World-saving Plan: The Only Savior-Chapter 555 - 432: The Distress Signal of the Star Guard

Gently reciting the few lines of text engraved on the stone platform, Zhang Xiaoman’s eyes couldn’t help but reveal a trace of surprise.

"Lin Hai... is this person Lin Hai?"

He looked carefully at the final name again, seemingly finding it hard to believe.

Lin Hai, even someone like him, who had all but returned his history books to his teacher, knew of him; the man was quite famous.

Zhang Xiaoman remembered that in the bygone Luo Dynasty, there was a celebrated Great General named Lin Hai.

It was said that Lin Hai was formidable, achieving extraordinary military exploits at a young age, appointed as the Great General and titled as a Marquis.

But it seems that no matter the time, no matter the dynasty, loyal officials can never avoid the schemes of villains.

As the stories go, the Emperor at the time, listening to treacherous slander or perhaps wary of his military might, eventually had him executed on a series of trumped-up charges.

It was rumored that to capture him, they even used his family as leverage, forcing him to lay down his armor and surrender without a fight.

It was only after Lin Hai was bound that he learned the truth: the Emperor had already killed all his family members, leaving him without any relatives in the world.

With a heart like dead ashes, Lin Hai only requested that his family be laid to rest together before he resigned himself to his fate.

Perhaps the Emperor felt some guilt towards him and thus agreed to his request, even building a large tomb for him.

However, the location of this tomb remained a mystery to all.

Now, it seemed that it was hidden right beneath Sheep Village.

If not for the Dimension Rift that appeared here, it might have remained concealed indefinitely.

Zhang Xiaoman, looking at the last sentence on the stone platform, also felt touched.

"It seems that this Great Fusion is akin to a ’Heaven and Earth Swapping’, right? It’s just that it disturbed your eternal rest, sigh..."

He sighed, shaking his head in lament.

About Lin Hai, beyond some official historical accounts, there were also many folktales, which included classic love stories between him and his wife Yu Hui.

"However, the living take priority, and I can only apologize to the few of you... Hmm, better find where the entrance is first."

Zhang Xiaoman collected his somewhat scattered attention and continued the search for the entrance to the underground cave.

"Logically, when I came in, I followed that monster, and there’s only one path here, so I shouldn’t have gotten lost..."

He frowned in thought, surveying his surroundings.

"Moreover, given the size of that creature, the entrance leading underground definitely won’t be small; otherwise, it couldn’t have gotten through."

Zhang Xiaoman turned his gaze back to the stone platform.

"Now that the three passages behind are dead ends, where then is the main tomb chamber of the tomb’s owner? If it’s not here, there’s a good chance it’s connected to the underground cave."

He paced back and forth, scrutinizing the environment again, but still found no sign of an entrance.

Originally, Zhang Xiaoman had hoped to find some clues on this stone platform, but aside from some love poems, there was nothing else.

Of course, now he had other ways to get in.

One way was to wait here for a while, in case a little monster runs out from there soon, revealing the position of the entrance.

The other was even simpler: just to go back and ask Xu Fei, as that guy had managed to reach the underground cave successfully before.

Just as Zhang Xiaoman was pondering, the call of the Star Guard suddenly echoed in his mind.

He was slightly startled and then quickly switched his field of view to the Star Guard who had sent the alert.

Just at the edge of his field of view, the Star Guard was bathed in blood, fighting the enemy.

Nearby, the figures of Aaron and Ji Xiaoqi also flashed before his eyes.

Beside them were strikingly 5 monsters over two meters tall, each with a pair of terrifying claws.

Seeing the monster’s appearance, eerily reminiscent of a werewolf, Zhang Xiaoman immediately recalled their identity—it was the Horror Claw he had once encountered on Rebirth Island!

Upon seeing this scene, he did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately activated Unlimited Teleportation to rescue the two.

As the 5 seconds of preparation time elapsed, Zhang Xiaoman’s figure quietly vanished from that section of the underground hall and then appeared next to Aaron.

At that moment, Aaron was in bad shape, with a fierce and terrible wound on his chest that soaked his clothing in blood.

However, because he had used a Constitution Enhancement scroll, his resistance to pain had also increased significantly, and there seemed to be no immediate threat to his life.

At the same time, Ji Xiaoqi was holding a shield and a longsword, doing her best to protect Aaron and prevent the monsters from attacking him.

The Star Guard sent by Zhang Xiaoman was dragging away three monsters, but just by himself, he was clearly unable to cope, and his armor was already severely damaged, with defeat only a matter of time.

At that moment, seeing Zhang Xiaoman suddenly appear, a look of relief washed over Ji Xiaoqi’s face.

"Star Lord! You’re here! Aaron is injured, please help him!"

While she spoke, a monster behind her took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, looking as if it was about to succeed.

Zhang Xiaoman raised his hand, and a beam of purple light shot out, grazing past the girl’s ear and striking the attacking Horror Claw in an instant.

"Pay attention to the battlefield status, don’t get distracted," he casually reminded her.

Ji Xiaoqi thrust her sword into the remaining monster and then knocked it away with a blow from her shield before hurriedly looking back.

She saw that the Horror Claw from before had already turned into a corpse under the assault of Zhang Xiaoman’s Violent Spirit Technique.

There was a large hole in its skull, from which blood was steadily flowing out.

"Thank you, Star Lord!"

Ji Xiaoqi thanked him and then swallowed nervously.

She knew the Violent Spirit Technique too, but just the casting time took ages, and its power was incomparable to that of the Star Lord’s.

Zhang Xiaoman didn’t act immediately, with his current strength, killing these Horror Claws was very easy.

With the Star Guard holding off three, it was an excellent opportunity for Ji Xiaoqi to practice her skills on the remaining one.

The girl, like a superwoman, was imbued with immense strength in each strike thanks to the effects of Constitution Enhancement.

That werewolf monster, which seemed invincible to the average person, was now being pushed back continuously by this outwardly fragile-looking girl, barely having the power to fight back.

"Bang!"

Ji Xiaoqi raised her shield for an impact, clashing head-on with the monster’s claws.

It was as if the latter had been struck by a speeding car. With the girl’s full-powered blow, delivering a force of four to five tons, the monster was immediately sent flying.

If it were one-on-one, these monsters would actually not stand a chance against them.

But because there were too many and they had attacked Aaron all at once at the start, this was why he had been injured.

Seeing the situation was under control, Zhang Xiaoman went to check Aaron’s injuries, squatting down beside him.