101: Chapter 101 The Long Sleeping Palace 28

Luo Yuejian watched in bewilderment as the Man in the Suit took the wooden box from her hands and placed it into the river channel. Feeling uneasy, he grabbed another wooden box from the wall, dumped out the gold and jewelry piled inside, and placed it upside down into the river.

Only then did Luo Yuejian snap out of it, dumbfounded. Damn, that actually works?

After the boxes were floating upside down on the water, the Man in the Suit tested them with his foot.

Because these wooden boxes were adorned with many jewels and were exquisitely crafted, they were quite heavy, meaning they could support a significant amount of weight while floating on the water.

Besides, they only needed to use them for leverage to cross the river; they didn't actually need to step fully onto them.

Therefore, after testing them twice, the Man in the Suit nodded and turned back, saying, "It should be fine. I'll go over and check."

He was very confident in his assessment and didn't even use the other boxes; he simply used the surface of one box as support and easily jumped to the other side of the river channel.

Seeing this, Luo Yuejian didn't delay any longer. With her Agility Instinct and being much lighter than the Man in the Suit, she naturally jumped across with ease as well.

Only the Man in Black Turtleneck remained standing silently where he was, showing no intention of attempting to cross the river.

He was currently in a state of being unable to see, so he couldn't accurately judge the position and stability of the boxes like the others, let alone jump across the river.

He smiled and said, "I won't go over; I'll just wait here for you two. Be careful, there might be danger inside that coffin."

The Man in the Suit replied, "Rest assured, we will be careful."

After saying this, he walked over to Luo Yuejian. The central area of the Secret Room was very spacious, and the stone bricks on the floor were not as plain as in other areas, but featured ancient and intricate patterns.

Apart from that, there was only the coffin in the very center.

The Man in the Suit stared at the coffin, which seemed to shimmer with golden light, and said, "It looks like golden nanmu wood; it must have been incredibly expensive."

He reached out to touch it and sniffed carefully. Smelling the faint fragrance of nanmu wood, he confirmed his hypothesis that the coffin was indeed crafted from golden nanmu wood.

Historically used as building and furniture material exclusively for royal palaces and a few temples, the greatest characteristic of golden nanmu wood is its strong resistance to Corrosion.

This type of wood can be buried in the ground for thousands of years without rotting, which is why most emperors chose golden nanmu wood for their coffins.

Judging by this, the owner of this Underground Palace of Eternal Sleep likely had a significant background.

He was somewhat excited. Since the owner lying in the coffin had an extraordinary background, the burial objects in the coffin must also be valuable, which meant it was very likely that their mission item was hidden inside.

"I bet the thousand-leaf lotus is in the coffin!"

Luo Yuejian was also quite excited; she guessed the trap was in the coffin. Such a large coffin—who knew what might be inside? Everything depended on this! Luo Yuejian immediately prepared to open the coffin.

However, the coffin was huge, and visible nails could be seen, making it very difficult to open.

The Man in the Suit looked at the coffin, his brow furrowed tightly, and said with a troubled expression, "What should we do about these nails? We don't have a claw hammer on hand."

For a coffin like this, even in the Real World, it would probably require a professional engineering team to open it, let alone in their current environment, where they couldn't find any usable tools at all.

The Man in the Suit said helplessly, "It's a pity it's a golden nanmu wood coffin. This type of wood is of high quality and doesn't easily deform or crack. If it were any other ordinary wood, we might have been able to just kick the coffin to break it."

Luo Yuejian had also been worrying about how to open the coffin, but when she heard the Man in the Suit's words, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck her.

Wood?

That's right. No matter how Corrosion-resistant or resistant to deformation this wood was, it was still just wood! Since it was wood, it absolutely could not withstand highly corrosive substances.

And wasn't the ability Luo Yuejian possessed in this game of Infinite Card exactly Corrosion!

Materials like wood are generally quite easy to corrode. Even for a relatively hard and Corrosion-resistant wood like golden nanmu, Luo Yuejian estimated it would be difficult to withstand the Corrosion of the Infinite Card.

Perhaps this Infinite Card could come in handy and help them solve their current problem.

She was delighted and reached into her pocket, but the next second, she pulled out a gemstone.

Luo Yuejian was stunned for a second before realizing it was the gemstone she had impulsively pried off earlier.

She was speechless for a second, put away the gemstone, and prepared to take out the Infinite Card from her pocket. However, the next second, her hand suddenly slipped, and the card in her pocket flew backward.

Damn, Luo Yuejian turned her head in panic, thinking to herself, why did my hand slip again?

Wait, why did she say "again"...?

Luo Yuejian turned her head, intending to see where the Infinite Card had flown. She wasn't worried about losing the Infinite Card; after all, as long as it wasn't destroyed, it would return to her hand.

However, it was upon turning her head that she saw a scene that baffled her.

The Man in Black Turtleneck was standing by the river channel, having appeared there at some unknown time, bending down to reach for the wooden box floating in the river!

Luo Yuejian was also bewildered, and she subconsciously blurted out, "What are you doing?"

Her voice and the scream of the Man in Black Turtleneck rang out simultaneously.

The Man in Black Turtleneck clutched his hand in pain; the moment it made contact with the card, it began to corrode and fester.

In the blink of an eye, the hand had become horrific, and one could even clearly see the bones inside!

This pain was even worse than when the gray insect mist had entered his eyes earlier, causing his entire face to twist in agony.

Luo Yuejian's cold, calm, yet chillingly murderous question, "What are you doing?", made the Man in the Suit beside her shiver involuntarily.

Upon hearing Luo Yuejian's voice and the scream of the Man in Black Turtleneck, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.

He turned his head quickly, only to see the Man in Black Turtleneck clutching his bleeding hand, which had been corroded over a large area, deep enough to see the bone, and was a horrific sight.

The Man in the Suit didn't know what had happened for a moment. Amidst his fear, he felt confused and stepped back a few paces, staring warily at Luo Yuejian, afraid that she might do the same to him.

Luo Yuejian was also bewildered at this moment.

Wait, what? How did her card happen to hit the Man in Black Turtleneck's hand so coincidentally? And what was this guy doing just now?

Facing the Man in the Suit's wary and questioning gaze, she subconsciously said, "He was just picking up a box."

Her words were just a subconscious explanation, but to the ears of the Man in the Suit, it made him understand everything in an instant.

The way he looked at the Man in Black Turtleneck changed instantly.