The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 197 - 198: Dormitory Area

Now the island has been occupied by them, who knows if there are sentries on the island. Qinghan and I looked around, and he decided to follow the footprints.

Though it’s dangerous, this is the quickest method. The controlled puppets will surely return to their manipulator. To eliminate them, the manipulator must first be found.

I know only vaguely about Qinghan’s family affair; he certainly hasn’t told me everything, like the exact location of the big project his parents were involved in.

When I mentioned recalling an island with a ’Y’ shape peak, he immediately connected it with Chen Xiaonuan.

Thus, I have reason to suspect he already knows where his parents once worked, on an island with a distinctive peak.

When he gave me the compass, he said it was key to finding Chen Xiaonuan, and to locate where she went, the Heavenly Maiden Clan’s compass was indispensable.

Therefore, Qinghan must have found or guessed that the place his sister disappeared was where his parents once worked.

Moreover, this place cannot be found by conventional means; it requires the Heavenly Maiden Clan’s compass.

Hence, he is firmly holding onto the ’Heavenly Maiden Tomb’ clue, hoping to find out how to use the compass.

"Professor Chen, why did you immediately identify this island from my memory as your sister’s disappearance location?"

"Because in the 013th Heavenly Maiden Tomb, I saw a narrative mural."

"Oh? What did it depict?"

"They were building a major project on the island, the mural had been burnt, the project content destroyed, but the island’s iconic peak fortunately remained."

"So when I recall an island with a ’V’ shaped peak, you determined it was the one depicted in the mural?"

"Yes, even though I couldn’t later find the exact place my parents joined that project, I uncovered their travel records. It was certain that their project required going out to sea by boat."

He paused, then said, "I also found sea sand in the compass package. Luckily, the family hadn’t discarded the package sent back."

This led him to deduce that Chen Xiaonuan and her team also went to sea. Where else could have caves but the island?

His sister, in her pursuit to uncover the truth behind the deaths of their parents and aunt, likely eventually discovered the ’project site’ that led to their doom. If the murderer is still on the island, she naturally would follow.

Assembling various elements together, Qinghan was finally certain that this island was what he was looking for.

But I have a question: according to Bi Shi, this island should belong to the Tower Clan, an older tribe than the Heavenly Maiden Clan, and possibly their Holy Land.

Why did the Heavenly Maiden Clan start a project here? Was it to usurp their land?

The island requires eating the Tower Clan’s mascot to see and using the Heavenly Maiden Clan’s compass to find. Could it be a jointly developed property by the two clans?

I recalled the black ship in memory, the strange face at the bow, and the watermelon slice pattern.

Although in that memory fragment, I couldn’t clearly see the person standing in the strange face’s mouth, I was sure it wasn’t He Su.

Looking up at the towering Victory Peak, I became momentarily dazed, Qinghan noticed my distraction and gently patted me.

"What are you thinking?" he asked.

"I’m contemplating a future of happiness, freedom, calm, simplicity." I withdrew my gaze, smiled, and said.

"Hmm? No wealth?"

"Pfft~ Wealth first, then happiness."

"Alright, then I preemptively congratulate you on becoming a wealthy woman."

"Phooey, what wealthy woman? Call me queen!"

"Queen?"

"Heh heh~ Hey..." My smile was abruptly cut off by a sudden mental emotion.

"What is it?" Qinghan stopped and looked at me, seeing my sudden change in facial expression.

"I don’t know, my heart suddenly feels oppressed and stifled." I patted my chest, the feeling arriving without reason.

Qinghan looked around us, by now we had followed the footprints into the woods. The island had paved roads, and though the woods were dense, they weren’t difficult to traverse.

This environment was much better than White Jade City as someone permanently lived on the island, with very few wild animals. We had been here a while and saw no animals moving through the woods.

I knew what Qinghan was thinking and shook my head, saying, "It’s not about the environment. Maybe it’s the topic of queens that made me uncomfortable. Let’s go, I hear something ahead."

Indeed, there was something ahead, even the water sphere accompanying me sensed it. It had been lying on the back of my neck asleep, but suddenly lifted and tapped my shoulder.

I hoped it was the Red Corpse’s manipulator so we could quickly deal with it and have free range across the island.

"You received the message?"

"It wants to bear twins over three years. Let’s go, spread the good word of DINK families."

To be precise, what I received was the thought of a living creature wanting to ’reproduce,’ eager to expand its lineage quickly.

I dashed out of the woods ahead of Qinghan. Outside was a residential area, much like an ordinary neighborhood, with uniform style buildings on either side of the streets, rows of private cars parked by the roadside.

The street had restaurants, barber shops, supermarkets... This place should be the dorm area for technical staff and workers.

A storm had removed many traces, leaving the uncleaned streets and houses filthy and messy.

Broken glass, branches, debris, garbage, signs, all kinds of messy things were thrown across the street like a world war aftermath.

We weren’t taking the main entrance road into the neighborhood. The owner of those bloody footprints didn’t have prior memories; they wouldn’t take the long route to the main entrance and directly cut across a side of the neighborhood.

Anyway, there were no fences around the neighborhood. People working here surely knew each other, not needing to guard against outsiders, and wild animals in the woods were presumed cleared out.

I dropped my backpack and lifted the submachine gun given to me by the leader before he left, running ahead to the source of the message.

The place was a park, filled with colorful flowers and plants, had outdoor gym equipment, benches, fountains, and a small plaza.

The Red Corpse that attacked me and Bi Shi in the sea was now gathered at a small plaza within the park.

A person stood at the center of the plaza, very tall, nearly two meters counting the horn atop his head.

I remembered a very popular sci-fi movie with blue-skinned people, and the scene before me seemed like a fantasy film set, with a group of red-skinned extras surrounding the horned man.

Whenever such a scene appeared, it certainly was a critical plot moment in the film.

I raised the submachine gun, aiming at the extras’ heads, and unleashed a barrage of fire.

"Woo——"

The horned man, noticing my presence, shook the horn atop his head, emitting a sound like a horn.

His cry and my gunfire occurred almost simultaneously. I jumped onto a nearby big tree, standing on it while firing at the Red Corpse below.