496: Card owner (more)

“No need to make it so complicated, right? Do I just need to open these?” Fei Qingyan asked.

“Yes, the tomb door should be behind there, but don’t worry about digging, it’s quite sturdy,” Zhang Qi said, nodding.

“Sturdy is good. You two, step back,” Fei Qingyan nodded, then told them.

Xiao Feng obediently stepped back. Zhang Qi didn't understand why, but he still followed suit.

Fei Qingyan took a deep breath, her internal energy circulating, her robes subtly billowing, as she slammed a palm forward.

Boom!!!

A powerful burst of internal energy erupted with that palm, heavily striking the spot where the mountain wall met The Ground.

A loud bang, accompanied by a shower of yellow earth and shattered rocks, scattered outwards.

A seemingly very heavy iron door appeared before everyone. The lock had a groove, clearly indicating the item needed to open the door.

“Hmm, looks like it’s correct. The rest is up to you,” Fei Qingyan shrugged, then stepped back a few paces, giving the stage to Zhang Qi.

“Hiss…” Zhang Qi walked to the iron door, taking a sharp intake of breath, looking at the iron door with a complicated expression: “It seems… I don’t have the part to open this door… My ancestor didn’t say anything about it!”

“…” Fei Qingyan and Xiao Feng’s eyes twitched slightly upon hearing Zhang Qi’s words.

You really are a talent!

Good heavens! Is this going to work or not?!

After all this trouble, they found the tomb, but they couldn’t even get through the door.

“Isn’t this your ancestor’s tomb? How do you not even know what’s needed to open the door?” Xiao Feng couldn't help but ask.

“He didn’t say! He just told me the location, and said that future generations could take the treasures once they found it…” Zhang Qi also looked constipated; he was also very upset!

“Damn it!” Zhang Qi couldn’t help but curse.

“Try if we can break it by force?” Fei Qingyan said, then stepped forward, channeled her internal energy, and struck with a palm.

Piao Miao Palm!

Bang, bang, bang!

Fei Qingyan struck the large iron door dozens of times in succession, producing muffled thuds.

Fei Qingyan’s palm strikes certainly had power; upon closer inspection, there were a series of shallow palm prints on the iron door.

“Looks like there’s not much chance,” Zhang Qi said, shrugging, seeing the situation.

“This large iron door is here, but this mountain… a tomb couldn’t possibly have such thick iron all around! So, how about we find the right spot and dig in from the other side?” Xiao Feng suggested.

“That makes sense!” Zhang Qi’s eyes lit up, and he immediately began digging from the side.

Fei Qingyan shook her head slightly. It made sense, yes, but how could a tomb’s “owner” not have considered that people would have such an idea if their tomb was exposed? While it was certainly feasible, it would definitely require a certain amount of luck to find, and even if they did, it would still take a lot of effort. The scale of this project would be enormous!

Zhang Qi could stay, but Fei Qingyan and Xiao Feng couldn’t.

“Zhang Qi, you need to consider how massive the workload inside is. There’s no way I can waste time here with you, and my commission is only to protect your safety,” Fei Qingyan told Zhang Qi.

“Hmm…” Zhang Qi pursed his lips upon hearing Fei Qingyan’s words: “You two follow me for two more days, then when the time’s up, you can go back first! I can handle the rest myself!”

“Alright!” Fei Qingyan nodded, then stayed to the side with Xiao Feng.

Helping to dig was out of the question, and Zhang Qi only had one shovel.

They couldn’t possibly expect Fei Qingyan and Xiao Feng to dig with their hands, could they? Or with their swords?

…………

Wasteland World - Saida World.

“How have you been? Are you tired?”

At the dinner table, Ran Quan looked at Lin Diao, who had finally managed to come home, and asked with concern.

Lin Diao had been incredibly busy recently with various matters, away from home nine out of ten days.

Recently, she had apparently even captured a stable Gene Collapse, which made things even harder; she wouldn’t come home even once a month, staying in the lab instead.

“I’m alright. I’m a bit tired, but I enjoy it! Gene Mutants have been appearing a bit frequently lately, but we’ve also captured a few stable Gene Collapse specimens. Recent Gene Technology has grown rapidly!” Lin Diao said, nodding as she ate, her face lighting up with excitement when she talked about Gene Technology.

“Recently, Gene Technology has made significant breakthroughs! Gene Serum Type VIII is already well underway, and it should be successfully developed within a few months,” Lin Diao said excitedly: “That will be another great leap for humanity! And because of the growth in Gene Technology, there have also been many advancements in Biotechnology!”

As an expert in Gene Technology, Biotechnology, and Weapon Technology, Lin Diao was incredibly excited when discussing these topics.

“Truly impressive!” Ran Quan didn’t understand these things, but he felt that these researchers were truly amazing! Especially his wife; she was simply an expert among experts. Why hadn’t he discovered it before?

Lin Diao’s abilities and talent were actually so terrifying!

It was no wonder, coming from a family of researchers.

She had been influenced since childhood and was also very self-motivated.

Of course, she had hidden it quite deeply. If Ran Quan hadn't accidentally discovered it, he truly wouldn’t have known that his wife was also a research expert!

He had always thought she was just a talent in management, as she was the head of the Eleventh District. Later, after following Ran Quan, she became the overall head of the 10th District to the Thirteenth District.

It was only later that he discovered it.

When he discovered it, Ran Quan was amazed!

He “reprimanded” Lin Diao, making her beg for mercy repeatedly before he “spared her life.”

This made Lin Diao herself even more dedicated to Gene Technology. After all, she wanted her body to be stronger, and she couldn’t understand why, even though everyone was at the same level of Gene Serum, Ran Quan could be so powerful!

“There haven’t been any major problems recently, have there?” Ran Quan asked. He had been quite idle lately because of the situation in his own world, fearing that problems could arise at any time, so he had stayed in his own world and not gone to other worlds.

He even completed his Foreign Teacher missions as quickly as possible to return.

Fortunately, his Foreign Teacher mission was long-term and had already “stabilized.” He could earn source points by simply going to check in, clocking in, and teaching every day… and it wasn’t troublesome, saving time and effort.

If it weren’t for the problems in his own world, he probably would have wanted to start another Foreign Teacher mission, doing a double-take!

Many people in the group were doing double-takes, and some even triple-takes.

The source points they earned were incredibly high! They were getting at least several million, or even tens of millions of source points daily!