It has a blood smell and even a metallic scent—it's fresh blood."
Fresh blood?
I felt something strange stirring inside me. I quickly picked up a piece of the Tomb Wall debris that Bald Qiang had just shattered and examined it closely. With the milky white glow emitted by the energy shield supported by the Heart of Atlantis above us, I noticed that the edges of the fragment were rough and uneven. Some areas even appeared sharp, with vertical striations running across its surface. The break followed these striations, and it felt particularly coarse. At first glance, it looked metallic, but upon closer inspection, it seemed more like bone!
"Hey, do you guys feel like this mountain is moving?"
Big Mouth Lee sat on a nearby raised mound of earth, barefoot and scratching his foot as he spoke. "I keep feeling like this mountain is rising and falling beneath me."
As he spoke, Big Mouth Lee seemed to sense something was off and began putting his shoes back on.
Strangely enough, after Big Mouth Lee's comment, we all focused our attention on our surroundings and realized he might be right—the ground beneath us was indeed undulating with a peculiar rhythm, almost like breathing!
That sensation felt very wrong!
I pondered uneasily. Since I was close by, I leaned over to where Bald Qiang and I had been digging and prodded at the bleeding area with my Hundred Slicing Blade.
It was soft yet resilient!
So I pushed harder, and with that force, the object suddenly sank in with a "pop." That sound was familiar to me; it was clearly the noise made when a knife pierces flesh. Startled, I jumped up and shouted, "Run! What’s beneath us isn’t a tomb; it’s a living creature!"
At that moment, I felt a surge of panic. I didn’t know why, but suddenly my mind flashed back to the words left by the Sima Saintess about the beast guarding the Land of the Sleeping Kings—its towering form, an ancient war god, a force that destroys everything, a brutal killer that had been sleeping for ages.
Could it be that the being beneath us was that very entity?
Without further thought, my first instinct was to get out of there!
This was also Zhengyang and the others' immediate reaction under pressure. As soon as I spoke, we all started to run for our lives down the mountain!
Booming!
At that moment, the "mountain" shook even more violently. The ground cracked as if an earthquake had struck, and slowly it began to rise from the earth!
It truly was a living creature! And a massive one at that!
As this giant beast began to rise, the layers of earth covering it started to fall away. Instinctively, we began to run upward; we couldn’t let ourselves be buried by the falling soil! If we did, we’d be buried alive in the blink of an eye. This thing had likely been sleeping here for nine thousand years, covered in thick layers of dirt. With so much earth piled on top, it would be compacted instantly; it wouldn’t even be able to move!
At this point, some parts of the beast were finally exposed. It was covered in dark scales, each scale roughly the size of a floor tile, densely packed together. Along its spine were sharp barbs about an inch long. One could only imagine how enormous this creature was—it resembled an armored monster. Bald Qiang had clearly broken some of its scales with an entrenching shovel, which had awakened this beast!
The soil continued to tumble down more violently than ever. In an instant, it reached my feet, and I felt the ground give way beneath me. I plummeted downward in a flash, drenched in cold sweat from fear. Luckily, my reflexes kicked in; I managed to grab onto a gap between the scales of the beast just in time to hold myself up. In mere moments, falling soil pelted my head; dirt got into my eyes, blurring my vision and causing discomfort. But this wasn’t the time to worry about that—I couldn’t close my eyes or let go. I clung tightly to the gaps between the giant's scales and began trying to climb upward!
I had to reach its spine! The falling soil crashed down relentlessly upon me; at this rate, it would eventually bury me alive!
It was time to gamble with my life!
I was truly gambling with my life, clinging to the scales as I climbed up, each inch a tremendous struggle. It felt like dancing on the edge of the Grim Reaper's scythe, a waltz with death. One misstep, and a falling clod of earth could bury me alive!
Fortunately, I was not far from the spine. After exerting great effort, I finally managed to pull myself up, grasping two barbs. I could finally muster some strength in my hands and let out a sigh of relief. Turning my head, I saw that Qingyi and the others were right beside me; no one had fallen and been buried alive!
The most unfortunate one had to be Big Mouth Lee!
That guy had his big front teeth exposed when he spoke. Although it was infinitely terrifying, it still amused me.
I didn't know if he had done too many wicked deeds and was now being punished. Every time we acted, he was always the most unfortunate one. Even when we took a break, he ended up sitting in the wrong place—on top of this monster's head!
Yes, Big Mouth Lee was sitting right on this monster's head!
At that moment, the monster had already risen, revealing its true form. Its forehead was covered in barbs, and its head was about the size of a car. Inside its mouth were rows of sharp fangs, and its head was covered with thick scales. It looked somewhat like a lizard but was definitely not one; it reminded me of something from ancient legends—a Dinosaur!
But surely Dinosaurs weren't this big? The largest known Dinosaur measured around forty to fifty meters long and stood about twenty meters tall. However, this creature before me was nearly a hundred meters long and over forty meters tall—truly massive!
In short, this was a monster!
At that moment, it seemed the monster sensed that something was tugging at the barbs on its head. It began to shake its head violently. Zhang Jinya, that unfortunate soul, was being tossed around by the barbs while making strange noises of "mm-mm" and "ah-ah"!
Eventually, after several violent shakes without being able to throw Big Mouth Lee off, the monster grew furious. Its head suddenly dropped down and then shot back up with great force!
The momentum of that backward motion was ferocious; Big Mouth Lee could no longer hold on. With a whoosh, he was flung upwards three or four meters! The whole process was thrilling to watch; my eyelids were twitching. Indeed, working in this line of business is three parts life and seven parts luck. Without that seven parts of luck, one ends up like Big Mouth Lee —flung away!
And that wasn't all; after being thrown off, Big Mouth Lee fell straight towards the monster's spine!
What awaited him on the spine? A whole array of sharp barbs!
Big Mouth Lee attempted to adjust his posture in mid-air like an Air Jordan athlete, but ultimately landed squarely on a spike. Since he fell close to me, I could see it all too clearly. It seemed that one spike had pierced him right in the center, accompanied by a strange "puff" sound.
In an instant, Big Mouth Lee's face turned green, and he let out a chilling howl that sounded more like a ghostly wail than a human scream.
I couldn't help but twitch at the corners of my eyes, wondering just how much pain he must be in.
At that moment, the monstrous creature not only flung Big Mouth Lee away but also began to shake its body violently, trying to throw us off as well. Its massive size meant that every movement sent us swaying left and right, leaving us dizzy. The worst off was Big Mouth Lee, who had just been tossed and now had to endure the pain from his injury while gripping the spike tightly—he was truly suffering.
"Can someone tell me what the hell this thing is?" Bald Qiang shouted, still restless. "This is insane! We might not make it out alive; we need a cannon to take this thing down!"
"It looks like a Tyrannosaurus Rex! There are many similarities!" Rosa said in a low voice. "But it’s also different; this creature is almost five times larger than a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and there are no spikes on its back!"
Tyrannosaurus Rex?
This must be the giant beast raised by the Atlanteans to guard The Land of the Sleeping Kings. According to Sima Saintess's account, this beast attacked the palace of Atlantis but was subdued by Intercepting Daoist. However, there was no mention of its death, which means Intercepting Daoist likely did not kill it and allowed it to continue guarding The Land of the Sleeping Kings!
It is well known that dinosaurs went extinct during the Cenozoic Era, between Earth's second and third civilizations. However, extinction does not necessarily mean they cannot be revived!
Based on my interpretation of the mermaid Homeland murals, Atlantean biotechnology had reached an incredibly advanced level—far surpassing contemporary human civilization!
This is understandable; when a civilization reaches a point where its people do not suffer from hunger or cold, their next research focus will surely be on extending lifespan and living longer. Thus, biotechnology was born!
The Atlanteans began this project over thirteen thousand years ago. According to the murals, they seemed capable of reviving some ancient creatures through genetic engineering!
In her narrative, the Sima Saintess revealed that the giant beast guarding the Land of the Sleeping Kings is a creature from the ancient war gods!
This means that this thing dates back to ancient times!!
Considering all of this, I made an astonishing hypothesis: this Tyrannosaurus Rex is very likely a creation of the Atlanteans' ke lng!
However, during the ke lng process, the creature's genes underwent various mutations.
As a result, the Tyrannosaurus Rex did not emerge as expected, but the Atlanteans ended up creating a super monster with Tyrannosaurus Rex characteristics!
In other words, this is likely a mutated Tyrannosaurus Rex, the very guardian of the Land of the Sleeping Kings that once attacked the Royal Palace of Atlantis!
When I voiced my hypothesis, Qingyi and the others were left dumbfounded.
At that moment, the terrifying Tyrannosaurus Rex seemed to realize it couldn't shake us off, so it made its next move. Its legs slightly bent as if preparing to leap.
Suddenly, my heart raced to my throat!
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