System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

Chapter 245

The six coffins clearly contained only a few highly decomposed mummies, but Wu Tianzhen, Fatty, Yi Sa, and Ding Yudie all claimed to have seen their own corpses inside the coffins.

Zhang Hao understood that they must be hallucinating.

"Slap, slap, slap, slap!"

Zhang Hao slapped one of them across the face. Usually, this was enough to bring them back to their senses when they were in a hallucination.

But even after being slapped, their eyes remained glazed over, indicating that this illusion was quite powerful.

"Hmph, hmph..."

Zhang Hao detected a familiar smell in the air, and after taking two deep breaths, he smelled a familiar stench of corpses.

Although the stench of this corpse was similar to that on Yi Sa and Ding Yudie, it was also different, being more pure.

"Water spirit!"

The reason they were trapped in the illusion was because they were influenced by the water spirit.

Zhang Hao took out a dagger, cut his finger, and smeared the blood on the foreheads of the four men.

"what happened?"

"What just happened?"

"Why don't I remember anything?"

"Alright, you were all affected by the water spirit and thought you were corpses in a coffin, and you even wanted to lie down in it."

When Wu Tianzhen and the others heard Zhang Hao recount what had just happened, they trembled all over. They didn't know what would happen if they actually lay in the coffin.

Wu Tianzhen noticed that Zhang Qilin's face was pale and he looked pained, and asked with concern, "Brother, what's wrong?"

Zhang Qi shook his head: "It's nothing, I just had a headache when I was resisting the hallucinations."

Zhang Qilin usually shows no sign of pain, so his current state demonstrates how difficult it is to resist the hallucinations; even he finds it unbearable.

Zhang Hao then realized just how strong his immunity to hallucinations was.

Although neither he nor Zhang Qilin were affected by the hallucinations just now, he was completely unaffected, while Zhang Qilin had to actively resist and it was so difficult for him. The difference in their abilities was obvious.

After resting for a few minutes, the group began searching the cave.

The cave wasn't large, and it was quickly searched thoroughly.

Besides the coffin hanging at the bottom of the cave, there were also many paper figures on the ground.

These paper figures were all dressed up in fancy clothes, unlike the paper figures used for burial.

"Brother Zhang Hao, come and see, there's a sedan chair over here."

Hearing the fat man's call, Zhang Hao quickly walked over and saw a paper sedan chair and paper figures carrying it in a corner of the cave. The sedan chair was bright red and had the character for "happiness" on it.

In addition, there are many paper figures adorned with large red "double happiness" characters and holding various musical instruments.

It looks like a wedding procession.

Wu Tianzhen approached the paper figures, rubbed them with her hand, and immediately withdrew her hand.

"I was wondering why these paper figures could be preserved for so long in a dark and damp environment. It turns out they were made of human skin."

"Who cares what material it is? Where is the mountain spirit ancestor in the lower cave? Why haven't we seen her?"

Zhang Hao was also puzzled. He had clearly seen traces of that ancestor along the way, but he couldn't find her here. Where had she gone?

"Could it be inside the bridal sedan chair?"

"Probably not, the Cave Goddess wouldn't be interested in an old lady who's a hundred or two hundred years old."

"Alright, Fatty, stop being so cheeky. He's a senior, after all."

"Alright, let me check if the old lady is in the bridal sedan chair."

As he spoke, the fat man stepped forward and lifted the curtain of the sedan chair.

"It's empty inside. How did our ancestor mysteriously disappear?"

"Look over here, there's a mural!"

Ding Yudie pointed to one side of the cave and exclaimed in surprise.

Everyone's attention shifted from the bridal sedan chair to the cave wall, where several abstract murals appeared.

The scene also shows a bridal sedan chair, resembling a wedding procession.

"The Cave Goddess is the bride she took a fancy to. Do you think we need a bride to find the Cave God?"

"Fatty, I think you have a point."

"But where are we going to find a bride now?"

At this moment, Yi Sa stepped forward.

"I can."

"Sasa, if you sit in the bridal sedan chair and play the bride, what if the Cave God takes a liking to you? Will there be any danger?"

"There is no other choice now. It concerns the truth about our mutated goblins, and we must do this no matter how dangerous it is."

Yi Sa said decisively.

"Yi Sa, take this!"

Zhang Hao took out a special item with exorcising power from his storage space and handed it to Yi Sa.

"Thank you, Zhang Hao. I believe there will be no danger with you here."

After getting ready, Yi Sa got into the bridal sedan chair.

"Woooooooo..."

As soon as she sat in the human skin sedan chair, a cold wind suddenly rose, and a thick fog rose from all directions.

Just then, the human skin figurines moved, lifted the bridal sedan chair, and disappeared into the thick fog.

At the same time, the sound of ancient wedding instruments rang in everyone's ears.

"Quick, follow up!"

Zhang Hao immediately followed into the thick fog, and Wu Tianzhen, Fatty, Ding Yudie, and Zhang Qilin followed him into the fog.

Once inside the mist, all you could see was darkness, but you could also see those human skin puppets carrying a bridal sedan chair floating in mid-air.

Zhang Hao and his group followed at a distance, not too close, not too far, and they didn't know how far they had gone in the darkness.

Suddenly, the surroundings changed, and they found themselves in front of a huge old house.

Red lanterns hang on both sides of the gate of the old house, and a "double happiness" character is pasted on each side of the gate.

By this time, the entrance was filled with paper figures. These paper figures, like the previous ones, were probably made of human skin and were puppets. Although they all had smiles on their faces, they looked extremely eerie.

"Woooo..."

Another gust of cold wind blew, lifting the curtain of the bridal sedan chair, and then Yi Sa was seen floating uncontrollably.

She looked as if she had been lifted up by something, but no one could see what it was.

"What's wrong with Sasa? Why is she floating up there!"

Seeing Yi Sa's unusual behavior, Ding Yudie looked worried and called out, about to rush forward to pull Yi Sa away.

At this moment, Yi Sa shook her head, and everyone was relieved.

Her shaking her head means there is no immediate danger and the situation is still under control.

The group didn't make a move; instead, they followed Yi Sa through the human skin figurines and into the courtyard.

The courtyard, decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers, should have been festive, but instead, it felt eerie.

Yi Sa floated until she reached the main hall of the old house before her feet touched the ground.

The hall was now filled with people, all of whom were young women dressed in red wedding gowns.

A rough estimate suggests there were at least a hundred brides, all of whom were respectfully looking at the head of the table.

"Holy crap, so the missing brides were all here!"