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Chapter 404 - 228: The Biological Laboratory from Beyond the World - Heavenly Ghost Tomb

Chapter 404: Chapter 228: The Biological Laboratory from Beyond the World - Heavenly Ghost Tomb

"The outer perimeter has been pried clean," Gu Shanhai looked at the surroundings of the Heavenly Ghost Tomb, his expression somewhat helpless.

If it weren’t for the presence of strange creatures within, these creatures with quite decent strength, it would have been stripped clean by Loose Cultivators long ago.

So, there really isn’t anything left in the outer area. It’s just that some Loose Cultivators are not giving up, thinking they are unique, perhaps there might drop some heaven-sent treasures or find some peerless secret manuals.

Gu Shanhai advanced, still without encountering many peculiar places; it was basically all scavenged clean.

As for the bones of his four fellow disciples, they were actually further inside. Given the current situation, if the Supreme Elders from the sect hadn’t said they were still there, Gu Shanhai would have believed the remains were long gone. With the intensity of the scavenging, it’s absolutely impossible that anything was left.

"According to records, the Heavenly Ghost Tomb has existed for at least tens of thousands of years. Truthfully speaking, it’s quite unexpected that anything has been preserved until now," Gu Shanhai understood. The origin of the Heavenly Ghost Tomb was still unknown for the time being, and the details of what happened were unclear. This area belonged to a relatively remote region, lacking resources, unlike the East Floating Mountain where Gu Shanhai had previously been. Although remote, there was a large Spirit Vein there; no matter how you looked at it, it was a strategic resource, worthy of attention.

The Heavenly Ghost Tomb had also been the subject of attention, it’s just that its value wasn’t considered high, so it was left as a relic area to attract Loose Cultivators.

As he went further in, Gu Shanhai finally encountered the first so-called Heavenly Ghost strange creature.

"It looks quite standard at a glance," Gu Shanhai observed the humanoid frog-like monster charging furiously toward him, its body adorned with various strange limbs, reminiscent of a mutant creature from a biohazard crisis.

"Roar~"

The frog-like Heavenly Ghost issued a strange roar, then lunged directly at him.

You have to admit, its massive size seemed quite oppressive at first glance.

Gu Shanhai drew the Azure Dragon and swung it at the Heavenly Ghost creature, sending it flying with a huge force, crashing into the wall, turning into a paste.

"Its physical quality is quite good, around the Purple Mansion Stage, seemingly about to reach the Spirit Origin Stage," Gu Shanhai watched this scene with his usual demeanor.

The reason he used the Azure Dragon instead of the hidden power of his sleeve was because the latter’s lethal power was too great. Besides, this creature seemed to lack brains, and if it started running wildly within his hidden space, Gu Shanhai might not even have time to spare its life. If it died, how would he study it?

"Eh, this regenerative ability seems quite forceful," Gu Shanhai was suddenly pleased.

Because he had held back earlier, the Heavenly Ghost creature, despite being squashed to a pulp, was not dead.

In less than two seconds, the frog-like Heavenly Ghost began to heal, with new flesh sprouting all over its body, and in ten seconds, it had restored itself to its original state.

In the realm of Cultivators, such a thing was unimaginable. Even for Cultivators at the Spirit Origin Stage, suffering such injuries would have a probability of not dying and eventually recovering, but it would take a much longer time.

"This efficiency of regeneration is comparable to mine."

As soon as he had spoken, the frog-like Heavenly Ghost lunged at him once more. Although it resembled a frog, it lacked the corresponding long tongue, depriving it of long-range attack capabilities.

Gu Shanhai took action once again, tossing it against the wall with the same force, at the same spot. This time, the creature’s injuries were surprisingly about twenty percent lighter than the last.

"They have a certain adaptive evolutionary ability," Gu Shanhai noted as he watched the frog-like Heavenly Ghost recover again, and he realized that these so-called Heavenly Ghost strange creatures were not ordinary.

Perhaps at the beginning, these Heavenly Ghost creatures didn’t have the power of around the Purple Mansion Stage, rather it was the continuous evolution that gradually gave them such physique.

However correspondingly, this type of adaptive evolution seemed to have a certain limit; they could not evolve indefinitely. If they truly had such ability, then these Heavenly Ghost creatures would have completely adapted to the Spiritual Energy environment by now.

They still hadn’t fully adapted, only able to exist in weak Spiritual Energy environments. Once they reached a normal Spiritual Energy environment, they would suffer uncontrollable drowning.

To draw a comparison, in the Heavenly Ghost Tomb, the water only reached their ankles, but if they were to leave the Heavenly Ghost Tomb, they could be drowned outright.

Unfortunately, their adaptation to the Spiritual Energy environment could only evolve up to this point. It’s not that they couldn’t leave, but that they couldn’t.

However, correspondingly, after adapting to the weak Spiritual Energy environment, the lifespans of these Heavenly Ghost creatures were significantly prolonged. According to Gu Shanhai’s estimation, they usually lived only about a hundred years or so.

"They must be man-made. If I continue forward, perhaps I can find something even better," Gu Shanhai couldn’t help but be inwardly excited.

This further confirmed his previous suspicion that the so-called Heavenly Ghost Tomb might very well be some kind of biological laboratory.

If these Heavenly Ghost creatures hadn’t mutated so severely, Gu Shanhai might have been able to extract human genes from them. It’s just a pity that over the years, in the name of survival, the adaptive evolution they underwent likely altered all their original genes.

Therefore, the current Heavenly Ghost creatures were no longer the creatures they once were. If he proceeded with further research, whether it was genetics or otherwise, they would be fundamentally different.

Casually pressing the frog-like Heavenly Ghost into the ground, Gu Shanhai slowly continued to move deeper inside.

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