Chapter Fourteen No Trace of Spider Silk

  "Jom, how did you infiltrate the Mummy Legion? And what about those two?" Fang Kai looked at the blue-eyed man in front of him with a suspicious expression. Since the incident with Fat Dong, he had become conditionally suspicious of everything and everyone, even his comrades-in-arms who had fought alongside him for many days. In his eyes, anything could be faked.

  At this time, Pang Dong, Fang Kai and Qiao Mu Si surrounded the crystal coffin, sitting in a circle, each pondering what the whirlpool on it was. After being asked by Fang Kai, Qiao Mu Si raised his golden hair, then slowly said: "I don't know either, I vaguely remember that at that time, I seemed to hear a faint cry behind me, and when I turned around to look, and turned back again, you were all gone."

  I was just about to shout loudly, but at that moment, a gray shadow flashed by. Because the light was relatively dark, I couldn't see clearly what it was, and out of curiosity, I chased after it. However, when I turned the corner, I got dizzy and passed out. When I came to, I found myself wrapped in white gauze, fixed in place, unable to move, until you all appeared."

  Jormungandr pointed straight ahead with his finger at a place on the left side of the crystal coffin. Apparently, he was bound there.

  Upon hearing this explanation, Fang Kai's mind was filled with a thousand thoughts: If what Joems and the fat Dong said was true, then they were both wrapped in white cloth and became mummies while unconscious. The mastermind behind the scenes should be the same person. Joems said it was a gray shadow, and just now when he fell from the stairs, the one who cut off the white cloth rope was also a gray shadow... Could these two gray shadows be the same person? What is its purpose, what does it want to do to us... What about Zǐzi, will she become a mummy again? If she also became a mummy, why did only he remain unscathed.

  Fang Kai felt more and more puzzled, many things seemed to be a bunch of tangled threads, twisted into a knot, unable to distinguish the head from the tail.

  Seeing this, Fat Dong patted Fang Kai's shoulder and comforted him: "Don't think too much, the boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridgehead, who cares about his mother! If you have a big fortune and a long life, nothing will happen. On the contrary, you are already a henpecked husband." Fat Dong smiled with a silly expression. Hearing his bold and humorous words, Fang Kai couldn't help but laugh despite his heavy heart.

  "Hey, Fatty Dong, stop talking nonsense." Fang Kai patted Fatty's shoulder and felt a lot more at ease. The strange and inexplicable things that had been happening over the past few days had made him a bit neurotic, his nerves were on edge, and he didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

  Seeing Fang Kai's expression, Pang Dong's facial muscles twitched and he smiled: "This is good... it's bad!" Suddenly, Pang Dong's face changed color, and then Qiao Mu Si stood up, I faintly sensed a sense of unease.

  It's going to be a nightmare again.

  The entire stone pit shook, I steadied myself, and saw that the pile of stones at the entrance to the tomb suddenly burst open. At the same time, row after row of iron-clad mummies marched towards us in neat and uniform steps, their footsteps clanging loudly. The slope and depth of the stone pit were nothing to them!

  But what's most threatening is not the Mummy Legion, but rather... that pale green light membrane above our heads!

  When the Mummy Legion stepped into the stone pit, the faint black dots on the light membrane suddenly lit up and shot out a series of black pillars. The black pillars were extremely powerful, piercing through the stone slab in an instant. However, it was strange that they deliberately avoided the crystal coffin and the Mummy Legion, as if they had been locked onto a program.

  This way, we've become very passive. We have to dodge the Black Pillar's attacks while also being on guard against the Mummy Legion, it's really hard to take care of both!

  "Rub, Ke Zi, Qiao Mu Si, think of a way to crack the vortex code quickly." Pang Dong spat on the ground, rubbed his hands together, and charged into battle with his pulse gun. He wanted to block the Mummy Army and give Fang Ke time to study the vortex on the crystal coffin. Qiao Mu Si nodded and said "be careful" before diving into the decryption work.

  Fang Kai glanced at Pang Dong, gritted his teeth, and threw the laser spade at Pang Dong's feet, shouting: "Take this for self-defense!" Pang Dong nodded, picked up the laser spade from the ground, and then accelerated towards the Mummy Army. Fang Kai sighed, then turned around to gaze at the crystal coffin.

  With this thing here, the black pillar dare not descend, Fang Kai and Qiao Mu finally have a shelter, and can safely crack the whirlpool password. Qiao Mu walked around the crystal coffin, but did not dare to touch the coffin body, fearing that something unexpected would happen. Fang Kai stroked his chin, his eyes fixed on the crystal coffin.

  Fang Kai noticed that there was no corpse in the crystal coffin, only a vague blackness. The entire coffin was extremely large, and Fang Kai estimated that it would take two people stacked on top of each other to see the front of the vortex clearly. Now that he stood up straight, he could only look up at the edge of the vortex. So, Fang Kai walked around the crystal coffin in a circle, carefully observing the surface of the coffin as he went, but he didn't find any marks or signs. The entire crystal coffin seemed to be naturally formed, without even a hint of wear and tear, let alone carvings, text, or paintings. And this was exactly what Fang Kai found strange.

  Logically, this crystal coffin should be the central device of the entire stone pit, or it can be said to be a mechanism. Since it is a mechanism, there must be a "lock", even if it is a hidden lock, it is impossible that there is no trace at all. So Fang Kai firmly believes that the coffin body must have a乾坤 inside! The question is, where is the key point?

  Fang Kai looked around the crystal coffin again, and this time he observed a subtle piece of information. To confirm his own speculation, Fang Kai looked at the coffin for a long time, and finally, he was certain.

  That's right, the problem lies in the whirlpool!

  Fang Kai noticed that about every minute, the edge of the whirlpool was a little farther away from the crystal coffin, and at some point, the whirlpool would turn back. This shows that the whirlpool is not fixed in its rotation, but has its own trajectory. This phenomenon is easy to overlook, but Fang Kai's eyes were sharp, and he saw through it at a glance. He beckoned to Quam, signaling him to come over.

  "Joe, hoist me up onto the coffin." I spoke too quickly and Joe was taken aback, not reacting in time. With no time to lose, I hastened him, and simply pushed Joe down, then stepped on his shoulders, kicked my leg, and jumped onto the crystal coffin. Perhaps it was because I used too much force, Joe covered his shoulder, wincing in pain as he sucked in a breath of cool air.

  Fortunately, he finally came back to his senses and knew what Fang Kai wanted to do.

  Standing at the edge of the crystal coffin, Fang Kai's body swayed slightly, almost falling in, but fortunately his balance was good, and after a slight adjustment, he finally stabilized. Looking around, on the azure surface of the crystal coffin, a large whirlpool with purple edges and black interior was rapidly rotating. The whirlpool seemed to have an inexplicable attraction, and with just one glance, Fang Kai almost sank into it.

  "What the hell is this, it actually has such magical power." Fang Kai was greatly shocked and hastily shifted his eyes away, no longer looking at the center of the whirlpool. He paused for a moment, took a short rest, and then began to search for clues. As the whirlpool moved, Fang Kai sometimes could sit down, but sometimes he could only stand on one leg to avoid being pulled by the whirlpool.

  But what disappointed Fang Kai was that the whirlpool, apart from moving, had no other abnormalities. As for the crystal coffin lid, it was smooth and intact, without a single mark or scratch.

  "Could I have been wrong, and this crystal coffin and whirlpool are just decorations? But that's not scientific, if it were true, how would they appear in this strange stone pit and be placed in the central area?" Fang Kai paced back and forth, still unable to figure it out. In the end, he could only let out a sigh of disappointment and prepare to leave.

  Just as he was about to come down, a silver-white light shot straight at him.

  Fang Kai was shocked, and in this fleeting moment, he lowered his head, the silver-white light column brushing past his hair, striking the light membrane with a loud crash. "Ah, ah, ah..." Fang Kai shook his arms with all his might, not letting his body fall into the whirlpool, and to avoid the light column, he bent his waist to an unbelievable degree!

  Perhaps it was as the saying goes, "Disaster and fortune are next to each other," that when balance was restored, Fang Kai inadvertently caught a glimpse of a red mark on the light membrane above the whirlpool. "Could it be that the key to unraveling the Great Whirlpool lies in that red thing?" As soon as the thought occurred to him, Fang Kai immediately jumped down from the crystal coffin.

  He patted the still grinning Jom, apologetically saying: "Brother, I was too hasty just now, sorry about that. But from this moment on, you must cooperate with me." Jom nodded and said calmly: "It's nothing, Kai, did you find something on top of the coffin?" Seeing Fang Ke's joyful face, Jom guessed he might have gained something.