Tomb raiding: Today is another day I don't want to go home.

Chapter 183 Parasitic Jellyfish

“I remember that water burial tomb,” Yan Chen said, looking down and recalling for a moment before continuing, “It was probably around 1643 when a funeral procession of a minority ethnic group entered the Qinling Mountains. To prevent the Wang family from infiltrating, Yan Lang and I escorted them along the way, checking them out as we went.”

But after all, it was just a funeral procession, and those people were just ordinary people to the Yan family. So when they saw the funeral procession, they were only wary of the Wang family's movements and did not use any formations to block or divert their direction.

"However, one thing struck me as odd. Logically, the graves of those buried by water are usually not far from their former homes. Even if there's some distance, it's usually because their homes are geographically restricted by rivers, lakes, or other bodies of water, necessitating a long-distance burial. But that funeral procession was different..."

"They were very well prepared and acted in a disciplined manner, as if they had come to the Qinling Mountains specifically for a water burial. Moreover, the entire water burial process lasted a long time, about half a year, and they even went to great lengths to set up tents in the environment where tree roots were growing."

“Besides that, we also noticed someone,” Yan Chen said, then paused strangely, as if remembering something. He then corrected himself, “No, I should say—it wasn’t a person in the true sense, but a seed…”

"Seeds?" Yan Huai vaguely felt that this term sounded familiar, but couldn't quite place it. "Why would you say that?"

"It was Yanqi who discovered this; he knows a lot about it, so let him explain!"

Yan Huai's gaze fell on the "young man" sitting diagonally opposite him.

Through the firelight, Yanqi's eyes seemed to be surging, almost drawing Yanhuai, who was looking at him, back into the scene and details of the past.

This is Yanqi's innate talent... to see and reveal the essence of everything.

Even with the World Consciousness imposing a restriction agreement, Yanqi's eyes would still unconsciously function; it was already a conditioned reflex of his brain. Therefore, it would be unreasonable to force him to change immediately.

Yan Huai was a little troubled by this youngest member of the Yan family. He thought to himself, why not make him wear a pair of sunglasses like Hei Yanjing?

Just as Yan Huai was considering the feasibility of this method, Yan Qi's voice rang out softly among the crowd.

"I don't want to cover my eyes, I'd rather not see anyone..." Although the clan leader was concerned for their safety, he preferred to be kind and accepting of his own eyes rather than see more people with vile minds. Besides, so much time had passed, a few more wouldn't make a difference; he could simply stay behind his brothers and avoid using them unless absolutely necessary!

Yan Huai shook his head helplessly upon hearing this and let him go.

"Suit yourself, but make sure you're safe. Now, let's get back to what we were talking about."

"Mm!" Yanqi nodded, her eyes clearly showing her happiness.

Zhang Qiling, on the other hand, felt rather uncomfortable and out of place in this family-like atmosphere.

Yan Huai noticed, reached out, and naturally shook hands with him...

"In modern terms, that person's situation was called parasitism. His body and blood were nutrients for the parasite, and once the nutrients were drained, the parasite was almost mature."

"Can you tell what kind of parasite it is?"

“Hmm—it’s somewhat like some kind of jellyfish,” Yanqi replied after thinking for a moment. “And it’s very resilient; it won’t die easily even if it leaves its proper habitat. Moreover, if it’s still alive, it should have mutated by now.”