24: Chapter 24, Nine-Headed Hydra Cypress, triggers the first Heavenly Dao reward.

At the same time, the viewers in the livestream were also deeply shocked by this gigantic man-eating tree.

"Oh my god, what an eye-opener. How can such a huge tree exist in the world?"

"I've only ever seen this kind of scene in sci-fi movies. I never expected it to actually exist in our Ancient Tomb. It's too amazing."

"As expected of our Dragon Country with its five thousand years of history! Just how many more secrets are there that we don't know about!"

"Heh, those foreigners actually had the nerve to say in the bullet comments earlier that the thing was theirs, and that it was passed from them to us. Go back and check for yourselves; is there anything bigger or older than ours? Only speak when you have something, otherwise, you have no qualifications!"

"Haha, in such a short time, how many times have these people been slapped in the face? I bet their faces are swollen. Finally, they have no face to show anyone."

Foreign viewers, however, seemed to be on the verge of a breakdown.

"Th-this is impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could they have such a huge man-eating tree!"

"Judging by the trunk of this tree, it must have a history of over a thousand years, while the largest Man-eating Vine here is only a few hundred years old. So... the root of this thing is actually in China?"

"The guy above, stop trying to stir up trouble here. Like we need you to tell us!"

"Exactly, shut up! Trying to act all smart!"

"It's fake, it must all be fake!"

Just as Su Chen and the others were rendered speechless, stunned by the massive man-eating tree.

Suddenly, a voice resounded throughout the entire sky.

[Ding! The Dragon Country expedition team has discovered the source of the Man-eating Vine, which is also the largest existing Man-eating Vine in the world today—the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress!]

[Reward: Land resources increased by five percent! Expedition team luck value increased by five percent!]

This voice startled them at first, and they thought they had awakened some sleeping monster.

But as they listened, it turned out to be a reward from the Heavenly Dao.

It couldn't be blamed on them for not reacting in time; it was mainly because this was the first time a reward had appeared since the game descended.

Before this, no one knew that such a rule existed.

Including those countries that were smug and had already cleared the level beforehand.

Originally, they were still arrogant about their own countries having cleared the level.

Now, it was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over their heads.

"What is going on? Why does the Dragon Country get a reward! This is unfair!"

"I refuse to accept this! I refuse!"

"The Dragon Country is clearly the most backward team, yet they actually got the first Heavenly Dao reward. This is devastating news to me."

"I'm in so much pain! I don't accept it!"

However, no matter how they clamored in the bullet comments, they couldn't change this fact.

Only unique treasures in the world, or the source of magical creatures, can trigger Heavenly Dao rewards.

Everything was well-founded.

The facts were right in front of them; they had no choice but to accept it.

"Hahaha, satisfying! So satisfying!"

"This matter just teaches you a Chinese idiom: the latecomers surpass the old-timers!"

"We just walked a little slower, but we went further, haha."

"Hahaha, seeing them breaking down in the bullet comments puts me in such a good mood. Let's see how they can still show off."

"Scream all you want, it's useless. Are you questioning the judgment of the Heavenly Dao?"

"You were just bragging in the bullet comments earlier, saying that the Man-eating Vine was unique to your country. Now look, you've been slapped in the face. The facts prove that the source of this Man-eating Vine is in our Dragon Country!"

Captain Song Lei felt a wave of relief and satisfaction at this moment.

This was the best he had felt since the game descended.

"I really didn't expect such an unexpected discovery."

"Now, I have even more confidence in this expedition."

Cao Hua took a deep breath, restraining his urge to dance with joy.

Doing his best to look steady.

"Finally vindicated! Let those who looked down on us before see that we, the people of Dragon Country, are not pushovers!"

Among the group, Su Chen appeared the most composed.

He stared at the tree in front of him, recalling the voice of the Heavenly Dao from just a moment ago.

"Nine-Headed Snake Cypress; this name actually fits the appearance of this tree quite well."

He looked down along the trunk, and when he saw the bottom of the cave, his pupils suddenly dilated.

"There's something down there!"

It was a corridor piled up with stones.

It started at a sacrificial altar and then extended all the way to beneath the tree roots.

It was a stone platform with a dozen or so steps.

On the stone platform, there was a jade bed.

On the jade bed, there seemed to be a corpse lying there... no, it looked like two.

His words brought the group, who were immersed in joy, back to their senses.

They also looked towards the bottom one after another.

Suddenly, Wang Yi said excitedly.

"This is an excellent geomantic treasure spot. I think the real corpse of King Lu Shang should be right down there!"

"Is that true? Fortune Teller, don't get our hopes up for nothing!" Cao Hua confirmed.

Regarding the nickname "Fortune Teller," Wang Yi rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction.

"Cao Zhuangzhuang, please don't question my professionalism."

Cao Hua shrugged.

"Fine, then that corpse on the jade bed below wouldn't be King Lu Shang, would it?"

Wang Yi frowned.

"It... probably isn't. The ancients valued being buried in the earth for peace. King Lu Shang went to such great lengths to occupy someone else's Ancient Tomb from the Western Zhou Dynasty."

"Then he must be very particular about his own burial method. How could he let his own corpse be so exposed on the outside? It doesn't make sense."

After speaking, he turned to look at Su Chen.

"Su Chen, what do you think?"

Su Chen shook his head.

"The distance is too far. I can't see anything clearly, so I can't draw a conclusion."

"If we want to know the truth, we have to go down."

Both Captain Song Lei and Wang Yi nodded in agreement with his suggestion.

Cao Hua was a follower; wherever the team went, he went.

Ye Xing and Tang Xiao, on the other hand, both looked troubled.

Tang Xiao had a shadow over her because of the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress; looking at the crisscrossing vines below, she didn't dare to get close, which was understandable.

But Ye Xing...

"I, I'm afraid of heights!"

Facing the questioning gazes of the others, Ye Xing awkwardly said this sentence.

"Afraid of heights? That's going to be difficult. If we want to get down from here, we have no choice but to climb down this cliff."

"There are no protective measures; it's all up to our own hands and feet. If you're afraid of heights and get dizzy or have shaky legs, what if you fall halfway down?" Cao Hua said.

When he said this, Ye Xing shook even more violently.

"Cao Hua, can you stop trying to scare him on purpose? It was fine, but now you've made it into a problem with your words." Captain Song Lei said helplessly.

"I'm just... laying out the potential difficulties in advance to give him a heads-up," Cao Hua argued righteously.