The Informal Tomb Raiding Diary: She is the occupant of the tomb!-Chapter 355 - 290: A Special Recruitment Method

Li Du sighed and told Cheng Xuelin that I had no heartbeat anymore.

I died so suddenly that the others were stunned for a few seconds before someone asked what happened.

Qinghan explained that the poison I was hit with last time was very strange and aggressive, and the antidote we found could only alleviate it but not completely remove it.

However, maintaining the status quo was not a problem, just be careful, but I was careless and didn’t bring spare medicine before I came in.

It wasn’t until we were confirmed trapped, and our teammates started infighting, with no hope of getting out, that I mentioned this matter.

Cheng Xuelin sighed repeatedly after hearing it, saying that everyone should unite and stop fighting. If it weren’t for delaying the opportunity to get out, the captain wouldn’t have died.

Li Du said he had never seen such rare poisoning symptoms; no signs of poisoning could be seen on the surface, and the heartbeat stopped just like that. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

However, how could he know that the way my kind ’lives’ is entirely different from theirs, and a heartbeat is not the standard for life and death.

"That’s her own carelessness, not taking her own life seriously," someone muttered quietly.

"What did you say?" Liang Ruidong got angry and walked over to kick that person.

Qinghan held my ’corpse’ in his arms, silent for a long time, then without speaking to anyone, he picked me up and walked out of the hall.

"Professor Chen! Where are you going?" Cheng Xuelin asked worriedly.

"Taking her to a quiet place," Qinghan replied gloomily.

"We still don’t know how long it will be before we get out; placing the body here is indeed inappropriate," Zhao Zhenghua said.

His words dispelled the others’ doubts, and no one asked Qinghan anything more as he carried me out of the hall, heading to the sacrificial well.

"You go down and hide first," Qinghan whispered.

I was ’buried’ into the well by him; he dabbed some saliva under his eyes, pretended to cry for a while, then went back to the hall.

Even if those people hadn’t had direct contact with him, they had indirectly heard his legendary stories, so they surely knew about his introverted personality, not one to bawl loudly.

I didn’t know why he wanted me to play dead, but I believed he must have his reasons.

The exit was right below the platform; as long as the mechanism was opened, we all could get out. However, Qinghan deliberately wanted these two teams to stay here. I was a bit curious to see what exactly he was up to, but unfortunately, I was already dead, and dead people couldn’t eavesdrop.

About ten minutes later, a fight broke out inside again. I thought to myself, "Moli’s team is tied up, so this time it must be someone from Lilith’s side."

Out of nowhere, Cheng Xuelin was thrown out, landing with a thud on the ground beside the well.

I was lying not too far from the wellhead. Cheng Xuelin rolled over a couple of times, knocking against the edge of the well with a painful groan.

Someone soon chased out, seemingly not planning to let Cheng Xuelin go just like that.

"You..." Cheng Xuelin was in so much pain he couldn’t speak, struggled a couple of times but still couldn’t get up.

He said ’you’, indicating that more than one person had acted. The footsteps were steady and strong, neither rushed nor slow, unlike those who were weak from several days of starvation.

That person stepped in front of Cheng Xuelin, seemingly grabbing him. If I didn’t intervene, Cheng Xuelin’s life would be at risk.

So I stuck my head out a bit, first taking a look at the situation above. Seeing that it was indeed someone from Moli’s side who had come out.

This person was previously weak and panting after walking a few steps, but now seemed completely devoid of weakness.

Could it be... they were pretending all along?

The people had all gotten thinner, and their complexions were terrible. How could they have been pretending? Surely they weren’t carrying a full set of makeup with them?

It’s not impossible; I’ve brought makeup with me before to disguise as a living person.

Hmm, sure, you can use dark-colored powder to make your complexion look sunken, apply shadows to look thinner, and then there’s that ’straw’ protruding from the mouth... How could a normal person’s mouth sprout a flytrap-like ’straw’?

To swat such a big mosquito with a fly swatter wouldn’t work; just as its ’straw’ was about to pierce Cheng Xuelin’s neck, I leaped up, popped out half my body from the well, and grabbed the ’straw’, snapping it off.

Green blood sprayed out, and before he could make a sound, I gave his head a hard slap.

This time, I used all my strength and a bit of Karmic Fire, ensuring he was dead as a doornail.

If he made a sound, his companions would know something happened to him outside. I didn’t know what Qinghan was planning; in short, I couldn’t reveal that I wasn’t dead yet.

Cheng Xuelin, scared by that person and then seeing the ’revived’ me, quickly covered his mouth, suppressing a scream.

I gestured for him to keep quiet, then quietly climbed out of the well, tossing the person’s body back in.

Cheng Xuelin was both shocked and delighted, wanting to speak but daring not to. The top of the shaft was blocked by collapsed buildings, creating a small space a few meters high, temporarily safe.

I had Cheng Xuelin hide by the edge of the well while I stealthily approached the hall door, pushing it open a crack, peeking inside with one eye.

Inside, it was still divided into two factions, one led by Lilith as the rescue team, the other led by Moli as the rescued team.

Qinghan lay motionless on the ground between them, while Lilith’s team members were all injured to some extent.

But Moli’s people had all changed their appearances, shedding their prior weakness as if having taken some ultimate revitalizing tonic.

"What exactly are you?" Lilith, also injured, clutched her left shoulder with her right hand, blood seeping between her fingers.

She was naturally referring to Moli, who maintained a gentle and calm demeanor, unscathed.

Quietly, I was amazed—who would’ve thought even Professor Chen could play dead!

"I am your new colleague, and we have cooperated very pleasantly on this mission. We will become friends in the future," Moli said calmly. These words were extremely strange, given their dire situation—how could it possibly be pleasant, and how could they ever become friends?

"You see, the tomb owner is already turned to ash, and the tomb has collapsed; if it’s for money, you’ve gained nothing," Lilith said.

Moli’s actions were indeed puzzling, attacking colleagues in an ancient tomb. If it wasn’t to hog something, why go to such lengths?

Yet this tomb had no burial chamber, the coffin was empty, utterly destitute, just two ill-fated lovers, both deceased.

The only thing I found to have some research value was the black oil in the well, which might be a new type of energy source.

Then there’s the transparent box in the hall, capable of inducing the most terrifying illusions—this might fetch a high price.

Of course, these are secondary. The main issue is why Qinghan’s team was collectively transformed into ’giant mosquitoes’; I feel this is the most critical problem at the moment.

At this time, Moli said she wasn’t after wealth but was interested in recruiting talents like Lilith’s team, just like she recruited Qinghan’s members.

Transforming into giant mosquitoes turned out to be ’recruitment’, something Lilith clearly didn’t believe, refusing to switch sides.

Moli wasn’t annoyed, saying they would soon change their minds.