As soon as the ladybug hid inside another ghost bat, the ghost bat king immediately grabbed it without hesitation and tore it to pieces.
Even if the ghost bat dies, the ghost residing inside won't be destroyed immediately. And there are plenty of ordinary blood bats in this cave, so it can find another host at any time.
However, ordinary blood bats are much smaller. After a ghost inhabits one, it must inhale and exhale the yin energy in the cave to gradually increase its size and strength.
With a "whoosh," the ghost bat, which was more than half a meter long, was instantly crushed into a lump of flesh by the Ghost Bat King. However, the ladybug nimbly dodged the fatal blow and managed to dart out between the Ghost Bat King's toes. Then, it began to flee desperately into the depths of the cave.
The cave is winding and twisting, but the main cave is basically cone-shaped. It gets wider towards the entrance and narrower as you go in, with small branches and holes everywhere.
To escape the giant ghost bat king's pursuit, the ladybug naturally had to try to run to narrow places; if it ran into open areas, it would be simply courting death.
The ladybug fled for its life, not knowing how far it had gone.
During this process, the ladybug managed to escape the Ghost Bat King's pursuit several times, finding inconspicuous little corners to hide. However, no matter how well it hid, the Ghost Bat King could still find it accurately, and on two occasions it almost got smashed into mincemeat.
Finally, the ladybug found a tiny hole deep inside the cave and squeezed in without a second thought. This finally freed it from the gigantic ghost bat king, but it unexpectedly stumbled into a vast underground palace. The palace was unimaginably large. Taking advantage of its tiny size and its innate insect-like sensitivity, the ladybug wandered around the underground palace for a long time before finally emerging from another tiny hole.
Zhou Ziwei was truly shocked when he saw the scene in the underground palace through the memory images transmitted by the ladybug. Without a doubt, this must be an ancient tomb that has not yet been discovered. Moreover, judging from the scale of this underground palace, even if this ancient tomb is not the tomb of an emperor in ancient times, it must at least be the burial place of a king or nobleman.
This place is near the border between China and Myanmar, so it's unlikely to be the tomb of any ancient Chinese emperor. However, its scale is probably not much different from that of a real imperial tomb.
The ladybug fled hastily, and with the intelligence of a newly born independent soul, it had no interest in the gold and silver treasures in the underground palace. Therefore, it did not explore the underground palace much. Zhou Ziwei did not know how many valuable things were buried underground, but he unexpectedly discovered through the ladybug's intuition that there seemed to be many powerful and solid souls wandering in the underground palace.
These soul entities were absolutely different from those monsters that were combined with blood bats. They were pure soul entities, and Zhou Ziwei was extremely envious of their purity.
If Zhou Ziwei's guess is correct, those souls should be the souls of the tomb owner and those buried with him after their deaths.
Zhou Ziwei wasn't sure whether souls from other tombs could be preserved, but the area below this cliff was a rare place of extreme yin energy, which had a great nourishing effect on souls. So, barring any unforeseen circumstances, souls formed there should not disappear as long as they didn't leave the vicinity of the tomb.
The underground tomb has existed for hundreds, perhaps even thousands of years. The purity and profundity of the souls that exist within it and have been nurtured by the extreme yin energy for so long are unimaginable.
Therefore... for Zhou Ziwei, the soul in that tomb was far more tempting than the gold and silver treasures buried with him.
Zhou Ziwei had reason to believe that if he could devour even one of the souls inside, it would probably be equivalent to the soul power of at least dozens of ghost bats.
However, precisely because of this, Zhou Ziwei had to temporarily abandon his plan to explore the area below the cliff.
Because his current sea of souls is still too small. With such a small capacity, even that particularly ferocious-looking ghost bat king could probably burst him, let alone the pure souls wandering in the underground tomb.
Such delicious tonics, yet he could only look at them without eating them. This kind of torment is truly unbearable. Moreover, if Zhou Ziwei didn't have the Six-Syllable Mantra of Great Compassion as his backing, going down there would only be suicide. So it's best to retreat for now and wait until his Sea of Souls expands a few more times and has enough capacity before considering exploring again!
The three of them walked for nearly two hours before finally finding their way out of the side road and back onto the main road leading to Tengchong.
With a hot-bodied and beautiful woman like Liu Xiaofei standing in the middle of the road, hailing a passing car is naturally no problem.
In less than five minutes, Liu Xiaofei reached an agreement with a truck driver. They only needed to pay 100 yuan for gas, and the driver would drop the three of them off at the entrance of a hotel in Tengchong County.
The truck only had one row of seats, and according to regulations, only two people could sit in addition to the driver. However, there were no traffic police on this mountain road, so they insisted on squeezing three more people in. As long as the driver was willing, no one cared.
The truck driver was a man in his forties. Probably because he had been driving long distances overnight, he had a strong smell of sweat on him, and when he smiled, he would exhale an even more unpleasant smell of smoke and tar.
This uncle was obviously captivated by Liu Xiaofei's pretty face, which is why he agreed to give the three of them a ride at such a cheap price.
The driver originally wanted Liu Xiaofei to sit next to him so he could take advantage of shifting gears to grope her thighs.
Unfortunately, Liu Xiaofei was almost overwhelmed by his scent after only a few words with him, and she was unwilling to endure that torture. So, without saying a word, she forced Li Yifeng inside her.
Looking at the limited space left in the truck, and considering the long journey to Tengchong, Liu Xiaofei frowned for a long time. She estimated that if the three of them were squeezed into two seats, they would be so cramped that they wouldn't be able to walk when they arrived! Left with no other choice… Liu Xiaofei finally made a difficult decision—she plopped down in Zhou Ziwei's lap…
Zhou Ziwei really didn't expect that this beautiful woman, who had initially acted like an iceberg, would actually be so generous.
However, for Zhou Ziwei, the feeling of being surrounded by a soft and fragrant woman was really not easy to enjoy.
Liu Xiaofei's figure was already enough to make any man's mind wander, and now that he was holding her in his arms, and with the bumps of the car, Zhou Ziwei could clearly feel the sensation of her round, plump buttocks constantly rubbing against his thighs and lower abdomen...
Not to mention that the body Zhou Ziwei originally inherited was a lecherous scoundrel, even a virtuous gentleman couldn't withstand such torment. Therefore, within two minutes, Zhou Ziwei began to feel an uncontrollable stirring in his lower body.
Oh my god... no way... this is going to be so embarrassing!
Feeling his little brother growing stronger and stronger, constantly raising its head between his legs and thrusting relentlessly towards the round buttocks above his legs... Zhou Ziwei broke out in a cold sweat.
Before this, Liu Xiaofei had always been very wary of Zhou Ziwei. Zhou Ziwei wasn't really stupid; how could he not see through her? If he really let his little brother press against Liu Xiaofei's butt at this moment, then… Liu Xiaofei probably wouldn't consider any objective reasons like male physiological instincts; she would only see Zhou Ziwei as a complete pervert, and might even jump up and give him a good scolding… In that case, Zhou Ziwei would have no way to explain himself and would be utterly ashamed!
Damn it, can't you just behave yourself for once?!
This was the first time Zhou Ziwei had ever hated his own body parts so much; he really wanted to just grab a pair of scissors and cut them off!
Of course... this thought is just a delusion and can never become reality. No matter how invincible Dongfang Bubai is, he can only be despised. Zhou Ziwei is not so crazy as to actually go crazy for the sake of face.
Fortunately, just as the disobedient little guy was about to touch Liu Xiaofei's buttocks, Zhou Ziwei suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He remembered that after he condensed all his soul power into the sea of souls yesterday, his body immediately lost all sensation. He immediately had an idea.
The logic is obvious. The reason why the little brother becomes impulsive is because it has been stimulated. If he makes the nerves in the little brother stop functioning, then why would it be impulsive? Therefore, Zhou Ziwei does not need to shut down all the senses in his body. As long as he drains the soul power from the nerves in that key part, then all the problems will be solved.
In this world, probably no one has a stronger ability to control soul power than Zhou Ziwei. Although the soul power distributed in his nervous system is so thin that even Zhou Ziwei can hardly feel it, he still quickly achieved his goal under his focused and careful control.
Once the mischievous little guy lost the ability to transmit sensations through his nervous system, he immediately became completely unconscious and quickly lay down obediently, thankfully preventing him from causing any trouble for Zhou Ziwei.
The success of this experiment immediately gave Zhou Ziwei some other ideas. Last time, in order to test whether the power of the soul would increase the responsiveness of the nervous system and increase the sensitivity of the body, he blindly let a large amount of soul power flow into most of his nervous system. As a result, his sensitivity was increased too much. Even the slight friction between his clothes and skin almost made him feel like he was dying of pleasure.
This approach is clearly quite unreliable, and controlling the flow of soul power into the nervous system throughout the body simultaneously is no small feat.
However, this incident shows that if he controls it carefully, he can double the flow of soul power into a certain organ of his body, thereby increasing the reaction speed and sensitivity of that organ. This should be easier to control, right? And it seems to be able to highlight the sensitivity of a certain organ more effectively.
For example, if one were to double the amount of soul power and channel it into the eyes to strengthen the nerves in the eyes, then... it might double his vision, or at least improve his visual acuity, allowing him to clearly capture images moving at high speeds.
If his visual reaction speed is fast enough, even a bullet in flight might appear to him as a slow-moving snail.
Volume 1: The Rebirth of a Prodigy, Chapter 111: Strengthening the Five Senses
These ideas excited Zhou Ziwei once again. After his previous experience, he was hesitant to test his superpowers in the car again. However, this idea was too tempting. He felt that it was just about enhancing the reaction speed and sensitivity of his eyes, so nothing bad should happen. Since he had nothing else to do, he finally couldn't resist trying it out cautiously.
As Zhou Ziwei expected, the nervous system around the eyes is extremely small. When Zhou Ziwei recklessly injected a large amount of soul power into the nervous system of his whole body last time, he only managed to fill the larger main nerve trunks in the limbs with soul power. The extra soul power injected into the tiny nerve endings around the eyes was simply too difficult to penetrate.
However, this time, it was much easier for him to intentionally increase the flow of soul power into this part of the nervous system.
When at least five times more soul power than normal surged into all the nerve systems in his eyes, Zhou Ziwei immediately felt that the world before him had become completely different.
The truck was speeding along, but Zhou Ziwei could clearly see the tiny dust particles floating in the air outside through the filthy windows, and he could also clearly see the color of the petals of the flowers that were slowly blooming on the opposite hillside.
The feeling of capturing stillness amidst extreme movement, in particular, gave Zhou Ziwei an overwhelming sense of joy.
Zhou Ziwei knew that if he were to combine this special ability, which enhanced his vision, reaction time, and sensitivity, with the use of firearms, his marksmanship would reach a level that would put all the so-called sharpshooters in the world to shame.
Of course, when using firearms, he must also improve his arm reaction speed; otherwise, it would be futile if his eyes could see clearly but his hand movements could not keep up with the speed of his eyes.
Zhou Ziwei then tried to inject more soul power into the nervous system of his eyes. He found that, so far, he could only add up to seven times the amount of soul power into the nervous system of his eyes, which would increase his vision by about seven times before he could not increase it any further.
If too much is added, his eyes will feel extremely uncomfortable, with soreness, numbness, and even pain. This is probably because his eyes have become too sensitive, and even the movement of air can stimulate the nerves in his eyes.
However, Zhou Ziwei believes that this is probably related to his current poor physical condition. If his physical condition improves further after a while, the limit of seven times may also increase accordingly!
Next, Zhou Ziwei tried to increase the sensitivity of his ears and nose separately. The results of the experiment were also very obvious. After injecting double the soul power into the nerve system of the ear, his hearing became several times stronger. Moreover, this increase in hearing was not just a simple increase in volume like a megaphone. He could not only hear subtle sounds that were impossible to hear before, but also had the ability to capture a specific subtle sound from a jumble of noises.
However, the limit for improving hearing is slightly lower than that for improving vision, only about six times. Otherwise, if the improvement is too high, his eardrums will feel like they are being pierced by a sound amplified several times.
The enhanced sense of smell almost made Zhou Ziwei vomit. He couldn't help it… the driver's odor was already unbearable enough, and with Zhou Ziwei suddenly amplifying his sense of smell several times over, the consequences were naturally terrifying. He was lucky he didn't faint from the stench! Of course, he dared not continue testing the limits of this enhanced sense of smell… it seemed that with the driver around, even doubling his sense of smell was already his limit!
Zhou Ziwei did not continue testing taste and touch, because there was nothing to eat in the car, so enhancing taste would be useless.
As for touch, there's no need to try it again. Yesterday, he almost had a breakdown because the tactile sensation on his arm was too sensitive, and the friction between his clothes and skin almost drove him to the brink of collapse.
As Zhou Ziwei became engrossed in studying his abilities, time flew by. He had only just finished testing his sense of smell when the truck drove into Tengchong County...
The three of them had booked three single rooms at a hotel in the county town by phone in advance, and they immediately received the room keys upon arrival.
The three of them had spent the night outdoors and felt extremely dirty. They didn't care about their rumbling stomachs and immediately went back to their rooms to clean themselves up.
Zhou Ziwei entered the room, locked the door, and then quickly stripped naked and went into the bathroom, turning on the showerhead and taking a thorough shower.
Zhou Ziwei had just mastered the special ability to enhance his five senses, and he was currently very interested in it. While taking a bath, he idly began to slowly channel his soul power into the nerve system of his ears, increasing his hearing by about five times...
In an instant, Zhou Ziwei could hear almost all the sounds coming from the guest rooms around him, upstairs and downstairs. He immediately realized that in broad daylight, people in the three rooms upstairs and downstairs were engaged in some kind of adult indoor activity.
Moreover, one of the rooms was hosting a three-person match between two men and one woman!
The lewd sounds kept reaching Zhou Ziwei's ears clearly, making him blush instantly. The organ that he had forcibly suppressed all day in the car suddenly began to rise uncontrollably again!
Holy crap, can't people be less shameless?! Two grown men messing with one woman...
Zhou Ziwei cursed under his breath, but he was still itching with desire. Just as he was hesitating whether to use his soul power to see the live broadcast, a terrifying scream suddenly entered his ears. The lion's roar almost shattered Zhou Ziwei's eardrums, which had been heightened five times over.
Zhou Ziwei's face paled slightly, and he hurriedly turned down the intensity of his hearing by half, which made him feel a little better. Then he suddenly realized that the terrifying scream seemed to be coming from the second room next door on the left.
The person living in that room must be Liu Xiaofei...
Uh… I hope nothing’s wrong with this girl! She should be taking a shower right now… Could it be that she discovered some pervert peeping? Um… should I use my soul power to see through her… Um… if I use my soul power to see through her now, wouldn’t that be the same as peeping? But… we all came together, if something really happens to her, we can’t just ignore it!
Zhou Ziwei hesitated for a moment before deciding to see for himself. After all, Liu Xiaofei's screams were quite frightening, and he couldn't risk her safety just to be a "gentleman" who wouldn't look at anything indecent.
However, after trying it, Zhou Ziwei discovered that the distance between his location and Liu Xiaofei's bathroom was exactly beyond the range of his soul power's exploration. Unless he immediately put on his clothes and ran into the corridor, he would have no way of seeing through to see whether something had really happened to Liu Xiaofei in the bathroom.
Zhou Ziwei hadn't finished his shower yet, and he was too lazy to go out and wander around halfway through. What if Liu Xiaofei had only seen a cockroach or something and that's why she yelled? Wouldn't that be unfair to him?
Thinking of this, Zhou Ziwei had an idea. He contacted the little ladybug that was still sleeping on his sleeve in the outer room and asked it to go and take a look in his place.
After several hours of exertion, the little ladybug's soul power, which had condensed into a soul, had dissipated by a small portion, leaving it slightly weak. However, upon sensing the information transmitted by Zhou Ziwei, it immediately flapped its wings and flew out of the window. After circling outside the building once, it plunged headlong into Liu Xiaofei's room.
Liu Xiaofei was a girl after all, so she kept the doors and windows tightly closed when she took a shower. However, the hotel room door couldn't possibly be sealed so tightly, so the ladybug easily squeezed in through the gap under the bathroom door.
So, Zhou Ziwei immediately saw, through the ladybug's senses, a perfectly beautiful body that made his blood boil. It was lying naked and quietly on the bathroom floor. Cold water was constantly gushing out from the electric water heater on the wall, pouring onto the curvaceous body, creating a bewitching scene...
"Gulp..." Zhou Ziwei saw a beautiful woman's body so clearly and thoroughly for the first time, and couldn't help but swallow. Then he realized that Liu Xiaofei was probably unlucky enough to encounter a faulty electric water heater in the hotel.
When the three of them received the room key, Liu Xiaofei was still clamoring to take a hot shower immediately. However, the power indicator light on the electric water heater she was using was off. Zhou Ziwei guessed that the water heater was probably leaking electricity. But after Liu Xiaofei was electrocuted, the circuit breaker in the room tripped automatically. Otherwise... Liu Xiaofei's situation would probably be even worse now!
Zhou Ziwei hesitated for a moment, then immediately turned off the water heater, got dressed, and left the room. He slowly walked to Liu Xiaofei's room, looked around, and seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he immediately took out a thin steel wire from his pocket and skillfully inserted it into the lock of the door.
Zhou Ziwei had already inherited the specialized memories of several expert thieves. With the addition of slightly increased finger dexterity, his lock-picking skills were instantly elevated to a new level. In less than half a second, the lock clicked open. This speed... even if someone had a key, they certainly wouldn't be able to open it faster than Zhou Ziwei.
After opening the door and slipping inside, Zhou Ziwei locked it tightly again before walking to the en-suite bathroom door. While continuing to "observe" Liu Xiaofei's reaction through the ladybug, he coughed lightly, gave a mock knock, and said, "Officer Liu... are you alright? I think I just heard you calling... If you're alright, please respond, otherwise I'll rush in..."
After saying this, Zhou Ziwei carefully observed Liu Xiaofei's reaction through the ladybug. He found that Liu Xiaofei's body trembled slightly and her mouth moved slightly, but she did not make any sound.
Zhou Ziwei immediately realized that the girl must have been seriously injured by the electric shock, but she had not completely lost consciousness. With this in mind, Zhou Ziwei knew that he had to restrain himself as much as possible in this situation and not do anything out of line. Otherwise, even if he saved her, Liu Xiaofei would probably think that he was taking advantage of her.
So Zhou Ziwei first went back to the bedside, pulled off the sheet and held it in his hand, then returned to the bathroom door, knocked again, and said loudly, "Officer Liu... I'll ask you one more time, are you alright? If you're alright, tell me quickly... otherwise I'm coming in..."
After Zhou Ziwei finished speaking, he waited for three seconds, then decisively raised his foot and kicked the door hard...
In fact, Zhou Ziwei's small frame didn't have the strength to kick open the locked door. Actually, he had already secretly opened the lock with a wire beforehand, but in order to prevent Liu Xiaofei from discovering that he had this skill of knocking on the door and unlocking it, he pretended to kick it.
With a loud bang, the door was kicked open, and Zhou Ziwei immediately spread out the bed sheet in his hand and covered Liu Xiaofei, who was lying on the floor, completely under the sheet before turning off the shower head of the water heater.
"Officer Liu... what's wrong?"