71: Chapter 71 The Magnetic Tortoise Shatters, This is Insect-Fragrance Jade!

Cao Hua now listened to Su Chen well. His anger hadn't been fully vented, but after being stopped by him, he could only sulkily hold back.

"I really want to smash this Magnetic Turtle to pieces so it doesn't come back to confuse us! Isn't this a waste of time?"

Hearing this, Wang Yi seemed to recall something. "Actually, we really should destroy this Magnetic Turtle. Otherwise, as long as it's here, it will always affect the surrounding magnetic field. It will continue to impact our subsequent actions."

For once, Wang Yi didn't contradict Cao Hua. Cao Hua instantly became interested.

"How do we destroy it? Like I said, smash it?" Wang Yi couldn't help but roll his eyes. "If you smash it, its magnetism will still exist. To thoroughly destroy it, you have to make its magnetism disappear completely."

This touched on a blind spot in Cao Hua's knowledge. He blinked and stared at Wang Yi. "How do we eliminate it?"

Before Wang Yi could speak, Tang Xiao slowly said, "The best method is to burn it. High temperatures will cause the magnet's magnetism to disappear, and it's irreversible."

Cao Hua was energized! "Then let's burn it! I've found this thing an eyesore for a long time; let's wipe it out!"

"Wait." Su Chen spoke up again to stop him. Captain Song Lei and the others all looked at Su Chen with confusion.

It had to be said, they all felt Wang Yi's suggestion just now made perfect sense. They couldn't understand what reason Su Chen had to stop it.

However, they saw Su Chen frowning, his expression solemn. He opened his mouth, hesitating slightly. His nature was always decisive, and he rarely had moments like this.

Everyone didn't urge him, but patiently waited for him to explain. A moment later, Su Chen shook his head. "I don't know. I just have an intuition that this thing shouldn't be burned. I can't explain the specific reason, but I feel like we are still in a trap and haven't completely jumped out of it!"

Still in a trap! This statement made everyone's back turn cold. How big of a trap had the person who designed this Ancient Tomb set to make them fall so deep into it? What other terrifying things were waiting for them? This unknown fear was truly maddening.

Cao Hua irritably tugged at his hair. "Then what are we supposed to do now?" Just as his voice trailed off, the Magnetic Turtle suddenly emitted a crisp sound. A crack appeared on the turtle's back.

The mark ran right through the middle of the woman's face, making her already eerie visage even more terrifying. Before anyone could think further, a stream of black smoke drifted out from the crack. It rose into the air, swirling into a bizarre image.

"Oh no, poisonous mist!" Wang Yi roared, subconsciously covering his mouth and nose. The others instinctively retreated and held their breath. Cao Hua, being the closest to the Magnetic Turtle, scrambled out of the pit in a panic, looking quite disheveled.

Su Chen frowned and sniffed hard. "Oh no!" He finally understood where his previous inexplicable sense of unease had come from. This Magnetic Turtle was indeed problematic. He just hadn't expected that even though he had stopped the others from destroying it, it had cracked open on its own. The designer of this Ancient Tomb was incredibly meticulous, leaving them absolutely no path to survival!

"This smoke is insect incense jade!" Su Chen said. "Everyone, you don't need to cover your mouths and noses. This stuff isn't harmful to humans, but... it's the scent that insects love the most."

Su Chen's words left the others feeling conflicted. Upon learning the smoke wasn't poisonous, they felt a wave of relief. But hearing the second half, their nerves, which had just relaxed, tightened up again. They knew very well that this was definitely not an idle warning.

The Ancient Tomb's designer had set such a massive trap and even packed something like insect incense jade inside this Magnetic Turtle. It meant that something terrible was about to happen!

"insect incense jade? That's actually a nice-sounding name." "The person above, you're really carefree. Nice-sounding? Didn't you hear Su Chen's tone? They're probably about to be in trouble." "That moment the Magnetic Turtle cracked really scared me. That woman's face is so eerie." "Yeah, and the black smoke looks like it has a life of its own. I thought it was a ghost drifting out at first." "Whoa, that's exactly how I felt. I was wondering why the smoke looked so strange; it really does look like a ghost." "So, Su Chen stopped them from burning the Magnetic Turtle at the beginning because he was worried the insect incense jade inside would leak out? Su Chen's intuition is terrifyingly accurate." "It's just a pity he didn't account for the Magnetic Turtle cracking on its own. The designer of this Ancient Tomb is an expert! Not easy to deal with." "So what do we do now? What will this insect incense jade attract? I'm so panicked."

After confirming that the black mist was insect incense jade, Su Chen urged the others to leave quickly. However, just as they lifted their feet, they heard rustling sounds coming from every direction in the tomb chamber. The sound made their scalps tingle.

They subconsciously shone their flashlights around. They saw that on the floor, walls, and ceiling of the Ancient Tomb, countless dense insects were wriggling rapidly, converging in their direction. The insects had countless legs growing on both sides of their bodies, a sight that made one's scalp tingle.

"What, what the hell are these things!" Cao Hua exclaimed, staring at the insects. "House Centipede." Su Chen's eyes darkened. At the same time, the appearance of these insects reminded him of something. "I kept saying that when I saw the Hundred-Legged Dragon, it felt familiar. Look at these House Centipedes; aren't those Hundred-Legged Dragons just magnified versions of them?"

Hearing Su Chen's words, the others endured their disgust and looked closely at the House Centipedes. Sure enough, if you magnified them dozens of times, they were Hundred-Legged Dragons! "Geez, the aesthetics of the Eastern Xia people are truly unique, actually worshipping such giant bugs as divine beings."

"That's understandable," Wang Yi said. "Information wasn't advanced in the past. When they saw such huge insects, they felt they were magical and naturally worshipped them as divine beings. But right now, shouldn't we be running?"

His words reminded everyone. They had been too busy being shocked by these insects and had forgotten they needed to run! The group quickly ran back in the direction they had come from. They passed through the gate of the rear hall and headed toward the white marble gate ahead. Behind them, the rustling of the insects followed like a shadow, getting closer and closer! They didn't dare to look back and could only keep accelerating, sprinting wildly along the passage.