The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 202 - 203: One Wave Unsettled

Of course, we need to move quickly, the two of us rolling out together like a whirlwind.

"Oh ho, victory!" Just as we rolled out from under the rocks, I flipped and jumped up, intending to blow two notes on my horn, only to find it gone.

Oh right, the horn was plastic... It got crushed between me and Qinghan.

The water sphere returned the sword to Qinghan, jumped back onto my back, and fell asleep instantly.

Actually, we were quite lucky. The upper half of the mountain fell, and the most severely hit area was still the mine. The exit down the mountain wasn’t as severely affected because it was on the edge, at the base corner of a triangle. While the top collapsed severely, this base corner was relatively stable.

Qinghan took the treasure sword and started clearing the rubble below the exit. The triangular door had a frame, and as long as it didn’t fall inward or outward, it could provide some support.

After digging for a long time, he finally dug out a hole big enough to crawl through. Because the hole was small, the rocks above weren’t easy to collapse. We barely crawled out through this hole and looked back at the original loophole mountain, which had turned into a small dish.

We crawled out from under the dish’s edge. Not only was the Silver Horned King finished this time, but the Tower Clan’s mascot was done for too.

And the golden coffin, the Transforming Beehive... all couldn’t be retrieved.

Maybe if you gave Shield another ten years, they could clear the collapsed mountain, by then—

"Hey oh?" Before I could finish thinking, the ground suddenly shook.

"It might be an earthquake, we need to leave now." Qinghan looked back at the ruined mountain behind us, his expression complex and slightly hesitant, but his tone firm.

"Um... I need to tell you something, Chen Xiaonuan is gone, she had an accident, someone just told me." I scratched my head, trying to announce Xiaonuan’s death gently.

I pulled a feather from my hair. It was this feather’s owner who transmitted her ’after-death’ memory to me, letting me see some things, including Xiaonuan’s death.

Qinghan quickly turned his head, so fast that I didn’t get a chance to see his current expression. He strode towards the courtyard where the mobile homes were located.

Outside the courtyard was a small truck. He found the keys in the office after rummaging around, luckily one was correct. He started the vehicle and drove us straight to the seaside dock.

The ground shook more and more frequently, it felt like the vehicle was about to be thrown up. He gave it full throttle and sped to the seaside.

I could clearly feel the ground sinking. When we reached the seaside, the dock was nearly submerged.

Sprinting, boarding, returning, Qinghan didn’t say a word through the process. I watched the dock collapse into the sea, watched the small island slowly drift away and sink, feeling like abruptly waking from a complicated dream. What happened within the dream needed careful recollection to piece together.

The island’s sinking pushed the seawater outward. The speedboat was like fleeing from chasing waves to the distance.

And I sat on the speedboat, concentrating to sort through and organize those memories suddenly thrown into my mind.

The speedboat returned to the fishing vessel, where we were welcomed by Lu Xiaodao. They saw the island sink and worried for our safety, so he was sent to the lookout to watch for any signals of distress from us.

Qinghan’s backpack had the signal gun, but it was left at the mine pit. Everything happened too suddenly. If one were to pinpoint the root cause, was it because I struck the Silver Horned King’s horn?!

I’ve only ever heard you shouldn’t touch a tiger’s rear, never heard of a horn that’s untouchable. But I ended up kicking the hornets’ nest, collapsing the mountain.

I just wanted to light a firework, ended up setting off a mushroom cloud, who can I argue with about this?

Luckily we were unharmed, especially Qinghan, who now inexplicably possessed the same Vajra Body as me. But I only poisoned him for a bit, I seriously doubt that slight poison could have such a big effect.

Lu Xiaodao, unaware of the inner details, just said it’s good to have us back. Now that we’re back, the fishing vessel should also head back.

Lu Xiaodao ran to the control room to inform Bi Shi, and Qinghan and I went to the cabin to greet the team leader before we each returned to our rooms.

Captain Jack and the crew were still locked in the dining area, while the doctor and nurse were locked in the medical area storage room.

After I finished showering and changing clothes, I saw Guan Hai rushing over. He said Bi Shi saw something unusual on the surveillance and hoped I could check it out.

In the control room, we could see the surveillance of the dining area and storeroom. Guan Hai said the storeroom camera was just blocked by someone, Bi Shi worried those medical personnel might break out, hoped I would go and take a look.

I and Guan Hai arrived at the medical area’s storeroom, unchained the door outside, and went in to find several ’photos’ lying haphazardly on the ground.

"What’s this?" Guan Hai couldn’t figure it out for a moment and wanted to squat down to pick the things up from the ground.

I hurriedly pulled him back and pushed him outside, "You wait outside."

Of course, the things on the ground were empty human skins, just like those I saw in the laboratory, like deflated inflatable toys.

The camera in the upper corner of the storeroom wall was covered by an adult diaper. Afraid of them hiding weapons, the team leader had specifically chosen this storeroom that only stored soft items.

I scanned around, the room only had shelves, nowhere to hide people. The boxes for nursing supplies weren’t big enough to hold adults.

The only two exits in the room were the door and the ventilation duct. The door was securely locked, but the vent grid hadn’t been tampered with either.

I walked closer to check. The dust on the vent grid’s screws was still there, the water sphere suddenly raised its body, reaching out to touch the grid.

It drank half a bucket of water while I was showering, afterwards I fed it a bottle of wine. Now its entire body was a pale red, any movement it made was clearly visible.

It touched the grid with its finger and then put it in its mouth, smacking its lips, making a cheerful ’ah ya’ sound.

The ventilation duct was for air circulation, the water sphere only liked drinking water, not air. Its action must have discovered something.

I also reached out to touch the grid, wiping my finger across its surface, and pulled back to find it wet.

While it sounds unbelievable, based on the scene, whatever wore those human skins likely liquefied and escaped through the ventilation duct.

"Let’s go, to the dining area." I turned and walked out of the storeroom, calling Guan Hai at the door to head straight for the dining area.

"Fu, what are those things?" Guan Hai followed me, his expression now identical to when he asked Professor Liu about plant knowledge in the jungle.

"Empty human skin." I answered him as accurately as possible.

"Uh-wha? What?" he asked in shock.

"Empty human skins." I repeated.

"Human... human skins?" he wrinkled his brow, looking like he was about to vomit.

"Swallow it! Don’t make a fuss."

Perhaps my tone and demeanor were intimidating enough, Guan Hai pressed his lips tightly together, made a big swallowing motion, and indeed held it in.