264: The title "Old Wang for Ten Thousand Years" isn't just for show.

"This must be a death zone. If I'm not mistaken, it's caused by excessive Yin Qi, which has filled the Tomb with dense yin-sha qi.

Furthermore, the mechanism traps here are very well hidden. If you're not careful, it's easy to get hurt," Ye Bai said cautiously.

"Let's be careful." Yang Mi held tightly onto Meng Ziyi's arm.

"Mm, let's walk slowly and try to avoid stepping on anything."

The three of them walked forward along the black stone slab. The further down they went, the more intense the damp cold in the air became.

Occasionally, they could hear a drip-drop sound, which was bone-chilling.

Ye Bai stopped in his tracks: "This sound is like water droplets falling into a well."

"Let's keep walking forward and see."

The three of them continued to walk forward.

"Wait!" Ye Bai stopped, his expression becoming grave.

"What's wrong?" Yang Mi asked.

Ye Bai reached up to touch his ear, listening carefully to the surroundings with a serious expression.

"Did you hear that? It sounds like there's crying!"

Meng Ziyi and Yang Mi were terrified and immediately hid behind Ye Bai. Meng Ziyi said, her body trembling: "Wh-what is that sound?"

Yang Mi was also somewhat afraid, grabbing Ye Bai's sleeve and asking: "Ye Bai, I'm scared... I've never heard such a terrifying sound before..."

"Shh!" Ye Bai made a gesture for silence and softly comforted them: "Don't make a sound. Let's listen to who exactly is making this noise."

As this eerie crying grew more intense, the three of them gradually heard clearly where the crying was coming from.

The sound was only about two or three hundred meters away from them.

"Ye Bai, what should we do? I'm so scared..." Meng Ziyi pulled on Ye Bai's clothes, trembling.

"Don't panic, don't be afraid, trust me," Ye Bai comforted.

"Woo~ woo~ woo~"

At this moment, the crying sound rang out again.

Hearing this crying, Ye Bai's face turned livid, his fists clenched with a cracking sound, and killing intent flickered in his eyes.

"We must leave here immediately! This is definitely not an ordinary ghost!"

"Wh-why?" Yang Mi asked fearfully.

Ye Bai remained silent for a long moment before saying: "This crying does not belong to us humans!"

"It doesn't belong to humans, is it a Zombie?" Meng Ziyi asked tremblingly.

"It should be a Zombie. Moreover, the owner of this crying sound has likely been bitten by a Zombie and turned into a walking corpse. Otherwise, with my current strength, it would be impossible for me not to notice its existence," Ye Bai said definitively.

"Then let's leave here quickly, otherwise if we get entangled by a Zombie, we'll die!" Yang Mi said fearfully.

Just as Ye Bai turned around and was preparing to take Yang Mi and Meng Ziyi away, he suddenly froze.

It turned out that deep inside the Tomb, a corpse that was so rotten its features could no longer be made out was lying on the ground.

The corpse's abdomen had been gutted, with its intestines spilling out, presenting a shocking sight.

"Ye Bai, whose corpse is this?" Yang Mi asked in surprise.

"This corpse is very likely the ten-thousand-year-old Zombie King," Ye Bai said in a deep voice, his expression grave.

"The Zombie King?"

"That's right! It is said that the Zombie King is transformed from a human and possesses extremely formidable strength. In the last few hundred years, the number of Zombie Kings has become pitifully small, with one being born every few hundred years."

"The current Zombie King is relatively weak, so we are safe for the time being, but there's no guarantee what changes it might undergo later. Therefore, we must speed up and resolve the ten-thousand-year-old Zombie King as soon as possible," Ye Bai said solemnly.

Yang Mi nodded, indicating her agreement with Ye Bai's words.

The three of them continued walking forward, passing through that pitch-black Tomb, and finally arrived at the bottom of the Tomb.

Just as she walked into the bottom of the Tomb, Yang Mi smelled a foul stench rushing toward her, and she almost vomited her stomach out.

Looking up, the scene before her instantly made her feel dizzy.

They saw an incredibly huge outer coffin lying horizontally before them. The lid of the outer coffin was open, and the sight inside was revealed before the three of them.

They saw that the Zombie King's corpse was lying in the coffin, its whole body emitting a dense, fishy stench. Its body had decayed so much that only a layer of skin remained wrapped around it, revealing ghastly white bones, which was bone-chilling.

Yang Mi covered her mouth, suppressing the urge to vomit, and said: "Let's go, this place is so dirty!"

"Mm."

The three of them were just about to turn and leave when suddenly, Ye Bai's expression shifted slightly: "Wait!"

Yang Mi turned her head back to look at him in confusion.

Ye Bai pointed his finger at the Zombie King in the coffin and said: "You two, look at the bottom of the coffin!"

Yang Mi looked down and immediately screamed: "What is this?!"

They saw that underneath the coffin, it was actually densely packed with corpses!

Meng Ziyi also squatted down to take a closer look, her face as pale as paper, obviously terrified.

"These corpses... they are all living people!" Meng Ziyi exclaimed.

"Mm, this Zombie King Cultivates by absorbing the vital blood of living people," Ye Bai said.

"Doesn't that mean the crying sound from just now was also made by these living people?" Yang Mi asked.

"Yes. Not only that, but there are also many bloody human internal organs left here that have been eaten..."

"Oh my god! This is too terrifying!" Yang Mi couldn't help but retch.

Ye Bai frowned and pondered for a moment, then said: "I think I know what is crying..."

"What is it?"

"Let's first look for a flashlight or a Fire Starter or something for lighting."

"Oh, right, there's a Fire Starter!"

Yang Mi hurriedly ran to the wall and brought over a Candle.

Ye Bai lit the Candle and then inserted it into the top of the Tomb, and the environment of the Tomb instantly brightened up.

"Wah!" Meng Ziyi vomited again.

Ye Bai sighed and hurriedly comforted her: "Ziyi, don't worry. Look at these corpses, they aren't completely dead, they are just in a deep sleep. Don't go near them. Wait for me to wake them up, and then we will escape quickly."

"Okay." Meng Ziyi nodded obediently.

"You step back a bit first, so you don't get attacked by the Zombie," Ye Bai said.

Upon hearing this, Meng Ziyi stepped back.

"Yang Mi, in a moment I will lure the Zombie away, you take Ziyi and escape immediately. Remember, absolutely do not look back," Ye Bai instructed.

"Okay." Yang Mi nodded in agreement.

"Ye Bai, be careful!" Yang Mi urged nervously.

"Rest assured, I'll be fine." Ye Bai smiled at her, then suddenly lunged out.

Ye Bai jumped onto the top of the coffin, leaped down, stood firmly on the ground, and then moved with extreme speed to the side of the coffin. He drew his Dagger and slashed out with a fierce strike.

With a crisp "crack" sound, the lid of the outer coffin was actually split open by force. At the same time, the corpses at the bottom of the coffin seemed to have been disturbed and began to roll around.

They revealed ferocious fangs, as if they were about to break through the coffin and crawl out in the next second.