Upon hearing Shi Yuebai urging to move forward, Boss Zhao couldn’t help but feel extremely grateful that he still remembered the main task.
Perhaps it was some sort of capitalist instinct, whenever Boss Zhao saw Shi Yuebai and Xu Yintang together in a scene, he had this illusion that he was paying for these two to publicly fall in love. However, he didn’t dare to ask or even look too much—it felt like if he stared too long, a dazzling spotlight would shine upon him with a thousand watts.
At the same time, he began to suspect whether the intermediary who introduced Xu Yintang and Shi Yuebai to him was telling the truth. They said these two hadn’t met before taking on this job, but clearly, they were deeply involved already. It seemed like the next second they would burst into flames of passion!
Boss Zhao sighed deeply, keeping pace with Shi Yuebai honestly, and gestured for his bodyguard, Ah Wei, not to stray too far.
This tomb was much more dangerous than he had imagined. It was only due to his good fortune in hiring two genuinely skilled assistants that he hadn’t lost his life in these mountains.
After the extremely perilous missteps that almost cost him his life, he found his legs trembling when he stood up. If it weren’t for Shi Yuebai slowing down their pace to match theirs, he’d have to jog to keep up.
What’s worse, after passing through that section with the stone bricks, the path became winding, branching out into extremely challenging routes, with spiraling stone steps going up and down. Even with Third Flora guiding them in the right direction, they had to backtrack several times. Those paths seemed to move and twist on their own, making it difficult to find the entrance again once they walked away.
Shi Yuebai explained to Xu Yintang that this was a kind of visual deception taking advantage of blind spots. In the dimly lit tomb, with everyone’s nerves on edge, a moment’s inattention could lead to a fatal mistake.
He had encountered something similar in an underground maze-like dungeon before. That maze, due to its setting involving gods and demons, was way more outrageous than this tomb. He didn’t get killed by monsters but almost starved to death wandering around. Eventually, he bulldozed through the maze’s front and forcefully cleared it to reach the evil god.
To be honest, if it weren’t for Third Flora constantly pinpointing the direction of the food at the end of the tomb’s passage, Xu Yintang felt he would have lost his way in these crossroads and optical illusions.
Luckily, there weren’t too many traps along this path. Perhaps Li Quan, the designer of the tomb, believed that those who could reach this point through that brick road wouldn’t be hindered by ordinary physical traps. The guardians intercepting were various categories of zombie monsters concocted in various ways of death. Even Xu Yintang, who had been hospitalized for a long time, hadn’t seen them, let alone Shi Yuebai, who had seen extremely bizarre creatures.
These tomb guardians were an advanced version of the tomb cavalry, with stronger combat abilities, thicker blood, and more functional brains. They understood teamwork and sneak attacks. Their diverse and elusive styles frightened Boss Zhao to the point of continuous screams. In the end, he gritted his teeth and actively sought refuge in Little Darling’s tentacles—there was no way around it, the monsters knew who the weakest link was among this group.
However, no matter how many tricks these monsters pulled, for Shi Yuebai, it was like punching ten enemies was no different from punching nine. The lucky ones who survived his punches didn’t have time to rejoice as Third Flora and Little Darling were waiting eagerly to join the feast.
To balance protecting Boss Zhao and having a meal, Little Darling completely unleashed its body, twisting and squirming tentacles piled up like a small mountain. Xu Yintang even raised an eyebrow slightly at the sight.
Indeed, corpse pills were excellent stuff. It had grown so much after just eating a few, perhaps it would surpass even him in height soon. In the darkness, the highly saturated red and blue emitted a ghostly fluorescence. With the wriggling of tentacles and the opening and closing of mouthparts, they intersected in a chaotic and disorderly manner, causing intense visual dizziness.
Though its not-so-resilient skin couldn’t withstand physical attacks like burning axes and chisels, Little Darling had its own set of techniques dealing with living creatures.
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Crack, crack… The entire passage reverberated with the sounds of splattering blood, shattering bones. Little Darling playfully kept Boss Zhao aside while greedily pulling and tearing several prey, devouring them together.
It relished even the beasts infected by the ominous aura in the mountains, let alone these monsters completely transformed and unrecognizable from their original forms due to the same influence.
While those round balls Shi Yuebai gave it were also delicious, sucking one down made the inexperienced cub astounded. But for Little Darling, the joy of entwining tentacles around food and freely tearing and eating with each mouthpart was incomparable to any other delicacy.
Shi Yuebai quickly noticed Little Darling’s preference for food. He relaxed his wrist a bit and directed more prey towards it. Of course, these were creatures he had already “processed,” rendering them powerless. He even carefully selected a few thick and delicious monsters, skillfully knocking them out into a state of pseudo-death, teaching Xu Yintang to exploit this loophole in the system to stash these nearly breathless creatures into the system’s backpack as reserves for the cub.
Boss Zhao kept his head down, staying motionless within the encirclement of tentacles. He clenched the ceremonial knife Xu Yintang had given him, pretending to be completely unaware and unmoved, even though the touch of the cold tentacles sent shivers down his spine. As meat splattered out and landed wetly on his hair while nearby, he remained resolute not to lift his head, look, or listen.
The opal stone on the knife handle reflected the strange red emitted by the tentacles, creating an eerie smile-like expression on Boss Zhao’s face. Ah Wei, guarding beside him, shivered at this expression. In the dim light, this eerie smile was more frightening than the scene of flesh and blood flying not far away.
No matter how terrifying the monsters were, after staring at them for a while, one gradually became numb. However, the sudden sight of someone who had just been screaming and trembling in fear, now smiling eerily with a direct and sinister gaze, could easily make it to the third scene of a horror movie.
Ah Wei held the cannon in the backpack tightly and shuffled his feet towards Third Thief.
Third Thief was busy studying the map Boss Zhao had. They had been walking in the tomb for several hours, circling around for almost half a day before finally reaching the main road. According to his experience and the terrain data revealed by Xu Yintang, their current position should be about ten meters away from the main burial chamber of this tomb. But despite shining the flashlight as bright as possible, it was still pitch black ahead. Faint echoing water sounds were discernible upon careful listening.
Third Flora’s scanning confirmed his observations. At the end of this path was a large lake teeming with lush aquatic life, thriving in the dark, subterranean waters.
No guardians, no traps, just water plants and fish—along with some shrimp and crab microorganisms. There was no trace of any coffins buried here.
Even the lake itself showed no signs of artificial manipulation, completely a natural underground formation.
Above the lake was an immense cavity impossible to gauge the height of. Fragrant scents emanated from within, indicating they were indeed in the right place. However, due to the dim light inside the cavity and some mist-like interference, the finer details couldn’t be explored.
Upon hearing Xu Yintang’s description, Third Thief felt that their timing might be off. He took the silk map, hoping to find some clue related to time. He also tried to recall the arrangement of the divine beasts on the stone brick mechanism, every detail of the beautiful murals, and even every plant and tree since they entered this mountain.
These elements couldn’t have been randomly placed there. Even if the person arranging them hadn’t intended to hide any clues, the subconscious would leave traces interconnecting them within the tomb, allowing all elements to harmonize as a whole.
When Third Thief was almost at his wit’s end studying the map, Shi Yuebai calmly finished off the last monster, dragging its corpse around the corner of the tomb passage. Passing by Third Thief, he glanced at the map, a brief moment of understanding flickering in his eyes. However, he then seemed completely clueless, feeding the corpse to Little Darling, receiving the cub’s tentacles, dripping with blood, affectionately.
“No rush, take your time eating. If it’s not enough, there’s more elsewhere.” Shi Yuebai watched Little Darling feeding for a while with a gentle gaze. Seeing Third Thief’s troubled expression, realizing he wouldn’t find the solution quickly, he smiled and asked Xu Yintang, “Would you like to have a snack and rest a bit? It’s almost dinner time now.”
At this moment, he completely forgot his earlier complaints about Xu Yintang bringing too much food and drink. He would say that hotpot was delicious, cheese cakes were delicious, and when going through dungeons, one should bring extra food and drink to reward oneself. Additionally, he added, not only could he eat well, but he could also cook well. Not just desserts but also skilled in frying, steaming, and deep-frying. He warmly invited Xu Yintang to visit his place and taste his cooking.
As Shi Yuebai pondered, he started conceptualizing a candlelit dinner menu.
He took out the newly acquired white spherical object and approached Xu Yintang, swaying it back and forth, trying to entice the cub that was snuggled in its mother’s arms. His tone was affectionate and amiable, so much so that anyone who knew him might suspect he was under a spell inside the dungeon.
“Second Treasure, this is a new flavor and it’s very delicious. Eating this will definitely grow beautiful fur for you.”
Second Treasure clung firmly to the golden spot in his mother’s embrace, emitting a loud snort. It firmly believed that as long as it nestled in its mother’s clothes, it wouldn’t succumb to the tempting sugar-coated bullets of the male mistress. No matter how sweet and delicious those round balls were, they couldn’t compare to the pure bliss of snuggling snugly in its mother’s embrace.
Suck, suck, suck…
It didn’t want to eat, not at all…
Xu Yintang was tickled by the subtle sensation on his chest. Second Treasure had just grown a tiny bit of millet-sized teeth that didn’t have much biting force. Being bitten wasn’t painful, but it felt itchy, especially since it wasn’t just biting; it was wagging its tail vigorously. The small furball on its tail swayed lightly, adding to the itching sensation.
Because Shi Yuebai was watching, reaching into his bosom to retrieve the cub wasn’t very polite. Xu Yintang tried hard to endure for a while but eventually couldn’t resist picking up Second Treasure. He playfully tapped the cub’s head and laughed, scolding, “If you want to eat, just eat. Look at your foul temper.”
Originally, it wasn’t a big deal, but this fuss made it seem like he and Shi Yuebai had some kind of issue.
Seizing the opportunity, Third Flora flew out from the shadows. She folded her wings and briefly paused on the round ball in Shi Yuebai’s hand, suctioning and savoring the deliciousness he offered. In sync with Xu Yintang’s words, she chimed in.
“Mom is right! This uncle just wants to be friends with mom because they met when he was little!”
“Uncle is so kind and gentle; he must have many friends. He’s not some weird vixen harboring ill intentions toward mom!”
“So, we must be generous and good cubs, not to trouble mom!”
“Look, Uncle specially prepared so much delicious food for us. Brother shouldn’t disappoint Uncle’s kindness; he needs to eat more to grow stronger!”
Third Flora gently fluttered her wings, appearing pure, obedient, and understanding, echoing Xu Yintang’s sentiments. Second Treasure wasn’t as clueless as Little Darling and quickly grasped the situation. Despite Third Flora’s implicit teasing, it overlooked it. In such a critical situation, the cubs had to show a united front to outsiders.
Second Treasure clutched its furball tail, whimpering softly as if apologizing to its mother. Then, it proactively extended its little paw to scratch at the round ball in Shi Yuebai’s hand. Its eyes were watery, emitting waves of “I’m almost crying, so if you don’t forgive me, you’re mean and bad” signals.
Shi Yuebai chuckled, letting Second Treasure lie in his hand and nibble on the round ball. The cub was so small and light; he could hold it with one hand. Soft and slightly cool, it felt like a piece of tofu that might break with a touch. It had a bit of fine, fluffy fluff, exceptionally endearing.
“Good child.” Shi Yuebai gently stroked the sparse fluff, then smiled at Xu Yintang in pleasant surprise. “Its fur is so soft, and it’s white.”
Seeing Shi Yuebai’s joy at this discovery, Xu Yintang couldn’t help but reach out and gently stroke Second Treasure’s fur. The soft, fluffy feeling was different from Shi Yuebai’s big furry tail. A touch revealed that this was indeed a small cub.
Second Treasure turned its head and gently licked its mother’s fingertips. This was a newly discovered function for it. Its tongue hadn’t developed well, so it was very short. Finally, it could extend its little tongue to lick its mother’s hand.
Its pink, forked little tongue looked incredibly cute.
Author’s Note –
Wishing Mother Xu Yintang a happy Mother’s Day!
Chatting over tea, but we still have to rely on our Third Flora.
However, I don’t understand what’s preventing them from entering the main tomb until now, and instead, they’re happily having dinner outside again. [Agonizing frustration]
I had planned for this dungeon to end with this chapter! Next chapter! Next chapter for sure!
The cubs are so cute!! Second Treasure is slowly succumbing to the make vixen 🥳
So dinner date while they figure out what to do next. Always hard to date people with little ones.
Haha he is slowly winning them all over. Thanks for the chapter!
Second treasure is so much smaller than imagined but going to turn into something amazing no doubt
Thank you for the chapter!
The cubs are just so cute! I’m dying from cuteness overload 🥰
So we have to say goodbye to ML in next chapter Wooo I’m a bit sad
SY could end up going to mama xi’s place – it’s stable, is working on creating its own consistent food supply, and him moving there would minimize the disruption to the cubs!
Thank you for the chapter! <3
I love the psychological war games the cubs and Shi Yuebai are playing for Xu Yintang’s attention! I can’t wait for Casey to come out and add to the drama!!!
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
Look, author, this is a date, a date!!!!!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING AWESOME!!
Full family dinner
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