"Mr. Mu, why did you stop me from opening the hidden door?"

The Grand Chan Master turned around, looking puzzledly at Xiao Mu.

"Something's not quite right!"

Xiao Mu replied with a serious countenance, subconsciously glancing upward at the ceiling.

The room, and particularly the ceiling, gave him a severely oppressive feeling. As if some exceedingly evil entity was continuously releasing an endless stream of malignant energy.

"Not right? What's not right? Mr. Mu, have you discovered something?"

The complexion of the Grand Chan Master slightly changed upon hearing this.

All along, he had great faith in Xiao Mu's abilities.

Now that Xiao Mu wore a solemn expression, declaring that something was amiss, it consequently made him feel nervous.

"Mr. Mu, what have you discovered?"

The martial artist likewise asked.

"What's wrong?"

King Qingshan and Red Thread Woman immediately followed up with their inquiries.

With a grave expression, Xiao Mu said, "I can't quite put my finger on it, everyone. I think the zombies might have made some dreadful preparations inside this room."

"This…how is that possible?"

The Grand Chan Master was taken aback, finding it utterly unbelievable.

"Mr. Mu, could you be overthinking this?"

The martial artist couldn't help but ask.

He had scrutinized the room specifically and observed no difference from the details within their intelligence.

"Not really!"

Xiao Mu persisted with his grim countenance, "Everyone, the zombie discovered the mountain cave's entrance, exited from there to kill the dragon warrior, and then blocked the entrance."

"We came here following the planned route, and there were zombies where there shouldn't have been any. Are these all coincidences? This is clearly a deliberate setup by the zombie after discovering the entrance."

Everyone's faces changed, finding reason in Xiao Mu's words.

But then Xiao Mu contended, "Since the zombie intentionally made arrangements in other places, then why wouldn't it prepare something at the site of the Air Bead?"

"The Air Bead is so important, would the zombie not worry about us sneakily stealing it?"

Everyone's faces changed yet again.

What Xiao Mu said made sense. If the zombie could make arrangements elsewhere, then it's impossible that it wouldn't prepare anything at a place as important as where the Air Bead is stored.

"This…what should we do now?"

Instantly, the Grand Chan Master was at a loss for ideas, "Having come this far, should we just not proceed inside?"

"This room, it's probably best not to enter."

Looking in the direction of the hidden door, Xiao Mu shook his head.

Vis-à-vis the hidden door lay an even stronger sense of danger than the room they were currently inhabiting, a threat many times graver.

"Behind the hidden door, I suspect that the Air Bead has been relocated by the zombie, and a trap has been set in addition."

"..."

Everyone was dumbfounded upon hearing this.

This assertion was shocking, and they all had a feeling of disbelief, yet they couldn't help but believe it.

Though zombies are less intelligent than ghosts, it doesn't mean that they lack intelligence.

In fact, after evolving into an evil zombie, their intelligence greatly increases, comparable to that of humans.

"Mr. Mu, you said the zombie set a trap, what kind of trap?"

Red Thread Woman asked.

After hearing Xiao Mu's explanation, she also held similar worries.

However, they had wrestled so hard to reach this far, and if they retreated just because of some conjecture, that would be utterly disgraceful.

As leaders, they couldn't do anything that would lose face. There needs to be evidence.

"Temporarily, I can't say for sure."

As Xiao Mu spoke, he surveyed his surroundings.

He merely sensed danger; a feeling developed after the cultivation of Dao Method Spiritual Energy.

Dao Method Spiritual Energy was originally much more sensitive to the power of evil, such as evil absurdity, black gas, curses, and other forces of evil, than a martial artist.

Whether inside this room or behind the dark door, Xiao Mu felt the presence of a strong evil power.

Huh!

Upon careful search, Xiao Mu soon made a discovery.

On a table made of skulls, he found something.

It appeared to be some type of soil, not found in the human world, radiating an endless power of evil and curse power.

Zzz...

Xiao Mu held a pinch of this soil in his hand, the evil power emanating from the soil began to eerily corrode his fingers.

"Impressive!"

The evil power in the soil was extremely strong. If it wasn't for Xiao Mu's cultivation of the Dao Method Spiritual Energy, he would likely have been injured on the spot, his fingers turned into bony digits under the intense evil power's corrosion.

"Did this create these skulls?"

Xiao Mu couldn't help but look at the skulls in the room.

The skulls radiated the same evil power as the soil, so powerful it even formed strange black gas.

This led Xiao Mu to speculate if the original owners of these skulls were also contaminated with this evil soil, hence, their skulls turned into such an image after death.

Carrying the evil soil, he continued the search in the room and finally in the corner, especially at the location of the dark door, Xiao Mu again found more of this evil soil.

There was even more at the location of the dark door, scattered at the bottom edge of the wall.

"Everyone, I've found it."

Xiao Mu turned around and faced everyone.

"Come and see; if there are no surprises, this type of evil soil should be set up behind the dark door."

As Xiao Mu spoke, he spread the evil soil flat in his palm for everyone to observe.

The Dao Method Spiritual Energy flowed, releasing a golden light, protecting his palm from being eroded by the evil soil.

"This... is such a sinister aura! So corrosive!"

King Qingshan was the first to take a pinch of the evil soil from Xiao Mu's palm.

The moment his fingers touched the evil soil, he could not help but gasp in amazement.

The power of the evil soil was too strong, even though he practiced the Thunder Attribute Inner Power Method, "Thunder Yang Divine Skill", he still felt extremely overwhelmed.

This evil soil was so powerful it could even corrode the thunder inner power he had cultivated.

At the same time of astonishment, he swiftly threw the soil away, rubbing his fingers clean of any traces of the evil soil.

"What powerful evil soil, definitely not from the human world!"

The Red Thread Woman also took a pinch of the evil soil and threw it away quickly, exclaiming at its power.

"Everyone."

Xiao Mu threw away the soil in his hand and looked at everyone, "it is quite clear that beyond this dark door, a large amount of evil soil has been set by the zombies. Once the dark door is opened, it will activate a trap, the evil soil will pour down, burying this room and trapping us inside."

"So, we absolutely must not touch this dark door."

"Let me try!"

The Red Thread Woman slammed her Treasure Sword onto the dark door. When she pulled back, the tip of her sword was stained with evil soil. Even the sword was corroded. She turned pale, "The whole place behind is filled with the evil soil!"

Everyone's faces turned pale, knowing that once the dark door was opened, they wouldn't even be able to escape the evil soil pouring out.

The Grand Chan Master's face turned red.

Had it not been for Xiao Mu's timely intervention, they would all have been killed by him.

Xiao Mu continued, "The Air Bead should have been moved. If we want to find it, we have to look elsewhere."

The Grand Chan Master's face was filled with worry, "Since the zombies have been alerted, could they have taken the Air Bead away?"

"It's a possibility!"

Xiao Mu responded, "But no matter what, we should search first. Perhaps the zombies didn't have enough time to move it?"

"If they had completely moved the Air Bead, why would they bother setting a trap here? They set this trap because they believed it could trap us."

"So, I think there's a huge possibility that the zombies have not yet moved the Air Bead. If we search carefully, we should be able to find it."

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