Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 1160 - 310: Treasure Hunt in the Ruins, Former Overlord (Monthly Ticket Request_3)

Sticking his head out again, he found no monster figures outside.

Once the Explorer's "courage bar" filled up to the action line, he sidestepped out from the rock's cover and set off toward his target location.

Along the way, he occasionally encountered monster figures, but unlike ordinary players who engaged upon encounter.

The Explorer, even when facing weaker monsters, would avoid confrontation whenever possible.

After a long while, the Explorer arrived in front of a dense forest, where he saw a crystal stone cliff as smooth as a mirror.

Just as he was about to continue exploring, a quickly liked comment caught his attention:

"Coward, the ruins might be nearby; looking at the sun passing through the forest in the advertisement screenshot, you can deduce the sun's position based on the tree shadows. If the shadow points northeast, the sun is southwest. If the shadows are short and almost vertical, it's probably around midday. The Monster World has no timezone correction, then look at Mist Conceal Island's layout on the map... so you could estimate the time in the ad is around 3-4 PM."

"Natural light through leaves should scatter shadows, but the light contour in the screenshot is too clean. So this isn't natural light, but a reflection, suggesting a higher point nearby is reflecting light to the image location. It's likely the crystal stone mountain, so the spot must be in the forest at the mountain's base." 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

There are experts in the livestream room.

This visitor's analysis made a lot of sense to him.

He immediately decided to explore the forest at the mountain's base.

Entering the dense greenery area, the Explorer pinned the ad screenshot to the upper left corner for comparison.

He found the plants here basically matched those in the screenshot, but still hadn't found the Blood Poison Flower.

According to the map's forest coverage display, he headed to the center point.

As he delved deeper, the surrounding light grew dimmer, with vines coiling like giant pythons around ancient trees, and fallen rotten leaves rustling underfoot with each step.

Once the Eagle-Headed Demon's perception was activated, the surrounding scenes were laid bare in his mind.

With the aid of the Life Soul, the exploration efficiency significantly improved.

The plants depicted in the perception screen largely confirmed that the ruins' entrance was in this area.

Half an hour later, the Explorer detected a faint putrid odor.

This tightened his heart.

The smell reminded him of a description from the library records:

[The smell of "Blood Rotting Substance" secreted by the Blood Poison Flower's roots resembles a mix of iron rust and rotting fruit, with a bloody scent as the concentration increases.]

The described odor from the Blood Poison Flower matched the current scent closely.

Following the smell's direction, he navigated through layers of interwoven webs and vines to a relatively open area.

His gaze fell beneath a towering tree, where a stone slab, nearly covered by vegetation, caught his eye.

"Guys, found it!"

Instantly, the comment section of the livestream surged with excitement, all cheering for the successful first step of this treasure hunt.

Though just an audience, the sense of participation was maximized throughout.

The livestream viewers' eyes followed the Explorer to the stone slab.

The stone slab's surface was engraved with blood-colored patterns, and in the slab's upper corner, a dazzling red flower bloomed wildly, with dark red sap congealing on the petals like blood.

It was exactly the Blood Poison Flower seen in the screenshot.

The Explorer took a deep breath, squatted in front of the stone slab, and carefully examined it.

The characters on it were already blurry, rendering them indecipherable, so he chose to directly activate the decomposition feature.

[Mingwu Clan Imperial Tomb]:

Target Introduction: The Overlord-level influence "Mingwu Clan" once ruled the Three Major Seas (Bright Star Sea Area, Ascension Sea (formerly Wangyu Sea Area), Death Sea Domain), and their 726th Emperor's tomb. After losing the war with the Wangyu Clan, it ended up buried in Mist Conceal Island.

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Reading the decomposition info, the Explorer became instantly intrigued.

Slowly pushing the stone slab aside, a clearly excavated pit emerged beneath, emitting a fresh earthy smell.

"This is likely the pit the Alien Race dug from the Reflection ad. After the tomb's completion, it was sealed, with no accessible passageways."

With that, he ventured into the pit.

The cave's surroundings showed numerous traces of destroyed Spiritual Patterns.

The decomposition scan confirmed his assumption; the tomb once housed an array that absorbed external Spiritual Energy to maintain its internal nurturing system.

Yet the Alien Race persisted, and over 17 years of digging, it was completely destroyed.

Seeing 17 years, the Explorer too was shocked.

This Alien Race, to excavate this tomb, adopted an ant-moving strategy, slowly breaking through the defense barriers until fully penetrating them.

Thinking of this, the Explorer told the players in the livestream room:

"Their perseverance is commendable, but this action doesn't guarantee rewards. Not all races put treasures in their tombs; in Monster World, many races bury bodies with nothing but the corpse itself, likely a non-rotting flesh remains."

Seeing the livestream comments argue back, questioning the assumption of the un-decayed corpse state within.

He explained immediately:

"The array originally set up inside this tomb, besides protecting the deceased from disturbance, was also for constantly drawing Spiritual Energy to preserve the corpse."

During the introduction, he bent over, continuing deeper along the narrow tunnel.

Moist earth continuously fell from overhead.