Tomb Raider: Call Me Dragon Vein Cleaner

Chapter 67 Temple of the Evil God

"Aren't all our things kept with you? Oh, I forgot you can't use your abilities during the day."

After a series of questions and answers, Chen Wenjin gave Cheng Feng a small counterattack.

Only then did he feel satisfied as he removed the mask and short staff from the corpse.

"Your sister Wenjin is good in every way, except that she has a mouth. If she were mute, she would be perfect!"

Cheng Feng patted Huo Ling on the shoulder and sighed, shaking his head.

Huo Ling coughed lightly, not participating in the two's argument, a tactic she had learned from Chen Wenjin.

Chen Wenjin often watched the fun when she and Cheng Feng bickered and joked around.

Chen Wenjin was searching for their backpacks among the fallen leaves.

Fortunately, the backpack was not pinned down by the plane wreckage and was quickly dug out from under the branches by Chen Wenjin.

After carefully placing the short cane and mask into his backpack, Chen Wenjin said:

"It seems this fog won't dissipate anytime soon. Why don't we continue walking? This place is too messy to rest here."

Just as Chen Wenjin was speaking, streaks of red appeared from all sides of the coffin.

"Run! It's come back to life!"

Upon noticing the anomaly, Huo Ling immediately cried out in alarm to warn her.

But it was too late. The red marks quickly spread to Chen Wenjin's feet and wrapped around her ankles.

"what!"

With a startled cry, Chen Wenjin was dragged to the ground by the ghostly thing, which then tried to pull her back to the coffin.

Cheng Feng ran to Chen Wenjin's side in a few steps, and then stomped heavily on the red mark.

The force pulling Chen Wenjin disappeared, and taking this opportunity, Cheng Feng pulled Chen Wenjin up and quickly left.

"Xiaoling, shoot that coffin with your gun and drain the water out, then everything will be fine!"

As Cheng Feng spoke, the red marks he had broken off regained their vitality and, along with the other branches, chased after the two of them.

Upon hearing Cheng Feng's words, Huo Ling pulled the trigger without hesitation, emptying the magazine in just a few seconds.

The coffin was riddled with holes by the new era's powerful weapons.

Red water flowed out through the hole, and soon only the corpse remained in the coffin.

At the same time, the red traces that had been following Cheng Feng and Chen Wenjin also withered.

"Cheng Feng, Wen Jin, are you alright?!"

Huo Ling ran to the two of them with a machine gun in her hand and said with a worried expression.

Chen Wenjin moved her ankle and shook her head, saying, "It's nothing. That thing should be non-toxic. There's nothing wrong with my ankle."

"That's good, but what exactly is this? It doesn't look like a vine!"

Huo Ling squatted down and examined the residue left after the red marks dried.

After glancing at it a few times, Cheng Feng explained, "This is a fungus cultivated using the Gu technique, which was sealed inside the corpse in the form of spores."

We opened the coffin and allowed the body to rise to the surface of the water and come into contact with the air.

Then the fungi begin to revive; they capture all living things, drag them into the coffin, and digest them into new nutrients.

As a human encyclopedia, there are very few things in this world that Cheng Feng can't see through.

"Oh, I see. That explains why it looked so strange."

"Alright, grab your backpack and let's keep going."

Led by Cheng Feng, the three of them set off again into the miasma.

The two women thought it was just ordinary water mist, but in fact, if Cheng Feng hadn't fed them his blood,

People should be grateful to be alive right now.

"Cheng Feng, are we heading in the right direction?"

Looking at the vines and trees all around, which were not much different from each other, Chen Wenjin said with some concern.

Cheng Feng said, "Don't worry, my eyesight is better than yours, I can see the direction clearly."

"I really envy your physique. Not only is your strength superhuman, but your five senses are also more acute than ordinary people!"

The three chatted as they traveled through the jungle.

About two hours later, a gentle breeze blew through the jungle.

"Finally, the wind is picking up. If this fog doesn't dissipate, I'll have to bleed again."

Cheng Feng wore a relaxed smile, but he was worried that the blood he fed to the two women would become ineffective over time.

It might be too late to save their eyesight.

Why are you so happy about the wind picking up?

Huo Ling walked to Cheng Feng's left and tilted her head in confusion as she asked.

Cheng Feng looked at Huo Ling with pity and said, "Have some common sense, okay? When the wind picks up, it means the fog is about to dissipate."

"Pah, what kind of common sense is that? You're just insulting me indirectly."

The two bickered to pass the time, and after walking for another half hour, the fog finally dissipated.

The three people, who had been shrouded in mist for half a day, felt a sense of accomplishment as if they had finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel.

"As soon as the fog lifted, the world came alive again in my eyes!"

Looking at the lush forest in the distance, Huo Ling couldn't help but sigh.

"Indeed, now we can see whether we've taken the wrong path."

As he spoke, Cheng Feng stopped and put his backpack on the ground.

"I'm going up the tree to check the situation. You guys be careful, and if anything seems amiss, shoot!"

After the two women agreed, Cheng Feng, like a nimble monkey, quickly climbed up the ginkgo tree that was dozens of meters tall.

The two women stood back to back a short distance under a tree, wary of their surroundings.

He would glance up every now and then, worried that Cheng Feng might be in trouble.

After deciding on his next goal, Cheng Feng climbed down from the tree.

"So, did you find anything unusual?"

Chen Wenjin and Huo Ling put away their guns and came to Cheng Feng's side to ask.

Cheng Feng picked up his backpack, pointed to the southeast, and said:

"There's a large open space over there; it was probably a tunnel set up to prevent insect infestation."

"Once we find it, we're not far from the real deal."

Half an hour later, the three of them finally emerged from the jungle and arrived at the clearing that Cheng Feng had seen.

"The entrance is just ahead, let's go."

Once you get here, you can see the passage created by the cliff splitting open.

The three of them walked through the passage and came into view a dilapidated temple.

All the plants here are withered and yellow, creating a stark contrast with the vibrant life outside.

Two tomb guardian beasts with ox horns stand at the entrance of the temple. The temple door is made of wood and has not rotted thanks to insect-proofing measures.

"Wasn't this supposed to be the entrance? Why is it a temple?"

Huo Ling asked Cheng Feng curiously.

"The entrance might be inside the temple. Let's go in and take a look!"

As he spoke, Cheng Feng pushed open the temple door and walked into the lifeless temple.

The temple was filled with withered vegetation, perhaps they too had broken free of their shackles and stubbornly survived.

But their seeds could not withstand the king's methods, and in the end, these dead shells remained.

“There is a statue there.”

Huo Ling saw the huge stone statue facing the temple gate, and the three of them came closer to examine it.

The stone statue is seven meters tall, with a ferocious face and its hands outstretched in front of its body.

One hand holds a gourd, and the other hand holds a large toad.

"This must be the evil god worshipped by King Xian, right?"

Chen Wenjin guessed.

Cheng Feng nodded. The name of this evil god was now impossible to ascertain, and it was even possible that he was King Xian.

"Search around here; there are definitely secret passages or mechanisms here."

The three then began to search the surrounding area carefully.